Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Heirloom Seeds 🌱

An heirloom vegetable is an old cultivar which is a plant or grouping of plants selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation.

https://kitchen-garden.be/gardening-why-garden/heirloom-seeds

#Garden #Gardening #GrowYourOwn

"Nextcloud could easily become a drop-in replacement for the likes of either Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. I’ve been using Nextcloud since its early days and I am confident that just about anyone can benefit from this platform!"

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-nextcloud-ubuntu/

:: GIMP 3.0

One can often hear "GIMP will never level Adobe Photoshop".

Lack of proper funding hinders the roadmap considerably.

Efforts now done towards GIMP 3.0 (and the switch to GTK3 +upgrades such as GEGL image engine) aren't talked about enough?

Non-destructive editing will put GIMP on the spotlight the way 2.8 did for Blender?

Please support by testing, spreading the word (and DONATING if able).

=> https://www.gimp.org/donating

#GIMP #Photoshop #deleteAdobe #image #Linux #GTK #Blender

Deeper Dive: Advanced Privacy!

Let's get a closer look at each /e/OS v1 feature. We started a series of articles helping you better understand how these new features work and how you can make the most of it.

Read it in our community forum:

https://community.e.foundation/t/advanced-privacy-know-all-about-it/41992

or in Medium:

https://edevelopers-blog.medium.com/advanced-privacy-6ea06f179dc8

@gael @murena

Intel Microcode updates are now also available for all supported #Ubuntu releases to address 9 vulnerabilities. Please update your systems ASAP to the latest Ubuntu kernel update released last week and today's intel-microcode update! #infosec #infosecurity #OpenSource #security

Heroes of Might and Magic II reimplementation gets big audio improvements and AI speedup https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/06/heroes-of-might-and-magic-ii-reimplementation-gets-big-audio-improvements-and-ai-speedup/ #Reimplementation #NativeLinux #OpenSource #NewRelease #RPG

Raspberry Pi Simulates the Real Analog TV Experience - If you’ve laid hands on a retro analog TV, have the restoration bug, and you plan ... - https://hackaday.com/2022/06/20/raspberry-pi-simulates-the-real-analog-tv-experience/ #classichacks #raspberrypi #composite #arduino #static #noise #retro #video #atsc #tv

SpiralLinux: Anonymous creator of GeckoLinux puts out new Debian remix - Yes, yet another Debian downstream, but a particularly interesting one SpiralLinux is the... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/06/20/spirallinux_new_debian_remix_from/

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. - Virginia Woolf

The Download: Trolling text scammers, and China’s social media censorship - This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a d... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/06/20/1054466/download-trolling-text-scammers-spam-china-social-media-censorship/ #humansandtechnology

Sam Bankman-Fried says the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates led to the current crypto crash, resulting in risk "recalibration" for investors (David Gura/NPR) - David Gura / NPR:
Sam Bankman-Fried says the Federal Reserve's decision to raise intere... - http://www.techmeme.com/220620/p6#a220620p6

Manage Tasks And To-do Lists With 'Please' From Command Line In Linux #Please #Python #Todomanager #Taskmanager #CLI #Opensource #Commandline #Linux
https://ostechnix.com/please-command-line-todo-manager/

Andriller – Software utility with a collection of #forensic #tools for #smartphones.

Project
https://github.com/den4uk/andriller

Security updates for Monday https://lwn.net/Articles/898413/ #LWN

Distribution Release: 06/20 Whonix 16.0.5.3 http://distrowatch.com/whonix

Software News: The FreeCAD project has released version 0.20.0 https://freshfoss.com/projects/freecad/

If AI chatbots are sentient, then they are also squirrels - Plus: FTC warns against using AI for automatic content moderation, and more In Brief  No,... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/06/20/in_brief_ai/

Package Release: 06/20 ImageMagick 7.1.0-39 ImageMagick: a software suite to create, edit and compose bitmap images https://imagemagick.org/

Take a look at this world map of encryption. What are your thoughts? For Germany, we can say for sure that end-to-end encryption is safe. But we need to fight for #privacy as pressure to backdoor encryption is increasing around the world. Take action now: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/csam-apple-eu-surveillance
https://www.gp-digital.org/world-map-of-encryption/

Most longevity efforts undertaken by the electronics industry focus on the physical repairability of products, which is a good first step. But @agnes_crepet@twitter.com explains why software longevity is crucial in the fight against electronic waste (🇫🇷): https://bit.ly/3n3rk1m