Hello,
got caught by surprise by the launch of the Fairphone 3.
It is clear that their success of pushing the state of the art in the area of
consumer mobile phones is based on Free Software (like Android).
The details are interesting, as there can always be something improved.
Does somebody have alreadys looked at the new model from the Free Software
side?
Having 10 out of 10 repairability score from iFixit is very good,
they are keeping their high standards from FP2.
https://www.fairphone.com/en/2019/09/17/ifixit-repairability/
My experiences:
* I know a few persons owning and running FP1 for years, very reliably,
almost 6 years. When the battery could not officially produced anymore
(understandable), the community found a replacement. Some still run the FP1.
Problem: the chipset choice made it hard to have a better software support
and Android 4.4 is dropping out of support by important apps.
* The two FP2 models I saw in vicinity had small hardware issues with touch
an rebooting, it was less a workable "mainstream" phone than others.
The modular approach was cool, though. I read that root and other "ROM"s
were possible.
* The FP3 announcement policy did not work for me. On of the persons with the
FP1 needed a replacement (because of software and battery life) and a used
phone with lineagesOSmicrog was bought, because the state of the FP3 was
unclear in the first half of this year.
I've heard that a sailfish OS port to FP3 is likely. :)
That is also a mobile phone operating system which (limited) success is based
on Free Software a lot.
What are your experiences?
What is the best argument you could make for something if you wanted to raise
the chance of this person buying an FP3?
Best Regards,
Bernhard
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Dear larger FSFE community,
I recently heard about the event "Open Source beyond 2020" by the European
Commission [1] and was wondering if anyone from the FSFE is planning to attend
the event and represent FSFE?
The agenda looks surprisingly interesting, I must say
Regards,
Harald
[1] http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/image/document/2019-39/ope…
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to point you to this open internship position at the FSFE:
https://fsfe.org/news/2017/news-20170811-01.en.html
As you know, when the FSFE was founded, we put together a document
describing our self conception. That was 16 years ago, and while I
believe it to still be relevant, we'll be looking at making a new
committment towards a revised organisational identity later this year.
As a part of this work, we're looking for an intern to support the
process for 3-6 months, working closely with me and others in the
FSFE on analysing how the different groups within and outside of the
FSFE perceive the organisation's identity, which will then work
towards understanding how aligned they are, and supporting a
renewed committment towards a self conception.
We've already started the work, and will be looking for someone who
could jump on board quite soon indeed, so don't wait to send this
to someone you think might be interested! Work description and other
application details on the page above.
Sincerely,
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Free Software Foundation Europe | jonas(a)fsfe.org
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Hi All
Just thought I would post this as Saturday is international day
against DRM
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/join-us-in-boston-to-fight-drm-and-g
et-crafty-october-9-12
I have included a link to both this and the page on the FSFE website
to promote what this is all about, as in anti DRM campaigns
Paul
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http://www.zleap.net
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Dear all,
(Some of you might have received this mail personally already)
People often say, Free Software is more secure than proprietary
software. But what may be the reasons? And is that actually true? We try
to answer these and more questions in the following weeks, and you can
contribute a great part with only 10 minutes of your time today.
In a survey, we would like to ask you to share your opinion on various
statements on IT security-related questions, rate different
argumentations and approaches the FSFE could use, and share information
we might have missed. Everyone is welcome to participate, no matter
which level of knowledge about Free Software, IT security or
programming. The survey takes ~10 minutes on average to be completed.
https://survey.fsfe.org/853518
Apart from this survey, we interview experts in different connected
fields and discuss in different teams and working groups. Our goal is to
have a more clear and defined position, and to help people understand
the influence of Free Software on IT security.
The whole activity aims to answer the following broad questions:
1. What is the state of security in Free Software?
2. How can security in Free Software and its projects be improved?
3. How can Free Software contribute to security and safety in our
society?
Your participation in the survey will help us understand the perception
of this topic within the FSFE community, and enable us to concentrate on
specific arguments and questions.
Thank you for your time!
Best regards,
Max
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Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl
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Hi all,
As you know, the REUSE project aims to make Free Software licensing
easier and clearer, especially for developers. Our tool automates a lot
of processes around that:
https://git.fsfe.org/reuse/tool
To make it easier, people can install it via pip, but we are not present
in multiple popular distributions' package repositories. Right now, it's
Arch Linux (through AUR), Fedora, and OpenSUSE (in an old version).
Is someone here who could help us get REUSE tool packaged for e.g.
Debian, Ubuntu, NixOS etc? I'm looking forward to collaborate on that :)
Best,
Max
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Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl
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Hi all,
I am looking for a tiny laptop in a size of 9 or 10 inch that runs GNU/Linux
and that I can easily take with me on my backpacking vacations. Battery power
is a more important feature for me than computational power. I will basically
use it for writing text and mails and browsing the web. Ok, if I can run GIMP
that would be nice, but not necessary.
If you know of a company that sells such a laptop with GNU/Linux pre-installed
I would consider to support them. Else, I will install it by myself.
Thanks for any recommendations,
Erik
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No one shall ever be forced to use non-free software
Erik Albers | Programme Manager, Communication | FSFE
OpenPGP Key-ID: 0x8639DC81 on keys.gnupg.net
Hi
Not sure if this helps, but this may be useful:
http://www.educatinggirlsmatters.org/howtohelp.html
in terms of who we could try and work with to promote free software and
development skills to. These charities are set up, I assume to create
really good outcomes for people, well if we can help develop skills and
also in doing so, and in contributing provide meaningful experience,
then that would help achieve the aims of these charities.
Paul
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Paul Sutton
http://www.zleap.nethttps://www.linkedin.com/in/zleap/
Twitter : @zleap2018
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Hi all,
fyi: a weird Analysis of Tech Against Terrorism initiative was published:
Analysis: The use of open-source software by terrorists and violent
extremists -
https://www.techagainstterrorism.org/2019/09/02/analysis-the-use-of-open-so…
"The case of Gab illustrates the threat that open-source software can be
abused by anyone, including terrorists and violent extremists."
Best,
Alex
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Alexander Sander - EU Public Policy Programme Manager
Free Software Foundation Europe
Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-157 923 472 12
Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 | (fsfe.org/join)
Hi all,
Does anyone of you consider going to BalCCon, a conference about Free
Software and IT security in Novi Sad, Serbia? It's going to take place
on 13-15 September.
https://2k19.balccon.org
This will be the second time I will attend, and I liked its cosy style
and friendly audience. There also is an area for groups and projects to
present themselves. I thought about offering an FSFE space but would
love to share this joy and responsibility with other Free Software
enthusiasts.
So, anyone in? :)
Best,
Max
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Contact and information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl | @mxmehl
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