ANSOL @ansol@floss.social

Exciting news: Alexandre Oliva, chief developer of the GNU Linux-libre project, and recipient of the 2016 Advancement of Free Software award, has joined the FSF board of directors! Let's all give him a warm welcome. https://u.fsf.org/2wi https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1337982

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Thinking about switching to a fast and privacy-respecting operating system, but not sure where to start? Check out this approachable but thorough video from @Akzel94@twitter.com

https://youtu.be/zBklilJdLtA

This month, LibreOffice 6.3 was released – but we also attended events, talked to community members, posted updates from the Document Liberation Project, and much more! Join us as we bring software freedom to the world: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/08/29/libreoffice-monthly-recap-august-2019/

Lars knoll , CTO at the Qt Company and keynote speaker at #Akademy2019, tells us about how he contributed to khtml, the tough years at Nokia, and the future of Qt in a fascinating interview.

https://dot.kde.org/2019/08/29/lars-knoll-cto-qt-and-keynote-speaker-akademy-2019

Come and listen to his talk live during #Akademy2019 in Milan:

https://conf.kde.org/en/akademy2019/public/events/156

Don't just be a LibreOffice user – become a community member! There are many ways to get involved, including events, Bug Hunting Sessions, and much more. Check out our recap for activities in July: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/07/29/libreoffice-monthly-recap-july-2019/

#FreedomBox is a free and open source home server system. You can install our software on your own hardware, or you can buy an all-inclusive hardware kit!

@olimex sells the first-ever FreedomBox product: the Pioneer Edition FreedomBox.

Buy it here: https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/Home-Server/Pioneer-FreedomBox-HSK/open-source-hardware

Debian GNU/Hurd 2019 released! https://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-news

KDE ❤️ @debian : Thanks for Buster!

Congratulations to Debian on their exciting new Debian 10 "buster" release! Go get it while it's hot and enjoy some GNOME 3.30 goodness 👍

https://bits.debian.org/2019/07/buster-released.html

Debian 10 buster has been released! https://bits.debian.org/2019/07/buster-released.html

The official press announcement for Debian buster's release is now available https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706 #releasingDebianBuster

Yesterday Christine Prayon was awarded the Dieter-Hildebrandt-Prize of the City of #Munich and used the moment to criticise their switch back to proprietary systems.
She donated the prize money to the #FSFE to support #FreeSoftware and "our future"  ❤️ https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-02.html

Ubuntu 19.04 'Disco Dingo' is here! Available to download now. http://bit.ly/2HxzvAs

LibreOffice 6.2.3 is here! It includes over 90 bugfixes and compatibility improvements, thanks to our worldwide community and certified developers. Learn more, download it and support our project with a donation: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/04/18/libreoffice-6-2-3/

KDE Applications 19.04 is out! The bundle comes with improvements and exciting new features for Okular, Gwenview, Konsole, Kate, Spectacle, Kontact, and many, many more.

Article: https://dot.kde.org/2019/04/18/kde-applications-1904-released

Full announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-19.04.0.php