KillianKemps @KillianKemps@mastodon.qowala.org

Oh, I just saw that Ring 1.0 is finally out since yesterday!

Ring is an open source equivalent to Skype which is fully decentralized and which encrypts all video, audio and text communications.

It is compatible with GNU/Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android

Another good initiative to support!

https://ring.cx/en/news

#OpenSource #Messaging #Communication #Decentralization

"A hacker stole $31M of Ether — how it happened, and what it means for Ethereum"

So, somebody again stole money through exploiting smart contracts.

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/a-hacker-stole-31m-of-ether-how-it-happened-and-what-it-means-for-ethereum-9e5dc29e33ce

#Ethereum #CryptoCurrency #SmartContract #P2P

"How to protect your cryptocurrency: An in-depth guide"

Several solutions how to manage and store your cryptocurrencies in wallets. I discovered that there are also paper wallets.

https://blockgeeks.com/guides/paper-wallet-guide/

#CryptoCurrency #Security

On Thursday July 27th begins the Sale of Filecoin Tokens and it will run for 4 weeks or until all tokens are sold!

Filecoin is a kind of crypto-currency to allow people to share storage space. So you can store your encrypted data on someone else computer against Filecoins.

As I don't see any news about this on the website, you may need to subscribe to the newsletter to get information to become investor in Filecoin.

https://filecoin.io/

#CryptoCurrency #Storage #Decentralization

J'ai entendu une partie de cette émission ce matin sur France Culture et ça ouvre certaines idées : "Les États reprennent-ils le pouvoir sur les GAFAM ?"

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/du-grain-moudre-dete/du-grain-moudre-dete-mercredi-12-juillet-2017

#GAFAM #Souveraineté #Économie #Données #BigData #Démocratie

Eeet @grammalecte a atteint son objectif de financement !

C'est satisfaisant de savoir que la campagne a réussi en sachant qu'à quelques heures près c'était terminé.

Bon, maintenant vous devez faire du bon boulot. :D

https://fr.ulule.com/grammalecte-2/

#OpenSource

Grammalecte est l'un des meilleurs correcteur grammatical libre dédié à la langue française. Il est utilisable dans votre suite bureautique LibreOffice et ainsi que dans votre navigateur web.

Une campagne de financement est organisée pour améliorer encore l'outil, et elle est à "ça" d'atteindre l'objectif. Un dernier coup de pouce et la langue française vous remerciera. :D

Le lien vers le financement participatif : https://fr.ulule.com/grammalecte-2/

#OpenSource #LangueFrançaise

Will we have replacement for Thunderbird? The KDE project is working on Kube, an email client.

I'm okay using Thunderbird, but there are sometimes bugs and I think nowadays we can have a better experience with better integrated services.

So, it is interesting to see if there will be new alternatives. (No, please, no Electron app)

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/kube-promising-email-client-kde-sees-new-release

#OpenSource #Email

There is a crowdfunding for a tablet running on SailfishOS, which looks very similar to the Jolla Tablet.

It would be interesting to have more information about who is behind the campaign.

Will it fail like the Jolla Tablet's previous crowdfunding campaign? Will it this time be a success?

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/youyota-sailfish-os-2-in-1-tablet#/

#OpenSource #SailfishOS #Mobile

I upgraded Mastodon to the latest 1.4.6 and again no issue!

I did the whole update in just 17 min, including a backup before (yes, I timed it)

Great work @gargron !

#Mastodon #Devops

Github has launched a website called "Open Source Friday" to encourage people to contribute.

Interesting initiative.

https://github.com/blog/2386-contribute-on-open-source-friday

#OpenSource

Purism's laptops are getting more and more popular and that's good news!

They build laptops with Linux installed and privacy in mind.
They also designed a tablet pc "Transformer" with Linux.

A good initiative to support!

"Purism’s Security Focused Librem Laptops Go Mainstream as General Availability Begins"

https://puri.sm/posts/2017-general-availability-press-release/

#OpenSource #Privacy #Hardware #Laptop

"America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country" - Bloomberg

"The authors note that wealth is no guarantee to first-tier access. Even among nations with similar GDP, “countries achieve widely divergent levels of social progress.” It’s true a little bit of economic growth goes a long way toward improving lives, but those gains taper off at more mature stages of development."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-21/america-is-now-a-second-tier-country

#economics #social