#GNOME replaces its mailing lists with Discourse:
mail.gnome.org/archives/deskto…
As someone who grew at a time where email was an unquestioned, decentralized foundation of #FreeSoftware workflows, moves like leave a bad taste in my mouth. I understand how Discourse facilitates onboarding, but the idea of delegating to a central server and using the browser as the sole user interface remains unappealing to me.
Getting old?
🤦🏽♂️ Watching the opening keynote of the #OpenSource conference #AllThingsOpen, the organizers urged attendees to download the event's mobile app "from any app store".
Seems like they didn't bother to submit it to the only app store on my phone, @fdroidorg -- most likely because they produced a proprietary event app instead of using one of the many available #FreeSoftware options.
Karrot is a free open source online platform for organising community volunteering and initiatives such as food sharing etc. You can follow at:
➡️ @karrot
To use Karrot, you can join an existing Karrot-powered site or start your own.
There's a flagship Karrot site at karrot.world with many existing community groups on it.
If you want to start your own site, you can get the code at github.com/karrot-dev
#Karrot #Community #Activism #NGOs #CoOp #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware
Start a group, become a community. Karrot Dev has 26 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.GitHub
Let's Share Free Software
What's free software you use the most everyday? I work as a course teacher and mine's as the following.
GNU/Linux
KDE, Dolphin, Gwenview & Okular
Firefox
Jitsi
LibreOffice Writer & Calc
Thunderbird
VLC
Inkscape
Synaptic & apt
If you use #FreeSoftware, please boost. Thanks.
#GNU #Linux #OpenSource #Education
Ardour 7.0 stable has been officially released!
#Ardour #MusicProduction #AudioProduction #Audio #FOSS #OpenSource #GNU #Libre #FreeSoftware
Eight years ago we published Tutanota as open source. Let's take a look at what we've achieved so far and where we want to go.Tutanota
How many of you recently getting started to Emacs?
If you love 
, please boost.
If you use for under 1 year, please share your experience.
If you use for programming or anything else, please share.
#Emacs #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #OrgMode
The free open source email & comms app Thunderbird now has official accounts on both Mastodon and PeerTube. You can follow these at:
➡️ @thunderbird (main account)
➡️ @thunderbird@tilvids.com (videos)
If the videos aren't visible from your server yet, you can see them all at tilvids.com/a/thunderbird/vide…
Thunderbird is available for Linux, Mac and Windows from thunderbird.net
#Thunderbird #EMail #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Apps #Productivity #Office #Videos #Computing #RSS #XMPP
The Thunderbird Project is a family of free & open-source email software and productivity solutions for managing your personal and professional communications. Available on Linux, macOS and Windows. Coming soon to Android.TILvids
AntennaPod is a free open source podcast manager app for Android devices. You can follow at:
➡️ @AntennaPod
There's more info on the website at antennapod.org
It's available through @fdroidorg and Google Play.
#AntennaPod #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Apps #Android
AntennaPod is a podcast player that is completely open. The app is open-source and you can subscribe to any RSS feed. AntennaPod is built by volunteers without commercial intere...AntennaPod
Bitwarden is a free open source password manager for computers and mobile devices. You can follow their official accounts at:
➡️ @bitwarden@fosstodon.org (main account)
➡️ @bitwarden@tilvids.com (videos)
➡️ @Bitwarden@pixey.org (photos & clips)
Their website is at bitwarden.com
(New post due to additional official accounts)
#BitWarden #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Password #Passwords #PasswordManager #Business #Productivity #Office #Apps
Bitwarden is an integrated open source password management solution for individuals, teams, and business organizationsbitwarden.com
Shouldn't DebConf make a clear statement that although it accepts money (sponsorship) from corporations with abominable reputations in relation to the #FreeSoftware community, there will be no tolerance of suppressing criticism of any of those corporations during DebConf?
It looks rather shocking to see Microsoft and Google logos in association with Debian, but as long as participants are "fully allowed to bite the hand feeding them", the compromise could at least be defended.
