Save the date! 📆
In zwei Wochen ist es wieder soweit!🙂

📍 Wo? Link erscheint kurz vor Streamingbeginn auf der Statusseite.
👥 Mit? Carsten, Samuel, Dir und anderen SHIFTphone 8-Begeisterten.
💬 Wie? Interaktiv. Während des Talks kannst du im Chat Fragen stellen und Feedback geben.

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #shifttalk #community #smartphone

Hello #FOSS folks!

Outreachy is seeking #OpenSource and #OpenScience communities to mentor Outreachy interns in the May 2024 cohort.
Read more: outreachy.org/blog/2024-01-08/…

The application deadline for FOSS communities to apply is Feb. 15, 2024, at 4 p.m. UTC.

Do apply now: outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

#DiversityinTech #Outreachy #Community

Die Zusammenfassung des letzten SHIFTtalks.🙂

youtube.com/watch?v=oENKYBgk_y…

#shift #shifthappens #shifttalk #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #community

SHIFTtalk recap 2023 November - SHIFTphone 8

Liebe SHIFT-Community! In diesem Video findet ihr die Highlights aus unserem SHIFTphone 8 - SHIFTtalk vom 29.11.2023. Sollte euch nur ein bestimmtes Thema in...

^YouTube

▶️ $17.44 ◀️ That’s the average donation to Thunderbird so far in 2023. A gift roughly the price of a pizza helps provide jobs. It helps us bring Thunderbird to iOS and Android even faster. It helps us develop new features. It substantially improves our sustainability.

YOU have that power! YOU can help give people a free, ethical alternative to corporate giants and walled gardens. Please donate today, and help Thunderbird thrive: mzla.link/eoy23_masto

#OpenSource #Android #iOS #Community

Give to Thunderbird

^Thunderbird

We added grapheneos.org/discord as a redirect to a permanent Discord invite link to make it easy to remember and share.

For Matrix, joining #community:grapheneos.org provides a list of all our non-archived rooms. 2 main rooms are regrowing after recently being bricked.

#XMPP Events

XMPP Meet-up Berlin

@mattj talks about "Spam, Abuse and Moderation"

Wed, 2023-11-08 18:00 CET
#xHain hack+makespace
Grünberger Str. 16, 10243 #Berlin

mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/be…

#Jabber #chat #community #meetup #community #spam #abuse #moderation #interoperability #standards #federation
#decentralization

Save the date! 📆
Der SHIFTtalk zum SHIFTphone 8 geht in die nächste Runde!🙂

📍 Wo? Link erscheint kurz vor Streamingbeginn auf der Statusseite.
👥 Mit? Carsten, Samuel, Dir und anderen SHIFTphone 8-Begeisterten.
💬 Wie? Interaktiv. Während des Talks kannst du im Chat Fragen stellen und Feedback geben.

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #shifttalk #community #smartphone

#XMPP Community

Join the upcoming XMPP #Vision & Strategic #Workshop to discuss and understand our #community better, but also ask for your input on different topics around our federated network and #technology.

Date: Tue, 14th November 2023
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm UTC
Online & in English (details will follow)
Questions: xmpp.org/chat?xsf

Everyone welcome - spread the word!

#jabber #chat #rtc #standards #interoperability #standards
#federation #decentralization #OpenSource

The FCC pushed back the application window to Dec 6-13 to allow community groups more time to prepare applications for new, low-power, community radio stations.

When they first announced the opportunity -- a window that has not been open in a decade y'all -- the news was clearly huge, so now they are giving people six more weeks to prepare their applications.

As you know, KUZU shows one way LPFM can be a foundation to build valuable community information resources.

Please boost and share.

#radio
#community
#local
#journalism

fcc.gov/media/radio/lpfm

Low Power FM (LPFM) Broadcast Radio Stations

In the following sections, we provide some basic information about Low Power (LPFM) radio stations (licensed service) and the related application processes.

