@hamishcampbell @cascheranno Seems to me the problem is neoliberal governments, and the missing piece of the puzzle is the need to identify #libre software / #FOSS for what it is, critical (digital) infrastructure and fund it accordingly. And 'public money = public code' where the way it's made public is *copyleft*, not weak open source. Then communities can compete on a much more level playing field with the current proprietary loci of control.

Samedi 25 octobre à la médiathèque José Cabanis à Toulouse, c'est journée du Libre ! Save the date !
J'y serai présent le matin à 10h30 pour une lecture de Ada & Zangemann avec mon kamishibai, suivie d'une discussion sur les enjeux d'utiliser un numérique plus éthique que celui proposé (imposé ?) par les géants du numérique.
Et peut-être un peu d'install party en début d'aprem...
https://bibliotheque.toulouse.fr/journee-libre-en-bib
#toulouse #libre #ada_zangemann #logicielslibres #kamishibai #lecture #Occitanie
Samedi 25 octobre à la médiathèque José Cabanis à Toulouse, c'est journée du Libre ! Save the date !
J'y serai présent le matin à 10h30 pour une lecture de Ada & Zangemann avec mon kamishibai, suivie d'une discussion sur les enjeux d'utiliser un numérique plus éthique que celui proposé (imposé ?) par les géants du numérique.
Et peut-être un peu d'install party en début d'aprem...
https://bibliotheque.toulouse.fr/journee-libre-en-bib
#toulouse #libre #ada_zangemann #logicielslibres #kamishibai #lecture #Occitanie

📰 The Schedule Revealed!!!
Read all about it here: https://seagl.org/news/2025/10/01/schedule-and-keynotes
Or jump straight into it: https://seagl.org/schedule
#SeaGL #seagl2025 #linux #FLOSS #opensource #community #Seattle #open #libre #free #OSS #cfp

Pour la communication d'un évènement militant écolo :
- documents sur google drive
- modèle sur canva
- Réseau sociaux : instagram, facebook, bluesky, twitter, linkedin, tiktok
La communication est quali, mais côté outil, il y a rien qui va. Force aux libristes des ces collectifs organisant. Ça doit pas être facile en interne.
En attendant on va fermer tout ça et faire sa tambouille sur Inkscape.
📰 The Schedule Revealed!!!
Read all about it here: https://seagl.org/news/2025/10/01/schedule-and-keynotes
Or jump straight into it: https://seagl.org/schedule
#SeaGL #seagl2025 #linux #FLOSS #opensource #community #Seattle #open #libre #free #OSS #cfp

Bonjour !
Ce samedi 4 octobre je serai présent au @RoseLab pour le #RepairCafe mensuel ; en effet, nous ajoutons la carte #install_party #Linux à notre jeu !
C'est particulièrement important en cette période où Windows 10 arrive en fin de vie et risque de mettre au rebut beaucoup de PC. Vous pouvez les sauver au lieu de jeter et racheter !
Si jamais, on cherche aussi des bénévoles pour m'épauler...
https://roselab.fab-manager.com/#!/events/767
#logicielslibres #repair #EndOf10 #ecologie #toulouse #libre
L'armée autrichienne abandonne Microsoft Office pour passer à LibreOffice
https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-l-armee-autrichienne-abandonne-microsoft-office-97993.html
Bonjour !
Ce samedi 4 octobre je serai présent au @RoseLab pour le #RepairCafe mensuel ; en effet, nous ajoutons la carte #install_party #Linux à notre jeu !
C'est particulièrement important en cette période où Windows 10 arrive en fin de vie et risque de mettre au rebut beaucoup de PC. Vous pouvez les sauver au lieu de jeter et racheter !
Si jamais, on cherche aussi des bénévoles pour m'épauler...
https://roselab.fab-manager.com/#!/events/767
#logicielslibres #repair #EndOf10 #ecologie #toulouse #libre
I know many people who are aware of the importance of #FreedomRespecting software, data, and culture - and the related issues of digital sovereignty and privacy.
Paradoxically, a lot of these people also participate in, or even maintain, communities hosted on #nonfree / #proprietary / #restricted or #centralized platforms like #Telegram, #Discord, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Instagram, #Facebook, #Twitter, #LinkedIn, #Bluesky, #GitHub, and others.
To state the obvious, each community which chooses a proprietary platform - or bridges to it - is also giving another reason for others to be on that platform. It’s reinforcing network effect.
Conversely, if these communities chose to move to free platforms, their members would be forced to move as well. In other words, these communities have the opportunity to push for change on a massive scale.
Sure, you have to reach out to people on proprietary platforms, if that’s where the majority are. But you cannot be stopping there - you must have a strategy to move people away from proprietary platforms to free platforms.
To give the example of #OpenStreetMap -
- I announce events on free platforms sooner
- I remind people on proprietary platforms that they should join the free platforms to get notified earlier
- After each event, we invite people to our #XMPP channel, which is not bridged to any other platform.
- All organizational talk takes place on our XMPP channel, which is not bridged to any other platform.
- I minimize my participation on proprietary platforms, and communities which bridge to them. The bulk of my activity happens on free platforms.
- I have never submitted data to Mapillary or KartaView, because their clients and servers are proprietary. All my contributions go to #WikimediaCommons and #Panoramax.
So to the people who are choosing - and therefore promoting - proprietary platforms, I ask…
How do you think things are going to change, if everyone keeps choosing what is easiest for them, and keeps choosing, supporting, and promoting proprietary platforms?
What part are you playing in making things better? Or are you just going to go with the flow of the world, even if you know it to be wrong?
They don’t like answering these questions.
Instead, I invite them to find the integrity and courage to answer them.
Or, to find the integrity and courage to make the obvious change and do the obvious right thing.
People hate it when I bring this up. Sorry, but my conscience dictates that I speak up for what is right. Silence is complicity, and it gets us nowhere.

