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Looking for a new laptop that runs Linux out of the box? Get a ThinkPad!

Lenovo has been offering ThinkPads with Fedora and @ubuntu preinstalled for a few years now. The more people who shop for these devices, the more attention they can give to this business!

Here's an article of someone discovering Lenovo's Linux program: news.itsfoss.com/lenovo-cuts-w…

#Fedora #Lenovo #ThinkPad #Linux #OpenSource


Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed

Lenovo is doing something that many aren't.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
#linux #opensource #fedora #Lenovo #thinkpad @Canonical Ubuntu

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I just discovered the amazing Evertop project by @cobble2stone @ericjenott! Evertop is a portable PC that emulates an IBM XT with an 80186 processor and 1MB RAM, running DOS, Minix, and other old 1980s operating systems, including Windows up to version 3.0. Powered by a low-power microcontroller and an e-ink display, it can run for hundreds or even thousands of hours on a single charge, thanks to its built-in solar panel and extreme power-saving measures. It's loaded with built-in peripherals like a keyboard, PS/2 ports, graphics support, audio output, serial ports, USB, Ethernet, WiFi, and LoRA radio. Charging options include a solar panel, DC input, and micro USB. It features a detachable keyboard, optional hibernate, and power shutoff. Storage is via SD card, and it's powered by an Espressif ESP32 microcontroller. Compatibility includes almost all IBM PC/XT compatible DOS software from the 1980s and early 90s. There's also a minimal version, "Evertop Min," which reduces weight and cost by removing some features. I'd love to see a model with a Raspberry Pi Zero for more productivity-focused tasks. Let's see if someone is already working on something similar! #Evertop #RetroComputing #PortablePC #OpenSource #DIY #TechInnovation #Emulation #OffGridComputing #ESP32 #RaspberryPi #Minimalism #Productivity #EInk #solar #solarpanel #Typewriter
The image shows the Evertop, a portable retro PC featuring an E Ink display and hundreds of hours of battery life. It is a small electronic device equipped with a solar panel and a keyboard. The device is predominantly white with a black keyboard. The keyboard has a standard QWERTY layout with black keys and white lettering. Above the keyboard, there is an E Ink display showing a menu with text, and a digital display showing "8888." To the left of the screen, there are several buttons, including a numeric keypad and function keys. The solar panel, which also serves as the back-plate, is positioned above the device and is connected by a cable, suggesting it powers the device. The background is a plain, light-colored surface.
#opensource #diy #retrocomputing #raspberrypi #esp32 #Eink #productivity #emulation #typewriter #solar #minimalism #techinnovation #evertop #portablepc #offgridcomputing #solarpanel

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Trump puts 100% tariff on movies that force him to read

thebeaverton.com/2025/05/trump…


Trump puts 100% tariff on movies that force him to read - The Beaverton

HOLLYWOOD, CA - After accidentally watching the South Korean film Parasite on Air Force One, Donald Trump has signed an executive order placing a 100% tariff on any movie that forces him to read.
PJ Taylor (The Beaverton)

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It’s alive! Welcome to the new Planet GNOME!

A few months ago, I announced that I was working on a new implementation of Planet GNOME, powered by GitLab Pages. This work has reached a point where we’re ready to flip the switch and replace the old Planet website.

You can check it out at planet.gnome.org

This was only possible thanks to various other contributors, such as Jakub Steiner, who did a fantastic job with the design and style, and Alexandre Franke, who helped with various papercuts, ideas, and improvements.

As with any software, there might be regressions and issues. It would be a great help if you report any problems you find at gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Website…

Here’s to blogs, RSS feeds, and the open web!

feborg.es/new-planet-gnome/


Issues · Teams / Websites / planet.gnome.org · GitLab

[WIP] This is an implementation of Planet that uses a static website/feed generator and publishes as GitLab Pages Publishing address https://teams.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/websites/planet.gnome.org...
GitLab

Felipe Borges

2024-06-26 13:28:52

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Some GNOME websites are getting modernized and simplified, but Planet GNOME has fallen behind. Not anymore. I started a prototype for a Python script to publish Planet GNOME with GitLab Pages/CI.

