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Reddit is open source and it's licensed under the Common public attribution license which is not GPL compatible but hey, they're on the right track making it open source, unlike a lot of other social networks.
As an arsehole, I'm pleasantly surprised at Catanzaro. There's so much I need to learn with him! Let's see: public blaming instead of private dialogue, getting pissy when people modify what you released as free software, do petty threats like "if you don't play by my rules I'll make it stop working"...
If Ubuntu developers are as petty as him, there's a lot of fun stuff they could do!
- Revert at home changes done to prevent Epiphany from running without OpenJPEG. Wasted development time at both sides.
- Ship up to the last version of Epiphany before it refuses to start without OpenJPEG. Wasn't he complaining about old versions anyway?
- Fork Epiphany into Ubuntu's TotallyNotEpiphany. Suddenly you see Epiphany gone from Ubuntu, Mint, derivatives... and a competitor in its place.
- Public shame Epiphany and Catanzaro for going against the spirit of free software. Drama! Shitfest! I'm going to grab my popcorn.
But the one that would harm Epiphany the most would be... to do as the dev is telling them to do, and stop packaging Epiphany altogether. There are plenty other Linux browsers out there, I bet most users would rather use the software packaged by their distros.
Alternatively, Ubuntu devs might solve those issues privately with Catanzaro in a way that is beneficial to both parties. Boring.
[Sarcasm aside, let's hope Ubuntu devs go the boring way. I just want to highlight how bad is being the developer's approach here for him, for Ubuntu, and for the community in general.]
So just so you know this sub is for the discussion of software that meets the "free software definition" that is outlined here: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html.en
The exact software you are looking doesn't meet that definition and in this sub isn't referred to as "free software" but proprietary software.
According to this thread here It looks like any file manager will work with your device.
You might be able to find a twin panel file manager you quite like here which does meet the free software definition: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Interface/file-manager
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Vrms
> The vrms package is however somewhat misleading since its name suggests it has to do with RMS while it in facts follows the Debian definition of free. For example things under the GFDL are considered non-free by Debian and free by RMS.
On my system, vrms mostly complains about GNU info manuals.
The main page of the directory says
> The Free Software Directory (FSD, or simply Directory) is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). We catalog useful free software that runs under free GNU-like systems, not limited to the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants. Many of those programs also runs on proprietary operating systems which can be used to replace nonfree software.
And further
> Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory.
Considering the FSF doesn't joke around on recommending non-free software I'd assume that everything in there is strictly Free Software.
The FSF lists GIMP as a GNU package, so they contribute to the misunderstanding.
While attempting to read the Gitlab issue from yesterday (which turned into a bit of a dumpster fire), one suggestion was to change the name only for the en-US locale since the negative connotations are really US-centric. It seems like that should make all parties happy. (I know, these sorts of arguments never end with both parties even remotely happy.)
> is it just me or has FOSS gone to shit?
Nah, it's just Mozilla. They've been like this since Eich was ousted on SJW charges in what was likely a corporate sting op by Google to poison their primary competitor in the browser space.
If you want a decent browser now, I recommend GNU IceCat. It's a fork of Firefox with Mozilla's bullshit removed and a bunch of default addons for minimizing ads and tracking.
> ring.cx
TIL that Ring is actually a GNU project, no kidding. I thought they were misusing the term when they meant to say "GPL-licensed".
I tried an Alpha in the past, and it was limited in a lot of ways, couldn't keep using it. But I see they have a new version out, so maybe I'll try it again.
I would presume that
> * A series of configuration changes and tweaks were applied to ensure that IceCat does not initiate network connections that the user has not explicitly requested. This implies not downloading feeds, updates, blacklists or any other similar data during startup.
would also imply not sending telemetry to Mozilla though it's admittedly not stated explicitly. The slightly outdated Free Software directory page for IceCat does say that "Telemetry is disabled".
It's worth noting that the FSF would not exclude a free program from their database due to unreleased server-side software (as is the case with Telegram), or even released proprietary-only server-side software. See, here's the desktop version of Telegram right in their database.
The FSF's position on this can be read in Network Services Aren't Free Or Nonfree; They Raise Other Issues, but the conclusion is such:
> Thus, we don't have a rule that free systems shouldn't use (or shouldn't depend on) services (or sites) implemented with nonfree software.
They do state, however, that they prefer services that contribute to the community by releasing their server-side software (as free software), as well as decentralized services over centralized ones.
