Search results for tag #foss
Hey Fedi,
What HW/SW would you recommend for a kid to learn to make #electronic #music ?
The kid is 9.
Possible devices for running SW: Windows laptop with or without touchscreen; Android phone or tablet. I can also put Linux on one of the laptops, if needed.
Since we don't know yet how temporary this is, I would prefer to start with #FOSS tools or perhaps cheap proprietary SW, and little or no hardware components.
#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/
Big thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse:
FOSS News
@9to5linux
@omgubuntu
@linuxmagazine
@fullcirclemagazine
@lealternative (in Italian)
@gnulinux (in German)
FOSS Organisations
@conservancy
@EC_NGI
@EC_OSPO
@fossasia
@spritelyinst
@Framasoft (in French)
@PrototypeFund (in German)
@openwebdocs
@coopcloud
@be4foss
FOSS Events
@fosdem
@SeaGL
@foss_events
Videos about FOSS
@thelinuxexperiment
@vkc
@linuxuserspace
@veggero
@gbryant
@art
@rtp_tips
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
Programming & Software Development
@forgejo
@Codeberg
@weblate
@php
@rust
@django
@penpot
@reproducible_builds
@FirefoxDevTools
@WoodpeckerCI
@charmcli
@wikidata
@tootsdk
@akiraux
Operating Systems
@linuxmint
@ubuntustudio
@LubuntuOfficial
@edubuntu
@ubuntubudgie
@kubuntu
@fedora
@gentoo
@alpinelinux
@archlinux
@elementary
@Solus
@opensuse
@chimera_linux
@kalilinux
@rockylinux
@almalinux
@UniversalBlue
@garuda
@bsdcan
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
Fundraising
@crowdsupply
@Liberapay
@opencollective
FOSS Artists
@doomyflo
@davidrevoy
@sylvia_ritter
@fossandcrafts
Mobile OSes
@openandroidinstaller
@e_mydata
@murena
@GrapheneOS
@postmarketOS
@ubports
@mobian
@droidian
@calyxos
@unifiedpush
@linuxphoneapps
@tuxdevices
@PINE64
@volla
@iode
@microg
@AsteroidOS
Desktop Environments
@gnome
@kde (main) & @kde_community (videos)
@plasmamobile
@akademy
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Thread of #FOSS accounts on Fedi (continued):
FOSS App Stores
@fdroidorg
Helping People To Self-Host
@yunohost (in French & English)
@freedomboxfndn
@homegrown
@adminforge (in German)
Video & Audio
@kdenlive
@tenacity
@jellyfin
@peertube
@owncast
@invidious
@AntennaPod
@pipewire
@apertus
@funkwhale
Productivity
@libreoffice
@cryptpad
@CollaboraOffice
@ONLYOFFICE
@nextcloud
@openproject
@joplinapp
@EvolutionGnome
@hedgedoc
@xwikiorg
@liberaforms
@flameshot
@linkstack
@ownclouders
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
Accessibility
@NVAccess
Art, Animation, Photos & Design
@Krita@mastodon.art (main) & @krita@tube.kockatoo.org (videos)
@Blender@mastodon.social (main) & @blender@video.blender.org (videos)
@lgm@post.lurk.org (main) & @lgm@conf.tube (videos)
@inkscape
@kicad
@librepcb
@raghukamath
@fediphoto_lineage
Gaming
@Minetest
@speed_dreams_official
@play0ad
@wesnoth
@freeciv
@veloren
@pretendo
@holarse (in German)
@lutris
@scummvm
@simutrans
@FreeRCT
@Wuzzy
@zughy_boi
@solarus
@bitsy
@xenko
@Le_bottin_des_jeux_linux
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
Social Media
@gotosocial
@Mastodon
@peertube
@pixelfed
@owncast
@news
@bonfire
@mastohost
@Tusky
@IceCubesApp
@apps
@Tuba
@elk
@PixelDroid
@publicspaces
@Swanye
Messaging & Calling
@snikket_im
@delta
@Jami
@matrix
@senfcall (in German & English)
@briar
@Monal
@prosodyim
@mellium
@tigase
@prav
Wikis
@kiwix
Blogging Software
@writefreely
@pfefferle
Forum Software
@Discourse
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
Security & Privacy
@torproject
@bitwarden
@cryptomator
@nitrokey
@tblock
@keyoxide
Networks
@ooni
@wireshark
Geography & Navigation
@openstreetmap
@MapComplete
@qgis
@Doudouosm
Health
@gnuhealth
3D Printing
@octoprint
Article Readers
@wallabag
Books
@inventaire
@nantucketebooks
Wearables
@gadgetbridge
Retro FOSS
@freedosproject
@dec_hl
Science
@OpenRefine
@easybuild
@base
@psychopy
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
Activism Tools & Community-Building
@karrot
@gancio
@torproject
@securedrop
@ooni
User Groups Portugal
@centrolinux
@pup
User Groups UK
@freetechproject
User Groups US
@iffybooks
FOSS People
@rysiek
@vkc
@thelinuxEXP
@haeckerfelix
@juliaferraioli
@laura
@glynmoody
@aral
@gardiner_bryant
@fclc
@mttaggart
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Thread of #FOSS / #FLOSS accounts on Fediverse (continued):
The accounts below are Fediverse discussion groups, see here for more info on how to use them: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse
Fediverse Discussion Groups
@blender
@gnome
@homeassistant
@kde
@linux
@ubuntu
@xmpp
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUPS.
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"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