^www.fcc.gov

Communal Bonfires; creating space for group-scale discourse on top of @matrix

blog.erlend.sh/communal-bonfir…

Today we're pre-releasing Commune, our first foundational step towards a community platform built specifically for alignment with digital gardens.

Cyber-ecological messaging anyone?!

It's an evolving piece of software serving as the primary bonfire component of the overarching Community OS concept.

github.com/commune-os/commune-…

#fediverse #opensource #threadiverse #community #matrix

GitHub - commune-os/commune-server: Build communities on Matrix

Build communities on Matrix. Contribute to commune-os/commune-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Join us for session #1 of today's Community Office Hours, starting right now: mzla.link/tb-community-hours

#Thunderbird #beta #Community

Ihr habt es geschafft!😍
Wer aufmerksam die Statusseite verfolgt, wird mitbekommen haben, dass wir das Fundingziel erreicht haben. Somit werden wir den internen Speicher der Standardausstattung von 128 GB auf 256 GB ohne Zusatzkosten für alle erhöhen.🙂

#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8 #crowdfunding #community

Hoping to make the list with my first patch which I've just confirmed to be fully operational!

Was looking forward to a smoother all-#FOSS paper writing workflow with @zotero and @libreoffice, am now also looking forward to getting some cool stickers 😎

#freesoftware #community #libreoffice #zotero

I tooted Hello World on November 30, 2022.

Then I began tooting my #music and a ton of #puns #jokes, and #memes. And you all responded so genuinely, and with such positivity, that I very quickly was made to feel at home.

My deepest gratitude goes out to the #Mastodon community, a #community that has literally improved the quality of my time on this spinning rock as it hurtles through space, towards a future that seems more uncertain every day. It’s unlike any other “social media platform” here.

Today, I celebrate the arbitrary milestone of five thousand followers, and I just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you for the favourites, the boosts, the follows, and the comments.

Thank you for your conversations, discussions, and corrections.

Thank you for listening to my music and sharing your thoughts on it with me, and for following along on your chosen streaming service. This has been amazing.

But, above all, I’d like to thank you all for making Mastodon the friendly and welcoming place that it is. My experience here is one of wonderful acceptance, and it has been truly humbling. There is nowhere else quite like it.

Massive big huge love to you all,

- Jon (Dgar)

We are actively monitoring your Thunderbird feature suggestions at Mozilla Connect, but “voting up” ideas from the community is crucial.

There are currently 287 Thunderbird ideas at Connect, many of which need more discussion and votes.

Here are the top 20:
blog.thunderbird.net/2023/04/t…

#Thunderbird #Community #Mozilla #Email

These Top 20 Thunderbird Feature Requests Need Your Vote

Lend your voice and your votes to more than 250 Thunderbird feature requests. The Thunderbird team is listening!

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Alex Castellani (@alecaddd) is leading the charge on Thunderbird’s modern redesign, and we're thrilled to have him on the team!

But before he discovered the awesomeness of #OpenSource, he had to learn a hard life lesson about pricey, proprietary software...

Find out that story and much more in our "Meet The Team" series, a series of conversations with the people behind the software you use every day.

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/03/m…

#Thunderbird #Community #Linux #UX #Interview #Email

Meet The Team: Alex Castellani, Product Design Manager

Meet the humans behind the Thunderbird software you use and love. Let's kick it off with our Product Design manager, Alex Castellani!

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

The Thunderbird community is constantly submitting feature ideas to improve Thunderbird.

But these ideas need upvotes and discussion to get traction. Check out the latest suggestions and add your voice to the mix at connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/i…

#Community #Thunderbird #Email #FOSS #OpenSource

#XMPP Summit and at #FOSDEM in #Brussels

It was a great pleasure with everyone of you in Brussels since Wednesday - until we meet again!

#opensource #jabber #standards #interoperability #europe #community

We had a great chat with the #Ubuntu and @ubports teams at #FOSDEM today.

Special shout-outs to Thunderbird Council member Philipp Kewisch (far right) and @ahoneybun (second from right) of @system76!

