The combination of rapidly-improving technologies like GNOME, Flatpak, Wayland, and Portals also means our active privacy protections are also better than ever before.
I went on to write:
>If and when we are able to develop an open, peer reviewed, industry-respected method of responsible and privacy-first telemetry, we may consider doing so.
While that post was in the context of elementary OS, I believe every word I wrote.
#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #GNOME #Flatpak
I’ve spent a long, long time thinking about ethical software, the challenges we *necessarily* give ourselves compared to closed competitors, and crucially, how to overcome those challenges.
Four and a half years ago, I wrote:
>respecting your privacy is the ethical thing to do; users have a fundamental right to the utmost privacy, even from companies and products they trust.
That’s as true as ever.
cassidyjames.com/blog/privacy-…
#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS
How we protect your data from ourselves and otherscassidyjames.com
Read my colleague @wjt’s post covering the privacy-first system we have built into @EndlessOS, how it fits together, and why it exists.
blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2023/07/0…
I hope this can serve as the beginning of the ecosystem coming together to solve this unique challenge in a way that is objectively superior than any proprietary system—all with privacy as the fundamental principle.
Here I discuss how to build LibreOffice on your system, while keeping the system responsive by tuning the parallel build.Hossein Nourikhah (LibreOffice Development Blog)
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… We started June by announcing the LibreOffice Conf Asia x UbuCon Asia 2023, in Indonesia, an event that brings tog…Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
With #FreeSoftware you can do something to combat #EWaste!
Production accounts for 75+% of a device's #carbon footprint over its operating life.
Software can determine how long a device remains in use.
Lightweight, up-to-date software, free from bloat and ads, keeps less-powerful #hardware running and out of the bin.
Software freedom means hardware freedom.
Donate to #KDE and other #FOSS projects to support #SustainableSoftware.
kde.org/fundraisers/yearend202…
#KDEEco #OpenSource #Sustainability
Your donation allows KDE to continue developing the spectacular Plasma desktop and all the apps you need for education, productivity, and creative work.You Make KDE Possible
YES!! *Every* major program needs a search function.
I wish it was a standard function of all Linux DEs/WMs/Compositors like it is on the Mac.
All content written by me is by default released freely under the Public License.Bayram Çiçek (Bayram Çiçek’s website)
The video of my talk on #Libervia at #OW2Con 23 is now available at youtube.com/watch?v=EkkiKn0TON…
Huge thanks to the organizers! If you have questions or just want to chat about it, don't hesitate to reach out.
#XMPP #Conference #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OpenSource #Decentralized #Privacy #Paris #OW2
Libervia: the Universal Communication EcosystemAre you looking for a communication solution that prioritizes privacy, security, and ethics? Introducing Liber...YouTube
In 2022, the marketing team continued the deployment of the Strategic Marketing Plan, without overlooking ongoing activities to promote LibreOffice and support the efforts of native language communities (This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annu…Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Google wants to track you - no matter what. Now it is threatening to take down Invidious, a popular platform on which you can watch YouTube videos without being tracked!
tutanota.com/blog/google-youtu…
#google #business #data #legal #privacy #opensource #foss
Invidious is well known as a privacy-first platform to watch YouTube videos without ads or tracking. Now Google wants it to shut down.Tutanota
Let’s strengthen the Open Source ecosystem together! The Sovereign Tech Fund is looking for developers who use open source and want to contribute back to it.sovereigntechfund.de
#FreeSoftware developer? Looking to measure the #energy consumption of your software in a dedicated lab? Can't make the trip to #Berlin to do so?
Karanjot Singh is working to change that!
