Free Software (freesoftware) group

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1. Bradley M. Kuhn

   What the hell happened to "graceful degradation"? Most websites are nearly unusable without #Javascript now. What gives?

   about 8 days ago from web
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   • X11R5

     @pehjota I am now of the best chicken impression

     about 2 hours ago
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     lnxwalt X11R5

     @x11r5 Are you craving #poultry? First #chicken impressions, then #duck flavored cookies.

     about 2 hours ago
   • Thomas Hochmann

     For the same reason that Google+ uses 400MB of RAM when I have it open in a tab. That is, no good reason at all.

     about an hour ago
2. *freie funken* Free Software

   Etwas pathetisch, aber trotzdem: Could WordPress be the next Tumblr? http://ur1.ca/dyl70 !fs

   about 22 hours ago from api
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   • Kuro Sawai

     I suppose that's a real danger! Useful Web 2.0 services at the sales for Big Money corporations.

     about 19 hours ago
3. Michał Andrzej Woźniak GNU's Not Unix , Linux , StatusNet , Identi.ca , Free Software , Maemo , MeeGo , Jolla

   Also, let's show @jolla what buzz looks like on the #libre side of social media! ur1.ca/dy0oc !sn !identica !fs !gnu !linux !maemo !meego

   about 2 days ago from Choqok at Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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   • Kete Foy Free Software

     Jolla Launch http://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2013/05/jolla-launch/

     about a day ago
4. micuintus GNU's Not Unix , Linux , Qt Users , Free Software , Free Libre Open Source Software , Nokia - Connecting People , Maemo , Nokia N900 , Free & Open Source Software , MeeGo , Jolla

   !Jolla — the other half. http://is.gd/wHOlGK http://is.gd/3xkF3n !MeeGo !Nokia !N900 !Maemo !Qt !FS !FOSS !FLOSS !GNU !Linux

   about 2 days ago from Choqok
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5. Michał Andrzej Woźniak GNU's Not Unix , Creative Commons , Free Software

   Why I consider -ND (and similar) unnecessary and harmful: http://rys.io/en/101 | http://rys.io/en/101.txt !CC !fs !gnu

   about 5 days ago from Choqok at Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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   • Alexandre Oliva GNU's Not Unix , Creative Commons , Free Software

     ♻ @rysiek: Why I consider -ND (and similar) unnecessary and harmful: http://rys.io/en/101 | http://rys.io/en/101.txt #CC #fs #gnu

     about 4 days ago
   • Michał Andrzej Woźniak Carlos Solís

     @csolisr Awesome, thanks! I'm updating this post a bit (a single section is being added), would you be so kind? bit.ly/12CEmCM

     about 4 days ago
   • Carlos Solís

     @rysiek And it's done again! http://goo.gl/TqD4a

     about 3 days ago
6. Arne Babenhauserheide

   #Friendica is not #copyleft (but permissive), that means it invites proprietarization: Binding users with proprietary extensions ☹

   about 6 days ago from web at Graben-Neudorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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   • Dennis Heidsiek

     Hmm … you’ve made good points and gave me a lot to thing about. Thank you!

     about a day ago
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   • Arne Babenhauserheide

     Glad to help ☺ Strategic planning towards a free software world is a pretty hard topic…

     about 16 hours ago
   • Dennis Heidsiek

     Definitely yes … the 2007’er article about the GCC http://ur1.ca/dxlkc almost foreshadowing the rise of LLVM (free, but without copyleft)

     about 14 hours ago
7. Bernhard E. Reiter Free Software

   Visiting Berlin next week. http://ur1.ca/dwcjx !FS tradeshow #Linuxtag #openslides #greenbone #intevation

   about 5 days ago from web
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   douglasawh Free Software

   I was wondering if anyone could tell me if there were #Airtime clients or if someone has experience with Airtime that could help #NEF. thnx!

   about 5 days ago from 280.status.net at Baltimore, Maryland, United States
9. Francesco Chicchiriccò Free Software

   !OpenSource code and #business models: More than just a #license http://ur1.ca/dvq0m

   about 6 days ago from Choqok at Miglianico, Abruzzo, Italy
10. Carlos Solís Free Software

    #CommaFeed, a !FreeSoftware, self-hosted replacement to #GoogleReader: https://github.com/Athou/commafeed

    about 6 days ago from web at Cantón de Santa Ana, Provincia de San José, Costa Rica
11. Arne Babenhauserheide GNU's Not Unix , Linux , Free Software , GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection

    #Phoronix conclusions distort their results, shown with !GCC vs. #LLVM/Clang On AMD's FX-8350 Vishera → draketo.de/node/563 !fs !gnu !linux

    about 8 days ago from web at Graben-Neudorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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    • Alexandre Oliva GNU's Not Unix , Free Software

      ♻ @arnebab: Phoronix conclusions distort their results, shown with GCC vs. LLVM/Clang On AMD's FX-8350 Vishera http://draketo.de/node/563

      about 7 days ago
12. Arne Babenhauserheide

    Motivation and Reward → http://draketo.de/light/english/motivation-and-payment — !politik !freesoftware !gnu and !science

    about 9 days ago from web at Graben-Neudorf, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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    • Alexandre Oliva

      ♻ @arnebab: Motivation and Reward → http://draketo.de/light/english/motivation-and-payment — #politik #freesoftware #gnu and #science

      about 7 days ago
13. FFKP

    Making attribution work: http://ur1.ca/durhg

    about 8 days ago from web
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    • Marjolein Katsma Mike Linksvayer

      @mlinksva I've found Bootstrap-based pages blocking middle click on a link; not sure it's all, have not checked yet how #annoying

      about 7 days ago
    • Mike Linksvayer laurelrusswurm

      @laurelrusswurm sadly the observation that theories don't die, scientists do, also largely applies to org migration in direction of freedom.

      about 7 days ago
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    • laurelrusswurm

      @mlinksva orgs & corps & gov'ts are all artificial constructs so freedom is optional; it is different for people b/c freedom benefits us

      about 7 days ago
14. Matthias Kirschner Free Software , Free Software Foundation Europe

    Stellungnahme der !FSFE zu #SoftwarePatenten veröffentlicht ur1.ca/dtyo0 #SWPAT schaden #FreierSoftware !fs und damit der Wirtschaft

    about 9 days ago from Choqok
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15. P. J. McDermott Self Host

    So I'm an #OpenID provider now. !selfhosting

    about 9 days ago from IdentiCurse
    • P. J. McDermott Free Software

      @pehjota Though it's amazing how few actively maintained !fs #OpenID servers exist. I guess few people provide their own authentication?

      about 9 days ago
16. micuintus Ubuntu users , GNU's Not Unix , Linux , KDE , GNOME , Free Software , Free Libre Open Source Software , Free & Open Source Software , Ubuntu Unity , Wayland Display Server

    Why !GNU + !Linux sucks youtu.be/QKwWPQ1Orzs http://ur1.ca/dmoyf !FOSS !FreeSoftware !FLOSS #Mir !Ubuntu !Unity !KDE !GNOME !Wayland

    about 21 days ago from Choqok
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    • Ladislav Ezr Ubuntu users , Linux , KDE , GNOME , Free Software , Ubuntu Unity , Wayland Display Server

      Hmm, it would be better if that guy used tripod and real camera instead of a potato :P

      about 10 days ago
17. Matthias Kirschner Free Software

    And !freesoftware in Turkish schools ur1.ca/dsc6l

    about 12 days ago from Choqok