Salman @[email protected]

Fighting for freedom isn’t gratis, and we depend on the generosity of donors like the Ron Hume, Dean Ujihara, Brad Flaugher, František Kučera, and Adarsh Melethil to fuel the FSF. #ThankGNU! Check out https://u.fsf.org/3hq for a full list of 2022 donors.

Updating Chrome on a user's machine...why does Chrome need to check the local machine's software...?

Reason #4368 why I don't like Chrome.

In light of the latest data breach at T-Mobile in US, may I remind everyone and their dog of this little gem from 2018:
https://web.archive.org/web/20180429220059if_/https://twitter.com/tmobileat/status/982187919061303296

#InfoSec #TMobile

Deutschland du mieses Stück Scheiße!

Die #Taliban überrennen #Afghanistan und die Heuchler*innen, die vor 2 Monaten noch gegen die Evakuierung der Ortskräfte gestimmt haben, versuchen nun sich zu profilieren.
Frauen und Mädchen, flinta* und Queers werden massakriert, Journalist*innen, Helfer*innen, alle Personen, die nicht ihrem islamistischen Wahn entsprechen und der Westen zuckt die Schultern und fragt sich wie das nur passieren konnte.
Ihr widert mich an!
#DeutschlandVerrecke

congrats to Debian and it's users with new release

The FSF is making a funded call for white papers to address Copilot, copyright, machine learning, and free software. Submit yours by Monday, August 23: https://u.fsf.org/3fi

MathML Progress

Link: https://www.igalia.com/2021/08/09/MathML-Progress.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28154331

I love how Drew DeVault is gradually turning into Richard Stallman with these half-satire advocating for digital rights: https://drewdevault.com/2021/08/10/Apple-CSAM-scanning.html

My tiny side project has had more impact than my decade in the software industry
https://mike.zwobble.org/2021/08/side-projects-vs-industry/

(submitted by mwilliamson)

"An Introduction to the Ultimate Git Interface, Magit!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfvQkJsYwI

"Everyday Git Workflow in Emacs with Magit - Part 2"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfJoeQCIvA

#emacs #magit #git

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps us defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Mark Harmstone #GCC #Binutils and Yuzhana Ego #Emacs for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU

Making a physical #emacs game

1/ @AetherEng
gave a presentation to @CodeAster
users entitled "IFC-Driven Code_Aster Analyses for Buildings", a summary of the "openBIM Structural Pipeline" work that has been done by the Open Source community until now. 2/ Chat with @Jesusbill
about the project and his presentation on our forum https://community.osarch.org/discussion/comment/7551/#Comment_7551

Shame. 😔

Shame is what I expect to grow day by day for every FOSS project staying on Microsoft services. It's like environment protection projects holding meetings on an oil-rig.

Sounds crazy? Then try adding bug reports, feature requests or comments to projects on github without a Microsoft account – any you'll see the insanity of the situation.

#LeaveGithubAlready #codeberg #foss #freesoftware

KDE Plasma powers the desktop of the Valve #SteamDeck.

https://www.steamdeck.com/

Congrats Valve for releasing #SteamDeck! Thank you for choosing Plasma!

Debian bullseye reaches final milestone and is now fully frozen! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/07/msg00002.html

List of Free Software CAD Resources

Sharing is very appreciated.

OSArch
Open Source Architecture Community
https://wiki.osarch.org

FreeCAD Forum
Your own 3D parametric modeler
https://forum.freecadweb.org

Blender
The infamous 3D animation modeler, can be used in workflow with CADs (see OSArch)
https://blender.org

BlenderBIM
Use Blender for CAD Purposes (see OSArch)
https://blenderbim.org

LeoCAD
Lego, Bricks, and GNU GPL
https://www.leocad.org

#CAD #FreeSoftware #FreeCAD #Blender