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France is rolling out Visio, a homegrown secure videoconferencing platform, to all government employees by 2027.

The move aims to replace American tools like Teams, Zoom and Webex that currently fragment public administration communications and create security vulnerabilities.

The platform already has 40,000 regular users and is being deployed to 200,000 agents. Major institutions like CNRS are switching over this quarter, with CNRS replacing Zoom for its 34,000 staff and 120,000 affiliated researchers by late March.

Visio runs on French sovereign cloud infrastructure certified by ANSSI, uses AI transcription technology from French startup Pyannote, and will add real-time subtitling from French AI lab Kyutai by summer 2026. Beyond security and digital sovereignty, the switch generates real savings of about 1 million euros per year for every 100,000 users leaving paid license solutions.

Minister David Amiel frames this as essential to protecting sensitive government data and scientific exchanges from exposure to non-European actors while supporting French tech companies.

numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/es… #France #Greenland #MAGA #DonaldTrump #tarrifs #France #Google #MicrosofTeams

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#Greenland #Minneapolis #ICE

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#google #france #MAGA #ice #donaldtrump #greenland #tarrifs #minneapolis #microsofteams
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THE PROVEN TRACK RECORD:

France isn't experimenting—they've been doing this successfully for 20 years. The French Gendarmerie (national police, 100,000+ employees) pioneered this approach:

TIMELINE:
• 2005: Migrated from MS Office to OpenOffice
• 2008: Started Ubuntu desktop deployment (GendBuntu)
• 2014: Majority migration complete
• 2024: 97% of workstations running Linux (103,164 computers!)

FINANCIAL IMPACT:
• €2 million/year in licensing cost savings
• Additional savings from eliminating 4,500 servers
• Total 2004-2008: ~€50 million saved

STRATEGIC INVESTMENT:
In October 2025, France became the FIRST national government to officially partner with the Matrix Foundation—not just using it, but funding its development and participating in strategic decisions. This ensures the protocol evolves to meet European government needs.

So when we say France is "building bundles," they're really packaging, hardening, and supporting mature upstream FOSS (Linux, PostgreSQL, Matrix, etc.) with French hosting, governance, and integration—not reinventing everything from scratch.

GendBuntu: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBunt…

Gendarmerie case study: canonical.com/blog/la-gendarme…

#Matrix
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Linux distribution for French police

Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#matrix
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HOW EASY IS IT TO MOVE FROM MICROSOFT?

TECHNICALLY: Very feasible. Strong FOSS alternatives exist for everything:
Windows → Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora)

Office → OnlyOffice, LibreOffice

Exchange/Teams → Matrix/Element, Nextcloud

SQL Server → PostgreSQL, MariaDB

Benefits: No per-seat licenses, data sovereignty, transparent security, longer hardware life, no forced obsolescence.

THE REAL CHALLENGE: Organizational, not technical

Legacy Windows-only apps & VBA macros (need rewriting or VMs)

User retraining & change management (people lose muscle memory)

Political will & leadership commitment (critical!)

External partner expectations (.docx, Outlook, Teams)

SUCCESS FACTORS (proven by Lyon & Gendarmerie):
• Strong political backing at highest levels
• Adequate budget & realistic timeline
• Comprehensive training programs
• Willingness to maintain hybrid systems during transition
• Local/regional procurement (Lyon: 100% French contractors)

CURRENT MOMENTUM:
Denmark, Germany (Schleswig-Holstein), Netherlands, Italy, and Slovenia are all pursuing similar digital sovereignty initiatives through FOSS

Bottom line: #France proves that digital sovereignty through open source works at massive scale (103K+ workstations). They're not reinventing wheels—they're making smart use of mature, proven technology with European hosting and governance.

Lyon Register article: theregister.com/2025/06/26/lyo…

#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #FOSS #France #Lyon #PublicSector #Ubuntu #Matrix #GendBuntu #Europe #Microsoft

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French city of Lyon ditching Microsoft for open source office and collab tools

: Ingredients of future software salade Lyonnaise will include Linux, PostgreSQL, and OnlyOffice
Simon Sharwood (The Register)
#linux #foss #matrix #opensource #microsoft #france #ubuntu #europe #digitalsovereignty #publicsector #lyon #gendbuntu
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Another reason why I wish more appliances still had physical buttons and knobs, aside from the obvious tactile one, is that it's an easy way for you to have a personal default setting.

