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Heya folks! Sync will be delayed until tomorrow (or later today, depending on where you live). We wanted to get kernels and firmware in to fix issues that some people are having. See you in the morning!

#Solus #Linux

- Evan

Just starting out with the #ArchSummit in Hamburg! Lots of new faces and of course awesome (3d-printed) swag!

#archlinux

Thank you from the bottom of our GNU little heart! #ThankGNU to Beat Straehl, David Almassian, David Klann, Kim Minh Kaplan, and Maks Romih Us for their generous contribution to the #fsf Let's fight for freedom together! u.fsf.org/3vy

Flashback to this blog post from former campaigns intern Leonardo Vignini intern which details the history of #DRM: where did Digital Restrictions Management start, how did it get this bad, and what can we do about it? u.fsf.org/34g defectivebydesign.org

possible ph / food / pastimes 

Which of these would you prefer to do for fun? #Poll #Polls #FediFriday

Good news for #Moodle users!

The updated #ONLYOFFICE Assign Submission plugin for Moodle brings exciting new features including the ability to upload files from devices, editable templates for DOCX, PPTX, and XLSX files, and improved PDF form handling.

Read this article to learn more: onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/11/as

ONLYOFFICE and Moodle integration: onlyoffice.com/office-for-mood

Are you a federal employee or retiree? Pledge to support the FSF through the Combined Federal Campaign! The FSF's #CFC ID is 63210.

Do you (still) use YouTube? #Poll #Polls #FediFriday

Half Life 2 is twenty years old...
#hl2 #halflife #valve #steam

Place your bets on what happens first
#improbable #future #halflife #got #starwars #nintendo

Better than Zoom: Try these free software tools for staying in touch u.fsf.org/311

With an associate membership, you can start a Jitsi room and invite whoever you please, whether or not they have an FSF account. You're not handing over your credentials to Apple or Google by proxy Unlike the flagship server, ours does not require a third-party login. It does not use nonfree JavaScript, and it does not recommend nonfree software or browser extensions. u.fsf.org/41x u.fsf.org/jitsi

Public Service Announcement 📣

The CfP for #FOSDEM closes in ~9 days!

If you're working in the #LinuxMobile space
consider telling us about it in the FOSS on Mobile Devices devroom!

For more information, see
lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fos

Submit your proposal no later than 2024-12-01 23:59 UTC ⏳through
fosdem.org/submit

Hope to see you in Brussels next year! 🌈

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How often do you usually use #Plume? #Poll #Polls #FediFriday

It's a wrap! Enjoyed the #HackWeek24 creating an ADS-B receiver using an old Raspberry Pi Model 3 and a cheap RTL2832U DVB-T dongle bought from AliExpress.

Of course, it's not rocket science since I only had to package and put things together, but it has been fun nonetheless.

You can create a working combustion+ignition configuration from: g7.github.io/adsbreceiver/

Then just flash #openSUSE #MicroOS, plug the ignition usb stick, and wait ✨

Integrate Nextcloud into your app with OCS API Viewer! 👩🏽‍💻

If you're building a custom app for your organization or developing a mobile app that stores documents, the OCS API Viewer makes it easier to build integrations with Nextcloud!

#REST #OpenAPI

nextcloud.com/blog/integrate-n

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Stuart Ferguson, Pranshu Sharma, and Scott Bell for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #Emacs #GNUAstro More: u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Did you know that the government of Kerala included free software in the school curriculum inspired by protests from free software enthusiasts and a favorable stance taken by a school teachers association? gnu.org/education/edu-system-i Help the free software community achieve the same for other states, countries, and regions worldwide by donating to support the FSF's advocacy for free software. donate.fsf.org/

This week's donation went to Maxime Gauduin who is also known as "alucryd". He's a software developer that contributes to Arch Linux among other projects. He is also a maintainer of over 450 packages for Arch.



He has a profile at Github:

https://github.com/alucryd




He has a profile at Gitlab:

https://gitlab.com/alucryd
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/alucryd





You can see which packages he maintains here:

https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=&maintainer=alucryd&flagged=




If you wish to help him financially he accepts donations through Github Sponsors.
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