Interview in PC Magazine. I had a nice chat with Chris Hoffman about some of the choices we make at @Vivaldi, not least when it comes to AI, Crypto and data collection.

#Vivaldi #Linux #Windows #Macos #Android #ios #ai #BigTech #Crypto #Technology

https://www.pcmag.com/news/vivaldis-leader-has-a-bold-pledge-no-ai-in-your-web-browser

My first company, Opera, was built on word of mouth. The same applies to my 2nd company, @Vivaldi. We have never had the means that Big Tech has. In the case of Vivaldi, we have even avoided investors, to not end up like Opera.

We have also made it harder for our selves. We likely could have generated more funds through adding stuff like Crypto, AI or just plain old data collection in the browser, but we choose not to. We are also not an Ad company like most of our larger competitors. Instead we have added a wealth of features and customization.

Now people are starting to understand that just going with Big Tech may be easy to start with, but ends up not being worth it. In fact we now have governments and companies thinking that they need to move away from Big Tech and quickly.

We welcome you all.

#Vivaldi #Browser #Technology #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #Apple #Google #Microsoft

https://vivaldi.com/blog/how-can-a-dugnad-save-the-web/

Pake is a free, open-source tool that turns almost any website into a lightweight desktop app.

Built with Rust and Tauri, apps created with Pake are much smaller and use less memory than typical Electron-based alternatives.

Perfect for ChatGPT, Gemini, GitHub, YouTube Music, DeepSeek, and more.

https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=pake

#OpenSource #Rust #Tauri #Linux #Windows #macOS

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Pake project page showing the app logo and tagline “Turn any webpage into a desktop app with one command.” Badges display download count, commit activity, and project status. The page highlights support for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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Screenshot of a website running as a native desktop application created with Pake. The interface features a sidebar, search bar, and a grid of content cards inside a clean standalone window on a desktop background.

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Dark-themed desktop music application generated with Pake. The interface includes album artwork, playlists, navigation menus, playback controls, and a music library displayed in a native application window.

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Terminal-inspired desktop application running in a standalone window. The interface shows podcast episode information, track listings, playback controls, and colorful text-based navigation elements, demonstrating how web content can be packaged as a lightweight desktop app.

Kopuz is a free and open-source music player built with Rust.

It supports local music libraries, Jellyfin, Navidrome/Subsonic servers, synced lyrics, playlists, and equalizer controls across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

A privacy-friendly alternative to cloud-focused music players, with full support for self-hosted music collections.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=kopuz

#OpenSource #MusicPlayer #Jellyfin #Navidrome #SelfHosted #Privacy #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Kopuz project page. The top features the Kopuz logo and name, followed by a description stating that Kopuz is a modern, lightweight music player built with Rust and the Dioxus framework. The page highlights its clean and responsive interface for managing local music collections. Below are badges for Discord, Rust, and a passing build status. A large application screenshot shows Kopuz's dark-themed music player interface with album artwork, navigation sidebar, playlists, library sections, and music playback controls, demonstrating its focus on local and self-hosted music management.

Open Video Downloader is a free and open-source desktop app for downloading videos, audio, subtitles, playlists, and metadata from hundreds of websites.

Built on top of yt-dlp, it offers a simple graphical interface , no command line required. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux under the AGPL-3.0 license.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=open-video-downloader

#OpenSource #Privacy #Linux #Windows #macOS #ytdlp #VideoTools

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Screenshot of the Open Video Downloader project page. The page shows the application's colorful icon featuring a film strip and download arrow, alongside the title “Open Video Downloader (youtube-dl-gui).” Below are badges indicating version 3.2.0, AGPL-3.0 license, and over 4.1 million downloads. The description explains that Open Video Downloader is a cross-platform desktop application that can download videos, audio, subtitles, and metadata from hundreds of supported websites. It highlights that the app provides a simple graphical interface built on top of yt-dlp, eliminating the need for command-line usage.

VaultSort now encrypts your Mac's files with Touch ID 🔐

Under the hood: a rebuilt V4 format. Every file is locked to a secret sealed inside your hardware — your Secure Enclave or a YubiKey, never a password. Steal the file and our entire credential store, and you still get nothing.

We also published a free encryption whitepaper: threat model, the full algorithm chain, and what it doesn't protect against. No email.

vaultsort.com/secure

#macOS #Encryption #Privacy #TouchID

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VaultSort now allows you to encrypt your files with your fingerprint.

Shotcut is a free and open-source video editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

It offers timeline editing, filters, transitions, audio tools, hardware encoding, and support for hundreds of formats via FFmpeg.