My countertop dishwasher for example has only touch buttons. They are a pain to trigger, especially with wet hands, and it always starts at the energy- and water-saving programme, so helpfully named "1", which takes about 2 hours. Whereas I prefer the short programme, which takes only 30 minutes, since it's the only programme that doesn't include a drying cycle, and it usually cleans well-enough. I usually prefer to just open the door afterwards, pull the rack out on top of it, and let it air-dry while its contents are still hot. It's programme 3 though, so I'll have to press that programme-select button twice. every... single... time...

Whereas if the programme-select was just a physical knob, I could just leave it on programme 3. I also like to always have it start with a 5-minute steam, which could also just be a physical switch, instead of a non-tactile area I have to press every time. Hell, make it a knob that sets the duration of the steam session.

Even better; instead of mildly different predefined programmes, give me a whole bunch of knobs for pre-wash temperature and duration, main programme temperature and duration, rinse cycle. Put a nice, user-replaceable, LED above each of them that indicates which cycle it's currently in, and one shared countdown timer display, and I'm a happy camper.

#FiXatoRants #appliances #accessibility #a11y #kitchenAppliances #kitchen #DearDesigner #knobhead

#a11y #Accessibility #kitchen #fixatorants #appliances #kitchenappliances #deardesigner #knobhead

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Here's an interesting thought to ponder. Flying is generally regarded as the safest transport method for human transportation. However, the modern jetliner flies at altitudes that under normal circumstances, humans could never survive. It's only thanks to things such as cabin pressurization, that even allows that to work. But I wonder, who was the first person or group of people that decided that it would even be possible to pressurize a cabin and allow humans to fly at much much higher altitudes? How did the idea that flying it altitudes above 30,000 feet would even be possible? Just some random thoughts I had as I enjoy my evening.

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Alright, today I'm open to new names for NV Speech Player. I don't need to ask for permission to rename since it's GPLV2, it's actually a bigger problem if my fork is confused with the official one.
So I intend to break all my links. (I'll update them to the new files in my places on posts.)
SpeechPlayer-2025-V3 will become the "defacto" version, with multilingual support removed. It will be renamed to just SpeechPlayer-2025 after.
This will keep distinction between the two flavors and avoid people from thinking the one I'm forking is like the official NVAccess one.
Name ideas so far that sound not bad:
Pulse Player, Sonant Player, Voxera Player
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@nick hmm. "Official" though means inheriting expectations about support, review, release cadence, and compatibility. A fork lets me move fast, break/reshape things, and make opinionated choices (like big sound-model changes) without people assuming NV Access signed off. If it sits under an NV Access org or looks "official," users may read that as endorsement. That can be uncomfortable for NV Access if they’re not actively resourcing it. We're already changing core synthesis behavior (waveform, packs, tooling). That’s exactly the point where "new project, with credit" is usually healthier than "official continuation."
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Tamas G

see I wasn't really either, until I realized that I've now reshaped all three stages of the pipeline. The player (wave generator) itself, the IPA rules engine, and the way we talk to phonemizers (a bit loosened from Espeak's coupling.) If the fork diverged less keeping the "NV" name is OK, but with the trademark thing I didn't even know NVAccess has and this I think I got a bit sold on it.
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Ich habe erstaunlicherweise recht viel Zeit mit der Recherche zur #epa verbracht und kann die Apotheken Umschau als aktuellste Quelle zu dem Thema empfehlen.

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Elektronische Patientenakte speichert Gesundheitsdaten – was Patienten zur ePA wissen müssen

Die elektronische Patientenakte ist Pflicht für Praxen und Klinken. Welche Daten in der ePA gespeichert werden und wie man dem widersprechen kann.
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#epa

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So one of the reasons the Loops iOS was rejected was because we had a "Delete Account" button in settings...

But it opened a webview and required you to login.

Apparently, Apple requires frictionless deletion (something that Google does not)

So I added new Deletion and also Deactivation screens to handle that without leaving the app.

While annoying, kudos to Apple for putting users first ✨

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Add in-app Account Deactivation and Deletion · joinloops/loops-expo@7d6cb83

The federated short video sharing platform app. Contribute to joinloops/loops-expo development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Nichts wirklich ABSOLUT NICHTS ist lächerlicher als Konservative, die sich über vom Schneewetter völlig überforderten ÖPNV und Bahnausfälle beschweren.

IHR habt dieses Land so lange regiert wie keine andere Partei. IHR habt den Staat absichtlich heruntergewirtschaftet, ihm die Mittel entzogen seinen Aufgaben nachzukommen. IHR habt das Privatisierungsdesaster der Bahn maßgeblich angestoßen.

