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THIS.
I gonna save this to just post it every time one of those entitled FOSS-bros crosses my path.

If the only way for people to use a computer is to either become a developer yourself or suffer through exploitation by big corporations it isn't an individual failure of those people, it's an absolute failure of the FOSS / Linux community to build good software.
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
#Linux #Accessibility

You Don’t Own the Word “Freedom”: A Full-Burn Response to the GNU/Linux Comment That Tried to Gatekeep Me Off My Own Machine — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog
#Accessibility #linux

And quite honestly I feel there's a lot of victims to this kind of mentality that aren't necessarily disabled end users, take @danirabbit and others who do a huge amount of work to make #linux #accessibility be better than the wonky house of cards it's been for decades. They've essentially inherited the user frustration, righteous anger and powerlessness that systematic neglect has created while ALSO having to defend the fact to actually include hoomans that aren't "the norm" when deciding if a button should be a button or a superFancyNewRustUICompositeWidgetLookHowCoolMyInheritanceSKillzAreTemplateFoundationUIClassAlsoFuckYouKeyboardUsersButton. Peeps who want a simple OS for, say, an old computer that's losing Windows access a shot, seriously go give @elementary a look and provide feedback, these folks actually WANT to fix stuff
#Accessibility #linux @elementary @Danielle Foré

I woke up to a comment so smug, so perfectly soaked in gatekeeping and faux-righteous posturing, it earned its own blog post.
You want freedom? You want GNU/Linux to mean something?
Then maybe start by not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves with a smile.
This commenter thought they were defending "software freedom." What they were really doing was kicking people out of the room. Dismissing accessibility. Mocking effort. Pretending that cruelty is some kind of rite of passage. They quoted Stallman like it was scripture, ignored real-world experience like it was noise, and wrapped it all in condescension dressed as virtue.
I’ve spent over a decade in this ecosystem. Writing patches. Rebuilding broken stacks. Helping blind users boot systems upstream doesn’t even test. I didn’t "just install Arch and whine about the terminal." I lived in it. I survived it. I held it together when maintainers disappeared and no one else gave a damn.
But apparently, because I didn’t call it GNU/Linux™ and because I dared to talk about how this OS chews people up and spits them out, I’m lazy. I’m weak. I should "get a dog."
So I wrote a response. Line by line. No mercy. No euphemisms.
This isn’t just about one comment. This is about every time someone’s been told they don’t belong because they couldn’t learn fast enough, code well enough, or survive long enough. It’s about everyone who was pushed out while the gatekeepers patted themselves on the back for "preserving the spirit of free software."
You want a free system? Start by making it livable. Because freedom that demands you crawl bleeding through a broken bootloader isn’t freedom. It’s abandonment dressed in ideology.
And if this kind of gatekeeping is your idea of community?
You can keep it.
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you…
#Linux #GNU #FOSS #Accessibility #BlindTech #FreeSoftware #Gatekeeping #DisabilityInTech #OpenSource #Orca #ScreenReaders #ArchLinux #BurnItDown #blogpost

You Don’t Own the Word “Freedom”: A Full-Burn Response to the GNU/Linux Comment That Tried to Gatekeep Me Off My Own Machine — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog
#FreeSoftware #Accessibility #linux #foss #opensource #gnu #archlinux #screenreaders #orca #blogpost #gatekeeping #blindtech #disabilityintech #burnitdown

I am okay with disk encryption if the owner of the device enables it themselves and understands at least a little bit about it.

Microsoft enabling it on people's computers without their knowledge is really scummy.

I have full disk encryption on my ThinkPad laptop with Linux and I'm okay with that... because I set it up and I know about it.

#microsoft #encryption #linux #thinkpad

#linux #encryption #microsoft #thinkpad

#xmpp #linux #gnu #taller

#Linux #a11y question with a long self-indulgent preamble: I have been using #emacspeak in the #terminal on #MacOS as my “daily driver” for all writing/notetaking/ #orgmode scheduling/todo organizing for about a month now. I am super in love with it, transformational for this low-vision writer/teacher/editor/producer. (1/8)
#a11y #linux #orgmode #terminal #MACOS #emacspeak

Considering how GNOME Color Manager's support for calibrating scanners (and printers?) has been broken for many years, and how it seems like the remaining code might get ripped out entirely from GNOME Control Center as a result, I have filed a new #GNOME app idea, in the wild hope that someone might find this interesting enough to create a standalone utility app for creating ICC color profiles for your photo scanners and printers: gitlab.gnome.org/bertob/app-id…

#ColorManagement #Linux #photography


Color management: a printers and flatbed scanner calibration tool to generate ICC colour profiles (for accurate scanning & printing) (#293) · Issues · Tobias Bernard / App Ideas · GitLab

I searched far and wide for standalone calibration tools and they are either nonexistent or extremely hard to use (and typically commandline stuff requiring obscure arcane knowledge). Even...
GitLab
#linux #gnome #photography #colormanagement

the other way around with Debian being the Master, would be advantageous. #Debian #Linux
#linux #debian

There's a growing movement on the #fedi that wants people to switch away from Big (US-based) Tech and towards #FOSS alternatives like #Linux, alternatives to #google, #Microsoft, #dropbox etc.
For #screenReader users, that might not be as simple as all that due to #accessibility reasons. This weekend's IC_Null stream aims to dig into this, but I need your help. What tools, services etc. should I look at from an #accessibility perspective? Anyone here who needs their tools evaluated? Anyone here who's curious about a particular tool or suite of tools? Let me know and I'll add it to the list. Anything goes. #selfHosting #blind #tech #EU
#Accessibility #linux #foss #google #blind #screenreader #microsoft #EU #fedi #selfhosting #tech #dropbox

#linux #migration #networkmanager

If you are attending the Open Source Summit in Denver, this week, make sure to attend the presentation from my Igalia colleague Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo on kernel bug fixing: ossna2025.sched.com/speaker/ca…

We also have a booth in the B12 section if you want to drop by and talk about the work we do.

#igalia #ossummit #linux


Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo's schedule for Open Source Summit North America 2025

Check out what Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo will be attending at Open Source Summit North America 2025
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (ossna2025.sched.com)
#linux #OSSummit #igalia

My youngest (18) has just told me:
"finally switched from Windows 11 to Linux, and it's so much better, I'm surprised. Much cleaner and my style, I'm annoyed I didn't do this earlier"
&
"I think my favourite thing is not having windows yell at me about their new ai product or whatever every 5 seconds"

I couldn't be prouder. #Linux

#linux

It's a few posts behind but today we have @fireborn the author of the new accessibility blog series "I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back" to talk about his experience with Linux accessibility #Linux

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=3Yj6D5ez2O…

Audio: creators.spotify.com/pod/profi…


#277 Linux Accessibility Needs Some Work | Fireborn

You may have seen this series of accessibility posts floating around the FOSS world and today have the author it on the show. A very long time Linux user who...
YouTube
#linux @aaron

Steam just added screen reader support in the latest Big Picture Mode beta. On the Deck. On SteamOS. On Linux.
Not hacked in. Not community-patched. Built-in. From Valve.
There's an accessibility tab. There's a screen reader. There's high-contrast mode, UI scaling, color filters, reduced motion, and more.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but: I need a Steam Deck now.
Accessibility isn’t just coming to gaming — it’s here, and it’s official.
Let’s make some noise so they keep going.
🔗 theverge.com/games/689922/stea…
#Accessibility #Gaming #SteamDeck #ScreenReader #Linux #valve

Steam is adding screen reader support and other accessibility tools

Valve’s latest Steam beta adds new accessibility features to Big Picture mode and SteamOS.
Adi Robertson (The Verge)
#Accessibility #linux #gaming #screenreader #SteamDeck #valve

I wanna give a shoutout to all the people working on making accessibility on Linux a better place. There is still a lot of work to do, with frustrating barriers. However, there are a lot of people working in projects like KDE, GNOME, Elementary, etc. who truly care about accessibility, and want to see it get better.

In my opinion, the more people who are given the opportunity to use computers in a way that works for them, the better.

#accessibility #linux

#Accessibility #linux

I didn’t plan to write about Wayland yet. But Xorg is dying — not eventually, but now. GNOME’s dropping X11 support. RHEL already removed it. Ubuntu and Fedora are next. And if you rely on accessibility, you don’t get to wait this one out.
So here’s Post 4 of I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back.
I’m using Wayland now. Primarily. Not because I love it. Because the fallback is disappearing, and I want to be there helping fix what comes next. GNOME with Orca actually works. KDE and COSMIC are making progress. I’ve talked to the people involved. They care.
But a lot is broken.
MATE — the desktop most blind users preferred — isn’t on Wayland.
ocrdesktop doesn’t work. xdotool is gone.
wlroots compositors still don’t reliably support Orca’s keybindings, especially on laptops.
This isn’t GNOME’s fault. They’re the only reason accessibility on Wayland works at all.
But the old excuses are gone. “Just use Xorg” isn’t going to be an option much longer.
So yeah. I’m a Wayland shill now. Because I’m using it. Because I have to.
And I want to make sure we’re not excluded from what comes next.
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-w…
#Linux #Wayland #Accessibility #Orca #GNOME #KDE #COSMIC #FOSS #a11y #BlindTech #xorg

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 4 – Wayland Is Growing Up. And Now We Don’t Have a Choice — fireborn

fireborn.mataroa.blog
#a11y #Accessibility #linux #foss #gnome #KDE #Wayland #orca #cosmic #blindtech #xorg

I don't know why @libreoffice didn't toot this yet, but here it goes:

The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it’s time to consider Linux and LibreOffice
blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
The Document Foundation and LibreOffice support the international campaign @Endof10 endof10.org/

#Linux #LibreOffice #TDF #TheDocumentFoundation #Endof10 #Windows10


The end of Windows 10 is approaching, so it's time to consider Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

The Document Foundation and LibreOffice support the international campaign @endof10 https://endof10.org/ The countdown has begun. On 14 October 2025, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10.
Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
#linux #libreoffice #windows10 #tdf #thedocumentfoundation #endof10 @LibreOffice @End Of 10 Campaign

Few days later and #planify become my favourite #tasks app on #Linux. Works flowlessly. Also I just discovered they have fedi account: @planifyapp
#linux #tasks #planify @Planify

#linux #foss #apps #antennapod #podcast #podcasting #tech #thelinuxcast #podcastdelivery

#linux #archlinux #gamingonlinux

I got interesting news from the fedora accessibility room today! this concerns blind and visually impaired #linux users exclusively, however:

For a bit of time, specifically pipewire >=1.4, one can start pipewire as root. That includes the regular daemon and the alsa layer, because jack emulation is a library loaded inside programs. Anyway, more recently than that, pipewire-pulse got the ability to be launched via root, as a system service:

gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewir…

I'm not sure if ubuntu can use any of this yet, I suppose not, but most other distros which aren't debian based should be able to do so, for example arch, gentoo, probably nix and fedora starting with 42. This means that your system can start talking much, much sooner without the use of scripts, as long as you enable the system services instead of the user ones, or well, apparently the user units don't conflict, weird as that might sound. Either way, the same security is achieved, because who cares if root apps can listen to your microphone, the battle is lost if those apps are already root anyway!

In particular, this means that one can start espeakup with the system and it'll speak as soon as possible. Not in the initramfs, not at the enter decryption key prompt, but that's still huge progress in case your system crashes and so on.

What do y'all think, does this change anything, or it's still the same for you because you use scripts anyway, or because your systems rarely crash in such a way where that'd be required?


systemd: add systemwide pipewire-pulse files (dea6fa7f) · Commits · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab

We can and it works, so why not.
GitLab
#linux

#linux #youtube

🗓️ Planify mi bylo doporučeno v komunitní místnosti o #triliumnext – a musím říct, fakt super!
Konečně krásná co padne do #Gnome, jednoduchá a funkční aplikace pro správu úkolů, která se napojí na #Nextcloud #oscloud přes CalDAV.

Nextcloud (backend) + DAVx⁵ + Tasks.org (Android) + Planify (desktop)
Funguje to skvěle dohromady.

#FOSS #Planify #Nextcloud #CalDAV #Linux #OpenSource #oscloud
github.com/alainm23/planify

Snímek obrazovky z aplikace Planify

GitHub - alainm23/planify: Task manager with Todoist & Nextcloud support designed for GNOME

Task manager with Todoist & Nextcloud support designed for GNOME - alainm23/planify
GitHub
#linux #foss #opensource #nextcloud #gnome #caldav #oscloud #triliumnext #planify

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#linux

#Accessibility #linux #blind #braille #brltty #espeakup

#linux #gnome #systemd

After some deliberation I decided to move my development stack from Windows to Linux.

