switching.social
Privacy and FLOSS are really important, but they're not the only things that are important.
People who make the rich world's cheap hardware are poor people being being exploited really badly.
Only Fairphone is actually offering an alternative to this, and for that they deserve respect.
No one else is doing this, everyone else is pretending this problem doesn't exist because it's out of sight and physically distant.
switching.social
You're right we need to get ordinary people using degooglised alternatives 👍
It's just the way you introduce people to alternatives, it isn't always easy or straightforward.
It's already difficult to get people to look at something new :blobsad:
If you ask them to do two new things simultaneously, they tend to do neither and just go back to whatever they are familiar with :blobcry:
switching.social
🎉 Ok, it's here! 🎉
The new fairtrade smartphone Fairphone 3 is now available to pre-order, with delivery in mid-September:
https://shop.fairphone.com/en/
You can follow Fairphone on here:
It's made to be as ethical as possible:
💰 Fair wages all down the supply chain
♻️ Recycled material where possible
🕊️ Avoids conflict materials
🔧 Modular design for easy user repairs
It's €450 including tax and 2 year guarantee, available in Europe (incl UK).
switching.social
I think Weblate is a slightly different kind of translation? (for people manually translating rather than computers automatically translating)
switching.social
DeepL is not FLOSS, and it isn't privacy-friendly either (you have to pay extra if you want privacy).
Quiet Avery :sparkles_trans:
Hey, I'm thinking of buying a ~$200 little fanless PC to run as an anyways on home server. Anything in particular I should know about specs or requirements?
I'm pretty much looking for something that can host a Mastodon / Minecraft / etc server so I can keep them running without letting my PC go 24/7.
Thanks!
switching.social
@pyg @unklebonehead @davidpgil @unfa @Framasoft @ChatonsOrg
Bravo! 👏
Thank you for your help and hard work!
switching.social
None that are ready.
There's Apertium under development:
switching.social
@pyg @unklebonehead @davidpgil @unfa
Cool :blobsmile:
And it is ok for them to change what they say too?
(To rephrase it, I mean.)
switching.social
@unfa @unklebonehead @pyg @davidpgil
You can download a copy by clicking "..." next to the video and selecting "download".
switching.social
@unfa @unklebonehead @pyg @davidpgil
Video is here:
https://framatube.org/videos/watch/9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180a6d
switching.social
I don't know about posters in German, maybe @swisode can help?
switching.social
PeerTube has a really nicely animated official intro video:
https://framatube.org/videos/watch/9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180a6d
(There are subtitles in this video, click its Settings button)
Unfortunately, the soundtrack is not quite as sharp as the picture. The audio is fuzzy and the music is (IMHO) not suited to the picture. This is a shame as it could work really well with good sound.
Are there any audio/voiceover people out there who could record a better soundtrack for this?
switching.social
All I can suggest is asking @pfefferle if they can offer some hints?
switching.social
Thank you for that, just saw it and agree with it all 👏
I think you've summed things up very well, especially in the paragraph beginning "There's a word for people..."
It is horrifying that this even needs to be said, but apparently such is the time we now live in.
switching.social
Did you activate it and check what the address was?
switching.social
PeerTube has a really nicely animated official intro video:
https://framatube.org/videos/watch/9c9de5e8-0a1e-484a-b099-e80766180a6d
(There are subtitles in this video, click its Settings button)
Unfortunately, the soundtrack is not quite as sharp as the picture. The audio is fuzzy and the music is (IMHO) not suited to the picture. This is a shame as it could work really well with good sound.
Are there any audio/voiceover people out there who could record a better soundtrack for this?
switching.social
I don't know, maybe @pfefferle can help?
WeAreFairphone
2 days until the big #Fairphone announcement! The list of #Community events keeps growing. 😀
25.-31.08. Amsterdam #EFCT19
26.08. München
27.08. Stuttgart
31.08. Aachen Fairtrade Messe
05.09. Gotha
05.09. Hamburg
11.09. Düsseldorf/Rhein-Ruhr
17.09. Aachen
https://forum.fairphone.com/agenda
PINE64
We have now reached the public phase of #PinebookPro preorder! No need to register for a coupon, just preorder on the Pine64 Store!
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