Free Software

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What is free software?

Free software is software that respects the 4 software freedoms. The 4 freedoms are

The freedom to run the run the program
The freedom to study the source code
The freedom to modify the source code
The freedom to distribute modified versions of the source code

Please note: Free software does not relate to monetary price. Free software can be sold or gratis (no cost)

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For those who want have more freedom on android, try F-droid. It also is a nice audition to a libre ROM of android (f-droid.org)

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Nextcloud - Online collaboration platform (nextcloud.com)

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LocalAI: a free implementation of the openai api (localai.io)

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With all of the recent AI it feels like AI may be in humanities future. the good news is there are ethical alternatives (github.com)

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For those who don't know, the fsf now has gnu software on flathub (self.freesoftware)

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I'm not sure if its completely official but if you look for software such as emacs it lists the fsf as the creator and the donation link works.

Minetest, a libre voxel game engine (www.minetest.net)

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FreeCAD: Your own 3D parametric modeler (www.freecad.org)

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Taler: a payment system that is actually ethical (taler.net)

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This project is no where near production ready but its still cool

Show your support of free software by choosing a free software themed background (wallpapercave.com)

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Am I the only one who wishes the flathub would separate free software applications better? (flathub.org)

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I like the idea of flatpak but I want the option to block all non-free software and non-free dependencies.

GitHub - espeak-ng/espeak-ng: eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than hundred languages and accents. (github.com)

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I've been using this and osmland to generate driving directions.

Take action! Protect end-to-end encryption — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software (www.fsf.org)

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"Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet | Defective by Design (www.defectivebydesign.org)

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OpenWRT, free your router. (Mostly) (openwrt.org)

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Jami, a free software decentralized communication system (jami.net)

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React os, the free software windows compatible os, is still alive and under development. This probably will not be ever 100% free software compatible but it does show what free software can do (reactos.org)

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This is why free software is especially needed in applications that need good security and flexibility. Proprietary software has once again proven to be a massive weakness (hackaday.com)

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What free software program do you guys like the most? (self.freesoftware)

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Inkscape launches version 1.3 with a focus on organizing work efficiently | Inkscape (inkscape.org)

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Here is the FSF free software directory for those looking for free software (directory.fsf.org)

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Best foss beat-making software? (lemmy.world)

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I'm interested in making some lofi hip-hop beats to share on funkwhale, just to try out the hobby and see how I like it. What's my best bet for a foss solution? I'm not going to be very serious at all, at least for the foreseeable future, so if the solution isn't ideal, that's okay -- I'm more interested in seeing what the community has to offer than using state-of-the-art software. I run a Windows machine, but do development on an Ubuntu WSL image, and I have access to a Mac, if that helps narrow it down.

Suse isnt't all that great when it comes to free software ideals but this parody gives me hope (inv.tux.pizza)

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Apparently osmand doesn't want to accept our money (github.com)

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OsmAnd is a map application for mobile phones that is free software. They have a free version but there are a bunch of paid features. I want to support them and get those features but they seem to be unwilling to accept other forms of payment.

There are a few new bills being introduced to congress in the us you should be paying attention to (www.eff.org)

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Openwisp, a free software WiFi sdn (openwisp.io)

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I just discovered this today