I would love to encourage y'all #GUADEC attendees to use the "Download" button from the event's Indico platform (that button is in each event's details page) to use it directly in #GNOMECalendar, but… it turns out that you'd run into this silly timezones bug where the event importer dialog considers UTC times to be the local time 🤦

So… can I motivate someone to send a merge request for gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c… ? This would be timely for #GNOME's main conference next week 😉

#Linux #OpenSource

Okay, I think I fixed the link.

So, this is like, one of the first times I've done this, but I wanted to show a bit of installing Fedora Linux on my laptop. I'd already started the installation, but it shows most of it, and a bit of setup afterwards. I recorded this on my iPhone, so it won't sound the best. A few things I forgot to mention:

* You cannot buy IBM Viavoice (Eloquence) for Linux anymore, but it's of course still floating around.
* We also have DecTalk on Linux, obvious from the BTSpeak using it.
* You can also get Vocalizer voices.
* There's also Piper of course.

dropbox.com/scl/fi/ku4p2ylikzz…

#Linux #foss #Fedora #accessibility #blind

Fedora-install.m4a

Shared with Dropbox

^Dropbox

Oh, and I love these colorful wallpapers (amazing work from @jimmac yet again!). They pair so nicely! I didn’t have to download anything to change up the look—each screenshot was just two or three clicks.

#GNOME #GNOMEDesign #GNOME47 #Linux #OpenSource

My favorite new thing by far is accent colors. It’s so nice and refreshing to be able to really change the feel of your computer with just a few well-defined options—all while not introducing a massive burden to third-party app developers.

I’m most excited to see more apps incorporate the accent color in interesting ways, as it’s a great way to pull the user’s preferences into the app.

#GNOME #GNOMEDesign #OpenSource #Linux

I’m really loving what’s coming in GNOME 47! It’s shaping up to be such a good polish release, and it keeps getting better. Huge props to all the folks who’ve been plugging away at the design and entire stack this cycle.

I'm looking forward to meeting up with folks next week in Denver for them to share more about their work this cycle and to hack on any last touches—plus planning what’s next. Join us in-person or remotely! guadec.org

#GNOME #GNOMEDesign #OpenSource #Linux #GUADEC

For those who don't know about it yet, here is a tool, called Audio Game Manager, that lets you play lots of Windows audio games on Linux. This might be useful to be put on the BT Speak, connected to a USB keyboard or Gamepad of course.

git.stormux.org/storm/audiogam…

#linux #foss #audioGames #blind #accessibility

#GNOME 46.3 Desktop Environment Released with Various Improvements 9to5linux.com/gnome-46-3-deskt…

@gnome #Linux #OpenSource

Now that the storm has passed — I can share an update on screen reader support under Wayland.

As part of STF; GNOME has been working since the end of last year on resolving the matter.

The main issue is that we currently lack a way to “snoop on” or “grab” key events from the compositor.

We now have a draft protocol and implementation in Orca and Mutter thanks to @matt

We are doing our best to get it ready for GNOME 47.

#GNOME #a11y #Linux #freedesktop #Wayland

VR game streaming tool ALVR adds PipeWire support on Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/vr-g…

#VR #Linux #Gaming

Very happy to share another collaboration with @codethink 🤝

A new way to develop on Linux ✨

codethink.co.uk/articles/2024/…

#Linux #systemd #GNOME

A new way to develop on Linux

Continuing our collaboration with the GNOME Foundation, through the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF), we have been busy on multiple fronts since our last update.

^{www.codethink.co.uk}

You can now get three kinds of #PureOS subscription from @purism!

Each of them:

- Helps maintaining releases and bug fixes
- Helps pushing code to other projects

Free and Open Source Software (#FOSS) developers also need an #income!

Consider subscribing if you want to advance #Linux #privacy friendly computing or if you are using #MobileLinux.

shop.puri.sm/?s=pureos+subscri…

#opensource #phone #librem5 #pinephone #chatty #mobian #linux

#Linux #UX bugs like this are frustrating: starting a drag action pops the window forward, obscuring the target window. I'm using latest #Fedora but apparently this happens on nearly all DEs.

The smaller your display is (and the more nontechnical you are) the more likely you'll hit this. Apparently this has been known for a long time and no one cares to fix it? I'm just curious why.

"Not enough programmers" isn't a good excuse, this is a fairly easy fix. @cassidy Devs only use Terminal?

The Fedora Accessibility Working Group presented to our highest decision-making committee on the state of accessibility in our distro. It's packed with information, context, and perspective for where we are today and how we can change things for the better.

If you would like to contribute after learning more about this priority, please join the matrix room!

