@cryptax just uploaded #droidlysis v3.4.7 to Debian. If you make a new release very soon, I can get it into the upcoming stable release "Trixie"
Using FOSS apps is the first step, the next one is having them reproducibly built.
Is your keyboard reproducible, verified or none? Find out in https://f-droid.org/2025/03/04/even-my-keyboard-is-built-reproducibly.html
We have just added #Firefox Klar to our #FDroid repository of apps. Firefox Klar is a browser with a unique approach to privacy: it is designed around the idea that the user does not want to keep any personal info around. It makes it really easy to just wipe everything and start from zero. In the past, Firefox Klar was included in @fdroidorg but it has become too hard to maintain the free fork that strips out the Google proprietary bits. Hopefully #Mozilla will make a #free build possible again.
I can’t overstate how excited I am that @sovtechfund is investing in the core technology powering OpenStreetMap. Throughout my years in open source, OSM and its incredible global community of volunteers have always been close to me. It was one of the first profound examples of the power of openness and its impact on digital sovereignty and personal autonomy.
"A lot of people tell themselves that they ‘need to do something’ but don’t how to start. I felt that way at first, too.
A community-driven model is an incredible opportunity to get those people involved. It shows that we can achieve a lot if we band together, which is an antidote to the doomerism of our time."
#rewilding #youtube #nature #community #crowdsourcing #conservation #ecology
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-group-using-youtube-to-rewild-the-planet/
Sell your Tesla, buy an e-bike, or 5 even. I know you didn't know, but now you do. Spring is nearly here, perfect time for two wheels. You can do it! You will thank me later, I promise. #teslatakedown #tesla #boston
Congratulations to Gints Zilbalodis and the entire Flow film crew for the Academy Award win!
Flow is the manifestation of Blender’s mission, where a small independent team is able to create a story that moves audiences worldwide.
Thank you for the shout out! 🧡 #b3d
There are all too often complaints about #Debian: "why does it have such old packages". There is a really lovely property of properly maintained stable distribution. The only changes made are to make it more stable and more secure, e.g. targeted bug fixes only. New bugs come with new features, or even more general, new bugs come with new code. So if a release of software is already addressing the need, then new features are just adding more risk of problems
Aaahh now I get why #ElonMusk pivoted so hard to #politics! #Tesla is starting to fail as a company, making luxury cars while affordable electrics cars are in demand. And Europeans resent him getting involved in politics here, so avoid the company. Classic crony capitalism: use state power to prop up oligarchs. This is not innovation.
It goes to show you that it is at least as important to express one's opinions by choosing where one buys as it is to vote in elections.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/02/25/why-tesla-stock-is-plummeting-today/
Because <reasons> in #Austria right now, we seem to again have the debate about "chat surveillance" (#chatcontrol) on the (newly forming) government level...
The arguments and facts have not changed, so I am just posting my last public presentation slides [https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/talk/secure-messaging-and-attacks-against-it/2024-08-29_Secure-Messenger-Attacks.pdf] and recording [https://media.ccc.de/v/26cd6d27-247f-5cf3-8adb-54c87bc372b2] again. Oh, and https://www.ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/ is still unchanged as well.
To our new (and old) policymakers: Maybe read/listen and then we can happily talk efficiently about any new ideas that might come up?
I keep reading media reports raising alarms about how the European auto industry is in trouble. I honestly see that as a positive thing. If the EU has fewer car makers, we'll have more incentive to invest in more efficient things like railways, walkable cities, cycling infrastructure, etc. And we'll be much less dependent on foreign fossil fuels that drive the wars going on.
We're starting to implement support for split APKs in #FDroid. #Google wants to gather as much data about its users as possible, so trying to hide info about language, country, device specs was not a design concern for them. It is central for us. We want the official client to leak as little data as possible to any server, be it ours, mirrors, or custom repos. We welcome input:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2963
#Android #APK #privacy #DataEfficiency #efficiency #technology #data #metadata
We’re excited to announce that the Sovereign Tech Fund is supporting two key initiatives to improve security and transparency in the Java ecosystem with the @EclipseFdn
These efforts focus on integrating Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation into build pipelines and enhancing vulnerability management across all Eclipse Foundation projects.
"Please, if something like this happens again, you have to do something. You can’t just stand there, take photos and film videos."
The Debian Release Team is keeping pace: the first trixie freeze step (transition and toolchain freeze) is coming next month! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/01/msg00004.html #debian #trixie
The fact that #FOSDEM is free to attend is also crazy. It makes the overall vibe different from other conferences. Sure you have to pay for travel and accommodation but if you have the money spare it's absolutely worth it especially if you want to meet specific people.
I've been four times, although only twice paid for by my employer at the time (one of the self-funded ones I travelled on my motorbike: 120 miles in the UK then about the same on Europe mainland to Brussels. Loved the experience)
There's nothing like #FOSDEM. Maybe if you're in a particular community that doesn't have a devroom so doesn't attract so many people it's not the same but finding people you know face to face and making new contacts is so valuable. But there's something for every open source developer.
Talk highlight? I've got to go with @edent's on the UK COVID tracing app. Even if you're not UK based it was a lesson in how government works and dealing with the abuse on Twitter. Superbly presented too.
The first time I went to FOSDEM, I was constantly explaining what F-Droid was to people who never heard of it. I was introducing it and promoting it.
Second FOSDEM, people said "oh yeah, I heard of it, what does it do?"
Third FOSDEM, people said "I'm a user!"
Fourth FOSDEM, I listened to people tell other people what F-Droid is, and heard groups of people talking about it as the app store that everyone in the group had on their phone.
It has been quite a ride!