Beat @beat@librem.one

RT @_Mark_Atwood@twitter.com

The conversations that will change the world are not on Slack. They are in unindexed rooms on unindexed nodes on @matrixdotorg@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_Mark_Atwood/status/1362083424341688322

Because Nextcloud is easy enough for any admin to install on off-the-shelf hardware, or on a cloud-hosted service, it makes for an ideal solution for any individual or business.

@jlwallen for @TechRepublic ⬇️

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-the-occ-command-for-nextcloud-command-line-management/

TMobile is kicking old Android phones off their network in January because vendors have abandoned the hardware and they no longer get security updates. Android's model of forcing you to buy new hardware every few years to get security updates is broken. https://www.tmonews.com/2020/12/t-mobile-will-no-longer-support-devices-january/

So this HP laptop that I'm fixing for a client requires you to physically break the chassis of the laptop to get the hard drive out. This is literally why we can't have nice things.

Now that GTK 4.0 is out it's time to celebrate! Join us for a remote release party this Fri, Dec 18, at 18:00-19:30 UTC. https://events.gnome.org/event/59/
#releaseparty #GTK

If you always wanted to watch a video about the @purism #Librem5 where the word Linux is mispronounced, here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSudn0qB6u0

Still, it's a nice video by @Mrwhosetheboss, which is going to draw a lot of attention to Linux phones 🎉 🎊

Great new features are coming to LibreOffice 7.1, due early next year, thanks to student developers in the Google Summer of Code @gsoc! For instance, you'll be able to get templates and add-ons directly inside LibreOffice itself: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/09/15/libreoffice-and-google-summer-of-code-2020-the-results/

Call for Debian 11 (bullseye) artwork proposals https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/08/msg00002.html

Here’s the video of my talk “Beyond surveillance capitalism: alternatives, stopgaps, Small Web, and Site.js.” from Creative Mornings Istanbul on Friday.

Edited to fix the audio sync issue, add captions, chapters, and links to all the mentioned tools, etc.

Enjoy + please share! :)

https://small-tech.org/videos/creative-mornings-istanbul/

ARD and ZDF use Nextcloud. And we have a nice new case study about it: https://nextcloud.com/blog/customer-success-story-germanys-public-radio-and-television-deploys-nextcloud/

Librem 5 Dogwood Update:

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-dogwood-update/

More info on the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#freedom #privacy #security #linux #librem5

In the meantime Germany changed course. A very good decision https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/coronavirus-app-107.html

Your Librem 5 is Calling

Default and pixel perfect. A snapshot of the preinstalled applications on the Librem 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhrnMVJDpfs

#librem5 #privacy #security #linux

Nextcloud: The Swiss Army Knife of Remote Working Tools https://itsfoss.com/nextcloud?fbclid=IwAR3aJ3dVTnLyhO10pPHBm8pxOjIfAWhTWPyLTxxjnKpp6bQJSghVhSDdrig

We're thrilled to announce the official release of GNOME 3.36 "Gresik". This version contains 6 months of work by the GNOME community and includes many improvements, performance enhancements, and new features. Please see the link below for more info:
https://www.gnome.org/news/2020/03/gnome-3-36-released/