Contribute to f-droid
This was originally shared on Mastodon, so am sharing here for any of my followers who may be interested.
- F-droid is looking for project contributors. There is a good article here with some more information.
The contribution page is also here
Looks like lots of opportunities to get involved. If you are interested you can also get in touch with IzzyOnDroid.
You can join Mastodon here then connect with IssyOnDroid and ask how to get involved.
I am on Mastodon here
#freesoftware,#fdroid,#contribution,#foss,#repository,
#android,#technology,#programming,#testing,#docs,
#development,#software
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Basic hexchat setup
Hexchat is a GUI client for Internet Relay Chat, this is still very popular despite it's age.
This video shows how to connect to the Freenode network but does not cover how to set your account up.
Once you have chosen a nickname and connected you should register your nickname with nickserv, then ID.
Further information on this can be found in the freenode knowedge base
#hexchat,#irc,#setup,#chat
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Discussion on Open Hardware
The foss-north crew discuss and explain copyright and licenses. In this episode, Javier Serrano joins us and discuss open hardware and how open licenses work in that space.
#cern,#freesoftware,#licensing,#open,#hardware
#opensource
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Add Duckduckgo to firefox.
Further to my post on the 17th December.
It was rightly pointed out, that I should be using a browser other than Chrome. To this end, I have made a video illustrating how to add Duckduckgo to the Firefox web browser.
#firefox,#add,#duckduckgo,#extension
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Add new users to Debian
To do this you need to install gnome-system-tools then from the menu select Users and Groups
apt install gnome-system-tools
The video below illustrates the, short, simple process of adding new users to your system.
#debian,#add,#new,#user,#howto,#help,#support,freesoftware
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Covid update 17/12/2020
Vaccines
It is very good news that the UK has approved a COVID-19 vaccine for distribution. The vaccine is produced by Pfizer BioNTech (read more about it on the government website).
There are lots of other COVID-19 vaccines being developed. It is likely that in 2021 the national vaccination programme will combine different vaccines so that we can all be vaccinated, so it would be extremely helpful if you (as Covid Champions) start developing the skills needed to be confident vaccine communicators.
Vaccination has begun across Devon this week, but supplies are limited and the programme is focusing on the most vulnerable individuals in our community for the time being.
Your GP will get in touch when it’s your turn for a vaccine. We’re asking you to help us spread the word that people should not to get in touch with their GP or local hospital about vaccines because the NHS will contact you when it’s your turn.
The vaccination programme will take time, so it is important that everyone understands we cannot relax yet. Please help us keep Torbay safe by continuing to share information within your networks about the importance of social distancing, face coverings, testing and isolation in order to stop the spread of coronavirus.
If you have any specific questions about vaccines, please do get in touch on Champions@torbay.gov.uk
Advice on Christmas
I received the latest advice update yesterday, so these are
few key points about Christmas:
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Wordpress and activity pub
If you are using Wordpress and would like to federate to Mastodon for example then this article on the wordpress website may be useful.
Thank you to Feditips for posting this to Mastodon.
You can follow the Activity Pub Plugin Author here
#wordpress,#mastodon,#federation,#activitypub
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Duck Duck Go Search
Duck Duck Go is a privacy friendly and aware search engine that does not track you or your activities online.
https://www.duckduckgo.com displays:
Enter your search terms in the box and you can either click the go button or select one of the suggestions.
Search results page
Website we were looking for
Clicking back to the search results we can click in the corner (as shown) and add duck duck go to our browser and make it the default search engine (recommended).
The video below shows searching, themes and how to add the extension to google chromem, plus how to make ddg the default search engine.
#search,#chrome,#duckduckgo,#privacy#internet,#information,#privacy,#notracking
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Small Tech Live Stream 17/12/2020
A reminder that our weekly Small Tech / Small Web live stream, Small is Beautiful, is tomorrow (Thursday 17/12/2020) at 5PM Irish time (UTC).
You can join us in the studio to ask live questions or join the conversation so have your webcam and headphones ready.
https://small-tech.org/events/small-is-beautiful/
#SmallIsBeautiful
For more info please contact Aral Balkan on Mastodon / Fediverse.
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Liberoffice 7 Impress – Text formatting tool bar
By default libreoffice 7 impress does not display tools for text formatting on the toolbar.
To fix this, you need to
Click View —> Tool bars —> Text Formatting
And the tool will be displayed
Video below illustrates process
#libreoffice7,#impress,#display,#text,#formatting,toolbar,
#help,#support.
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