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Couldn't be any happier to see an amazing #email client back on track! Been using it since 2010 or so.

#thunderbird #opensource

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/04/t…


This looks really sleek and attractive. Well done, #LibreOffice, this doesn't look like the average #OpenSource and #FOSS software.

I would have guessed that this is #MicrosoftOffice because I don't use it at all, and it is the last #OfficeSuite that I saw and interacred with.


Last month we reported on our progress in turning K-9 Mail into Thunderbird for Android. And we promised to do that every month.

So let's get you updated on the latest developments!

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/04/t…

#K9Mail #Thunderbird #Android #OpenSource #Email


Hey there -- we're Let's Encrypt, the free and open certificate authority serving over 300 million websites worldwide. We're new to Mastodon and are excited to get to know the infosec community in this new space!

letsencrypt.org/

#opensource #TLS #PKI #infosec


Last call for the #GUADEC2023 CfP! If you would like to submit a talk, workshop, or BoF make sure you do it by the end of today: foundation.gnome.org/2023/02/2…

#GUADEC #GNOME #CfP #opensource


EN: #Twitter published parts of its source-code and people are speculating over what motivated #ElonMusk to go #opensource. Here's what they say! 👇
tutanota.com/blog/posts/twitte…

DE:
#Twitter hat Teile seines Quellcodes veröffentlicht und die Leute spekulieren, was #ElonMusk dazu bewogen hat, #OpenSource zu gehen.


Thank you so much, and very humbled to be able to support such an amazing and important #OpenSource project! 🙌


Submit a talk this week at events.opensuse.org before the #CfP closes on April 9. #opensource #openSUSE


We want to take a moment to thank @tilvids for hosting our videos, and for offering a privacy-respecting, open source alternative to YouTube.

As a token of our appreciation, we're now a monthly Tier-3 supporter via Patreon.

If you use #TILvids, consider a small donation to help them keep the server humming.

patreon.com/tilvids/membership

Or consider a donation to #Mastodon, #PeerTube, or a project that you love.

#OpenSource #Video #Fediverse #Thunderbird


We had our own Godot GDC Meetup hosted by @GitHub, which was a great time to meet old and new friends in a relaxed environment.

@gdquest gave an insightful talk on the governance challenges faced by big #opensource projects like Godot:
youtube.com/watch?v=ZRFv2rTJLU…


Greetings Programs! Tonight we're going to be working on our brand new #XMPP library that we're developing for @pidgin 3!! Come on by!! #opensource #opensourcelive #live #livecoding twitch.tv/rw_grim/


The #GUADEC2023 CfP is still open for 4 more days! Now's your chance to submit a talk, panel, workshop, or BoF proposal: foundation.gnome.org/2023/02/2…

#GNOME #GUADEC #CallForPapers #opensource


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


Recent updates to Mutter (included in #GNOME44!) deliver improved performance for even the most demanding apps, including games and interactive 3D apps.

Find the details here: blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2023…

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource


#LAION (non-profit association from Hamburg, Germany) is working on an #OpenSource alternative to #ChatGPT. They are crowd-sourcing a conversation dataset to fine-tune an existing open source #LLM similar to how ChatGPT was created.

You can help creating the dataset on open-assistant.io!

The first dataset release is planned for 15. April 2023.

youtube.com/watch?v=64Izfm24FK…


"By being on GitHub, we reduce friction from the contribution process and we maximize the ability for others to join in and help. We lower the bar. This is good for us."

There have been many criticism towards GitHub on the Fediverse (#GiveUpGitHub). Some even say it's the "Twitter of hosting code". While I understand the rationale, I disagree. Been using GitHub for over a decade now and have hundreds of repositories there. Without GitHub it would be amazingly difficult to manage. I use for-profit products by Microsoft, can you imagine some of them have their place in the world?

I can quit Twitter, Facebook, etc. and self-host almost anything, but not my and the firm's code. Why?

Read: "What if GitHub is the devil?", an article by @bagder

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/01/28… #OpenSource #GitHub


You disagree with what exactly? That there are no viable alternatives to a walled garden whose owners abuse those who use it? Who have no respect for their work and intellectual property rights?

Because there are plenty of alternatives that people use every day.

GiveUpGitHub.org/

mako.cc/writing/hill-free_tool…

#GiveUpGitHub #UserRights #SurveillanceCapitalism #OpenSource


For my latest story, I got to correspond with a Ukranian developer with cerebral palsy who uses ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to communicate and code. It was wild, because I don't think our interaction would have been possible just a few years ago.

Beyond that, though, #GenerativeAI is removing barriers for him to code and contribute. He even released his first #OpenSource project recently sharing his experience!

github.com/readme/featured/ope…

#ChatGPT #GitHubCopilot #GitHub #A11y


I really loved @thunderbird 's first episode of their new podcast, ThunderCast! And wanted to shout out on Mastodon for this awesome community. #thunderbird #opensource

pca.st/episode/559786de-3f57-4…


Curious about the new LEOS #LegislationEditing #OpenSoftware?

Want to hear more about the use of code.europa.eu, the #opensource project repo from 🇪🇺 Institutions?

