Notices by Ryan Lee Sipes ⚡🦅 (ryanleesipes@mastodon.social)

@killyourfm @thunderbird this is why we invited a very small group today to see if anything caused an issue. We have had quite a few sign ups already - so we will reach out to see what is going on in this case.

Thanks for the heads up!

So many amazing thoughts in this talk. For one, the value created by open source software being $8,000,000,000,000 (that's 8 trillion dollars) is mind blowing.

Also great thoughts on how open source must win in AI.

https://youtu.be/obRiQme2b3M?si=b8hJEbyYZQVwbKOQ

@killyourfm @gamingonlinux @thelinuxEXP @gardiner_bryant I'm so game.

@killyourfm @gardiner_bryant @thelinuxEXP @gamingonlinux

@killyourfm @gardiner_bryant @thelinuxEXP @gamingonlinux can I get in on this?

@killyourfm yes. But even if they don't produce a laptop, desktop Linux will get loads better as the Steam Machine is targeted for native games.

This is SUPER exciting. Delivering on the promise of a Steam console the right way 13 years(?) after the initial release. Valve really stuck with it!

@micahilbery @killyourfm @cassidy

@killyourfm we should talk to each other only through GIFs!

@Gargron for all of Mastodon I declare that Eugen gets a free Thundermail account!

@killyourfm

Well that escalated quickly...

https://www.theverge.com/news/642228/thunderbird-pro-thundermail-email-service

@ppb1701 @joeo10 also worth noting that we (Thunderbird) WILL NEVER sell user data or use it to train AI. Thunderbird primarily doesn't want user data. Period. We are going to try to ensure user data is encrypted with Thundermail so we never see the contents of a user's email.

That is who we are.

@ppb1701 @joeo10 hello, I run Thunderbird. The AI is an experiment that is in an add-on. We are playing with the technology trying to figure out if there are any useful features worthwhile with it. We may never ship that add-on at all.

Thunderbird is forever free and open source, these services are optional, opt-in features that will always be an add-on. We are not going to force AI on anyone.

@ppb1701 @joeo10 our goal is actually to de-shitify email services and the like. Great email, calendar, contacts, encrypted file sharing - all based on open standards. All of this has been enshitified, we're here to show that there is a better way to do it all.

@ppb1701 @joeo10 and thank you for hearing me out.

It's time to explain Thunderbird's relationship to Mozilla again.

Thunderbird is in its own legal entity - MZLA Technologies and is governed in part by a Community Council elected by and from our open source contributors.

Thunderbird is currently 100% donation-funded. We do not receive any money outside what our donors give us.

This is good for Thunderbird and makes us unique. Our whole structure only works to serve the interests of our users and contributor community.

@KoosPol @masek @killyourfm we are going to be using servers in Europe, likely Germany.

@killyourfm Conversation view is also coming together... All the things are converging...

Dark mode for email content is finally in testing on Thunderbird Daily. It's coming folks, it's almost here.

@killyourfm truly. The dopamine fasts or whatever the kids are calling them now can be really powerful