Das was IHR da draußen seht ist nichts anderes als die Früchte eurer "Arbeit".

Danke für nichts.

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Well, it's official. I can finally kick good old crappy Adobe Reader to the curb. In comes Foxit PDF reader, as they've enabled accessibility support. Plus, I have found a portable version of it and it even lets you fill out PDF forms. So Adobe go bye bye and now I have something that is actually quite snappy to use. Yay! portableapps.com/apps/office/f…

Foxit Reader Portable | PortableApps.com

Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer and creator with a rich feature set. Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read, create, sign, and annotate (comment on) PDF documents and fill out …
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Ranskan kansalliskokous hyväksyi nuorten somekiellon: hs.fi/maailma/art-200001177528…

"Lakiesitystä on kritisoitu siitä, että se on liian yksinkertaistettu vastaus teknologian kielteisiin vaikutuksiin. Esimerkiksi maanantaina yhdeksän lastensuojelujärjestöä kehotti kansanedustajia asettamaan alustat vastuuseen, ei kieltämään lapsia sosiaalisesta mediasta."

#some #lapsetJaNuoret #somekielto


Ranskan kansalliskokous hyväksyi nuorten somekiellon

Tavoitteena on, että kielto tulisi voimaan syyskuun alusta. Lakiesitys vaatii vielä senaatin hyväksynnän.
Vilma Aholuoto HS (Helsingin Sanomat)
#some #lapsetjanuoret #somekielto
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Magdalena Hai📚🦈🏳️‍🌈

aikuiset helppojen ratkaisujen äärellä... Kuinkahan paljon näissä absoluuttisissa kielloissa on lopulta kyse siitä, että monille aikuisille ja erityisesti poliitikoille ajatus siitä, että he joutuisivat ehkä itse rajoittamaan omaa somenkäyttöään tai jopa lopettamaan sen, on liikaa? On helpompaa yrittää vaan rajata lapset ja nuoret pois kuin vastuuttaa alustoja toimimaan eettisemmin.

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Vielleicht kann mir hier jemensch helfen: Gibt es eine Möglihckeit, bei Windows dafür zu sorgen, dass ein Audiogerät als Lautsprecher und nicht als Kopfhörer systemseitig erkannt wird?

Hintergrund: Mein Dienstlaptop wirft auf alles, was als Kopfhörer erkannt wird, nervige Raumklangeffekte, obwohl im OS dahingehend alles ausgeschaltet ist. Jetzt habe ich einen USB-C Dongle auf 3,5 mm Klinke verbunden. Was ich dort anschließe, wird als Lautsprecher von Windows erkannt und bekommt keinen Pseudoraumklang verpasst. Da ich mit Screenreader arbeite, ergibt sich dadurch ein extrem viel entspannteres Arbeitsgefühl! Nachteil ist allerdings, dass mein Dienstheadset via USB-C als Kopfhörer erkannt und folglich mit den Audioeffekten beworfen wird. Ich würde es aber gern nutzen.

Kann ich angeschlossene und als Kopfhörer erkannte Audiogeräte, wie das Dienstheadset zu Lautsprechern umdeklarieren? Bonuspunkte, wenn das ohne Adminrechte geht. Danke!

#Windows #Audio #Kopfhörer #Headset

#Windows #audio #headset #kopfhorer
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helpsterTee

das auch ausgeschaltet?
support.microsoft.com/de-de/wi…
Normalerweise kommt das vom Treiber selbst. Wenn das Headset einen USB-class compliant driver mode hat, könnte es helfen den Headset Treiber zu deinstallieren, dann sollte Windows Fallback auf class compliant eigentlich durchführen. Aber das ist hakelig, braucht Adminrechte und ich hab das seit Windows 8 nicht mehr gemacht :/

Aktivieren von räumlichem Sound in Windows - Microsoft-Support

Aktivieren Sie räumlichen Sound in Windows.
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@Friendica Support
Habe gestern meine #Friendica Stable auf "Blutwurz" geupdated (ich musste diesen schönen Namen jetzt einfach mal schreiben) ;-)

Ich nutzte das #bookface scheme unter Frio.
github.com/randompenguin1/book…
Dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass das ich in Desktopgröße einen kleinen Darstellungsschönheitsfehler habe.
Da steht oben jetzt einmal in english "compose" und daneben noch mal in Deutsch, "neuer Beitrag" (siehe Screenshot!). Wie kann ich das vielleicht fixen?

