Want to learn how to expel Google from your life? Check out the Reddit community!
https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/
Did you know? The #BlenderBIM Add-on can now be used to export IFC data in IFCJSON format - perhaps the only BIM program which can do so.
It only took 100 lines of Python code. Join the #OSArch community and don't let proprietary software hold you back!
Friendly reminder: "X as a service" is just a misleading corporate euphemism for "pay forever for not owning it".
"Software as a service" actually means "pay forever for not owning the software".
"Games as a service" actually means "pay forever for not owning games".
"Infrastructure as a service" actually means "pay forever for not owning the hardware".
And so on.
There is no "cloud", it's just other people's computers
Internet messaging is so broken that FB alone owns 3 incompatible apps. Google has *6*, not counting the ones they canceled: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/05/google-unifies-messenger-teams-plans-more-coherent-vision/
It doesn't have to be this way. Messaging isn't complicated. We solved this more than a decade ago. You have five incompatible messaging apps on your phone because greed drives companies to ignore compatibility and optimize for vendor lock-in. https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/lessons-vendor-lock-messaging
"Libhandy was the start, but both Tobias and Purism and the GNOME development team have plans to go a step further to transform the interface of the desktop environment into the future." - https://www.explica.co/this-is-mobile-shell-the-new-experimental-gnome-interface-that-seeks-convergence-with-the-mobile-platform/
PSA: please stay clear of r/pinephone. The subreddit is ran in bad faith and for nefarious reasons. Full statement in the provided link: https://reddit.com/r/PINE64official/comments/fxcipk/psa_refrain_from_using_rpinephone/
Should you use #Zoom for confidential conversations?
Let's have a quick look at security...
💣 https://www.wired.com/story/zoom-bug-webcam-hackers/
💣 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7e599/zoom-ios-app-sends-data-to-facebook-even-if-you-dont-have-a-facebook-account
💣 https://theintercept.com/2020/03/31/zoom-meeting-encryption/
💣 https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/17/zoombombing/
💣 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/technology/new-york-attorney-general-zoom-privacy.html
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Let's call that a 'no'.
"Google Says It Doesn’t 'Sell' Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and
Built moonlight for postmarketos, which mean I can run doom on the #pinephone streamed from my PC.
#postmarketOS now boots on Xiaomi Redmi Note 7! #Linux
@PINE64 #Pinetime now supports BLE notifications!
Release 0.4.0 brings BLE notifications, nice icons, brightness and sysinfo apps and bugfixes!
Here is the changelog : https://github.com/JF002/Pinetime/releases/tag/0.4.0
Any contribution to improve the UI is more than welcome. Next step : OTA!
Starting today, you can now preorder the PinePhone UBports Community Edition: a production model #PinePhone preloaded with UBports (Ubuntu Touch), with a custom backplate to match!
PINE64 Store Link: https://store.pine64.org/?product=pinephone-community-edition-ubports-limited-edition-linux-smartphone
UBports blog post: https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blog-1/post/pinephone-ubports-community-edition-pre-orders-are-open-271
Announcing the Purism Librem Mini https://puri.sm/products/librem-mini/ Small form-factor mini-PC that puts freedom, privacy and security first.
8th gen quad-core i7 processor, up to 64 GB of DDR4 memory.
With #PureOS, #PureBoot (coreboot +Heads) and #Librem Key support.
We're happy to announce that the #PinebookPro is back in stock at our webstore! This batch will come with @ManjaroARM @kde Edition preinstalled -- this brings the mainline Linux kernel to the Pinebook Pro as default. Expected delivery worldwide in May.
If the website fails to load, please don't F5 our server out of existence! Wait a bit and try again -- this is a large batch, there will be units available for quite some time
Take action against #EarnIt: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption/ #Fight4Privacy #Fight4Encryption
Donate your spare CPU + GPU compute power to help research and fight #Coronavirus {COVID-19}.
I've setup a Linux For Everyone team. Download folding@home and enter Team #240869. Thank you!
#introductions : Hello Fosstodon!
Plasma Mobile is an open-source user interface for phones from @kde Community.
We will use this account to share updates, and stay in touch with our community!