#free_software — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #free_software, aggregated by home.social.
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:tor: Tractor is more than just a free software collective. It is a community of thoughtful, kind, and deeply committed people working to make technology serve human freedom, privacy, and dignity.
In a time when the internet is increasingly shaped by surveillance, control, and dependency, projects like Tractor remind us that another path is possible: a free internet, a humane internet, and a digital world where users remain in control of their own systems and communications.
If you are able, please consider supporting Tractor — whether through financial help, technical contributions, translations, documentation, or simply by sharing their work. Supporting Tractor is not just helping a team; it is an act of mutual solidarity with people who are making the world better for all of us.
Please stand with Tractor.
Support free software.
Help free the internet.
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@tractorDonate: https://liberapay.com/Tractor-Team
Forge: https://framagit.org/tractor
#tor #internet #free_software #antifa #Tractor #love #vpn #donate #freedom #linux #gnu
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:tor: Tractor is more than just a free software collective. It is a community of thoughtful, kind, and deeply committed people working to make technology serve human freedom, privacy, and dignity.
In a time when the internet is increasingly shaped by surveillance, control, and dependency, projects like Tractor remind us that another path is possible: a free internet, a humane internet, and a digital world where users remain in control of their own systems and communications.
If you are able, please consider supporting Tractor — whether through financial help, technical contributions, translations, documentation, or simply by sharing their work. Supporting Tractor is not just helping a team; it is an act of mutual solidarity with people who are making the world better for all of us.
Please stand with Tractor.
Support free software.
Help free the internet.
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@tractorDonate: https://liberapay.com/Tractor-Team
Forge: https://framagit.org/tractor
#tor #internet #free_software #antifa #Tractor #love #vpn #donate #freedom #linux #gnu
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Как я писал Лицензию для «Свободного ИИ»
Приветсвую всех читателей Хабра. В этой статье я хочу рассказать о том, как я пытаюсь сделать современный ИИ свободнее, через свою copyleft Лицензию. Она носит имя FMLL (Free Machine Learning License). Ее цель — сделать copyleft не только код LLM, датасеты, RAG и другие инструменты. Лицензия первой версии уже доступна на GitHub .
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1061660/
#ml #ии #free_software #fsf #osi #open_source #лицензии #лицензирование #искусственный_интеллект #free_ai
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FSF Updates LibrePhone Project and Introduces Automated Monitoring Tool
📰 Original title: FSF Shares Update on 'LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/fsf-updates-librephone-project-and-introduces-automated-monitoring-tool.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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FSF Updates LibrePhone Project and Introduces Automated Monitoring Tool
📰 Original title: FSF Shares Update on 'LibrePhone' and New Automated Site Monitoring Tool
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/fsf-updates-librephone-project-and-introduces-automated-monitoring-tool.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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GoldenDict vs GoldenDict-ng: Complete Comparison of Open Source Dictionary Versions
A comprehensive comparison between classic GoldenDict (version 1.0.1) and GoldenDict-ng (modern version 26.5.6-1), focusing on improvements in format support, interface, and performance, with direct download links for...
🔗 https://salehgnutux.github.io/GT-NEWSTECH/en/foss/goldendict-vs-goldendict-ng-comparison/
#GoldenDict #GoldenDict-ng #Dictionaries #Translation #Free_Software #Linux
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Firefox 'Project Nova': New Interface, 9% Faster, and an AI 'Kill Switch' to Silence Everything
Project Nova is not just a visual update. It is a complete redesign of the Firefox interface with tangible performance improvements, focusing on giving users the ability to disable all current and future AI features w...
