Abhas Abhinav @abhas@mastodon.social

Liberating the Mi Router 4A to run OpenWRT

https://sovran.video/videos/watch/f4008b0f-ae89-4cd8-8f8d-4393cc727b44

Free Software tools #WLED and #LedFX in action during my #LibrePlanet talk on Sunday.

It was an honour to participate in LibrePlanet 2022.

There is no cloud; Its just someone else's computer. Run GNU/Linux and Free Software on computers you control. At home, at work and beyond.
♲ @fsf@twitter.com:

Hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist, Abhas Abhinav, showcases his custom creation. These LED lights spell out "LP" for #LibrePlanet Boost if you like his work!

Hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist, Abhas Abhinav, showcases his custom creation. These LED lights spell out "LP" for #LibrePlanet Boost if you like his work!

I will be delivering my talk, "Building a Liberated Home - for myself and others" on Sunday, March 20, 14:30 – 15:15 EDT (March 21 12:00 AM IST) at the all-online #LibrePlanet 2022 conference organised by the @fsf. I hope you’ll check it out!

libreplanet.org/2022/

Launching A Chatting App To Prioritize Users' Privacy and Rights, And We Need Your Involvement https://ravidwivedi.in/posts/prav-free-software-business/

#FreeSoftware #prav #opensource #privacy #xmpp #decentralization

♲ @FriendicaNews@twitter.com:

We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Siberian Iris” 2022.03. This release is mainly a bug fixing release with breaking changes. Notably these are: The closing of a bug in the recipient selector for privat…
friendi.ca/2022/03/07/fri…

Seeing lots of posts about people using #Signal and trying to get friends and family onto it.

This might not be a good idea, here's why:

-Signal is centralised.

-Centralised services are difficult/impossible to leave, because of the network effect.

-Centralised services can be sold to other people without warning.

-The guy who runs Signal is a billionaire who sold WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 (that's how he became a billionaire).

What will you do if history repeats?

Self-hosted Push Notifications using UnifiedPush + Nextcloud

https://sovran.me/display/f7cf1f00-3761-ff8a-2a94-6b6218754014

Talk by Dr Richard Stallman at RVCE (January 2019)

https://sovran.video/videos/watch/2c601c58-f729-46a5-bd56-113ad94fbe79

Building a business by freeing Networks with Free Software and (sufficiently) Open Hardware https://sovran.video/videos/watch/7072bc29-9e5b-41fb-81be-ccbe4eb71d37

The Mostly Harmless USB Disk - Demo https://sovran.video/videos/watch/5f1c871e-d76b-4d26-bcfa-804de1c6fdcb

Launching: The Mostly Harmless USB Disk https://sovran.me/display/f7cf1f00-4461-f846-2996-25c887074676

New Launches & Updates - January 2022

ask.libre.support/t/new-launch…

♲ @lgworld@twitter.com:

Weekly-ish recap: new releases by @scribus, Flameshot, @GiadaLooper, Surge XT, ZynAddSubFX, Zrythm, big Arch/BIM update for @FreeCADNews, exciting new things in Audacity and @ardourdaw

Featured artwork by Nevena Jevtic, made with @Krita_Painting

librearts.org/2022/01/week-r…

Detecting all hotpluggable USB storage devices (eg. USB drives) connected to your computer:

lsblk -o NAME,SIZE,HOTPLUG -P -d | grep "HOTPLUG=\"1\""

♲ @n4of7@twitter.com:

Who says free hardware is impossible? Not this bloke:

wired.com/story/22-year-…

marlin.crc.id.au/

If your 3D printer uses Marlin, this service provides on-demand pre-compiled firmware so you don't have to do it yourself. Good example of a #freesoftware business that offers convenience while respecting your freedom and the license.