Petre @petre@fosstodon.org

Linux.conf.au 2021 starts this weekend! If you're attending make sure to check out the talks from our Foundation Staff. You can join both on Mon, Jan 25.

Molly de Blanc is giving an intro to Ethics from an Ethicist-in-Training at 10:45 am (AEDT): https://linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/65/

Neil McGovern dives into patent lawsuits and response strategies from the Foundation at 4:40 pm (AEDT):
https://linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/57/

#LCA2021

Found a bug in KDE software? Here's how you can help us solve it:

https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Bug_Reporting

Thanks to just over 150 sponsors, we’re ~80% of the way towards our first goal on GitHub Sponsors! Your sponsorship can help us reach the goal for as little as $2 per month :) https://github.com/sponsors/elementary

Good Morning! Here's @ubuntupodcast@twitter.com Season 13 Episode 3 for your listening pleasure. In this week's show, @popey@twitter.com audits his ThinkPads, @m_wimpress@twitter.com has been busy with orange and green things and @marxjohnson@twitter.com keeps us in check. We cover Ubuntu & News things.
https://ubuntupodcast.org/2020/04/12/s13e03-spilling-salt/

#Nextcloud 19 Beta 2 arrived! Help us make the final release perfect and share your thoughts on the new features 😀
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-19-beta-2-is-out-help-us-test-it/

A little later than usual, we present S13E02 of the #Ubuntu Podcast with @popey@twitter.com @marxjohnson@twitter.com and @m_wimpress@twitter.com . This week we discuss Mark's new Steam setup and bring your lovely feedback.
https://ubuntupodcast.org/2020/04/05/s13e02-walking-under-ladders/

Functional Programming with JavaScript - Simon Painter https://conf.tube/videos/watch/a39af8a4-8026-4ceb-baa8-18951caff715

We ♥ Flatpak, and that’s why we’re building a new Flatpak store dashboard for AppCenter and anyone else like Flathub to use. Get some sweet rewards and help us reach our goal by backing our campaign. #AppCenterForEveryone https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appcenter-for-everyone/

We will be at FOSDEM this weekend! Meet us there and ask us anything 😀
https://nextcloud.com/blog/rocking-fosdem-for-another-year/

KDE will be at #fosdem again this year. We will have a booth in building K (of course) where you can try Plasma Mobile, meet the developers and grab some cute Konqi stickers.

https://fosdem.org/2020/

Also don't miss Volker Kraus, who will be presenting KDE Itineray on Saturday:

https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/kde_itinerary/

and Akhil Gangadharan Kurungadathil, who will be presenting the new QML renderer in Kdenlive on Sunday:

https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event/om_qml/

Say 👋 to Nextcloud Hub, a big change for Nextcloud!
🗄 Files - workspaces, file locking
🤖 Flow - automates boring tasks
📝 Built in office
📅 Calendar 2.0: Talk meetings, busy view
📩 Mail 1.0 recognizes itineraries
🗣 Talk brings replies
And much more!
https://nextcloud.com/blog/the-new-standard-in-on-premises-team-collaboration-nextcloud-hub/

Nextcloud 3.10.0 for Android is here, bringing collaborative tools, dark mode, rich workspaces and more! It is certainly a big #nextcloud news day today 😎
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-3-10-0-for-android-is-here-bringing-collaborative-tools-dark-mode-rich-workspaces-and-more/

#Windows7 will stop receiving updates next Tuesday, 14th of January. We want to help Windows users upgrade to something better. You can help too: Help upgrade to KDE's Plasma desktop. #Upgrade2Plasma

https://dot.kde.org/2020/01/08/plasma-safe-haven-windows-7-refugees
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#Windows7 users #Upgrade2Plasma - The Movie:

https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/230457b7-ebd2-4058-a23b-24d08201a9e3
https://youtu.be/TJzfaqRLfpY

Now that we're all rested from the holidays, time for you all to sign up for some fun activities: https://fosdem.org/2020/news/2019-12-31-call-for-volunteers/ . Jokes aside, it would be literally impossible to make FOSDEM happen without all the wonderful people who volunteer, so thank you :)!

Don't forget to update #firefox asap ;)
https://www.ghacks.net/2020/01/08/firefox-72-0-1-fixes-a-security-vulnerability-that-is-actively-exploited/

FOSDEM prep work sunday... Inventory of equipment and video setup upgrades and testing :)

Now that elementary OS 5.1 Hera is out, what’s your favorite update? https://blog.elementary.io/introducing-elementary-os-5-1-hera/