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Re: ownCloud and free software in the cloud: Meet Frank Karlitschek in Open Space Aarhus
by Carsten Agger 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Hi Torsten, >> Do bring a friend, this is going to be interesting! > > It surely's gonna be! :) > > Make sure to ask the panelists about the challenges to run a successful Free > Software business without making the product non free. > > See https://owncloud.com/products/enterprise/ at the end of the page for > example. > Indeed! Luckily, I represent the other part of the spectrum, as I work for a company which will never deliver anything to any customer under a non-free license, and has had this principle since 1999. Indeed, we might compete with ownCloud Enterprise by offering SLAs for installations of the free version - we don't deliver ownCloud for the moment, but we do so e.g. with Alfresco Community Edition. But thanks a lot for your observation! :-) -- http://www.modspil.dk https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/

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ownCloud and free software in the cloud: Meet Frank Karlitschek in Open Space Aarhus
by Carsten Agger 24 Sep '14

24 Sep '14

I’m co-organizing this event, <http://osaa.dk/2014/09/owncloud-and-free-software-in-the-cloud-meet-frank-k…> involving our hackerspace and the FSFE local group in Aarhus, Denmar: Frank Karlitschek, creator of ownCloud <http://owncloud.org/>, will give a talk centering on ownCloud, free software in the enterprise and data protection in a post-Snowden world. The talk will be followed by a discussion with the audience and a discussion panel consisting of: * Frank Karlitschek, Debian developer and creator of ownCloud * Christian Orellana, CEO of Cabo <http://cabo.dk/>, a company that build enterprise clouds from free software * Carsten Agger, local group coordinator in Free Software Foundation Europe <http://fsfe.org/> and software developer in Magenta <http://magenta.dk>, a company that specializes in free software mainly for the Danish public sector. The event will take place in Open Space Aarhus on *Wednesday, October 1 at 18:00 hours* Do bring a friend, this is going to be interesting! http://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/2014/09/23/owncloud-and-free-software-in-the-cl… -- http://www.modspil.dk https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/

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An idea / pointers / risks?
by Allan Irving 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Unrelated to normal discussion but hopefully, of interest to some and some of you can help point me in the right direction. Long story short, old laptop. Coffee spill. Works fine, just the keyboard is stuffed. Have an idea to utilise it. Guy it from the laptop casing and create a Lego case from Lego parts around the motherboard. Not sure if I will utilise the inbuilt screen, current plan is to use an external one. Install Debian on it and put it to some use. Now, I'm not too familiar with doing something like this. I can build computers but in usual components. First thing, heat + plastic. Bad idea? Any suggestions as to how to place or manipulate the heat sink and CPU to reduce melting or danger? I was thinking fans if course, USB ones plus added built in one. Any ither suggestions as to how I can go about making this happen?!

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Supermicro bios update
by Paul van der Vlis 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello, Normally I buy Supermicro servers. Updating the bios works most of the time fine with the free program Flashrom.[1] But now I have bought a type what is not supported by Flashrom. Because of that, the program asks which type of programmer to use, and presents a list. But I don't know which one to choose. And Supermicro support does not know that too. When I ask Supermicro support (Europe) for another solution to upgrade the bios, they only can advice me to create a bootable USB stick with MS-DOS using a Windows PC. This are servers what are used much with free software, in my opinion it's normal to have some way to upgrade the bios without Windows. I would like to ask you if you think about buying a Supermicro server, first to ask Supermicro support for a way to update the bios. You can ask it to your sales-person, or here in Europe you can ask it at "support at supermicro dot nl". With regards, Paul van der Vlis. [1] http://flashrom.org/Flashrom -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl

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Re: Supermicro bios upgrade
by Paul van der Vlis 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

