DanielTux @danielst@librem.one

Since 2002 dozens – maybe even hundreds – of people have devoted years of their life to making Blender open and free to use for everyone. This massive effort has made it a strong and exciting program where add-ons can become massively successful. You’re standing on the shoulders of giants!

This can only work if we create a level playing field for everyone. Nobody’s code is more important than another’s. Nobody cuts a corner of the Blender play field to claim it as their territory. Nobody will plant trees here where you can’t climb in or enjoy its fruits.

Blender is free, forever. code.blender.org/2019/06/blend…

#FreeSoftware #Blender #OpenSource #GPL #Copyleft #LevelPlayingField code.blender.org/2019/06/blend…

"Blender is free, forever."

https://code.blender.org/2019/06/blender-is-free-software/

Some users report that they are receiving phishing emails from other Tutanota accounts. We've implemented a very obvious design distinction so that you always know what's fake. 😃👇
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-prevent-phishing

A fantastic curated list of open-source game clones:

https://osgameclones.com/

My environmentalism: wearing the same t-shirt two days in a row.

Seriously!

Washing my clothes half as often, literally means using half the water and half the soap and half the electricity. And the clothes last longer, too. And the washer.

The limiting factor here is keeping my lovely man-smell in check... and social pressure. I've actually had people judge me for this! People can get aggressively dogmatic about the most insignificant things.

Companies usually work for the people that fund them in the first place. That is not an issue and it is something natural. The real issue is who fund the company?

Purism has been funded by the people.

#Fishing and #plastic.

#vegan

Polarisation is toxic.

Every time we force people to pick a side... they may not pick ours. Do it over and over and over again? The expected result is to push everyone away.

Making the world better needs to be an inclusive, forgiving project.

In my opinion, obviously.

By the way, I know all of this because I've been handing out custom per-use email addresses for years. Makes it easy to find when someone sells you out.

I just wrote a post that talks about user empowerment and how that influences how @purism designs its products, from hardware to software to security to services to social: https://puri.sm/posts/with-purism-products-you-are-in-control/

Deep thoughts on #control :

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html #rms

https://puri.sm/posts/control-freedom-and-harm/ @todd

https://puri.sm/posts/with-purism-products-you-are-in-control/ @kyle

Me...

Did you know that with the Librem 5 smartphone you can remove the back and have access to :

- the battery
- a removable OpenPGP smart card
- a removable cellular modem
- and a microSD card so you can expand your storage later on

More here:
https://puri.sm/posts/with-purism-products-you-are-in-control/

Today we answer the age old question...

What boots faster:
- a Librem 5 smartphone running PureOS (GNU/Linux)
- or a run of the mill Android phone

Blog & MP4: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-vs-android-which-boots-faster/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9loBFTZLF8

In honor of another Open Core company moving to the Extinguish phase of Embrace/Extend/Extinguish for their #FOSS code, here are some of my thoughts on Open Core: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/some-thoughts-open-core

Bravo @purism and bravo @todd : https://puri.sm/posts/control-freedom-and-harm/