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GNU Spotlight with Mike Gerwitz: 18 new GNU releases!

vendredi 25 mai 2018 à 18:08

For announcements of most new GNU releases, subscribe to the info-gnu mailing list: https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnu.

To download: nearly all GNU software is available from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/, or preferably one of its mirrors from https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html. You can use the URL https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ to be automatically redirected to a (hopefully) nearby and up-to-date mirror.

A number of GNU packages, as well as the GNU operating system as a whole, are looking for maintainers and other assistance: please see https://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint if you'd like to help. The general page on how to help GNU is at https://www.gnu.org/help/help.html.

If you have a working or partly working program that you'd like to offer to the GNU project as a GNU package, see https://www.gnu.org/help/evaluation.html.

As always, please feel free to write to us at maintainers@gnu.org with any GNUish questions or suggestions for future installments.

Friday Free Software Directory IRC meetup time: May 25th starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT/16:00 UTC

lundi 21 mai 2018 à 17:43

Help improve the Free Software Directory by adding new entries and updating existing ones. Every Friday we meet on IRC in the #fsf channel on irc.freenode.org.

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info that has been carefully checked by FSF staff and trained volunteers.

When a user comes to the Directory, they know that everything in it is free software, has only free dependencies, and runs on a free OS. With over 16,000 entries, it is a massive repository of information about free software.

While the Directory has been and continues to be a great resource to the world for many years now, it has the potential to be a resource of even greater value. But it needs your help! And since it's a MediaWiki instance, it's easy for anyone to edit and contribute to the Directory.

40 years ago, American management consultant Marilyn Loden first coined the term "glass ceiling" to describe invisible career barriers for women at a panel discussion. Despite the passing of two generations, Loden notes that the matter is still very alive, which readily displays how insidious a problem we have. To honor Loden's contribution, this week's theme for the Directory meetup is business software.

If you are eager to help, and you can't wait or are simply unable to make it onto IRC on Friday, our participation guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started on helping the Directory today! There are also weekly Directory Meeting pages that everyone is welcome to contribute to before, during, and after each meeting. To see the meeting start time in your time zone, run this in GNU bash: date --date='TZ="America/New_York" 12:00 this Fri'

Friday Free Software Directory IRC meetup time: May 18th starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT/16:00 UTC

lundi 14 mai 2018 à 21:53

Help improve the Free Software Directory by adding new entries and updating existing ones. Every Friday we meet on IRC in the #fsf channel on irc.freenode.org.

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info that has been carefully checked by FSF staff and trained volunteers.

When a user comes to the Directory, they know that everything in it is free software, has only free dependencies, and runs on a free OS. With over 16,000 entries, it is a massive repository of information about free software.

While the Directory has been and continues to be a great resource to the world for many years now, it has the potential to be a resource of even greater value. But it needs your help! And since it's a MediaWiki instance, it's easy for anyone to edit and contribute to the Directory.

During this week in 1928, Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in the cartoon Plane Crazy. However, his first appearance before the public was officially in the short Steamboat Willie, since it was released first. 70 years later, Mickey became infamous in a new way: as the derisive namesake of the US Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) of 1998, which extended, and thereby harmonized the US and EU length of copyright.

To honor this dubious milestone, the theme of the Directory meeting is graphics and drawing software. One immediate item that needs a refresh is GIMP. The other big drawing projects could be helped by adding screenshots and updating the entries. Of course, if you know of any projects that aren't listed, we hope you will take the time to add them to the Directory.

If you are eager to help, and you can't wait or are simply unable to make it onto IRC on Friday, our participation guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started on helping the Directory today! There are also weekly Directory Meeting pages that everyone is welcome to contribute to before, during, and after each meeting. To see the meeting start time in your time zone, run this in GNU bash: date --date='TZ="America/New_York" 12:00 this Fri'

Friday Free Software Directory IRC meetup time: May 11th starting at 12:00 p.m. EDT/16:00 UTC

jeudi 10 mai 2018 à 18:19

Help improve the Free Software Directory by adding new entries and updating existing ones. Every Friday we meet on IRC in the #fsf channel on irc.freenode.org.

Tens of thousands of people visit directory.fsf.org each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info that has been carefully checked by FSF staff and trained volunteers.

When a user comes to the Directory, they know that everything in it is free software, has only free dependencies, and runs on a free OS. With over 16,000 entries, it is a massive repository of information about free software.

While the Directory has been and continues to be a great resource to the world for many years now, it has the potential to be a resource of even greater value. But it needs your help! And since it's a MediaWiki instance, it's easy for anyone to edit and contribute to the Directory.

On May 11, 1981, Bob Marley died from cancer. Whether you're a fan or not, his cultural significance cannot be underplayed. For many, he is seen as a iconic proponent of peace and love. This week, the directory will honor Bob Marley with a focus on freshening up the music software.

If you are eager to help, and you can't wait or are simply unable to make it onto IRC on Friday, our participation guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started on helping the Directory today! There are also weekly Directory Meeting pages that everyone is welcome to contribute to before, during, and after each meeting. To see the meeting start time in your time zone, run this in GNU bash: date --date='TZ="America/New_York" 12:00 this Fri'

It's not over! Take action for net neutrality today!

mercredi 9 mai 2018 à 19:41

The fight for net neutrality isn't over -- yet. In the next two weeks, the United States Senate will vote on whether to save net neutrality and we need you to take action.

Inform yourself and others

In December 2017, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) voted to repeal the policies that protected net neutrality.

Rather than merely accepting this, Senator Ed Markey launched a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to save net neutrality. A CRA allows a simple majority (more than 50%) of Congress (the Senate and House of Representatives) to overturn an FCC vote. You can read more about CRAs on Wikipedia.

Already, 50 senators are supporting the CRA. We need one more vote to pass this effort to overturn the FCC's ruling.

Take action!

If you're not in the US, let us know your country by updating your profile so we can send you more relevant info. In the meantime, please also help us spread the word to your contacts in the US.

This Wednesday, May 9th, call your senator and urge them to vote to protect net neutrality.

Nervous? Try using the following script:

Hello, I live in CITY/STATE. I am calling to urge you to support net neutrality. I hope SENATOR will do the right thing and vote in for the CRA to overturn the FCC's repeal of net neutrality protections. Thank you for your time.

Don't know who to call?

Does your senator already support the CRA?

If your senators are already supporting the CRA, call to thank them for their hard work and dedication to net neutrality.

Read these posts by the FSF

Want to know even more? Check out these posts from the FSF.

Without a free Web and free Internet, what we -- this includes you -- can do online will be limited by the desires of ISPs like Comcast and Verizon. They will have the legal right to control which Web sites we can access and how fast that access will be. This is a major free software issue: free software as we know it would not exist without a free Internet and a free Web. The future of free software is tied to the future of net neutrality.

We're asking you to take the time this Wednesday to call Congress. Tell your friends and family. Save the Internet.