We now have 6 servers dedicated to transcoding/transcribing our Peertube videos videos.trom.tf - thanks to @alexio who is providing 4 of them! Peertube is now a complete replacement for Youtube and I will make sure to push it a lot more in terms of use and promotion! We need to get people to use it, else without content, it won't go anywhere....
Feel free to use our instance!
#Switzerland mandates #OpenSource software for all public software!
This makes perfect sense. Public software should be transparent. #India could have taken a lead on this, but our digital public infrastructure is mostly closed-source - with predictable consequences. 🙄
This is the way forward. Well done Switzerland.
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland
The Linux Libre kernel has been updated to version 6.10. A whole bunch more blobs had to be removed to keep it fully libre. This continues to be one of the best kernels to use if privacy and security are your top concerns as it keeps closed source blobs to a miniumum that do God knows what.
The main website for the project is located here:
https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
A good writeup of the release can be found here at 9-5 Linux:
The release notes for this update are available here:
https://www.fsfla.org/pipermail/linux-libre/2024-July/003544.html
This week's donation went to Guido Günther also known as "agx". He is a developer who contributes to Phosh, the Linux kernel, Modem Manager, and more. Basically if you are using a mobile device and running Linux and Phosh on it then he is one of the people trying to make your experience better.
He has a website here:
He has a profile at Github:
He has a presence on the Fediverse:
https://social.librem.one/@agx
If you wish to help him financially he accepts donations through Liberapay as well as Github Sponsors:
I have been gaming since 1992 and building PCs since 2003. I enjoy Linux, supporting FOSS projects and am a tinfoil hat connoisseur.
Many FOSS projects rely on donations. If you have money to spare but don't know which to donate to take a look at the above links on Ko-fi, Github, and Open Collective. Anything on there that I have sponsered or contributed to is something I have found to be worthy.