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  • A solution I’ve used for the glibc problem, is to build on an older distribution in a chroot. There is also this project which might be of use to pick a specific version of glibc. The project README also explain how to do it manually.

    As for distribution, I prefer something like makeself.sh, that installs to either ~/.local/ or if it is to be installed system-wide to /usr/local or /opt. The concept is just a small shell script appended with a compressed archive, it is easy to modify and even create by hand using standard tools like cat. This is a method widely used by native Linux games.




  • debian/rules:

    dh_auto_configure --  -DWITH_TESTS=$(WITH_TESTS) \
    	                      -DWITH_GUI_TESTS=$(WITH_TESTS) \
    	                      -DWITH_XC_UPDATECHECK=OFF \
    	                      -DWITH_XC_ALL=OFF
    

    CMakeLists.txt:

    set(WITH_XC_ALL OFF CACHE BOOL "Build in all available plugins")
    
    option(WITH_XC_AUTOTYPE "Include Auto-Type." ON)
    option(WITH_XC_NETWORKING "Include networking code (e.g. for downloading website icons)." OFF)
    option(WITH_XC_BROWSER "Include browser integration with keepassxc-browser." OFF)
    option(WITH_XC_BROWSER_PASSKEYS "Passkeys support for browser integration." OFF)
    option(WITH_XC_YUBIKEY "Include YubiKey support." OFF)
    option(WITH_XC_SSHAGENT "Include SSH agent support." OFF)
    option(WITH_XC_KEESHARE "Sharing integration with KeeShare" OFF)
    option(WITH_XC_UPDATECHECK "Include automatic update checks; disable for controlled distributions" ON)
    if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
        option(WITH_XC_FDOSECRETS "Implement freedesktop.org Secret Storage Spec server side API." OFF)
    endif()
    option(WITH_XC_DOCS "Enable building of documentation" ON)
    
    set(WITH_XC_X11 ON CACHE BOOL "Enable building with X11 deps")
    
    # stuff inbetween cut out
    
    if(WITH_XC_ALL)
        # Enable all options (except update check and docs)
        set(WITH_XC_AUTOTYPE ON)
        set(WITH_XC_NETWORKING ON)
        set(WITH_XC_BROWSER ON)
        set(WITH_XC_BROWSER_PASSKEYS ON)
        set(WITH_XC_YUBIKEY ON)
        set(WITH_XC_SSHAGENT ON)
        set(WITH_XC_KEESHARE ON)
        if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
            set(WITH_XC_FDOSECRETS ON)
        endif()
    endif()
    

    I’m no CMake expert, but it looks like to me, from the first line of the above snippet, that the default in the upstream build script is WITH_XC_ALL=OFF.



  • WARNING. Everything other than the last paragraph is kind of rude and opinionated, so skip to the bottom if you only want practical advice and not a philosophical rant.

    First of all Free Software don’t need paid developers. We scruffy hackers create software because it’s fun. I have a strong suspicion that the commercialization of Free Software via the businessfriendly clothing “Open Source” is actually creating a lot of shitty software or at least a lot of good software that’ll be obsoleted to keep business going. Capitalization of Free Software doesn’t have an incentive to create good finished software, quite the opposite. The best open source software from commercial entities is in my opinion those that were open sourced when a product was no longer profitable as a proprietary business. As examples I love the ID software game engines and Blender. Others seem happy that Sun dumped the source code of Star Office, which then became OpenOffice and LibreOffice, but then again companies like Collabora are trying to turn it into a shitty webification instead of implementing real collaborative features into the software like what AbiWord has.

    …and back in the real world where you need to buy food. Open Source consultancy, implementation of custom out-of-tree features, support, courses and training, EOL maintainance or products that leaverage Open Source software is my best answer. See Free Software as a commons we all contribute to, so that we can do things with it and built things from it. You should not expect people to pay for Free Software, but you can sell things that take advantage of Free Software as a resource.


  • As @Caboose12000@lemmy.world already said, I’d recommend drop.lol (can be selfhosted). Filetransfers are direct between peers (unless you’re behind some hardcore NAS where UDP hole-punching via STUN is not possible).

    I mean how I transfer a file depends on the situation. If it’s to someone on XMPP I’d just establish a direct transfer there. Sometimes I share a directory over HTTP, FTP, SFTP and so on. The easiest way for most people, because it only requires a WebRTC capable browser, is with one of the many peer to peer filesharing platforms like drop.lol.











  • A Linux user’s nightmare: the machine was wiped clean with one click

    Timo Tamminen

    One day a Linux user using KDE Plasma decided to download a generic theme for his desktop environment. This is possible with Plasma’s built-in tool, through which you can download anything from themes to icons and wallpapers.

    Installing themes using Plasma’s tool is easy and fast. It practically only requires one click. This time, however, the user in question certainly wishes that that one click had not been completed.

    Namely, installing the theme called Gray Layout wiped the machine completely empty of the user’s personal files. Without asking anything.

    Although the theme developer’s intention this time was apparently not malicious, the accident was a clear indication that installing third-party themes without careful supervision can be a bad mistake. With the theme, almost anything can be installed in the user’s home directory.

    The Gray Layout installation script ran the rm -rf command, which normally removes all files from the device, making the command particularly dangerous to use. However, without root access, it can only cause limited damage.

    Reddit user Jeansen Vaars says that he lost all his games, settings files, browser history and other contents of his home directory in a crash.

    The unofficial face of KDE, Nate Graham, apologizes for what happened. He promises that the matter will be thoroughly investigated. The theme in question has also been removed from the theme store.