Hey #Mastodon! In today's world, software seems to be in EVERYTHING. Your phone, your fridge, even that high-tech "smart" fork you got for Christmas. But here's the real fork in the road: Who controls that software? Big Tech, Big Gov, or Big Brother? Spoiler alert: it's probably not you. #StayInControl with #FreeSoftwarefsf.org/about #SoftwareFreedom @fsf
A game jam from 2024-06-10 to 2024-07-17 hosted by Purism. All those participating, use the code purismgamedev to save 10% on the purism shop! Welcome to the first Purism Free Software Game Jam! Here, we want...
A game jam from 2024-06-10 to 2024-07-17 hosted by Purism. All those participating, use the code purismgamedev to save 10% on the purism shop! Welcome to the first Purism Free Software Game Jam! Here, we want...
The first Purism Free Software Game Jam is almost here, scheduled for June 10th! Join us in creating free software games to promote freedom-respecting software and hardware. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of shaping the future of open-source gaming! #FreeSoftware #GameJam #purism puri.sm/posts/free-software-pu…
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.
Pleased to be able to announce my day job: The exciting new Open Source Ecosystem Enabler (OSEE), a collaboration between between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Read more about the initiative:
In non-web applications, #accessibility has long been confined to only a handful of the largest, most well-resourced UI toolkits, leaving a large proportion of #freesoftware inaccessible to disabled people. @accesskit aims to solve this problem by providing an accessibility abstraction and glue layer that can be reused by many toolkits across programming languages. Learn more at #LibrePlanet 2024: u.fsf.org/43y
Did you know that #LibreOffice has a tabbed user interface option? Make sure you're using the latest release, LibreOffice 24.2, to get the most from it! (And you can find it in the menu under View > User Interface...) #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Want to learn new skills, for a potential future career change? Or just expand your knowledge and have fun on the way? Get involved in the Month of LibreOffice, May 2024! Over the next four weeks, hundreds of people around the world will collaborate …
Sind die Schulzimmer unserer Kinder sicher vor Datenklau durch Amerikanische Gross-Konzerne? Diese Frage stellte sich ein Dänischer Vater, weil in der Schule #Chromebook zum Einsatz kommen. Pädagogen und Schulleiter sollten dringend vermehrt auf den Einsatz von freier Software für Schüler plädieren!
@prav is looking for an #iOS developer to build Prav App on iOS. So far we have raised 500+ USD for this work via opencollective.com/prav-ios If you are an iOS developer and interested in this work, contact us or knows someone who will be interested, share this with them. If you or any contacts use iPhone donate now to make joining #XMPP easier. #FreeSoftware We need more coordinated effort to break monopoly of #WhatsApp in messaging. Your support is crucial in this challenging task.
Prav is a messaging app built on Quicksy IM and available on Android. We are currently in private beta. This fund raiser is to build Prav iOS app based on Quicksy iOS by Monal project. See About section to learn more.
Congratulations to the entire @fedora community on the release of F40!
And this is awesome: The "Slimbook Fedora 2" laptop looks like a great way to get more people up and running with #FreeSoftware and best of all, they donate 3% of the proceeds to @gnome.
Today more companies are announcing their support of the Valkey community (the group that includes committed developers previously working on the OSS version of the core Redis engine): Aiven, Alibaba Cloud, Chainguard, Heroku, Huawei, Percona, and Verizon.
💡 For example, you can use our share-pic generator and share why you support our “Public Money? Public Code!” campaign. Post your share-pic on social media and encourage others to do the same! 🚀
We are part of the #ZOOOMProject consortium, a #HorizonEU project with the purpose of promoting open technologies. 🚀
💡 Recently, the #FSFE legal team produced 4 chapters in 2 comprehensive reports, dealing with many topics, and providing empirical data on #FreeSoftware topics in 🇪🇺 in relation to critical technologies, such as AI.
European citizens will hit the ballot boxes from 6 to 9 June 2024 to choose their next representatives in the European Parliament. As the campaign heats up...
💡️ Advocating for #SoftwareFreedom starts from understanding its basic concepts and its fundamental values: the freedoms of using, understanding, sharing, and adapting the code. 🚀️
🤔️ Learn more by watching our video, translated in 14 languages! 💕️
Four Freedoms explained in under 3 minutes. Free Software guarantees you the essential four freedoms to use, study, share, and improve the software. These rights, that define software freedom, help...
- LÖVR @lovr A framework for rapidly building immersive 3D experiences. - NV Access @NVAccess A screen reader. - BiznisBox @biznisbox A web app for managing invoices, clients, & payments. - BookStack @bookstack Documentation system.
On 14 February, we joined many #FreeSoftware communities in celebrating I Love Free Software Day 💕, an opportunity to share gratitude and appreciation with those who make #FreeSoftware possible! 🚀
We have collected the stories and great 📸 pictures you sent us, and summarised this year's celebrations in this news item and accompanying report. 💭
Together with hundreds of people and several organisations, we have celebrated another "I Love Free Software Day" on 14 February! On this day, we reached o...
We have been running an #FDroid-compatible repository since 2012! Since then, the free software ecosystem on Android has blossomed, meaning @fdroidorg can be properly strict about #FreeSoftware. A couple of our apps still have a couple #proprietary blobs that are requirements. F-Droid no longer includes any third party repos by default, that means our repo is no longer there by default. It is still easy and safe to add it! Read on for more info:
Guardian Project has been running its own fdroid-compatible app repository since 2012. Up until now, we worked to ensure that our repository had the same standards of free software as the official F-Droid repository.
Join us in celebrating #softwareFreedom on this #ilovefs day 💜 There are many events happening today all across Europe. Take a look at ilovefs.org for more info and inspiration for this I ❤️ #FreeSoftware Day
There will be F-Droid for #iOS as soon as #Apple releases a #FreeSoftware version of it. F-Droid supports free software platforms. That said, F-Droid also provides all tools needed to run an #AppStore, so we welcome the use of our stack to run an app store on other platforms. There has even been externally funded contributions towards making fdroid-based app stores for iOS and a Flutter app that can be built for iOS: * f-droid.org/2023/06/16/progess… * gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver…
We’ve created a prototype of a progressive web app for browsing F-Droidrepositories. It’s built withFlutter, which is really great for working in rapiddevel...
Please, please, please add a reminder to your calendar so that you do not forget to thank a #FreeSoftware #OpenSource contributor or organisation on 14 February (#ilovefs). 🙏
Every year, on 14 February, the FSFE, together with Free Software organisations around the globe, celebrates “I Love Free Software Day”: a special day of a...
@Jami is officially supported on #RedHat and #AlmaLinux 9, aligning with their mission to provide free, secure communications for all. #Jami benefits from the robust ecosystem and community-driven innovation fostered by #redhat and #AlmaLinux.
Our friends at #KDE e.V. are hiring! The non-profit behind the software-development @kdecommunity@gnusocial.de is looking for a Project Lead and Event Manager for a new project funded by the German government to promote environmentally-sustainable software and long-term hardware use. It's a part time job (10h/week) for a duration of two years.
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) Zero consortium, of which the FSFE is a partner, has just unveiled the NGI0 Commons Fund. This new public fund will awar...
Pleased to be able to announce my day job: The exciting new Open Source Ecosystem Enabler (OSEE), a collaboration between between the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Read more about the initiative:
Congratulations to the entire @fedora community on the release of F40!
#FSFE legal team produced 4 chapters in 2 comprehensive reports, dealing with many topics, and providing empirical data on #FreeSoftware topics in 🇪🇺 in relation to critical technologies, such as AI.
