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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.



💡 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


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.


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.


Today is the last day for the FrOSCon CfP... Please prepare your abstracts and send them in.

We also welcome new Project Proposals 😀

More Information can be found here:
https://www.froscon.org/en/cfp/cfpapers/

#froscon #froscon17 #opensource #freesoftware


For #froscon17 we'd like to announce, that we have opend the #CfP until 12th of Juni 2022. So please send us your projects and papers.

More details available at:
https://www.froscon.de/en/cfp/cfpapers/

#froscon #opensource #konferenz #freesoftware


Wir rufen auf Vorträge und Projekte für die #froscon17 über unseren Call for Papers und Call for Projects einzureichen! Der #CfP läuft ab sofort bis zum 12. Juni 2022.

Mehr Details unter:
https://www.froscon.de/cfp/cfpapers/

#froscon #opensource #konferenz #freesoftware


Am WE sind die Chemnitzer Linuxtage (online). Ich bin Sonntag um 15 Uhr dran mit "Orientierung und Produktivität auf der Kommandozeile", für alle, die nur gelegentlich eine Shell aufmachen oder aus der Windows-Welt kommen.
https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2022/de/programm/beitrag/218 #CLT2022 #Linux #freesoftware


Question - if your kids want to voicechat with their friends, what application/program do they use?

I am looking for something that is easy to use for non-tech people, self-hosted and free-software. Preferably something like discord but ethical.

#askfediverse #askfedi #discord #voicechat #freesoftware


I feel very honored by the invitation to give a talk today at the first #FSFE Legal Education Day, in representation for #gnuHU.

It will be about #FreeSoftware and the #Fediverse, and I will try to give you an overview of legal issues, that may arise when operating an instance.

See you later, 16:45-17:15 Uhr!

https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/legal/led.de.html


Awesome opportunity for younger hackers to grab some $/£/€ and a trip to Brussels (perhaps building on Matrix would be a good bet? ;)

RT @fsfe@twitter.com

To inspire the younger generation to #softwarefreedom, the #FSFE is organising the coding competition ‘Youth Hacking 4 Freedom' (#YH4F) for teenagers. The winners receive a cash prize and a trip to #Brussels
#FreeSoftware

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210928-01.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fsfe/status/1442751393941622784


The Linux Foundation are carrying out a survey on "Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Open Source", and I know this is something #foss #freesoftware and #opensource people (and opponents thereof!) on the Fedi have opinions on. So please boost and fill in.

Contributing to an evidence base may be a way of highlighting the problems and shaming people with money into doing something about them.

https://www.research.net/r/PZ9J8QN



The ray of hope at the end of this week is that I believe the free and #OpenSource software movements are more unified than ever before that intolerance, abuse, and disrepect from our leaders will no longer be allowed. That's a great thing and a good first step toward visions like #DigitalAutonomy. https://techautonomy.org/

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS


Exactly.

Say what you will about RMS (and yes I'm aware of his more sinister sides), when it comes to the part that actually defines Free Software movement, the guy really does practice what he preaches.
He made a principle out of not using anything that runs proprietary software (including the BIOSes and firmwares), and not using anything that could infringe on the privacy. Even if it means inconvenience, he does not give the proprietary a fucking inch.

If we're going to choose another person to be the face of the Free Software movement, it has to be at least someone as principled and stubborn in their stand as RMS is. Does anyone know another person that would agree to live like this?

It's Free Software, goddammit, not Open Source.

Someone has to keep telling the world that.
#FreeSoftware #freedom


Is it becoming difficult to side with Free Software *without* also APPEARING to approve of any particular individual or ALL the decisions of one organization?

I think I prefer a paring knife approach over a meat cleaver or hatchet.

#FreeSoftware


Git Help...


Hi folks,

there is a project that I'd like to contribute that uses #GIT to upload the translations, I thought that I would able to understand the process but I was wrong.

I did some translations in the clone folder but I have not idea how to move forward, I found the same GIT (poorly written) tutorial spread in hundreds of pages with the same content; It is pretty frustrating.

Does anyone of you know a practical and nice tutorial for beginner considering that I am not a coder and I don't have any coding background?

Thanks!

#linux #opensource #freesoftware #debian



RT @kirschner@twitter.com

#FOSDEM succeeded to run a online conference with over 8000 participants with completely #FreeSoftware (#OpenSource).

Big thanks to the #FOSDEM and the #Matrix team!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kirschner/status/1358448382704984065


Ade Malsasa Akbar - 2021-01-29 10:40:14 GMT
Internet Independence for Everyone Made Easy

Please help me share.

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❤️ Yunohost https://yunohost.org
❤️ Email-in-a-Box https://mailinabox.email
❤️ Awesome Self Hosted https://s.id/xxLki (List) | https://s.id/xxLCn (Directory)

Thanks: @fsf@freedomboxfndn@yunohost | Tags: #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #SoftwareFreedom #Independence