Year of the Linux desktop? Did I just hear that from Linus? No, not that Linus… the other one. No, THAT other one 👇 #KDE #kde_plasma ftw!
https://youtu.be/5fXAELrljqs?is=d29e23A1zMNQXvx0
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Jos Poortvliet
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mastodon 4.7.3Co-founder and VP Comms & product strategy at Nextcloud, the open source, privacy-focused collaboration software company. Long time open source contributor, technology enthusiast and all-things-open evangelist. Previously community manager at SUSE & recovering business consultant from government, finance and telecom companies in the Netherlands.
Based in Berlin and loves cooking for friends, family and colleagues. Nurturing a boot 🥾 and hat 🎩 obsession. Supports 🏳️🌈
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Leidkultur discussion in Germany today. Well, Germany's best cultural elements, #freedom and #love were on display at #CSD #Pride yesterday in #Berlin - it was glorious.
This is worth fighting for, defending our hard-earned freedoms from islamists and neo-nazi's alike. So, in the spirit of the paradox of intolerance, punch an extremist (Nazi or islamist) for me today 🏳️🌈
#nextcloud enterprise event in #Vienna #austria has an incredible view of the Viennese skyline.
Still I’m sure the speakers today will be even more interesting.
If you haven't recently been reminded why we should all be using #Mastodon - check out what LinkedIn is up to. https://browsergate.eu
“What these Silicon Valley companies are doing - the STASI pale in comparison”
We got to protect our #privacy because an authoritarian train is coming and I’m not at all sure we are ready for it.
Find @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz , @Tutanota@mastodon.social and @ecosia@mastodon.social at @republica@berlin.social and say hi!
On my way to the 3rd Dutch 🇳🇱enterprise day, starting Wednesday in Utrecht. If your organization is looking improve its resilience and move to sovereign digital workplace tech, sign up! After hitting over 700 registrations we moved to a bigger room so there are still seats available.
And share this to let your network know: there is an enterprise ready and proven solution to reduce your Microsoft dependence. All it takes is willingness to investigate it.
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@zeitrafferin@infosec.exchange @kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de Sounds like a pretty cool topic!
And with regards to having a server at home, I do, since about 15 years ;-)
It used to be hidden behind our couch, it's new next to the speakers in the living room... in an old PC case. Upside - I really know where my data is, and if there's an issue, I can just go and grab the physical server. Downside - internet down, server down.
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@floridamarx@mastodon.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al I like it, I think it’s a decent model and most of it is allowed - there are cooperatives and you could vote this in. Issues will prpbl always be (like with Amazon too) size and incentives.
For a long time i thought decentralization would be better but nimby kills that, too.
One thing I know for sure: for every complicated problem ppl will advocate for a simple solution that won’t work.
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social … maybe you use ai to more quickly develop and improve the software because you rather not lay off developers? I doubt ai helps as much as claimed but that it won’t lead to lower prices I can understand…
“All you had to do is just don’t be a dick to your customers”
#Bambulabs violating the AGPL, @conservancy@social.sfconservancy.org goes after them. Video with appropriately violent language from self-repair-right-advocate Louis Rossmann: https://youtu.be/7hqVwizTico?is=o917figBnJScEC_D
That big button that can shut down our IT is the subject in #bern today 😅
Gewoon omdat geschiedenis leuk is wil ik dit hier even delen, quote:
> (...) die de overheid zou verplichten tot het aanschaffen van 147 miljoen euro aan Microsoft-software over vijf jaar, met terugwerkende kracht ingaand vanaf 1 januari 2004.
en:
> (Motie Vendrik) eiste (...) dat de overheid in 2006 alleen nog maar gebruik zou maken van open standaarden
grappig he. Waar zijn we vandaag? Gaat er nu wel echt iets gebeuren of blijft het bij kamervragen en onderzoek?
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/35326/kamervragen-over-overheidscontract-voor-microsoft.html
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@mohammadrafigh@fosstodon.org @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org @element@mastodon.matrix.org @delta@chaos.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @ntfy @torproject@mastodon.social
💯 This is what open source is about - empowering people and freedom. Glad I could contribute a little bit to this! 💪
Generally speaking, does it make sense to have an #OSPO as an #opensource company (defined as a company developing FOSS software)? It seems odd to try and centralize something that should be permeating the entire company... But maybe for big companies? Does anyone have other use cases?
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al dead people neither produce nor consume. I’m rather skeptical of other systems as it turns out they are usually kleptocracies in disguise, just some bros giving their buddies money. See Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Iran, Venezuela or Cuba. Remember, democracy sucks. Just less than other systems. Same with capitalism.
Btw we have had 90% tax on the rich in the 60s, and society did great. We can return to that!
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@alnitak@mastodon.social @aronkvh@mograph.social @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz yeap! there are two videos, though, a more in-depth one, and a shorter, more high-level summary (the one you linked to)!
We also have a video on peertube - the long one to be exact.