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Yellow Box for Windows

Here's how to get it: WebObjects_4.0.1.toast https://macintoshrepository.org/6896-webobjects-4-0-1

You'll also want the WinNT patch: https://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Software/WebObjects/Patches/Apple/4.0.1/

Source: https://x.com/chrisprice/status/1943826939846046142

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Are we XLibre yet?

X11 has been, and still is, a vital piece of technology at the core of professional Unix-like workstations since decades. It has a proven track record of supporting enterprise-grade applications with long-term protocol stability and platform compatibility. It has matured over decades. XLibre is an actively developed fork of the X.Org X11 server, initiated by the most active X.Org developer and supported by the open source community.

An incompatible alternative, Wayland, is being aggressively pushed by IBM = Red Hat = Gnome = Fedora = freedesktop.org. However, it is not ready to succeed X11 as it its governance model leads to never-ending discussions and prevents even the most essential functionality from existing. Think twice before abandoning Xorg. Wayland breaks everything!

It is time that the open source community reclaims what was ours to begin with. This page lists distrib

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M-VAVE SMK-37 PRO

https://www.m-vave.com/productinfo/1431195.html

The M-VAVE SMK-37 PRO is a MIDI keyboard (controller) with a built-in DX7 compatible FM tone generator.

It would be so much more valuable if the firmware would be open source for the community to modify and improve.

Note to manufacturer

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PyQt6 application without X11 as of 2025

On RPi OS (Bookworm) as of 2025. Configured with raspi-config to boot into a terminal rather than the desktop.

Trying to run PyQt6 application on the bare minimum software stack. This is the application, hello.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import sys

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Dictation

Dictate in https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html without puctuation, then let a chatbot fix spelling and punctuation.

Why isn't there a simple app in the OS that can do the same?

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Badge Engineering

TV sets which all share the string "Es gab keinen Betrieb für längere Zeit. Herunterfahren?"

• Hitachi
• Thomson
• Samsung
• Panasonic
• Medion

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YD-RP2040 by VCC-GND Studio

Advantages over the Raspberry Pi Pico:

• Inexpensive
• 16 MB variant available
• Added PWR power LED
• The USB interface was changed to type-C USB
• Added reset button to facilitate reset operation and firmware update operation
• Added the USRkey user button (GPIO24)
• Added RGB lights (GPIO23)

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smart 12 V battery

Original

Original smart battery A 451 982 00 08 is rated 12V 42Ah RC. 50 min 12,5 kg 340A (EN) 320A (SAE/GS) Made in SPAIN.

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Debloating Android 14 (2024)

Even though technically "open source", Android as of 2024 out of the box is practically forcing users into Google services. To the point that Google has more raw access to the data than the user (who is not root by default while Google practically is).

While it is possible to start using Android 14 on Motorola devices without a Google account, an absolutely insane, never ending stream of nag notifications appear, urging the user to activate Google Play Services.

Especially "Android-Einrichtung", "Google Persönliche Sicherheit" and "Digital Wellbeing" are nagging all the time.

The following instructions work entirely on the phone without the need for a desktop computer.

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Südwest 3 Soundlogo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4LRn96Rxew

Who composed and performed it?

Lead melody seems to be a combination of Synclavier II timbres