A privacy-friendly alternative to Premiere Pro, Filmora, and CapCut, no subscriptions, no lock-in, and no watermarks.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=shotcut

#OpenSource #VideoEditing #Privacy #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Shotcut project page. At the top are build status badges showing successful builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Below, a large heading describes Shotcut as a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor. The page includes a screenshot of the Shotcut interface, showing a video editing workspace with media bins, preview window, timeline tracks, audio meters, filters, and waveform displays. The preview displays a motorcycle video project titled “A Bike Show,” demonstrating Shotcut’s professional editing capabilities.

WinDiskWriter a free and open-source macOS tool for creating bootable Windows USB installers.

It supports Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7, and Vista, works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, and can automatically handle large install.wim files, EFI booting, and Legacy BIOS compatibility.

A handy tool for Mac users who need to install or repair Windows without using Microsoft's Media Creation Tool.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=windiskwriter

#OpenSource #macOS #Windows #USBBoot #TechTools #Privacy

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Screenshot of the WinDiskWriter project page. The page features a purple WinDiskWriter logo and banner for macOS, with the slogan “Say NO to TPM and Secure Boot. Say YES to Windows 11 on any device.” Below are project badges showing GPL-3.0 licensing, over 458,000 downloads, version 1.3, and code statistics. A section titled “Windows USB Disk Creator for macOS” explains that the tool creates bootable Windows USB installers supporting both UEFI and Legacy BIOS, allowing Windows installation on PCs, Intel Macs, and certain virtual machines.

Il troubleshooting di rete consiste soprattutto nel capire dove si interrompe la comunicazione: nell'interfaccia locale, nel percorso di rete, nel DNS, nel routing o nelle connessioni attive.

Che tu utilizzi #Linux, #macOS o #Windows, i comandi cambiano, ma la logica diagnostica resta la stessa. 😎👇

Seguici sul gruppo @computer@diggita.com: perfetto per studenti, amministratori di sistema e appassionati di computer e reti.

puoi seguirci anche nel gruppo dedicato a @linux

#reti #computer #gnulinux

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Un'infografica intitolata "Network Troubleshooting Commands" che presenta una tabella di confronto tra diversi sistemi operativi. Le prime tre colonne sono identificate dai loghi di Linux (un pinguino), macOS (una faccia sorridente) e Windows (quattro quadrati blu), mentre la quarta colonna riporta il testo "Created by Dan Nanni study-notes.org" accanto a un ritratto. La tabella elenca i seguenti comandi e relative funzioni: Show network interfaces & addresses: ip addr (Linux), ifconfig -a (macOS) (macOS), ipconfig /all (Windows). - Test network reachability: ping (tutti i sistemi). - Show the network path to a destination: traceroute mtr (Linux), traceroute mtr (macOS), tracert pathping (Windows). - Show the system routing table: ip route (Linux), netstat -rn (macOS), route print (Windows). - Show IPv4 address to MAC mappings: ip neigh (Linux), arp -a (macOS), arp -a (Windows). - Show IPv6 address to MAC mappings: ip -6 neigh (Linux), ndp -a (macOS), netsh int ipv6 sh neigh (Windows). - Show active connections and listening ports: ss -tuln (Linux), netstat -a -an (macOS), netstat -an (Windows). - Query and display DNS records: dig (Linux), dig (macOS), nslookup (Window (Windows). - Capture network packet traces: tcpdump (Linux), tcpdump (macOS), pktmon ( (Windows).

Just read that #MacOS #Tahoe is the last one that will support Intel-based #macs, and it only supports some 2019-2020 models.

So that means that #Apple is targeting six or maybe seven years of hardware support.

That's an e-waste empire, guys.

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A ginger tabby cat looking down at us, saying "Pathetic."

#libreoffice #joplin #microsoft #office #copilot #opensource #oss #ai #linux #macOS #windows

Quick Mac tip. The Globe key opens the Emoji and Symbols picker, the Character Palette, for inserting emoji and special characters. By default it pops up every time you hit it.

Don't want it? System Settings, Keyboard, "Press Globe key to," set to Do Nothing.

Honest question, if you have a Mac, do you use the character palette or turn it off like me?

Adding this to chapter 2 of my book. Chapter one free: https://open.substack.com/pub/taylorarndt/p/i-wrote-a-book-about-the-macbook?r=39ff34

#Mac #macOS #MacBookNeo #Apple #TechTips #MacTips

Question for you Apple nerds: Once Golden Gate comes out, there will still be security updates for Sequoia, right? My work MacBook Pro is controlled by corporate policies, but so far I have been able to avoid Liquid Glass because Sequoia is still a first-class citizen. After the new OS release, this will still be the case, right?