It actually is Free Software according to the FSF, but the license does have a twist:
> Permission to modify the software is granted, but not the right to distribute the complete modified source code. Modifications are to be distributed as patches to the released version.
It is free software according to the FSF: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Vim
This page is an official statement from the FSF saying vim is indeed free-software.
It is also free-software according to debian:
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/vim
These are the two good sources on what's free or not, and if they agree, there's no doubt about it.
- Notice public IP
- Subpoena Starbucks/McDonalds/etc for router logs
- Locate MAC
- Identify make & model of laptop / USB receiver via MAC
- Subpoena security camera footage
- Correlate footage to make & model
- ID user via facial recognition
- Locate address
- Serve warrant
- Seize laptop
- Verify MAC address against logs
Linux solution: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/GNU_MAC_Changer
Windows solution: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-change-mac-address/
OSX solution: http://osxdaily.com/2008/01/17/how-to-spoof-your-mac-address-in-mac-os-x/
it does appear to be a package under the fsf.
I will say, I'm not really sure openssl is any better than gnutls, though. And the arguments about gpg seem... weak. A properly implemented gpg setup should be able to resist a nation-state attack. The same is not true of Signal.
> Icecat is a name for an unbranded version not the ESR.
This is what the GNU homepage says:
"... and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the latest Firefox ESR (Extended Stable Release) release. "
They go on explaining that it isn't a straight fork since they have removed some features etc., but the ESR is clearly what they are rebasing on.
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat
You can build Firefox without EME (DRM) support, that's what I do. There are also some configure time options related to privacy and telemetry but I don't have checked the effects (except not including Google and Mozilla API keys for location services). You can also override default preferences and disable things like safebrowsing (depends on Google), Pocket, etc... See also GNU IceCat.
youtube-dl doesn't run the scripts. RMS originally thought that but he was wrong:
> Richard Stallman said youtube-dl is okay to be in the Directory because it does not actually execute nonfree JS as we first suspected.
It allows distribution of modifications in patch form (https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Gnuplot).
I think the idea is that the "official" version and "unofficial" modifications are clearly distinct, and furthermore that the person distributing mods label it clearly so as to avoid users attempting to contact the "official" channels for support for modified versions.
I don't think this violates any tenet of Free Software.
If I remember right, GTKpod was able to work with the encrypted DB on the 5^th gen nano I had years ago. The devs/docs might have some useful information if you do try to implement music syncing.
You may not be able to bypass the abusive ISPs right at this point in history, but you can start using software that is designed with the idea of breaking up data centrilization and creating a more free, privacy-oriented internet. For example, dropping Gmail for Proton mail (an encrypted, logless email/vpn provider). I know you're not directly asking about privacy/security issues, but we need to start normalizing technological consciousness and giving everyday people the resources they need to conveniently move towards a more open net.
Here are a couple other suggestions and alternatives in the same vein:
The only way I can think of to completely remove non-free software is to install one of the FSF approved debian based distros, such as gNewSense. I'm running an arch-based FSF distro, Parabola, that includes a package called your-freedom that conflicts with a large blacklist of nonfree software available on Arch and Arch-based distros, but if there's one for Debian, it'd have to be made specifically for Debian.
There's also a free software database, which you can check before you install something.
Edit: There's also a thing called Virtual RMS, or vrms
As I've already said in my comment further down, the FSF itself even reccomends/endorses/and designates software that does that as free software:
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Works-with-format/mp3
I don't see any "using this nonfree format and the nonfree software required to use this is bad" warnings. In fact, it's a whole category they're promoting. Debian users just can't stop being butt hurt iis all and think they have a right to dictate what a private foundation does and endorses. The FSF has the freedom to choose who they endorse and who they don't endorse for any reason they like. I said it before: because this is AMERICA!
yeah, by no mean arguing against flatpak in the modern era, but for years my standard procedure was not to install non-distro stuff as root, and also not as the user(s) it might eventually run as - for unix/linux systems I adminned I generally would e.g. add a user called local to look after /usr/local.
Vetted distro packages might still get installed as root but the stuff from direct source tarballs would get installed to /usr/local as user local (we had things like encap (apparently now dead project, bah) or gnu stow to keep it semi-neat).
Security was a concern but not as major in practice as a typo in some obscure scientific progam's source tarball's buggy installation script destroying your system by accident if you merrily ran it as root.
I absolutely love your question
Earlier internet times had well feequented directories. Some of them are still alive
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
Others have been retired:
If the existing software libraries and directories are not enough for you, then honestly it's time to abandon everything and just create all software yourself.
