russ @russ@librem.one

This is probably the truest thing I've read in a long time.

Today marks the end of the Aspen shipping batch for the Librem 5 smartphone. We are compiling together details about that, and information about the upcoming Birch batch to keep all of you up to date and in the know on shipping progress -- will be posted later this week!

I am seriously blown away by how much of the @gnome software works on the smaller, touch-centric screen of the #Librem5.

The work of the GNOME team, the @purism crew, and so many independent developers that are making this happen... truly impressive.

All of you rule.

Towards totally free & open computing: System76 ships new laptops without BIOS / UEFI.

Galago Pro and Darter Pro are two new Linux laptops shipping with Coreboot as an alternative to its proprietary counterparts.

System76 is known for their rock solid and powerful line of Linux PC's with a support and enthusiasm second to none. From the boot screen to desktop "29% faster" than with BIOS, thanks to dropping unnecessary features.

==> https://system76.com/
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#system76 #coreboot #Linux #laptops #pop
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Sure, Spot is creepy, but on the plus side I'd be one step closer to owning my own "Rat Thing" and turning my van into Ng's "wheelchair" from Snow Crash! #vanlife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkCQXHEgjA

SIM Application Toolkit: Avoid Being Exploited https://puri.sm/posts/sim-application-toolkit-avoid-being-exploited/ #privacy #security #purism #librem5

Here's a picture of an assembled original (note the smaller extra wing. I printed one of these but decided it looked silly so I didn't install it.)

@nolan AMP's rewriting of stuff to be hosted by Google specifically in a way that increases their surveillance, with *pressure* to do so in exchange for a boost in traffic that will absolutely go away anyway once they've forced the entire ecosystem to move over to it, is a sure sign of monopolistic behavior that Google deserves to get hit with an antitrust lawsuit for more than anything else I've seen so far.

RT @RayRedacted@twitter.com

When you finally decide to implement the stricter network access controls and firewall rules !

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RayRedacted/status/1163488661335367680

me and my little green ball friend are gonna climb this tower

As it should be.

he’s so cheap he wouldn’t give a nickel to see bernie sanders ridin’ a unicycle

Nice site http://10x.engineer/

Okay, I've tried everything else, let's see what happens here. I'm a 56yo IT professional currently facing age discrimination in the job market. My skills are proven and broad. I can do operations, project management, service delivery; am versed in multiple OSs, monitoring systems, ticketing platforms. I'm a technical writer and published author. I'm willing to relocate pretty much anywhere for a job that pays enough to cover my mortgage. I need employment by Sept 30. CV on request. #job #dayjob

trying to download an ebook from the library but there's a two month wait because only so many people can borrow it at a time 🤔

“@DuckDuckGo is a poster child for a future in which companies stand with their users and still make money...They counter the assumption that we’ve all been socialized to accept: that it is normal to hand over all your information." - EFF's @jenuhhveev https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/technology/duckduckgo-private-search.html

Fediverse drama is bigger news then Stranger Things!

This Verge article about the #fediverse Gab invasion is super well written. Bravo Adi Robertson!

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/12/20691957/mastodon-decentralized-social-network-gab-migration-fediverse-app-blocking

yeah no even fuckin' RMS agrees that tusky is still free software, as does literally everyone who actually cares about free software.

an interpretation of "free software must be usable for <any given purpose>" is a Restriction Of The Freedoms Of Developers And Users To Do As They Wish

god. these people aren't even foss people for real they're just garbage and not even the other thing