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"For those Windows 10 users who haven't already, there's time to do the last #Windows update in your life — upgrade to Linux!

If you make the change now you won't need to link your computer to a #Microsoft account, pay Reward Points, upload your private data to corporate servers, or waste your hard-earned money on unnecessary fees."

Ten Days until the End of Windows 10. Sort of. Why Wait, Install #Linux Today!

endof10.org/press/2025-10-04-e

#EndOf10#FOSS#FLOSS

I can't shake the feeling that I'm barely accessing the possibilities of my Linux installation. I need to figure some things out. Backups, for starters. And then rsync

Not asking for help right now. Just writing this down so that I have to actually do something about it.

Digital frei oder fremdbestimmt?

Beispiele guter und schlechter #Digitalisierung, inkl. Live-Übertragung und Diskussion der #bigbrotherawards

U.a. mit der Datenschutzbeauftragten und dem Chief Digital Officer aus Sachsen-Anhalt, mit Beiträgen von @nele und @m_b

10.10.25 | 16:00 | Merseburg, Studio #OKMQ oder 16:30 und 18:00 live auf okmq.de.

@OffenerKanal_MQ @evakademie @bba @digitalcourage @netzwerkmk @ksmedienbildung

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Fingerscanner) freigegeben werden kann. 😊

Seht es doch mal als mögliches Alleinstellungsmerkmal für euch als Bank. Und diese App dann noch unter AGPLv3 lizenziert und viele Nerds wechseln nur deshalb zu euch.
Wenn ihr es richtig angeht, beteiligen sich auch Leute hier bei der Umsetzung (Entwicklung). 😉🇪🇺😎👍

@glsbank

"Instead of sending public money to distant corporations, funds stay local and support IT jobs for regional developers and entrepreneurs. The use of open-source #Linux distributions also extends the life of existing hardware and reduces e-waste, which proprietary models can exploit for unnecessary spending."

*Cantillon Lessons Guide Shift to Open-Source*

news.opensuse.org/2025/09/15/c

@opensuse supports #EndOf10!

Celebrating 15 Years of F‑Droid!

September 29th marks the anniversary of the open‑source app repository we all love.

Why it matters: F‑Droid’s mission aligns well with CoMaps—both champion Free/Libre Open‑Source Software (FLOSS) and community‑driven innovation.

f-droid.org/en/2025/09/04/twif
Post from 2010: f-droid.org/en//2010/09/29/f-d

Let’s keep building a freer tech ecosystem together!

The struggle to concede that professional UX in FLOSS is important.

While observing, a lot of discussions of UX and usability, are mired in chasing trends or mimicking one person's preferred vendor/oppressor. #floss

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@neil while this article is about “events”, advice is applicable to the #floss project board too : labs.ripe.net/author/becha/spr

#Inclusion is it possible to participate online ?
#Diversity have a Code of Conduct

#Equity be explicit about your ethics

#Justice make it about political goals of FLOSS (& not only “tech”) ;

work on solving systemic problems -> that will attract different applicants!

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Utilities:
--Keep Screen On (quick setting)
--Shelter (sandbox using work profile)
--Inure⁴ (unrooted debloating/freezing via Shizuku)
--JSON List (easily read exported backup files)
--Key Mapper (hardware button remapping)
--Nitterfy (automatically open Twitter links w/o an account or tracking
--Shizuku (non-root helper for various apps using wireless adb)

¹Tentatively
²OSM isn't doable where I live
³To Be Announced
⁴Open Source but requires paid license after trial

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--Gmail ➡️ ProtonMail
--Keep ➡️ NotallyX¹
--Maps ➡️ TBA²
--Messages ➡️ Molly & TBA³
--Office ➡️ Collabora¹
--Password Manager ➡️ ProtonPass
--Photos ➡️ Ente & Image Toolbox
--Pixel Launcher ➡️ Kvaesitso
--Push Notification ➡️ Sunup
--Recorder ➡️ Fossify
--Song ID ➡️ Audile
--Translate ➡️ TranslateYou
--TTS ➡️ SherpaTTS
--YouTube ➡️ NewPipe¹
--Weather ➡️ Breezy & wX

Miscellaneous:
--Kindle ➡️ Librera
--Mastodon ➡️ Pachli & Fedilab
--Merlin Bird ID ➡️ whoBIRD¹
--Pocket ➡️ Linkora
--RSS ➡️ Capy Reader
--Spotify/Podcasts ➡️ Spotube¹ & AntennaPod
--Tasker ➡️ TBA³
--VPN ➡️ Proton

Reposting my updated Android #FOSS replacements list (as of Oct 04) 🧵1/3

Stock Replacement:
--Play Store ➡️ Droidify, Obtainium, Aurora Store
--Backup (non-root) ➡️ AppListBackup & Round Sync
--Calculator/Converter ➡️ yetCalc
--Calendar/Tasks ➡️ TBA³ (currently aCalendar+)
--Camera ➡️ OpenCamera¹
--Chrome ➡️ Fennec & DDG
--Clock ➡️ Clock (best.deskclock)
--Contacts ➡️ Fossify
--Docs ➡️ Collabora
--Drive ➡️ ProtonDrive + Round Sync
--Files ➡️ TBA³ (currently Solid Explorer for SMB & cloud capability)
--GAuth ➡️ Aegis
--GBoard/Speech Recognition ➡️ HeliBoard w/ Whisper