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February is Free and Open-Source Software month - #FOSSFeb! As the your #FOSS screen reader, we want to encourage everyone to explore the world of free, open-source software - especially #accessible software of course! Here are a couple of links on #FOSSFeb to get you started:

opensource.com/article/17/2/fo…

onyxpoint.com/national-free-an…

codemotion.com/magazine/dev-li…

How are you celebrating #FOSSFeb?



@libreoffice has a #DarkMode. 😍

OK, I updated from 7.3, so I probably missed this feature in 7.4, but this is a _huge_ improvement for me. And I just discovered, that I can change the document background, too. Less strain on my eyes. I'm in love! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

libreoffice.org/download/downl…

#LibreOffice #Office #FOSS #Accessibility


indeed, it aims to replace @keybase with the benefits that it's entirely #foss , more decentralized and no focus on other functionality apart from identity verification. And we are still actively in development!


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



#Thunderbird is proud to be included on TechRadar's shortlist of the 10 best #OpenSource apps for 2023!

techradar.com/best/best-open-s…

On a personal note, as the person running this account, it's especially awesome to see #Audacity on the list -- that was my first introduction to #FOSS in 2001.

Gateway software is important 😉

❓ What would YOUR Top 10 open source applications be for everyday use, and everyday users?


This Saturday, at @fosdem don't miss Sarper Akdemir's talk about an #interoperability issue at the @libreoffice Technology devroom and hear how bug tracking can take one deep down the rabbit hole. 🐜

"An Interoperability Improvement in LibreOffice Impress Tables"
Sa. 4.2., 16:30 🕟 fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

#fosdem #fosdem23 #LOtech #LibreOffice #Collabora #CollaboraOffice #CollaboraOnline #foss #opensource


Already looking forward to @fosdem next week?

Saturday afternoon, don't miss our talks on @libreoffice Technology. Noel Grandin will not only address the “elephant” in the Dev Room, but also show how to turbocharge him. 🐘 ➡️ 🏎️

Hear about interesting challenges in a massive codebase!

Sa. 4.2, 16:10 🕓 #LOtech Dev Room 📹
fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…

#LibreOffice #fosdem #fosdem23 #foss #opensource #collabora #collaboraoffice #collaboraonline #cool_dev



Have you heard about #ReproducibleBuilds? This is one of the biggest #security benefits of #FOSS. On #Android, this technique ensures that the #FDroid version of an app exactly matches the developer's version.

Read our article below for more details and to see how easy it is for developers to get set up:
f-droid.org/en/2023/01/15/towa…


A few seconds of time here and there can really add up! When you need to send an email NOW, you don't want to backtrack through menus...

So we've added a floating Compose button to K-9 Mail version 6.500 -- available now to test in Beta, on both F-Droid and Google Play.

(Learn how to access the Beta here forum.k9mail.app/t/how-do-i-be…)

#Email #Android #FOSS #K9Mail #Thunderbird #Productivity





It's such a shame when cool projects are maintained by bigots.

I wanted to give Hyprland a try, since I love the (technical) direction it's going. Sadly, the maintainers are transphobic and will treat you like garbage if you are a trans person. @orowith2os, a great friend of mine, shared some screenshots about the bigotry on the Discord server that made me reconsider my decision.

#Trans #Transphobia #Bigotry #Hyprland #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource


Apparently some dickhead (or dickheads, as the case may be) uploaded malware into an issue on Codeberg and shared links to it and managed to get Codeberg onto a number of block lists so some folks can’t access the site now because their ISPs are blocking it.

If you know the folks who run these lists and can help remove Codeberg from them, I’d appreciate it.

More details: codeberg.org/Codeberg/Communit…

CC @Codeberg

#codeberg #infosec #foss #freeSoftware




For anyone who doesn't know, @Framasoft support and fund a whole wide range of decentralized, #FOSS, #privacy respecting tools such as #Peertube ( @peertube ), #Mobilizon (think Facebook Groups for the #Fediverse, @mobilizon ) and more!

They do it all on super low funding, so go throw a few or your local currency at them to help grow the #fedi!




Mitternacht, die Glocken läuten // Zeit um den Artikel zu… äh, heuten?

Die 🇩🇪 Fassung meines Artikels zu @shiftphones SHIFT6mq ist jetzt freigeschaltet! Wer noch Schreibfehler findet, darf sie behalten (oder mir melden 🤪)

android.izzysoft.de/articles/n…

#Android #NoGoogle #foss


4 years using and championing the #fediverse full time and I've never written a #introductions toot. Well, or I have and can't find it.

I'm a #blind guy from 🇬🇧 with a passion for #technology and #programming, particularly #lowLevel #systemsProgramming in #C, #C++, #Rust, etc.

I've been a huge #freeSoftware / #openSource advocate for the majority of my life. I run #Linux and I love open, #decentralised technologies like #ActivityPub, #Matrix, #bitTorrent etc.

In my view, technology is built to make our lives easier, and in many ways, it isn't these days. It is truly my opinion that the only way #tech can be sustainable is if it's built using #FOSS, and does not give ultimate control to any 1 entity, individual or corporate. If technology is to help the people, it must be built *for* the people.

Currently working on odilia.app, various projects with the rest of the Lower Elements gang at lowerelements.club, and a Computing Science BSC at the #University of #stirling





After 2 years of negotiations with Microsoft, the German Data Protection Conference issued a damning statement: German schools must not use MS365 due to privacy violations.

Fortunately, Linux, LibreOffice & Tutanota are very good alternatives. 💪🔐

tutanota.com/blog/posts/micros…

#OpenSource #FOSS #privacy #GDPR


#AndroidAppRain brings you 39 updated & 2 new (*) apps at @fdroidorg plus at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid 2 updated & 1 (+) new:

* AgoraDesk: buy BTC anonymously
* Little File Explorer: a minimalistic file manager
+ aShell: ADB shell directly on your Android device

Enjoy your #free & #foss #Android #apps with #FDroid – and also with the #IzzySoftRepo :awesome:

News ahead: soon starts the new millenium. F-Droid is close to 4k (3894), IoD close to 1k (986) apps. Who hits it first? Exciting times…



Tja, da haben wir den mehrdeutigen Salat:

* F-Droid.org: im Screenshot angepriesener Katalog freier Apps auf gleicher Domain.
* F-Droid: kommt darauf an. Der Client, die Server Software, oder…
* F-Droid Repo: Einer der vielen verfügbaren Kataloge (Repositories). Wie das Fediverse, ist auch F-Droid dezentral – und es gibt zahlreiche Kataloge, die man nutzen kann. Bei NeoStore sind viele davon vorkonfiguriert, sonst gibt es noch Listen bei @mondstern und mir…

#FDroid #FOSS #Android



The path to bringing you a great email experience on Android devices begins with K-9 Mail, which joined the Thunderbird family earlier this summer.

As we work towards a modern redesign of desktop Thunderbird, we’re also working to improve K-9 Mail as it begins its transition to Thunderbird mobile in Summer 2023.

Read more about today's new release of K-9 Mail on the Thunderbird blog:

blog.thunderbird.net/2022/11/t…

#Android #Thunderbird #K9Mail #Email #FOSS #OpenSource