“Distributors entering Flatpakland”
lwn.net/SubscriberLink/900210/…
In which we learn (surprise!) that Fedora and openSUSE, supporters of #flatpak, will suddently provide all of Flathub to their users, including proprietary software.
Linux distributions have changed quite a bit over the last 30 years, but the way that they package software has been relatively static. While the .lwn.net
As I wrote in a comment, I think we #FreeSoftware folks and #Guix in particular must address the shortcomings of traditional distros that make flatpak appear necessary. Instead we must design for practical user freedom.
The alternative is: more control for software vendors, or more power to users?
@fsfe did you know there is a logo for Free Software? Would be kind of great if "Open Source" wasn't ahead of Free Software in that regard. Use it! 😀
free-software-logo.codeberg.pa…
#Gitlab Inc sponsored our work of maintaining a native #debian package of gitlab server software for last 6+ years.
This work made setting up / self hosting gitlab server just running `apt install gitlab` on a debian server.
Now they stopped this funding. We thank them for their support till now and looking for support from the #FreeSoftware community to continue this work.
Donate at opencollective.com/debian-gitl…
... and spread the word!
#debian-gitlab
Make native Debian packages (.deb) of gitlab and its dependencies (mainly ruby, nodejs and golang libraries).opencollective.com
💡 It leaves out the important reminder that many of the #digitalPublicGoods used to create this so-called "public #infrastructure" have their roots in #FreeSoftware, which allows citizens to control of their own "digital lives" without government or quasi-government corporate #surveillance as intermediary.
e.g., I may have a Chinese-made phone sold with Google's #Android spyware, but because it's #OpenSource I am free to install a privacy-protecting OS instead.
3/4
jacobin.com/2022/06/us-tech-co…
The United States claims it benevolently promotes democracy over authoritarianism through its international technology policies. In reality, America forces poor countries to let US-based Big Tech companies steal their data.jacobin.com
Darktable is a free open source raw photo processing app for Linux, Mac and Windows, sort of a libre alternative to Adobe's Lightroom.
You can follow at:
➡️ @darktable
You can download it from the project's website at darktable.org
#DarkTable #Photography #Photos #Raw #Camera #Developer #Development #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #LightRoom #Adobe #Alternatives
Microsoft's Github Copilot is disregarding Free Software licenses and will be happily selling parts of your GPL code against your will! Woo!
drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Cop…
As the author of this article says - free software should be dependant on free software architecture - I recommend codeberg.org as an open-source alternative to Github.
Sadly Github is no longer a platform that can be trusted.
CC: @codeberg
#FOSS #Github #Copilot #Microsoft #GPL #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Codeberg
The person who was setting up a conference session to discuss #Linux maintainer overwork and ways to address it couldn’t attend due to… burnout:
lwn.net/ml/linux-xfs/202204260…
I can very much relate to the account of what their daily life looks like.
Did you know that #Canada is taking comments on the importance of #FreeSoftware?
I certainly didn't. open.canada.ca/en/open_source_…
#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #OpenGovernance #OpenGov
The government of Canada (GOC) produces more software (aka. applications, code, computer programs, scripts…) then you might think. All the data recently published on Data.gc.open.canada.ca
Lots of understandable concern today as #Microsoft #GitHub announced their new #Copilot availability today. Probably worth a reminder that @conservancy has convened a working group on #ethics, #licensing, and other related issues, especially for #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource contributors.
Perhaps you or others may want to join or read more?
Boosts welcome! 
sfconservancy.org/news/2022/fe…
Software Freedom Conservancy announces a Committee On AI-Assisted Programming and Copyleft to develop recommendations and plans for a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community response to the use of machine learning tools for code generation and…Software Freedom Conservancy
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
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
Good support is key to expand access to free software. It builds a community, a fertile ground for exploration, experimentation, and education. This is why we invest in empowering you with professional support so you can explore and tinker, and if you get lost, guide you back to safety.
