Notices tagged with freesoftware, page 2

At #FOSDEM former @fsfe intern Darragh Elliott will organise an #Android phone flashing workshop to show you how you can use more #FreeSoftware #OpenSource on a phone, and how flashing a phone works https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4277-fsfe-upcycling-android-workshop-bof/

I was today years old when I learned that Pascal Neis' famous Result Maps, which I've been using ever since I started contributing to #OpenStreetMap...are not #FreeSoftware ! 👀

@pascal_n can you please release them under a free software license? 🙏

@webmink Nit: if the subject is #SoftwareFreedom, it's probably better to talk about #FreeSoftware.

Kinda funny, but kinda interesting to see more people move to Linux based on the politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm51xZHZI6g

#linux #mint #opensource #FreeSoftware #floss

#Shotcut 25.01 Open-Source Video Editor Adds Native #Wayland Support on #Flatpak for #Linux https://9to5linux.com/shotcut-25-01-video-editor-adds-native-wayland-support-on-flatpak-for-linux

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

It's never too late to live a more free life with #FreeSoftware, even if you only make one small change at a time: u.fsf.org/3f1

peer-to-peer networks that worked
core challenges, routing, and privacy

https://www.draketo.de/software/p2p-talk
#slides: https://www.draketo.de/software/p2p-talk.pdf

This 90 minutes talk describes how peer-to-peer networks managed to
interactively search 4 million computers with the bandwidth of 2004,
which goals they failed to reach, and what information the networks
expose as part of their operation.

#p2p #networking #programming #lecture #openeducation #creativecommons #ccbysa #freesoftware

If you know people who don't really dare to leave Xitter, you can suggest @cyd. This is nin free and open source software and thus the tool for freedom.

Please don't just blame people, but help them and show them how to achieve personal freedom. The eXit tool is now free to use and no longer an obstacle.

🐦 https://cyd.social

#exit #opensource #xitter #x #twitter #xitter #free #freedom #freesoftware #tools #eXit #freetools #freedom #oss

📄 LibreOffice-25.2.0.3.pt-BR_x86-64.AppImage disponível em https://go.daltux.net/loai

#LibreOffice #AppImage #GNUlinux #SoftwareLivre #FreeSoftware

Hello people,

By now most of you should be aware that YouTube is shaking all non profitable users, third party apps or services are failing frequently.

On a last attempt to provide a working version, yt-dlp on the #Trisquel #backports repo is now tracking the unstable channel.

At some point it may break too.
Anyway, have fun testing it.

#ytdlp #FreeSoftware

https://www.benkler.org/

While the main focus is on #PeerProduction, #FreeSoftware etc, there are some sections discussing power and control in networks, and how it affects autonomy.

#Llama3.1 Community License is not a #FreeSoftware license: it denies #UserFreedom and gives power to licensors. https://u.fsf.org/45j

#guix is growing and many new users are adopting it!

Almost 75% of the user-base are recent adopters having used it for less than 4 years. 50% less than 2 years!

It's a similar to #Nix who's survey showed 65% of users were 0-2 years.

There's been a surge of interest in the benefits of #declarative and #reproducibility.

And with #guix we also get #lisp and #gnu #freesoftware - but don't worry you don't _have_ to use #emacs to use Guix (said the #vim user)

See:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/guix-user-and-contributor-survey-2024-the-results-part-1/

A few tracks during #FOSDEM2025 that will be of interest for #BlueHats and anyone interested in #FreeSoftware #OpenSource in the public sector:

"Funding the FOSS Ecosystem", Sunday, room K.3.601 👉 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/

"Open Source In The European Legislative Landscape and Beyond", Sunday, room AW1.120 👉 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/eu-policy/

"Government Collaboration", Sunday, room AW1.126 👉 https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/government-collaboration/

Enjoy 🧢

Still a few days left to propose a talk at #libreGraphicsMeeting in Nuremberg, Germany

https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/call-for-participation/

#cfp #confernce #libreGraphics #freeSoftware

My co-workers here at @fsfe prepared all our packages for #FOSDEM 👏 Lots of #FreeSoftware information materials and merchandise on the way to Brussels 🇧🇪 soon (see https://fsfe.org/promo + https://fsfe.org/order/index.en.html for what to expect).

It's never too late to live a more free life with #FreeSoftware, even if you only make one small change at a time: u.fsf.org/3f1

#OSAID [1] is extremely week, as it undermines the very principles of #freesoftware [2]
Now an even worse "Open Weight Definition" [3] is in draft as a reminder that nothing is too permissive.

Logo for the 40th Anniversary of the Free Software Foundation:

#FSF #GNU #FreeSoftware #FSF40