#freesoftware

What this server has with the tag: posts by people here, and posts from elsewhere that reached it. There's more of it on floss.social, mastodon.design, bonfire.cafe.

Modal Collective@modal@mastodon.design

Special announcement: We're having a theory-focused event next week at @offline 🤓️📖

We've been using the term "emancipatory computing" for some time, but we don't have a firm definition for it so far. We finally want to change that!

@swick will give a talk with some background, and then we'll have an open discussion on the topic.

Tuesday, November 3
offline, Lichtenraderstr. 49, Berlin

White event poster with a circular crop from a still life painting with a flower. The text says: Boiling The Ocean 14 Towards a Definition of Emancipatory Computing offline, Lichtenraderstr. 49 November 3, 2026 19:00
GNOME@gnome@floss.social

Do you have a fingerprint reader? In GNOME 51 we improved the user interface for managing fingerprints, and now adding, removing or even storing multiple different fingerprints is easier than ever.

Note: this feature isn't limited to smartphones!

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Bonfire@Bonfire@bonfire.cafe

Linux Magazine talked to us about how and why we build Bonfire.

What we want next is "not a bigger Bonfire, but a network of cooperatives covering the whole supply chain of a community's digital space", who "do it together" rather than leave you to "do it yourself".

Because "federation, we don't see it as just a technical thing. We see it as a social, economic, and political tool as well."

Link: Supporting the Social Web: How the Fediverse Found Parts for Its Platforms

Also happy to spread the love for @coopcloud@social.coop, @coquest@social.coop, @SocialCoop@social.coop and more, check out the links at the end of the article! Thanks to @horncologne@fosstodon.org for a lovely conversation, and @linuxmagazine@fosstodon.org for publishing it, in a piece that also features the great @cwebber@social.coop and @tsyesika@mastodon.nu from @spritely@social.coop.

Linux MagazineHow the Fediverse Found Parts for Its Platforms » Linux MagazineThe third in a five-part series on European-funded open source projects in hardware and software.The researchers came for a feed and stayed for the...