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Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media

https://reclaimthenet.org/bill-c-34-canadas-new-law-wants-your-id-or-your-face-to-use-social-media

PeppermintOS releases a new systemd-free build based on Devuan Excalibur, offering SysVinit, OpenRC, and runit as installer options.

https://linuxiac.com/peppermintos-releases-new-systemd-free-build-based-on-devuan-excalibur/

#Linux #PeppermintOS #Devuan #XFCE

A #FSF associate membership doesn't just support the #FreeSoftware movement, it also comes with a lot of great perks: https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits

Canadians were promised the Rogers-Shaw deal would benefit all of us. 3 years in, Rogers is falling short on jobs, 5G, prices, and service. ISED has done nothing! Tell Minister Joly to act on what the government promised.

https://action.openmedia.org/page/192033/action/1

I found an interesting ETF recently that, with all of the supply chain issues already happening and about to happen, may be of some interest and that is CI Auspice Broad Commodity Fund ETF (Hedged Series Units) (TSX:CCOM). It’s an ETF that, among other things, holds futures on gas, crude, soybeans, wheat, gold, copper, and silver.

The best part is that even if the price doesn’t shoot up and no crisis happens the ETF pays dividends so you’ll make money regardless. The dividend is an annual total of $0.68/share and the yield is at 3.06%. The payout history seems to indicate semi-annually as in 2023, 2024, and 2025 there were 2 dividend payouts each year.

There's no official #GoogleDrive app for #Linux ... But do you even need one?

There are excellent, powerful Linux alternatives for Drive that get you better #dataprivacy and transparency. Nextcloud is one of them 💙

Read the article on How-To Geek: 👇
https://www.howtogeek.com/6-google-drive-replacements-for-linux/

I wanted to highlight a stock I own and recommend to those that favour dividends and that is The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD). The company has increased dividends for 15 straight years, has a payout ratio of 27.59%, the dividend has grown 7.43% in the last ten years, the company has had 23 straight years of posting a profit, it has an annual dividend of $4.32 that is paid out quarterly, and the dividend yield is 3.36%.

I wanted to highlight a stock I own and recommend to those that favour dividends and that is MTY Food Group Inc. (TSX:MTY). The company has increased dividends for 5 straight years, has a payout ratio of 25.47%, the dividend has grown 12.20% in the last ten years, the company has had 5 straight years of posting a profit, it has an annual dividend of $1.48 that is paid out quarterly, and the dividend yield is 3.82%.

UK Speech Regulator Chief Melanie Dawes Says US Free Speech Lawsuits Are “a Sign That We’re Having the Impact We Want”

https://reclaimthenet.org/melanie-dawes-ofcom-lawsuit-online-safety-act-us

Interested in free software, but not sure where to get started? Check out our #FreedomLadder for some ideas: u.fsf.org/3f1 #FreeSoftware #FSF

Spain’s HODIO Program to Monitor and Rank Social Media Platforms on “Hate Speech”

https://reclaimthenet.org/spain-hodio-social-media-hate-speech-rankings-pedro-sanchez

Linux gamers, on your main gaming machine, what type of distro are you using?
#linux #llinuxgaming #distro #usage #type

You get a lot of benefits when you support #FreeSoftware with a #FSF associate membership: https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits

You already have the skills needed to support the #FreeSoftware movement, even if you don't have experience in coding. Help us live in a freer world by volunteering with the #FSF: https://www.fsf.org/volunteer

New blog post:

MCF19: Going Vertical https://linmob.net/mcf19-going-vertical/

Edit: Updated, as the orginal MR is already merged :-)

#verticalTabs #LinuxMobile #mobileConfigFirefox #Firefox

Did you know? TUXEDO Books are easy to upgrade individually. Single components and accessories for later upgrades can be found here: 👉 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Accessories-books-co-/Components.tuxedo

#upgrade #repair #notebookcomponents

I tried a new crypto exchange today called Netcoins. I was interested in it because it is based out of Canada. I can give some impressions of what I have seen so far and most is positive.

Setup of the account was simple enough and similar to other exchanges I have been on. You will have to provide personal info, upload ID and take a selfie. After that it took about an hour or so for the account to be reviewed and approved. This seemed a tad longer than some other exchanges but not an overly long time. Once approved I easily setup 2FA. I was allowed to copy the key into my password manager which is KeePassXC and it worked without issue.

I can say that the funding part was also pretty easy. I added the exchange as an Etransfer contact and they provide a key specific to me to put in the notes field. Their etransfer account has auto deposit on. Once I sent the transfer I got a notification that the funds were active on my Netcoins account in less than 5 minutes. From there buying a coin was straightforward and as simple as anywhere else. I will say that Cosmos (ATOM) had a $10 minimum which is higher than it was on Kraken and also I don’t recall any coins on Wealthsimple having a $10 minimum. In any case that isn’t a real issue, just something I noticed.

Once I bought the coin I could view the transaction details but I couldn’t download a .pdf or .csv of the specific transaction. I could download the entire history into a .csv format so what I will probably do is after each transaction download the .csv and date it so that I have an updated trade log offline. I tried to import the .csv into Coinledger but it gave me an error so I had to manually import the transaction. The error was something about universal formatting. Coinledger also doesn’t support auto syncing with Netcoins at the time of writing.

The coin selection is a bit thin for stakable coins as it only has three coins for staking currently. There are plenty of non stakable coins if that is what you prefer. The three it has for staking are Ethereum, Solana and Cosmos.

I was able to get the Netcoins app working on GrapheneOS by downloading it through the Aurora Store. It gave me no issues opening and letting me log in. This is a big deal to me as financial apps are hit and miss when you want to go outside the normal Play Store to get them.

Netcoins is owned by BIGG Digital Assets Inc which is a publicly traded company and is on the TSX-V under the ticker BIGG. This is a huge plus for me because I love to invest in companies that make products I use.

Overall I would say that my experience today with Netcoins has been positive. Most of the issues I had were minor and more like subjective grievances. I would love to be able to auto sync transactions to Coinledger and to download individual transaction data but there are workarounds such as manual entry and keeping rolling transaction histories offline. If you want to use a Canadian crypto exchange then I would give Netcoins a try. The user interface and setup are simple and the positives so far outweigh the minor negatives. The only thing I have yet to try is staking and I will be doing that soon once I have my Wealthica setup to test how those two work together.

I wanted to highlight a stock I own and recommend to those that favour dividends and that is Sun Life Financial Inc. (TSX:SLF). The company has increased dividends for 11 straight years, has a payout ratio of 58.12%, the dividend has grown 8.86% in the last ten years, the company has had 14 straight years of posting a profit, it has an annual dividend of $3.68 that is paid out quarterly, and the dividend yield is 4.26%.

I got my monthly statement for my TFSA account which is my main dividend account I use for passive income. For February 2026 I received $9.85 in dividends. It’s too early to do a year to year comparison as I hadn’t started investing until April of 2025. My projected yearly income for dividends, assuming companies don’t cut or drop, is $63.47 per year which averages out to $5.29 per month.

Months can vary because some stocks can have different payout schedules as well as I am still optimizing my portfolio and clearing out dead weight from before I went dividend heavy. January was $14.62 which is one of the heavier months. Also to give context my book cost of my TFSA account on February 28, 2026 was $4026.64.

For those who don’t know a TFSA is a tax free account which means all gains and income made in it are not taxable. It’s a great vehicle for Canadians to build wealth. Most people have way more contribution room than they think because unused room rolls over every year. That means you start accruing room at the age of 18 whether you have one or not and if you don’t start investing until you’re in your 30’s like me it means tens of thousands of contribution room as a starting point.