Tag: FOSS
Using Obsidian to publish Standard.site records
ATProto blogging from Obsidian! Introducing the obsidian-standard-site plugin.
How to install Debian 13 Trixie with a GNOME desktop
edafe.de/debian Debian GNU/Linux was first released in 1993 and has been under active developement ever since. Today, the Debian Project unites thousands of contributors from across the globe with the aim of producing "an operating system distribution that is composed entirely of free software". This guide is intended to assist those who are installing Debian...
Connecting A Fresh Node
The exciting new 2D open-source image editor PixiEditor is still a bit rough around the edges, but it innovates by bringing thinking from the game development world to the traditional paint tool paradigm. It feels like the start of a trend.
Build Your Own Gumball
Considering how the user benefits when a mature project goes fully open-source—even one with the baggage of something like Gumroad.
Content Fighting Systems
The co-founder of WordPress steps in it, repeatedly, in a forest-for-the-trees fight with WP Engine that makes me feel sad for the open internet.
Keys To The Future
Thoughts on a new phone keyboard from an organization that is making a convincing case we need to rethink our discussion around FOSS and self-hosting.
It’s Easy. But Is It Easy Enough?
Self-hosted apps are having a moment, but people are still a little freaked out by them. Could a Flatpak-style approach to self-hosting help matters?
When Stewards Go Astray
A pair of recent controversies around the tech-publishing giant Automattic raise an important question in my mind: Do we have to worry about the future of WordPress?
Linux in 2024 – charting its own path to innovation
"Why do people take the path less traveled and choose an operating system based on Linux over the proprietary based ones from from Microsoft Windows and also the Apple Mac OS? So welcome to the intriguing world of Linux, an operating system that's been quietly revolutionising the tech landscape."
Cropping Into A Debate
I took a pretty rough swipe at GIMP last week, and rather than letting sleeping dogs lie, I’d like to explain my POV on the popular open-source image editor.
When Tools Unlock New Paths
Don’t just keep doing the same thing hoping that something is going to change. If you want to truly be creative, try a different tool sometime. You’ll thank yourself.
Screen reading for everyone
I discuss my involvement with NVDA and NV Access.
@DeadSuperHero It's #FOSS, and federates discussions using ...
@DeadSuperHero It's #FOSS, and federates discussions using #indieweb tech. There's also a 3rd party Diaspora plugin! @withknown
What would it take to save #EdTech?
Education has a software problem. 98% of higher educational institutions have a Learning Management System: a software platform designed to support the administration of courses. Larger institutions often spend over a million dollars a year on them, once all costs have been factored in, but the majority of people who use them - from educators through to students - hate the experience. In fact, when we did our initial user research for Known, we couldn't find a single person in either of those g