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Wobbly Saeeda (wobblysaeeda@mastodon.art)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2019 12:54:35 EDT Wobbly Saeeda

testing eevee and volumetrics, not really fancy. #b3d #blender #freesoftware

In conversation Monday, 08-Jul-2019 12:54:35 EDT from mastodon.art permalink
Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Jun-2019 15:57:02 EDT Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺

Did you know that the "Guidelines on the acquisition and reuse of software for public administrations" from #Italy requires that publicly funded software need to be #FreeSoftware? https://docs.italia.it/italia/developers-italia/gl-acquisition-and-reuse-software-for-pa-docs/it/stabile/ #publicMoney #publicCode #pmpc

In conversation Sunday, 30-Jun-2019 15:57:02 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
Pat David (patdavid@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2019 15:32:45 EDT Pat David
- Alexandre Prokoudine
I finally got to meet and hang out with the one and only @prokoudine while at LGM this year and it was awesome! (My biggest fanboy moment!) Here’s an interview I did with him about PIXLS.US over at http://libregraphicsworld.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86HyZW0XEdc
#FreeSoftware #FOSS #Photography #ArtWithOpenSource #LibreGraphics
In conversation Friday, 28-Jun-2019 15:32:45 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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1. Interview with Pat David at LGM 2019
  
  By Libre Graphics World from YouTube
Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin@status.hackerposse.com)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jun-2019 15:32:29 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen
- Free Software Foundation
Also remember: the #FreeSoftware community introduced the first #OpenMoko months before #Apple launched #iPhone — and #GreenPhone months before that. Even with major... debut foibles, they were amazing—not just technically, but also socially: https://www.mail-archive.com/gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org/msg26330.html

In conversation Thursday, 27-Jun-2019 15:32:29 EDT from status.hackerposse.com permalink
doctorow (doctorow@mamot.fr)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2019 08:36:21 EDT doctorow

RT @_w0bb1t_@twitter.com
"The continued detention of #freesoftware developer & #privacy advocate @olabini@twitter.com is unjust, inhumane & contrary to #humanrights standards."
👉🏻 https://www.article19.org/resources/free-ola-bini-apc-and-article-19-support-un-petitions-against-serious-rights-violation/ @APC_News@twitter.com @article19org@twitter.com @doctorow@twitter.com
#FreeOlaBini #FreeAssange #FreeChelsea
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_w0bb1t_/status/1141684932793819136
In conversation Thursday, 20-Jun-2019 08:36:21 EDT from mamot.fr permalink
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1. Free Ola Bini: APC and Article 19 support UN petitions against serious rights violation - ARTICLE 19
  
  from ARTICLE 19
  
  Since 11 April 2019, software developer, cybersecurity expert and digital rights activist Ola Bini, a Swedish national living for the past six years in Ecuador on a legal permit, has been illegitimately kept in detention as a political prisoner in Ecuador. Appeals for Ola’s release by his legal team have been stonewalled by the Ecuadorian …
pylon fan (sophia@glitterkitten.co.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Jun-2019 16:56:50 EDT pylon fan

I'll never forget first getting into #FOSS. The first free operating system I used was #Windows 98, then later XP. My step dad had pirated it from work along with some games from mates. I'm still a big believer in #freesoftware these days but that was definitely the start. I did a lot of #gaming too. I'd play cards for hours while IRCing.
Bring on the #FLOSS revolution imo

In conversation Wednesday, 19-Jun-2019 16:56:50 EDT from glitterkitten.co.uk permalink
Linux (linux@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Monday, 17-Jun-2019 16:39:57 EDT Linux

Switched To Linux: Dissenter Web Browser (a new open browser for free speech).
Gab released a fork of the Brave browser to integrate their free speech plugin. Today he has a quick look at this new "freedom browser".
Dissenter has the most popular Linux distributions covered & it is in the AUR for Arch and Arch-based distros such as Manjaro Linux.
== > https://youtu.be/2z3r2Gao8f8
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#Dissenter #freespeech #Brave #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
In conversation Monday, 17-Jun-2019 16:39:57 EDT from linuxrocks.online permalink
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1. Dissenter Web Browser for Free Speech by Gab
  
