Abbas Davarpanah عباس داورپناه

Install party to set up #DeltaChat servers, created several local test servers, and promoted it. This was our community's final in-person gathering of the year for free software enthusiasts, held privately. We designated the year 1404 (in the Persian calendar) as the year for promoting free software culture. Based on this, we organized various events and conferences to introduce this culture, and similarly pursued diverse promotional approaches to amplify the voice of free software. The adoption of free software has had positive impacts in Iran. Now, with a record of 500 active Delta Chat servers during Iran's internet blackout period, we made an effort to hold this final gathering. We have named the new year as the year for promoting decentralized #free_software tools and will continue to pursue it. May the new year in a free Iran allow us to both host events introducing books like #Ada and #Zangemann, and promote free, decentralized tools.

از مزار جاویدنام #علیرضا_یزدانی من فعالیت‌هایش را از کانالش و از تعریف‌های دوستانش شنیدم و اگر دو سال بیشتر عمر می‌کرد، پروژه‌های خوبی را در حوزه هوش مصنوعی توسعه می‌داد و پروژه ربات هم‌سخن را تمامش می‌کرد. ولی سهمش از همه دنیا یک گلوله شد و شرافت و شجاعتش و نامش برای ما به جا ماند.

خیلی سنش کم بود ولی شجاعتش بزرگ علیرضا یزدانی دولوپر هم‌سخن رو از دست دادیم به گفته نزدیکانش علیرضا بعد از هفت روز به صورت شبانه با حضور نیروهای ج‌ا به خاک سپرده شد. نامت جاوادن 💔

Hello Delta Chat, @npub1zgym...ekqk From the start of the recent protests in Iran, following the experience of the 12-day war between Iran and Israel and the experiences of the Aban 1398 (2019) and 1401 (2022-2023) protests, we knew widespread internet disruptions were coming. Earlier, active members of the free software community had set up internal Delta Chat relay servers on tiiiz.ir. Relying on that prior experience, we conducted practical user tests with general users to observe their interaction with the application. The result was clear: Delta Chat was far simpler for everyday users to understand and had a more intuitive interface compared to platforms like Matrix. That’s why, together with community members, we began producing educational content for Delta Chat. The goal was to prepare users as much as possible before Iran’s internet was completely severed and localized.