🔗 https://salehgnutux.github.io/GT-NEWSTECH/en/foss/firefox-project-nova-ai-kill-switch/
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Как один зажёванный лист в принтере Xerox привел к созданию GNU Linux и всей философии Open Source
Принято считать, что современный IT-мир построили Гейтс, Джобс или Торвальдс. Но без одного бородатого хакера из MIT, который в 80-х вусмерть разругался с принтером Xerox, у нас бы не было ни Linux, ни Android, ни концепции Open Source в её нынешнем виде. Ричард Столлман — создатель проекта GNU и вирусной лицензии GPL, самый радикальный, неудобный и бескомпромиссный философ от мира IT. Долгие годы индустрия считала его эксцентричным параноиком, который принципиально не пользуется смартфонами и шарахается от проприетарного софта. Но в эпоху тотальной корпоративной слежки и коммерциализации каждого байта его идеи внезапно обрели новый, пугающе актуальный смысл. Вспоминаем историю человека, который в одиночку решил сделать программное обеспечение свободным — и у него почти получилось.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1041420/
#Ричард_Столлман #Richard_Stallman #RMS #GNU #Linux #GPL #Free_Software #Open_Source #Emacs
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Лицензии важны. Разбор ошибок авторов и пользователей программ
Некоторое время назад я обнаружил набор скриптов, помогающих собирать операционную систему GNU из исходников. К моему сожалению, в исходниках не содержалось указание на лицензию, под которой они распространяются. Я написал их автору, что отсутствие указания лицензии делает скрипты проприетарными, а это противоречит духу проекта GNU. Ответа я не получил… Не опускайте лицензию и копирайт в своих исходных текстах, если, конечно, вы их кому-то предоставляете. Я регулярно заглядываю в открытые исходники и часто вижу, как их авторы допускают ошибки, касающиеся авторских прав и лицензирования. И хотя я не юрист, а лишь осведомлённый дилетант, позволю себе здесь рассказать о часто встречающихся проблемах с лицензиями на исходные тексты программ. Моя цель не руководство к действию дать, а поднять наболевшую проблему наверх. Это важно, если мы хотим оставаться в рамках закона и при этом быть защищены. Это нужно, чтобы открытые исходники и свободные программы не были лишь набором слов, а реальным инструментом в достижении наших целей. Ещё двадцать лет назад понятия свободного программного обеспечения и открытых исходных текстов были неведомы чуть менее чем всем пользователям компьютеров, да что там говорить, самим программистам. Linux, BSD, OpenOffice, Gimp были диковинкой и вызывали удивление. Но Мир изменился. Опубликованным исходникам нет счёта, и мало кому из, по крайней мере, программистам, нужно объяснять, что это такое. Мир изменился, но люди нет. Невежество и чванство никуда не делись. Изучая чужие разработки в исходниках, не перестаю замечать, как много проектов игнорируют необходимость указания лицензии и копирайта. Почему указание лицензии важно? Лицензия даём нам, как пользователям программ, так и программистам, изучающим чужие исходные тексты и использующим их в своих программах, чётко обозначенные права (разрешения) и ограничения (запреты). Отсутствие же лицензии означает одно: вам не предоставлено никаких прав, вообще. Давайте разберём типовые ошибки авторов программ, и поджидающие их пользователей проблемы.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1039276/
#free_software #open_source #licensing #copyrigt #авторское_право
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Devuan – Debian Without Systemd
https://www.devuan.org/
#ycombinator #debian #jessie #ascii #beowulf #chimaera #daedalus #excalibur #fork #devuan #sysvinit #openrc #systemd #freedom #init_freedom #sysadmin #gnu #linux #distribution #open_source #free_software #compatibility #portable #embedded #minimal #compact -
Devuan – Debian Without Systemd
https://www.devuan.org/
#ycombinator #debian #jessie #ascii #beowulf #chimaera #daedalus #excalibur #fork #devuan #sysvinit #openrc #systemd #freedom #init_freedom #sysadmin #gnu #linux #distribution #open_source #free_software #compatibility #portable #embedded #minimal #compact -
Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations
https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-historic-private-donations
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software -
Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations
https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-historic-private-donations
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software -
Free Software Awards Winners Announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory
https://www.fsf.org/news/2024-free-software-awards-winners
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COM Like a Bomb: Rust Outlook Add-in
https://tritium.legal/blog/outlook
#ycombinator #Tritium #legal_drafting #transactional_lawyers #document_comparison #AI_integrations #free_software #legal_technology -
Writing an Outlook Add-in in Rust
https://tritium.legal/blog/outlook
#ycombinator #Tritium #legal_drafting #transactional_lawyers #document_comparison #AI_integrations #free_software #legal_technology -
I started home-serving with #Freedombox.
