Mplayer -> MPV
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2024
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Keep in mind that software doesn't have an expiry date. If a piece of software is unmaintained and doesn't have an active fork but it still fulfills your use case and doesn't have any major issues, there's no need to replace it. Some of the software I use hasn't seen any updates in five years but I still use it because it still works.
I'd say that problems mostly come from the need to update dependencies in case of vulnerabilities being discovered. But not every software needs elevated privileges or can become a vector of attack, I guess
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Desktop - Linux - Yes, likely. If not, here's a flatpak
Desktop - Windows - Maybe it still runs in a compatibility mode?
Desktop - iMac - Here's an emulator, good luck.
Mobile - PostMarketOS - Yes, likely. If not, here's a flatpak
Mobile - Android - Maybe? Try it and see if you get permission denial
Mobile - iPhone - Fuck you, no.
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"PIN number"
vs.
"FOSS software"
Who'd win in a fight?
Oh man, I want to use a longer pin for my card so badly.
From what I understand, the banks mostly support it, the problem is that not all point of sale does. Those terminals are frequently cobbled together with some pretty garbage software and if it's hard-coded to four digits, whelp, good luck. I hope tap is working.... Or NFC or something because otherwise, you're SOL.
Try it out. You may find out that your bank supports much longer pins, but only uses the first four digits anyway.
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The Personal identification number number
DNS system?
We're current using bump2version, which already is a fork, but doesn't use toml and thus isn't very strict in its config. Turns out there's already a successor (forgot the name) that supports toml. Haven't had time to switch yet, but it's on the massive backlog of shit I want to fix.
Paperless -> Paperless-ng -> Paperless-ngx
OpenOffice -> LibreOffice
StarOffice -> OpenOffice -> LibreOffice
Really, why? I don't known OpenOffice, so I'm just curious.
The original OpenOffice is no longer in development. LibreOffice is an active fork of that.
And I believe it's being developed by some of the same people, too.
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And somehow everyone is still referring to the dead project
Yes, and there's that small thing that's done in a slightly different manner that you can't change through settings and it messes with your muscle memory.