For anyone using Windows 11, I’d like to recommend a useful tool. OFGB, an open-source tool, effectively removes ads from various parts of Windows 11. Maddy Wilcox writes on GitHub - xM4ddy/OFGB On April 23, 2024, Microsoft released an update for Windows 11 that added ads all across the OS, including the File Explorer, Start Menu, and more. This tool changes certain keys in the Windows Registry to disable those ads. It’s written in C# and uses WPF. ...
Greenpeace, together with local farmers, successfully obtained a court-ordered ban on the genetically modified “Golden Corn”, despite the lack of scientific evidence showing it to be harmful. Some in the scientific community even go so far as to predict that the ban will lead to the deaths of more children. Robin McKie writes in »A catastrophe: Greenpeace blocks planting of lifesaving Golden Rice« for theguardian.com ...
Justin Dorfman writes in “When Open Source turns sour: A brush with mistaken identity” for opensource.net Open Source is undoubtedly one of the best communities I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. It’s filled with amazing people who genuinely care about the world’s greatest software supply chain. However, this also attracts negative elements, which can lead to finger-pointing that inadvertently harms innocent contributors, the sustainability of the ecosystem, and, most importantly, the community. ...
As a free-spirited font recommendation, today I present “Darwin”. This typeface is well suited for extended passages of text, such as in books or articles. Darwin is released under the Open Font License, which makes it particularly accessible and user-friendly. Darwin is a free and open-source typeface project aiming to cover a wide range of languages and specialist (including medievalist and linguistic) usage, coming in several optical sizes and with an accompanying math font. – Emily de Oliveira Santos ...
As an enthusiastic user of the Plex software, I find it ideal for centrally managing movies, TV shows and audiobooks on my home server. However, I run into a small problem: audiobooks aren’t indexed very well1. But thanks to the plugin Audnexus I can work around this issue. It’s been running here for about six months and has been working perfectly. So it’s my clear recommendation to anyone who wants to centralize their audiobooks in a similar way. ...