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Cassette: a POSIX application framework featuring a retro-futurist GUI toolkit

Posted on by Michael G
Cassette is a GUI application framework written in C11, with a UI inspired by the cassette-futurism aesthetic. Built for modern POSIX systems, it’s made out of three libraries: CGUI, CCFG and COBJ. Cassette is free and open-source software, licensed under the LGPL-3.0. ↫ Cassette GitHub page Upon first reading this description, you might wonder what a “cassette-futurism aesthetic” really is, but once you take a look at the screenshots of what Cassette can do, you immediately understand what it means. It’s still in the alpha stage and there’s lot still to do, but what it has now is already something quite unique I don’t think the major toolkits really cater to or can even pull off. There’s an example application that’s focused on showing some system stats, and that’s exactly the kind of stuff this seems a great fit for: good-looking, small widget-like applications showing glanceable information.

How to Add Doors in Revit | Part 06 | #autocadcivil3d #autodesk #revit #architecture #Autodesk…

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Adding doors in Revit is a straightforward process that lets you quickly incorporate entryways into your building model. Below is a step-by-step guide to help you add doors to your project:

Step 1: Open a Plan or Elevation View
Plan View:
Open a floor plan (e.g., Level 1) from the Project Browser to see wall layouts where you want to place doors.

Elevation View:
Alternatively, an elevation view can help ensure correct vertical placement, especially when adjusting door heights.

Step 2: Select the Door Tool
Go to the Architecture Tab:
On the ribbon, click the Architecture tab.

Click on the Door Tool:
In the Build panel, click on the Door icon.

You can also type DR as a shortcut.
Step 3: Choose a Door Type
Select from the Properties Palette:
Once the door tool is active, look at the Properties palette to select a door type.

Modify or Duplicate a Door Type (Optional):

If you need a door with custom dimensions or materials, click Edit Type and choose Duplicate to create a new door type.
Modify the parameters (e.g., width, height, panel configuration) as needed and click OK.
Step 4: Place the Door
Click on a Wall:
With the door tool active, click on the wall where you want to place the door.

Revit automatically aligns the door with the wall’s centerline or edge based on the door’s placement properties.
Positioning the Door:

After clicking, a temporary preview will appear.
Move the cursor along the wall to position the door where you want it.
Click again to confirm the placement.
Multiple Placements:

For multiple door placements, continue clicking along the desired walls.
To exit the door placement mode, press Esc or click the Modify tool.
Step 5: Adjust Door Placement and Properties
Move and Rotate:
Move: Use the Move tool to adjust the door’s position along the wall.
Rotate: If needed, use the Rotate tool to change the door swing direction.
Door Properties:
Select the door to open the Properties palette.
Here you can adjust parameters like Flip, Sill Height, and Door Swing.
Fine-Tune in Elevation Views:
Open an elevation view to verify the door’s vertical alignment and overall appearance.
Adjust any offsets or attachment details if required.
Step 6: Verify and Annotate
Check in 3D View:
Switch to a 3D view (press F3) to review the door placement in context with the overall model.

Add Tags/Annotations (Optional):
Use the Tag by Category tool under the Annotate tab to add labels or tags to the doors for further documentation.

Additional Tips
Work with Door Panels and Hardware:
For more detailed design, explore the door family’s parameters for customizing panels, frames, and hardware.

Load New Families:
If the built-in door types do not meet your needs, you can load additional door families:

Go to Insert → Load Family and choose from the available library or external sources.
Constraints:
Ensure that wall

Golems GABB: Containerization and DevOps: with Docker and Kubernetes

Posted on by Michael G
Containerization and DevOps: with Docker and Kubernetes

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Fri, 02/07/2025 – 09:47

Drupal is a great development system, but it needs extra solutions for certain tasks. Docker and Kubernetes are powerful tools that help with automation. You can use them for various purposes, including testing, development, deployment, and managing web applications in production.
If you want to improve DevOps through automation, these two tools will be very useful in reaching your goals. The world of DevOps is changing fast, which is why automation and integration are crucial for high efficiency and scalability. 
Today, the Golems Drupal development team will look into DevOps automation and deployment using Docker and Kubernetes.

Welcoming Peter Rojas as Mozilla’s SVP of New Products

Posted on by Michael G

We’re thrilled to share that Peter Rojas has joined Mozilla Corporation as our new Senior Vice President of New Products. In this role, Peter will lead Mozilla’s endeavors to explore, build and scale new products that align with Mozilla’s greater mission and values. He will report to me and join Mozilla’s steering committee.  At Mozilla, […]

The post Welcoming Peter Rojas as Mozilla’s SVP of New Products appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Hearing your device speak

Posted on by Michael G

This Week in F-Droid

TWIF curated on Thursday, 06 Feb 2025, Week 6

Community News

From a prolific FOSS dev @woheller69 we now have another app, SherpaTTS, Text-to-Speech engine based on Next-gen Kaldi. We’ve complained before about the FOSS voice situation, that while RHVoice got some updates, it’s still limited to 8 natural voices, and the new eSpeak is great, supports many voices, but the robotic synthesized sounds are harder to tune and use. Out of the LLM gold rush we hope to extract some value for the end users too, and applying their magic here appears to give some really nice results.

How good? SeeHear for yourself on the test page.

After install and the download of your language of choice, don’t forget to go to Android Settings, System, Languages, Text-to-speech and select SherpaTTS as the preferred engine. Now your apps will use it to give you directions, like Organic Maps mentioned below and OsmAnd~, read text out-loud or even your notifications (via Voice Notify).

On related apps, from the same developer even, do also try Whisper (Voice recognition speech to text: you don’t type, you just talk and magically the text appears on screen) and Seamless (After talking, the text is translated to another language).

Organic Maps: Hike, Bike, Drive Offline, was updated to 2025.01.26-9-FDroid. In the past we had our share of long philosophical discussions with the OM app team, say about newly added ‘features’, and about the nature of Ads but it all ended well enough from our point of view. The latest version improves upon all these, map features aside, as it fixes two of the pain points that had the app flagged with anti-features more than one year ago. The added Kayak hotel links are now a setting users need to enable if they want and the CDN servers that serve your maps finally run FOSS software.

Tubular, A free lightweight YouTube front-end, is newly added. It’s a fork of NewPipe which brings support for SponsorBlock and ReturnYouTubeDislike features and more.

Newly Added Apps

8 more apps were newly added

Updated Apps

142 more apps were updated

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