Rasheed Ahmed @rasheedahmed@librem.one

Here @jorge nails the disconnection between traditional Linux desktop distros aimed toward sysadmin (like me), versus what non-sysadmin actually want.

"Many of the things that user run into is that they are using a Linux distro based on this old model of mangling individual packages. And as users have told us, and as we know, remember, it's not like we are interrupting a hockey stick growth party around here for the Linux desktop. Users do not want this."

https://youtu.be/fWy3NNjTs6I?t=926

#bluefin

I spoke at length to the creator of the Liberty Phone, a US-manufactured smartphone, about the challenges of sourcing US-made components, tariffs, and the lack of product engineering expertise in US. The Chinese version costs $700, the US version costs $2,000.

https://www.404media.co/how-a-2-000-made-in-the-usa-liberty-phone-phone-is-manufactured/

Thanks to @purism for all the work they do. I feel their contributions to #linuxmobile is vastly underappreciated #ilovefs

Does anyone have a nice marketing-ish graphic of one Linux app across a desktop, tablet, and phone UI? I feel like I saw someone share a single graphic like that recently but have no idea who.

I’d like to use it in a Flathub blog post. :)

#LinuxMobile #Linux #OpenSource

Why FLOSS matters: Open-source software means transparent code, community-driven security, and freedom from Big Tech control. https://puri.sm/posts/the-case-for-free-libre-and-open-source-software-enhancing-security-and-privacy-in-the-digital-age/ #Purism #Librem5 #PureOS

@delta @strypey @praveen @thunderbird @cketti I agree that should be the default for every email client. Delta shows how "easily" it can be done. Right now encrypted mail is a pain to set up if you don't understand it, which is why so few use it.

This is the stuff! "Open Source did not destroy my creative agency!" 💖#UbuntuSummit

A story of a design agency only using free and open source software, from Ryan George of https://mastodon.art/@freehive

Why isn’t software funded by taxpayers released as Free Software? 🤔💻

We need legislation 📜 requiring publicly financed software to be #FreeSoftware. If it’s public money 💰, it should be public code! 👨‍💻👩‍💻

Code paid by the people should be available to the people! 🙌 #PublicCode

👉 https://publiccode.eu/

🚀✨ Ada & Zangemann: A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream! 🍦🛹

The illustrated story is now an animated movie 🎥
➡️ https://media.fsfe.org/w/j1c6LQVZ8qnCLLwpXMuw3M

#SoftwareFreedom #AdaZangemann

Hey, we are #newhere. Do you want to receive official emergency alerts worldwide with just one app? The #FOSSPublicAlertServer allows apps to receive near real-time push notifications via #unifiedPush about emergency alerts from over 280 official CAP Alert Publisher. This project is a collaboration of @foss_warn and @kde. The server is still under development, but we are working on a first beta version in the near future. 🚀

Stay tuned...

Traditionally #FreeSoftware projects are driven by developers or for profit companies (sometimes governments funding specific projects). Users without programming skills usually can't influence the direction of a project. People talk about developers not getting paid for developing Free Software and users demanding more from volunteers. I think we have to rethink about this model and try to address this disconnect. @prav and https://codema.in/debphoshfund are trying to address this.

Thinking of starting a “50 for FOSS” pledge campaign.

If you:

- Work in tech
- Can comfortably pay all your bills
- Regularly use free/open-source software

Then on the 5th of every month, you choose a piece of software you appreciate and find a way to pay $50 for it. Ko-fi. GitHub sponsorship. OSS collectives. Open an issue in the repo or email the maintainer if you have to.

We have to insist on paying for the software we use.

Does this already exist?

#programming #opensource #foss

Software freedom is the prerequisite for many of the issues people struggle with when it comes to technology, privacy breaches, user lock-in, DRM, and hardware obsolescence. The role of freedom in privacy cannot be ignored. Support #FreeSoftware https://fsf.org

EFF has new cryptocurrency wallet addresses as of August 22, 2024. Thanks for all of the ways that you support privacy and free speech online. https://www.eff.org/pages/other-ways-give-and-donor-support#crypto

🕹️ Title: Minetest
🦊️ What's: A libre sandbox game
🏡️ https://www.minetest.net
🐣️ https://github.com/minetest
🦉️ https://fosstodon.org/@Minetest
🔖 #LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #Flagship #Sandbox #Voxel #Adventure #Survival
📦️ #Arch #RPM #Deb #Flatpak #AppIm #Snap
📖 Our entry: https://www.lebottindesjeuxlinux.tuxfamily.org/en/online/lights-on/

🥁️ Update: 5.9.0
⚗️ Major upgrade (Stable) 🍎️
📌️ Changes: https://dev.minetest.net/Changelog
🦣️ From: 🛜️ https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases.atom

🏝️https://www.youtube.com/embed/dBi-6TBgUv4
🦝️https://www.youtube.com/embed/g6Fyav6FiIs
🦝️[fr]https://www.youtube.com/embed/56Wkj4mTDIA
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q4CmFH-r5Vg

Diversity in tech isn't just good - it's vital. PureOS: Secure, private, and free from Big Tech monopolies. #ChooseFreedom
https://puri.sm/posts/avoiding-a-monoculture-with-secure-diverse-technology/

Do you like the book Ada & Zangemann? Help spread the word!
🔹Suggest or donate the book to your public library
🔸Write a review or give your feedback to your book store
🔹Offer schools, youth clubs or elderly homes to have a book reading there
https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann/

#softwarefreedom

We are working on the topic of #openwashing to learn more about current market practices, and we need your help!

https://share.fsfe.org/apps/forms/s/Z6xHfa8EiXk77FFreg2R6A6T%20

Openwashing has become a growing issue for the #FreeSoftware community. Many companies claim to be working on "Open Source" or "Free Software", while at the same time distributing proprietary software products.

You can now get three kinds of #PureOS subscription from @purism!

Each of them:

- Helps maintaining releases and bug fixes
- Helps pushing code to other projects

Free and Open Source Software (#FOSS) developers also need an #income!

Consider subscribing if you want to advance #Linux #privacy friendly computing or if you are using #MobileLinux.

https://shop.puri.sm/?s=pureos+subscription

#opensource #phone #librem5 #pinephone #chatty #mobian #postmarketos #linux

People really don't realize how utterly dependent modern surveillance is on the idea that everybody is carrying a phone — which is always tracked. Their car has a cellular modem in it — which is always tracked. 99% of investigation is one guy and a search box. If you're not low-hanging fruit, you aren't gonna merit the Eye of Sauron of manual, well-resourced, focused team attention—and if you did, you probably planned ahead for it, right? Because it's not a mystery what would get you on Santa's Naughty List.

Anyway, the point is that even in a big city, the phoneless guy in a "covid" mask is going to be invisible to anything less than that exhaustive manual investigation — at least for a few more years. That may go away once they start networking all the cameras and having AI start trying to match up clothing sets moving from camera to camera, butthat capability is hard to hide, so it'll be in the news. And it won't work that well in places with less camera density and, perhaps, for people who wear the most-common outfits (the visual equivalent of a "shared fingerprint").

Remember: Phones are useful, but dangerous. And the people who will still wear covid masks to the beach are helping to normalize facial obscurity—regardless of their intention. Don't be mean to them. Encourage them to wear them everywhere. For passport photos. In police booking photos. At the customs desk. Family portraits! The sky is the limit—let them push the boundaries so that you don't have to.