Ein Screenshot meiner Friendicatimeline mit der im Post beschriebenen Darstellungsdopplung

GitHub - randompenguin1/bookface: This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:

This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:. Contribute to randompenguin1/bookface development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#friendica #BookFace @Friendica Support

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Data Privacy Day feels more important in 2026 than ever before. 🛡️🔐

Together we can spread privacy. Like, share, comment and spread awareness this #DataPrivacyDay

Find out what other DeGoogled apps our community recommends 👉tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list

Preferred Messaging Apps of the Tuta community: Signal 67% Threema 6% Session 3% Element 3% Matrix 3% Wire 1%

Top list to deGoogle with best private alternatives | 2025 | Tuta

2025 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!
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#dataprivacyday

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I just finished the slides for our talk on UnifiedPush (@unifiedpush) at FOSDEM 2026! Come see Simon (@S1m) and me in the FOSS on Mobile devroom this Saturday at 16:00.

fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event…

#UnifiedPush #FOSDEM #FOSDEM26

FOSDEM 2026 - UnifiedPush - Push notifications. Decentralized and Open Source

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#UnifiedPush #fosdem #fosdem26 @UnifiedPush @S1m

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I just wanted to say thank you to all the #blind folk who responded last night to give me so many fantastic responses.

It's given me a clear direction of travel, and been quite affirming in terms of my future plans.

I don't have as much money as I'd like, but I can certainly do some things.

I think I'm going to go back to the table and ask the charity to put some of our own money in so that I can do something for Deafblind people.

They may say no.

#accessibility #disability #disabled

#Accessibility #blind #Disabled #Disability

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A long one, but that's pretty common for Hindustani Classical. This is a recording from 1974 of Surbahar (essentially bass sitar) playing rāg yaman. This serene evening rāg is similar to lydian, though with rules. Alāp Jor Jhala refers to distinct sections. The alāp is a slow free-rhythm exploration of the rāg, jor/jod () introduces a steady rhythm, and jhala introduces a more lively rhythm (a constant pattering of melodic raindrops).
#Music #Ethnomusicology #WorldMusic
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Imrat Khan - Surbahar - Raga Yaman Live in Germany 1974

Raga Yaman ( 33.00 )Alap, Jor & JhalaImrat Khan - SurbaharFrom " Live in Munchen, Germany, 1974Recorded from LP to CassetteBy the joining of Alap & Jor to Jh...
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#music #ethnomusicology #worldmusic
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Cassana 🍻

@menelion Hindustani and Carnatic music theory are interesting different worlds to explore. I’ve mainly done rhythm theory though, but I understand the basics of rāg. Perhaps useful to know. The melody is mainly happening on one string. For reference, the surbahar usually has a scale length of 95-100cm. The instrument’s overall length can be more like 130cm. It’s a beast!
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K tomu, co se teď děje, jen jedno

🎸HNF🎸
🎶To svět se posral🎶
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To svet se posral - YouTube Music

Provided to YouTube by Parlophone Czech Republic To svet se posral · Hrdinové nové fronty Válka ℗ 2007 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by E...
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Google AI Plus : avec son nouvel abonnement à 8 euros par mois, Gemini veut tuer ChatGPT Go
https://www.numerama.com/tech/2168959-google-ai-plus-avec-son-nouvel-abonnement-a-8-euros-par-mois-gemini-veut-tuer-chatgpt-go.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Google AI Plus vs ChatGPT Go : quel abonnement IA à 8 euros choisir ?

Quelques jours après le lancement de l'abonnement ChatGPT Go à 8 euros par mois, Google réplique avec Google AI Plus, une formule équivalente qui donne accès à la meilleure version de Gemini et à 200 Go de stockage.
Nicolas Lellouche (Numerama)
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RE: social.heise.de/@heiseonline/1…

Für blinde Musiker*innen, die die zugänglichen Keyboards und auf NKS basierenden Bibliotheken nutzen, weil sie eben sprechend sind und somit zugänglich, im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen solchen Keyboard-Systemen, ist das eine verdammt schlechte Nachricht. Sehende können vielleicht auf Alternativen ausweichen, wir haben aber solche nicht. Wie bitter! Hoffe das ganze Ökosystem wird irgendwie gerettet.

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Native Instruments meldet Insolvenz an Das Berliner Musiktechnologieunternehmen Native Instruments, auch Muttergesellschaft von iZotope, Plugin Alliance und Brainworx, hat Insolvenz angemeldet. https://www.heise.
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