#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 12 updated apps (hey, all without that DependencyInfoBlob 🤩) and 1 added app:

* Octo: an unofficial FLOSS Octopus Energy agile tariff monitor 🛡️

RB stats: 401 apps (32.3%) – yupp, we crossed the 400! 🥳

At apt.izzysoft.de/magisk 5 #Magisk modules where updated.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo and #reproducibleBuilds :awesome:

This RAM consumption test between Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera browsers demonstrates which one consumes the least memory. Spoiler alert: Firefox won by a mile.

#firefox #chrome #edge #opera #browser #ram
slashgear.com/1753454/what-web…

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Matt Mullenweg deactivates the accounts of several WordPress.org members, some of whom have been leading a push to create a new fork of the open-source project (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

techcrunch.com/2025/01/11/matt…
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Friendica tips&tricks. Watch out! It's over 9000 (characters)

Friendica beginner help megathread

Hello, everyone! As we know what Zuck's place is going through, I decided to create a post with all the resources I found online all these years I've been on this place, in a bid to help more people board. Here we go:

List of guides/presentations/quick start

All of these should be more comprehensive than this guide.

Short Q&A with the most common problems

How do I post stuff?
Easy, on your profile, click the button in the top right that looks like this:

A pop-up window will open, and you can type anything. Make sure to set the appropriate permissions by clicking the tab at the top. If you want your post to be public then choose public, if you don't, select limited/private and add the exceptions or add who can see it. Make sure you properly select these permissions, because you cannot change them later. If you format your post (see below), you can also check the preview pane to see how your post will look. This also applies for comments.

How to format my text?

Friendica uses BBCodes for text formatting like bold text, italic text, underlined text and many others. You can find more example on the usage of it in the Wiki or under https://your-instance-address/help/bbcode. You don't have to style your text, but you can do some nice stuff with it. You can also get suggestions for formatting by typing [ and selecting an option from the drop-down menu, or typing out your option to narrow your search. But do check the wiki, though. Generally, BBCode looks like [option]your-text-here[/option].

If there is any text where you don't want to add any tags on by accident, slide it between these tags: [noparse][/noparse].

How to upload an image (and how to add alt-text to it)
Just drag&drop it into the composing page. Simple. Easy. No frills.

Also, to note is that you can also re-use an image you previously uploaded if you go to the Browser tab in the compose window.

Finally, you can link to any image you find online, without downloading&reuploading it in the 1st place. Right-click an image, click "copy image link", then go to your post and type [img]paste-your image-link-here[/img] (of course, you paste your image link instead, between the img tags). This is generally how images are displayed via BBCode.

I personally use an external site to host my media and link it this way, whenever there is something I want on the internet for as long as possible in order to save some space on my instance. I mostly use postimages.org, but I also used

Meta and now also Reddit like to change the URL string to the media posted on their platforms, so don't rely on these if you want your post to still stay relevant after a few days.

You can also add Alt-Text to your image if, instead, you type [img=your_image_url]Your Alt-Text here[/img]. Alt-Text is generally an image description that is displayed when the image fails to load/before loading, and is useful to visually impaired people using screen reading software which can read this out loud. The latter is the reason why it is highly recommended by many people all across the Fediverse (not just on Friendica).

How to upload a video or other media
Just like you do with an image. However, the video will be posted under Browser, and then the "Files" icon:

Select your file, and it will be posted with an tag.

However, there's currently no user facing way to delete these as yet, so feel free to upload them on any other external service and share the direct link to the audio/video if you care about this.

You can use the tags [audio]your-link-to-the-audio[/audio] and [video]your-link-to-the-video[/video] for that.

How do I make a poll/vote at polls
Polls are currently supported by a few Fediverse platforms, but not by Friendica fully, right now (you can see them, but you cannot vote on them and create them).

You can again use an external service for creating polls, such as poll-maker or Strawpoll.

How to post to a group

Groups on Friendica, as well as any other ActivityPub platform, are generally just some special accounts that automatically boost/reshare whatever post you added while tagging them. Therefore, just create a regular post and tag them with the ! or @ signs (one of these tags should suffice). The former one creates a post that is visible on the group but unlisted wherever else (i.e. in a public feed). The latter takes account of your permission settings. You will see how you can find groups somewhere below.

How to find various people

There are multiple ways; One is to use any of the established lists:

You can also go to Settings>Profile>Miscellaneous and scroll all the way down to add some tags to the profile. Then, you can also go to Contacts and choose "similar interests" in the left pane, get friend suggestions or a random profile.

Finally, you can also add yourself into the aforementioned Friendica Directory or to your server's one by going to Settings>Account>Security and Privacy Settings and check any of these two options:

They're the 1st two boxes

This way anyone can find you according to your interests.

Finally, you can also follow hashtags to get posts from people that also share your interests directly in your feed, and then follow them from there.

