PublicLewdness @publiclewdness@gameliberty.club

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Heiko Eissfeldt, Michele Locati, and Oleg Tolmatcev for assigning their copyright to the FSF! /#GCC /#findutils More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

For anyone interested, I just tagged 1.1 of geoclue-stumbler: https://gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stumbler/-/tags/1.1

Two notable improvements:
- You now can pick the @beacondb URL automatically when choosing a submission URL
- There is an option (opt-in) that shows you the locations of queued submissions overlayed on the map. When you click on it, it will tell you how many cell towers and WiFi APs were found there, as well as the time the submission was made.

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Framework turned 5 years old this week! 7 laptop launches, 32 countries, and 60 team members later, we’re still just getting started. We have most of an industry left to fix.

Today, we’re sharing **the original game plan** we wrote in **2019** before starting.

https://frame.work/blog/five-years-of-framework

🎉 #Slowroll into the New Year! The January version bump is here. A smart roll approach where stability & modernity meet. #openSUSE https://news.opensuse.org/2025/01/09/ny-starts-with-slowroll-vb/

We're excited to see that 191 #FSF associate members have already voted for their favorite logo in the #FSF40 Anniversary Logo Contest. We cant wait to see which design wins! https://u.fsf.org/45a

UK Government Using Psychological “Nudge Unit” to Counter Heat Pump Skepticism

https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-government-heat-pumps-nudge-unit-controversy

This week's donation went to a software developer that goes by "parazyd". They contribute to Devuan, darkrenaissance, and Maemo Leste among other projects.



They have a personal website here:

https://www.parazyd.org/




They have a profile at Github:

https://github.com/parazyd




If you wish to help them financially they accept donations through Github as well as a variety of crypto options on their personal site.

Interested in helping #freesoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory? Please consider joining the FSD meeting this Friday on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-01-10-irc #FreeSoftwareDirectory

We're more than three-quarters of the way to our #FundraisingGoal of $400,000 USD! Donate to help us reach the finish line: https://www.fsf.org/appeal #FreeSoftware #CornerstoneOfAFreeSociety

Happy New Year from the Nova-Box team! 🎉 We're so grateful for your incredible support throughout this journey. 2025 is going to be an exciting year, and we can't wait to share all the amazing things we’ve been working on. Stay tuned, and thank you for being part of this adventure!

I will present Mirror Hall for the first time at #FOSDEM next month [1], and wrote a guide on how to develop similar home-grown desktop streamer solutions last month [2].

There's only a couple of weekends until then for small improvements to the app, so if you have any particular wishes let me know! 🪄

1. https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4527-mirror-hall-building-virtual-network-displays-to-bridge-mobile-and-desktop/

2. https://notes.nokun.eu/post/2024-09-22-mirrorhall/

Our next major release is coming up in February! Help us to test #LibreOffice 25.2 – the first Release Candidate is now available: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/01/03/libreoffice-25-2-rc1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

The PineNote, capable notetaker, ebook reader and fully fledged e-ink Linux tablet currently aimed at tinkerers and developers.

Currently using one to write the January community update 😉!

"The Debate On Backdoors In Encryption Done And Dusted" Says Former Whitehouse Tech Advisor -

"We should be embracing encryption without backdoors"

#News #infosec #cybersecurity #USA #privacy #tech #crypto #encryption #backdoors

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/encryption_backdoor_debate/

2D point and click games Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! HD and Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet are now available on GOG. They are not new games but are new to GOG. They have native Linux versions and are available DRM free. They are 50% off until January 13, 2025.



https://www.gog.com/en/game/nelly_cootalot_spoonbeaks_ahoy_hd

https://www.gog.com/en/game/nelly_cootalot_the_fowl_fleet

Morning #Fediverse.

Little late this morning sorry. What plans do everyone have for today?

I decided to take the day off. Since my oldest was sick, she wasn’t able to come this weekend, we’re gonna go down there today for a day trip.

#GoodMorning #KoffeeWithKyle #HappyMonday

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Richard Lawrence, Satoru Kurashiki, and Serghei Iakovlev for assigning their copyright to the FSF! /#GCC /#findutils More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (1/2025): A New Year and #Phosh 0.44.0

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-01-2025/

#UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #postmarketOS #FuriLabsFLX1 #LinuxMobile #PinePhone #Librem5 #Linux