PublicLewdness @publiclewdness@gameliberty.club

YouTube is intentionally slowing down page loads for users with ad blockers

https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-blames-ad-blockers-slow-load-times-3387523/

Our shared stand together with #PureOS, @mobian, #SailfishOS, @ubports and #MNTReform for #FOSDEM2024 got accepted!

https://fosdem.org/2024/news/2023-11-20-accepted-stands-fosdem-2024/

We hope to see you all there! We'll show of some devices running all our awesome software and will gladly answer all your questions and show you all the new cool stuff that happened since last year!

I'm not jealous... 😫

When we're as surrounded by streaming platforms as we are now, it's easy to forget that the DRM-free life still exists. Even now, there are dozens of record labels, publishers, and online retailers that refuse to abuse their customers. /tnt/Learn about them in the Guide: https://u.fsf.org/1lr #EndDRM #DRM

This article from Cory Doctorow reminds us that DRM isn't just oppressive (and defective) by design -- it carries serious risks to our freedom and privacy: https://u.fsf.org/3vg #DefectiveByDesign #EndDRM

Hello, friends of freedom! Exciting news, we've got 8 shiny new versions of Linux-libre out: 6.6.2-gnu, 6.5.12-gnu, 6.1.63-gnu, 5.15.139-gnu, 5.10.201-gnu1, 5.4.261-gnu1, 4.19.299-gnu1, 4.14.330-gnu1. Can you smell the software freedom? It's in the air, and it's stronger than ever! Let's keep upholding our right to control our computing. #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FSF #GNU #Linux #LinuxLibre

FOSS input customization software "Polychromatic" has been updated to version 0.8.3. It's a open-source management software for Razer peripherals on Linux that offers a GUI for managing Razer devices supported by the OpenRazer drivers. This update adds support for two new devices; support for controlling the wheel effect on capable devices; Georgian translations; two bug fixes; and more. The code is licensed using GPLv3.0. The program can be downloaded from Github or through various Linux distro repos.



The main website for the project is here:


https://polychromatic.app/



The source code is on Github:


https://github.com/polychromatic/polychromatic




The release notes for this update are located here:


https://github.com/polychromatic/polychromatic/releases/tag/v0.8.3




If you wish to support the project financially you can send donations to the creator Luke Horwell through Paypal:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/LukeHorwell

FreeBSD has released version 14. This update replaces sendmail with dma; updates OpenZFS to version 2.2; adds Kinst as a new DTrace provider; updates maximum CPU support from 256 cores to 1024 cores; ZFS updates; kernel updates; and much more. FreeBSD is a great option for those who are looking to avoid Windows and Mac OS in order to get a more privacy and security friendly option.



FreeBSD's main website is here:

https://www.freebsd.org/




The full changelog for this update is here:

https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.0R/relnotes/




If you wish to donate to the project you can do so using Paypal.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/donate/

LibreOffice is free (as in freedom) software. And our friends at the @fsfe just handed over an Open Letter “The right to install any software on any device" to the German parliament, to support sustainability and freedom in electronic products: https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231115-01.en.html

'Feminist' study of RCMP firearms usage reveals that actually, men are stronger than women

Documents revealed after our access to information request showed striking disparities between the firearms proficiency of male and female officers.

https://rebelne.ws/3G57fRI

Join the @libreoffice Team as a Paid Developer focusing on RTL/CTL/CJK languages, full-time, remote (m/f/d): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/11/20/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-paid-developer-focusing-on-rtl-ctl-cjk-languages-full-time-remote-m-f-d/ #libreoffice #foss #opensource #jobs #fossjobs

Tomb Raider (1996) has a free & open source re-implementation called TR1X 🗿 🐯 🎮

►Tomb Raider 1 was DOS-only +rather hard to get going

►Special TombATI version was formerly required (a port for old ATI cards)

►TR1X 3.0+ is here with Linux support

►TR1X is made by reverse engineering the TombATI version - vastly improving it

Free as in freedom Lara! => https://github.com/LostArtefacts/TR1X/releases

#TombRaider #TR1X #OpenSource #games #LaraCroft #Linux #GitHub #freesoftware #gaming

Can Linux developers and sysadmins predict if the network interface changes with the Debian 11 to 12 upgrade? This seems to be a problem with 11 to 12 upgrades for some users but not for others. I wonder why? #Linux

https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1573352264297353225

#memes #government

The Kinsing malware operator is actively exploiting the CVE-2023-46604 critical vulnerability in the Apache ActiveMQ open-source message broker to compromise Linux systems.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/kinsing-malware-exploits-apache-activemq-rce-to-plant-rootkits/