This summer remote access to the #KDAB measurement lab will become a reality. Read more at the #KDEEco blog:
"#KEcoLab: Remote Energy Measurement Lab"
eco.kde.org/blog/2023-06-13-gs…
#KDE #FEEP #BE4FOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #Sustainability #SustainableSoftware #GreenSoftware #SustainableComputing
In this post I start my journey in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) with KDE Eco by describing progress made on the exciting project of making remote access to the Energy Measurement Lab a reality.KEcoLab: Remote Energy Measurement Lab
Open Source Needs Our Help: Stand up for Open Source Software Patent Defense! 💪
Read more! 👇
tutanota.com/blog/open-source-…
Tutanota fully supports the Open Invention Network in fighting proposed patent rules.Tutanota
General Activities LibreOffice 7.5.3 was released on May 4 LibreOffice 7.4.7 was released on May 11 Sophia Schröder corrected menu item paths in Help alongside other cleanups Adolfo Jayme Barrientos made some tweaks to wordings in UI and Help Olivier…x1sc0 (LibreOffice QA Blog)
By helping to translate and market LibreOffice around the world, native language projects bring enthusiasm and passion to the global community.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
We want a fair and open system for all. We support The Linux Foundation's Open Source Software Patent Defense. Join us by submitting your own comment: linuxfoundation.org/blog/stand…
#supportfreesoftware #opensource #FOSS
@linuxfoundation
You can help support our open source ecosystem, reduce wasteful litigation by non-practicing entities (NPEs), and stop the assertion of bad patents.The Linux Foundation
At the start of May, we began a new Month of LibreOffice, celebrating community contributions all across the project.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Mick Curran and Jamie Teh are lifelong friends who share a love of music and technology. They're also blind.Both computer programmers, the pair saw an injust...YouTube
What a beautiful story of #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #software from #ABC news from Kristine Taylor and Susan Chenery - @kristineataylor@twitter.com and @chenery3@twitter.com - Jamie Teh - @jcsteh and Mick Curran - @md_curran@twitter.com, who both live with #blindness, created #NVDA software which is a desktop #ScreenReader - and continue to give it away for free.
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…
Get the software here on @github github.com/nvaccess/nvda
#a11y
Mick and Jamie have been mates for almost three decades and have worked on a project with one goal in mind — to ensure everyone can use a computer.Kristine Taylor (ABC News)
Alright, here's a response article to @martijnbraam's "Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak". I'll be addressing some of their claims by explaining why some of the design decisions make sense the way they are.
theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2023…
Edit: should there be a response article to mine, I'll respond it here (unless it doesn't address any of my points).
#Flatpak #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource
Recently, the article “Developers are lazy, thus Flatpak”, by Martijn Braam, was published to criticize a few things regarding Flatpak. I want to go over the article and address some points that were raised.TheEvilSkeleton
Our community in Asia let us know about an event they’re organising… LibreOffice Conf Asia x UbuCon Asia 2023 (hereinafter referred to as LOUCA23) is an event that brings together Linux and Open Source Software (OSS) activists, contributors, users, c…Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
#GPT4All
"A free-to-use, locally running, #privacy-aware chatbot. No GPU or internet required."
gpt4all.io/index.html
If you plan to attend the LibreOffice Conference 2023 in Bucharest, it’s time to: REGISTER: https://conference.libreoffice.org/2023/registration-form/ CHECK IF YOU NEED A VISA: https://igi.mai.gov.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
In 2022, 11,769 commits were made to the LibreOffice source code, from 218 authors, in 10 repositories.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
This was a nice inspiring blog post about #FOSS maintainer culture 🙂:
> I gave commit rights to someone I didn't know, I could never have guessed what happened next!
tech.davis-hansson.com/p/click…
(Spoiler: trusting your contributors works) Some years ago, I polished up and released an abandoned project for storing financial data in Django. It let you declare “Money” fields on your models, dealing with proper storage and currencies for you.Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech
The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice, providing infrastructure and support for the community that makes the suite.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
In 2022, the documentation community continued to update LibreOffice guidebooks, and the Help application (This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2022 – we’ll post the full version here soon.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Immich is seriously impressive without being bloated like PhotoPrism
#FOSS #photos #googlephotos #selfhosted
immich Self-hosted photo and video backup solution directly from your mobile phoneimmich.app
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 😎
Today's #AndroidAppRain brings you 58 updated and 1 added (*) app at F-Droid, plus 11 updated and 1 added (+) apps at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid
* Smart Dock: a desktop mode launcher
+ WireGuard: WireGuard Secure VPN Tunnel¹
¹ already at F-Droid, but added at authors request to keep up with the apps release pace. Install from F-Droid first, update where it arrives first (reproducible build)
Enjoy your #free & #foss #android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo 
This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
