self-contained, offline

While on one part i do like the all-ini-one ui and services, i feel as though it could have been done a little better without hosting a mini web-server just to use localhost on it.

Most if not all of the tools here are based on snapshots of online websites running in a browser, along with Docker ontop of it. While the intention is good and there are some neat ideas in here, why not just bundle native, offline FOSS programs that do the job already? for instance, cyberchef can be replaced with respective linux programs (eg base64, hexdump, grep, awk/sed, and gpg, just to name a few. graphical versions of these programs exist as well, so it’s not like you need to use the terminal, it’s just the most versatile environment for this type of stuff). No need for a webserver or anything.

However i will say, the offline wikipedia and maps are cool, unfortunately they’re the only neat things in this project.

Now let’s get to the point, an AI chatbot. What, does the dev think we have money to burn? Much less if SHTF and NVDIA RTX GPUs are scrapped for metal? (which they should be anyways). Now i know it’s local, and that it most likely has data already trained on it so that it has the 100% guarantee of not huffing its own fumes and hallucinating, but compared to the absolute power usage that’ll bring because of the sheer amount of resources it’s hogging out trying to spit out an answer, a search engine could do just as good, and it won’t hog up your GPU while at it. That’s not even getting into the current ssd/gpu/ram situation right now. On its front page, its own recommended spec sheet says 32 gigs of ram. yeah that’s a bit steep. 1TB SSD, i could kinda see why, but if i assume that most of the information is just text, you don’t really need 1TB, but it is better safe than sorry. Still, that’ll be pretty expensive if we’re going by today’s prices. When SHTF do you really think that most people are going to be rocking killer rigs with 8/16core CPUs, 32+ gigs of RAM and an RTX GPU? For the millionares and spoiled gamers who already have those? Sure, but for the masses? They’ll mostly be using laptops with 4-6 cores, 8 gigs of ram, and a mid-range gpu if they’re lucky, or integrated graphics.

Sure, you can say that having AI in it is somehow beneficial and tout how “everyone is using it”, but don’t get all pissy when your power bank runs out of juice at the worst time, let alone word gets out and your place gets raided and your 20-year-old 5090 is turned into scrap. All because you thought AI is good enough.

All in all it’s a good premise, but it could be executed way better than just snapshotting websites, then slapping AI onto it and calling it a day.

That logo is already giving me AI vibes. I’m sticking with floorp.

hope they’re ready for missiles to come down on them

lmao i only caught that typo just now

jokes on them i’m already on linux (been since 2018). Failing that i’d honestly use veracrypt, just so that the key is with you and only you, but considering how invasive MS is with their copilot idk if i would really trust them not seeing anything.

While I do get removing soviet symbols and monuments, erasing the name of a composer from a building is just silly. What next, abolish the periodic table cause it was done by a Russian chemist?

i think Kdenlive has subtitle transcription which you can enable and configure in settings.

I’m an ex-Windows user and have been using Linux for about 7-ish years now.

If you can handle some downtime, the possibility of some plugins breaking and some time getting used to your new system, you can give it a shot. Otherwise, what I’d more or less recommend is getting a spare computer and just trying Linux out on that. That way you can keep your work computer for critical work while you mess around on the spare.

I checked Cubase on WineHQ, and sadly it won’t run via WINE from what I see, so you will either have to look for a different DAW (which will require extra time re-learning everything) or just going with a spare).

If you do plan on biting the bullet and going full Linux on your work machine, here’s a couple observations:

The only Windows DAW i’ve tried on Linux is FL Studio running through WINE. I do have REAPER for aligning audio tracks (it’s very good at that) but I haven’t really used that enough to become proficient with it. There’s also Bitwig, which I haven’t used (I checked the price on that when i was kinda on the fence about getting it and oh boy is it expensive! around $800 with the annual upgrade or smth lol).

From my experience, VSTs via WINE (in my case, running through FL Studio 24.2.1), is quite good, although there are is a good bit of jank that comes with it (a few 32-bit VSTs don’t work, it’s a bit of a gamble honestly) and there are bound to be a couple potential breakages with WINE updates (like what happened today as I’m writing this, I updated WINE and idk if it’s just a residual thing but the GUIs on GVST plugins don’t render anymore, I can still access the parameters via hovering and looking at the hints panel in FL Studio, but it is a bit cumbersome trying to operate VSTs blindly, especially when they contain things such as waveforms/levels).

Other than that FL Studio’s been running like a charm, very very close to (if not native), except for stuff like the Diagnostic thingy not working at all (told you there’s jank).

As for replacements, you will need to learn new programs, one which may not contain all the features that you would want (muscle memory can also be a bit of a pain). I’d start out with maybe trying out Audacity and GiMP/Krita on Windows and try learning and getting used to the workflow of each on your existing Windows installation before swapping over. I was using FOSS programs like GiMP/Audacity beforehand so the transition was easy once I swapped over. FL in WINE back then was a little more finnicky but most of it still worked so it kept me going.

If you’re still thinking about wiping Windows off of there and going full Linux, good luck, my friend.

Yes, Hamas are terrorists, according to the USA and its allies. Who do you support in Ukraine? Hopefully not Azov, who are integrated in the National Guard of Ukraine, as they’re considered terrorists by Russia.

Hopefully you don’t support HTS as well, as i’ve seen they’re currently being whitewashed.

But then you’ll say that’s Kremlin Propaganda (which i do agree it mostly is, they love to make a mountain out of a mole hill).

guess israel really loves taking notes from russia

might as well name it the great wall of israel in the future where they just have a big slab of concrete around the borders

America - the country that cares when its people are killed in other countries - except when the killing’s done by israel.

So it’s OK to bomb and burn a hospital just because you think there’s weapons and hostages in there? That’s some Russia type logic if i ever heard it. I wonder what side you were on while Russia bombed Ukrainian hospitals.

IDF also dressed up as doctors and nurses during one raid. Most moral army in the world, folks.

Anyone else remember that time when he said that he won’t be sending 1 little ammo crate to israel to try and save face?