As Planet GNOME Editor, I am often asked to look for blog and syndication issues I couldn’t really address due to limited server-side access. With this, debugging indexing issues should be easier as it is just about looking at the CI job output.

Also, the Planet website is perceived as messy and outdated. So this work allowed Jakub Steiner to quickly jump in and restyle the page from a clean state.

Try it live at felipeborges.pages.gitlab.gnom… and let me know what you think. Keep in mind this is a proof of concept. Tips, feedback, and contributions are welcome in the project repo.

This still doesn’t produce the global Planet rss feed, just the webpage, but that’s in my TODO list too.

P.S.: I know feed readers/parsers can over-request rss/atom feeds. So I plan to cache data and use metadata to avoid redundant downloads before this is even considered as a replacement for the current Planet implementation. No worries. 😉

feborg.es/rethinking-planet-gn…

#blogs #feeds #gitlab #gnome #planet #rss



Felipe Borges / planet.gnome.org · GitLab

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After 18 months of gestation, Godot and SwiftUI had a baby!

Xogot is out now on the AppStore:

blog.la-terminal.net/xogot-god…

AppStore: apps.apple.com/us/app/xogot-ma…


Xogot: Godot for iPad - Available on the App Store

We’re thrilled to announce that Xogot, our native port of the Godot game engine for iPad, is now available on the Apple App Store! Xogot brings the full power of Godot 4.
Joseph Hill (La Terminal Blog)

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Diferentes maices nativos en feria agroecologica en #Tlaxcala #Mexico #Maiz #Agrobiodiversidad es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C3%AD… es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zea_mays

also available in WIkimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

varios tipos de maiz en un nudo

especie de plantas

Colaboradores de los proyectos Wikimedia (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#méxico #maiz #tlaxcala #Agrobiodiversidad

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This story bundle with many African scifi books, including mine, ends in 16 days. If there are any "book influencers" here, or perhaps you want to run a campaign of some sort and need to give people a gift or bonus or something, let me know and I can get you gift codes.

storybundle.com/scifi

@bookstodon #writing #writingcommunity #sffbooks #sff #africa


StoryBundle

Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!
storybundle.com
#writing #africa #writingcommunity #sff #sffbooks @bookstodon group

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See our in-progress draft accessibility Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile). It describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps, and hybrid apps using web components inside native mobile apps.

w3.org/TR/wcag2mobile-22/

To comment on this draft via email or GitHub, see links in the 'Status of This Document' section.

Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.2 to Mobile Applications (WCAG2Mobile)

This document describes how Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 [WCAG22] principles, guidelines, and success criteria can be applied to mobile applications, including native mobile apps, mobile web apps and hybrid apps using web component…
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I'll be presenting a review of some metadata protections implemented by instant messengers at Pass the Salt 2025!

The studied messengers are @signalapp @olvid_io @matrix and @simplex

cfp.pass-the-salt.org/pts2025/…

I'll be in touch with the vendors to share with them what I'm gonna say about them, to give them the chance to respond to my observations.

#pts25 @passthesaltcon

Metadata Protection in Instant Messaging Applications: a Review PTS2025

This talk covers the obvious issue of long-term identities and the construction of the social graph and how some protections supposed to thwart the social graph recovery are flawed.
cfp.pass-the-salt.org
#pts25 @The Matrix.org Foundation @SimpleX Chat @Signal @Pass the SALT Conference @Olvid
in reply to The Matrix.org Foundation

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F. Maury ⏚

No worries :) No new vulnerabilities will be presented: most things were previously discussed or are publicly documented. The idea of this talk is to compare the different approaches and trade-off of the reviewed protocols to give the audience a feeling about how well their metadata is protected, and to give developers ideas about improvements the other messengers already implemented.
But I do want to reach out to ensure what I am gonna say is correct and does not misrepresent the security levels of each network.