Thanks for spreading the knowledge, guys.

#FOSS #Community

#introduction radio free fedi is a small web, consent driven, artist populated, non-commercial, attribution promoting, community radio

we are now ready to accept more submissions, and are here to promote sound and music artists, their support links, desired license and fedi presence if they wish in an eclectic and fun radio format

24/7 music from the fedi with "theNews" at the top of each hour

radiofreefedi.net

keep fedi weird

#radio #community #fedimusic #fediart #music #art

radio free fedi - sounds from the fediverse to the universe

^{radiofreefedi.net}

kudos to the #libreoffice #community for another awesome release!

Proud to be a part, having contributed 8 of the new features, and more than 260 commits overall to this LibreOffice 7.5 release.

#foss #office #release #opensource

wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re…

💚 1 year using Matrix

In the FSFE we started using Matrix last year. Since then we enjoy interactive chats in a privacy-friendly way. Join our main community room #community:fsfe.org

fsfe.org/news/2022/news-202202…

Fun fact: The state of France also uses Matrix. @matrix

"The Venn Diagram of the Techbro": perhaps the most succinct summary of the paper.

A _very_ interesting and thorough report on toxicity in #OpenSource communities on #GitHub, including a few suggested avenues for improvements.

Let's all strive to do better.

#Community #OpenSourceBehaviours
cmustrudel.github.io/papers/os…

A publicly-funded snowplow just went past my house. Will this liberal tyranny never end?!

#MeanwhileInCanada #snow #thankyou #community #ChristmasEve

#GNOMEASIA2022 recap video 😍 so happy to have been part of such a great event 👏🎉 @gnome #opensource #community #dei

youtu.be/px49fAdEBOY

GNOME Asia Summit 2022

GNOME Asia Summit 2022 was held on December 2-4, 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses...

^YouTube

Somewhat agree, strongly disagree with many conclusions.

Single-tenant #instances are a ruthless attack on our planet.

#Mastodon is conceptually flawed with topical communities expressing themselves mainly via a local #timeline. Lists: poorly implemented. Federated #groups: a.gup.pe hacks

Look at the self-descriptions of any instance focused on a large #community, and ask yourself who could afford to *not* register at the *one* place where the *action* is.

@stephenfry @gretathunberg

Karrot is a free open source online platform for organising community volunteering and initiatives such as food sharing etc. You can follow at:

➡️ @karrot

To use Karrot, you can join an existing Karrot-powered site or start your own.

There's a flagship Karrot site at karrot.world with many existing community groups on it.

If you want to start your own site, you can get the code at github.com/karrot-dev

#Karrot #Community #Activism #NGOs #CoOp #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware

Karrot Dev

Start a group, become a community. Karrot Dev has 26 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

^GitHub

If anyone has time to help the lovely @codeberg folks with improving accessibility, please take a look at this issue:

codeberg.org/Codeberg/Communit…

#codeberg #foss #inclusivity #accessibility #usability #git #gitea #hosting #community #notForProfit

Codeberg Accessibility

In #389 it was reported that text editors were not accessible yet. Given that such a central piece of the software it not accessible by screen readers (and spell checkers for the matter) yet, it's very likely that there are other UI roadblocks, too.

^Codeberg.org

"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

📢 📢 📢 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

I thought it would be a cool idea to create a #lemmy #community for #fediverse/ #federation #introductions!

Problem with introduction posts is they tend to get buried after a short while and depending on how many other instances yours may know about others someone's intro may not federate that well (or fast) with the rest of the network.

Plus, some instances like #mastodon only allow 500 characters in a post. Not a lot of room to write an introduction. 🙂

This was one of the use cases and goals I had for creating federated.community to kind of provide an alternative.

Anyway, to kick things off I've posted my own introduction and you're more than welcome to post one as well.

I also thought it would be cool to allow instance admins to post an "introduction" about their Instances too, so new users to the fediverse could find a little more information out about people's instances too.

Thoughts? Is this a good idea? What do you think?

federated.community/c/introductions