Presentation: youtube.com/watch?v=fovBYceMCX…

Accessibility WG Matrix room: matrix.to/#/#a11y-wg:fedorapro…

#Fedora #Accessibility #a11y #Linux

Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation

^matrix.to

✅ Achievement unlocked - Got a minor credit in a CVE.

mcphail wrote:

"I recently found a bug in Snap, a package manager for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, which allows the snap to escape the sandbox and run arbitrary code (as the user) if the home permission is set. This exploit could be run on a vanilla install of Ubuntu and was patched in commit aa191f9 on 13th March 2024."

gld.mcphail.uk/posts/explainin…

cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.…

#cve #snapcraft #linux

Booting Linux off of Google Drive

On the brink of insanity, my tattered mind unable to comprehend the twisted interplay of millennia of arcane programmer-time and the ragged screech of madness, I reached into the Mass and steeled myself to the ground lest I be pulled in, and found my magnum opus.

Booting Linux off of a Google Drive root.
↫ Ersei

That's not... You shouldn't... Why would...

osnews.com/story/140111/bootin…

#Linux

Not sure if I've talked about this here, but there are like, tons of stuff here. I'm gonna try that Linux distro through Crostini on my old ChromeBook that I don't do anything else with anymore. The VM's over the Internet are really cool too! The AT Museum is cool. And I'm curious to see if the Windows 2000/XP on **Android** works. That'd be trippy.

nashcentral.duckdns.org/

#accessibility #blind #AssistiveTechnology #Linux #gaming #TTS #VirtalMachine #foss #Android

🔁 repost: No More postman just use cURL + vim = ❤

maw.sh/blog/no-more-postman-ju…

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#vim #neovim #curl #linux

No More postman just use cURL + vim = ❤ – Mahmoud Ashraf

Well documented api and easy to use and share with your team with simple tools cURL + vim + git (optional)

^{https://maw.sh}

I finally published my app to Flathub!

Echo is a GUI ping utility. Give it a try, but go easy on me as it's my first real project :))

flathub.org/apps/io.github.lo2…

#GNOME #GTK #linux

Install Echo on Linux | Flathub

Ping websites

^Flathub

Bonjour! Sziasztok! 안녕! I've released version 2.0 of Keypunch, the modern typing trainer for GNOME. Get ready to practice typing in many new languages!
• Text generation support for Bulgarian, Hindi, Korean, Nepali, Russian, Swiss German, and Ukranian
• More accepted ways to type certain characters, such as “oe” for “œ”
• Better handling of scripts using intelligent input engines, like Korean Hangul
…and more!
Get it on Flathub: flathub.org/apps/dev.bragefugl…

#GNOME #Keypunch #Flathub #Linux

Interesting 🤔 how #CVE are leveraged as resume items, putting #programmers #developers & project leads under pressure by #bogus CVE reports or unnecessary high CVE ratings.

Popular and obscure programs are affected in the #OpenSource #POSIX world e.g #Linux #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD

#Curl ➰ by #Daniel #Stenberg and #IP by #Fedor #Indutny are popular programs hit by this #phenomena which can lead to unwarranted #panic in the users space

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

Pred pár dňami sme vďaka @Zvonimir Stanecic a ďalším dobrovoľníkom zverejnili prvý slovenský ženský hlas pre #rhvoice. Hlas dostal aj pekné netradičné meno Jasietka. K dispozícii sú hlasy pre #Windows #nvdasr #android aj #linux . Aktualizácie sa zároveň dočkala aj celková podpora pre slovenčinu, vrátane už skôr zverejneného slovenského hlasu Ondro. Ak potrebujete #tts #textToSpeech k čítaču obrazovky, na čítanie kníh, inštrukcie pre GPS navigáciu, pozrite si prosím podrobnosti na jednoduchom webe.

hlas.ondrosik.sk/

Irgendjemand hier hat mir das "#TUXEDO Pulse 14 - Gen4" #Laptop gezeigt und das geht mir nimmer aus dem Kopf...
(tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-…)

Bin ja versucht eines zu bestellen...

Hat das zufällig schon jemand?
Wie laut ist der #Lüfter von dem Ding denn so im normalen Tagesbetrieb (ein externer Monitor dran und vielleicht ein Browser offen)?
Unter einem aktuellen 6.x #Linux Kernel natürlich...

Das wäre der Grund von meinem #Dell wegzugehen - der Lüfter ist immer an und nervt mich gewaltig.

Dáme restart, nedáme restart .... 😁

#linux #uptime

Last night i tested some apps with text to speech just out of curiosity. Just listening that the things it depict sound right at all.

I can't fully test things because i am not in a spot to do so, but this is something anyone can do really. Enable text to speech, click around your app, make sure that all fields, buttons, texts and things are described. Make also sure that you can use keyboard only to move around.

If you want to help with #Linux #accessibility this is something anyone could try to do and fix! It will not make things perfect necessarily but it really does help. You dont have to even write code, you can document things and then make a bug report!

