Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (fs) group
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MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2019 04:23:38 UTC 
MMN-o ✅⃠
I don't see me getting mad. However, I'm afraid you haven't actually answered me, just ranted. You still haven't mentioned a single !xmpp client by name, unfortunately.
Also, you said you thought we should make a "federated discord". But then you complain about features of federation as if they were downsides (client versatility, adaptability for various disabilities etc.). You claim centralised antifeatures as something positive.
And you still haven't mentioned a single " obnoxious" !xmpp client. Just that they're all horrible. Despite single-click clients that Just Work(tm) are all over the place. Those are web based of course and work in the field all around us. And are federated, free and open source software. !fs
Discord works for people who don't care about software freedom, privacy and security. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Sunday, 17-Feb-2019 19:12:48 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
@aral Aye, but the risks of being 100% unable to run !FS on the platform (i.e. Apple) must surely be a worse strategic approach?
Of course I mean repurposing used hardware and not purchasing new Google-financing dung. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 24-Jan-2019 20:01:19 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
Yeah, you're right. Just like how it's perfectly fine to say "I care about the environment" and then eat meat every day. Puh-lease. Everyone can stop eating meat as well as use !fs. If not, we should all get together and make sure that organisations and civilians don't depend on proprietary technology because they "have three kids" as an excuse. Having people excuse themselves is counterproductive to the cause. Remember that essentially no tools that people depend on are older than the developers that maintain them. We've barely gone through one generation of software development - it's far too early to declare hypocrisy as justified. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Monday, 21-Jan-2019 06:49:09 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
Yeah, GNU/FSF have never put any resources in to GNU social apart from maintaining the general !fs politics worldwide.
Originally Evan had startup grants, I just put in my free time (which I barely have any left nowadays) and @diogo got the gsoc stuff.
While I enjoy the !ostatus solution much more than ActivityPub maybr we should see what has been generated "outside" of !gnusocial .) Think of how many people have managed to find their way out on the !fediverse even if it's maybe not via GS specifically. But it's all AGPL .) -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 14:25:55 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
@aral The whole point is that if the software is libre, the power is among the commons to use it for good (or bad). The underlying requirement for an open, democratic society is transparency, so in that sense libre software is a requirement. But also - considering it _is_ free/libre - there is nothing contradicting per say in the use of !fs for surveillance, military projects etc. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 01-Feb-2018 00:31:23 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
!fs https://cmcenroe.me/image/gpl.jpg -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 13-Jan-2018 13:06:18 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
Let's Encrypt and the !fs communtiy has made it insanely easy to encrypt stuff. And here I've been putting together random scribbles of shellscripting to glue stuff together - and Debian's "letsencrypt" package does just about everything I need. -
Juan Antonio Zamarripa [Esqueda] (dabnotu@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 12-Jan-2018 00:05:45 UTC ![Juan Antonio Zamarripa [Esqueda]](https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/avatar/112-48-20160801233332.jpeg)
Juan Antonio Zamarripa [Esqueda]
20180104
https://is.gd/AjQpIn
!arts !afloss #databending !fs !gimp #glitch #street #urban !photography #photomanipulation #print #society6 -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jan-2018 19:13:09 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
The most interesting thing about decentralised !fs games is how you decide whether to trust the remote party not to cheat.
If anyone has a paper on how to play games containing secrets without a trusted third party, please contact me. I'm guessing a blockchain is the solution, publishing the hash value of each action for each move and then when the game is over, some secret to verify that all moves were legitimate. ("I have [hash of characters]. I use D,O,G. Now I have [hash of characters]." and in the end publishing the original 8 characters).
One would also have to somehow secure that the opponent isn't using a crafted random seed. So maybe the opponents should send each other a nonce (or just use each other's verification hashes) to make sure the game is fair. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Monday, 25-Dec-2017 21:09:21 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
@masoud There's no need to free one's entire device in order to install the flexible repository of !fs that is #F-Droid ;)
Most people I know have already installed F-Droid since it's simply much easier. No hassle with account registration etc. and they get all the software they need through there. (and if it's not there, they can easily receive it from a friend with the built-in app sharing functionality even if the original source is proprietary and closed!) -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2017 08:54:30 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
Ralink [...] easier to work with !fs than Mediatek* -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2017 06:24:28 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
@bobjonkman @clacke Evan had advertisements on identi.ca from some ad service called Briar I remember. Not sure if they're still around, but the focused on only promoted !fs or something, I believe. -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 11-Nov-2017 13:34:34 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
@grmpyoldman Maybe we should pressure the drug lords to give some of the drug money to !fs developers so they get better and more secure tools. -
Adam Worthy (aw@gnusocial.no)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2017 06:45:03 UTC 
Adam Worthy
Since gnusocial.no is now part of peers.community, here's a video of their talk in the last #GNU Hackers Meeting https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/ghm2017/2017-08--maldonadoventura--peers--ghm.webm !fs -
ghostDancer (ghostdancer@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2017 17:09:15 UTC 
ghostDancer
IceZUM Alhambra: an Arduino-like Open #FPGA electronic board http://qttr.at/1z0e !fs -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2017 08:50:08 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
@oxenfree @cybermeow @elizafox @cyberpotato @cajun @thatbrickster @lain @heluecht
Hi, I'm @mmn, maintainer of GNUsocial. I reacted when it was written that "many people on gnusocial are angry" and wish to say that !GNUsocial has only love and appreciation for #Mastodon and #ActivityPub.
I believe cooperation is important for libre software and the federated social web. I believe our plural and diverse community should embrace and encourage contributors and development. Any progress we want to make - regardless of anyone's preferred technology - is impeded by hostility and empowered by friendship.
So I want to say thank @cwebber @gargron et al. for all the hard work you actively put into ActivityPub. It's awesome that so many users get in touch with !fs via open protocols. -
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Aug-2017 20:27:17 UTC 
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
!TIL that Software Freedom Day has an Official Song: https://archive.org/details/20170809SFD2017MIX !SFD !fs -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jul-2017 06:48:57 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
Ever heard of #Thunderbird? Or the GNOME groupware client Evolution? .) All !fs, all wonderful. https://www.mozilla.org/sv-SE/thunderbird/ -
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Friday, 07-Jul-2017 04:31:14 UTC
Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca
The #Photobucket crisis is an opportunity to promote Free Software: @bob@social.freedombone.net https://blog.freedombone.net/photo-hosting/ !fs -
MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2017 09:36:39 UTC
MMN-o ✅⃠
If only there was a place online you could meet bearded fat people who love !fs without giving yourself up to Facebook or Google.
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