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#CRA: The #IMCO committee has backed our demand and voted for the protection of #FreeSoftware developers in the Cyber Resilience Act. #ITRE should follow.

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230629-01.html


The free software movement isn't about having an 'alternative' to proprietary software, it's a movement to reject it on ethical grounds. With free software, users have the freedom to control their computing, and that's something worth fighting for! #GNU #FreeSoftware


As long as the code behind "smart" home devices is proprietary, these companies are free to spy on us as much as they like. Help us fight back: tell your friends about free software and urge then to join the FSF! Support #FreeSoftware. https://fsf.org
An image of a camera pointed toward two people near an "Alexa" looking thing that says, "Don't invite spies into your home."


In their vote on the #AIAct today, the @europarl_en responsible committees voted by a large majority to protect #FreeSoftware.

The plenary is called upon to uphold the idea. Likewise, this principle must be anchored in #CRA and #pld

📰 https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230511-01.html


Along with the 'Bits & Bäume' village the FSFE is seeking inspiring talks, workshops, and more for the Chaos Communication Camp 23. Submit your proposal by June 9th to help build a sustainable future. #CCCamp23 #BitsAndBäume #FreeSoftware #Sustainability
https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230508-01.html


Content warning: long "introduction" (even though I have been here a while at time of writing)


☣️ This is why you should never trust your important information (like passwords!) to proprietary software like @1password.

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #privacy #security #infosec

🤡 #1Password becomes #spyware:

https://blog.1password.com/privacy-preserving-app-telemetry/


Is it important to you that your smartphone runs #FreeSoftware? :fdroid: :eos: :ubuntu: 😛ostmarketos:

Boost for more range📶

#android #ios #ut #ubports #ubuntutouch #foss #opensource #smartphone #poll #polls #survey #postmarketos

  • Yes, my phone runs a free OS :lineageos: :ubuntu: (34%, 95 votes)
  • Yes, I use free apps on my phone whenever I can (35%, 98 votes)
  • Actually, yes. But I'm not managing that very well (17%, 49 votes)
  • No. On my phone, comfort is more important to me. (13%, 37 votes)
279 voters. Poll end: 1 year ago


Among others, the EU is currently debating the introduction of liability rules for software in the #CyberResilience Act.

We propose a solution that will lead to more security while safeguarding the #FreeSoftware ecosystem.

📺 https://media.fsfe.org/w/7X2vSXubdrbTPFTqjmT5Nm

➕ info: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230323-01.html


Happy 70th Birthday to Richard Stallman. RMS started GNU, and launched the free software movement with it. He founded the @fsf and has remained a champion for software freedom over these many decades. Thank you for your unwavering dedication to the cause and for inspiring so many of us to fight for a world where users have control over their computing. Please join me in wishing him a very happy birthday! I'm sure you have his email. 🎉🎂 #HappyBirthday #FreeSoftware #GNU #FSF


I just found this game called #Holocure, it's a game like #VampireSurvivprs

It plays on PC and supports controller play, and it's #FreeSoftware (at least for now)


You like #FreeSoftware? You like #Guix and you like #stickers?
Great! Stop by today at the big #ilovefs party at c-base at 7.30 p.m. to get some!

#GNU #NixOS @guix @fsfe


What shouldn't be forget at this #IloveFS day is:

It's nice to say thank you to the companies and developers of the #freesoftware and #opensource software you are using on this day, but don't forget to also consider buying licenses or donating some (regular) money to those people behind your software!

They have a life as well and need to pay bills.

#ilovefreesoftwareday


#OpenTalk meeting software has finally been released as #FreeSoftware under the EUPL today. I have been part of the #RustLang backend team for a few months now, happy to finally see this happen. One of my tasks was to properly annotate the source code with licensing information, and doing this with https://reuse.software/ has been a great experience. https://gitlab.opencode.de/opentalk https://opentalk.eu/ @OpenTalkMeeting


At #FOSDEM, @marcel_kolaja will present the #EU pilot project to look into open-sourcing the EU's apps and publishing them outside of #BigTech including on @fdroidorg. @eighthave will join, talking about how F-Droid will help pull the EU towards #FreeSoftware.

(sorry for copying the post, but for some reason we can't boost it)
https://social.librem.one/interact/109779534010876183?type=reblog


Impressive! I received @lentcine filming crew at home over the last days and they filmed me while drawing (on paper, but also with digital). They also recorded a long interview. They were very friendly, and that was great because it's totally unusual to draw and do my work with a pro filming crew around me, and my house changed into a film set.
It was a good time! ☺️

For more info, see: http://lentcine.tuxfamily.org/sortir-du-cadre-leaving-the-frame/

[CW: photo with eye-contact]

#documentary #cinema #makingof #freesoftware
A photo I took with my smartphone of the crew of LentCiné while they were filming and recording me, this morning. In foreground, my monitor, I'm sketching using Krita, on right monitor, references from Pepper&Carrot characters. In background, the filming crew: a woman with a camera, another woman with a microphone pole and headphone, and two men in background. They smile and do eye contact. 
License of the photo: CC-By, done with authorisation to repost here.
A top-down photo of a watercolor concept-art sheet with my tools around (pencils, brushes, eraser), it features two designs for Pepper costume as "a healer" , a test for a future episode. She has a large dress and a stick, and some folkloric dress. It's one of the artwork where I was totally recorded with the high quality setup and good lighting of LentCiné crew.
(LentCiné filmed me also doing digital drawing, and teaching to a school with my webcam and mic from home.)