I learned a lot from this @LateNightLinux podcast episode and i highly recommend anyone who makes apps and websites to listen it! Even if youre not on linux!
linuxafterdark.net/linux-after…

Resources 1.5 has landed on Flathub yesterday with battery monitoring along with other bug fixes and improvements! 🥳

Check it out! :)

flathub.org/apps/net.nokyan.Re…

#Linux #GNOME #Flatpak #Flathub

Install Resources on Linux | Flathub

Keep an eye on system resources

^Flathub

Fedora has been shipping with a broken screen reader for NINE YEARS but the real problem is me

ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-be…

#fedora #accessibility #a11y #ableism #RedHat #IBM #Linux #OpenSource

This article discusses the main features of mini PCs and what to look for when shopping for one. Which is what I'm doing as I'll replace my Chromebox with a Linux mini PC.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0…

#minipc #linux

What I learned when I replaced my cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop

Pi 5 is still an odd fit for day-to-day desktop use; cheap mini PCs come closer.

^{Ars Technica}

We are joined by Florian Beijers @zersiax who is a full time screen reader user to talk about how the accessibility experience differs on various operating systems and Linux desktop environments, and what open source software devs could be doing better.

linuxafterdark.net/linux-after…

#linux #podcast #opensource #a11y

For eight years Fedora has been shipping GNOME with a broken screen reader!

EIGHT YEARS!

(Wayland has been default on Fedora for eight years – since Fedora 25, released in 2016.)

And a hundred-billion-dollar corporation like IBM ships operating systems today based on it with a broken screen reader.

What is an ableist culture? One in which the people who call this out get ostracised.

#ableism #fedora #redHat #IBM #gnome #cosmic #wayland #a11y #system76 #linux fosstodon.org/@soller/11264637…

Awesome presentation about enhancing Linux accessibility by Lukáš Tyrychtr (@tyrylu) and Vojtěch Polášek! I found the screencast in the presentation to be especially insightful.

youtube.com/live/64aeub7qPuI?s…

pretalx.com/devconf-cz-2024/ta…

#a11y #Accessibility #ScreenReader #Linux #DevConf_CZ #GNOME

Enhancing Linux Accessibility: A Unified Approach DevConf.CZ

Join us for a discussion aimed at supporting Linux distribution developers in enhancing accessibility. As blind software engineers, we believe we can bring a unique perspective to this essential endeavor.

^pretalx.com

The Fedora Quality Team is joining Week of Diversity with an Accessibility Test Week!

Much like other Test Days, the goal of this week is to put Fedora through its paces and catch as many accessibility related issues as we can for our disable users. If you want to put your advocacy to action, consider participating!

The Accessibility Test Week runs from Jun 19-25, starting tomorrow.

Learn more: fedoramagazine.org/announcing-…

#Fedora #FedoraA11yTestWeek #FWD #Accessibility #a11y #Linux #OpenSource

Two Silverblue systems here got hit by the secure boot signature bootloader bug on the upgrade that brought in a new kernel. Good thing there are rollbacks (to boot an older version) and a workaround.

Issue: github.com/fedora-silverblue/i…

Workaround to keep using secure boot (run these commands on a working boot): github.com/fedora-silverblue/i…

Hopefully there's an automatic fix soon? ('bootupd' should be the long term fix for this.)

#Silverblue #Kinoite #Fedora #Atomic #FedoraAtomic #Linux

Boot fails with "vmlinuz has invalid signature" or "bad shim signature, you need to load the kernel first" · Issue #543 · fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker

Current workaround See #543 (comment) Original issue text Describe the bug Trying to rebase an existing SB39 to SB40 fails to boot showing vmlinuz-6.8.1-300.fc40.x86.x64 has invalid signature. you ...

^GitHub

Update on Newton, the Wayland-native accessibility project ✨

blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2024/06/1…

Great work @matt !

Looking forward to work with you again next year and ship this!

Thank you @sovtechfund ❤️

#Wayland #freedesk #Linux #GNOME #GTK #Flatpak #accessibility #a11y

FFS, GNOME! Just wasted a day of editing video because the built-in screen recorder records screencasts at such a low quality that I ended up with keyframe artefacts / ghosting in my captures.

Bloody hell…

And is there any way to set the quality? Is there ever!

[Edit] Use OBS. (Thanks everyone in the replies.)

(Don’t use GNOME’s built-in screen recorder if you’re posting HD+ videos.)

vimeo.com/957970626

#gnome #video #screenRecorder #quality #linux #foss

The quality of the screen capture in GNOME’s screen recorder

Just wasted a day of editing thanks to this. See the ghosting in the latter part of the video and the low quality in general.

^Vimeo