Jeremiah :emacs: :linux: @jeremiah@librem.one

I'm a bit late to the party, but congrats to #prospress - it couldn't have happened to a nicer team. https://prospress.com/final-prospress-post/

I’m looking for a consultant regarding EU funding for MNT Reform (open source hardware portable computer/platform), maybe in the context of Horizon 2020 or similar. Please RT

Mini-DebConf Marseille (France) is only in 10 days! See the schedules and register on https://minidebconf-mrs.debian.net #Debian #DebianFrance

Librem Mail 0.1.1 for Android is now available on the Google Play Store.

WHAT'S NEW
* Fixed notifications
* Changed default privacy settings to hide the user agent, hide the time zone, and hide the host name when connecting
* Translation & string fixes

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one.librem.mail

For those that use Android but do not like using the Google Play Store: We plan to make the Librem.one applications available via F-Droid. No hard ETA yet, but it's in the works. More info on that once available.

GNOME Chromecast Extension "Cast to TV" v9 Adds Subtitle Configuration, Nautilus Integration

https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/05/gnome-chromecast-extension-cast-to-tv.html
#Linux#Gnome#Ubuntu#FedoraCast to TV, a GNOME Shell extension to cast videos (with transcoding if needed), music and pictures to Chromecast, web browser or media player app over the local network, has had a new major release. https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-455c-da9c-4719-441859002340

I was interviewed by Fast Company about @purism hardware kill switches in this piece on the current trend to put them in home automation devices to address everyone's unease with always-on cameras and mics in their bedroom. #privacy
https://www.fastcompany.com/90349731/the-hardware-trend-google-amazon-and-apple-are-throwing-their-weight-behind

Librem 5 App Design Tutorial – Part II

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-app-design-tutorial-part-ii/

Got a new blogpost up, where I go over the basics of how we work on GNOME.

https://blogs.gnome.org/christopherdavis/2019/05/09/developing-gnome-the-basics/

#librem5 progress report https://puri.sm/posts/may-progress-update-librem-5-hardware/

A quick hack to support #libremone in gnome-online-accounts for mail account setup

Got privacy questions? Experts @SenHannahBeth, @EFFFalcon, @fightfortheftr, and @ACLU_NorCal have answers. Join our Reddit AMA 12p PT to talk privacy and the only bill in CA to strengthen privacy enforcement, SB 561. See you there, 12pm-2pm PT: http://reddit.com/r/iama

RT @eff: When tech companies ban an entire category of content, they have a history of overcorrecting and censoring accurate, useful speech…

.@torproject protects people facing real threats to their liberty, autonomy, and lives. All privacy-by-design technologies can be used by criminals. Arguments against Tor that merely highlight criminal activity have been levied against the Internet in general, esp. by the worst dictators.

This last week all Firefox addons were accidentally disabled due to issues in Mozilla certs. Many security measures out there require full, unrevokable trust in the vendor for them to work and this is a great example of the risks with that approach. Imagine if that ever happened with SecureBoot... #infosec

Firefox cert expired, disabling all the addons is fixed in firefox 66.0.4 (sid) and firefox-esr 60.6.2 (buster, stretch and jessie)

The House has voted to restore #netneutrality. Tell your Senator to vote for the Save the Internet Act (S. 682)! https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-senate-to-restore-full-net-neutrality-protections

GNU Guix has released version 1.0! Read the announcement at https://gnu.org/software/guix/blog/2019/gnu-guix-1.0.0-released and donate to support them at https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=50. You can run it on top of any distro, or as a standalone OS.

How We Designed the Librem 5 Dev Kit with 100% Free Software

https://puri.sm/posts/how-we-designed-the-librem-5-dev-kit-with-100-free-software/