FLOX Advocate @FLOX_advocate@floss.social

#SeaGL2021 starts two weeks from tomorrow. We still need your help to make it the best #seagl yet! https://seagl.org/news/2021/10/05/volunteers-2021.html

#flossconf

Two weeks until #SeaGL2021! Be sure not to miss our awesome lineup: https://seagl.org/news/2021/10/15/schedule.html

#seagl #flossconf

Where To Buy GNU+Linux #Preinstalled Computers IV

Sharing is very appreciated.

Nitro 🇩🇪
https://shop.nitrokey.com

Technoethical 🇷🇴 🇪🇺
https://tehnoetic.com

Minifree 🇬🇧
https://minifree.org

Vikings 🇩🇪
https://vikings.net

Libiquity 🇺🇸
https://libiquity.com

Mostly Harmless 🇮🇳
https://mostlyharmless.io

Curated List
https://linuxpreloaded.com

Hey, I'm looking for French to English translators contributors for my webcomic Pepper&Carrot. I detail why and how in this article: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article878/looking-for-french-to-english-translators-contributors

Where To Buy GNU+Linux #Preinstalled Computers II

Sharing is very appreciated.

Kubuntu Focus 🇺🇸
https://kfocus.org

Laptop With Linux 🇳🇱
https://laptopwithlinux.com/

PineBook 🇨🇳
https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro

Slimbook 🇪🇸
https://slimbook.es/en

Star Labs 🇬🇧
https://starlabs.systems

ThinkPenguin 🇺🇸
https://thinkpenguin.com

Tuxedo 🇩🇪
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en

Curated List
https://linuxpreloaded.com

Come join us for #SeaGL2021! SeaGL is a community first GNU/Linux event. Come hear talks and keynotes on a variety of subjects related to #Linux and #FreeSoftware.

via @SeaGL

https://mastodon.social/@SeaGL/107140093469566045

We learn from mistakes. We ourselves learn most effectively from our own mistakes, but we as a species learn most effectively from each others' mistakes.

What a great read, congratulations Slavina!: "Still, it seems more like a far-away dream than something that could actually materialize."

https://words-on-code.ghost.io/outreachy-the-final-blog-post/

Framasoft is a brilliant non-profit organisation which promotes free open software and libre decentralised services. You can follow them at:

➡️ @Framasoft (in French and English)

They have been around for years, and developed Fediverse platforms like @peertube and @mobilizon for example.

They depend on donations to keep going, and they're currently doing a fund-raising drive at:

https://soutenir.framasoft.org/en/

#Framasoft #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Français #Francais #NGO #NGOs

#Copyright law discriminating against the blind finally struck down by court in South Africa - https://walledculture.org/copyright-law-discriminating-against-the-blind-finally-struck-down-by-court-in-south-africa/ long overdue #marrakesh

First panel for the next Pepper&Carrot episode.
#krita #webcomic #wip #ccby

We at @conservancy filed suit as a purchaser of TVs to stand up for #copyleft. There was no source or offer for source even after we'd been working w/them for a long time on older products. Copyleft can help us take control of our tech in a meaningful way, it's a huge benefit to consumers.
sfconservancy.org/vizio/

"The Gitea project is currently reaching out to professionals who would be able to perform an accessibility audit (and be paid of course).

This issue is currently a placeholder for when we receive the report so we can coordinate remediation of issues identified.

If you are, or know, someone who can perform a professional accessibility audit of Gitea please reach out to the project team at maintainers@gitea.io (or any of the project owners per their email in CONTRIBUTING.md)."

A standard protocol for consumers to exercise their #privacy rights. Great initiative by @ConsumerReports and @dazzagreenwood, developed in public on Github. https://digital-lab-wp.consumerreports.org/2021/10/19/standardizing-data-rights-requests-with-a-common-protocol/

2nd page of ebook: "... This e-book is for your personal use only. ..."

3rd page of ebook: "This book is dedicated to all the librarians I know."