I owe it's community a lot, especially when overcoming the difficult parts of my learning curve.
For me, hosting a home server means independence and self-sustainability. Away from prying eyes and not chained to the industry.
Freedombox is a #free (as in freedom) server software package bundled with lots of apps.
They already had an SBC in the market, now they're out with something with greater capacity.
Check it out and (please) consider showing support to Freedombox and all free software.
https://discuss.freedombox.org/t/new-powerful-freedombox-hardware-available-for-purchase/3969
#freedombox #free_software #sustainability #independence #homeserver #community #freedom -
Remember when #Firefox used to come with an integrated video calling service called Firefox Hello? :gutkato_3c:
Now they’re offering their users #Amazon giftcards in exchange for taking a survey over #Zoom. :gutkato_malgaja:
So you run non-free software in order to connect to an unethical service so you can go shopping at an unethical company. To be fair though, they also promote the alternative option of sending you money directly via an unethical payment processor. What can I say? Thanks for improving Firefox. :gutkato_dikfingro_supren:
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Remember when #Firefox used to come with an integrated video calling service called Firefox Hello? :gutkato_3c:
Now they’re offering their users #Amazon giftcards in exchange for taking a survey over #Zoom. :gutkato_malgaja:
So you run non-free software in order to connect to an unethical service so you can go shopping at an unethical company. To be fair though, they also promote the alternative option of sending you money directly via an unethical payment processor. What can I say? Thanks for improving Firefox. :gutkato_dikfingro_supren:
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FSF turns forty with a groundbreaking new project and a new president
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-turns-forty-with-a-new-president-and-a-new-campaign
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software -
FSF turns forty with a groundbreaking new project and a new president
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-turns-forty-with-a-new-president-and-a-new-campaign
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software -
Gutenprint Discontinues macOS Support
https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/p_FAQ_OS_X.php
#ycombinator #The_Gimp #Gimp #Print #Gimp_Print #Gutenprint #Printers #Linux #Free_Software #Epson #Canon #PCL #PostScript #ESCP #Dyesub -
Gutenprint Discontinues macOS Support
https://gimp-print.sourceforge.io/p_FAQ_OS_X.php
#ycombinator #The_Gimp #Gimp #Print #Gimp_Print #Gutenprint #Printers #Linux #Free_Software #Epson #Canon #PCL #PostScript #ESCP #Dyesub -
CW: Thoughts on Matrix, XMPP, and reliability
As it turns out, I still can’t exactly recommend XMPP as a communication platform. I know a lot of people here on the Fediverse like and even prefer it to other platforms like Matrix, but it just doesn’t work reliably for me. Not years ago and not now. :gutkato_disokula:
I just opened the XMPP client on my other device, navigated to a public room (group chat) I’m a part of, and the last three days’ worth of messages didn’t show up. Why? I don’t know. :gutkato_averto:
This room’s information says it should be ‘Persistent’ and ‘Archiving’. Maybe the messages are archived, but not shared to all of the room members’ devices. Maybe the room needs an extra setting to do that. Or maybe it already does that, but only if the client and the server both support XMPP Extension number 4,872 (Self-Propagating Persistent Messages, version 2). :gutkato_ŝultrumas:
It could just be this one room. It could be that the there are better clients that would inform me about this missing feature, but this one doesn’t. But as it stands, I apparently can’t just use XMPP and trust I’ll get to see the messages people sent me. With Matrix, I can. Sure, there might be a problem with encryption, but at least I’ll know someone tried to say something. :gutkato_ĝengrimacas:
#lang_en #chat #free_software #Matrix #messaging #software #XMPP
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CW: Thoughts on Matrix, XMPP, and reliability
As it turns out, I still can’t exactly recommend XMPP as a communication platform. I know a lot of people here on the Fediverse like and even prefer it to other platforms like Matrix, but it just doesn’t work reliably for me. Not years ago and not now. :gutkato_disokula:
I just opened the XMPP client on my other device, navigated to a public room (group chat) I’m a part of, and the last three days’ worth of messages didn’t show up. Why? I don’t know. :gutkato_averto:
This room’s information says it should be ‘Persistent’ and ‘Archiving’. Maybe the messages are archived, but not shared to all of the room members’ devices. Maybe the room needs an extra setting to do that. Or maybe it already does that, but only if the client and the server both support XMPP Extension number 4,872 (Self-Propagating Persistent Messages, version 2). :gutkato_ŝultrumas:
It could just be this one room. It could be that the there are better clients that would inform me about this missing feature, but this one doesn’t. But as it stands, I apparently can’t just use XMPP and trust I’ll get to see the messages people sent me. With Matrix, I can. Sure, there might be a problem with encryption, but at least I’ll know someone tried to say something. :gutkato_ĝengrimacas:
#lang_en #chat #free_software #Matrix #messaging #software #XMPP
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Pinta 3.0: تحفة برامج الرسم وتحرير الصور مفتوحة المصدر
#Pinta #مفتوح_المصدر #رسم_رقمي #تحرير_الصور #لينكس #برمجيات_حرة #بينتا #تصميم #رسم #gnutux #linux #free_software #gnu
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Pinta 3.0: تحفة برامج الرسم وتحرير الصور مفتوحة المصدر
#Pinta #مفتوح_المصدر #رسم_رقمي #تحرير_الصور #لينكس #برمجيات_حرة #بينتا #تصميم #رسم #gnutux #linux #free_software #gnu
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Show HN: Open-source alternatives to tools you pay for
https://alternativeoss.com
#ycombinator #open_source #open_source_alternatives #free_software #software_alternatives #OSS #FOSS #free_and_open_source_software #software_directory #alternative_software #open_source_directory -
Tried a sketch for my new library
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Message order in Matrix:, we are deliberately inconsistent
https://artificialworlds.net/blog/2024/12/04/message-order-in-matrix/
#ycombinator #Free_Software #Open_Source #Rust #Linux #Programming #Coding -
Recently someone sent me an animated picture on Signal, and I thought to reply in kind. To my surprise, when I downloaded the file, it turned out to be an MP4 video. :gutkato_klapkomputilo:
When I tried to send an MP4 video, it did not loop. APNG with AVIF displayed as still pictures, while JPEG XL didn’t get displayed at all. So in the end, I had to settle for the (not very) good old GIF, which was a waste of space. :gutkato_dismalaperas:
Apparently Signal has some ‘GIF’ service integration, which actually serves videos that Signal displays as silent and looping, but that doesn’t seem to be a thing on its desktop client. I wonder if it’s possible to achieve a similar effect sending one’s own video file? :gutkato_pensas:
#lang_en #free_software #GIF #MP4 #questions #Signal #SignalApp #technology
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FSF is working on freedom in machine learning applications
https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-is-working-on-freedom-in-machine-learning-applications
#ycombinator #FSF #Free_Software_Foundation #Free_Software #Libre_Software -
So apparently Minetest is now being renamed to ‘Luanti’. I guess the name is okay, but I find it kind of underwhelming. :gutkato_neŭtrala:
The wordplay on Lua is nice, even if the engine itself is in C++ and it’s the games built on it which are primarily written in Lua. But I can’t help but feel like the new name just lacks punch and has this obscure feel to it… ‘Let’s play Luanti’ just sounds off to my ears. :gutkato_pensas:
Maybe I’ll get used to it after a while. Though I still think my suggestion of ‘GravelBox’ would have been neater. :gutkato_ridas:
#lang_en #free_software #Luanti #Minetest #names #programs #software #technology
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So I just installed the desktop client for Signal. Compared to Matrix, its handling of old message decryption does indeed seem much more elegant.
- Matrix: ‘Unable to decrypt message. Asking your other devices for the keys now; see how that goes.’ :gutkato_flucerba:
- Signal: ‘No fetching history from other devices. Security measures.’ :gutkato_mojosa:
#lang_en #free_software #Matrix #messaging #Signal #software #technology