PublicLewdness @publiclewdness@gameliberty.club

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! https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Some examples of what we've recently been working on: #freedom in #MachineLearning applications; advising the US #government on machine learning; campaigning agains #Microsoft and for #GNUlinux; #FreeSoftware Outreach Guide; expanding the FSF board; and educating about confusing #licenses. Learn more: https://www.fsf.org/appeal/

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

Ubports has released an update for their mobile OS Ubuntu Touch dubbed version "OTA-7 Atop". This OTA updates Pulse Audio, Morph Browser, Lomiri, and more. Ubuntu Touch is a great option for those that want to escape Apple or Google. What it lacks in app support it makes up for in stability and ease of use. They have a GUI installer that is available in multiple formats and supports a lot of devices which makes getting Ubuntu Touch installed an easy task.



The main website for the project is here:

https://ubports.com/



The full changelog for OTA-7 is here:

https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-7-focal-release-3943




The team has a presence on Mastodon; Pixelfed; and Youtube (Accessible through Invidious) among other platforms:


https://iv.nboeck.de/channel/UCDGJ7jdEoOx6_o_GbkjFaBg

https://mastodon.social/@ubports

https://pixelfed.social/ubports



The team accept donations through a variety of methods including Liberapay; Patreon; Stripe (available through their shop); and Paypal:


https://liberapay.com/ubports-foundation/
https://ubports.com/en/shop

This week's donation went to Claudio Cambra also known as "claucambra". He's a developer that contributes to Nextcloud, KDE, and VLC among others.



He has a personal website here:

https://claudiocambra.com/




Much of his code can be found at Github:

https://github.com/claucambra




He has a presence on Mastodon:

https://floss.social/@claucambra




If you wish to help him financially he accepts donations through Liberapay and Github:

https://liberapay.com/claucambra/

https://github.com/sponsors/claucambra

The Linux Libre kernel has been updated to version 6.12. 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. Updated my NovaCustom NV41 earlier today with no issues.



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:

https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-6-12-kernel-released-for-those-seeking-100-freedom-for-their-pcs





The release notes for this update are available here:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-11/msg00001.html




It seems that the Linux kernel may have some dark times ahead. Part of the release notes for 6.12 libre kernel is the following:

"Other upstream author-itarians are pushing for the kernel to tell on
you, the user, if you choose to avoid running untrusted code on your own
device, labeling your system as security-tainted. Information about
potential security issues is good, but pushing for the installation of
untrustworthy binary blobs isn't. If we're not careful, this
information will end up used by local and remote programs to refuse to
cooperate with us who insist in controlling our computing."

ICYMI: We're pleased to announce the general availability of #AlmaLinux OS 9.5, A.K.A., "Teal Serval!"

Installation ISOs are available on the mirrors for all four architectures, and torrents are available as well: https://almalinux.org/blog/2024-11-18-announcing-95-stable/ #OpenSource #Linux

The EU published a draft Code of Practice for general-purpose AI under the #EUAIAct. 💡

The code sets out guidelines for transparency, risk assessment, and mitigation for powerful AI models.
Get involved: Feedback open until Nov 28!

#ResponsibleAI

https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/14/eu-ai-act-draft-guidance-for-general-purpose-ais-shows-first-steps-for-big-ai-to-comply/

I've recommended @libreoffice as an alternative to Microsoft Office to at least two people over the phone today.

#LibreOffice #Microsoft

This is on an HP ProBook 455R G6 with Ryzen processor.

Initiated a BIOS update from HP Support Assistant. Rebooted to a blank screen, two orange lights on the keyboard and spinning fans. Just stayed there.

Sinking feeling.

Did some research and found this document:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_3932413-2337994-16

Step 2 is what helped me.

I pressed and held down the Windows key and "v" at the same time, while holding down the power button.

Tried turning on again. It turned itself off after a few seconds. Tried turning on again and it showed the HP logo on the screen and resumed some kind of firmware upgrade operation.

Booted into the the operating system fine after that.

Strong feelings of relief !!!

Note to myself: initiate BIOS update from within BIOS using the HP network BIOS update feature instead of Support Assistant.

#HP #BIOS #hardware #update

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! https://u.fsf.org/3vy

Elon Musk Slams Australia’s Online Safety Bill as Backdoor to Internet Control

https://reclaimthenet.org/elon-musk-slams-australias-online-safety-bill-as-backdoor-to-internet-control

How often do you usually use #IRC? #Poll #Polls #Tootsday

Submit a talk for the Early Adopter #Tech Summit that's is happening March 14 and 15 in Orlando, Florida. #opensource #openSUSE #SUSECON https://news.opensuse.org/2024/10/14/community-plans-ea-tech-summit/

Donation-Time👛 @kde

Help to keep doing good work! E.g., adopt an app, and KDE can share with the whole world how awesome you are and how much you're doing to support them.

More information: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2024/

#fundraising #kde #donation #support #linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 overview | security functionality and performance for IT environments
#linux #redhat #gnome #opensource
https://youtu.be/4Izm3Am7-sk

Good news, everyone!

#ONLYOFFICE DocSpace, our open-source room-based platform for document management and collaboration, has been updated to version 3.0 offering the following improvements:

✅ All users and guests are now free of charge;

✅ Virtual Data Rooms (VDR);

✅ New user roles;

✅ Support for OAuth2.0;

✅ Improved room and file management;

✅ Special edition for developers — ONLYOFFICE DocSpace Developer.

Read our blog to learn more: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/11/onlyoffice-docspace-3-0-released?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fosstodon

"Schools should teach the value of sharing by setting an example. #FreeSoftware supports #education by allowing the sharing of knowledge and tools." https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-why.html Donate to the FSF to help bring free software to schools around the world.