DanielTux @danielst@librem.one

This belief is the Atlas Shrugged myth, the idea that all the problems of Earth are caused by other people, the untermenschen, that if you just put all the self-selected supermen together you get paradise.

It's what's driving Silicon Valley's Cloud and Big Data and Disruption fixation. It's what's driving transhumanism and "rationalist" cults and Bitcoin and the alt-right. It's what's making SV ignore the inflated rents they're cursing cities with and the suffering that causes.

It's fascism.

No matter which social network you're on, following a diverse group of people helps you taking a peek at the other side of your personal filter bubble.

You don't have to agree with everything and everyone, but please, at least try to listen to people and their opinions.

It will help you appreciate your own life, and may just make you a little wiser.

Say hello to Telephant!

I've written a little Mastodon client for the Desktop - called Telephant - and am currently looking for beta testers!

Want to help out and don't mind compiling the app yourself? (Don't worry it's fairly straight forward and I've added detailed instructions to the README!)

Join me here:
https://github.com/muesli/telephant

Looking forward to hearing your feedback!

Kaidan joins the KDE community:
https://www.kaidan.im/2019/05/10/kaidan-joins-kde/

In Idaho, a judge has ruled that law enforcement cannot compel a person to unlock their phone with a fingerprint because it would violate their 5th Amendment rights, following a similar ruling in California earlier this year.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/05/10/the-us-government-cant-force-you-to-unlock-your-phone-with-your-fingerprint-another-judge-rules/#c3889a144454

In the previous ruling, a California judge decided that both face and finger biometrics are protected.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/01/14/feds-cant-force-you-to-unlock-your-iphone-with-finger-or-face-judge-rules/#4a967c1842b7

Curious about the Librem One moderation policy or code of conduct?

"If you are being harassed, or witness online harassment, block and flag the offending user, and a moderator will take action. We do not tolerate harassment."

More information here:
https://librem.one/stay-safe/

Librem One Code of Conduct:
https://librem.one/conduct/

Are you tired of having to explain to your users why their user interface suddenly changed because your SAAS vendor decided to deploy a change without informing you? How about #selfhosting to regain some control!

Check out your options:
https://nextcloud.com/compare/

What The @#$%&! (Heck) is this #! (Hash-Bang) Thingy In My Bash Script
You've seen it a million times—the hash-bang (#!) line at the top of a script—whether it be Bash, Python, Perl or some other scripting language. And, I'm sure you know what its purpose is: it specifies the script interpreter that's used to execute the script. But, do you know how it actually works?
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-heck-hash-bang-thingy-my-bash-script

Librem 5 hardware update report for May 8th!

Including: Display drivers accepted upstream, Mesa, SMS, and compositor work.

https://puri.sm/posts/may-progress-update-librem-5-hardware/

For those of you using Librem Chat on Android, the latest version (0.1.4) removes any code traces from trackers left behind in the upstream Riot codebase (we had disabled them before but the code itself was still there).

https://source.puri.sm/liberty/chat/android/issues/1

A quick hack to support #libremone in gnome-online-accounts for mail account setup

Tech companies and online platforms have other ways to address the rapid spread of disinformation, including addressing the algorithmic “megaphone” at the heart of the problem, and giving users control over their own feeds. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/censorship-cant-be-only-answer-disinformation-online

"Please try and use platforms that value open source firmware components. Chromebooks are a great example of this, as well as Purism computers."

- @jessfraz

https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/why-open-source-firmware-is-important-for-security/

#TopPodcasts

Here's a list of my 3 favorite podcasts for tech-life:

#GNUWorldOrder

Linux Podcast and general GNU paraphernalia talk. @klaatu is the host with his nice coffee breaks and Slackware as a base.

#TheLundukeShow

@lunduke hosts this podcast with his quirky humor and fun projects! I don't know his favorite/current distro. 😔

#Reality2.0

@linuxjournal puts this one on. They also have interesting discussion about the whole tech world.

Enjoy!