German City of Göppingen builds on Free Software
"Contrary to common belief, free availability and low costs are not the main arguments for choosing open source," Rettberg said. "For me, the reliability of the software comes first. I can set up a Linux proxy server in half an hour and I won't have to come back to it for the next ten years."
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"Contrary to common belief, free availability and low costs are not the main arguments for choosing open source," Rettberg said. "For me, the reliability of the software comes first. I can set up a Linux proxy server in half an hour and I won't have to come back to it for the next ten years."
Open Labs Albania target elections
Albania will hold parliamentary elections on 18 June 2017. Free software groups have been organising similar campaigns across Europe, with the first being organised by April.org in France in 2007. A European-wide campaign for the European Parliament elections in 2014 was launched by April (France) as well, together with Assoli (Italy), Hispalinux (Spain), LAKA (Latvia) and the international free software groups Edri, FSF and FSFE.
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Albania will hold parliamentary elections on 18 June 2017. Free software groups have been organising similar campaigns across Europe, with the first being organised by April.org in France in 2007. A European-wide campaign for the European Parliament elections in 2014 was launched by April (France) as well, together with Assoli (Italy), Hispalinux (Spain), LAKA (Latvia) and the international free software groups Edri, FSF and FSFE.
It may get heated sometimes, but at least on Diaspora* we still talk to each other
The more we click, like and share stuff that resonates with our own world views the more Facebook feeds us with similar posts. This has progressively divided the political narrative into two distinct filter bubbles – one for conservatives and one for liberals (a blue feed and a red feed), pulling further and further apart in the run-up to election day. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/10/facebook-fake-news-election-conspiracy-theories #Facebook #Diaspora #SocialMedia #Bubbling #politics #OpenSocietyThe company is being accused of abdicating its responsibility to clamp down on fake news stories and counter the echo chamber that defined this election
The company is being accused of abdicating its responsibility to clamp down on fake news stories and counter the echo chamber that defined this election
“what happened in 2013 would not have been possible without free software. I did not use Windows machines when I was in my operational phase because I couldn't trust them. Not because I knew that there was a particular backdoor or anything like that but because I couldn't be sure.†- Edward Snowden, LibrePlanet 2016 #freedom #politics #freesoftware #surveillance #snowden
Khurram Wadee wrote the following post:#Labour #MP #JoCox #dies after being #shot and #stabbed | #Politics | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jun/16/labour-mp-jo-cox-shot-in-west-yorkshire #Yorkshire #UKFifty-two-year-old man arrested after incident in Birstall, near Dewsbury, in which a second person is also hurt
