Beardy Star Stuff
@dennyhenke@social.coop  ·  activity timestamp 2 hours ago

Apple to GNU/Linux Journal: Food and exercise tracking with LibreOffice Calc

Transitioning my health tracking from proprietary apps on Apple devices to Free Software on GNU+Linux has proven fairly easy. The result is a simple spreadsheet that is private, future-proof, easy to update and back-up.

#Apple#Computing#Health#Fitness#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux#LibreOffice

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-17.html

activity timestamp 2 days ago

Richard Stallman ruined my computing. I want to thank him for it.

When I moved my computing to GNU+Linux in February I still didn’t have a clue about the change of thinking that was coming for me in the next six months. And, frankly, I’ve got Richard Stallman to thank for that. Once I began tapping into his many articles and speeches, my entire understanding of my personal computing shifted to the degree...

#Apple#Google#Computing#FSF#FreeSoftware#GNU + #Linux

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-15.html
James Baillie
@JubalBarca@scholar.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Welp, the latest @thunderbird update has broken my ability to send work emails (and yes, it's definitely the update that's caused it not anything else - on my work inbox it's giving timeouts on all emails since the update, and I checked by updating it on another computer which triggered the exact same bug).

So I hope they fix that soon or I'll have to find another email client which would be a pain :(

#email #software #freesoftware #thunderbird
Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )
@blenderdumbass@mastodon.online  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Peertubers!!! ( and other #libre related people ) Important stuff!!! This is how #fediverse is working if you know the protocols involved.

#PeerTube#YouTube #reach#Sharing#FiresideFreddy#Firesidefedi #freesoftware #opensource

In short: The videos are not being shows on the peertube instance to other people on the instance unless you interact with it. So people like and comment and share the videos you watch on PeerTube. There is nothing wrong with shameless advertising of libre stuff. In fact we should do more of it.
In short: The videos are not being shows on the peertube instance to other people on the instance unless you interact with it. So people like and comment and share the videos you watch on PeerTube. There is nothing wrong with shameless advertising of libre stuff. In fact we should do more of it.
Alberto Quian🏴‍☠️:hispagatos:
@AlbertoQ@hispagatos.space  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Interesting read.

"At the outset, 'open source' and 'free software' were synonyms. All code that was open was also free, and vice-versa. But over the ensuing decades, that changed, as Benjamin 'Mako' Hill explained in his 2018 Libreplanet keynote, 'How markets coopted free software’s most powerful weapon'."

#FreeSoftware#OpenSource#FLOSS#FOSS

https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/14/pole-star/#gnus-not-utilitarian
GNU Taler
@Taler@fosstodon.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Let’s talk about payment freedom and real choice. App developers shouldn’t be forced to choose Apple Pay or an alternative—why not both?
Real freedom means letting users decide how to pay.
We think there’s a better way...
🔗 Read more: https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-05.html
💬 Join the discussion: https://ich.taler.net/t/article-on-talers-website-apple-pay-vs-alternative-payment-services-written-by-marc-stibane/438
📢 Boost: https://ps.s10y.eu/@NGI_Taler/114856324515576452
#GNUTaler#FLOSS#FreeSoftware#ApplePay#DigitalCash#DeveloperRights#OpenPayments
desirable_dialogue
@desirable_dialogue@ni.hil.ist  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Test your browser on its fingerprint vulnerabilities, run by the EFF.
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

"Browser fingerprinting” is a method of tracking web browsers by the configuration and settings information they make visible to websites, rather than traditional tracking methods such as IP addresses and unique cookies.
Browser fingerprinting is both difficult to detect and and extremely difficult to thwart."

To give you insights how #JavaScript allows to build a much more unique fingerprint, try the test with JavaScript enabled and disabled.

My current browser advice:
IronFox
https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox

#floss #foss #browser #freesoftware
Arawa - Collab. Open Source
@arawa@pouet.chapril.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

💡 Connaissez-vous l'application "Workspace" d'Arawa et tout ce qu'elle apporte 🚀 en surcouche de l'application #GroupFolders de Nextcloud (rebaptisée #TeamFolders depuis Nextcloud Hub 10) ?

⏯️ Visionnez cette présentation instructive réalisée durant l'#OpenSource Experience 2021 : 🔗 https://videos.domainepublic.net/w/dZugwWynBtfG2UJn8CqdA6

#️⃣ #LogicielsLibres#OpenSource#FOSS#FLOSS#FreeSoftware#TransfoNum#ColTer#OSXP