Have you tried the LibRedirect browser add-on?

It automatically redirects you to FOSS, privacy-focused Alternative Front-ends of big-tech sites/non private platforms.

There are alternative front-ends to YouTube, Twitter, Medium, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, etc.

Each of these sites has a list of Alternative Front-ends' servers which you can select for the service to redirect to. You can also add Custom Instances.

So, when you click on a YouTube link, say youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXc… it automatically redirects you to invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=… for example.

Firefox Addon: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

Chromium/Chrome/Edge: github.com/libredirect/libredi…

LibRedirect git link: github.com/libredirect/libredi…

Do check it out, it's fun and has a lot of interesting sections in it.

#LibRedirect
#Privacy
#AlternativeFrontEnd
#FOSS
#AddOns

#GUADEC2022 is less than one month away! Have you registered yet? Let us know you're attending - in-person or remotely - by filling out this short form: events.gnome.org/event/77/regi…

#GNOME #GUADEC #opensource #event #FOSS

Worth reading: #Accessibility in #Fedora Workstation

fedoramagazine.org/accessibili…

#gnu #linux #foss #redhat #desktop #opensource

Accessibility in Fedora Workstation

One area we realized we hadn't given so much focus recently was around technologies that allowed people with various disabilities to make use of our software.

^{Christian Fredrik Schaller (Fedora Magazine)}

Darktable is a free open source raw photo processing app for Linux, Mac and Windows, sort of a libre alternative to Adobe's Lightroom.

You can follow at:

➡️ @darktable

You can download it from the project's website at darktable.org

#DarkTable #Photography #Photos #Raw #Camera #Developer #Development #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #LightRoom #Adobe #Alternatives

darktable

darktable is an open source photography workflow application and raw developer

^darktable

Microsoft's Github Copilot is disregarding Free Software licenses and will be happily selling parts of your GPL code against your will! Woo!

drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Cop…

As the author of this article says - free software should be dependant on free software architecture - I recommend codeberg.org as an open-source alternative to Github.
Sadly Github is no longer a platform that can be trusted.

CC: @codeberg

#FOSS #Github #Copilot #Microsoft #GPL #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Codeberg

Did you know that #Canada is taking comments on the importance of #FreeSoftware?

I certainly didn't. open.canada.ca/en/open_source_…

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #OpenGovernance #OpenGov

An introduction to the Himitsu key store for Unix systems.

himitsustore.org

Thank you!

And the other half of the foundation is Laura Kalbag:

➡️ @laura

:)

#SmallTechnologyFoundation #Technology #Fediverse #FOSS #Online #Computing #Web0 #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Privacy #Activism

The Small Technology Foundation researches and promotes online services designed for human beings rather than corporate profits.

You can follow their live streaming account at:

➡️ @fedi

and to see more general posts on related topics follow their co-founder Aral Balkan at:

➡️ @aral

The Small Technology Foundation's website is at:

small-tech.org

#SmallTechnologyFoundation #Technology #Fediverse #FOSS #Online #Computing #Web0 #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Privacy #Activism #NGOs

Home

Hello! We’re a tiny and independent two-person not-for-profit based in Ireland. We are building the Small Web. No, it’s not web3, it’s web0.

^{Small Technology Foundation}

Podcast release - Adrian Cochrane [Audio Interview]

DRM Media + Browsers + WWW Redesign + Other Technology...

freeschool.0id.org/drm-media-a…

#Podcast #Tech #Audio #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Decentralised #Software #FSF #Design #DefectiveByDesign
#LibrePlanet #2022 #Talk #Artificial #Scarcity

The free open source livestreaming platform OwnCast has set up a demo server at:

watch.owncast.online

It currently runs a loop of videos by people who self-host their livestreams using OwnCast, along with short videos promoting other libre projects.

If you run a free open project and have a short video (under 1 minute), you can have it added to this loop by contacting @owncast.

OwnCast servers include Fediverse compatibility, so you can follow them from Mastodon etc. When a stream you follow goes live, you'll see a message telling you about it in your timeline.

#FediTips #Fediverse #OwnCast #FOSS #Libre #LiveStreaming #Twitch #Alternatives

LearnLinuxTV has a new video you don't want to miss!

Join Thunderbird Lead UX Architect @alecaddd and Marketing Manager @killyourfm for an unfiltered, informative, fun chat with Jay LaCroix about the past, present, and future of Thunderbird.

We also discuss #FOSS, developer pressures, and the need for stronger online boundaries.

There's also a screenshot of version 114 in there...

youtu.be/gPpEcRq2TdI

Thunderbird is NOT Dead! (Interview with Alex and Jason from Thunderbird)

Who actually still uses an e-mail client these days? Actually, quite a few people! In this video, Jay chats with Alex and Jason from Thunderbird about the cu...

^YouTube

"Please don't unofficially ship Bottles in distribution repositories" - an open letter to distribution packagers

usebottles.com/blog/an-open-le…

#bottles #foss #linux #openletter #community #development #opensource

If anyone hasn't joined the FossAbility Matrix space yet, you can, and it's got an off-topic room. The link is:

matrix.to/#/#fossability-space…

#a11y #foss #matrix #linux

📢 📢 📢 Today we publish an Open Letter from developers to the #Linux #community regarding shipping unfinished patches to users.

Shipping unfinished patches harms the user experience and slows down the review process in #FOSS projects to improve the patches.

