DanielTux @danielst@librem.one

@gamer my parents run linux just fine. it just works for them.

this preconception you have that linux requires tinking & fixing & debugging: it's your conception. it's one widely held, and this conception is, more than Linux, what holds linux back from adoption. there is a poisonous mindset about what linux is & how it works.

linux does need to make gains too. but it's hard to figure out how to help, when it's shallow & narrow preconceptions that try to steer the conversation.

I’ve been making veiled comments about a situation in the Linux desktop community for a while, and I think it’s finally time to lift the curtain: https://blogs.gnome.org/christopherdavis/2021/11/10/system76-how-not-to-collaborate/

System76 has not been kind downstream, and they’ve made a habit of talking poorly about their upstream projects and then using that as a jumping point to market their own projects.

I think in the end, history has shown upstreams to be in the right more often than not, and that egocentric model of former employers to be a detriment.

But honestly, I just wish people would freaking work together on solving issues instead of starting spats on social media.

Hard to belive but Nextcloud is the most popular collaboration software in Germany. Ahead of Microsoft, Google, Dropbox and many others. This is the result of a voting of over 60.000 IT professionals. https://nextcloud.com/blog/first-in-germany-again/

Working on a mobile video editor for the #Librem5. https://source.puri.sm/david.hamner/Potatogram

Ok I am back here after the birdsites vibes made me long for a smaller audience 🙂

#PSA

in light of recent events

It's NOT OK to use #zoom as a video conference "solution" for your anti-capitalist meetup (oh, the irony!) or group or whatever.

Or even a regular conference.

Those seemingly innocuous "tools" aren't really free.

It's not a neutral choice. It excludes critical people.

So please, PLEASE if you know an expert, DO ASK THEM FIRST before deciding based on what you think you know!

They might well be able to help out with something that's just as good but ethical.

Messenger-Matrix
Stand: 08.11.2021
von Dipl.-Inf. Mike Kuketz

https://www.messenger-matrix.de/messenger-matrix.html

When you encounter a 403 Forbidden page, try adding an
"X-Client-IP" header with the value "127.0.0.1"
#bugbountytips

Spies

On November 9th, I'll be talking on PackagingCon about creating Flatpak packages without using flatpak-builder:

https://pretalx.com/packagingcon-2021/talk/ZWAPSZ/

The talks are just 20 minutes long, so it's focused on "how do I achieve something functional" rather than technical deep dive. See you there!

https://packaging-con.org/

LXQt 1.0.0 Desktop Environment Released After 8 Years of Development, This Is What’s New

https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-1-0-0-desktop-environment-released-after-8-years-of-development-this-is-whats-new

#LXQt #desktopenvironment

...and here's the same thing using #phosh. Needs more work and polishing but just to give an idea. It works pretty well with thumb only too but that's hard to record.

Amazing, @ManjaroARM with #phosh runs @threemaapp Threema Desktop perfectly fine. It currently still needs a phone running the real app but soon ™ it will be transformed into a **standalone** Threema Desktop version, finally bringing Threema to the #pinephone ! 🎉
Also, really cool to now have a GUI for VPNs!

Me: Oh, @penpot sounds good, let me see what it’s like…

*goes on site*

“Login with Google”

*alarm bells*

Hmm, who funded this?

*searches*

Venture capital firm (Kaleidos Ventures SL)… how interesting that their site never once mentions an exit even though that’s how venture capitalists make their money…

So, yeah…

Don’t you just love “open source?”

(And how it doesn’t mean “free as in freedom?”)

#design #openSource #freeAsInFreedom #ventureCapital

To carry a smartphone from big tech is now to carry a passive surveillance device on your person. You are paying a thousand dollars to have your privacy violated. its why you should choose a device from @purism as you dont have to trust purism at all you can trust the code as it should be (i do trust purism by the way but just saying). so stay away from all things google and the all seeing i. https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/all-seeing-i

Wow, sehr gute Werbung von der UN zur #Klimakrise 👌
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RT @JonnyGeller
As ads go, this is pretty punchy. Oh, it’s by the United Nations.
#COP26
https://twitter.com/JonnyGeller/status/1454568962516267011