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PixelFed has just reached 50k users on 186 instances! πŸ₯³

If you haven't tried it yet, you can find out more from the official site at:

pixelfed.org

It's a Fediverse alternative to Instagram, and federates with Mastodon etc. so millions of people across the Fediverse can follow PixelFed accounts.

PixelFed has an unofficial Android app called @PixelDroid. It's currently in beta testing, you can get it from F-Droid:

f-droid.org/packages/org.pixel

If you don't have F-Droid yet, here are instructions on how to install it:

switching.software/use/f-droid

#FediTips #Fediverse #PixelFed #PixelTips #PixelDroid #Android #Apps #Instagram #Alternatives

Last month the Netherlands passed #RouterFreedom into law: all ISPs must let customers choose their own Internet hardware and still provide tech support at no extra cost. That little box is your home-internet gatekeeper, and now in NL it can work for you fsfe.org/news/2021/news-202108

Stories 2.0

- Federation support
- Video support
- Story Polls
- Story Reactions (optional)
- Story Replies (optional)
- See who viewed your stories

Now available!

Special thanks to @NGIZero for funding this feature milestone! πŸŽ‰ #pixelfed #stories

Here, a screenshot you've been all asking for! (please retoot or I will get fired)

Stories 2.0 with comments, federation, polls, reactions and video support.

Available soon! #pixelfed #stories

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it: this is a must-read for the Matrix community.

RT @pierce@twitter.com

This is a great dive into how Google botched messaging for 15 years, and the table of contents BY ITSELF is a truly epic burn arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/0

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/pierce/status/1430

we at #nixos want to empower users to do what they want, even if the choices could be considered bad, like installing proprietary software. that's why it's considered for advanced users. you are responsible for the choices you make and you can end up with a broken system, but it's easy to roll back to a working state. experimenting is encouraged

that's how i explained it to an elementary OS developer

github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issue

#Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Packaging

Release 19

New features
* Show the profile in notifications when someone follows you
* [U]ser and [A]vatar in notifications is now connected to the user who favorited or boosted your toot instead of your own account

Bug fixes
* Content warnings doesn't disappear when new toots are loaded
* Keep the CW text when you reply to a toot with a CW
* Don't go back to the timeline when viewing links from notifications

github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut/

#tui #terminal #cli #tut

Element introduces Voice Messages, all new VoIP and a lot more polish across the board. By the way don't forget you can chat with Boiling Steam on element! element.io/blog/introducing-vo #linux #communication #web #encrypted #privacy #element #voip

Hello, fediverse! We are Tenacity, one of the most prominent forks of Audacity for the time being.

I'm not sure what I'll do with this account yet, but you're more than free to follow it and find out for yourself. :)

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