💡 portal for anonymous telemetry. Hear me out!

Many developers want to have telemetry so that they can learn about how their app is used and how they perform.

It can lead to better software, but it's also a privacy nightmare 😮‍💨

Currently, apps need to enable full network for it (or more) and users have 0 control over it. This is happening. Right now.

What if there was a way to remove all the negative aspects of telemetry so that we can consider it safe? 🛡️

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#Flatpak #Snap #Flathub

Oh snap! Good news, Linux users: we're adding the Thunderbird Snap, previously maintained by the awesome Ubuntu desktop team, to our officially supported Linux packages! 📦 🐧

Learn all about why we made the change, what it means and what to expect, and where to report issues in our blog post.

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/thundersnap-why-were-helping-maintain-the-thunderbird-snap-on-linux/

#Thunderbird #Linux #Snap

ThunderSnap! Why We're Helping Maintain The Thunderbird Snap On Linux

In the spirit of free software, we want to support as many users as possible. That's why we're officially supporting the Thunderbird Snap.

^{Heather Ellsworth (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Anyone in my network interested in research and prototype network portal for Flatpak?

In the long run we are interested in:

• Give more control to users over app network access
• Allow apps that need network access to be considered “Safe”

We expect something like unsharing the network namespace and a bridge on the host for permissions / monitoring.

Boost welcome

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#FediHire #Flatpak #Flathub #Linux #Snap #containers #Docker #freedesktop #Ubuntu #Fedora

Who's up for a fresh new release of Folio?

Lots of fixes and new features like bare link and e-mail address formatting, along with ctl-click to open links in your default e-mail client or browser!

See the whole change log in the app->about page or on the github release page(https://github.com/toolstack/Folio/releases/tag/24.05)

#apps #opensource #GNOME #markdown #notes #flatpak #snap

Release Version 24.05 · toolstack/Folio

Changes: Add snap release (thanks @soumyaDghosh) Translation updates: Spanish & French Support Control-Click to open links in your default browser Add formatting to links that do not have markdown...

^GitHub

As promised, our monthly development digest is here! And there are some brief but BIG updates in this one 👀

✅ Thunderbird Sync Update
✅ Taking ownership of the Thunderbird Snap
✅ ThunderCell repo for tracking Rust + Exchange progress

Read Alex’s update here:
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-february-2024/

#Thunderbird #Development #Exchange #Rust #Snap

Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: February 2024

In this month's Development Digest, Alex shares exciting news about Thunderbird Sync, Exchange support, and the Thunderbird Snap on Linux.

^{Alessandro Castellani (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Introducing Spiel - A New Speech API and Framework for Linux

https://blog.monotonous.org/2024/01/10/Introducing-Spiel/

By @eeejay

#Linux #accessibility #a11y #freedesktop #Flatpak #snap #GNOME #KDE