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Are you a System76 fan and want to spread the word? Send us an email to customerhappiness@system76.com with a reason why you think System76 is awesome and the first 5 people will receive this epic fan kit! Hurry!

Join the #celebration for #openSUSE's virtual bar as it turns 3 on Dec 19! Join our #Linux community creating building lasting bonds that thrive on helping people with #opensource #tech, openSUSE knowledge and lasting friendships. news.opensuse.org/2023/12/04/c

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From @fsf, a public reflection on #copyleft versus #MachineLearning applications "to autocomplete code for developers as they write software" and the associated "serious questions for the #FreeSoftware movement and [its] ability to safeguard user and developer #freedom"

@fsf funded white papers available at:

fsf.org/news/publication-of-th

"Walking with unilateral ankle-foot unloading: a comparative biomechanical analysis of three assistive devices" - :oeng: engrxiv.org/preprint/view/3376 #engineering #openengr

Good gnus from the #LinuxLibre world! We've got 3 fresh versions out: 6.6.4-gnu, 6.1.65-gnu, and 5.15.141-gnu. As always, they come packed with the freedom that we hold dear. Come join us in the journey of #SoftwareFreedom! fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linu #GNU #FreeSoftware #FSF #Linux

I have made a repo for my code on Codeberg:

Mobile-Friendly-Firefox

I plan to create a few branches for the postmarketOS mobile-config-firefox repo for styles to consider merging.

#Firefox #FOSS #FreeSoftware #GNOME #GNU #Librem5 #Linux #LinuxLibre #LinuxMobile #LinuxPhones #LinuxSmartPhones #mobile #MobileLinux #phosh #PinePhone #PinePhonePro #postmarketOS #PureOS

Take for example these examples of a #PinebookPro (rk3399 / v4l2 stateless) playing 4k content or the #RaspberryPi 4b (v4l2 stateful / m2m) playing 1080p@60fps (the limit of the hardware decoder) on a 2560x1440 screen. My videos probably don't fully capture the effect, but especially in the later case the difference is pretty visible). This is using the gtk video player demo with some extra patches and #gstreamer.

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P.S.: totally forgot - if you want to follow the development, try things out or even consider helping, here are some links:

- the previous thread about the #GNOME default video player, with lots of great answers: floss.social/@rmader/111450167

- some WIP GTK patches: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/m

- some WIP Mutter patches: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/

I'm also looking for people to help with #Gstreamer caps negotiation in various elements, especially for V4L2 decoders :)

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🚨 Applications closing soon! 🚨

Apply until the 6th of December to work with us and contribute to PI's collection of step-by-step guides to protect web users from online tracking.

Link with more details - privacyinternational.org/oppor

The jihadist who stabbed a young German man to death and injured two others in Paris last night was released from prison in 2020 despite having planned a terrorist attack in 2016.

https://modernity.news/2023/12/03/jihadist-responsible-for-paris-attack-served-just-4-years-in-prison-for-planning-terror-attack-in-2016/
A video clip shows a boat migrant who is staying for free in a taxpayer-funded hotel in the UK bragging about how much cash he makes on the black market.

https://modernity.news/2023/12/03/video-boat-migrant-brags-about-all-the-cash-he-makes-on-the-black-market/
FMV Puzzle game "Markus Ritter - Ghosts Of The Past" has released with a native Linux version and is available DRM free.


https://flimmersoft.itch.io/markus-ritter-ghosts-of-the-past
FOSS game engine Godot has been updated to version 4.2. This update adds stability improvements, forced integer scaling, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.2, a new lightmapper denoising approach, rendering optimizations, improved gamepad support and much more. The code is licensed using MIT.



The main site for the project is here:

https://godotengine.org/




The full release notes can be found here:

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-2-arrives-in-style/




If you wish to donate to the project you can do so through Paypal or Patreon.

https://godotengine.org/donate/
Semi FOSS BIOS "Coreboot" has been updated to version 4.22. This update adds support for seventeen new devices; x86 support for .data sections for pre-memory stages, support for the CBFS cache for pre-memory stages and ramstage; and more. The code to Coreboot is licensed using GPLv2.0. The reason I call it semi FOSS is that it does have to include varying levels of closed source blobs to make many models work. Having some FOSS in Coreboot beats having a fully closed source BIOS though and it is a good step for users to take to get more privacy and security for their devices.



The project's main website is here:

https://www.coreboot.org/



The code is hosted on Github:

https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot




The release notes for this update are here:

https://github.com/coreboot/coreboot/blob/c1386ef6128922f49f93de5690ccd130a26eecf2/Documentation/releases/coreboot-4.22-relnotes.md




The project has a presense on Mastodon:

https://firmware.network/coreboot




There is a more thorough writeup on this release by Phoronix:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Coreboot-4.22-Released




If you wish to donate to the Coreboot project you can do so through Paypal; cheque or wire transfer.

https://www.coreboot.org/donate.html
FOSS space trading game "Naikari" has been updated to version 0.11.0. This update adds new missions; new maps; adjusted reputations and speed penalties; and more. Naikari is a fork of the 2D space shooter "Naev". The code is licensed using GPLv3.0. You can download the game from Itch.io and Github.



The project's main website is here:

https://diligentcircle.itch.io/naikari



The release notes for this update is here:

https://github.com/naikari/naikari/discussions/21



The source code is on Github:

https://github.com/naikari/naikari



Diligent Circle has a presence on their official website; Youtube; and Mastodon:

https://onpon4.github.io/

https://www.youtube.com/@diligentcircle/videos

https://todon.eu/@diligentcircle@plural.cafe




You can donate to support their games and engine at Liberapay and Patreon if you wish.

https://liberapay.com/diligentcircle/
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