As we approach the release of the Librem 5 smartphone (Q3 of 2019), we're going to take a look at 1 application (or game, or feature) running on the Librem 5 Development Kit every single day.
Starting with something fun:
Day 1 - AisleRiot Solitaire
Der #Verfassungsschutz löschte die Akte des Rechtsextremen und mutmaßlichen Mörders des CDU-Politikers Lübcke – trotz Löschmoratoriums https://www.hessenschau.de/politik/landtag/mordfall-luebcke-verfassungsschutz-loeschte-akte-ueber-stephan-e,akte-stephan-e-100.html … https://twitter.com/chaosupdates/status/1141319233655255040
Just released released phosh 0.0.3:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/tags/v0.0.3
Thanks for all the contributions!
Who remembers this classic article in The Independent from December 1993?
True story-Was pissed I lost access to a number instances being on librem.one. With wholesale blocks by a bunch of pussies with zero backbone. For a moment I was like fuck this give me my $ back.
Then I read one post after another of hate and intolerance against a team who did absolutely nothing but try to bring ethical services to the masses. Making stuff as simple as possible for the layman. Only to be treated like shit. Wrong move, I renewed the year for the family. We stay, rest u fuck off
After shutting off the angry notifications for a bit and having a private think, I retract my criticism of Tusky. So, some clarifications:
1. Obviously, I am against nazis. Fuck's sake, people can have complex opinions without being nazis
2. If Tusky had put an anti-nazi clause into their license, their software would be nonfree. Putting anti-nazi features into free software does not, however, make the software nonfree. Despite being usable by nazis I think free software is a good thing and nonfree software is a bad thing.
3. I would not have personally added such a change to my software, because I think it's immature and doesn't really solve the problem of nazis. In fact, it may exacerbate it. I maintain that there are much better ways to address these issues.
4. Anyway, Tusky is fine. It's dumb but it's fine.
"Instead of an internet where sites link to each other, creating a vast global #network of information, #Google is vacuuming up more and more of the web onto its turf.
it has the potential to suck the life out of the #internet, which was supposed to be a place where a thousand flowers could #bloom.
When Google discourages people from visiting other websites, we’re not only losing a more diverse internet experience, we’re losing #context."
https://slate.com/technology/2019/06/google-genius-rap-lyrics-antitrust.html
LibHandy 0.0.10, a library that helps with developing UI for mobile devices
using GTK/GNOME, has been released!
Details (including screenshots and videos) of adaptive layouts included in LibHandy 0.0.10:
https://puri.sm/posts/the-new-libhandy-0-0-10/
Full release notes:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/libhandy/tags/v0.0.10
What was a bad idea in 1993 and didn't get any better? backdoors in encryption!
We signed a public letter, joing over 100 organizations and individuals urging the German goverment to drop this idea.
https://nextcloud.com/blog/a-bad-idea-nextcloud-signs-public-letter-opposing-german-plan-to-force-decryption-of-chat/
Love this. Very much in the spirit of what we’re working on.
Erste Schritte zu mehr Datensicherheit: Der DJV Hessen hat in seinem Newsletter (PDF) einige Tipps für Journalisten/-innen, die im beruflichen Alltag oder beim Informantenschutz sicherer werden wollen https://www.djv-hessen.de/fileadmin/PDF/Newsletter/02_2019_Newsletter_RZ__2_.pdf
A few months ago, Microsoft decided to collaborate with Google and drop its web engine in favor of Google's.
Earlier this week, Google blocked all ad blockers, and now Microsoft has de-listed UBlock Origin (a powerful ad-blocker). Without real choice, monopolies will dictate what you see and do on the Internet.
Real choice comes with Free/Open Source Software.
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Be excellent to each other
Free Software, privacy
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