You should really read section 2 of the license. It's very much anti-commercial and doesn't want people having the ability to resell the fonts (and as such it's not 'free' as in freedom, violating GPL).
IANAL, but putting on a website should be fine though as most people don't charge anything for a web page. Using it for print work and graphics should be fine too.
> Are you saying PolyForm is not even open source?
I'm saying that "open source" is a meaningless marketing term invented by Tim O'Reilly to sell more books
> Is MIT license free software?
It's appear that they do exist (https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/C_to_C%2B%2B_converter) but idk if it will convert everything or just like you have said automate some of the process (and I think that is what he is going to do)
Its actually been around for a while but only resumed active development last year. GNU has a lot of user space tools that were all designed with the Unix philosophy in mind that has been mostly forgotten these days with monolithic systems (systemd) taking over many areas.
It is unfortunate that so many of the recent generations know absolutely nothing about all but the most popular of these tools, most of which have a CLI that was designed specifically for Bash scripting.
Sure, I checked on their site and apparently the FSF prefers to call that MIT license the "Expat License" https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/License:Expat Though I've never seen it called that anywhere else.
Anyways, Electrum is great. Simple yet tons of features. No telemetry/doesn't store your data elsewhere.
I also found these, might be worth checking out:
Etherwall - ETH Wallet - GPLv3
Monero GUI - Monero Wallet - 3-Clause BSD License
Many more too on github... search your favorite cryptocurrency to see!
True, but the OpenBSD ksh was initially based on the Public Domain ksh. The following description from 1999 states that the "PD-ksh' is a clone of the AT&T Korn shell. At the moment, it has most of the ksh88 features, not much of the ksh93 features, and a number of its own features. It is quite portable and should compile easily on any *nix box. The vi editing mode is better (as per the developer) than that of ksh88 or ksh93." (https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Pdksh) With ksh93, the ksh – as well as its scripting language – was heavily altered. Hence the oksh and ksh93 are akin, but actually not the same shell.
Fine. It is released under the Expat (aka MIT) license, which is considered free and GPL compatible by the Free Software Foundation. So yes, Joplin is free software.
Didn't use a tag as none of them seemed to quite fit.
It's what the FSF calls anti-features.
Didn't think any of the tags were appropriate so I didn't use any.
It's what the FSF calls anti-features.
They are similar but different.
> KVM is used with QEMU to boost performance. QEMU achieves near native performances by executing the guest code directly on the host CPU. A kernel driver called KVM is needed in this case. The virtualizer mode requires that both the host and guest machine use the same architecture of x86, PowerPC or S390. It does not offer 3D acceleration.
Overall, if you use Virt-Manager you can get a similar GUI experience out of QEMU as that of VirtualBox, minus 3D, and it's more modular and fully free software.
Whereas...
VirtualBox offers 3D acceleration and other features but is not fully free software (e.g. you need to install some proprietary Oracle Extensions on the guest VM enable it). It is an all in one kit with a few kernel modules of it's own.
As far as I understand, as the MIT license (Expat) is compatible with the AGPLv3, the permission from the contributors is not needed. Their contributions will still be under the MIT if my understanding is correct. Of course, getting approval from the contributors seems fairer and cleaner.
That would be correct, see my /edit2.
From: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Pdksh
>'PD-ksh' is a clone of the AT&T Korn shell. At the moment, it has most of the ksh88 features, not much of the ksh93 features, and a number of its own features. It is quite portable and should compile easily on any *nix box. The vi editing mode is better (as per the developer) than that of ksh88 or ksh93.
IMO the OpenBSD guys wouldn't have made many - if any - feature changes, based on their history of software engineering.
programs of all kinds you can think of, free/libre (not necessarily zero price) meaning that you can study, tinker with how they work and share all you want without being compared to someone who attacks ships in the sea for some reason, and many of these works better than proprietary programs.
you can play around with LMMS for music composition. the site that i've linked have some good editing tools which you can use for pixel art and programming, too. you can also tinker with the source code of the programs themselves if you wanna learn programming :3
here's the catch: you don't actually need to do it on TikTok. you can record your video with something else, edit it in a free software editor such as Flowblade or Blender, and host it somewhere else suck as Peertube or Mastodon. and if your teacher questions your decisions, tell them that they told you to do a TikTok style video, and didn't mention about sharing the link necessarily with the platform domain (also note "or make your own video" in one of the items).
i hope it helps :3
> This convinced me fsf is a controlled opposition
Not really, they are just not very smart. I remember they were participated in Outreachy and they sponsored their own old contributor and just ignored all the newcomer candidates with their proposals. That was so much shame...You can see this thread here. No response to newcomers at all. There were some very good proposals but Molly DeBlanc was so incredibly bad...and as I said they took their old mature contributor instead of a new person. Believe me, they are not an opposition, they are just really not very smart people.
