Free Soft&Hardware Enthusiast @goatwildernesscollective@librem.one

Over the last week we have been battling a DDOS attack which is now largely mitigated. Please excuse any disruptions or slowness you may run into.

phosh 0.30.0 is out 🚀📱:

The major change is switching #phoc to newer #wlroots but there's more fixes and improvements.

Check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.30.0/

#phosh #librem5 @purism #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux

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A year ago I started working on supporting GL Textures in the rusty @GStreamer Paintable @GTK Sink and now its merged 🎉
This should dramatically reduce the CPU usage consumed and allow for zero-copy rendering when used with hardware decoders.
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs/-/merge_requests/588

The countdown is on! A merge request has now been opened in Mesa for #NVK, an open-source #Vulkan driver for #NVIDIA hardware. https://col.la/nvkmesa #OpenSource @gfxstrand

Zorin OS 16.3 is out, with an updater for major versions, up to date apps, and a newer kernel:

https://blog.zorin.com/2021/08/17/2021-08-17-zorin-os-16-is-released/

"We need Drones with Thermal Imagers specifically for us deminers, because the Mines heat up on a sunny day, and they show up on the drone’s imager really well"

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230724-metal-detectors-are-no-use-challenge-of-removing-landmines-slows-ukraine-counteroffensive

GPU accelerated preview on the #librem5 with #megapixels :D

Starting into my third week, and my #pinetime is at 48% charge. #infinitime v1.13 has been an amazing release.

X.com v/s X.org #Linux

This is scary. It's (strong) SafetyNet for websites.

Every now and then I run into another Android app I can no longer run because someone decided my phone, running an official build of my choice of OS, that isn't even rooted, is "not trustable".

Now they want to start doing that for websites.

This kills open Linux on the desktop (including Asahi Linux). It kills alternative browsers. It is a backdoor to kill ad blockers.

No. Just no. Please.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity/blob/main/explainer.md

This week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made clear that linking does not constitute infringement, and kept in place an important test to determine under what circumstances entities can be held liable for displaying copyrighted content online. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/victory-embedded-links-photos-instagram-dont-infringe-photographers-copyrights

New #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

In this one, we have the Cyber Resiliency Act, a new EU set of regulations that might seriously harm Open Source software, we have repairable laptops from #Framework and (in the future) from #Lenovo, and we have some big performance improvements for #Intel GPUs on Linux:

https://youtu.be/QK0rmOuzSVM

Die Kapitänin der Neuseeländischen Frauennationalmannschaft hebelt das "Regenbogenverbot" der FIFA geschickt mit lackierten Nägeln in 🏳️‍⚧️- und 🏳️‍🌈-Farben aus 😁.
Na, die Frauen haben, im Gegensatz zu den Männern in Katar letzten Jahres halt wirklich 🥚🥚