  By Switched to Linux from YouTube
Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2019 06:32:01 EDT Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺

Great to see that #CERN wants to become more independent and moves to #FreeSoftware. That's the right direction, but don't do it just for the costs, otherwise companies might trick you into the next vendor lock-in with just a lower price for proprietary software, Open Core or similar marketing tricks. https://home.cern/news/news/computing/microsoft-alternatives-project-malt #MAlt
In conversation Friday, 14-Jun-2019 06:32:01 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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1. Migrating to open-source technologies
  
  from CERN
  
  The Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt) started a year ago to mitigate anticipated software license fee increases. MAlt’s objective is to put us back in control using open software. It is now time to present more widely this project and to explain how it will shape our computing environment. Background Over the years, CERN’s activities and services have increasingly relied on commercial software and solutions to deliver core functionalities, often leveraged by advantageous financial conditions based on the recognition of CERN’s status as an academic, non-profit or research institute. Once installed, well-spread and heavily used, the leverage used to attract CERN service managers to the commercial solutions tends to disappear and be replaced by licensing schemes and business models tuned for the private sector. Given the collaborative nature of CERN and its wide community, a high number of licenses are required to deliver services to everyone, and when traditional business models on a per-user basis are applied, the costs per product can be huge and become unaffordable in the long term. A prime example is that CERN has enjoyed special conditions for the use of Microsoft products for the last 20 years, by virtue of its status as an “academic institution”. However, recently, the company has decided to revoke CERN’s academic status, a measure that took effect at the end of the previous contract in March 2019, replaced by a new contract based on user numbers, increasing the license costs by more than a factor of ten. Although CERN has negotiated a ramp-up profile over ten years to give the necessary time to adapt, such costs are not sustainable. Anticipating this situation, the IT department created the Microsoft Alternatives project, MAlt, a year ago. MAlt’s objective The initial objective was to investigate the migration from commercial software products (Microsoft and others) to open-source solutions, so as to minimise CERN’s exposure to the risks of unsustainable commercial conditions. By doing so, the laboratory is playing a pioneering role among public research institutions, most of whom have recently been faced with the same dilemma. MAlt is a multi-year effort and it will now enter a new phase with the first migrations. The project’s principles of engagement are to: Deliver the same service to every category of CERN personnel Avoid vendor lock-in to decrease risk and dependency Keep hands on the data Address the common use-cases Coming in 2019 The first major change coming is a pilot mail Service for the IT department and volunteers this summer, followed by the start of CERN-wide migration. In parallel, some Skype for Business clients and analogue phones will migrate to a softphone telephony pilot. Many other products and services are being worked on: evaluations of alternative solutions for various software packages used for IT core services, prototypes and pilots will emerge along the course of the next few years. How will MAlt impact you and how to contribute? You will find all the details and progress on the project site and more particularly the list of products addressed in the project. The new computing newsletter blog will communicate on general items, and in addition, a general presentation will be provided in the Main Auditorium on 10 September at 2.30 p.m. Needless to say, isolated initiatives will waste effort and resources. Instead, if you or your team are willing to participate, if you have ideas, the best way is to join the coordinated Microsoft Alternatives effort by checking the project site and contributing to the discussion channel. Interesting times ahead! While the Microsoft Alternatives project is ambitious, it’s also a unique opportunity for CERN to demonstrate that building core services can be done without vendor and data lock-in, that the next generation of services can be tailored to the community’s needs and finally that CERN can inspire its partners by collaborating around a new range of products. Follow the project, get details, join: cern.ch/malt
FSFE (fsfe@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2019 09:22:03 EDT FSFE

