John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

Want even more cool GNU Gear to celebrate the FSF's 35th year? Pre-order some stylish FSF35 socks by December 9: https://u.fsf.org/378

Want a gift that promotes freedom instead of restriction? Take a gander at the FSF's annual Giving Guide for ethical tech recommendations: https://u.fsf.org/377

I participated in the FSF history quiz during the FSF's 35th anniversary event. Today, I have received the FSF water bottle. Thanks <3

Street art in #Paris is weird these days.
#Debian #GNU/#Linux

All aboard for software freedom! Our fall fundraiser is underway: help us achieve our goal of adding 500 new members by December 31. Join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/joinfall20

The schedule for Guix Days online is released! https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/online-guix-day-announce-2/

All aboard for software freedom! Help us achieve our goal of adding 500 new members by December 31: join today, and share our messages with the hashtag #UserFreedom: https://u.fsf.org/joinfall20

Link rot is such a pervasive problem for anything that's older than 1-2 years. I wish more folks at all levels of managing websites would have some awareness that keeping URLs stable or setting up redirects is important for our collective memory.

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