Krypton @Krypton@fosstodon.org

MX Linux is currently number 1 on Distrowatch !

==> https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=mx&pkglist=true&version=16.1

#Distrowatch #MXLinux

The Privacy for All Act is an important step toward better online privacy in America. We’ve joined 23 other tech companies to endorse it. https://protonmail.com/blog/california-privacy-for-all-act/

"Amazon... is a fair and responsible employer without collective worker agreements"

It's really fair when one guy at the top has $150,000,000,000 and a tiny handful of ultrarich white guys elect fellow wealthy 'big-brain' guys to a board to make all decisions regarding worker conditions, pay, and what to do with profit (give 99.9% to themselves).

Capitalism is a warcrime, a global humanitarian crisis that must be overthrown.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-germany/amazon-workers-strike-at-four-german-warehouses-idUSKCN1RR13D

KDE Applications 19.04 is out! The bundle comes with improvements and exciting new features for Okular, Gwenview, Konsole, Kate, Spectacle, Kontact, and many, many more.

Article: https://dot.kde.org/2019/04/18/kde-applications-1904-released

Full announcement: https://kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-19.04.0.php

It's awesome to see another new ActivityPub project in development!

Lemmy is a federated reddit alternative. I'm not sure if it federates yet, but I'm sure its on the roadmap #fediverse #activityPub

https://github.com/dessalines/lemmy

With 22 privacy-centered business fighting for the CCPA, Apple is not one of them. They don't really care about privacy! https://spreadprivacy.com/ccpa-privacy-for-all-act/

Your guide to alternative frontends for Mastodon and Pleroma

Tired of running the same old interface on your Pleroma or Mastodon instance? Check out these alternative web clients! https://wedistribute.org/2019/04/your-guide-to-alternative-frontends-for-mastodon-and-pleroma/

Hackers stole a Microsoft employee's credentials and accessed the body of users' emails, reports @motherboard. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywyz3x/hackers-could-read-your-hotmail-msn-outlook-microsoft-customer-support This particular attack is impossible with ProtonMail as we can't read user emails. Learn about zero-access encryption: https://protonmail.com/blog/zero-access-encryption/

You don't have to use Google Play on your Android phone.

There's a free open alternative app store called F-Droid, which is much more privacy-friendly, and which you can install yourself relatively easily.

There's a simple instruction guide for beginners on switching.social:

https://switching.social/ethical-alternatives-to-google-play/

There's a much more detailed guide by @IzzyOnDroid here:

https://android.izzysoft.de/articles/named/fdroid-intro-1

You can follow the official F-Droid account here:

@fdroidorg

#FDroid #GooglePlay #DeleteGoogle

Did you know? We have a blog where we write about LibreOffice and free software events, chat with contributors, post news and job offers, and much more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/

If you're a Windows user, IE can cause you problems even if you don't use it. This article calls for completely deleting IE from your computer. I'd go a step further and say it's past time to remove Windows from your computer.

"Internet Explorer exploit is trouble even if you never use the browser"

https://mashable.com/article/internet-explorer-hacker-windows-pc-exploit/

https://write.privacytools.io/paulakreuzer/how-to-live-without-google-and-other-evil-tech-giants

#LivingWoGoogle #FuckOffGoogle #FAANG #SurvaillenceCapitalism #DataPrivacy #replicant #lineage #YourDataIsYourData #fdroid #gdroid #tor #TorBrowser #uBlockOrigin #CloudFirewall #EFF #Ecosia #Riseup #Tutanota #K9 #Silence #Fediverse #WriteFreely #Fedilab

Pixelfed will be a year old in a few days.

I'm a high school dropout that has never taken any CS or computer classes.

Web development is just a hobby of mine, I work in the auto industry.

I'm so proud of this project, I never would have imagined that I could make something like this.

Thank you for helping me realize credentialism isn't so important as you think. ❤️

Another sad day for freedom in the West. Julian Assange has been arrested in the UK. I think it's only a matter of time that US will ask for expulsion.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/11/julian-assange-arrested-at-ecuadorian-embassy-wikileaks

#Assange #Wikileaks

We now have the new 1.8.0 release of the popular DeaDBeeF music player in the MX 15-18 test repos!

Let us know how it installs and performs if you give it a try.

The Network Timeline is finished, and ready to ship! Will be making a big announcement tomorrow 😁 #pixelfed