There are 8 new versions of Linux-libre: 6.9.1-gnu, 6.8.10-gnu, 6.6.31-gnu, 6.1.91-gnu, 5.15.159-gnu, 5.10.217-gnu1, 5.4.276-gnu1, and 4.19.314-gnu1. But that's not all! 📢 6.8.10-gnu and 6.6.31-gnu include the change from 6.9-gnu for the i915 module to load and run some cards without needing proprietary firmware. I wrote more about that here: https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2024-May/003542.html 🚀 Stay free and happy hacking! ✨ #LinuxLibre#FreeSoftware#GNU#SoftwareFreedom
> We provide a payment system that makes privacy-friendly online transactions fast and easy.
> Payments without registration
> Data protection by default
> Fraud eliminated by design
> Not a new currency!
> Empowers communities to run their own payment infrastructure
> Free Software
In #LibrePlanet talk about #GNU#Taler the speaker Iván Alejandro Ávalos Díaz is warning us about our future in 2050 where we no longer have #Freedoms to choose our payment systems, pay with cash, or pay at all if we were behaving 'naughty'.
We need #openhardware with #bluetooth so we can link them it to #MyGNUHealth.
Currently we have @pine64eu smartwatch, but we'd love to integrate scales, glucometers, blood pressure monitors...
Just reply to this toot or send us a message if you know of any device. We'd love to test them!🤗 #GNU#GNUHealth#pinephone#PineTime
Hello, freedom fighters! Four shiny new versions of Linux-libre have been hatched: 6.8.8-gnu, 6.6.29-gnu, 6.1.88-gnu, and 5.15.157-gnu. Join me in cheering for free software! Let's make some noise! #LinuxLibre#GNU#FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom#Linux
In early years the options for developing software for #Amiga in C meant using a commercial compiler: Manx Aztec C or Lattice C (later SAS/C). Most commonly the C compiler was pirated due to the aspiring devs being just bunch of kids.
Soon Matt Dillon released his freeware DICE C - liberating amiga development from having to resort to commercial software (or piracy). While DICE C wasn't bad by any measure, it wasn't open source, and I remember experiencing some issues with it and having to switch back to SAS/C. Many existing amiga C code targeted Lattice / SAS C and used its amiga specific extensions, making use of DICE bit of a pain.
Around the same time Markus Wild & co created Geek Gadgets (GG) / Amiga Developer Environment (ADE). Rather than writing a full new development tools they opted to porting BSD / #GNU ones: Their #POSIX compatibility library ixemul allowed relatively easy porting of existing tools (mostly ./configure && make - sometimes requiring some minor patches). This allowed use of GNU C compiler (gcc) and other standard GNU tools. However, gcc was way too large and heavy for basic A500 systems.
Later Volker Barthelmann's #VBCC project introduced yet another open source option.
In #MorphOS we use highly expanded ixemul library and latest GNU toolchains (I've ported all recent GCC versions and binutils 2.42).
Exciting news, friends of freedom! There are seven sparkling new versions of Linux-libre: 6.8.6-gnu, 6.6.27-gnu, 6.1.86-gnu, 5.15.155-gnu, 5.10.215-gnu1, 5.4.274-gnu1, and 4.19.312-gnu1. Each version has been meticulously cleaned up to remove all non-free blobs and nasty binary bits, ensuring your system runs on truly free software, respecting your user freedoms. Be free, be libre! https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/#GNU#Linux#Linuxlibre#FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom
🎉 Hello there to all my free software friends! 🌟 We've rolled out FOUR new versions of Linux-libre: 6.8.5-gnu, 6.6.26-gnu, 6.1.85-gnu, and 5.15.154-gnu! Linux-libre remains dedicated to removing proprietary junk! 🔗 Dive in and enjoy computing that respects your freedom. Let's keep the spirit of freedom alive and push forward, ensuring our software serves us - free from subjugation! https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/#GNU#Linux#Linuxlibre#FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom
"Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to #Linux and #LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government."
I think “make dist”-generated tarballs are just one part of the xz debacle (and not the most frightening part), but at least we can do something about them: when they’re the byproduct of a build process, we can build them from source (like Debian does); when they add something that’s not in the VCS (such as .po files), we can at least ensure a reproducible build process as Simon advocates here.
That sounds like a rather trivial effort, but #GNU standards mandate inclusion of pre-built documentation...and there seems to be a "let's add a timestamp" fetishism that has spread like a virus.
There are several tools to change the timestamp of a PDF; and there is a specification (v1.7 I believe) that mandates the new timestamp to be appended. Which all of these tools now do.
Wow, what a sprint! We've pushed out 7 new versions of Linux-libre: 6.8.2-gnu, 6.7.11-gnu, 6.6.23-gnu, 5.15.153-gnu, 5.10.214-gnu1, 5.4.273-gnu1, & 4.19.311-gnu1. It was quite the marathon with our cleanup scripts needing not one, not two, but three separate tweaks and restarts to get the cleaning process just right. All in the name of keeping your computing as free and squeaky clean as it can be! ✨ Thank you, @lxo! 🚀 #FreeSoftware#SoftwareFreedom#GNU#Linux#LinuxLibre
Happy 71st birthday, @rms! Thanks for GNU, the FSF, the GPL, and your tireless advocacy! Here's to celebrating the incredible impact you've made, and to many more years of the relentless pursuit of freedom. #RMS#FreeSoftware#FSF#GNU#SoftwareFreedom#GPL#Copyleft