thibaultamartin

thibaultamartin, 1 month ago to random

Completely mind boggling to me that we threw away 5 billion phones in 2022.

Some of those could have been repurposed: smartphones are hardly innovating any more. The most eco-friendly phone is the one you already have.

We need to publicly support communities like @postmarketOS who work on making these phones repurposable, and @gnome that work on making a polished mobile experience that serves people, not creepy corporations.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63245150

sovtechfund, 1 month ago to random

We’re excited to share details about STF’s investment in @gnome to improve accessibility, tooling, and security for the Linux desktop ecosystem. Learn more about the comprehensive plan to modernize the platform and support features in the public interest:

https://sovereigntechfund.de/tech/gnome

thibaultamartin, 9 days ago to GNOME

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#148 Variable Styles
https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/05/twig-148/

#GNOME #TWIG

A collage of two screenshots of the bottom right part of the file manager window. The "before" screenshot shows the details bar touching the border of the window. The "after" screenshot shows the details bar floating. The details bar contains the name and size of the file selected.
A screenshot of a portion of an app. It shows two toggles. One of them has the classic libadwaita blue. The other one has a purple. In the foreground there's the GTK inspector, with the CSS panel open. It shows a CSS variable with the name @purple_3

thibaultamartin, 2 days ago to GNOME

A new issue of #ThisWeekInGNOME is now online!

#149 Installer Installment

https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/05/twig-149/

#GNOME #TWIG

A screenshot of GNOME Software. It shows a pop up in the middle with the title "Google Chrome is potentially unsafe". There's a list of permissions the app has requested. Those permissions are "Network Access", "User Device Access", "Microphone Access", "Screen Contents Access", "Legacy Windowing System", "User Settings". There are more items in the list, but we would need to scroll down to see them.
A screenshot of the app "Morphosis". A label shows that the file is managing a docx document. There are two dropdowns. The first allows to select the Export Format and is set to "PDF". The second allows to select the Font Style and is set to "Sans". There is a green "Convert..." button at the bottom.

thibaultamartin, 1 month ago to random

It's been a while since I last browsed the GNOME Circle curated apps directory and wow. So many focused apps that do one thing and do it well. So many utilities to tackle tasks easily. Can't recommend enough to have a look at it.

https://circle.gnome.org/

thibaultamartin, 2 months ago to random

The Matrix Foundation hosts one of the largest Matrix servers in the open federation. But we don't want to become the Gmail of Matrix. So why keep registrations open? And what are we doing to stay true to our mission?

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/03/why-matrix-org/

thibaultamartin, 2 months ago to random

If that’s not exciting, I don’t know what is.

Massive kudos to @alice for her work on Highscore!

thibaultamartin, 11 months ago to random

The new @matrix website is now LIVE!

https://matrix.org

thibaultamartin, 2 months ago to random

Fediverse, what nonprofits do you donate to, and why did you choose them?

If you don't mind specifying, I'd love to know what region of the world you're from!

🔄 Please boost to help me discover the problems people want to solve and the orgs solving them!

thibaultamartin, 9 months ago to random

When self-hosting, we try to solve a non-technical problem with (often shaky) technical solutions.

I think we need to acknowledge our weaknesses to improve.

https://ergaster.org/posts/2023/08/09-i-dont-want-to-host-services-but-i-do

🔄 Boost to help decentralising services reliably

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to Matrix

Next up at FOSDEM: the @matrix booth!

The team of awesome volunteers and Foundation staff will be there to meet you in person 🥳

Wanna have a chat with us, grab some Matrix stickers or buy a t-shirt? Find us on the second floor of Université Libre de Bruxelles’ building K!

#fosdem #matrix #booth #stand

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/01/matrix-presence-fosdem/

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to random

We’re at the booth, we have PLENTY of stickers to give away (please take some, 8000 stickers is HEAVY) and t-shirts for sale!

#fosdem #merch #stickers #tshirt #booth #stand

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to random

Massive success for Matrix at #FOSDEM this year again! Look at these happy faces!

🍕 Great discussions, crates and crates of drinks, and 70 pizzas in total for the #fringe event.