If you want to have more privacy, you can check the following box below:

This limits the visibility of your content to only instances that are made aware of it, and people that have access to it based on your privacy settings. Unlogged users will not be allowed to find you.

How do I find groups?

Same as with regular people. There are multiple lists:

  • Friendica Directory (for groups that are on Friendica).
  • Check the list of @Fedi.Tips available here.
  • Lemmyverse (For Communities on Lemmy - a decentralized Lemmy alternative - be wary of this though)
  • Check out the servers of other Fediverse software like Mbin or Piefed. These are more forum-like platforms, centered around communities. Generally, each of these communities has a Fediverse address. Copy that, paste it in the search bar, and you should be able to find it. If it doesn't work the 1st time, try a few more times. If it still doesn't work, look whether the server is not on the banned list by accessing your-server-address/friendica, and/or contact your admin for clarification.


How do I use the search? Is it any useful beyond just searching for people and groups and other accounts?

Yes. Check the Wiki for more information.

Are there any mobile apps?

Yes there are. From my personal experience, Raccoon for Friendica gave me the best results. Relatica is also a great option, as well as Fedilab (the latter is more of a Mastodon client, but you can disable the display of reply in the feeds and enable BBCode - fiddle out in the settings). There are other apps for various platforms as well. If you don't find any of them fitting, you can just access your Friendica server in your browser (e.g. friendica.world, nerdica.net etc.). It's very responsive and easy to use.

I hope this Q&A covers the most common aspects of using Friendica

Bonus: Text colorsOne aspect that hasn't really been touched on in the wiki is the colors. You can have text in any color if you type the text like this [color=color_name_or_value]your text here[/color]. Hex values are accepted, however there are also some human readable names that can be used (based on this thread):
Antiquewhite
Aqua
Aquamarine
Azure
Beige
Bisque
Blanchedalmond
Blue
Blueviolet
Brown
Burlywood
Cadetblue
Chartreuse
Chocolate
Coral
Cornflowerblue
Cornsilk
Crimson
Cyan
Darkblue
Darkcyan
Darkgoldenrod
Darkgray
Darkgreen
Darkkhaki
Darkmagenta
Darkolivegreen
Darkorange
Darkorchid
Darkred
Darksalmon
Darkseagreen
Darkslateblue
Darkslategray
Darkturquoise
Darkviolet
Deeppink
Deepskyblue
Dimgray
Dodgerblue
Firebrick
Floralwhite
Forestgreen
Fuchsia
Gainsboro
Ghostwhite
Gold
Goldenrod
Gray
Green
Greenyellow
Honeydew
Hotpink
Indianred
Indigo
Ivory
Khaki
Lavender
Lavenderblush
Lawngreen
Lemonchiffon
Lightblue
Lightcoral
Lightcyan
Lightgoldenrodyellow
Lightgreen
Lightgrey
Lightpink
Lightsalmon
Lightseagreen
Lightskyblue
Lightslategray
Lightsteelblue
Linen
Magenta
Maroon
Mediumaquamarine
Mediumblue
Mediumorchid
Mediumpurple
Mediumseagreen
Mediumslateblue
Mediumspringgreen
Mediumturquoise
Mediumvioletred
Midnightblue
Mintcream
Mistyrose
Moccasin
Navajowhite
Navy
Oldlace
Olive
Olivedrab
Orange
Orangered
Orchid
Palegoldenrod
Palegreen
Paleturquoise
Palevioletred
Papayawhip
Peachpuff
Peru
Pink
Plum
Powderblue
Purple
Red
Rosybrown
Royalblue
Saddlebrown
Salmon
Sandybrown
Seagreen
Seashell
Sienna
Silver
Skyblue
Slateblue
Slategray
Snow
Springgreen
Steelblue
Tan
Teal
Thistle
Tomato
Turquoise
Violet
Wheat
White
Whitesmoke
Yellow
Yellowgreen

Happy to be featured in an article this week in the FNN :

Five takeaways from GSA’s latest Section 508 assessment

federalnewsnetwork.com/it-mode…

#GSA #Section508 #Accessibility #A11y

The #XMPP Newsletter for December 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/01/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

youtube.com/watch?v=UfHb9FpQVs…

Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of "culturally neutered" companies that have sought to distance themselves from "masculine energy" (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
techmeme.com/250111/p9#a250111…

Elektronische Patientenakte: Lauterbach verspricht einen Start „ohne Restrisiko“
netzpolitik.org/2025/elektroni…

Na ja, man wird sich ja mal versprechen dürfen...

#epa #security

in reply to Neurotransmitter

@Neurotransmitter Das hat er ja gerade unter Beweis gestellt mit der Aussage, dass die ePA eine Zweitmeinung einfacher machen würde. Hey, für eine Zweitmeinung möchte ich doch gerade nicht, dass der Zweitarzt die Erstmeinung liest? Sicher meint Herr Leiserfluss da eher den "anderen Kontext". Aber der würde ja auch für die Erstmeinung gelten.