Yes, and that's my point - r/linuxlibre is not yet another obscure, modified kernel. It has a big history and philosophy. It's part of the GNU software and it's endorsed by the FSF. Many Free Software enthusiasts use it to have a completely Free OS.
try to look at free software games to learn :3
there are plenty of different stuff that you can use here, and you are completely free to tinker with the source code as you wish ^-^
have fun Carlos ^^
and remember, ~~to use free software for your content to prove we can make good stuff without relying heavily on property lol~~ idk actually, i just wanted to write something ~~and talk about free* stuff~~
i like Icecat, which is a fork of Firefox without the Mozilla branding or other copyright-sensitive stuff, plus a couple of tools for privacy.
Ungoogled-Chromium is good for that too, i guess
it only serves as a certificate to encrypt the package contents and verify the identities of both parties. for example, if someone is trying to bring you to a website trying to impersonate the original one for phishing purposes, unless they have the original certificate from the original place, the browser will block it or show an alert. and if someone is trying to get the contents of what you access on the web, unless they have control of your actual network connection provider (i.e if they control a server which is responsible for the connection of the infrastructure, like in a school or a train station), all that they will see is where you're going, and only at subdomain level. e.g you see https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Flowblade, while they only see you going to https://directory.fsf.org/ (where on that domain is hidden). otherwise, all that they have to do if manage to disable the https from being used, or, take control of the computation which was your computer's job to do (i.e Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS for short).
it will, however, still be ineffective against network analysis and trackers. VPNs are far from being any efficient (when they're not malicious) either when you don't take any measures on the computer settings and packages installed on it. (you're silly if you think that cookies are the only model of tracking which there is)
i know that, but why do you need something that is proprietary for that? is it for remapping the keys and buttons? i would understand if there is nothing else compatible for controlling the rgb lights, but for key rebinding there are some good reliable programs where you can be in control of what it actually does (in contrast with proprietary programs where the source code is basically a black box that you can't see)
be careful not to get a keylogger, and read the privacy policy ;)
você poderia tentar algo como LibreOffice (substituto do pacote da Microaoft), ou você pode tentar procurar algo relacionado a gráficos nesta página aqui :3
espero ter ajudado ^-^
> Also, any tutorials on leaving the iOS Ecosystem and moving on to the Librem 5?
This question is very interesting! I can only imagine you asked something similar to Reset The Net: Privacy Pack, or FSF's recommended free software table for iOS. I believe we can make better table that suits your question. What's your opinion?
you can run mircosoft office in crossover linux its propritary software but well worth it i use it to run kindle for pc its not perfect software but the codeweavers people worked hard and make it better every year its also easier to use than wine. i dont care about prostelzing people to gnu/linux however i love using debian not to mention the fsf software directory is a great resorce
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
> We catalog useful free software that runs under free GNU-like systems
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> The FSD is made thanks to user contributions and our stack that consists of MediaWiki, Debian package repository data, and more. Licenses are verified for each and every program listed in this directory. We also warn for software with antifeatures.
Your question is difficult to understand as it is worded. Do you mean how hard is to to write a replacement for the POSIX bash command interpreter/shell program? Pretty hard, because shell programs perform many functions, from parsing command lines into programs and arguments and starting them running, to include a full imperative scripting language with functions and calls, flow control, and variables with string and arithmetic operations, and there are many security aspects to consider.
>For example I will try to find some library to read the bash code.
No need for that, it's open-source, as are many varieties of Linux/Unix and the GNU toolchain. You can get the full source code for the bash interpreter here: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Bash
Hi, I recommend you free software list by the FSF https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:GNU/Linux and https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Collection:Windows. An addition from me, you can use GNU Octave to replace MATLAB. Good thing switching to GNU/Linux and good luck.
Just to clarify things about free software.
1) what is free software?
Free software is a term originally by Richard Stallman. " when we call software free, we mean that it respects the users essential freedoms: the freedom to run it, to study and change it, and to redistribute copies with or without changes. This is a matter of freedom, note price." See free software, free society by Richard Stallman, chapter 1 : what is free software.
Free software is a matter of liberty, not price.
