JC @jc@librem.one

#FreedomBox is a free and open source home server system. You can install our software on your own hardware, or you can buy an all-inclusive hardware kit!

@olimex sells the first-ever FreedomBox product: the Pioneer Edition FreedomBox.

Buy it here: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/open-source-hardware

A unique job opportunity in the growing field of 3D printing, in one of the world's only IT environments running exclusively free software. Check the full job description here, and apply as a GNU/Linux sysadmin: https://u.fsf.org/2vs

NEWS: The OLinuXino line of single-board computers has officially been certified as "Open Source Hardware" by the Open Source Hardware Association! 🎉

This means the Pioneer Edition #FreedomBox kit is officially #OSHW! Join us in congratulating @olimex!

Details here: https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/olinuxino-open-source-hardware-single-board-linux-computers-are-now-officially-oshwa-certified/

Certification for the LIME2 is here: https://certification.oshwa.org/bg000039.html

GitHub has added Liberapay to the funding platforms supported in the `FUNDING.yml` file: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-06-20-new-funding-platforms/

The new daily mantra of Amazon Alexa owners?
“Alexa, delete everything I said today”.

@natjlevy reports you can now delete recordings with a simple voice command, but sadly only a partial day's worth.“ Alexa, delete what I just said” also works. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/now-can-erase-every-amazon-alexa-recording-last-day-voice-command/

I wrote an article about the redesign of MNT Reform https://mntre.com/media/news_md/2019-05-20-reintroducing-reform.html

#FreeSoftware has a lot of potential in the developing world.

In rural India, 12 villages use #FreedomBox to host free digital services. Activists have re-purposed old computers into FreedomBoxes, mounted them on posts, and served entire villages with free wi-fi and digital services.

These rural #FreedomBox networks got covered in the Times of India.

READ: ‘Every old computer is a potential server that can bring Internet connectivity to an entire village’

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/every-old-computer-is-a-potential-server-that-can-bring-internet-connectivity-to-an-entire-village/articleshow/67833580.cms