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@avoca @Ketakater I also got all of my family and a lot of my wider circle on it using these two strategies:

1. Getting a device that simply does not have #Whatsapp / proprietary messaging apps, i.e.: #Linuxmobile: #Flx1, #LibertyPhone, #Librem5, #Jolla2c, etc. People typically won't care enough about #privacy but they will understand if WA simply does not work on your phone.

2. Kids: They don't have phone numbers (or phones in many cases) but want to be included in family group chats. Once kids got in on it, #DeltaChat spread like wildfire among our extended family, relatives, inlaws and friends. Even a kid with #downsyndrome onboarded their grandpa in seconds while I had earlier struggled to get him on #Signal!

A great thing about Delta Chat is that, unlike #ElementMessenger and other fully-featured #Matrix clients, there's no search and discovery feature so kids do not stumble upon untrusted groups and strangers' profiles.

«Over 20 #communities in 4 continents around the #world are celebrating the release of Debian 13 "trixie" with release parties. Check the list to find an event near you or organize one yourself and add it to the wiki: wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyTr . Let's come together to celebrate Debian 13! #Debian #Debian13 #trixie #DebianReleaseParty» - micronews.debian.org/2025/1754
#floss #freesoftware #gnu #linux #distros #so #os #libresoftware #softwarelibre #gpl

wiki.debian.orgReleasePartyTrixie - Debian Wiki

From: blenderdumbass . org

We are Selling Freedom Wrong! And I don't think this problem only applies to Libre Software or the Fediverse. It think this problem is applicable broader. I think the sense of "the end of the world" that a lot of people are feeling right now, comes exactly from this problem. From the bad enshitified software we are forced to use, to the various ...

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blenderdumbass . orgThe Complexity of Selling Libre Software and Freedom in General

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On the Fireside Fedi interview with Jerry ( the admin of Infosec.Exchange Mastodon instance ) a scary truth was suddenly revealed ( on 34:11 ): Just to keep the instance up and running he needs to spend up to $5000 a month, pretty much out of his pocket. Donations to the instance barely cover any of tha...

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