Hi, I'm Graeme , from North West England.
I worked in IT for many years, but became tired of the "mainstream" industry and big data companies.
I am a big #privacy advocate, believing in the freedom to control our own data in the cloud and on our devices, supporting people where I can with this. Long term #Linux user, #raspberrypi tinkerer, #retrocomputing enthusiast.
Hoping there's lots of like-minded people here on fosstodon!
#introductions
Spectrum Next's are available to preorder for a short time for anyone who missed the Kickstarter #zxspectrum #zxspectrumnext https://www.specnext.com/shop/
Live AMIGA event AmiWest 23 about to start!
Schedule:
http://amiwest.net/broadcast/
Stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsM-rDlxhi4
I've finally "pulled the plug" on Twitter completely- account deleted. I am looking for some "migration advice" from others who have fully switched.
My twitter followers were basically in 3 seperate communities. Techies, Gamers, Social.
I want to find people the "right home"
FOSStodon is superb for tech stuff, but this only accounts for 1/3 of people.
Can anyone recommend a "social" instance of mastodon, ideally UK based
Also, are there any instances that are focused around Video gaming?
A public announcement to all of Fosstodon:
You guys are awesome. I tried 3 Mastodon instances already and this one is the only one, where I actually prefer to browse Local feed instead of my personal Home.
Kudos @kev @mike @cooper @joseph @codesections @lee8oi @ohyran @Gina for managing this!
I love my daily dose of loosely FOSS-themed bait :)
#zxspectrumnext Kickstarter just passed £1.3 million, still has 14 days to go.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2
RT @RealStrictlyLTD
💥 TURRICAN 💥
Factor 5's #Turrican is finally back after 30 years of dormancy! #gamescom2020 #Turrican30th The pre-order will be announced during @gamescom ONL - then immediately go live at our store.
🎙️ Opening Night Live
https://youtu.be/1xmuwW9IpJ0
RT @TheGuruMeditate
KILLER stream yesterday. Apollo OS is awesome, Tiny Bobble is great, AmigaPower album rocks, and Golden Wing boxed edition is top quality! Here is the replay. #commodore #amiga #commodoreamiga #vampire #retrogamer #retrogaming #AmigaBill REPLAY: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/712460175
Computer upgrade ordered. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2
Let's not forget that #facebook was a platform originally created to track and exploit the women who went to Zuckerburg's college. If you are on #facebook, I don't think you need any additional motivation to get off of it. #deletefacebook
Ubuntu Mate with GUI official download beta 1. Raspberry Pi 4 Desktopify. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzofbSAU1j8
Hi all, I have a Windows 10 - Desktop sharing question.
I do teaching sessions with 2-3 apprentices in Excel. Usually id just sit with them and share a mouse, but due to Covid I'm looking for ways to share the screen.
Can anyone recommend a desktop sharing application that works well on a LAN?
Theres no need for audio/video as ill be in the same room.
Ideally this will be free, internal, not require a microsoft account signin (i believe this rules out MS quickassist?)
Any suggestions?
I've seen lots of posts and opinions recently about how email is broken, mainly due to (I think) the rise of Hey.
Here are my thoughts...
Day 59 of the #100DaysToOffload Series:
I didn't have the time I wanted to really put this through it's paces today, so I wrote up a really quick less than 300 words opinion of UbuntuDDE.
Overall, would certainly recommend @Tutanota as a privacy-respecting, reasonably priced alternative to the likes of Gmail, and could see it going great places usability-wise. Some gripes but nothing to make me regret the move so far.
If #Google knew everything about you, they would’ve stopped listening to everything you say.
Look no further than your #email system for today’s #surveillancesaturday.
If you know that your #GMail & others are data-mined, is it entirely “on them” that your #privacy is undermined?
Be an active participant in your goal to remain private.
Avoid #surveillancecapitalism by choosing to make (sometimes difficult) decisions. Give your money to better companies with products that respect you more.
"There’s Now an Even Worse Anti-Encryption Bill Than EARN IT"
Get your IT business out of the US. This needs to have an impact on the economy.
@exodus is currently unable to analyze Covid-19 apps due to geographical restrictions on downloading the apk files
- https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/post/covid/ (April)
But you can read the analysis reports from Defensive Lab Agency about a lot of Covid-19 Apps
People with the wrong intent will always find ways to get around anti-encryption laws, and there are many forms of communication that would be impossible to police. Memespeech for example, is a supposedly censor-proof method of encryption which hides messages inside normal passages of free speech by adjusting the letter formatting.
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@yarmo yep, I call it “Windows loneliness syndrome”.
If you don’t use Windows 10 as your daily driver, then every time you switch it on it will *demand* updates and install them regardless of your feelings on the matter.
If you switch it off after a big update instead of letting it finish on a subsequent restart, it struggles to even get out of bed for you.
The only reasonable treatment is to download updates manually then restart the machine a couple of times before every use.