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It's both Valentine's Day and #iLoveFS Day today, so I'll share some of the Free Software applications that I have loved using in the past year: * @npub1du2p...f6r3, @npub12xyx...dtdy and @npub1lxtn...4044 GNU/Linux; * @npub1ncyt...3x0q Plasma Desktop and a lot of their apps, especially the Kate editor and Kontact suite; * @npub1tgg4...qwzh (Incredibly useful); * @npub13gcd...hkve Firefox (Linux and Android); * @npub163hd...mv0n and the @Tusky client (Tusky looks good, works well, and is feature-packed but accessible); 🧶1/2

I have been wondering for a while about #Nextcloud's environmental impact. It's #FreeSoftware so gives user autonomy to disable intensive features and fights planned obsolescence, but I couldn't find a mention of the environment on Nextcloud's website (better than boasting in a misleading way like some do) or any specific data... ...but after a bit of searching I found

Blue Angel

Nextcloud Server | Blue Angel

Nextcloud is a server-client, PHP-based, software that enables users to store data such as contacts, calendar appointments, images, text files, etc...

, meaning it's German-government-certified as eco-friendly within its space. Congratulations @Nextcloud 📱☁️💻!

I use @npub1ncyt...3x0q free and open source software every day. There's a lot of it, but one example is the ultra-customisable yet easy-to-use Linux/BSD desktop environment KDE Plasma. I got a drawing tablet for Christmas so decided to make this fanart (CC BY-SA 4.0 Oliver Geer 2024) on Krita, another piece of KDE software (that you can use on many operating systems, not just Linux). By the way, they're fundraising:

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Good people in the world of tech populate the non-profit communities run by altruistic volunteers with no commercial interests, and therefore no in...

Also, thanks Linux Wacom for the out-of-the-box FOSS drivers.