FSFE with an F-Droid workshop in La Ingobernable in Madrid, Spain (2019-06-21) https://hacklab.ingobernable.net/eventos/21-de-junio-libertad-para-llevar-un-taller-sobre-software-libre-en-android/ #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed
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  21 de Junio – Libertad para llevar – un taller sobre software libre en Android
  
  By jordila from IngoberLab #301
  
  21 de Junio – Libertad para llevar – un taller sobre software libre en Android
Björn Schießle (bjoern@social.schiessle.org)'s status on Monday, 10-Jun-2019 02:51:55 EDT Björn Schießle

Since 2002 dozens – maybe even hundreds – of people have devoted years of their life to making Blender open and free to use for everyone. This massive effort has made it a strong and exciting program where add-ons can become massively successful. You’re standing on the shoulders of giants!

This can only work if we create a level playing field for everyone. Nobody’s code is more important than another’s. Nobody cuts a corner of the Blender play field to claim it as their territory. Nobody will plant trees here where you can’t climb in or enjoy its fruits.

Blender is free, forever. code.blender.org/2019/06/blend…

#FreeSoftware #Blender #OpenSource #GPL #Copyleft #LevelPlayingField code.blender.org/2019/06/blend…

In conversation Monday, 10-Jun-2019 02:51:55 EDT from social.schiessle.org permalink
musicman (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 03-Jun-2019 21:08:27 EDT musicman
in reply to
- musicman
Wendy is trying to refinance the condo, and it's like "I AM LOOKING FOR JOBS". I am particularly bad at contect-switching. I was always best at summer school because you only take a class or two and can focus. I think this was a large part of the failure of #FCM. I think diversification was good, but we didn't have enough people actively maintaining sites. We were always torn between #freesoftware and getting more content too. The #freeculture vs. #cc thing was an issue too. Ultimately, I made a lot of bad choices about people that should be involved. That work directly led to blocSonic, which could still prove to be a good thing. So far, I've been really disappointed in what we have been able to offer the CC community. However, since like 99.99% of what is on blocSonic is CC, it is additional exposure for those tracks. We are looking into doing sampler CDs of CC music in the vinyl we produce, so that will be a big step forward. Still, it would be nice to be putting actual dollars in musicians hands.

In conversation Monday, 03-Jun-2019 21:08:27 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
Pat David (patdavid@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2019 10:15:17 EDT Pat David

Got an *old* Canon camera?
Roman needs your help getting his hands on some .CRW files to provide support for testing! Please help out if you can (check the topic for more info).
(In fact, we can use _many_ camera model raw files using old .CRW - please take a moment to check out https://raw.pixls.us and see if you have a camera we're missing raw files for!)
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/any-users-of-old-canon-cameras-that-produced-crw-help-wanted/12601
#raw #photography #canon #FreeSoftware
In conversation Friday, 17-May-2019 10:15:17 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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1. Any users of *old* Canon cameras that produced CRW? Help wanted!
  
  from discuss.pixls.us
  
  Canon cameras have been around for a while. Modern variants produce .CR3, most mainstream variants produced .CR2. But the first Canon raws were .CRW. Those CRW raws may be either 10 bits or 12 bits (or 8 and 10? does not matter here). There is one more really important parameter - the decoding table number. There are ONLY three tables - 0, 1 and 2. You can check which table is used in your .CRW: (this may differ image-to-image) $ exiftool -DecoderTableNumber raw.pixls.us-unique/Canon/Powe...
clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2019 04:08:14 EDT clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

diasp.eu/posts/60d313605915013…

♲ @bjoern@diasp.eu: fsfe wrote: Yesterday Christine Prayon was awarded the Dieter-Hildebrandt-Prize of the City of #Munich and used the moment to criticise their switch back to proprietary systems. She donated the prize money to the #FSFE to support #FreeSoftware and "our future" ❤ fsfe.org/news/2019/news-201905…