Alles ein wenig konfus. Vielleicht sollte man mehr auf Leute hören, die sich damit auskennen? 🤔

Hey y’all! My #Infra team at #Oda is looking for a Platform Engineer! ✨ We’re a bunch of dad-joke loving, #YAML-hating, and kind individuals! #Kubernetes #Oslo linkedin.com/jobs/view/4118507…

"I got all your fucking info either you turn yourself in or ill show it to the police"

Nine years ago today. Still weird.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2016/01/11…

We're into a fresh new year, but here's a quick look at what the #LibreOffice development and QA community did in December! Including simplified dialog boxes, a better dark mode, and text effect improvements: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #opensource #freesoftware

✨ I tried @jack's django-templated-email-md project tonight, which was easy to use and was all I needed. I tried out a few other libraries, but it checked the right boxes for me.

If you want a bit more than Django's default mail handling provides, I recommend checking it out.

I no longer have an excuse not to send emails in my projects.

#Django #Python

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World Central Kitchen Meal Distribution Sites: Southern California wildfires worldcentralkitchen.org/news/m…

I needed to do something for Los Angeles, so I just donated $100 to World Central Kitchen who has staff on scene now helping to feed both first responders and displaced residents.

One of the reasons I always choose this charity is that they do not pummel you with requests after you donate. And...Jose Andres is just an awesome human being. And good starts at the top.

worldcentralkitchen.org/donate

#palisadesfire #eatonfire

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Right so I've redone this thing, because meh. Comparison of a bunch of software speech synthesizers against Infovox SA101 hardware synthesizer by having them all say the same text that was recorded by SA101 back in the day and used in Klatt's Demonstration of Several Milestones in Speech Synthesis recording.

Search for “Google Slides” & you may see that the first image they select for one of their flagship office softwares is... Someone’s SEO-cash-grab “custom product” spam. Plastic slippers with the Google slides icon on them? Google’s own intellectual property is being parasitized here. What chance do independent artists stand? Google doesn’t care, as long as they are paid by search spammers who, in turn, somehow think this will make money. #search #searchCrisis #AISlop #google #ai #sloppocalypse
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Am I out of line for thinking this makes Google look very bad? As in “sell that stock they don’t know what they are doing” bad? This isn’t just me being a scruffy anti-capitalist hippie… this is just a bad look. For a company that is the front door to the web for millions to have so little consistency— for the SEO garbage to be lapping at their own projects. It’s tawdry, broken and depressing.
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I have thought for a while now that we are witnessing the end of the internet as a useful tool for anything. It's only real function now is for communication by closed, invitation only, special interest groups, families, or organizations. Literally nothing else is trustworthy now. Ads are scams, articles are fake and wrong, search will not show you what you need, just what they're trying to push. It's useless.

NEW: Meta just killed its diversity, equity and inclusion program. Employees aren't buying the company's argument that it's the result of a 'shifting legal landscape.' What they're saying inside the company ➡️ platformer.news/meta-kills-dei…

Hey mastodon, anyone interested in a really cool internship for the blind through the library of congress teaching you how to transcribe music and documents into Braille? If so here’s the link to find out more

loc.gov/nls/who-we-are/interns…

Welcome to the RB family, MMRL 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.d…

Magisk Module Repo Loader (MMRL) allows you to load custom #Magisk repos with a simple UI.

For an app with elevated privileges, a proof like RB is especially valuable. So thanks to DerGoogler for having made this possible :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid

Say I consider "Audacity" to be a frustrating program to use.

Is there a Linux audio recording program which is a little more stripped down than Audacity? Like say some sort of "voice memo" program that lets me just record voice clips and recover the wavs. Export as MP3 a bonus but not required.

Super ultra bonus points if it's in either the GNOME Software repository or on Flathub.

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The previous message regarding Northern Lights is incorrect. It should've been sent yesterday. Anyway, coming up at 01:00 UTC, it's an hour of Smooth Jazz, Chillout and Easy Listening music on Smooth and Easy with Kelly Sapergia. Tune in at theglobalvoice.info and find more information about the show at ksapergia.net/smooth/. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Follow-up:
NVDA Alpha 34909 and newer also break the BrowserNav add-on. So it's not just TTS-oriented add-ons which are affected, though BrowserNav apparently has some audio components. Issue posted here: github.com/mltony/nvda-browser…
@NVAccess

I guess Mark really thinks that Meta smart Glasses is the iPhone of today: AppleInsider, ‪@appleinsider‬, During an interview with Joe Rogan about Meta's abandonment of fact-checking and changing rules to allow hate speech, Meta's CEO targeted Apple for lacking innovation since the iPhone.

appleinsider.com/articles/ mastodon.social/@appleinsider/…