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#BigBlueButton and #NextCloudTalk #VideoConference: Performance & Maximum Users

#NextCloud
4 fine up to 4 users [b]
5 fine with video; up to 20 audio only [f]
>5 performance gets problems [a]
50 seems to work with high performance backend [f]

#BBB
8 fine, few crashes [c]
19 fine with students [g]
45 worked well, some issues with slow internet. It can handle much more users if users muted & turn off video [d]
>100 for presentation; complicated if >25 users use video [e]

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Kaidan 0.5.0 released!

https://www.kaidan.im/2020/04/06/kaidan-0.5.0/

Security #Vulnerabilities fixed in #Firefox 74.0.1 and Firefox ESR 68.6.1 — #Mozilla

#infosec

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2020-11/

Searching for alternatives to #zoom, that's reasonably #private and #secure, #easy to use, #reliable, and #multiplatform:

- #qTox is overall good, but supports only two participants on video calls
- #Jitsi is also good, but video isn't (natively?) supported in Safari
- #Jami seems good, but might not work well outside of GNU/Linux
- #BigBlueButton seems okay, minus tracking on their website
- #Nextcloud is what I suspect would work best, but I haven't tried Talk (yet)

Hello, I’m the reel2bits project developper, a #FOSS self-hostable #soundcloud like with #ActivityPub federation.

It’s written in python/flask/vuejs and I need help because I’m unable to work a lot on it anymore, if you are interested to help me on some of the issues and more specially the ActivityPub part, you can contact me through:

the project matrix channel
the issue tracker
this account

boosts welcome, thanks.

Our Essential List of Free Software for Remote Work
https://puri.sm/posts/our-essential-list-of-free-software-for-remote-work/

#Coronavirus: Making us love #Facebook and #Google all over again. As we're stuck indoors, tech companies are suddenly our sword and our shield. But should we suddenly trust them again ?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/coronavirus-making-us-love-facebook-and-google-all-over-again/#ftag=RSSbaffb68
NO !!! Don't trust them anymore :they steal and use yours datas. Use instead free (as in #freedom) alternatives, #freesoftware and #opensource
#gafam #usersdatas

MOSS launches COVID-19 Solutions Fund – The Mozilla Blog

Mozilla is announcing today the creation of a COVID-19 Solutions Fund as part of the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS).

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/03/31/moss-launches-covid-19-solutions-fund/

#Fedilab 2.33.0 is available on #FDroid and also #NitterizeMe 1.6.0

Remote Profiles will be shipped in the next version! 🚀 #pixelfed

I will be mentoring a few GNU/Social students this summer for #GSoC 😁

Many proprietary software companies are currently using the extended homeoffice situation of many employees to offer lock-in solutions gratis or even labelling them as "free". But take care to build on Free Software. Else your solution today might turn into a burden tomorrow:

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200330-01.html

GitLab needs a Director of Security, Application Security: https://infosec-jobs.com/job/760-director-of-security-application-security/ #InfoSec #infosecjobs #CyberSecurity #cybersec #CyberCareer #cyberjobs #hackers #hacking #websec #security #jobs #jobsearch #Recruiting #Vacancy #techjobs #hiringnow

What free software programs are you using purely for fun during quarantine? Got any recommendations to share?

If you want to share a file with a friend or colleague, you don't have to trust a third party service. You can use OnionShare.

The newest version even lets you publish static websites as onion services.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-version-onionshare-makes-it-easy-anyone-publish-anonymous-uncensorable-websites-0 onionshare.org #onionizetheweb

If you run a #Nextcloud server, consider enabling #2FA and protect against 99.9% of attacks on your users! Learn about the options in our latest blog:
https://nextcloud.com/blog/security-in-nextcloud-how-to-block-99-9-of-attacks/

#BlenderNation Krita 4.2.9 Released - https://www.blendernation.com/2020/03/27/krita-4-2-9-released/ by Bart -- posted at 2020-03-27T09:30:02 with #RSSTootalizer #b3d #blender

A new poll finds 57% of Americans are not comfortable with tech companies sharing their location data with the government to track the spread of Coronavirus. https://morningconsult.com/2020/03/23/coronavirus-location-data-tracking/

Call for students: Work on Nextcloud related projects together with Joplin! Read more details on how to get involved and develop some great features this summer at #GSoC 2020!
https://nextcloud.com/blog/call-for-students-work-on-nextcloud-related-projects-together-with-joplin/