It's sad that the "#Rust on #Linux" discussion on the invitation only #kernel maintainers summit I'm honored to participate in today is held in private, as having it in the open would send a strong signal:
The #LinuxKernel core maintainers really want Rust for Linux to succeed.
[Edit, to clarify: and many of them are willing to spend time and effort to make this happen.]
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/linux-kernel-maintainer-summit/
The FSF has an important role to play for computer users globally for years to come, and we still have a lot of work to do. Can you support our efforts by joining the FSF as an associate member for only $12/month ($6 for students)? https://www.fsf.org/join #BecomeAnFSFAssociateMember
It's 4 days and counting until #SoftwareFreedomDay2024.
Today's list of #FreeSoftware covers tools for #writers and #authors.
Stardict https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarDict
XDXF for dictionary interchange https://sourceforge.net/projects/xdxf/files/
Spell checker https://sourceforge.net/projects/hunspell/
Rhyming dictionary https://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=8
GNU style & diction https://www.gnu.org/software/diction/diction.html
#SoftwareFreedomDay #DFF #FLOSS #OpenSource
Just joined fosstodon and wanted to share an #introduction. I'm a programmer and enjoy programming in #C/C++. I also like #gardening, singing (especially #publicdomain music), #writing (including #fanfic ) and #baking. I'm a #FLOSS advocate and am always searching for useful, portable, lightweight #libre #software. Am happy to share recommendations on favorite #programs and #libraries.
Another useful #writing tool I almost forget to mention is wc. You'll find it on #Linux and #BSD distros. On Windows, #msys and #cygwin offer a version. There are several implementations of wc out there including versions in Busybox and Toybox. If you want to build it yourself or modify it, sbase has a straight forward version:
https://git.suckless.org/sbase/file/wc.c.html
Have a happy #SoftwareFreedomDay2024 #SFD #SoftwareFreedomDay #DFF #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS
This list covers some interesting #FLOSS word processing programs for #writers and #authors:
Lyx
https://www.lyx.org/
Scribus
https://www.scribus.net/
Wordgrinder
https://cowlark.com/wordgrinder/
AbiWord
https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/AbiWord
FocusWriter
https://gottcode.org/focuswriter/
Calibre
https://calibre-ebook.com/
StoryCad
https://github.com/storybuilder-org/StoryCAD
Have a happy #SoftwareFreedomDay2024
#SoftwareFreedomDay #DFF #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SFD
Check out the section on #MobilePhone #freedom on the #FreedomLadder to learn what is possible with #FreeSoftware on mobile devices in 2024: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Freedom_Ladder
In New York teens were stealing cars and trying to run people over. Luckily the guy was armed and shot one of them. So far he hasn't been charged and hopefully it stays that way.
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.