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Happy I ❤️ Free Software Day everyone! Thank you to all the #FreeSoftware contributors out there who support #softwarefreedom ❤️❤️❤️ #ilovefs

Don't let this day pass without saying thank you! sharepic.fsfe.org/#ilovefs

MiniDebCamp Hamburg 2024 will happen from Sun March 3rd until Sun March 10th, one month from now: good times and hacking together on Debian & FLOSS. On site food and accomodation, perfect for Debian Sprints. Still room for more sponsors, and for some registrations: see wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/d.

After three months of development, Gameeky reaches its first public release.

This project is the result of nearly fifteen years of experience contributing to education projects and mentoring young learners.

I am happy to share it everyone!

blogs.gnome.org/tchx84/2024/02

I grabbed a bunch of old notes and turned them into an intro blog post giving a quick overview of distributed systems fundamentals: ferd.ca/a-distributed-systems-

@linmob Just so that no one panics: Even without `GSK_RENDERER=gl` falls back to that renderer automatically. It prints a warning for every surface though so setting the env var does make sense.

@benedikt That requires setup of yet another count on another payment provider. I've done that now.

@happyborg @Natanox As the problem is pretty big already I think we need to advance on all levels: tech, public awareness, politics and regulations as likely not all of them will be successful 😃

@fdlamotte @EU_Commission It would certainly help if the EU would push into the same direction. Maybe @fsfe can help here?

@digitalRightsNinja @happyborg @Natanox I see even tech savvy people having problems avoiding proprietary app stores and operating systems. And then there's countries where apps are basically the primary payment system.

Many folks are that deep into the problem that they don't even recognize it as one. So even reflection on what's going on will hopefully get us further 😃

@nikodunk I have no illusions about the majority of people - the majority is still buying fossil fueled cars over here too. But if every company would have those options that your bank provides we'd already be in a much better position

Let's get rid of fossil fuels and proprietary end user devices that lock them into a duopoly 😃

@heretical_i Most of the apps are unusable without google play services. Android users are jumping through hoops to get either these or microG running on their Android variant and it scares the hell out of people while everyone can use a web browser.

And then there's people (like me) that run neither Android nor iOS on their phones or folks that don't have a smartphone.

It shouldn't be hit or miss like that for users to avoid the duopoly.

But thanks for mentioning it!

You're losing customers that way as they turn to products that don't require these kind of apps.

A public website accessible via any web browser makes not only us but also you independent from Apple's and Google's duopoly.

(Boosts appreciated, let's not get forced more and more into proprietary app stores)

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Dear companies,

please don't make having access to Google's or Apple's app stores to use your products a requirement.

This locks so many of us out because we either don't have a compatible device or the device doesn't have the software to access these services (like google play services).

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In case you want to support my work on and financially i've added some options to honk.sigxcpu.org/piki/donation

phosh 0.36.0 is out 🚀📱:

Besides lots of smaller improvements and fixes the long press delay to unfold OSK is now configurable and you can rearrange your favorite apps in mobile settings (with GTK >= 4.13.12).

Check out the full release notes at phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.36.0

#phosh #librem5 #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux

@fosdem starts in about 9 hours now, so before I go to bed, I have to remind you all that starting 10:30, the "FOSS on Mobile Devices" devroom will welcome you and host an impressive number of quality talks about #LinuxMobile.

I'll even present myself, sharing some updates about @mobian at 17:30: fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event

#MobileLinux #LinuxOnMobile

@goatwildernesscollective I think it's a matter of getting used to. I'm using this since many months and it don't miss press. Also gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/p should help as one can make the press shorter (hence shortening the time you have to press on the correct spot).

@baconicsynergy Initially these will even be the same. Lockscreen wallpaper will be different.

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