John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Is your open source project still using Slack for its community? Consider:

Mozilla has migrated their chat to Matrix: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Matrix

Mattermost now offers hosted service with special pricing for OSS projects: https://mattermost.com/nonprofit/

There are probably even more I'm not aware of.

There are good Free options now. Time to get out of the proprietary SaaS lock-in.

The trouble users had yesterday launching apps on #macOS isn't just a technical problem, but a moral one. Operating systems should service their users, not phone home to a corporation to see if they're "permitted" to run the program. #Apple

boosting https://twitter.com/jna_sh/status/1326514552251568130

Hey if you’re defaulting to creating a new community on slack in 2020, I, a person who makes their living doing community consulting, will give you an entirely free consultation to weigh up the pros and cons and possibly find a better option for what you’re after

Need just a few more days? You can now submit your #LibrePlanet session until Monday, Nov. 16 12:00 EST. And don't forget to join us on March 20 & 21 for LibrePlanet 2021 with keynote Julia Reda! https://u.fsf.org/36y

You have one more day to let us know who inspires you in the world of free software: nominate them for a Free Software Award by November 11th! https://u.fsf.org/357

It’s been 10 years since the beta release of EFF’s HTTPS Everywhere web browser extension
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/10-years-https-everywhere

This Friday I'll be making real cocktails at virtual @SeaGL (Seattle GNU/Linux conference). Source code for the menu is up if you want to buy ingredients and follow along. The non-drinky part of the program looks great too! Registration is free/optional. https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2020/program/proposals/811

The FSF's 35th Anniversary t-shirt is back in stock in a thrilling new ELECTRIC COPPER color scheme! Buy it here: https://u.fsf.org/36w

Use a mask, use Tor. And now, use your Tor mask! Make a gift of $50 before Dec. 31 and get your very own 😷
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-usetor-md

The developers of Signal are currently doing a user survey:

https://surveys.signalusers.org/s3

I told them that I really like the app but also that I would like:
a) Signal on @fdroidorg
b) a proper desktop client
c) no data stored in "secure enclaves"

Maybe you'd like to tell them, too?

#freeyourandroid
#freesoftware
#android

someone at work just said smtp stands for "send mail to people" im dead

The FSF's 35th anniversary t-shirt is back in stock in a thrilling new ELECTRIC COPPER color scheme! Buy it here: https://u.fsf.org/36w

Did you miss our online 35th anniversary party? You can watch the talks and community videos on Mediagoblin and, now, on our new PeerTube page! https://u.fsf.org/36u