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@verymetalsite @rms OOO....#foss #vikings! I'm down! :D
If you are working on Free and Open Source technologies that improve the digital landscape for everyone, know that NGI0 offers financial & practical support.
We offer grants between €5k - €50k, open to everyone.
Calls currently open:
NGI0 Commons Fund: Reclaim the public internet
NGI TALER: Privacy-preserving digital payments
NGI MobiFree: More ethical mobile software
NGI Fediversity: Creating the hosting stack of the future
Deadline February 1, 2025
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241201-call.html
#FOSS #NGI #NGI0
Just bought a 1 TB SSD to put 6 OSes on my #Thinkpad: Debian-Testing (#Gnome / #XFce), #Mint, #ElementaryOS, #POP_OS alpha, #Kubuntu or #Fedora KDE (haven't decided which one of the two), and if it works with it, #Haiku.
I'd normally install #FreeBSD too, but I don't see it working as well as a desktop.
I'll be booting them with #rEFInd instead of #grub (easier than dealing with its rather deprecated os-prober).
#linux #opensource #foss #lenovo #debian #trixie #linuxmint #operatingsystems #os
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Thinkpad x280 running Debian-Testing (Trixie)
We released a new version of #PeerTube mobile app!
This release brings bug fixes, new translations (thank you so much, translators community! 
), and small UI improvements.
You can download it right now from Play Store / App Store (we're still working on the f-droid release, thanks for your patience!).
Full changelog: https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/mobile-application/-/releases/v0.5.2
#FreeSoftware #Android #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Apple #iOS #AppStore #PlayStore
All this work was made possible thanks to the support of the #NGI0 @NGIZero Entrust program managed by @nlnet, to the #FOSS community contributions, and the grassroot donations that fund #Framasoft.
Help us maintain our actions in 2025 on https://support.framasoft.org/
#PeerTube v7 is ouuuuuuuut!
This version brings a brand new design and a lot of improvements!
https://framablog.org/2024/12/17/peertube-v7-offer-a-complete-makeover-to-your-video-platform/
Full changelog: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v7.0.0
Doing #FreeSoftwareAdvent for the first time, starting a little late. I'll focus on the free software that has the most impact on my daily life.
First up is the OSes I use. On desktop that's @EndeavourOS. As someone that used to use Arch, then spent many years on Debian, I was impressed with how Endeavour balances Arch's ethos with some sane defaults to get you in.
Next is @GrapheneOS. This is my phone OS. It's pretty much a drop-in google android replacement. Love it.
#Linux Weekly Roundup for December 15th, 2024: #Xfce 4.20, #LinuxMint 22.1 beta, #RaspberryPi 500, #CentOS Stream 10, #OpenMandriva Lx 24.12, #KDE Gear 24.12 and KDE Frameworks 6.9, #QEMU 9.2, #Proton 9.0-4, #GNOME 46.7, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-december-15th-2024
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 15th, 2024
#Linux Weekly Roundup for December 8th, 2024: Linux 6.12 confirmed as LTS, #GNOME 47.2, #NVIDIA 565, #Nitrux 3.8, #Debian 13's default theme, Linux 6.11 and 4.19 EOL, OBS Studio 31.0, openSUSE Leap Micro 6.1, Qt Creator 15, #AlpineLinux 3.21, #NVK reaches #Vulkan 1.4 conformance, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-december-8th-2024
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 8th, 2024
Trying out the #kde #plasmamobile client 'Tokodon', in its android version. It works, but placing the cursor for corrections is difficult, I easily moves words by accident. It looks nice, but of course not native. I'm going to try #plasmamobile on a used phone, just to see what it can do at this point, even though it can probably not yet be a daily driver. Photo just for testing.
Plasma mobile: https://plasma-mobile.org/
Android packages of a few of the plasma mobile apps can be found in a fdroid rep, see https://develop.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/
Slowly working on getting #postmarketos on my #oneplus6t. First step is to get it up to date for the sake of the firmware, which leads to downloading images from the default #oxygenos - and what a horror :o Not having lived in googleland for years, it is shocking how awfull using chrome and google search is ... Can't wait to turn it into a #linux #fossphone #linux #foss #plasmamobile!
Over a year ago, I wrote ”A month using XMPP (using Snikket) for every call and chat”.
For something like 15 months now, Sandra and I have used XMPP via @snikket_im for probably 99.9% of our calls, messages, and video chats, running on an Intel NUC.
We both use the Snikket mobile app, and I also use @dino and @profanity in Linux.
Perhaps a fun holiday / weekend project, if you want family-friendly, self-hosted, #E2EE communications?
https://neilzone.co.uk/2023/08/a-month-using-xmpp-using-snikket-for-every-call-and-chat/
"It is important to be able to communicate freely", says Jérôme Poisson aka @Goffi in the NGI0 #podcast. He is the main developer of Libervia, a communication ecosystem based on #XMPP.
XMPP is mostly known for chat but Libervia offers many more features such as blogs, fora, events & file sharing. It has gateways to other open protocols like #ActivityPub & email. He talks about Libervia, the political side of technology & offers advise about #NGI0 grants.
https://podcast.nlnet.nl/@NGIZero/episodes/technology-is-not-neutral-libervia
#FOSS
If you are thinking of moving from Windows to Linux and are not sure where to start, here's the software that I am using day to day:
https://decoded.legal/blog/2024/09/running-a-law-firm-on-free-software-2024-edition/
(Work-focus, as that is where I spend most of my (computing) time, but I am Linux-only for personal computing too.)
And don't forget that many Free software programs have Windows versions too, so you can test before you leap.
Good luck!
It was a pleasure to talk about the values behind #PeerTube, the funding of #foss, our relationship to @NGIZero programs thanks to @nlnet… with the nice people of @APC.
Learn more about how the software is made on their blog: https://www.apc.org/node/40437.
#FreeInternetoftheFuture #NextGenerationInternet
'Self-host it' is not the answer
From a couple of years ago, but my thinking has not changed.
Self-hosting is brilliant, for many reasons, and also a privilege not available to everyone, or, I suspect, many.
https://neilzone.co.uk/2022/07/self-host-it-is-not-the-answer/
#Ubuntu #Linux impacted by decade-old '#needrestart' flaw that gives root
theory in practise time... I know there's plenty of people on here with experience in organising for FOSS projects...
#postmarketOS is looking to adopt an RFC process for handling large distro-wide changes (since we have grown beyond the scope where a small team can feasibly comprehend the entire distro).
I'd love to get some input on how we can make this something productive, im particularly worried about introducing too much process overhead.
The initial outline is at https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/rfc/-/merge_requests/1/diffs