John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

I was inspired to expand this into a full article to give myself a bit more space to talk about the issues:

https://puri.sm/posts/the-general-purpose-computer-in-your-pocket/

777 Books sold since the release two weeks ago! Thank you! 🎉 I hope you'll get the geek joke.( I'm not worrying a lot on Mastodon 😇 ). My 'Special Launch Offer' sale ends on Saturday 31, in three days. Will it reach 1000? That would be amazing. Last chance to get them while they're cheap!
https://www.davidrevoy.com/shop

Congratulations to Framasoft on the release of Mobilizon, a libre and federated tool to help local events and meetup groups escape the clutches of Facebook! https://u.fsf.org/36l

"note that the testing installer is more for testing the installer than for installing testing"

Thank you Debian, for that beautiful sentence.

Important #LibrePlanet 2021 news: 1) the Call for Sessions deadline has been extended to November 11th, and 2) the conference will be held in March 2021 entirely online, opening it to participation from the entire (libre)planet! https://u.fsf.org/36e

Who inspires you in the world of free software? Let the world know: nominate them for a Free Software Award by November 11th! https://u.fsf.org/357

The SeaGL 2020 Program is LIVE!

https://seagl.org/news/2020/10/26/program-2020.html

And these talks need moderators! See https://seagl.org/news/2020/10/05/call-for-volunteers.html for more details, or fill out https://gnu-cloud.yourownnet.cloud/apps/forms/yHs5d8qmEBedQ72d to sign up!

#FLOSSconf #FLOSSevent #SeaGL #FLOX #FLOSSvolunteers

I'll perform some stand-up comedy about #FLOSS at @SeaGL on November 13th: https://osem.seagl.org/conferences/seagl2020/program/proposals/732

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is looking for interns to spend the spring contributing to work in one of three areas: campaigns, licensing, or with our tech team. Apply by 11/11: https://u.fsf.org/36h

Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md

So nice of the RIAA to advertise this youtube-dl tool! Maybe someone didn't know about it. Really appreciated!

If you're a #LaTeX user/geek, I'm looking for references/discussions explaining why #pdflatex does not generate accessible #PDF out-of-the-box and what's the current status about fixing it. TIA ! #TeXLive

Question for the hardcore free-culture folks in the internet: do you listen to music that is released only in final, mixed form? Or do you insist that the musician has to also provide separate instrument tracks?

Serious question; I'm interested in the takes (presumably there are many points on this continuum, although I hope to find a few at least who are far into the "must have all components" range). Boosting appec.

In a world where technology can mean the difference between life and death, can we afford the restrictions proprietary software places on progress? Watch "Rewind," our latest video created to celebrate #fsf35: https://u.fsf.org/rewind

Want to honor your free software heroes? Nominate someone who's doing a terrific job at empowering computer users for a Free Software Award by October 28th: https://u.fsf.org/357