You can read our Open Letter at: do-not-ship.it

If you agree with this letter, you can support it by signing it, see: do-not-ship.it/sign

#donotship #openletter #community #mobile #development #userexperience #opensource #PSA

Meet Titan Linux 👉

debugpoint.com/2022/06/titan-l…

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

Titan Linux Review: A Blend of Debian Stable and KDE Plasma Desktop

A review of Titan Linux which is a mix of Debian stable branch with lightweight KDE Plasma desktop and brings additional tools.

^{Arindam (DebugPoint.com)}

"People might not like what Gitee is doing, but Gitee will still be required to get their daily job done".

That's a dumb argument.

When it comes to building software (especially #FOSS), you are NEVER required to use somebody else's platform.

The Chinese-based #Gitee is obviously an extreme example of how things can go bad, and how a dumb filter for words censored by the party may result in your work of years gone up in smoke.

But the same principles also apply to #Github. DMCA complaints result in hundreds of projects a month taken down, mostly with no chance of appeal (pay attention here: a DMCA takedown request is sufficient for a repository to be removed, no need for any actual courtroom to come up with a verdict).

After youtube-dl was taken down, and I started sensing danger around my projects as well (since many of them use youtube-dl or Torrent search engines), I took things in my hands, got my VPS, installed Gitlab, and became the real boss of my own projects.

And if hosting Gitlab is too heavy for you, there's plenty of lighter alternatives. If they're heavy for you too, just go the old way. Remember that git is just ssh on steroids, so all you need to host a repo is a machine with ssh access and the git executable. No private company can EVER own that.

As open-source developers, we should avoid at all costs hosting our code on any platform that:

- Isn't open-source itself. It's easy for Github to say that they ♥ open-source. They can basically access and endless database of source code without having to provide their own that people can run locally, therefore having a HUGE edge of advantage over ANY competitor who could ever come: who wouldn't love that? Same goes for Gitee: if you love open-source, then show me your code.

- Has opaque rules around takedowns, and it allows an unelected third party to arbitrarily remove content with no possibility of appeal, any legal process, and often not even explanations of the reasoning behind the decision.

If you care about open-source code, then stay clear of Github, Gitee and all of their shitty clones.

technologyreview.com/2022/05/3…

How censoring China’s open-source coders might backfire

Many suspect the Chinese state has forced Gitee, the Chinese competitor to GitHub, to censor open-source code in a move developers worry could obstruct innovation.

^{Zeyi Yang (MIT Technology Review)}

UnifiedPush is a set of specifications and free open source tools to help users get more control over how their phone's (or computers's) notifications are handled. You can follow the project at:

➡️ @unifiedpush

The project website is at unifiedpush.org

There are options for self-hosting notification systems if needed.

#UnifiedPush #Notifications #PushNotifications #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Smartphones #Phones #Smartphone #Phone #Dev #SelfHosting #Computing

Lemme do another #introduction now that my fediHome is finalised.

Hi. I am @fyrfli@bkgrdclrshm.link also known as @fyrfli@mastodon.coffe.

I am a massive tinkerer and thinkerer ... to a fault. I am re-learning how to build web stuff because the last time I did any of that was back when Geocities was still a thing. (yeah, yeah .. I am dating myself).

I am obsessed with #CSS#FOSS#Debian#SelfHosting#Photography ... and I am "mom" to an American Eskimo or #Eskie (known as a MittelSpitz in the rest of the world), and a "red" Siberian #Husky. I am also an avid #Gamer currently unable to resist a good #RemnantsFromTheAshes session (and those can last all day if I am not careful). I also play #ARK and #WoW.

I hail from Kingston, #Jamaica and and am married with no children.

#musl is a lightweight libc.

musl is a lightweight and standards compliant #C standard library implementation. musl uses Linux calls very closely, making it faster than more general standard libraries as better kernel-specific optimizations are made. musl is highly compatible with standards as well as with glibc, allowing for it to serve as a drop in replacement in many cases.

Website 🔗️: musl.libc.org/
apt 📦️: musl musl-dev#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations #programming

Response to "#Flatpak Is Not the Future"

theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2022…

#gnu #linux #foss #fedora #opensource #security

Response to “Flatpak Is Not the Future”

Late last year, this interesting article “[Flatpak Is Not the Future]” was published to the public, and very quickly grabbed the Linux community’s attention.

^{TheEvilSkeleton}

Castopod is a modern and fully-featured open-source project for publishing podcasts.

Makes we want to start a podcast ;)

castopod.org/

#FOSS #Podcast #Podcasting #Audio #Libre #OpenSource #GNU #FreeSoftware

Castopod | Your Free & Open-source Podcast Host

Castopod is a free and open-source hosting platform made for podcasters. Engage and interact with your audience whilst keeping control over your content.

^castopod.org

"Clear.Dental is an Open Source Dental EHR Suite that is made for dental practices and made by dental professionals. Most other software was made by software engineers who have no real clinical experience. Clear.Dental is different in that the software is made by a practicing dentist"

clear.dental
#foss #opensource

"Smart gardening without coding - all free and open source" is an interesting and inspiring article about how to set up an automated watering system using a rain barrel to collect #RainWater, a #RaspberryPi Zero W, #FOSS software from nymea.io and some hardware sensors and modules: hackster.io/michael_zanetti/sm…

#solarpunk #garden #opensource

FOSS and Crafts is an unusual podcast about free open source software, handicrafts and the art of making stuff. You can follow them at:

➡️ @fossandcrafts

The podcast is available from the official site at fossandcrafts.org

The hosts are @mlemweb and @cwebber.

#FOSSandCrafts #FOSS #Crafts #Craft #Handicraft #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting