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Happy Holidays!
Eh, pls #boost my request to #getfedihired, if you could spare two clicks? 🥺
I've been humming and hawing about posting this, it feels strange, something about generational guilt & working class shame & ... but it's either this or start putting my CV through LLMs to include every buzzword on the listing I'm applying to. I haven't been able to stomach that, even though I presume that's a lot of my competition.
I simply can't get to an interview. Historically, I've done three interviews and got the job each time, because I'm a real human being who is friendly and chatty and presents himself sincerely (or, that's my guess, anyway).
#Christmas miracles appreciated!
In #Ireland with my partner, but we've lived in different places and would move happily. I've a year experience doing an IT support role the last year, but have transitioned to this stuff later than usual.
Before I've done: bartender; bicycle courier for Deliveroo in #Berlin for two years (best job ever); private tutor for five years in #Lyon (mostly piano but also maths, Irish, English, flute, tin whistle); bookies clerk for a short period; a few other odd bits - one highlight was writing reviews for a theatre company.
Oh, very comfortably fluent in #French, pretty fluent in #Irish (my first love), and intermediate #German (which I would love to have a chance to go back speaking and learning).
Tech-wise, it's been mostly on the #Linux / #Emacs / #Lisp side of things. I would happily work on anything that is one or more of challenging, interesting, useful, or moral.
Money doesn't rule me. I want to live with a humane level of comfort, that's all.
CVs and references available, DMs open. Thanks so much for any and all help!
Really annoying Orca behavior: you have to navigate by word to find spelling errors. rather than by paragraph or sentence. This is a massive productivity killer. If any #Blind #Linux users know how to change this, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll write to the Orca list and see if this can't be fixed.
Update: have written to the Orca list about this and hoping it's something that I can simply configure.
#Introduction for my (recreated) solo instance
〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️Hello! I go by Leora online, late-20s, pronouns she/her 
❥ I am happily married! 
❥ I am a 🐈 #cat mom to 3 and a 🐶 #doggo mom to 1 very crazy #whippet. I will likely be posting a lot of pictures of my #cats Saria, Majora, and Link, along with the occasional Mabel picture.
❥ I am a Linux Server Administrator. 
❥ I currently live in Arkansas in the US, but I'm trying my hardest to relocate out of the South for obvious reasons. 
❥ My memory is absolutely terrible, can't really recall a majority of my past. 
❥ I’m reasonably confident in my programming ability; my projects are often less so. 
❥ Took a 🇯🇵 #Japanese language course in high school only to forget it all the next year. Currently working on relearning what I've forgotten.
❥ Use to be super involved with 🎭 #theatre. I was in a mime troupe in high school; I learned mime stuff, stilt & ball walking, small bit of 🤸 acrobatic stuff, diabolo stuff. I was active on stage and behind the curtains for several shows throughout high school and college. My social anxiety has mostly put an end to that chapter of my life, though.
❥ In my free time I'm either tinkering with my 
#homelab, watching 
#jellyfin or youtube, 
reading #manga or #webtoons, 
playing video games (sometimes on #Twitch), or taking 📸 pictures of my cats.
Feel free to add me, I enjoy meeting new people! 
Other various interests & relevant tags: #intro #trans #lgbt #linux #cyberSecurity #programming #yuri #videoGames #zelda #rimworld #dog
Ubuntu-based elementary OS 8.1 is now available with the Wayland-based Secure Session set as the default and fixes over 1,100 reported issues.
linuxiac.com/elementary-os-8-1…
#linux #opensource #elementaryos
Today I checked elementary OS's website, because I was curious if elementary OS 8.1 had released yet. And nothing. It turns out I just checked two hours early, because it just released right now!
It brings fractional display scaling. Finally! I have been whining about this for way too long. And now it's here. The Wayland session is now the default session, and a lot of other goodies, and as always with elementary, a huge focus on accessibility, which couldn't be a bigger deal.
Huge props to the @elementary team, and congratulations to them!
My laptop is giving me the side-eye right now. It knows what's about to happen. :D
We love hearing from you and take pride in a tight feedback loop where we push updates in weeks not years. Since the release of OS 8, we’ve been able to address over 1,100 of the reports you filed!
~72% of them were fixed bugs—unexpected or disruptive software behaviors
~18% were new features or enhancements that you requested
The last 10% were things like project management tasks, tech debt, and code cleanup
Many notebooks and tablets now ship with displays that aren’t quite HiDPI, but are more pixel dense than traditional displays. In OS 8.1, we now support fractional display scaling in the Secure Session
For the first time we now also offer ARM64 builds for devices that boot with UEFI. This means you'll be able to run OS 8.1 on M-series Apple Silicon and devices where you can load UEFI-supporting firmware like Raspberry Pi. This version of Linux also supports certain Qualcomm and Rockchip processors, for example
This year @zersiax joined us again for another round of accessibility testing. Installer views should all have much improved accessible labels. Thanks to this feedback, OS 8.1 can be installed and set up completely blind in most cases.
Thanks to feedback from @fireborn, Notifications and the Shortcut Overlay both added screen reader support. We’ve also improved screen reader labels in Calendar, In System Settings → Firmware updates, and in AppCenter to name a few cases.
In OS 8 we kept the Classic Session as default with the option to try a Secure Session. Since then we’ve released updates fixing issues, app developers have updated, and hardware makers have fixed issues in their drivers. The Secure Session now provides a better experience for most people and supports a broader range of modern hardware
In OS 8.1, the Secure Session is now the default session, with the option to fall back to the Classic Session if you still need it
Everything you love, made even better. OS 8.1 improves the Secure Session and Dock, enhances accessibility, improves support for your devices, and addresses your feedback with over 1,100 issue reports fixed
Don't want AI in web browser? Alternatives having not (or will not) put in AI:
librewolf.net
floorp.app
zen-browser.app
vivaldi.com
alohabrowser.com (Android)
waterfox.com
mullvad.net/en/browser
dillo-browser.org
falkon.org
wolvic.org/en (XR)
torproject.org (privacy)
Upcoming new:
github.com/LadybirdBrowser/lad…
github.com/servo/servo
gitlab.com/verso-browser
#browsers #noAI #Linux #desktop #mobile
Truly independent web browser. Contribute to LadybirdBrowser/ladybird development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
[arch-announce] NVIDIA 590 driver drops Pascal support; main packages switch to Open Kernel Modules
@Friendica Support hello, i would like some help please to understand how to solve my confusion about the "right" way to follow #hashtags, using #Channels ... or otherwise some better way.
i follow a large number of hashtags [as a glance at my profile would attest]. afaict / afaik, fediverse posts bearing these tags appear [or are supposed to] in my "Network" timeline [with "Everybody" Circle & "Latest posts" Channel selected].
of my many tags, possibly my most "important" ones are #AusPol, #FOSS, & #Linux. in order to be able to efficiently locate all posts with these tags each day, rather than have to meticulously scroll down the full "Network" timeline [which is dissipated via also having all the other tags, & all my Followed accounts' posts], in Settings i created three dedicated Channels [one for each of those tags, ofc]. then i added each of those custom Channels to my Timelines, in Display Settings.
however, the result is just hopeless; really disappointing & frustrating. over recent years i have had several Friendica accounts, ie, at several instances, & doing the above has never worked properly in any of them, not only my current instance.
using the AusPol Channel for example, as it is the worst by far, every time i check it, its most recent post is several hours old, & often as bad as 12 - 18 hours old, with numerous other posts entirely missing.
i say "missing" because otoh, reviewing my Saved Search for #AusPol shows all these other posts, which therefore also appear, buried, in my full "Network" timeline.
over the months & years in exasperation, i have revisited the dedicated Channels in Settings, & for the Circle/Channel field have tried each of Latest posts, Latest Creation, Global community, & Latest activity, but none of them has solved the problem [indeed, a few make it even worse!].
please, what am i doing wrong? what aspect of Friendica's Settings have i been consistently misunderstanding / misusing, that causes this disappointment?
Thanks for sharing those "Translate" AGPLv3 tools 
, interesting!
What will be the license for Tuta Drive by the way?
That being said, #Microsoft tools are beyond awful. How come this company is still a thing? It's ridiculous 😄
#FreeAndOpenSource #Privacy #Alternative #Internet #Linux #Translation #Deepl #ML
#Mixxx 2.5.4 Open-Source DJ App Released with Better Support for Korg KAOSS DJ, Numark NS6II, Traktor S4 MK3, Reloop Beatmix 2, and Pioneer DJ CDJ Controllers 9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-5-4-open…
@mixxx #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux
Mixxx 2.5.4 open-source virtual DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes.Marcus Nestor (9to5Linux)
Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro which is almost pure Fedora
Vojtěch Polášek has put together a technical preview of a version of Fedora that should work well for blind or visually impaired users. While his goal is explicitly to see these improvements and changes become part of Fedora itself, for now you can use this implementation based on the Fedora MATE spin. :)
➡️ freelists.org/post/orca/Announ…
#Vojtux #Fedora #Accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource
[orca] Announcing Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro which is almost pure Fedora, orca at FreeListswww.freelists.org
GNOME.Asia 2025 is live in Tokyo, Japan! The two day event has a fantastic schedule of talks and workshops.
If you can’t attend in person, the sessions can also be viewed remotely; head over to the online registration to sign up and follow along:
events.gnome.org/event/303/reg…
#GNOME #GNOMEAsia #GNOMEAsia2025 #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux
GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop but also covers applications and platform development tools.GNOME Events (Indico)
I'm really glad I switched to #Linux.
Being able to understand what the issue is then having the ability to solve it by yourself is a great feeling.
And I'm by no means a tech person!
My computer is finally "mine".
I'm the one in control, not a f***ing corporation making billions by sucking out my private info.
Honestly, it feels like I'm back in the 2000's when computers were fun to use.
#tech
#Molly app has a socks5 option but only #Orbot "VPN" mode will work. What if #Arti from @torproject could bind with Molly on socks5 via #Termux?
would be nice to have #systemd like @postmarketOS
*Termux @termux
pkg update (possible to plug in keyboard and display to #android #mobile app)
then proot-distro login --isolated debian
su - user because Arti will complain eventhough phone is not really rooted, change etc/resolv.conf to cloudflare, add dependencies needed for #rust rustup and cargo on #debian #trixie, chmod g-w ~/.config
* #Oniux --> E0560
* Arti --> Linux Scaffolding Log_Connections
* apkeep #EFF eff.org/pages/apkeep --> shared storage path, package manager chokepoint won't install
* network monitoring like Nyx with #tokio-console
In a way, like passwordless root in QubesOS. Some good customizations can be made in Dom0, though, unlike GrapheneOS.
#UbuntuTouch #Brax #Mobian #deGoogle #Tor #Linux #AOSP #GuardianProject #Calyx #Phone #Development
To track state-sponsored malware and combat the stalkerware of abusive partners, you need tools. Safe, reliable, and fast tools. That’s why EFF’s Threat Lab is proud to announce our very own tool to download Android APK files, apkeep.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Pleast boost for reach:
On the subject of Linux phone accessibility, the developer of AT-SPI wrote:
There's a long-standing issue that Joanie filed against at-spi2-core for
touch screen support:
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/at-spi2…
Ande I haven't taken the time to figure out how best to handle this. I'm
not sure if evdev would do what we need, or we might want to work with the
maintainers of mutter, KWin, etc. to create a protocol for
intercepting/manipulating gestures. We would also need code that can
detect gestures from touch screen presses. NVDA has code that we might be
able to use as a model.
All of this is theoretically on my list of things to do. Of course, help
would be welcome if anyone else was able to take it on.
end quote
For blind people to switch to Linux on phones, we need to use the touch screen. If anyone can help with this, it would allow the blind to take one step closer to being capable of creating our own accessibility, our own environments, in the way that helps us most. See NVDA as a great example of how that goes.
#accessibility #blind #foss #linux #phones #pinephone
Orca currently is able to register grabs for, be notified of, and consume keyboard events of interest. It should be able to do the same for touch/gestures.GitLab
We're looking for some fine folks who would be willing to host Linux App Summit in April 2026 specifically we are looking for countries in Europe. If you're interested in hosting, please DM me. :)
#Linux #AppEcosystem #GNOME #KDE
From the Blinux list, my thoughts below the quote:
"Hello to all.
This is partly a (re)introduction and some good news (news for definitely not all, but some) of you.
This message is actually send to two lists, as I have no clue how big intersection of the member lists there are (I suppose huge, but not complete), so sorry for double receiving, you who are in both lists.
And now, with the disclaimers out of the way... I started to be interested in Linux, say ten or twelve years ago (don't remember exactly). Through a set of happy coincidences, I managed to get a job at Red Hat in the desktop team, and because accessibility was in the times of the reorg an important thing, a tools and accessibility team actually was created. It is quite a small team, and the majority of people on it do not have work time to do anything with accessibility (we're maintaining some of the Gnome apps, we do RHEL packaging, testing etc.).
However, I am working on the accessibility related things every day, so don't be afraid to ask something, mention your issues, and such.
Personally, in terms of distributions, I use GNome on Arch (personal laptop) and Fedora (work laptop), so I have the most experience with these setups, but I definitely used Mate, and tried Kde for some time as well.
And, that's it for now. "
So, a small team, that barely has time to do what the team is about. This is really sad. This is what people with disabilities get from one of the biggest Linux companies there is.
#accessibility #blind #linux #foss #gnu
One week after we kicked off our year-end fundraiser, we’ve reached 800 #FriendsOfGNOME!
Our goal is a bit more ambitious, though: 1,500 by December 31. Help us out by joining today: donate.gnome.org
If you’ve already joined or are unable to right now, you can still help by sharing this post with friends and colleagues: blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…
Let's secure the future of GNOME together and enable us to do even more great work next year.
#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS
This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME...mariamaj (GNOME Foundation)
We’re soooo close to 800 #FriendsOfGNOME; who is going to be the one to push us over that nice round number?? 👀
#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux
Kent Overstreet joins us for a full update on bcachefs. What’s new, what’s next, and the surprising upside of getting kicked out of the kernel.LINUX Unplugged
