Today's links Plenty of room at the bottom (of the tech stack): Apple is out of low-hanging fruit. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: "Julia," HP DRM talk; Atheists know more theology than "Christians"; D&D v MMORPGs; Scandanavia's CSAM filter-creep; Snowden's on Twitter; Limbaugh says Martian water is a leftist plot. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: L...| Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
My colleague Madeline Peck have the same laptop that we each got late this past fall. It’s the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen 6, and it is a dream computer, with integrated Wacom screen and stylus 🙂 Recently though, Madeline noticed the cursor was a bit off from where she placed the stylus on the …| Máirín Duffy
Penpot is a new free & open source design tool I have been using a lot lately. It is a tool the Fedora Design Team has picked up (we have a team area on the public https://penpot.app server where we collaborate and share files) and that we have been using for the Fedora website redesign …| Máirín Duffy
I think the short, pithy description on homebrewserver.club might summarize it best: Take the ‘home’ in homebrew literally and the ‘self’ in self-hosting figuratively| SequentialRead
You’ve probably heard of the recent backdoor in xz. There have been a lot of takes on this, most of them boiling down to some version of: The problem here is with Open Source Software. I want to say not only is that view so myopic that it pushes towards the incorrect, but also it … Continue reading The xz Issue Isn’t About Open Source→| The Changelog
Minimalist web front-end for Mastodon and compatible servers. Not as capable as Elk, but more stable.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
★★★★☆ - Alternate web front-end for Mastodon and compatible servers. Slightly more user-friendly, if a bit buggy, especially on non-Mastodon servers like GoToSocial.| Hyperborea: New Posts
Extremely bare-bones social networking server that runs on low-resource machines, works on the web without cookies or JavaScript, and still interacts through ActivityPub with Mastodon, GoToSocial and other Fediverse software.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
An app for Mastodon (and other Fediverse sites) that cuts through the clutter. Runs anywhere in a web browser, or can be installed to your device's home page as a PWA.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
A lightweight Fediverse server, with a clean web interface for viewing public posts. Compatible with Mastodon apps and interacts with other ActivityPub platforms.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
A surprisingly capable Chromium browser for KDE and other Linux desktops that runs well even on low-end hardware and virtual machines.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
A simple desktop app for Mastodon and (most) compatible Fediverse servers. Fast, runs on multiple platforms.| Kelson Reviews Stuff
Con quella faccia un po' cosí, quell'espressione un po' cosí, che abbiamo noi che abbiamo visto “Flow — un mondo da salvare”| wok
Technological platforms are not neutral. If we truly want to resist the digital coup that is currently under way, we need to normalize the use of free, open source solutions.| Elena Rossini
organice v1.2 fixes critical PWA update bug for reliable Org mode access on mobile/web. Learn about the update & required one-time action for affected users.| 200ok.ch
For a while I have been arguing that maybe there are some issues with the whole “Open*” movements, their founding myths and ideologies (see for example my talk at Fluconf). This criticism comes from a place of love. All the writing on this blog is licensed CC-BY-SA to allow others to take the texts and […]| Smashing Frames
I did witness some of my co-travelers getting blocked at various points, but even after that happened, onboarding them to my system solved these issues and did not precipitate any issues for them or for my services.| SequentialRead
200ok and Ardeo hosted the Swiss satellite venue for EmacsConf 2024 in Lucerne, bringing together the Emacs and Free Software community for two days of inspiring talks, including a keynote on Org mode's future by new maintainer Ihor Radchenko. The event showcased the vibrant state of the Emacs ecosystem through technical presentations, collaborative hacking sessions, and community networking.| 200ok.ch
I set 4 goals for the next 4 years, giving myself "sudo" privileges and striving to have more digital sovereignty and new language skills| Elena Rossini
This is how I plan to rebel against the tech barons and kleptocrats for the next 4 years: through activism, education and FLOSS| Elena Rossini
Experience the magic of EmacsConf 2024 in person! Join us at our Swiss satellite venue in Lucerne for two days of Emacs enlightenment, community connection, and free software celebration.| 200ok.ch
There are tons of excellent peices of software out there for handling images -- Krita, ImageMagick, and others. However, as far as I can tell, none of them natively support HEIC images. Frankly, it's a very bad vibes situation.| SequentialRead
Über ein Monat ist vergangen und wir wissen immer noch nicht viel über die Hintergründe und Hintermänner der xz-Backdoor. Dies, obwohl die Lücke im besten| Das Netz ist politisch
organice is an implementation| 200ok - Accelerating Publishing
What has powered open source to become part of 75% of all software and drive nearly €100 bn of EU GDP? I suggest it’s ultimately developer confidence — and that the effects involved are…| Meshed Insights Ltd
You log in with your matrix account, And then you can see what's using disk space. if there are any big rooms, you can delete them, including deleting the state_groups_state rows| SequentialRead
Besides that, I don't feel like writing any more description or introduction to what you are about to witness. [...] enjoy the demo video, and please give me feedback if you decide to try out the service!| SequentialRead