2) Is open source software a free software? Not necessarily: " in practice, open source stands for criteria a little weaker than those of free software. As far as we know, all existing free software would qualify as open source. Nearly all open source software is free software but there are exceptions." One reason is the practice "tivoization" , meaning blocking users from installing different executables of a software.
3) is Linux a free software ? First Linux in itself does not mean anything. It is only the kernel of an operating system called GNU/Linux, too often shortened to Linux even through the GNU project exited ( started around 1984) before Linus Torvalds inset the kernel in 1991.
Sorry for the long post but these things are too often forgotten and as name and labels hold concepts , one should know what they mean before using them too fast I think!
All the reference are taken from the above mentioned book. Here is a useful link with a list of free software packages/software as defined by the free software foundation. https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
But: the FSF literally did that. This whole subreddit is about something that wouldn't have been possible without their work. Make fun all you want, but GNU was such a success precisely because it wasn't just talk — it was also this.
If you're looking for something to start, I would probably recommend Solidworks then.
The licensing is extremely expensive, you're right on that. But it's also extremely easy to use. Considering most firms I've had contact with say they use it it's probably for the best that you find a way to get your hands on it. (By any means. How you interpret that is up to you.)
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Aside from that though I know Autodesk Inventor isn't bad from what little usage I have of it. That's more of a shot in the dark idea though so take it with a grain of salt.
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I've never trusted sites that offer free stuff but if you're interested here's a link to a website I stumbled upon not too long ago. No idea if any of the programs on it are even worth the time but it's something.
This page outlines the differences. https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat
Full disclosure, I haven't used it in a while, and didn't realize that IceCat Mobile was no longer an official release, but just an unofficial one. I'm unsure what implications this has for the projet.
Well, IANAL but my understanding is that copyright law is what copyleft and permissive licenses are piggybacking on in order to enforce the stipulations they contain, so retaining the wording there is probably vital to making sure the license is enforceable/valid.
I checked and both the FSF and FreeBSD themselves both have the "all rights reserved" language in their copy of the 2-clause BSD. A bit curious why the OSI does not.
Edit: Probably the reason the phrase isn't on the OSI page is that it's not actually important, and we're all spilling ink about this for no reason. However, IMO, better safe than sorry.
No, I'm not 100% certain.
Others here mention a few different things. Some are confused. I think I might be confused about the Directory in one important way…
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page#About actually links directly to F-Droid and maybe since that's all free software anyway, it's silly to duplicate all the entries for those programs that aren't available outside of Android…
The standard Mozilla add-ons centre (includes non-free, unlicensed, OSS and source may be difficult to obtain for FLOSS add-ons).
> FSF would be fine with reactos, if they would not have put their bets already on more unixoid solutions and the associated GNU projects. > Infact, the FSF is driven by a total non-elitistic vision and is willing to drop all hacker, nerd, geek stuff for their goal of freeing the computing overall. so, yes, the masses are the goal.
So, then they could have just modeled after FreeBSD, which was around prior to Linux then.
ReactOS just needs more resources. It would cause $0 to switch over to backing ReactOS.
The FSF is looking for the masses, yes. But those masses are the masses of those who know how to do more than mash buttons, as I said before. If that wasn't their target, again, ReactOS would cost $0 for them to back.
Don't believe me? Look at the reason the ReactOS wiki page was deleted: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/ReactOS
Does the RPi have enough resources to be capable of using a cheap webcam + motion or something while it's doing everything else? You could set it up so that the webcam would take a picture and put it in a dropbox folder as soon as motion was detected.
for example, The Man ^TM raids the location of the proxygambit you've set up, locate it, it takes a picture of the first one in sight of the camera, the picture shows up in the dropbox, now you know time's up and you've got a few minutes at most to wrap up what you're doing before they figure out what's going on.
although i think this would be more useful for proxyham than proxygambit.
His opinion might actually change, because for instance, games with non-free art are not allowed in the Free Software Directory. (Joshua Gay [FSF staff] had a discussion with RMS, since I was putting such games on it).
Here are some free and open source choices. LibreOffice Calc and Gnumeric are very solid spreadsheet programs. LibreOffice Base, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and many others work with a database. More at https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category/Database
It really depends on how much you have to inventory. If you have a small number, use paper or a spreadsheet. If you are a medium to large AV company, use a database.
The best source for finding privacy-respectful software is the FSF's free software directory. It sorts all kinds of programs by category and has descriptions. There's even an entire collection dedicated to anti-surveillance programs.