Read a book review on my timeline that didn't mention the title or author.
Went to reply in confusion because the book sounded interesting, and realised the details were in the content warning and I have those completely disabled in my client.
Please don't use content warnings like email subject lines.
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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
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
After years of absence, Oppo has finally returned to Germany with several of its latest smartphones, including the Find X9...Ben Schoon (9to5Google)
@nick Branding trumps time. If it was under an NV Access banner, people would expect NV Access involvement, endorsement, and polish. Not worth the pressure on yourself or on them.
Forking is a standard open source practice and seems fully appropriate in this case, although I'm not convinced you really need to rename the project.
If you do not want to use software from a US tech industry that supports Donald Trump, this is the website you have been looking for:
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.European Alternatives
Ich habe erstaunlicherweise recht viel Zeit mit der Recherche zur #epa verbracht und kann die Apotheken Umschau als aktuellste Quelle zu dem Thema empfehlen.
apotheken-umschau.de/gesundhei…
Die elektronische Patientenakte ist Pflicht für Praxen und Klinken. Welche Daten in der ePA gespeichert werden und wie man dem widersprechen kann.Stephanie Schersch (Apotheken Umschau)
Wieso heißt es Night-Eating-Syndrom …
… und nicht Insomnomnonnia?
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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The federated short video sharing platform app. Contribute to joinloops/loops-expo development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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.
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 …PortableApps.com
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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
Tavoitteena on, että kielto tulisi voimaan syyskuun alusta. Lakiesitys vaatii vielä senaatin hyväksynnän.Vilma Aholuoto HS (Helsingin Sanomat)
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!
Aktivieren Sie räumlichen Sound in Windows.support.microsoft.com
Happy Data Privacy Day everyone :D
@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.
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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?
This is a mirror. The canonical repository is at:. Contribute to randompenguin1/bookface development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
now I'm picturing you *wearing* all eight T-shirts, layered, and distributing them to the FOSDEM crowd by ripping each one off and throwing them into the crowd like a pro wrestler.
(I am a very normal person, I'm not sure why you're asking.)
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
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!Tuta
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
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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.
Have you ever cancelled a therapy appointment just because you can't deal with it today?
I'm fine, just exhausted.
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We are doing another curl + distro online meeting this spring in what now has become an established annual tradition. A two-hour discussion, meeting, workshop for curl developers and curl distro maintainers.daniel.haxx.se
K tomu, co se teď děje, jen jedno
🎸HNF🎸
🎶To svět se posral🎶
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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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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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France's "software bundle" isn't brand-new code—it's a carefully curated stack of existing, mature free and open-source software (FOSS) being integrated and supported at national and municipal levels.
LYON EXAMPLE (June 2025):
Lyon—France's 3rd largest city with 10,000 government employees—is replacing Microsoft's entire stack with proven FOSS:
• Windows → Linux (Ubuntu-based)
• Microsoft Office → OnlyOffice (AGPL license, developed by Latvian firm Ascensio)
• SQL Server → PostgreSQL
• Microsoft 365 → Territoire Numérique Ouvert (TNO) collaboration platform
NATIONAL LEVEL - "La Suite numérique":
France's national digital suite assembles existing open components:
• Tchap: Matrix-based secure messaging (600,000+ public agents using it)
• Grist: Collaborative spreadsheets/databases (Apache 2.0)
• Docs: Real-time collaborative editing (built on BlockNote, developed with Germany)
• Meet: Video conferencing (LiveKit)
• Webinaire: Webinar platform (BigBlueButton)
All hosted in France, all open standards, single sign-on via ProConnect.
Lyon details:
interoperable-europe.ec.europa…
La Suite:
lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/en
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The municipality of Lyon moves towards open source
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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.)R. Scott (i47i)
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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
Simon Sharwood (The Register)