fsfe , to Random stuff
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👕 Show your love for Free Software in 24 languages!

Check out our merchandise.

It looks really cool and makes the perfect gift… 🎁 and you can order it online!

https://fsfe.org/order/

fsf , to Random stuff
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How to connect community organizations and technological activists for software freedom? Share your experiences at this workshop lead by Christina Haralanova: https://u.fsf.org/43f

be4foss , (edited ) to Sustainability
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How can we ensure energy data from KEcoLab are stable?

@sthak9 has some ideas.

"Ensuring KEcoLab Stability: Introducing Dedicated CI-Test"

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-04-12-sok24-energy-measurement-lab/

is a KDE tool for measuring software's consumption, but it needs robust testing to ensure stable functionality after code changes. Sarthak presents his work in Season of 2024 implementing dedicated test builds with test scripts.

@kde

fsfe , to Random stuff
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We are working on bringing you more episodes of our podcast! In the meantime, listen to our previous episodes! 🎧

A suggestion? Check out this one about the monetary costs of and how to explain it to your mother:

https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-8.html

jxself , to Random stuff
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bignose ,
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@jxself
> […] the trade-off between convenience and freedom is rarely so binary.

Worse, this binary is completely arbitrary. There is nothing inherent in that opposes it to convenience.

Rather, the parties who are opposed to , need some way to overcome people's natural preference for freedom.

And they hit upon something powerful: Our drive to reduce effort, to reduce friction in our interactions, to find things that just work for us.

That's a good drive.

be4foss , to Sustainability
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Selenium automation for measuring software's energy consumption?

@prady0t wants to guide you!

Read about his Season of KDE 2024 work on documentation for AT-SPI, including video guides for the community.

"How Selenium Helps Build Sustainable Software (And More)"

https://eco.kde.org/blog/2024-04-11-sok24-selenium/

Keep an eye here for the videos (coming soon)!

@kde

9to5linux , to Linux
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Gear 24.02.2 Brings Bug Fixes for Spectacle, Okular, Gwenview, Kdenlive, and Many of Your Favorite KDE Apps https://9to5linux.com/kde-gear-24-02-2-brings-bugfixes-for-spectacle-okular-gwenview-and-other-apps

@kde

fsfe , to Random stuff
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🇪🇺 are getting closer! Get active and make your voice be heard about !

🤔 How?

💡 For example, you can use our share-pic generator and share why you support our “Public Money? Public Code!” campaign. Post your share-pic on social media and encourage others to do the same! 🚀

More ideas here: https://fsfe.org/activities/publiccode/get-active.html

freedo , to Linux
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🎉 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/

fsfe , to Random stuff
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⚠ NGI Zero Commons Fund 2nd call ⚠

Are you developing or contributing to that contributes to the vision of the Next Generation Internet?

💥 You might be eligible for the @nlnetlabs funds!

💡 Find out more information and how to apply here: ⤵️

https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240401-call.html

jxself , to Random stuff
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Woohoo! Just booked my hotel for ! 🎉 https://libreplanet.org/2024/ Can't wait to dive into all things free software and connect with the amazing community. 😄 See you all in Boston! ✈️

atomicpoet , to News from fediverse
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ANNOUNCEMENT: The world's first general purpose server is here!

With great excitement, akkomane.social is open for registrations!

Akkomane is an alternative to and that provides incredible stability with a beautiful and futuristic Twitter-like front-end for the .

I have launched akkomane.social to demonstrate this software's unique capabilities.

Currently, I'm capping memberships to 20 people (not bots). While membership preference is given to those who'd like to build and maintain an Akkomane server, everyone is welcome to apply! More membership slots will be available in the coming weeks.

To sign up for akkomane.social, visit here:

https://akkomane.social

@fediversenews

tassoman ,
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This is not the point. The point is goes beyond rivalry between people. There's no meaning to exclude some people when the value is the source code.

LabPlot , to LabPlot Data Analysis and Visualization Software
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📘 Season of KDE: Adding MCAP support to LabPlot by Raphael Wirth

@labplot
@kde

➡️ https://wirthual.github.io/posts/season-of-kde/

This article describes the work done by Raphael Wirth for adding support to as part of the Season of 2024.

Well done, Raphael! 👏

kittylyst , to Programming
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F/OSS Friends, the @commonhaus_fdn is now officially open, aiming to provide a long-term, stable home for projects / communities that are frequently of critical importance to their users. https://github.com/commonhaus

The focus is on libraries & components, rather than standards or language runtimes. The key aims are Stability, Low-Overhead Governance & Access To Funding in a way that preserves project / community individuality and identity.

msw , to Random stuff
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A new foundation supporting open source communities is in the haus.

https://www.commonhaus.org/

fsfe , to Random stuff
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💭 is about 🚀 , 🧑‍💻 user empowerment, 👾 digital rights, 👀 privacy, 🔒 security, 💥 active citizenship, and so much more!

💡 To learn more about its basics, and to share its core principles, watch and share this 3-minute video ‼️

https://media.fsfe.org/w/p/9gYSyoEYggsqBExLWjRejL

fsfe , to Random stuff
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Regulations ensuring the right to run on your own router vary from country to country, and they do not always respect users’ rights.

A nightmare, right? That is why we have gathered some information in the tech wiki! It provides information on the necessary steps you need to use and connect your own router 🌐

https://docs.fsfe.org/en/teams/router-freedom-tech-wiki

fsf , to Random stuff
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How to connect community organizations and technological activists for software freedom? Share your experiences at this workshop lead by Christina Haralanova: https://u.fsf.org/43f More on the schedule: https://u.fsf.org/434

9to5linux , to Random stuff
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fsfe , to Random stuff
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We are part of the consortium, a project with the purpose of promoting open technologies. 🚀

💡 Recently, the :fsfe: legal team produced 4 chapters in 2 comprehensive reports, dealing with many topics, and providing empirical data on topics in 🇪🇺 in relation to critical technologies, such as AI.

📃 Check them out!
🔸 https://zooom4u.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Document_Licensing-Framework_final_PUB.pdf
🔹 https://zooom4u.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ZOOOM-D1.1-Licensing-Framework_submitted.pdf

9to5linux , to Linux
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OBS Studio 30.1.2 is out now to fix an issue with the NVENC encoder failing with old drivers/devices and revert the default fMP4/fMOV recording format https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/30.1.2

fsf , to Random stuff
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We love freedom 2, the freedom to redistribute copies so you can help others. Boost this post if you LOVE this freedom, and want others to know about it, too! Read about the four freedoms of : https://u.fsf.org/2cj

fsf , to Random stuff
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Save your spot for 2024! Register to the in-person event: https://u.fsf.org/41r or to the online event: https://u.fsf.org/41s LibrePlanet: Cultivating Community will be held on May 4 and 5, 2024, at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA, and online.

goncalor , to Linux
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"Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to and (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government."

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/

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