Sriram Ramkrishna @sri@mastodon.cloud

So I'm thinking of doing a podcast. I dont really want to do the kind of podcasts that are currently out there. I want to do something that i less about technology but more about people. Think Fresh Air but with open source/free software guests. Less about technology but more about the people and what drives them. I had actually had two versions in mind, one that's actually talking while cooking and the other format as simply a conversation in an intimate setting.

Right now, #Conservancy's bkuhn is verifying donations for credit to our match. Spoiler alert: we're close; a few more donations today will take us over the top! Last chance to take advantage of the generous match from PIA & Anonymous

https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/

The GNOME Foundation partners with Puri.sm to support its efforts to build the #Librem5 smartphone https://quitter.no/url/1434070 https://quitter.no/attachment/1434071

A lot of the software used by public institutions is proprietary. This means that the public - including you - is financing software that cannot be modified, studied, shared, or improved.

How can we put our trust in public bodies if they don't have full control over the software they are using?

Shouldn't your money be used to develop software that benefits you and other citizens?

If you think it should, join the #publiccode campaign.
https://dot.kde.org/2017/09/13/public-money-public-code-join-fsfe-campaign https://mastodon.technology/media/BZA-8RYGS02wkdudERA

The municipality of Tirana is serious about Free Software

It seems like one of the main reasons to migrate from ownCloud to Nextcloud was "the fact that Nextcloud is offering an enterprise product which is 100% open source".

It is really great to see that more and more companies and public authorities value freedom and independence. Software freedom is not just for community and home users, everyone deserves it and need it!

According to the article: "The migration to Nextcloud is an important event since this is the first municipality in South Eastern Europe which is putting serious efforts in avoiding proprietary software"

Read more: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/163218

#FreeSoftware #Policy #Tirana #Albania #Nextcloud

#Randa2017 heating up. Read all about what is going to go down in the Swiss Alps this September.

https://dot.kde.org/2017/08/08/randa-meetings-2017-its-all-about-accessibility

https://mastodon.technology/media/TTVfaGfFhj3DzmrE5TQ

speaking of the #oneDollarPatreon

Did you know that Mastodon.art also has a patreon account? :)

https://www.patreon.com/glocal

#LibreMonday

#darktable [https://darktable.org/] is a non-destructive photography program.

Its toolkit ranges from basics like tone curves and sharpening to advanced features like multiple noise reduction algorithms, lens correction and wavelet based editing. Most of its tools allow both drawn and parametric masks.

Darktable can apply an edit to multiple images. It supports RAWs and also has features for easy sorting and exporting of photos.

https://mastodon.art/media/InR_zJ_vtYN_Cxis82A

Have you seen the fantastic venue that we have for this year's GUADEC? More info in: https://2017.guadec.org/venue https://quitter.no/attachment/1306009

Scientists Have Found a Woman Whose Eyes Have a Whole New Type of Colour Receptor

'...neuroscientists in the UK recently announced that they've discovered a woman who has an extra type of cone cell - the receptor cells that detect colour - in her eyes.

...that means she can see an incredible 99 million more colours than the rest of us, and the scientists think she's just one of a number of people with super-vision, which they call "tetrachromats", living amongst us...'

https://goo.gl/LjRnQe