op 11-09-14 16:41, Brad Rogers schreef: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:25:59 +0200 > Paul van der Vlis <paul(a)vandervlis.nl> wrote: > > Hello Paul, > >> Because of that the program asks with type of programmer to use, and >> presents a list. But I don't know which one to choose. And Supermicro >> support does not know that too. > > Supermicro support may not know(1), but they're best placed to find out. > Failing that, ask on the flashrom ML at flashrom(a)flashrom.org(2). The > flashrom people also run an IRC channel. I don't have the IRC details to > hand, but they should be on the flashrom web site. > > (1) Worrying in itself. > (2) Subscribing may be required. The flashrom website says: ---- Probing works (Winbond W25Q64, 8192 kB, SPI), but parts of the flash are problematic: descriptor is r/o (conforming to ICH reqs), ME region is locked. ---- I think the flashrom people need more information. I did send them my output. But I think it's work for Supermicro or Winbond to give information to get things work. And I think Supermicro will do that when many people are asking for it. I found out what the type of programmer is. You need to use "--programmer internal" when it's a bios on the mainboard. With regards, Paul van der Vlis. -- Paul van der Vlis Linux systeembeheer, Groningen http://www.vandervlis.nl

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Feedback appreciated: New version of the User Data Manifesto (draft)
by Hugo Roy 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Hi everyone, I have wanted for a while to update the text of userdatamanifesto.org. Here are my reasons for doing so and also the current proposal: https://hroy.eu/posts/why-new-user-data-manifesto/ Your feedback would be very much appreciated, Thanks -- Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org> Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal> Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr> Get our monthly newsletter, sign up! <https://l.fsfe.org/nl>

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FSFE in the RedMatrix
by Christian Kalkhoff 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Hi, I just set up an inofficial FSFE-Channel in the Red Matrix. Currently it mirrors the english news feed. If you like, connect yourself with [1]. :) Best, Christian [1] https://matrix.softmetz.de/channel/fsfe -- Christian Kalkhoff - Softwarebefreier - software liberator Fellow of FSFE CAcert assurer http://softmetz.de/

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Microblogging + RSS for private use
by Ilias K. 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

Hello, I'd like to aggregate RSS/Atom and microblogging updates and display them all in a Twitter-homepage-like fashion in my computer, ideally sorted by date. I know there is Gnu Social, which I just checked out from Git, but I'd like to have it display RSS feeds as well. I have also thought going the other way around, taking a feed reader and having it also display status updates in the same manner. I've tried compiling Liferea in the past without much luck (maybe I'll retry). I also know of NewsBlur, but I don't really know how free it is, and trying to let it loose it may prove too time-consuming. Does this all sound too unrealistic? Do you have alternative suggestions? Many thanks. -- Ilias K. Software developer, Greece GnuPG fingerprint: E7EC F151 9697 9E5A 55B1 EA8E D7BD 69FA FCB0 91E0

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Re: Can we make the web shop more visible?
by Allan Irving 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

May be hijacking this thread somehow, but it is related. Could a size chart be added as a S, M, L etc. tend to mean very little to not only myself but most. As in a size chart for these specific shirts as a M in these may be a S I wear in others. Partly the reason I haven't bought one yet or a hoodie! - Sent from my toaster using recycled electrons. > On 4 Aug 2014, at 15:51, Max Mehl <max.mehl(a)fsfe.org> wrote: > > # Hugo Roy [04.08.2014 @ 12:13]: >> >> I’m making a proposal on the frontpage of fsfe.org right now. >> >> what do you think? > > To be honest, I needed a second look to find the promo T-shirt. Why not putting > it in the sidebar besides the event section (and not underneath it)? I'M sure it > would gain more attention and it would look more fitting. > > Best, > Max > > > -- > Max Mehl - Free Software Foundation Europe - www.fsfe.org > About me: http://fsfe.org/about/mehl | Blog: blog.mehl.mx > Support us: http://fsfe.org/support | Homepage: mehl.mx > > _______________________________________________ > Web mailing list > Web(a)fsfeurope.org > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/web

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Fairphone - a free Android device?
by Carsten Agger 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

I just received my Fairphone. It came with a widget to "install Google apps" - when I clicked it, I was told that the phone is missing important functionality as it does not include Google apps, which they "unfortunately" don't have a license to distribute. I then deleted the widget. In th instruction folder under "your rights", we're told that all applicable software licenses are in the "Legal information" section under the "about phone" entry in the settings. Entering there, I find that the only point is "Open Source Licenses". These are listed in a not very intuitive way, but seems mostly to be GPL and standard Android/Apache licenses. So apparently the Fairphone does not have any proprietary software installed by default. So maybe buying a Fairphone is one of the easiest (admittedly not cheapest) ways of getting a free vanilla Android system? Best, Carsten -- http://www.modspil.dk https://blogs.fsfe.org/agger/

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