Kevin Whitaker @eyecreate@mastodon.technology

Meet PureOS: a fully-convergent, user friendly, secure and freedom respecting Operating Systems for your daily usage. When we talk about how we have invested in convergence with PureOS we start with the desktop OS and shrink it down to your pocket. Watch convergence in action ⬇️

Plasma 5.25 is out! This release introduces A LOT of new things: new gestures, both for touchpads and touchscreens; more customizing, including tinted windows, and synced colors and wallpapers; floating panels; and much more.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.25.0/

It's official, GNOME Chat is now on Matrix! This recent update to Foundation and Project communications comes as a result of our 2021 chat evaluation initiative. Learn more and find us on chat here: https://foundation.gnome.org/2022/06/02/gnome-chat-moves-to-matrix/

#GNOME #opensource #Matrix

Pipewire to replace Pulseaudio on Ubuntu 22.10: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/pipewire-as-a-replacement-for-pulseaudio/28489 #linux #foss #distro #ubuntu #pulseaudio #pipewire

RT Plagman2: SteamOS 3.1, containing lots of changes, some previously in Beta, is now live for Steam Deck!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/?emclan=103582791470414830&emgid=3216142491801797532

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3216142491801797532

Arduboy, a very small handheld device for gaming based on Arduino: https://www.arduboy.com/ #hardware #arduboy #gaming #pocket #handheld #arduino

The Kalendar team is proud to announce v. 1.0.0!

We've worked hard to make Kalendar an attractive and featureful application, and we hope you like using it as much as we liked making it!

Read all of this release's additions here:

https://claudiocambra.com/?p=1368

@kde @carlschwan

https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/-/tags/v0.6.0

Chatty 0.6.0 is out, and with that, MMS Support on Phosh!

Framekwork Laptop is Open-Sourcing their Firmware: https://frame.work/blog/open-sourcing-our-firmware #linux #hardware #release #update #framework #laptop #foss

The Steam Deck will probably become available in February. A photo released by Valve shows units rolling out sporting KDE's Plasma desktop.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1675180/announcements/detail/3122683923029138793

Sonic the Hedgehog for Commodore 64/128 REU: Damn impressive!: https://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=78945 #retro #c64 #commodore64 #sonicthehedgehog #port #extension #ram #sonic #unofficial

The #Fairphone 4 is our most #sustainable smartphone yet and comes with #5G speed, a 5-year warranty and is electronic waste neutral. That means, for every phone we sell, we reuse and recycle an equal amount of electronic waste. 💚
Check it out 👉 : https://bit.ly/3a1bDkE

October Update:

Introducing the #PinePhonePro - $399

#PineNote and PinePhone Pro pre-orders are now open to developers & shipping this year!

#PineTime #InfiniTime major firmware progress & project management update

https://www.pine64.org/2021/10/15/october-update-introducing-the-pinephone-pro/

"Demonopolizing the Internet with Interoperability" - a good alternative to trying to anti-trust everything under the sun: https://pluralistic.net/2021/09/24/comcom-acm/ #interop #internet #decentralization #communication #platform

Transforming OpenStreetMap into thick roads and intersections: an very nice post about creating assumptions on roads based on OSM https://a-b-street.github.io/docs/tech/map/geometry/index.html #osm #maps #streets #intersections #geometry

Introducing SepiaSearch, our search engine to help you discover videos and channels on PeerTube!
We've worked hard to ensure that this engine respects your data, your attention and your freedoms. Learn more: https://framablog.org/2020/09/22/sepia-search-our-search-engine-to-promote-peertube/

(Illus @davidrevoy )

Your Phone Is Your Castle

https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-your-castle/

"If your home is your physical castle, your phone is your digital castle. More than any other computer, your phone has become the most personal of personal computers and holds the most sensitive digital property a person has..."

#privacy #freedom #security