Notices by NiceMicro (nicemicro@fosstodon.org), page 2

@neil @organicmaps it is using #openStreetMap, so it is as good quality as your local mappers make it... so, contribute to the map in your local area!

If @BrodieOnLinux is still looking for guests on his @TechOverTeaShow #podcast, tell him that YouTube has been throwing videos in my recommendation from a channel called @theprimeagen , and he's kind of a #vim / #neovim wizard, running i3 on #Ubuntu. I think he would be an interesting person to talk to.

I'm too shy to message Brodie personally, so someone tell him 😂

@Marc dihydrogen monoxide!

@alsutton
Truly, #FreeSoftware is the only way the user / customer can make sure, they won't be just left with no support if suddenly the software vendor goes under / gets taken over by aliens.

@notjustbikes neat! hopefully you can still take the train without going through security though! 😂

@notjustbikes Wow, I didn't know it is possible to make taking the train feel like taking a plane!

I guess Canada misunderstood the "let's replace planes with trains" mantra. 😂

@torvalds yes thank you.

Also please switch to year-month-date everywhere. On that front, the Asians (and the Hungarians) are clearly doing it better than the others.

@atomicpoet They might be still be under the impression that growth in user numbers = revenue in the future.

Me inserting Free Software into off-topic threads on #Fosstodon:

@kaievans And Android is also a good example of how much of a spyware infested hellscape it could be.

Your access controls and constraints are worthless if every app you get from the store refuses to work without you giving them access to your location, webcam, etc.

@kaievans commercial grade software belongs on corporate machines that are not "personal" devices. As a corporation, you don't have privacy concerns. You might have corporate secrets, but you also probably have lawyers for such contingencies.

If Free Software will be unable to exploit regular people by trying to sell them overpriced "professional" software... we don't lose out on anything.

Recently, multiple #Linux #Podcasts I listen to, talked about the issue of "not being nice" to those on Linux who want to use proprietary software.

I think proprietary sw is a problem, especially if you run it on a personal device. However, sometimes it is hard to avoid it.

However, practical concerns should not affect advocacy. We should advocate for the "ideal" world we would like to see, and consider practical solutions as compromises one has to make in a non-ideal world.

#FreeSoftware

@Suiseiseki In my opinion, using software as a private person on your personal computer is a bit different than using a school or corporation owned computer, because as especially as a privately owned enterprise, you outsource many things to trusted third parties.

But sure, in the case of a personal computer and consumer software, I agree with you, that the "special cases" I mentioned are actually problematic and need to be resolved.

#FreeeSoftware

@colinsmatt11 I always saw free software as part of "consumer protection". You acquire some code to run on your computer, and you want it to do exactly what you need it to do, nothing more, nothing less, and especially nothing intrusive.

While we have to understand that there are special cases, where there is no software for a certain purpose that would satisfy our expectations on that front, we should still advocate for free software fiercely.

@thelinuxEXP :rms: was predicting, that with proprietary software, it is inevitable that things like this will happen.

Are people still calling him paranoid?

@lxo thank you!

I'll try to make a "My wife reacts to Richard Stallman" video soon, so, please hit me with your most interesting (strictly free software and online privacy related) Stallman clips from your favorite video sites!

Boosts are appreciated.

#AskFedi #FSF #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Video

Today, a new tutorial is up on my #odysee channel on a way that can help you to organize your photos or other pictures and to select the ones you might want to delete / put into an album / etc., using the versatile X11 image viewer, feh.

:linux: :bash:

#linux #photo

https://odysee.com/@nicemicro:6/103-feh:b

@PublicLewdness Yeah, this is the feeling I have based on the replies to my post, too, now!

Whenever someone asks me about a good cloud syncing solution, I always suggest @nextcloud, as they aren't just the provider of a great open source solution, but the integration with @ONLYOFFICE is amazing for collaborative editing of documents and spreadsheets, and they provide a CalDAV calendar and events system and CardDAV for contacts, which can be synced to almost any device.

#opensource #freesoftware #cloud #nextcloud #onlyoffice