I am saddened that some much #FLOSS alternatives to properitary software is so... well... rubbish.
What's a good alternative to Google Forms? Something #FLOSS? Esp. for non-technical users?
Software Freedom Conservancy: โRichard Stallman Does Not and Cannot Speak for the Free Software Movementโ
๐๐ Great to see a clear stand from a group in the #FLOSS space.
https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/sep/16/rms-does-not-speak-for-us/
Then again, I do use, and love, #Pinboard for hosting bookmarks, and that's not #FLOSS. ๐ค Maybe cause I'm confident that won't be shut down, or sold, or stuffed full of adverts.
I do pay for #Workflowy, so maybe I don't have to worry then... ๐ค
There's lots of discussion software out there. I wonder has anyone made one that can operate as a mailing list too? Where there's an email interface? (as well as a standard web/ActivityPub interface?)
I think that's the only way to move some #FLOSS communities off mailing lists, you'd have to ensure fans of mailing lists can still participate...
Thought: Often people point to old skool mailing lists as a thing that hinders #diversity in #FLOSS, that they are toxic.
*But* the same people often use & promote #Twitter. Isn't there much much more horrible abuse on Twitter? Is that a contraditiction? Is there something that makes twitter less exclusionary for marginalized people?
Proper #CodeOfConduct (for #FLOSS) projects often explicitly allow criticism of institutial racism/sexism/etc.
I wonder: Would it be good to explicitly allow criticism of (neo-liberal) #capitalism?
"Free Software should empower everyone. As such, correcting the biases, conscious or not, that have led to the poor #diversity of our communities, must be part of our mission."
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18275156
#FLOSS
What's the best #OpenSource #Android #keyboard to use? I've used SwiftKey for years and I'm really happy with it, but if there is a comparable #FLOSS one, I'd switch to that
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