Hello o/ I am excited to announce Bechamel a collective around the software knows as Guix (which most people use through the Gnu channel of Guix)

Bechamel is something I started as a much easier way for people to contribute to a guix channel (no emailing patches, workflow not built around Emacs, xmpp used instead of irc). It also aims to be a more private and safes space to contribute to Guix things (like using the JoinJabber CoC and the soon the Cooperative Software Development Guidelines) among other things. Rationale: codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel/col…

There are also some other plans including tackling the long-standing accessibility problems in Guix, adding pilul support to guix, rust/python build system improvements and much improved and updated support for xmpp things. Hopefully you are going to see me post a lot more about it from now on :)
At the moment it has updated Gajim the XMPP client to 1.9.5 which brings around 2 years of updates. It also has started having some extensive practical documentation around Guix. And some other things like cerca the forum software.

- Repository for packages (gajim/cerca): codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel/gui…
- Repository for the Bechamel collective including Documentation codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel/col…
- Organization in Codeberg codeberg.org/Guix_Bechamel

#guix #xmpp #jabber #gnu #JoinJabber #irc #CoC

Guix_Bechamel

Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.

^Codeberg.org

Looks like Libre.fm, an open-software version of Last.fm by the GNU Project, is being reworked to support ActivityPub!

roadmap.libre.fm

#LibreFM #LastFM #Fediverse #SocialWeb #IndieWeb #ActivityPub #GNU #GNUProject #Music #FediMusic

@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.

Donate : jami.net/whydonate/

#freesoftware #opensource #gnu #communication #linux

Why donate

Jami - the distributed and open source communication platform

^{jami (Jami)}

I've just posted a release candidate for #GNU #Autoconf 2.72. Please spread the word and test it as thoroughly as possible **in the next 48 hours**. If I don't hear about any show-stopper bugs I intend to make the final release at about this time on Friday, Dec. 22, 2023.

If I *do* hear about show-stopper bugs, the release is going to be pushed back until end of January 2024 at the earliest because I'll be on vacation for the next three weeks.

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/aut…

New article: "Overview of Flatpak's Permission Models"

theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2023…

Huge thanks to @orowith2os for proofreading the article :)

#Flatpak #Linux #GNU #Security #FOSS #OpenSource

Overview of Flatpak’s Permission Models

Flatpak’s permissions can be confusing. Some are technical and need knowledge on how they work, and others are self-explanatory.

^{TheEvilSkeleton}

When a Free Software project (Profanity) is run by a jackass.

Just did a simple PR that changed a Ellipsis Char that does not display well on Arch Linux TTY (because it is a newer char), to 3 dots. A simple change.

It was not approved (after much time), although, in all the rest of the source code, 3 dots are used (3 dots is used 26 times in the source code). There is only one instance of the Ellipsis char, and it was this that the PR was changing to 3 dots.

github.com/profanity-im/profan…

#profanity #pr #freesoftware #archlinux #arch #jackass #xmpp #gnu

Use ASCII chars for MAM loading string by alexandre1985 · Pull Request #1820 · profanity-im/profanity

Fix non-ASCII chars, for correct display in TTY UTF-8 personal names are excluded from this fix

^GitHub

40k users, 50k projects. We're providing service to so many, this was unbelievable four years ago when #Codeberg was founded.

Thank you for supporting our mission. Together we fight the monopoly of proprietary platforms, and work towards a future where websites are hosted by non-profit associations and federate with each other.

Learn how to help: docs.codeberg.org/improving-co…

Big thanks to: #Gitea + #Forgejo, #Debian #GNU/#Linux and all these nice people in the #FLOSS community. You rock! 💙

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

I used to depend on the Web to look for UNICODE characters, but not anymore. Now I use my system:

1️⃣ Alt + F2

2️⃣ gnome-characters

3️⃣ Type "lock"

And that's it. Very nice.

Once they add support for searching in more languages other than English, it will be great.

#gnu #guix #gnome #unicode

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.org/whatsnew.html

#Ardour #MusicProduction #AudioProduction #Audio #FOSS #OpenSource #GNU #Libre #FreeSoftware

Worth reading: #Accessibility in #Fedora Workstation

fedoramagazine.org/accessibili…

#gnu #linux #foss #redhat #desktop #opensource

Accessibility in Fedora Workstation

One area we realized we hadn't given so much focus recently was around technologies that allowed people with various disabilities to make use of our software.

^{Christian Fredrik Schaller (Fedora Magazine)}

hi, I am teaching my own computing course online based on software freedom in Indonesia since 2017.

This course helps people switch from Windows to GNU/Linux, or more precisely from proprietary to free software.

This course makes all students use LibreOffice Writer, Calc, and Impress. They always save as #OpenDocumentFormat. They practice #LibreOffice on all operating systems, preferably #GNU, in their computing life.

I named this course Teknoplasma.

A Letter to #Discord for not Supporting the #Linux Desktop

theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2022…

I rewrote the whole article because I sounded extremely rude before. It's not nice to be rude to developers, whether you like them or not; whether the application is open source or not. Hopefully this revision is respectful and doesn't sound like I am shaming them.

#gnu #security #electron

A Letter to Discord for not Supporting the Linux Desktop

Discord is popular among the Linux desktop community. Thanks to Electron, the framework that Discord uses, it was possible for Discord to port the client over to Linux very easily.

^{TheEvilSkeleton}

Response to "#Flatpak Is Not the Future"

theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2022…

#gnu #linux #foss #fedora #opensource #security

Response to “Flatpak Is Not the Future”

Late last year, this interesting article “[Flatpak Is Not the Future]” was published to the public, and very quickly grabbed the Linux community’s attention.

^{TheEvilSkeleton}

Castopod is a modern and fully-featured open-source project for publishing podcasts.

Makes we want to start a podcast ;)

castopod.org/

#FOSS #Podcast #Podcasting #Audio #Libre #OpenSource #GNU #FreeSoftware

Castopod | Your Free & Open-source Podcast Host

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

📢 WhereIsEveryone, Guix Packaging Meetup, April 24th, 22:30 ET (UTC-4)

«This month we're rotating to use an APAC [Asia-Pacific] friendly time for our Guixers on that side of the globe.»

See more details on

lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gui…

#GNU #Guix

RT @gnuhealth@twitter.com

Just created the GNU Health space at @matrixdotorg@twitter.com , with rooms to discuss and get the latest from #GNUHealth components 😎
matrix.to/#/#gnuhealth-space:m…
#bioinformatics #eHeath #PHR #privacy #HIS #GNU

🐦🔗: twitter.com/gnuhealth/status/1…