#MacOS #LiquidGlass #Sequoia

Anyone know of an #accessible #video downloader which works on mac, uses yt-dlp, and can convert videos to audio-formats like MP3?
I've been using yt-dlp in the terminal for a bit, but I'm tired of having to type in long strings of commands.
#accessibility #blind #youtube #video #macos #audio

New Signal Desktop update (8.16) 🎉

- Updated sticker pack link previews: new button and design for sticker pack previews

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/releases/signal-desktop-releases/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #news #windows #linux #macOS #tech

Restic is a fast, secure, and open-source backup tool for Linux, macOS, Windows, and BSD systems.

It supports encrypted backups, deduplication, snapshot versioning, and storage on local drives, SSH servers, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure, Google Cloud, rclone, and more.

Designed to make backups simple, efficient, and verifiable while keeping your data protected.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=restic

#OpenSource #Backup #Privacy #SelfHosted #Linux #Windows #macOS #DataBackup

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Screenshot of the Restic project documentation page in dark mode. The page shows an "Introduction" section describing Restic as a fast, efficient, and secure open-source backup program. The text highlights support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. Status badges at the top indicate documentation passing, tests passing, and an A+ Go Report Card rating.

A 8-Bit Sound Generator for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

A browser-based procedural chiptune composer. It generates original 8-bit background music on demand using the Web Audio API. No installation, no plugins, no internet needed after loading. Every track is unique and can be exported as a WAV file ready to use in your game

https://blioumis.itch.io/8-bit-music-generator

#music #soundgenerator #chiptune #8bit #sound #generator #indiedev #indiegamedev #gamedev #nes #gameboy #arcade #linux #macos #windows #musicassets

5 Easy Steps To Crop An Image in Inkscape

Step-by-step instructions on how to use Inkscape to crop an image whether you are a beginner or advanced user.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/inkscape-crop-image/

#blog #inkscape #linux #windows #macOS #100DaysToOffload

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An elegant serif title of 'Inkscape Crop Images' stands next to a Inkscape logo shape cropped out of a blue coloured mountain landscape.

I was making a little Mac app wrapper for talking to teletype games. Fucking Xcode.

What does this ViewBridge error mean? I found a few forums where nobody knows, it's just some shit Apple does.

Obvs all my code in this is Objective-C & XIB interface, Swift is C++ with worse syntax, and hilariously not swift.

#xcode #fuckXcode #apple #macos

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Unable to obtain a task name port right for pid 602: (os/kern) failure (0x5) ViewBridge to RemoteViewService Terminated: Error Domain=com.apple.ViewBridge Code=18 "(null)" UserInfo={com.apple.ViewBridge.error.hint=this process disconnected remote view controller -- benign unless unexpected, com.apple.ViewBridge.error.description=NSViewBridgeErrorCanceled} fopen failed for data file: errno = 2 (No such file or directory) fopen failed for data file: errno = 2 (No such file or directory)

Making progress, at least. I could make it word-wrap, but that's not authentic and often not wanted. As always with fonts, fuck fonts, impossible to get reasonable sizing for anything, so best guess.

#xcode #fuckXcode #macos #nightvale

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Hello Maze Points: 0 Turn: 1 <many weird Night Vale quotes>

macOS 27: Intel users annoyed by end of support

Apple fixes many blunders of its predecessor with macOS 27. But unfortunately, Intel users have to stick with the old version.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/macOS-27-Intel-users-annoyed-by-end-of-support-11327587.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#AppleSilicon #Intel #IT #Mac #macOS #Mobiles #news

That's neat.

"Container machine provides a highly integrated Linux environment that works seamlessly on your Mac. Container machines are fast, lightweight and persistent. They are based on standard OCI images that can be built and shared. Host integrations such as automatic user and home directory sharing provide quick and easy access to your Linux environment no matter where you are in a terminal."

https://github.com/apple/container/blob/main/docs/container-machine.md

#Mac #MacOS

Proton launched Proton Drive CLI for Windows, macOS, and Linux, bringing encrypted file management, sharing, and automation to the terminal. 💻
Built on the new Drive SDK, the tool supports scripting and backups while using the same end-to-end encryption as Proton Drive apps. 🔐

@protonprivacy

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-cli

#TechNews #Proton #ProtonDrive #CLI #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #Encryption #CloudStorage #Security #Terminal #DevOps #SelfHosting #Technology #FOSS #Windows #MacOS #SDK

Inform your friends and family about these tools.

#Briar ... https://briarproject.org

"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."

#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc

"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."

#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net

"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."

#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org

"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat

"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."

#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org

"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."

#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download

"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."

#I2P ... https://geti2p.net

"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."

#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/

"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."

#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan

"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."

#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app

"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."

#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech