⚠️ Yet another reason why proprietary software, especially in healthcare, is immoral and dangerous.
🗨️ "When the makers of electronic implants abandon their projects, people who rely on the devices have everything to lose."
⚠️ Yet another reason why proprietary software, especially in healthcare, is immoral and dangerous.
🗨️ "When the makers of electronic implants abandon their projects, people who rely on the devices have everything to lose."
I donated to @thunderbird today to #freetheinbox. Join me in supporting #communication #privacy.
I gave to @mozthunderbird today to #freetheinbox. Join me to support communication privacy.Give to Thunderbird
Introducing Textra, a free + open source OCR tool I created using Apple's new Vision API 🖼️✨📄
Textra runs on the command line and quickly/accurately converts PDF and image files to text (requires Mac OS 13+). Check it out!
github.com/freedmand/textra #opensource
A command-line application to convert images and PDF files of images to text using Apple's Vision text recognition API - GitHub - freedmand/textra: A command-line application to convert images ...GitHub
New episode is out!
@dsearls and @katherined talk to @kyle about hardware supply chains, building the only USA-made mobile phone, trust, open standards, and much more. Full episode here: reality2cast.com/133
youtube.com/shorts/bCR-S0nWRZE
#opensource #security #trust #openstandards #vendorLockin #podcast #NewEpisode
Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about hardware supply chains, building the only USA-made mobile phone, trust, open standards, and much more.Reality 2.0
We might finally have a good #Linux tablet on our hands: Surface-like form factor, #Android app support, open bootloader, keyboard and stylus accessory, and the hardware is pretty great as well!
Let's take a look:
Check out AlmaLinux and TuxCare's support services: https://bit.ly/3EuSwPU Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux:https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/e...YouTube
Thunderbird for Android releases next year, and development is moving forward at a promising pace.
Here's an early (but not final) preview of what the Message View will look like: blog.thunderbird.net/2022/12/t…
#K9Mail #OpenSource #Email #Thunderbird #Android
As we continue down the road to Thunderbird for Android, here's a preview of the redesigned, modernized message view.Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)
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
Welcome to Odilia! Odilia is a new screen reader for the Linux desktop. It’s written in Rust, for maximum performance and stability.odilia.app
🥳 A new version of csv-diff has just been released! 🚀
docs.rs/csv-diff/latest/csv_di…
csv-diff is the fastest CSV-diffing library in the world - written in #Rust
It can compare two 1,000,000 rows x 9 columns CSVs in < 600ms!
Note that this is still a beta release and the library itself is still very young.
#RustLang #Release #CSV #CSVDiff #Performance #DataScience #Data #Diff #Difference #OpenSource #Crate
With everyone deleting WhatsApp and switching to Telegram or Signal, maybe there's something better that you haven't heard of yet. Here are 10 ways Delta Chat is better than the others.Adam Z. Lein (Pocketnow)
Day 3, our final day, of #GNOMEAsia2022 starts in 1 hr! You can still join, registration is open, sign up and check your email for info on joining the talks.
events.gnome.org/event/100/reg…
#GNOMEAsia #GNOME #opensource #FOSS
Alright, my open sourcerors and glitch witches: I need your help 
@tidelift – my employer whose rallying cry is Pay The Maintainers! – has launched its second ever Open Source Maintainer Survey.
If you're a maintainer, can you boost and take a few minutes to complete the ~15min survey?
If you're maintainer-adjacent, boosts appreciated!
blog.tidelift.com/take-the-202… #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #PayTheMaintainers #Maintainers
The Tidelift 2023 maintainer survey aims to provide insights about the experiences of open source maintainers and the issues and challenges in the open source ecosystem.Lyn Muldrow (Tidelift)
#GNOMEAsia2022 is only a few hours away! Reminder that our schedule is in local Malaysian time, but you can view it in the timezone of your choice by using the settings at the top right side of the event website. events.gnome.org/event/100/tim…
Attendees, check your emails for more info on how to join us remotely and check back here or on the event website for links to our YouTube Livestream.
events.gnome.org/event/100/
Godot Engine 4.0 is so close now, with an overhauled and powerful Vulkan rendering system and now their developers have a new blog post up detailing some plans.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mindblowing 🤯
#Whisper is an #openSource #speechRecognition model written in #Python by #OpenAI. I’ve just seen it in action. Extract an #mp3 from a video, run it through Whisper, and it turns every spoken word into text. It even does a very decent job in #Danish. Perfect for subtitling #TV and #video. I am very impressed.
#ai #language #transcription #speechToText
Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak Supervision - GitHub - openai/whisper: Robust Speech Recognition via Large-Scale Weak SupervisionGitHub
Had a really fun conversation about Mastodon and the Fediverse today with folks at the #Oregon State University #OpenSource Lab, @osuosl.
If you don't know about them (or if you do!) please give them a follow. It's a great program for getting university students hands-on experience with key #FreeSoftware project infrastructure.
Heads up for fans of the #Metatext #Mastodon app
- its lead developer @metabolist has stopped updating it, for health reasons.

If someone else would like to help out, please email them at info@metabolist.org

mastodon.social/@metabolist/10…
Web: metabolist.org/

Two days to go! Have you registered for #GNOMEAsia2022 yet? It's not too late! Our talks will be available remotely and registration is free. Sign up today:
events.gnome.org/event/100/reg…
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
American cloud providers do not comply with strict German privacy protection laws and must not be used by German schools.Tutanota
Help support The Document Foundation (@tdforg), the #opensource home of @libreoffice, on this #givingtuesday by donating at libreoffice.org/donate/
#LibreOffice #MSOffice #OSS #word #office365 #office
Donate, donation, donations, funding, help, support, LibreOfficewww.libreoffice.org
Almost there! Help us reach our #GivingTuesday goals by supporting #GNOME with a donation: gnome.org/donate/
CoSchedule is a great tool for small teams. Unfortunately it doesn't support #Mastodon #ActivityPub. Go vote for this feature to be added, please.
cosintegrations.ideas.aha.io/i…
And if you know of any proper #OpenSource tool that does what CoSchedule does, please let me know 😀
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
In addition to Thunderbird Supernova, we're working towards improving K-9 Mail as it transitions to Thunderbird Android in Summer 2023.Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)
Keyoxide is a privacy-friendly open source tool to create and verify decentralized online identities using a cryptography-based approach to bidirectional linking gadgeteer.co.za/keyoxide-is-a-…
#identity #keyoxide #opensource #technology
Just like passports for real life identities, Keyoxide can be used to verify the online identity of people to make sure one is interacting with whom they areDanie (GadgeteerZA)
One of the coolest tools we use at #1Password has been #opensource ’d!
I present to you Typeshare 2.0! A way to share Rust types across the FFI (supports, Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript, and Go). We use it everyday and I love it, makes things so easy and awesome.
github.com/1Password/typeshare
#rust #swift #kotlin #go #golang #rustlang
Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchronizing your type definitions between Rust and other languages for seamless FFI. - GitHub - 1Password/typeshare: Typeshare is the ultimate tool for synchron...GitHub
👂🏽Do any #OpenSource #audio geeks know of tools for #Android and/or #Linux that can set separate equalization for each ear?
Because of #COVID, I have #hearingLoss in my left ear and I would like to boost higher frequencies to get it somewhat equal.
Thanks for any ideas. Please boost if you have audio-smart followers that might have ideas for me, and please wear a mask so this doesn't happen to you.
Here's a screenshot of #K9Mail's current message view. And two more showing what the NEW message design will look like! 👀
We've added some comments in the margins explaining some of the new features and UI elements.
Thunderbird for Android is taking shape, and it should be here before Thunderbird Supernova releases next summer!
(Note: This is by no means final, still a lot of polish and work to do)
I can't sign this as I am not a constituent of the EU, but I hope this comes to pass and the EU forces some responsibility into the #tech corporations. Goodness knows the US isn't going to lead the way.
#OpenSource #ConsumerRights #Computers #PlannedObsolescence #FOSS #ElectronicWaste #environmentalism #RightToRepair
Just found out that the open source Python library for converting webpages to PDF, Weasyprint, has recently added experimental support for creating tagged PDFs that conform with PDF/UA:
weasyprint.org/
This is really exciting as there aren’t many open source options for doing this. I’m going to have a play and try creating an @eleventy plugin for this!
#pdf #a11y #opensource
Introducing Upscaler, an application that lets you upscale and enhance images. I released 1.0.0 yesterday and it is now available on Flathub!
flathub.org/apps/details/io.gi…
#linux #gnome #gtk #python #gnu #foss #opensource
Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy GIMP, GNU Octave, Spotify, Steam and many more!flathub.org
Since 2003, part of our mission has been respecting your #privacy and putting YOU in control – not a corporation.
We never show advertisements. We never sell your data.
That’s because #Thunderbird is completely funded by donations from generous people just like you.
YOU keep this great software free. YOU help us develop great new features. YOU keep us thriving!
Please consider giving a gift to help Thunderbird be the best it's ever been in 2023.
I gave to @mozthunderbird today to #freetheinbox. Join me to support communication privacy.Give to Thunderbird
Did you know that #Mastodon supports #RSS feeds?
That means you can follow your favorite people and topics right inside of Thunderbird!
→ Just add ".rss" to the URL ←
For example, our Mastodon URL "mastodon.online/@thunderbird"
becomes
"mastodon.online/@thunderbird.r…"
What about #hashtags? YEP!
Let's look at #OpenSource. From our instance, it is: "mastodon.online/tags/opensourc…"
So, we just append .rss and it works!
"mastodon.online/tags/opensourc…"
REALLY useful if you don't want to miss a thing!
Why are people joining issue or specific Mastodon servers? I'm interested in many issues, and am curious about ones tied to #OpenSource #Sustainability & #Accessibility, but unsure how or why people choose.
Are certain instances going to be seen as being more legitimate? How will sustainability be managed as numbers grow? What happens if I move & that instance shuts down?
Some info here:
blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/…
With the sad news that KNZK was shutting down we thought it might be useful for people to have a refresher on the features that Mastodon has built in that make moving instances easy and painless.Official Mastodon Blog
🤟 Mastodon is #opensource and #nonprofit alternative tool without any investors and not for sale (thank you @Gargron)
If you want to participate in the Mastodon’s success and long-live living, you can - of course!
Can you code? —> github.com/mastodon/mastodon
Can you pay? —> joinmastodon.org/cs/sponsors
Non of it? Spread the word and boost, please. 🙏
Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - GitHub - mastodon/mastodon: Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging communityGitHub