@rae @moshimotsu @pthane After a long and tricky discussion with the team, we decided to go with the name LibreConnect 📱💻 It's simple, technical, and full of meaning - it reflects the idea of connecting devices without creating dependency, with a strong focus on privacy and control 🔐 It also brings LibreOffice to mind, which fits our philosophy: openness, transparency, freedom
Big thanks for all your suggestions Each one was considered and helped us look at the project from different angles. Even if it wasn't picked, it still shaped the app. Because open-source is not just about code - it's about community 💜
If you want to follow the development, you can do that on GitHub:
👉 https://github.com/ppaluchowski64/LibreConnect
#LibreConnect #Naming #Brand #Branding #ProjectName #Tech #Technology #Dev #Software #App #Apps #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre #FreeSoftware

🛠️ Title: SkyEmu
🦊️ What's: A libre emulator of Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, GameBoy & Nintendo DS
🏡️ https://skyemu.app/
🐣️ https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/
🔖 #LinuxEmulation #Nintendo
📦️ #Libre #Bin #Arch
📕️ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html
🥁️ Update: v4
⚗️ Major release (Stable) 🍎️
📌️ Changes: https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/releases
🦣️ From: 🛜️ https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/releases.atom
🦝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/r1NafjXTibE
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/lM881DzWgTQ
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/AGsJyaP6oD4
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/QjMFWFEBHqw
I should note, too, that Mautic is far more powerful in many ways than MailChimp, and is fully #libre. If you want see an earlier case study on our use of Mautic, see https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/5763/5600 and search for 'CastStudy' - it's a peer-reviewed journal paper we wrote a few years back. Many thanks to @mackiwg for giving me the opportunity to join him and the Foundation way back in 2015 to work on this stuff.
I'm preparing a reference library for small, hackable, open creative tools made by the same people who use them the most, aka tools that position themselves against the one-tool-for-all philosophy.
Something like https://usemodify.com but for tools, and I'm looking to fill it up as much as possible.
Digital designers, creative hackers, weekend tinkerers, send your links!
Boost if your friends do such things :)

@rae @moshimotsu @pthane After a long and tricky discussion with the team, we decided to go with the name LibreConnect 📱💻 It's simple, technical, and full of meaning - it reflects the idea of connecting devices without creating dependency, with a strong focus on privacy and control 🔐 It also brings LibreOffice to mind, which fits our philosophy: openness, transparency, freedom
Big thanks for all your suggestions Each one was considered and helped us look at the project from different angles. Even if it wasn't picked, it still shaped the app. Because open-source is not just about code - it's about community 💜
If you want to follow the development, you can do that on GitHub:
👉 https://github.com/ppaluchowski64/LibreConnect
#LibreConnect #Naming #Brand #Branding #ProjectName #Tech #Technology #Dev #Software #App #Apps #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre #FreeSoftware
🛠️ Title: SkyEmu
🦊️ What's: A libre emulator of Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, GameBoy & Nintendo DS
🏡️ https://skyemu.app/
🐣️ https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/
🔖 #LinuxEmulation #Nintendo
📦️ #Libre #Bin #Arch
📕️ https://lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO.html
🥁️ Update: v4
⚗️ Major release (Stable) 🍎️
📌️ Changes: https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/releases
🦣️ From: 🛜️ https://github.com/skylersaleh/SkyEmu/releases.atom
🦝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/r1NafjXTibE
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/lM881DzWgTQ
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/AGsJyaP6oD4
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/QjMFWFEBHqw
ANNONCE !
Je commence à publier "Vélorutopia", une nouvelle utopique #solarpunk et #bikepunk qui donne la pêche