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"Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls." Trump's recent comment on tariffs joins a long list of presidential statements that left Americans shaking their heads. A journalism professor shares some examples: buff.ly/NvlvzEg

What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent president has made? It may depend on what your definition of ‘is’ is

Turns out, presidents − just like the rest of us − sometimes say embarrassing things. Or mean things. Or clueless things. Certainly things they regret.
The Conversation

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A history of music album art. “Before most people owned a TV set, Steinweiss’s album covers were affordable multi-sensory entertainment. Looking at the album cover & listening to the music created an experience that was more than the sum of its parts.” matthewstrom.com/writing/album…

The history of album art

I speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math.
matthewstrom.com

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I have never laughed quite so maniacally at a video before, but this takes the... Well, biscuit. You'll see what I mean. Probably should avoid drinking when you get to it though.
Thanks @MoonCat for alerting me to this.

Minty Biscuit - The Funniest Phone Call Ever youtube.com/watch?v=MDzVnkh_-E…


Minty Biscuit - The Funniest Phone Call Ever

The infamous Minty Biscuit call by Barry from Watford to Iain Lee's show on BBCWM. This is the most famous call ever made to a radio station.
YouTube
@Kirsten Louis
in reply to Jonathan Cremin

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Poul-Henning Kamp

Public Service info from the volunteer chief archivist at datamuseum.dk:

NEVER use flash-based storage for archival purposes.

Not CF, not SD, not USB-sticks, not SSD, not NVME, nor any other flash-technology based storage media.

Flash is simply not a stable storage mechanism: Just like Dynamic RAM it will eventually forget your bits.

Unfortunately there are no good choices for long term data storage, but flash is a particular bad choice.

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DNSSEC snadno a rychle s automatickou správou v serveru BIND root.cz/clanky/dnssec-snadno-a…

DNSSEC snadno a rychle s automatickou správou v serveru BIND

Po dlouhá léta podepisujeme DNS zóny pomocí vestavěné funkce nejznámějšího DNS serveru BIND 9. Aktuální verze přinášejí novější plně automatizovaný přístup, který původní postup nahrazuje.
Petr Krčmář (Internet Info, s.r.o.)

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LibreOffice isn't just an app – it's about defending our rights to access technology without barriers, to maintain control over our own files, and to study, modify and redistribute tools we use. These were topics at the recent FLISOL event in Brasilia: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
Photo montage of attendees at FLISOL

Brazilian LibreOffice Community shines at FLISOL Brasilia 2025 - The Document Foundation Blog

On April 26, 2025, the Estácio University Center in Brasília – Taguatinga-DF Unit, was the stage for a remarkable moment in the promotion of technological freedom in Brazil.
Olivier Hallot (The Document Foundation)
#foss #opensource

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Building a more accessible GitHub CLI
github.blog/engineering/user-e…
#github #cli #accessibility #a11y #webdev

Building a more accessible GitHub CLI - The GitHub Blog

How do we translate web accessibility standards to command line applications? This is GitHub CLI's journey toward making terminal experiences for all developers.
Ryan Hecht (The GitHub Blog)
#a11y #Accessibility #webdev #github #CLI

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🐙 It's out, and we're proud! 🐙

The #PeerTube mobile app is upgraded to v1!
Log on to your account(s), comment and (dis)like videos, manage your subscriptions & playlists, get your watch history and in-app notifications.

All the info: joinpeertube.org/news/app-v1


App v1 is out! | JoinPeerTube

Today, our not-for-profit (Framasoft) is proud to present v1 of the PeerTube mobile application, 4 months after its first release! It's the work of a ...
JoinPeerTube
#peertube

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💡 #EmailTip ​💡Do legit emails send to spam? You might need to whitelist them!

​​Learn how to whitelist an email in popular mail providers 👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-whitelist…

How to whitelist an email in Tuta Mail: Add spam rule.

How to whitelist an email in Gmail, Outlook, and Tuta Mail in 2025 | Tuta

Whitelisting an email address in popular email providers on iPhone, Android, & desktop ensures emails from this sender do not end up in spam. Learn how this works in our guide.
Tuta
#emailtip

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I'm on the way to the Nextcloud Enterprise Day in The Hague. Looking at the agenda and even more important at the list of attendees, I'm really excited, and I'm looking forward to an intense day full of great discussions.

nextcloud.com/enterprise-day-t…

#TheHague #Netherlands #Nextcloud #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #DigitalSovereignty


Enterprise Day The Hague 2025 - Nextcloud

Nextcloud
#FreeSoftware #opensource #nextcloud #digitalsovereignty #netherlands #thehague
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