Quality education requires teaching digital skills -not products- to our new generations. Free Software in education helps students understand technology and specifically coding while cultivating collaborative skills.

https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/education/argumentation.html

#educationday #FreeSoftware #PublicCode
two people in front of desktop


What is h-node? The h-node project aims at the construction of a hardware database in order to identify what devices work with a fully free operating system. #hNode #freesoftware https://u.fsf.org/l0


en-US: As a #FreeSoftware activist, this reminds me of Duty Calls (386) from #XKCD: https://xkcd.com/386/

pt-BR: Como um ativista do #SoftwareLivre, isso me lembrou de Duty calls (386) do #XKCD: https://xkcd.com/386/


I have a bunch of new followers today, so a re- #Introduction is in order.

I'm Serge. I'm sometimes known online as @emacsen

I'm a believer in the power of #FreeSoftware to do good in the world and be an agent of self-determination.

I believe in #FreeCulture because culture is part of humanity.

My most recent project is #Babka, an online space for #Jews and Jewish allies.

I'm a #geek I love play, #boardgames #ttpg, #videogames, #superheroes

Let's be #friends


Looks like https://www.peppercarrot.com/ is on-line again and is full of beautiful illustrations made by @davidrevoy using free software tools and shared under Creative Commons license. I really like this one.

#illustration #artwork #digitalpainting #fairytale #creativecommons #FreeSoftware
A beautiful, fairy-tale-like  illustration showing a night scene where a young girl in a robe holds a lantern and a wand. The character kneels and looks curiously, and with a hint of surprise on her face, at a small black hole in the floor right in front of her. The lantern illuminates her face and the area immediately around the hole with warm light, making it stand in contrast to dark and cold background. It gives the scene somewhat cozy feeling.


Which free software password manager do you use?

Please share your recommendation. Boost is very appreciated.

#PasswordManager #Security #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Poll

  • KeePass / X / XC (49%, 672 votes)
  • Bitwarden (34%, 471 votes)
  • KDE's / GNOME's one (2%, 28 votes)
  • Other, please comment (14%, 194 votes)
1365 voters. Poll end: 1 year ago



💡 Today would be a perfect day to #GiveUpGitHub.

☣️ #GitHub is the #Twitter of software development, creators of the most enticing proprietary walled garden ever made for #FOSS developers.

https://GiveUpGitHub.org

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource
GitHub Octocat mascot with a sack of money and crushing the words "USER RIGHTS"


We are thrilled to release Fungal, a variable fork of DejaVu Sans that can grow like mycelium. Fungal is the fruit of an ongoing collaboration between @triple and @raphael , and is part of the larger project https://fungal.page.

🍄 Download it here: https://velvetyne.fr/fonts/fungal/

#mycotypo
#mycology #typedesign #freesoftware #fungi #wikipedia


"$104,759 pledged for software freedom!"

Today @conservancy kicks off its annual fund raiser. If you care about advancing #SoftwareFreedom, and you are in a position to help support the work of SFC financially, please consider making a contribution.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2022/nov/22/2022-fundraiser/


More than 100 European organisations and companies have already signed our #OpenLetter about the universal right to install any software on any device. Now, in the European Week for Waste Reduction, we open up the letter to be signed by individuals. Join us now and sign the letter yourself today: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20221121-01.html

#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #FreeSoftware #EWWR
Four illustrations. 1 three gears in different colors and sizes    integrate with each other, while one has the coding abbreviation on    it. 2 a phone-like device out of which come three arrows, one to the    left, one to the right and one straight ahead. 3 four different    geometrical figures are connected via bridges 4 a phone like device    looks like a lock that has been opened


Chromebooks foisted on students? Teachers monitoring what children do outside of the classroom via nonfree software? Surveillance of children is common, and it's at your child's school, too. Support #FreeSoftware https://u.fsf.org/32h


Check this #MastoArt made by @davidrevoy using #FreeSoftware #Krita from #KDE #art #design #creativity #mastindia

Posting low res, check high res on original toot.


Next year's LibrePlanet, which will be held March 18-19, 2023, is themed "Charting the Course" and the deadline for Call for Sessions has been extended to November 23. Want to know more? Read more: https://u.fsf.org/3uz #FreeSoftware #LibrePlanet


jonathan gray on a bridge surrounded by bushes and trees on the way from the water of leith to the scottish national gallery of modern art in edinburgh exploring image variations in online activity around the 2019 amazon fires
chapter on "the datafication of forests: from the wood wide web to the internet of trees" in bruno latour and peter weibel's "critical zones" book. "ways of listening to forests" project, included as part of "critical zones" exhibition curated by bruno latour and peter weibel


The team behind 0 A.D: Empires Ascendant will be holding a booth for 1 day in Paris, France on the 1st of October 2022. More info about the event can be found here https://site-4011908-5415-1446.mystrikingly.com/

#Paris #opensource #freesoftware #rts #meetthedevs #indiedev #indiegamedev
We will be at the 2022 edition of the play sorbonne u event on october first 2022 over their logo, and 0 A.D.'s


Are you a teacher?

Please share what #FreeSoftware do you use at #school so we can exchange solutions.

For example, at my online course I use for myself and students:

- GNU/Linux
- LibreOffice Writer
- LibreOffice Calc
- LibreOffice Impress
(Open Document Format is mandatory for all)
- Firefox browser
- Jitsi Meet
- GCC
- Geany
- WordPress
- CryptPad
- F-Droid

If you love #education, please boost.
Jitsi Meet, an online video conferencing teachers should choose instead of Zoom or Google Meet.