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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

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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

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lispwitch 2.0

@lispwitch@toot.cat · last week

we're pleased to announce https://guixotic.coop, a new free software cooperative focused on gnu guix and guile cofounded by @podiki, maxim cournoyer and me. we offer services including training, commercial support, development, system administration (CI/CD, HPC), packaging -- in short, everything guix and guile.

our goal is to strengthen & expand the community, bringing in new people and organizations (our clients), supporting development work, and growing the network of organizations supporting these technologies.

could you or an organization you know of benefit from our services? email contact@guixotic.coop or contact us here!

full announcement: https://lists.gnu.org/r/guix-devel/2025-07/msg00113.html

#gnu #guix #guile #lisp #cooperatives

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@dennyhenke@social.coop · 3 days ago

@wilhelm I migrated ALL of my important data out of iCloud and downgraded my account to the free plan. The only thing left is my email which I've stopped using and my store account (separate). I'll have to keep the account for awhile but only for access to Homekit and playing audio to Homepods.

I'll never buy another device and am computing with GNULinux 100% now. All my data is local, secure and synced between two GNULinux computers with Syncthing. Both also backed-up.
#Apple #GNU + #Linux

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"The intent of proprietary computing is that everything users do should come under the dictates of the owners of the code...

You can agree to your own subjugation, that’s your choice. It may seem more convenient. It may seem comfortable. It may even seem pleasurable and safe. But in the end, you’re handing over your own fate."

#fsf #FreeSoftware #GNU + #Linux #Freedom #Democracy #Computing #Apple #Microsoft #Google #Amazon #Ethics #Libre

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-04.html

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Kurt Kremitzki

@kkremitzki@mastodon.social · last week

Just announced! Guixotic: a worker #Cooperative specializing in #GNU #Guix and #Guile #Scheme https://guixotic.coop/

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@dennyhenke@social.coop · last week

I got GNU+Linux Mint installed on a 3rd computer at a local non-profit in rural Missouri yesterday. A 2010 HP Pavillion with 8gb of ram will continue being useful for people in recovery and working to re-build their lives. Our first 5 user accounts are set-up and clients given an intro to using the OS.

One client started a resume in Libre Writer. Other clients expressed interests in genealogy, setting up Linked-In and another in work-related safety certification.

#MutualAid #GNU + #Linux

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@dennyhenke@social.coop · 2 weeks ago

“Free software” means software that respects users' freedom and community. Roughly, it means that the users have the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. Thus, “free software” is a matter of liberty, not price... We sometimes call it “libre software,” borrowing the French or Spanish word for “free” as in freedom, to show we do not mean the software is gratis."

#fsf #freesoftware #freedom #democracy #gnu + #linux

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html#four-freedoms

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code.gouv.fr

@codegouvfr@social.numerique.gouv.fr · 3 months ago

DINUM is a proud sponsor of the #Debian 2025 conference, which will take place in Brest in July.

👉 https://debconf25.debconf.org/sponsors

Not only because Debian is a #GNU #Linux distribution that many French administrations use, not only because many civil servants contribute to it, and not only because the Debian project is such an amazing social achievement: it's also because we still have so much to learn from it!

📅 Btw, the CFP is still open: https://debconf25.debconf.org/cfp/

#DebConf #FreeSoftware #BlueHats

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2 weeks ago

Begin the journey: Why your ethics might require adoption of Free Software

My own journey into free software began with my ethics. It was, and is, deeply personal but simultaneously connected to my understanding of the larger world I am a part of. I’ve long believed and argued to those around me that what we do as individuals matters. We are not helpless, we are not without power in our...

#FreeSoftware #GNU #Linux #FSF #gnuLinux #Apple #Microsoft #Google #Freedom

https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-07-04.html

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@dennyhenke@social.coop · 2 weeks ago

Think I'll write a blog post for #Apple users that are #GNU + #Linux curious.

If you have ethical or political concerns about Apple, how can you begin a gentle transition? It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Why not dip your toes into what #FreeSoftware has to offer? Think of it as an experiment in learning. It's FREE after all and much of it can be done from your Mac as it is.