PublicLewdness @publiclewdness@gameliberty.club

How to contribute your first line of code to open source?

Contributing to the OpenSSF #community isn’t just about code, it’s about building trust, learning how secure software is built, and growing your career.

Read the blog and take your first step: https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/08/from-beginner-to-builder-understanding-openssf-community-and-working-groups/

#SystemBC #malware turns infected #VPS systems into proxy highway

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/systembc-malware-turns-infected-vps-systems-into-proxy-highway/

#cybersecurity

New listing: Key Cutter

Easily generate passwords

https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/io.github.unicornyrainbow.secrets/

This has already started.
#google #android #dev #lockdown

Consider assigning your copyright to the #FSF to help defend the GPL and keep software free: u.fsf.org/xe

This week's donation went to Sami Vänttinen also known as "varjolintu". He's a developer who contributes to the KeepassXC project among others. KeepassXC is a FOSS password manager.



He has a website here:

https://varjolintu.github.io/




He has a profile on Github:

https://github.com/varjolintu




He has a presence on Mastodon and Pixelfed:

https://mastodontti.fi/@varjolintu
https://pixelfed.social/varjolintu




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

https://github.com/sponsors/varjolintu

This week's donation went to Sebastian Krzyszkowiak also known as "dos1". He's a developer who contributes to the Librem 5 for Purism as well as various FOSS games and a multitude of other projects.



He has a website here:

https://dosowisko.net/




Their code is available on Github and Gitlab:

https://github.com/dos1

https://gitlab.com/dos1

https://source.puri.sm/sebastian.krzyszkowiak




He has a page on Itch with their games:

https://dos.itch.io/




He has a presence on Mastodon:

https://social.librem.one/@dos




If you wish to help his work financially he accepts donations through Github, Liberapay, Paypal, Itch, and others:

https://dosowisko.net/donate/

2D Action game "Adventure of Samsara" was released recently. It has a native Linux version and is available DRM free at GOG.

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

Visual novel "The Shadowed Seat" was released recently. It has a native Linux version and is available DRM free on Itch. It was made using the FOSS Godot engine.


https://anttka4.itch.io/the-shadowed-seat

UK’s Tax Authority to Surveil Social Media Posts

https://reclaimthenet.org/uks-tax-authority-to-surveil-social-media-posts

I got my new @starlabssystems StarLite 5 this morning, replacing a Surface Go 2 which is starting to show its age...

Of course I've immediately installed @debian #Trixie and #Phosh, and after #rsync'ing my /home from the SG2 it's good to go, with everything working out-of-the-box! (including the cameras, yes)

This definitely demonstrates how far ARM-based devices are from wider adoption, and how a Linux-first x86 #Tablet can still be very relevant to end users!

#LinuxMobile #Debian

We're looking for a new deputy director! https://u.fsf.org/48c #FSF #job

Wondering what you can do in the terminal with Rust?

📢 Watch the recording of my Rust/Ratatui talk!

🦀 "**Building the Future of the Terminal with Rust**"

🪤 Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38EWluqEIs8

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #conference #talk #rustmeet #terminal

This is Bill Gates' $645 million megayacht.

You know, the guy who constantly lectures you about needing to reduce your carbon footprint by eating lab-grown meat and getting rid of your gas-powered car.

Yeah, that guy.

This week's donation went to the tslib project. It is a C library for filtering touchscreen events. It supports most modern devices and can be used on Linux and FreeBSD. The code is licensed using LGPLv2.1.



It's official website can be found here:

http://www.tslib.org/



It's code is hosted at Github:

https://github.com/libts/tslib



If you wish to donate to the project financially you can do so through Open Collective:

https://opencollective.com/tslib

A Gentle Reminder
So.....

How many slaves do we actually have in this country?

https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1801680300156248064

https://notthebee.com/article/tennessee-8th-grader-arrested-strip-searched-and-sentenced-for-schools-ai-surveillance-programs-false-alarm

Spy tech built by ex-Israeli operatives is now deployed at scale across Western democracies—from police to militaries. Some is banned, some skates legal lines, and much remains in the shadows.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/government-surveillance/israeli-spyware-firms-are-fueling-the-global-surveillance-state

#TheFreeThoughtProject

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