NV Access are pleased to share the release of NVDA 2024.1 Beta 13.

Changes introduced in Beta 13:
- Bug fix for interacting with some NVDA controls such as the synth selection dialog and selectable checklist items
- Updates to translations

Read the full information and download at: https://www.nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2024-1beta13/

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Release #Software #FOSS #Beta

So @gnome is removing the x11 session, leaving just the Wayland one.

If this goes out before Orca, the GNOME screen reader, is fixed to work on Wayland, it will mean that people who rely on screen readers will have no way to use one on GNOME. And thus on the major Linux distributions.

So I’m hoping the plan is that this change will not land until GNOME has a working screen reader.

#accessibility #a11y #gnome #linux #openSource #foss #wayland #x11 #orca https://peoplemaking.games/@ailepet/112077559713299711

If you see the AGPL licenses on my free and open source work and you think “damn you, I can’t use this to enrich myself or my corporation without sharing back what I’ve built on top of what you’ve freely shared and thus contribute to cultivating a healthy commons where others might enjoy the same benefits from my work that I want to obtain from yours” (a) you really have long-winded thoughts and (b) well, you already see the flaw in your reasoning.

#foss #licenses #freedom #copyleft #gpl

Keep the momentum going for free open source projects in this week's Follow Friday by giving your support with contributions, boosts and follows.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-keep-momentum/

- 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.

#FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ff #oss #foss #floss

The #GUADEC2024 call for abstracts for those looking to be *sponsored* has passed (due to visa reqs & travel lead time), BUT the call for both in-person (if you don’t need sponsorship) and remote talks IS STILL OPEN!

https://events.gnome.org/event/209/abstracts/

If you’ve been working on something interesting in GNOME or GNOME-adjacent spaces and can present remotely or get yourself to Denver in July, you still have just over two weeks to propose a talk!

#GNOME #GUADEC #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS

Spectral Compressor. It's incredible that FOSS audio production tools are at a level where top EDM producers make videos about them. Props to au5 for acknowledging that it's not just free, but also open-source.

https://youtu.be/jo_ayanaKo4?si=evvqcOYMVwfcMzAp

#MusicProduction #FOSS #SoundDesign #EDM #music

This Plugin Shouldn't Be Free, But Is

School Of Bass: https://bit.ly/SOBassSpectral Compressor: https://github.com/robbert-vdh/nih-plug/tree/master/plugins/spectral_compressorDisable Gatekeeper (...

^YouTube

Get started writing that #app in your favourite programming language!

https://developer.gnome.org/documentation/introduction/languages.html

Then start working on those features, with tutorials for #Blueprint, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust and #Vala 🚀

https://apps.gnome.org/Workbench/

#GNOME #Workbench #Opensource #FOSS

Workbench – Apps for GNOME

Learn and prototype with GNOME technologies – Workbench lets you experiment with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a GTK user interface. Among other things, Workbench comes with Live GTK/CSS pre...

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If you're a fan of the free open source e-mail software Thunderbird, you might want to follow their official PeerTube account:

➡️ @thunderbird@tilvids.com

(You can also follow their Mastodon account at @thunderbird@mastodon.online)

If you just want to browse their PeerTube videos without following them, you can watch them all at https://tilvids.com/a/thunderbird/videos

#Thunderbird #Mozilla #MozillaThunderbird #FOSS #EMail #Libre #PeerTube

Thunderbird

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

February was #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay ❤️

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#FreeSoftware #FOSS

The popular DJ software @mixxx is now official on Flathub

Announcement: https://mixxx.org/news/2024-02-21-official-flatpak-now-available-on-flathub

Get Mixxx on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/org.mixxx.Mixxx

#Mixxx #Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #dj #audio #DigitalAudio

Please share: #jobs #Foss

The @sovtechfund is looking for talented individuals for three exciting positions:

➡️ Program Manager: Manage the organization's operations and our relations to applicants and projects

➡️ BRP Program Manager: Manage the day to day operations of the Bug Resilience Program and develop it further

➡️ Technologist: Research and study developments in the field, share your knowledge across the organization and beyond and inform our activities

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/jobs#open-positions

Open Positions | Sovereign Tech Fund

The Sovereign Tech Fund is a young organization pioneering in its field, pursuing an ambitious mission with societal value. We are interested in your…

^{Open Positions}

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html

#FLOSS #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OSS #OpenSource

"Free Software" is ambiguous
"Open Source" is not enough

Both terms also carry negative history.

I noticed "libre" is becoming more common and is well understood in several languages.