👕 100 t-shirts sold, thousands of stickers given away, and hundreds of minutes of fascinating conversations at the #booth

👪 A super packed #devroom with 4h of great talks, and a main track talk whose demo was selected for the highlights of the event

🥄 Zero spoon left, I’m DRAINED!

Can’t wait for next year!

thibaultamartin, 22 days ago to random

Planify is a neat todo app for @gnome that supports sync with todoist and @nextcloud. It even works on (Linux) phones!

I’m so thrilled to see the number of high-quality apps independent people create for GNOME! I’m certain the hard work of the GNOME team on the documentation and on libadwaita is no stranger to that 🚀

https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.alainm23.planify

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to random

Open source could be just dumping our code in a repo and slapping an @osi approved license on it. But we believe the spirit of open-source goes way beyond that:it is primarily about collaboration.

We're happy to launch the Matrix Website Office Hours on Thursdays every other week. Join @MTRNord and myself to grow your web development skills, use them for a real life project, maximise your impact on @matrix and make the world a better place!

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/02/website-office-hours/

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to random

"Avast was collecting users' browser information from 2014 to 2020, then selling it to more than 100 other companies through a since-shuttered entity known as Jumpshot, according to the Federal Trade Commission."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/avast-ordered-to-stop-selling-browsing-data-from-its-browsing-privacy-apps/

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to random

We tried to wreck Element Call but didn’t succeed! We can answer the most dreaded question in IT: it scales!

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to Matrix

Didn't get a chance to go to @fosdem this year, or missed any of the @matrix talks for whatever reason?

We got you covered! Here is a YouTube Playlist with all of the Matrix talks @ FOSDEM 2024

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl5dnxRMP1hWa_UHphXfOHvaw4B2JfSlx

⬇️ All the videos details below ⬇️

#fosdem #matrix #talk #devroom #janson

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to privacy

Google is going to roll out an AI feature for Messages, that will read your entire history of private messages.

It is unclear if the content of the messages and their analysis will stay exclusively on the user device… and if that's going to be the case forever.

A good reminder that it is our duty as workers in tech to make systems that help everyone escape surveillance capitalism.

https://ergaster.org/posts/2024/01/18-escaping-surveillance-capitalism-at-scale/

#surveillance #privacy #ai #google #bard

thibaultamartin, 3 months ago to random

Can’t make it to FOSDEM, or would rather follow from a distance? You can join the fun on @matrix !

Head to https://matrix.to/#/#fosdem2024:fosdem.org and join the rooms you’re interested in

thibaultamartin, 23 days ago to random

I just stumbled upon a markdown editor for @gnome, with shell search integration, that works on mobile and syncs with @nextcloud .

Iotas looks really neat, and is available on @flathub!

https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.World.Iotas

thibaultamartin, 1 month ago to random

Amazing to see @nextcloud launching a SaaS offering both for individuals and organisations!

€15/month for 500GB is more than what you will find on Big Tech offerings, but they don't offer the same guarantees.

Congrats on the launch and thanks for making Nextcloud accessible to the masses 🥳

https://www.nextcloud-one.com/

thibaultamartin, 11 days ago to random

Source code is a snapshot of the collective and opinionated solution to a problem at a specific moment in time.

The real value comes from the people who:

1. Understand the problem to solve
2. Can articulate, and test an opinionated way to solve the problem
3. Know how to implement the solution

Open source projects need to make sure they don't focus exclusively on the latter.

thibaultamartin, 6 months ago to random

My reaction when I open a product that shouldn't have AI and probably doesn't actually have AI, but shoves a "Unlock your full potential with {{ feature_name }} AI" pop up to my face as soon as I open the software.

Calm down product managers, the overwhelming majority of products are better without AI, and being a liar surfing on fads doesn't make you sound smart.

thibaultamartin, 6 months ago to random

I started putting together a list of games to learn useful skills to build and maintain tech services.

If you are aware of other nice games that can help learning and testing interesting skills, let me know and I'll add them to the list!

🔄 Boosts welcome of course

https://raindrop.io/Thib/learning-games-38820506