DebConf 23 attendees were gifted a USB disk with several Debian installers on it. They were manufactured by Mostly Harmless @abhashttps://mostlyharmless.io/
I got to use it for the first time now to install Debian. Nice that they included both Gnome and KDE options. I got used to Gnome because it has shortcuts similar to macOS, which I use at work. I also like KDE, but installing Gnome this time.
#TIL that #gnome has its own timezone (including in the shell), independently for what's in /etc/timezone - some parts of my system thought I'm still at #debconf23 in India I found out
We have a FreedomBox app for @kiwix now. Coming to a FreedomBox near you! (in a few days)
Thanks to @legoktm for maintaining the kiwix-tools package in @debian
Big thanks to the community deployment teams in the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for motivating me to add this app to FreedomBox. You are the real heroes distributing our work to the masses and spreading the word about #Kiwix, #Debian and #FreedomBox. 👏
And, thanks to our friends from Kerala for organizing #DebConf23 ❤️
Well doesn't that make me all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that pictures of my passport, visa and more information had to be taken so that I could get SIM cards during #DebConf23
Look what came in the mail? My @purism Librem 5, but I am still waiting on my SIM card For the Librem cell service for some testing between that and @Efani but this will be an interesting review of the battle of the privacy phone ecosystems I have made.
Android/Graphene OS on Pixel 7a and PureOS on Purism Librem 5 #infosec#cybersecurity#linux#opensource#cellphone#review#privacy
You might also find it fun that you can switch to a different tty. @devrtz had to do some last-minute fixing of his #Librem5 before giving a presentation at #DebConf23 😎 a couple of days ago
The "DebConf 24 BoF & DebConf 25: In your city?", the quite traditional meeting between DebConf N and DebConf N+1 teams, will be held at 16:30 IST (11:00 UTC) in Anamudi, in the presence of the DebConf committee. The possible locations for DebConf25 will be evoked! If you’re interested in hosting DebConf in your city, this is the time to come and present your ideas! https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/?block=8#debian#debconf#debconf23#freesoftware#dc23#kochi#debconfkochi#debianindia
At 10:30 IST (05:00 UTC) the morning session begins with the talk "Debian Experience & Outreachy Project: Improve yarn package manager integration with Debian" in Anamudi, and three BoFs: "Debian.net team BoF" in Kuthiran, "Live Coding for art, sound and visuals" for people interested on live coding to produce sound and visuals in Ponmudi, and the "Debian Med BoF" in Chembra https://debconf23.debconf.org/schedule/?block=8#debian#debconf#debconf23#freesoftware#dc23#kochi#debconfkochi #...
Begining at 16:30 IST (11:00 UTC), four talks will take place before the afternoon break: "What's new in the Linux kernel (and what's missing in Debian)" in Anamudi, "Uplifting the gross roots using FOSS communities" describes a decade work of an FOSS Community now powering up Debian" in Kuthiran, "A Guided Tour to Debian Installer Development" guide you through the process of how to work on it in Ponmudi, while in Chembra "Past and future changes to the Debian web pages" are evoked https://...
Exciting to see how @kiwix, #FreedomBox and #Debian are used to bring #Wikipedia content (and more!) to villages where internet access isn't an option.