Fediverse! I’ve been building a bridge to Bluesky, and they’re turning on federation soon, which means my bridge will be available soon too. You’ll be able to follow people on Bluesky from here in the fediverse, and vice versa.
Bluesky is a broad network with lots of worthwhile people and conversations! I hope you’ll give it a chance. Only fully public content is bridged, not followers-only or otherwise private posts or profiles. Still, if you want to opt out, I understand. Feel free to DM me at @snarfed (different account than this one), email me, file a GitHub issue, or put #nobridge in your profile bio.
Johannes, There isn't one - they're talking out of their ass.
They're just making noise and emotionally distressed to discover that this is how the #Fediverse currently works, and always has worked - and it's not just the #ActivityPub portions of the Fediverse, or even the Fediverse - it's the entire #Internet...
"If you affect a public post, you have no expectation of privacy".
For those who still feel some sense of having been offended, I welcome them to unplug their computers and toss their iPhones and Androids into the trash. That's really their only option, and they'll come to that realization some day, maybe, and it is of no consequence for anyone else in the world if they don't.
Pleased to be presenting “Defending free and #OpenSource software: From innovation to positive change” as a #BoyeCompany webinar this Thursday with @horncologne — 11 Jan 2024, 9am EST, 15:00 CET. #FOSS
#opensource folks, I’m looking to ditch Google workspaces due to privacy. I’m using the awesome @protonmail now for mail, calendar and drive plus the bonus of a password manager. I have a few options for photo backups and I’m going to use jitsi for chat and video calls self hosted version. Now what I’m struggling to find is a decent alternative to Google docs, sheets and slides. I really don’t want to use next cloud but does anyone have any suggestions #foss
Does AWS worry about the poor business model of many open source projects? Nalley sighs. [...]
“Inside AWS we have the concept of strategic open source projects. [...] We don’t want to learn that this thing that’s really important is maintained by a guy living in a basement on public assistance. That is not acting in the best interests of our customers.”
Element has a new home and will be adopting AGPL license for Synapse, Dendrite and associated server side projects.
"Future code contributors to Synapse will need to sign a contributor license agreement (CLA) based on the Apache Software Foundation’s CLA, giving Element ownership of their contribution so we can use it to help fund Matrix core development in future."
It's an exciting week here in #OpenSource author land. Yesterday was the fifth birthday of my first book, and today my second is available in beta/early release! 🎉
Introducing Business Success with Open Source!
Is your company using open source in any way? (yes, it is)
Does it want to do that in a way that improves the #business while also being good for the #FOSS ecosystem? (yes, it does)
Wow, today marks my 17th anniversary at Distributed Proofreaders (@DProofreaders) -- the largest contributor of #ebooks to Project Gutenberg! I started out as a proofreader but then quickly got involved in development.
I've been the lead dev and a system admin for most of the past decade, including mundane things like keeping the code up-to-date with new PHP and MySQL versions but also converting the entire site to Unicode.
@itsfoss Truly owning my OS, and feeling safe using my software without the looming threat of unwanted amounts of tracking following me around everywhere 😃
At least that's how it started. After a while, I also fell in love with the Open Source philosophy as a whole, thus leading me to double down on #Linux and using it exclusively. Thanks to everyone who contribute their time and knowledge to these projects, you're heroes! 🦸 🦸♀️ ✊
MuseScore is an awesome program (https://musescore.org). But avoid the sinking sands of the service set up on musescore.com domain, made by the company that acquired both MuseScore and Audacity in recent years.
This stuff is a racket. I'd advise to install MuseScore from your Linux distribution's repository and never visit any websites associated with it.
Finally ordered an old PC to use for self-hosting. Can’t wait to get my own cloud services at home, no more of Google annoying me about how I’m like 20 GB over my 15 GB Google Photos free storage. Any suggestions for the software/hardware? Still have to get an extra SSD as the boot drive and a monitor in the meantime.
I wrote this blog post to inform the people I know who aren't as tech savvy or otherwise don't put any thought into their choice of browser. Another goal is to help get enough awareness on the topic and make sure it fails.