Happy I Love Free Software Day! 💕
Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.
Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.
This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.
Without further ado, THANK YOU to:
- @yunohost@toot.aquilenet.fr, for powering Nebuchadnezzar
- @fedora@fosstodon.org, for running my beloved #Framework laptop
- @frameworkcomputer@fosstodon.org, for designing and building repairable, #Linux-friendly and truly open hardware
- @gnome@floss.social and @GTK@floss.social, for being just gorgeous
- @calyxos@fosstodon.org (thus @LineageOS@fosstodon.org), for powering my #Fairphone5
- #Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg@floss.social for distributing them
- #AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
- @element@mastodon.matrix.org, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
- #Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
- @signalapp@mastodon.world, for keeping me connected with the people I love
- @Mastodon@mastodon.social, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
- #Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
- #Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
- @openstreetmap@en.osm.town, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
- @organicmaps@fosstodon.org, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
- @protonvpn@mastodon.social, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy@mastodon.social #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
- @libreoffice@fosstodon.org, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
- #LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
- @photoprism@floss.social, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
- #Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
- @readeck@mastodon.online, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
- @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
- #Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
- #Listmonk, for sending out my newsletter
- @eleventy@fosstodon.org, for powering all the websites I maintain, above all the virtual representation of my mind, and for being the only reason why I resist and try to continue learning #JavaScript
- @forgejo@floss.social, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
- @musicbrainz@mastodon.social for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz@mastodon.social for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
- The @fsfe@mastodon.social, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!
Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.
I am super sorry if I forgot someone!
#OpenSource #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #Fairphone #Android #LineageOS #FSFE #OpenStreetMap #PhotoPrism #LibreOffice #Readeck #Eleventy #11ty #GNOME #Signal #forgejo #Codeberg #MusicBrainz #ListenBrainz #MetaBrainz
Also—and I really don’t want to sound like a BlueskyBro here—is there any software that implements custom timelines in the Fediverse, such as the super cool ones Bluesky has?
It would be super cool if lists could be made not only of profiles, but also of hashtags and keywords, ideally even having custom algorithms, too!
#Bluesky #Fediverse #timeline #timelines #customTimeline #customTimelines #algorihm #algorithms #FediLists #FediTips #mastohelp #mastoaiuto #lists #list #Mastodon
@FediTips @mastodonmigration @fedilove @fediverse