Maybe it's time for a renaissance with #LibreSoftware

#SoftwareLibre #LogicielLibre #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #foss #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

You've heard of WE RATE DOGS, but are you ready for WE RATE LAPTOP LIDS? 💻😄

Maybe your laptop is decorated with stickers from your favorite #FOSS projects or Linux distros. Maybe it's adorned with your favorite bands, characters, comics, or coffee shops.

Or maybe it's just a sticker of your awesome silly face, like this one from Thunderbird's own @brendan (Shows restraint, perfect centering, makes us laugh: 11/10).

Take a photo of YOURS and email it to us: 💌 community@thunderbird.net

Is the term libre as in "libre software" understood in English ?

#FreeSoftware #askFedi #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS

“Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream” by @barthalion

Heads up to app developers: Flathub’s automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually. There’s a chance that if your app has been passing continuous integration checks previously, it will fail now; here’s why, and what to do about it:

https://docs.flathub.org/blog/improved-build-validation

#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream | Flathub Documentation

Flathub's automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually.

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Which do you daily drive, Wayland or X11?

#Fedora #FedoraPoll #Wayland #X11 #Xorg #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

• Wayland (74%, 223 votes)
• X11/Xorg (25%, 76 votes)

Come work for the Sovereign Tech Fund! The STF is expanding and looking for talented individuals to join our mission!

We're hiring:
- Technologist
- Program Manager
- Bug Resilience Program Manager

Interested? We look forward to your application! Please share this opportunity with your network.

Find more information about these positions here:

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/jobs#open-positions

#Jobs #FOSS #Hiring

Open Positions | Sovereign Tech Fund

The Sovereign Tech Fund is a young organization pioneering in its field, pursuing an ambitious mission with societal value. We are interested in your…

^{Open Positions}

Hey Fedi! We're hosting a panel at SCALE 21x with some of the major players in the Linux desktop ecosystem to discuss where we go from here, any big ideas you want us to discuss?

Here's our list as of now: https://outline.fyralabs.com/s/8f1ce882-0760-4041-97e8-2dca17ddb8bd

And the abstract: https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/presentations/where-does-linux-desktop-go-here

Post your ideas in the replies!

#foss #linux #oss #opensource #gnome #kde #stardustxr #stardust #vanillaos #xdg #scale21x

The next beta version of #Signal will be version 7.0.0.
There's a good reason for the round number. This will be the first version where usernames and phone number privacy are available outside of the staging environment.
From this version on, you'll be able to talk to people on Signal without revealing your phone number, and also, you may use Signal without revealing to people who have your number saved that you do.
This is huge.
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/compare/v6.47.4...v7.0.0

#Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #PNP

Comparing v6.47.4...v7.0.0 · signalapp/Signal-Android

A private messenger for Android. Contribute to signalapp/Signal-Android development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

We are bowled over by your support! We're up to 162 Individual Members, 114 of which are new, and we've doubled the number of organizational members 🥳

This is encouraging, though we still have a long way to go to fill the gap in our budget.

If you believe in open source, open standards, privacy, and decentralization: this is your call to action.

Help us secure the future of Matrix by joining today: https://matrix.org/support/

#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #Privacy #Decentralization #FOSS

Support Matrix

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^matrix.org

Are you a Matrix managed services provider? Are you listed on the Matrix.org website yet?

If not, we'd love to add you! We encourage managed services providers, as well as other participants in the Matrix ecosystem, to submit pull requests to list themselves in the Ecosystem section of our website.

We're up to 7 managed services providers and we know there are more out there!

Check them out: https://matrix.org/ecosystem/hosting/

#Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS

Hosting

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^matrix.org

Matrix wouldn't be where it is today without the vibrant ecosystem of FOSS clients, bots, bridges, servers, SDKs, and more!

And it's the people who make it all possible.

Please join us in spreading the love on this #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay and give a shoutout to your favorite projects! 💞

#Matrix #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenStandards #ILoveFS

Talking about MRepo: for those of you feeling it important that their #Magisk #Modules, too, are #OpenSource you can add the IzzyOnDroid Magisk Repo to MRepo:

https://apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

It currently holds 102 modules, all of them under a #FOSS license and with their source code transparently available.

IzzyOnDroid Magisk Repository

This is a repository of open-source Magisk modules run by IzzyOnDroid.

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Hello, world! 👋 It’s your friendly neighborhood Linux app store here on the Fediverse! Check our profile, we’re verified. 😎

Speaking of which… if you’re an app developer and want to get your app verified on Flathub, check the docs! If you need any help, give us a shout here.

https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/verification

#Flathub #Flatpak #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #introduction

Verification | Flathub Documentation

What is verification?

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