Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

Hello World!

GIMP project now gets a new official Mastodon account! 🥳

We can see the info leaked somehow (we had not announced it and already got 150+ followers in 2 days) 😂.

GIMP news will be coming here too, from now on!

Note: illustration by Aryeom (edited from her original video "What is the Fediverse?"), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.

@Big_Diggity Eternal life starts here.

If you have an indepdently hosted WordPress blog, you can turn it into a Fediverse server using a special plug-in. This means that people on Mastodon etc. can follow your blog and interact with it.

You can install it on your blog by logging into the WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New, then search for "ActivityPub". The plug-in you want is called "ActivityPub" and is by Matias Pfefferle.

You can also see more info about it at https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub and the author is on the Fediverse at @pfefferle

Once it's installed, you can find the blog's Fediverse address in your WordPress dashboard's Users section, it's listed at the bottom of the user's profile options. You can copy and paste this address into the search box on Mastodon etc to interact with that user's blog.

You'll also see an ActivityPub section in the Settings menu.

Note : This plug-in only works on independently hosted WordPress-powered blogs. It doesn't work on Wordpress.com free blogs.

#WordPress #Fediverse

I love my netbook, but it's small (that's why I bought it!) and all the keys on the keyboard are close to each other, so sometimes I press the power button instead of the backspace and turn the device off. It's annoying...

To disable this key on systemd systems just edit the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file, uncomment the HandlePowerKey line and change the command to ignore the key, so:

HandlePowerKey=ignore

#linuxtips

@oss It's kinda like an Amazon Echo, but made with mostly publicly available parts with the exception of a custom board and a fully open source software stack. You can literally run the whole thing offline if you want, or use their cloud based backend. The software is written in Python and can be easily added to with Skills to perform whatever task you want.

@golemwire

I agree, except that anyone should be able to flip a hidden switch on hardware they own that:

1) Formats the disk (overwrites first MB or so of encrypted volume)
2) Marks a CPU fuse/flag saying that this device no longer plays DRM games or runs the console OS
3) Unlocks the bootloader
4) Exposes full hardware access to any OS or software you choose to install

This should be standard on ALL hardware sold, of ANY kind, and enforced by law.

Here's the next short early for those who clicked on this. ;)

User interaction done right:

https://jamesst.one/

Due to a wild sequence of events, you have been declared the Ruler of Earth!

What do you do?

Shape Shifting Computer in your hands, Powered by Convergence and PureOS. Take a look and share!📱 💻

https://puri.sm/posts/shape-shifting-computer-powered-by-convergence/?mtm_campaign=promo&mtm_source=organic&mtm_medium=librem_social&mtm_content=ls-shape-shifting-computer&mtm_group=librem5USA

I don't want to spam the town too much, but...

The view is so good it's almost like cheating when taking pictures.

#theCartographer

You want to read a man page for `foo.' *Actually* read it, not just do a quick search or just consult the command-line switches.

Do you: _____

#BOOST for more fun, thanks! ^__^

@dallin@fosstodon.org Google has a #GetTheMessage campaign now: https://www.android.com/get-the-message/
Not too long ago I got an Android phone, and went to college. Making friends, we got in a group chat, and eventually me and I think one other in the group were discovered to be the ones with Android, though they didn't mean it in a rude way.

But still, it can cause interpersonal gaps. Harming personal messaging between your devices and a competitor's is one of the saddest forms of #bigtech #vendorlockin I can think of :(