Elias @eliasr@librem.one

@nilesh I think micro-payments would be a good solution.

For example, each time I visit my favorite newspaper website reading an article there, there would be no ads but instead a small payment would be made for each article page I visit. The payment needs to be private (untraceable, like Monero tries to be) and convenient, like built into the web browser. I could see that a payment was made it in the corner of the screen, similar to how uBlock Origin shows that it blocked something.

Renewed FSF membership.

#FSF #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom
#ISupportFreeSoftware

@neil

It's a hard question.

Part of the answer is that it depends on what you can afford.

But why give to this particular FOSS project and not others? I would like to see some kind of "whole system" donation framework where I could donate to "all the software I use" in a way that was "reasonably" distributed. But I don't think there is anything like that, not yet anyway.

Anyway, it makes sense to donate both to maintain existing software, and to support entirely new things.

@lightweight

@neil

> If a non-FOSS Twitter client is, for example, £20, is it silly to contribute £20 to the developer of a FOSS client?

No, it is not silly to contribute to the FOSS program. But that has nothing to do with the price of the nonfree program. The nonfree program could be much more expensive, or it could be gratis, either way the problem with the nonfree program is not the money it costs but the fact that it is nonfree. It can exploit you. It may spy on you, for example.

@lightweight

@kop316 @purism

Thanks, but I'm confused about what this means.

My understanding (could be wrong) is that my L5 moves from 4G down to 3G or 2G when I make a phone call, and that happens because VoLTE is not working. If I select "4G Only" in "Settings-->Mobile-->Network Mode" then I can no longer make calls.

I think that if VoLTE was working, then I would still be able to make calls when having selected "4G Only".

Can you make calls while having "4G Only" selected?

@lightweight

There is the "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign, that could use some more signatures: https://publiccode.eu/openletter/

@neil wrote:

> Do I benchmark against a piece of software's non-FOSS alternatives?

No, you don't. The FOSS alternative has an advantage that you cannot really put a price on: freedom. It always deserves support over non-FOSS alternatives, regardless of any benchmark result. Also, the FOSS program will anyway likely perform better later on, thanks to your support.

@kop316

Do you need to do something to enable that, or it works out of the box?

I think there has been some problem with VoLTE, not sure what, but does this mean the problem is solved?

@purism

@hund

Det har du rätt i. Observera dock att det där inte är DFRIs egen webbsida, DFRI kan inte bestämma hur Volontärbyrån gör. DFRIs egen sida är fri från sånt där: https://www.dfri.se/engagera-dig/vill-du-som-systemadministrator-hjalpa-starka-manniskors-ratt-till-privatliv-och-digitala-integritet/

Frågan är väl om DFRI borde låta bli att annonsera på Volontärbyrån för att Volontärbyrån använder Google-grejor på det där sättet. Kanske. Men samtidigt behöver DFRI nå nya människor, hur ska det gå till när de flesta lever helt i en Google-värld om DFRI inte alls kan synas där?

@dfri

@neil Well done! How did you install Signal -- is it Signal Desktop, or, Axolotl, or something else?

@mntmn Great! Any chance that mine is in that batch? Ordered in October 2020.

@shiftyskip I think that goes back to the old typewriter days, before computers.

My guess is the machines were made like that because it was then easier to make the metal arms for the different keys fit. Then it became a standard, people learned to type that way.

Look here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Comparison_of_Full-Keyboard%2C_Single-Shift%2C_and_Double-Shift_Typerwriters_in_1911.png

@volt4ire I think whatever tempo they use, if they don't want it to sound military then the bigger problem is the text, the lyrics of the song. The chorus, something about "impure blood". Seriously, it's 2021 and that's still the official national anthem? 😕

@calebccff Thanks for answering!

I see your point, but I still understand why the FSF do as they do regarding the certification. It allows them to keep a simple view of things: we have a piece of hardware (like a phone or laptop) and then we have the software that we install on it. That software should be free software. There is some advantage to this simplicity, I think.

Anyway, it is certainly a difficult question, how to formulate such a certification.

@calebccff Why do you call the certification ridiculous?

I would say that what is ridiculous in this context is the apparent lack of devices with free firmware.

To me, it makes sense that the FSF does not want to endorse the use of nonfree software.

@neil Someone -- not me, not selling mine 😉 -- posted this in the Purism forum just 8 hours ago:

"[For Sale] Librem 5 Evergreen (European modem) - UK "

https://forums.puri.sm/t/for-sale-librem-5-evergreen-european-modem-uk/15398

@neil

#Librem5 by @purism

https://forums.puri.sm/t/tutorial-full-disk-encryption-on-librem5

It can probably be done on #PinePhone as well.

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