So, is what you're saying that the average "Linux" user somehow(!?) still hasn't caught up to the GNU in GNU/Linux? Or doesn't distinguish between downloading opaque binaries (flatpak anyone?) and programs built from source by your distribution or by yourself. How could that have happened? /S
GNU meaning: we only run free software, and all free software can be compiled to run on GNU/Linux.
#freesoftware #linux #gnu
This is your chance to hear Richard Stallman speak. 🗓️📣
itsfoss.com/news/richard-stall…
#freesoftware #fsf #richardstallman #georgia
The free software pioneer returns to campus.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)
The perfect cutaway doesn't exi...
Well, well, well. 🫢
Nice. Btw, you could use the word "freedom" to highlight how GNU/Linux is philosophically different!
Come vibe with RMS. 🕺🏽✉️
#freesoftware #fsf #rms
FSF's Librephone project is shaping up nicely!
news.itsfoss.com/librephone-pr…
Not just another Android fork, this project aims to liberate mobile computing at its core.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
A free software event for the young ones.
news.itsfoss.com/mission-libre…
Teen-focused initiative seeks input on free software's future direction.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Free software movement focuses on freedom, but not friendly to the commercial world.
Open source movement emerged from free software movement. It replaced freedom with software development methodology. It is absolutely friendly to the commercial world.
Open core is the natural next direction of open source. It is friendly to the commercial world, but it is also friendly to the pocket of the developers.
Next, returning to 100% proprietary software as a way of life.
#FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #OpenCore
Edit: I am not against proprietary software. I am using Excel daily.
The spark that lit free software. 🔥
Happy Birthday GNU! 🥳
Source: Free software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014
📢 La société Arawa donnera ce dim. 28 sept. à Berlin 🇩🇪 un #lightningtalk 🎙️ lors de la #Nextcloud Community Conference 2025.
🔴 Infos :
➡️ Intitulé : "Nextcloud replacing #Sharepoint in private sector"
➡️ Date et horaire : 28/09/25, de 13h00 à 13h05
⚠️ Pensez à suivre notre intervention en direct sur la chaîne YouTube de Nextcloud (youtube.com/@Nextcloud/streams)
👋 @nextcloud
#️⃣ #NextcloudConf #NextcloudConf2025 #OpenSource #LogicielsLibres #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #TransfoNum #ColTer #Microsoft #GAFAM
Thanks for covering this. I'd like to suggest doing a write-up on #URnetwork, an #OpenSource decentralized VPN. Android client available on #Fdroid.
#FreeSoftware #VPN #dVPN #p2p #p2pVPN #privacy #surveillance
It's not music; it's GNUsic! 🎶😆
The End (of Windows 10) is nigh!
On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.
This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.
Yours may be one of them!
But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?
Learn more: endof10.org/press
Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10
#Linux #GNU #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows
#Blender 4.4 Released with a Big Update for the Experimental Vulkan Backend, #NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50×0 (Blackwell) and #AMD RX 90×0 (RDNA4) Graphics Support 9to5linux.com/blender-4-4-rele…
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux
Blender 4.4 open-source 3D graphics creation software is now available for download with new features and numerous improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
The northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein is moving 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Windows and Office to Linux and LibreOffice.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
It's finally time. After years of deliberation, #Minetest is finally ready to adopt a new identity and prove it has moved beyond its original purpose. We can finally move past the "mining" and the "testing" and focus on making this platform the best it can be.
#opensource #freesoftware #gamedev
blog.minetest.net/2024/10/13/I…
After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!Minetest
very important episode!
as the resident "zealot", let me say, that objectively, #FreeSoftware is a better term than #OpenSource, with the caveat, that this is true for every language that is not as silly as English, and actually have a distinct word for "free of charge", instead of using the same word as for liberty.
one of many reasons for supporting this #FSFE campaign:
"Public Money? Public Code!"
publiccode.eu/en/
#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #privacy
Public Money, Public Code - A campaign for releasing publicly financed software as Free Softwarepubliccode.eu
Thanks to everyone who already gave input on the topic of #OpenWashing !
As many companies claim to be working on “Open Source” or “Free Software” while distributing proprietary software products, we at the @fsfe would like to learn more about current market practices.
We're interested in your views and experiences on openwashing! You can submit them here:
share.fsfe.org/apps/forms/s/Z6…
Please spread the word, any input is welcome!
in my opinion, we should blame it on the BSD / MIT style licenses that require nothing from downstream.
Corporations have access to thousands of libraries at no cost and no restrictions... People in general don't appreciate things that come easy, and tend to be irresponsible towards those things.
Does the added unpaid maintenance burden worth it now, that due to choosing MIT vs GPL, hundreds of proprietary junk use your code? I don't think so.
Vim, Neovim, Emacs, and everything free software that can be compiled against whatever the distro maintainers put their minds to, keep winning.
Yet another reason we call the offending software "proprietary garbage".
then we are back to square one, software companies have no problem exploiting their users, as long as their users don't care, and the FSF can't make the users care, because then "what about muh games".
The users don't do anything to force the devs to make free software, because if they took a stance that would mean no more playing with non-free software.
this is the circle of not giving a f*ck.
We're now in feature freeze for #Minetest 5.8! This is a period of time before a release where we only do bug fixes
Highlights:
* Minetest no longer ships with a default game
* A redesigned Settings GUI
* Improved Android controls, can place nodes with single tap
* Improved antialiasing filters
Help us by trying out the release candidate: forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.p…
it's funny how people don't understand that operating systems (just like all other software projects or products) are named by the devs as whatever they want. It's branding and trademarks.
the "Manjaro is not Arch Linux" is the same argument. Manjaro is whatever its devs call Manjro, Arch Linux is whatever its devs call "Arch Linux".
#Linux #Gnu #FreeSoftware
very good write up by the @conservancy and great commentary from Brodie as always.
I believe what #RedHat is doing is not against the #GPL or #FreeSoftware. For me, what's more concerning is their communication in which they position themselves as "fully committed to open source", while constantly egging on one of the four pillars of software freedom.
What can the #Wikimedia movement learn from #FOSDEM?
1. How to welcome a huge flood of offline and online participants for free and without asking or collecting any personal data
2. How to organize an event exclusively with #FreeSoftware
Read more: diff.wikimedia.org/2023/06/14/…
They report around 12,000 participants. The largest event in the world dedicated to Free software has been held every year in Brussels since 2000 and is free, built entirely with free software and …Diff
KDE's #sustainability initiative KDE Eco featured on the "KDE For Activists" page alongside many other excellent #FOSS projects!
KDE. Made for activists, by activists.
Made for you, by you!
KDE is developed by a community of passionate people. We develop KDE for everyone, from kids to grandparents and from professionals to hobbyists. Join us:
community.kde.org/Get_Involved
#KDEEco #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FEEP #SustainableSoftware #Ecology #Activism