Join the community webinar on 28 March at 10.00❗️

Registrations closing soon 👉 joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/70618…


Introducing #MozillaAI: A startup — and a community — building a trustworthy, independent, and #OpenSource AI ecosystem.

blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/in…


The Thunderbird podcast is now available on several major podcast clients, such as:

#ApplePodcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/…

#Deezer: deezer.com/us/show/5866547

#Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5tWzGLQb…

You can also subscribe using good old #RSS: feeds.transistor.fm/thundercas…

If we're not in your favorite app, give it a few days and check again. Thanks for listening!

#Thunderbird #Podcast #ThunderCast #Email #OpenSource #Linux


Alex Hollender's retrospective on a recent Wikipedia redesign

alexhollender.com/wikipedia-20…

reminded me of a post I wrote in 2019: Design, and Friction Preventing Design Improvement, in Open Tech

harihareswara.net/posts/2019/d…

On:

those exceptional #FLOSS projects that aren't developer tools, and are robust, & have high-quality user experience

problems & approaches in product management + #UX #design in #opensource, and people already working on it

Wikimedia & design pushback specifically


Welcome to the debut episode of the Thunderbird podcast, which we're affectionately calling the ThunderCast!

share.transistor.fm/s/0069fd68

#Thunderbird #Podcast #OpenSource #Email #Mozilla


:fdroid: After several months of hard work, it's a good feeling to be able to say our @fdroidorg board of directors is officially chartered and running, and finally with an official legal entity through Dutch stichting (foundation) Commons Conservancy.

💚 Very humbled to be able to serve in this inaugural group of talented volunteers, and even more excited about helping #FDroid into the future.

f-droid.org/en/2023/03/20/f-dr…

:boost_love: #boostsWelcome #Android #OpenSource #FreeSoftware


🎉 We're growing! Our global #FDroid community is pleased to announce that we now have an official governance plan and a brand-new volunteer Board of Directors. We're excited to work with them to keep improving the leading all #FOSS mobile app catalogue!

f-droid.org/en/2023/03/20/f-dr…

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Android


Update. Turns out that John #Deere has been using open code under the #GPL w/o living up to the license. The Software Freedom Conservancy (@conservancy) is calling on it to comply — which would greatly enhance #farmers' #RightToRepair.
sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/ma…

"We…publicly call on John Deere to immediately resolve all of its outstanding GPL violations…by providing complete source code…that the GPL & other copyleft licenses require, to the farmers & others who are entitled to it."

#OpenSource


If you're an #iOS #developer, love #opensource, and have a certain passion for email, you should definitely keep an eye on the #Thunderbird careers page!

thunderbird.net/careers/

Within the next few months, we'll be hiring someone to help us lay the groundwork for Thunderbird on iOS. When that career opportunity goes live, we will announce it here.

(So yes, we can 100% confirm we plan to develop an iOS version)


#Moonray the #Dreamworks in house #render is now available for free and is #opensource too, after while of code cleaning, this is an other render #engine. I lost the count of #renderengine.
Now only the add-on for Blender :)
openmoonray.org/


Law enforcement use closed-source "secure" communication tools to catch criminals, but this compromises the privacy of law-abiding users. Exclu, An0m, EncroChat - these all prove why only open source software can be trusted. Read more! 👇

tutanota.com/blog/posts/risks-…

#communication #privacy #lawenforcement #opensourcesoftware #foss #opensource


Staying still in the land of open source projects, this slipped yesterday through my Reddit reading:
FeedGears is a web-based, self-hostable RSS client with particular attention to accessibility. According to the dev, it was tested against the WCAG 2.1 guidelines on the AA level, has integrated shortcuts, consistent keyboard navigation and automatic announcements for system events. It's pretty new so a lot of features might be missing but that's for the contact mechanisms and the feedback. :)
I haven't tested this myself yet but the landing page looks definitely alright.
feedgears.com/
#Accessibility #OpenSource #RSS #Blind #ScreenReaders


Browsing Github last night, I came across two interesting, potentially accessible open source projects related to radio.
1. Salamandra Radio - an automation software for station in its early development. Screen reader specific fixes have been mentioned in the release notes and so were hotkeys, although these do not seem to be documented anywhere; the app starts in Portuguese by default but a change to English is possible in the settings; also buttons in the toolbar do not seem to be labelled but upon focusing them, a tooltip is read out so we can go by those to tell what the buttons are doing.
github.com/ocarolino/salamandr…
2. Axios - a simple radio player supporting the Radio Browser API. It is accessible in a similar way as Salamandra, allows for searching the directory, playing whatever is found, and controlling the volume.
github.com/z1lvis/Axios
Feel free to explore, hack, spread the word or do whatever else you usually do in such cases.
#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReaders #Radio #OpenSource


Go Thunderbird! It's great to see an #OpenSource Project with such a long history thrive.

I can't wait to finally have Sync on all my devices.


While K-9 Mail is developed in the open, following its development on GitHub can be somewhat tedious for a casual observer. So we’re trying something new and summarizing the most notable things that happened in the past month as we head down the exciting road to Thunderbird for Android!

blog.thunderbird.net/2023/03/t…

#OpenSource #Thunderbird #Android #K9Mail #Mobile #Dev


Dear fediverse, I'm happy to announce the new NLnet funding for Keyoxide Mobile and the release of Google Play and App Store! Details: berker.substack.com/p/keyoxide… #onlineidentity #opensource #privacy