In conversation Wednesday, 15-May-2019 04:08:14 EDT from libranet.de permalink
clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2019 11:40:15 EDT clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

mastodon.social/@bjoern/102095…

♲ @bjoern@mastodon.social: All schools in #Kerala / #India will switch to #FreeSoftware: "More than Rs 3,000-crore savings, we feel the key advantage of going for free OS is the ability to study, share, edit and publish without restrictions. In the education sector, this dissemination value is more crucial than costs", says Anjali Krishnan. www.financialexpress.com/indus… #education #OpenSource

In conversation Tuesday, 14-May-2019 11:40:15 EDT from libranet.de permalink
Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-May-2019 10:45:30 EDT Free Software Foundation

Videos from #LibrePlanet 2019 are now live! Catch up with all of the highlights of our yearly #freesoftware conference: https://u.fsf.org/2t9 https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1041994

In conversation Tuesday, 14-May-2019 10:45:30 EDT from status.fsf.org at 42°21'30"N 71°3'35"W permalink
Abd Hessuk sin gApps (abdhessuk@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 12-May-2019 02:10:33 EDT Abd Hessuk sin gApps
in reply to

Gracias a todos los usuarios por las donaciones, en unas horas se recaudó el dinero suficiente para terminar el año.
Hace unas horas no miraba futuro a SUChat.org, gracias al increíble interés de todos vosotros lo conseguimos.
MUCHAS GRACIAS.
SUChat.org
#jabber #XMPP #FreeSoftware #Privacy #Fediverse #ñ

In conversation Sunday, 12-May-2019 02:10:33 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
Abd Hessuk sin gApps (abdhessuk@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 11-May-2019 13:51:54 EDT Abd Hessuk sin gApps

POSIBLE CIERRE DE SUChat.org
SUChat.org tiene un gasto anual de unos 490€, servidor dedicado y dominio, las donaciones anuales que hacen nuestros usuarios no superan los 60 €.
Mi situación actual no me permite mantenerlo, si la situación no cambia me veo obligado a cerrar el servidor.
Avisamos para que nuestros usuarios tengan tiempo a pasar sus contactos a otro servidor.
¡DIFUNDID! ¡RETOOTEAD!
#cierre #suchat.org #jabber #XMPP #FreeSoftware #Privacy #Federation #Fediverse #ñ

In conversation Saturday, 11-May-2019 13:51:54 EDT from mstdn.io permalink
Free Software Foundation (fsf@status.fsf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2019 12:16:44 EDT Free Software Foundation

The FSF and the GNU Project depend on the generosity of #freesoftware activists to keep running year after year. #ThankGNU to Donnie Pennington, Edward Flick, and François Badier for your donations! https://u.fsf.org/1kq

In conversation Wednesday, 08-May-2019 12:16:44 EDT from status.fsf.org permalink
Michael Downey 🚩 (downey@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2019 13:24:30 EDT Michael Downey 🚩
- Tusky
- Conny Duck
- Purism
I just donated one year's worth of @purism #LibremOne subscription fees to @ConnyDuck for the @Tusky project.
Consider donating too, every little helps! #SupportMaintainers #GiveCredit
https://opencollective.com/michael-downey?referral=41212
#Purism #FreeSoftware #Tusky #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Librem

In conversation Thursday, 02-May-2019 13:24:30 EDT from floss.social permalink
Linux (linux@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Thursday, 02-May-2019 13:06:18 EDT Linux

Open Source project Brave browser is torqued that somebody is forking them?
It's almost like they don't understand what Open Source means?
a browser plug-in Dissenter, the “comment section of the Internet”, to tackle censorship, has been ejected from the Google and Mozilla extension libraries.
==> https://decryptmedia.com/6719/gab-forking-brave
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#Brave #Dissenter #Mozilla #censorship #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
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  Gab is forking Brave, and Brave is forking furious
  
  from Decrypt
  
  Gab is creating its own web browser using Brave’s open-source code, scrapping the BAT token, and replacing it with Bitcoin Lightning Network integration.

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