switching.software @switchingsoftware@mstdn.swiso.org

Hi Fediverse 👋

let me sum up the situation around #switchingsocial

Around September 20th, the original (anonymous) author of switching.social shut down its website and all related Social Media accounts, including mastodon 🤔

This info reached me (@tobias ) the next day via my German version @swisode .

As there hasn't been any sign of life since then, I restored the website and created this new account. Right now I'm out of spare time to work on it, but that'll change in a few weeks 🙂

Hi Fediverse 👋

hope you are fine while we are approaching the weekend 🙂

Let's make it colourful with:

- #GIMP and @glimpse / Raster graphics editors 🎨
- #darktable / Raw photo editor 📷
- #blender / @blender / 3D creation suite 🖥️
- #LibreOffice / @libreoffice / Office suite 📄
- #Inkscape / @inkscape / Vector graphics editor ⛰️

Have a nice time and maybe do something creative and fun if you feel like it 🌻

#ff #art #mastoart #floss

Hi Fediverse 👋

once again, as the weekend is approaching, let's have a little fun with some software icons...

... and some bubbles! 🔵

- #Kiwix / @kiwix / Offline knowledge browser
- #Framasoft / @Framasoft / A French non-profit promoting digital freedom
- #Searx / Privacy-respecting metasearch engine
- #Syncthing / File synchronisation program

Have a good time on your way through the Internet and embrace the upcoming weekend 🙂

#ff #art #mastoart #floss 🎨

Hi Fediverse 👋

a short newsletter of our project:

- We added #LibreSpeed for speed tests: https://switching.software/replace/speedtest.net/

- We added an entry for #OpensourceBuilders: https://switching.software/replace/switching.software/#opensource-builders

- We started thinking about translations: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/98

- We discuss entries for developers: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/issues/110

- Thanks to "n" for preparing a list of #WeTransfer alternatives: https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/pulls/113

- Our list to replace #Audible is online: https://switching.software/replace/audible/

- We wish you a nice day 🌻

Hi Fediverse 👋

no artwork, instead let's #saveOTF today 🙂

The Open Technology Fund: An important non-profit organization acting for global internet freedom. It backs projects like:

- The Tor Project: @torproject
- Delta Chat: @delta
- K-9 Mail: @k9mail
- Briar: @briar
- Tails: @tails
- Open Whisper Systems with @signalapp@mastodon.social
- many more 📜

Two days ago, US gov. made worrying changes to the OTF. So we signed this plea and hope you join in:

https://saveinternetfreedom.tech

#ff #SaveInternetFreedom

Hi Fediverse 👋

another week, another small logo artwork: Escaping the walled garden 🐰

Hope you like it. From top to bottom, you see:

- #Plume / @PlumeDev@fediverse.blog / Federated blogging
- #Pixelfed / @pixelfed / Federated image sharing
- #Friendica / @news / Decentralised social network
- #WriteFreely / @writefreely / Federated blogging
- #Briar / @briar / Secure messaging, anywhere

Enjoy the weekend 🙂

#ff #art #mastoart #floss

PS: Oops, forgot mentioning the official @Mastodon account 😅

Hi Fediverse 👋

to celebrate the beauty of Free/Libre and Open Source Software, let's start a series of related artwork, shall we? 🎨

And why not just use corresponding logos to create it? 🙃

Let's start with:
- #Mastodon
- #Riot / @matrix
- @freedomboxfndn

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend 🙂

#ff #mastoart #floss

Hi Fediverse 👋

to break the quietness of this account, here's a quick news flash:

- We added a list with Zoom alternatives 🤙
https://swiso.org/replace/zoom/

- We replaced some entries on "Bubbling under" 🔧
https://swiso.org/list/bubbling-under/

- We added Cryptpad to the Doodle list as it has a poll feature 🗒️
https://swiso.org/replace/doodle/

- Our DRM article has images now 🙃
https://swiso.org/articles/digital-rights-management/

- We have an Audible list in the pipeline 🎧
https://codeberg.org/swiso/website/pulls/81

Thanks to @uniq for the nudge to write this! 😊👍

By the way: I know there isn't a lot of activity going on with this account. We are mainly working on the website itself 😅

https://switching.software

https://swiso.org

Hi Fediverse 👋

we are happy to share with you that .ORG domains won't be managed by a for-profit-company soon 🙂

https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-board-withholds-consent-for-a-change-of-control-of-the-public-interest-registry-pir

#SaveDotOrg

Hi Fediverse 👋

think about this awesome space, enabling us to share what we care about in a non-profit & pleasant way 🙃

Powered by Free & Open Source Software, it strongly depends on a large variety of diligent individuals, that dedicate their work to the public - to us.

Yet, this "large variety" truely isn't large & variegated enough - especially on programming. If you have an idea on how to change this, you might be interested in the #GNOMEChallenge 🙂

https://www.gnome.org/challenge/faq/

@gnome