Libre Software Phone (The Article)
https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2021/09/libre-software-phones.html
This is the long article based upon this Mastodon post above. More links, shops, and information included.
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#FreeSoftware #Phone #Librem5 #PinePhone #UbuntuTouch #eOS #LineageOS #PlasmaMobile #PostmarketOS
#FollowFriday / #FF recap of this week's recommended follows:
🌟 @cryptomator - FOSS app, adds e2e encrypted folder to NextCloud, DropBox, Google Drive etc
🌟 @iode - Sell de-googlised Android smartphones
🌟 @godotengine - Free open 3D/2D game engine for developers
🌟 @timkrief - Unofficial videos about Godot and game development
🌟 @art - Video blog about FOSS, Linux, PCs etc.
🌟 @alsgeeklab - Videos about the history of PCs
🌟 @kiwix - Free open app for using and distributing websites offline
List Of Ethical Code Hostings by 3rd-Parties
sw=Gitea:
1) PrivacyToolsIO
https://git.privacytools.io
2) Disroot
https://git.disroot.org
3) Libregit
https://libregit.org
4) Codeberg
https://codeberg.org
5) Gitea.com
https://gitea.com
6) Teknik.io
https://git.teknik.io
7) OpenDev
https://opendev.org
Software=others:
8) Notabug (Gogs)
https://notabug.org
9) Framasoft (GitLab)
https://framagit.org
10) Sourcehut (Sourcehut)
https://sourcehut.org
Cryptomator is a free open app that lets you add an end-to-end encrypted folder to your existing cloud service. You can follow at:
➡️ @cryptomator
Cryptomator works with popular cloud services such as @nextcloud, DropBox, Google Drive, One Drive, iCloud etc.
The app is for Linux, Mac, Windows, Android and iPhone/iPad from https://cryptomator.org
#Cryptomator #Privacy #Apps #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Activism #Linux #Mac #Windows #Android #iPhone #Encryption #Crypto
@robby At first I thought you were talking about Windows 11's bad design. https://pocketnow.com/explaining-windows-11s-bad-design
@robby I love doing graceful degradation in web design. It's pretty challenging though.
Apple says, "Trust me, bro." https://pocketnow.com/security-and-privacy-are-just-marketing-terms-for-apple
@killyourfm it seems not. The error was that there was no aarch64 version.
@killyourfm I couldn't get it to install on my ARM #pinebookpro with #manjaro32 . :(
Windows 11 has a good number of #ux design problems. https://pocketnow.com/explaining-windows-11s-bad-design
Set up Tailscale (mesh VPN) recently. Super easy! It allowed me to take my Synology off the public internet, yet still sync photos to it from my phone, and without having to run a VPN server and worry about keys and firewalls and stuff. Everything is protected via my GitHub login with MFA required. And all on the free plan... I'm a happy customer. 😊
Xbox games on Linux (via Cloud) is pretty cool. https://pocketnow.com/heres-how-to-play-full-xbox-games-on-linux-with-xcloud-video
@thor Apps, too! Then we could have AI constructs that interact with the whole system consistently. https://pocketnow.com/design-os-for-future
13 Reasons why I don't use an iPad Pro & Apple Pencil for graphic design https://pocketnow.com/13-reasons-why-i-dont-use-an-ipad-pro-apple-pencil-for-graphic-design
It used to be that "If you aren't paying for something, you are the product" but now you are the product regardless. https://puri.sm/posts/data-double-dipping-when-companies-mine-paying-customers/
WriteFreely is a free open federated blogging platform. You can follow the project's brand new main account at:
➡️ @writefreely@writing.exchange
There's also the official blog at:
➡️ @writefreely@blog.writefreely.org
It's designed as an alternative to Medium, more info at the official website https://writefreely.org
WriteFreely is part of the Fediverse, so you can follow WF accounts from Mastodon.
#WriteFreely #Writing #Blog #Blogs #Blogging #Fediverse #ActivityPub #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SelfHosting
Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.
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