Free Software Aus

Join the discussion on Internet Governance at tonight's @linuxusersvic meeting: meetup.com/linux-users-of… #NetThing

Veloren is an exciting voxel art RPG game licensed under GPL 3. With beautiful community created assets and an intriguing virtual world to explore. Tonight we explore this world and all are welcome to come along. 7:00pm-8:30pm AEDT at: venue.electronworkshop.com.au/r/freesoftware…

This month we're having a brainstorming session about the future and development of FSA. The evening will include a presentation about Framasoft and CHATONS to see what activities and ideas we can take inspiration from etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/fsm-ctte-202…

Tonight at FSA we're talking #PeerTube. Starting with an introduction and a discussion. Then we'd love to hear from all of you about great PeerTube chanels, instances, applications and tips. Starts at 7:30 AEDT. Details and meeting link here: freesoftware.org.au/blog/peertube-… #fediverse

Tonight at Free Software Australia we’ll discuss Federation and the #Fediverse. We'll start with an introduction to federation and we will also take a look at some example federations in the Free Software world. Online event 7:30-9:00pm AEDT more info at: freesoftware.org.au/blog/federatio…

Join us tonight for the first #FreeSowftareAustralia event in 2022! 30 Years of #Linux under #GPL (#Linux30 project launch) Starting time: 21:30pm - New Zealand 19:30pm - Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra 19:00pm - Adelaide 18:30pm - Brisbane 17:30pm - Perth freesoftware.org.au/blog/linux30or…

Hey everyone, don't forget that tomorrow is Software Freedom Day and Free Software Melbourne will be hosting the event online this year. We've got talks about SearX, Purism, Next Cloud, Right to Ask and of course Lots and Lots of Linux. Details: freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-…

Google and Apple are playing iSpy with your little phone to see where you have been. If tech companies track you 24-hours a day and sell the data to advertisers, it's legal. If a person did the same thing, it would be called stalking. nrkbeta.no/2020/12/03/my-…

@doctorow @carlmalamud For example Australia Standards charge $220AUD+ for AS/NZS 3000:2018 Electrical installations. How would a customer know if their electrician did a good job or followed the standards? techstreet.com/sa/standards/a…

Rogue archivist @carlmalamud isn't a mere open-access advocate: he is a highly specialized open-access ninja who is laser-focused on access to the law, which is weird, because you'd assume that the law is public by default. 1/

Tonight we will be performing a live install and walkthrough of Pop!_OS and discussing this interesting little OS. Join us from 7:30 on our brand new BigBlueButton instance provided by LinuxUsersVic: meet.glasswings.com.au/b/fsm-iv6-tce-… @linuxusersvic @system76 #pop_os

@CarrieBenatti @doctorow Hi Carrie, it was definitely put into place for a period as users were not able to update the bios on Gen8's without paying for the privilege. Currently there is the following note on HP's download page. Could any one with an Enterprise account able to shed any light?

@FreeSoftwareMel @doctorow I understand the concern and definitely support people buying from smaller manufacturers but the thread you linked is from 2014 and this never came to fruition. You just have to download some updates manually if you don’t have a support contact. support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/d…

HP never stopped innovating. From its origins in the 1930s as a leading electronics manufacturer to its role in the birth of PCs and performance servers, it has always demonstrated incredible ingenuity. Today, that ingenuity is deployed in service of evil ink-based fuckery. 1/

Sorry for the delay we had some technical issues that took a little time to solve. 🔧🪛⌨️ Thanks @MediaGoblin for your awesome help and support!

Hi Software Freedom Fighters, We have released the Software Freedom Day 2020 videos of our fantastic speakers at: media.freesoftware.org.au/u/Free%20Softw… @ThaiisThei @fkarlitschek @Nextclouders @italovignoli @Michael_from_UK @libreoffice

Remember, the "cloud" (free or paid) is just someone else's computer. The true owner (not you) can take it away at anytime, for any reason without recourse. businessinsider.com.au/google-users-l…

This looks very promising for the future of open hardware and mobile tech in particular. Precursor is not for normal users, but it will help users in the future by creating a community of devs who value freedom. crowdsupply.com/sutajio-kosagi…

Here is an example of why "open-source" licences (APL in this case) neither protects the user's or the developer's freedoms. Using the AGPL would preserve the freedoms of all users and developers if a cloud service provider forks the project.

Don't want to save all your personal information on someone else's computer? 👀'ing at you Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon... Join us 7:30pm Thursday 15th October AEST for our next online meeting: A show and tell about NextCloud freesoftware.org.au/blog/a-show-an…

Join us tonight in our monthly meeting. We will be having a look at the new #Ubuntu release, Groovy Gorilla! Times for Aus and NZ as below: 1700 AWST (Perth) 1830 ACST (Adelaide) 1900 AEST (Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra) 2100 NZST (Wellington) meetup.com/Linux-Users-of…

This is a great idea!