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For the 28% of you who missed the reference, this was recently trending on Mastodon: mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115645…

To the 10% of you who joined #FriendsOfGNOME, thank you! 🙌


Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague it came up that they have never sat on a cow. Like, not even once in their childhood.

Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never sat on a cow.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a cow.

🐃 🐄 🐮

Have you sat on a cow?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.


You might think it's not a priority with all the doom happening around.

But the erosion of privacy rights is directly linked to the erosion of human rights, and the loss of democracy.

Privacy makes it safe for you to discuss, to organize, to resist, and to be your true self. This is exactly why fascists and authoritarians are attacking it.

If we lose privacy, we lose everything else. We have to defend it with all we've got.

Privacy rights are a priority.

#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy

All Library Grants Previously Canceled by Federal Agency Restored - I Love Libraries ilovelibraries.org/article/all…

More than a year has passed since my last update on Lollypop. I’ve finally updated the code so it now builds with the latest gtk-rs, but I’m still uncertain about the current UI direction.

I’d really appreciate your feedback:

- Should I keep the navigation stack as it is in the current version of Lollypop?

- Is the new sidebar layout working for you?

- What do you currently dislike in Lollypop’s interface or behavior?

- What do you enjoy and think should stay?

patreon.com/posts/144958652

The replies in this thread are so heartwarming. I love seeing that @gnome solves real people’s problems in their everyday life.

I love that it’s more than a project for computer enthusiasts. It has a massive positive impact on people’s lives.

floss.social/@gnome/1156568410…


Since we’re gonna be around all day to read, respond, and boost stuff on the fediverse… what are YOUR favorite things about GNOME? 👀

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux


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RE: floss.social/@gnome/1156504884…

Tak jsem se také přidal. Zrušil jsem předplatné dvou streamovacích služeb, které stejně skoro vůbec nevyužívám, a místo toho jsem se skamarádil s GNOME.

#Friendsofgnome #GNOME


We’re launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help!

blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…

This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on the fediverse; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!

Finally, if you’re already a Friend of GNOME or join this month, please join us in posting with #FriendsOfGNOME as well so that we can thank you. 😊

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GivingTuesday


Is it cool that Linus Torvalds uses Fedora Linux? Yes!

But the really cool thing is to use the Linux distro that works best for you. :)

Having Linux get covered on LTT is such a big win for the open source community as more techies realize there is another way!

➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbN…

But it is pretty neat tho what Linus uses 😎

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

PLEASE Stop using Spotify. Use literally anything but Spotify.

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Zoom has recently announced the LiveTrak L12 Next, an upgraded version of their 12-channel digital mixer and recorder.

No, it doesn't talk like all the new Zoom recorders do, and, to be fair, I wouldn't want it to unless it doesn't interrupt audio in progress, which is currently the case with the Essential and Studio devices, and could be routed to specific outputs. You obviously wouldn't want accessibility stuff going out over your PA during a live gig or whatever, but having a fully accessible digital console straight out of the box sure would be neat.

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The conventional wisdom says that if you want to sell software the Mac is the best platform because Mac users would be willing to pay a premium for a well-designed application. Linux would be the worst platform because most Linux would rather tolerate a poorly designed free application than pay for a well designed app.

Is this true?

  • I use Linux and I have paid for applications. (63%, 12 votes)
  • I use Linux and I would pay for a “good” app. (21%, 4 votes)
  • I use Linux and I would never pay for an app. (15%, 3 votes)
19 voters. Poll end: 3 weeks ago

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Working on the OS 8.1 release post. This is generally my outline so far:

# Following through on OS 8 release goals
* Secure Session. Privacy and Consent
* New Dock, Multitasking
* Inclusive Design

# Addressing Feedback
* 1,100+ issues fixed. 72% bugs, 18% features, 10% tasks tech debt etc
* Visual updates. New icons. Blur
* Features that don’t fit elsewhere

# Improving Support for Your Devices
* Kernel updates
* HiDPI and Multimonitor
* Touchscreen
* Misc other hardware stuff like bluetooth

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Here’s a couple of new free iOS apps using AI to assist us blind folks with navigating.

Orinav - apps.apple.com/gb/app/orinav/i…
Navis - apps.apple.com/gb/app/navis/id…

We are going to try these out. Let us know if you try them too and what you think.

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Well that pisses me off. I had a VM I booted up on a test VLAN, but I couldn't ping the VM.

Connect to VM console, can't ping the gateway/firewall.

WTF is going on?

Check switch, check firewall, everything is good; my config has not been tampered with.

Fire up a FreeBSD jail on the same VLAN, it gets DHCP and works.

Go back to VM console and ping the gateway, it works.

Now I can access the HTTP server on that test VM

WHATTTTTTTTTTT

A short tale from way back when I worked at Apple: My team had a lot of lunchtime meetings and they usually got pizza to feed us lunch while we worked. There were two of us on the team who were vegetarian, so they'd order six or eight pizzas for the team and all of them would have meat except for the one meatless pizza they had for just the two of us. But everyone likes vegetarian pizza, so people would get in line, take what looked good which included the veggie pizza, and by the time I got to the veggie pizza it would be gone and I'd have no lunch (and the other vegetarian had the same problem, of course). They tried to get the non-vegetarian people to stop eating the veggie pizza, then tried to hide it so only we veggies could get it, but nothing worked. So I suggested they order four kinds of vegetarian pizzas and a couple pizzas with meat, and that worked out great and there was much rejoicing.

This is a post about gatekeeping disability accommodations.

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The following bug fix is now in the latest version of Slack for iOS.

• Apple VoiceOver was not able to select buttons anywhere in Slack outside of threads. Like your favorite cardigan, buttons and threads will, at times,
be in need of repair. Here's a cozy thought: This bug has been all sewn up and tied off.
apps.apple.com/us/app/slack/id…