#tech #freesoftware #free #software
puri.sm/posts/free-software-su…
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
UnifiedPush is a set of specifications and free open source tools to help users get more control over how their phone's (or computers's) notifications are handled. You can follow the project at:
➡️ @unifiedpush
The project website is at unifiedpush.org
There are options for self-hosting notification systems if needed.
#UnifiedPush #Notifications #PushNotifications #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Smartphones #Phones #Smartphone #Phone #Dev #SelfHosting #Computing
UnifiedPush is a set of specifications and tools that lets the user choose how push notifications* are delivered. All in a free and open source way.unifiedpush.org
Castopod is a modern and fully-featured open-source project for publishing podcasts.
Makes we want to start a podcast ;)
#FOSS #Podcast #Podcasting #Audio #Libre #OpenSource #GNU #FreeSoftware
Castopod is a free and open-source hosting platform made for podcasters. Engage and interact with your audience whilst keeping control over your content.castopod.org
I'm Sumana Harihareswara, a woman in #NYC New York City. I have a consultancy changeset.nyc, Changeset Consulting and provide short-term project management services for #freesoftware #FLOSS #opensource projects. I'm writing a book on maintainership skills and have accidentally developed expertise in #Python packaging tools.
I'm married, a stand-up comedian & fanvidder, a frequent poster on #MetaFilter & #Dreamwidth, Indian-American. Just moved from mastodon.social!
Bringing new life to the open source projects you depend on.changeset.nyc
Check out the latest news about the
project and the current status of the new alpha
play0ad.com/0-a-d-empires-asce…
-feature-freeze-update/
#freesoftware #opensource #indiedev #gamedev
0 A.D. is a free, open-source, historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game currently under development by Wildfire Games, a global group of volunteer game developers.play0ad.com
Today the FSFE publishes an #OpenLetter, co-signed by 38 European organisations and companies to ask #European legislators for the universal right to install any software on any device, including full access to hardware: fsfe.org/news/2022/news-202204…
#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #FreeSoftware #UpcyclingAndroid
The FSFE publishes an open letter, co-signed by 38 organisations and companies, to ask EU legislators for the right to install any software on any device, ...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Join the welcoming LibreOffice India Community blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
We are waiting for you.
@libreoffice
#LibreOffice #FreeSoftware
Across the globe, LibreOffice communities help to improve the software, translate the user interface, update documentation and spread the word.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation Blog)
A huge thank you to @AntennaPod and @funkwhale by Lina Ceballos.
Join the #ilovefs day by saying thank you to your favourite #FreeSoftware 💜
For more videos have a look at our peertube-instance on media.fsfe.org
media.fsfe.org/w/sPVNgFumLjdty…
We often underestimate the power of a simple Thank You. Free Software contributors do important work for our society and they deserve attention.FSFE-Tube
The #FSFE opens its own #Matrix server! Supporters and registered volunteers can get their :fsfe.org account, and everyone can join our community chatrooms 🚀
A must-have to attend #FOSDEM this weekend!
➡️ fsfe.org/news/2022/news-202202…
@matrix @fosdem #freesoftware #softwarefreedom #opensource #synapse #element #federation
The FSFE is eager to support its community with diverse Free Software communication channels. We are happy to announce that we have recently added Matrix t...FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
The Fediverse has a podcasting platform called @Castopod which has accounts that can be followed from Mastodon etc. People can also comment, like or share individual episodes. More info at:
It has just moved out of alpha testing into beta testing, with a new interface and lots of new features.
Podcasts can also (of course!) be followed through RSS instead, if you prefer.
#CastoPod #Podcasting #Podcasts #Podcast #Fediverse #FediTips #ActivityPub #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #RSS
Castopod is a free and open-source hosting platform made for podcasters. Engage and interact with your audience whilst keeping control over your content.castopod.org
XEP-0313: Message Archive Management I didn't see an issue about this, while this is a very important feature at XMPP and I think it can also help Matrix users. What I wish to see: XMPP users g...GitHub
