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We're proud to announce the upcoming release of Funkwhale 1.1 around March 15.

For the first time in Funkwhale's history, this release was supervised and published entirely by Georg, a new maintainer of the project, instead of our usual @agateblue ;)

Georg has published the first release candidate today, and we encourage admins to give it a try and share their feedback so we can spot and correct bugs and regressions.

You can learn more about this release at https://blog.funkwhale.audio/~/Announcements/first-release-candidate-for-funkwhale-1.1, and https://governance.funkwhale.audio/d/amoT1YnA/incoming-funkwhale-release-1-1-call-for-tests-and-translations will give you all the instructions to update and share your feedback.

Many, many thanks who to all the people who contributed to this release and to the project as a whole ❤️

NeoChat, KDE's native Matrix chat client, is out and comes with a new login page that detects the server configuration from your ID, stickers, message editing, and much more. Check out all that's new at https://carlschwan.eu/2021/02/23/neochat-1.1/

Laser Galvos and an ESP32 Recreate Old-School Asteroids

Playing Asteroids now isn’t quite what it used to be when it came out 40 years ago. At the time, the vector-scan display was part of the charm; making do with an emulator running on a traditional r… https://hackaday.com/2021/02/18/laser-galvos-and-an-esp32-recreate-old-school-asteroids/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1362513815905132546

The Allure of The Terminal.
https://popey.com/blog/2021/02/the-allure-of-the-terminal/

Nextcloud 💓 Matrix

Combining the a self hosted cloud synchronization @nextcloud with the end to end encrypted chat API @matrix is a dream come true for a decentralized, self hosted infrastructure.

To connect Matrix *Synapse* with Nextcloud, let
Nextcloud act as an OpenID Connect / OAuth2 provider and Matrix as client. User management is done by Nextcloud, where you can benefit from their app store to integrate even more authentication systems.

Read the full setup:
https://falko.berlin/post/2021-02-03.0#integrating-matrix-with-nextcloud

#fluffychat has been approved for the iOS AppStore! Thanks to benpa and @matrix for the help with this! You guys are awesome!

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/fluffychat/id1551469600

Here is the full story so far:

https://element.io/blog/element-on-google-play-store/

Google has suspended Element (@matrix) from the Play Store for "Sexual Content and Profanity". Basically same story as with Subway Tooter a while back. Element is to Matrix as Chrome is to the web. Curiously, Chrome is still on the Play Store.

Controlling A Quadcopter With One Dead Motor

Quadcopters have incredible flying abilities, but if one loses just a single motor, it drops like a rock. Researchers from the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group have proven that this does n… https://hackaday.com/2021/01/28/controlling-a-quadcopter-with-one-dead-motor/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1354994324866523137

Better than WhatsApp: Try these Free Software Apps and Services — Free Software Foundation India

https://fsf.org.in/article/better-than-whatsapp/

#WhatsApp #Telegram #Signal #matrix #xmpp #p2p #element #quicksy #FreeSoftware

Thanks to Riya for making the info graphics.

To hell with 2020! Here is what you should be expecting to happen _this_ year in free/libre software for creative professionals:

https://librearts.org/2021/01/foss-in-2021-preview/