I've been using windows for over 20 years and always loved it's backwards compatibility and stuff, but recently it has become borderline unusable and gets in the way of my work.

It took me like a single day to configure everything and it just works, and also works better than Windows too! I posted a thread of my reasoning and experience on BS (sorry):

bsky.app/profile/sosowski.bsky…

#gamedev #indiedev #linux

#linux #gamedev #indiedev

#linux #gnome #fedora #gnome48 #f42 @Fedora Project

💻 "Hacking the Shell"
with Florian Müllner at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 12:05 CEST 📍 Brescia
🧪 Bleeding-edge deps? No fear—containers & tooling make GNOME Shell dev easier than you think.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #gnomeshell #Linux #DevTools

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GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.
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#linux #gnome #GNOMEShell #guadec2025 #devtools

🛡️ "The evolution of Linux targeted cyber threats"
with Pau Hoz at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 11:05 CEST 📍 Brescia

🔍 From supply chain attacks to evasive malware, Pau digs into how Linux threats are evolving—and what it means for FOSS security.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#Linux #Security #FOSS #CyberThreats

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GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.
GNOME Events (Indico)
#linux #foss #security #guadec2025 #Cyberthreats

New computer with Windows pre-installed? Want to install #Linux 🐧 instead?

You pay for #Windows, even if you don’t use it. That’s unfair and non-transparent.

#Refund4Freedom from @fsfe & @ItaLinuxSociety defends your right to get refunds for unused pre-installed software! 😎

refund4freedom.org/

The campaign starts in #Italy 🇮🇹 but will later be extended.

FSFE & ILS support your right to choose your operating system. They also support #EndOf10 to prevent e-waste!

#GetYourWindowsRefund

Image from the Refund 4 Freedom website. A Windows sticker is being peeled off, revealing the word “Freedom” underneath.

Refund4Freedom

Get a Refund of your proprietary operating system license
Refund4Freedom
#linux #Windows #Italy #endof10 #refund4freedom #getyourwindowsrefund @Free Software Foundation Europe @Italian Linux Society

All open source projects can use more contributions, so here are some places where you can start for @rockylinux !

This page has a list of active Special Interest Groups, like the Cloud or Security SIGs. There's also a list of areas where you can lead the change in making a SIG for it, like for embedded systems or storage applications!
wiki.rockylinux.org/special_in…

#RockyLinux #FlockToFedora #FedoraFlockSponsor #Linux #OpenSource

Current SIGs - Rocky Linux Wiki

The wiki for the Rocky Linux project
wiki.rockylinux.org
#linux #opensource #flocktofedora #RockyLinux #fedoraflocksponsor @Rocky Linux

Ooo this is cool:

*** New command 'help-find-source'.
Switch to a buffer visiting the source of what is being described in
"*Help*". It is bound to 'C-h 4 s' globally.

#Emacs #gnu #foss #linux

#linux #foss #emacs #gnu

Want to start a Repair Café in your area?

You can!

Repair Café International enables local groups around the world to start their own:

repaircafe.org/en/join/start-y…

@RepairCafeInternational supports #EndOf10 to prevent #eWaste!

#RCInternational #RepairCafe #RightToRepair #Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows #Win10

Templates for announcement posters, flyers, donations information, stickers, etc. from Repair Cafe International.

Start Your Own Repair Café - Join the Movement

Want to make a difference? Start your own Repair Café and become part of the global movement promoting repair and sustainability.
Repaircafe
#FreeSoftware #linux #foss #opensource #floss #Windows #righttorepair #eWaste #repaircafe #endof10 #win10 #rcinternational @RepairCafeInternational

Who says you can’t have #privacy and #security in an OS?

Meet PureOS — the #Linux OS that respects you.

No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps

PureOS supports Purism’s Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.

More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-a…


What Is PureOS? A Beginner’s Guide for iOS, Android, and Windows Users – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC
#linux #privacy #security #surveillance

Thank you
@openSUSE
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The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world’s best Linux distributions.

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