Adil Arif @adilarif@librem.one

Private, Secure, Plus No Surveillance Or Data Mining By Big Tech, The Way A Smartphone Should Be!

Save Up To $350 On The Secure Librem 5 While Disconnecting Yourself From Surveillance By Google And Apple.

https://puri.sm/

Fedora Linux 39 is here! Thank you for your patience as we made sure this release was as stable as you’ve come to expect.

Changes include:
* Introduction of Fedora Onyx (immutable @buddiesofbudgie Spin)
* @gnome 45 for Fedora Workstation
* Fedora Cloud images available in Azure
* And more! Check it out!

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-39/

#Fedora #FedoraLinux #Linux #OpenSource #Onyx #FedoraCloud #Gnome

Boss: Why haven't you done any of the work I gave you?

Me: What work?

Boss: From my emails!

Me: Oh, I deleted those.

Boss: WHAT?!

Me: I thought they were phishing attempts.

Boss: Why?

Me: The IT security training said typos and unexpected requests were clues to spot phishing.

#infosec #email #phishing

Secure, Private, Plus No Surveillance Or Data Mining By Big Tech The Way A Tablet PC Should Be.

Checkout the new Librem 11 tablet PC powered by PureOS supporting secure/private D-Apps (decentralized apps).

Free yourself from Big Tech's Eye in The Sky.

https://puri.sm/posts/purism-launches-new-secure-librem-11-tablet/

Yesterday I boosted someone else's announcement of my post on the new GNOME accessibility blog, but apparently some folks couldn't find the link in that toot, so here it is again: https://blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2023/10/27/a-new-accessibility-architecture-for-modern-free-desktops/

Also wanted to add: I'm glad to be getting back to work on accessibility on desktop Linux, after ~20 years away. Hopefully with the experience I've gained in the meantime, my efforts now will be more effective.

Hey any journalists on here plz turn your public post indexing on, because most of you haven't and thats why people looking for public information cant find you.

Go to settings > public profile > privacy and reach, select "include public posts in search results"

Not all the fedi wants to be a public space, and thats fine, but some parts should be right now.

When you have been using Mastodon for a while and you finally install Linux

Here are some photos of the Librem 11 that just arrived today. I ordered on day 1, hopefully this helps people understand the scale of the device -- see #steamdeck comparison.

My initial impressions are extremely impressed but I am pretty easy going considering I really like the pioneering in the #linux space by Purism. I'll write upore on my other account soon.

#purism #librem11 #librem5 #linuxtablet #linuxmobile #linuxphone

Apple Goes a Step Too Far in Claiming a Carbon Neutral Product, a New Report Concludes.

The maker of the iPhone is a leader in efforts to reduce the climate impact of its products, but a recent claim about its new line of Apple Watches may be “climate-wash,” a Chinese environmental research organization says.

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03102023/apple-claim-carbon-neutral-watch-draws-skepticism/

Proposed to target JDK 22: JEP 454: Foreign Function & Memory API: https://openjdk.org/jeps/454 #jdk22 #openjdk #java

New post from project lead Joshua:
https://jellyfin.org/posts/a-call-for-developers

I am not sure if this one has been spotted (They are visually similar and I should have changed the color), it is Part 2 of the first one. ✌️🙂

Climate Change Lends New Color to the Ocean.

Two decades of satellite measurements show that the sea surface is shading toward green.

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #NASA
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151894/climate-change-lends-new-color-to-the-ocean

Our Xfinity bill shot up because of an expiring 12-month discount, just as it did a year ago. So I called.

me: I noticed our bill went up and I was wondering if we could repeat whatever pro-forma ritual we need to in order to secure a more reasonable charge again.

them: *laughing* thank you for understanding the situation, sir.

I always try to bear in mind that the customer service people I speak with are *way* more victimized by the shitty behavior of their employers than I will ever be.

When Apple vocally switched sides to support California’s “right to repair” law, I knew there had to be a catch. Cory Doctorow explains the catch eloquently.

Apple uses VIN locking or parts pairing which is a process also used by car makers, printer manufacturers & Medtronic ventilators that requires a secret code from the manufacturer to enable replacement parts to be recognized. Bypassing it violates the DMCA which as a federal law beats state laws.

Checkmate!
https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/#thought-differently

#Tuba v0.5.0 is now available, with many new features and bug fixes!

Highlights:

New design & workflow 🎨​ (thanks tbernard@mastodon.social, bugaevc@floss.social, oscfdezdz@mstdn.social)
Composer media clipboard paste & drag and drop
Post buttons animations ​
BlurHashes
Push notification actions
Composer content-type selector (on software that support them)
Push notification grouping ​
HTML parsing improvements
Muting push notification types ​
Copying media to clipboard
More keyboard shortcuts & gestures ⌨️
Announcements tab

As always, there are too many changes to list here, if you're more interested, check out the full release changelog:
https://github.com/GeopJr/Tuba/releases/tag/v0.5.0

#GTK #GNOME #Vala #mastodev

We're excited to announce the release of GNOME 45! 🎉
This release brings many exciting updates thanks to the hard work of contributors all over the world! https://youtu.be/47aZgF6xmS0

You can learn more about what this release includes in our release notes: https://release.gnome.org/45/

#GNOME45 #GNOME #opensource #releaseday

Turns out I didn’t need @element as the @purism has #Matrix built into the native chat app. This is measurably getting better and better as a #security and #privacy phone. I’m still installing it for better chat room capability but THIS IS AWESOME.
#linux #encryption #infosec #cybersecurity #opensourcd

Switch to Firefox.

What's happening around #godotengine right now is nothing short of it incredible. This number already grew by almost €20k (!) since I last posted it just a few days ago.