Freedom Tech Index

. Google's Pixel / GCam app is a great, easy to use, feature rich camera app that competes well with the excellent open source OpenCamera. GCam brings things like portrait mode, and easy slow-motion. Because of this, there are many developers porting the app to work on as many phones as possible. This can increase the performance of your phone's camera, and the ports can also bring the GCam app to DeGoogled phones. GCam Hub is a website dedicated to tracking all the GCam ports. Here is the 👉🏻 web page listing many Stable GCam Version: You can work you way through the list until you find one that works on your phone, but then you may try 100 versions and never get one that works. Note: Shamim's SGCAM version 8.5.300 V5 works on Pixel 3a running Lineage. If you find a version that works on your phone, let everyone know in the comments. ⚡️ Follow #GCam_Ports

. KDE Connect is an app that makes it easy to connect your DeGoogled phone to your Linux laptop. KDE Connect can o these things: - Share files - Control Slideshows w/phone - Send/Receive texts on laptop - Control laptop media player - Move laptop mouse pointer To install on Debian based distros:

sudo apt install kdeconnect

Make sure you open ports that KDE Connect uses in your laptop firewall. Open up terminal and enter these commands:

sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/udp

sudo ufw allow 1714:1764/tcp

sudo ufw reload

#KDE_Connect

Happy New Year 2024! Let's start with: "Age of !Data: the Card Game" 📱✨🃏 We have created this card game to help learn about privacy challenges related to mobile phones ussage! Download the beta for free at: https://e.foundation/age-of-data/ Play and report your ideas and suggestions at: https://community.e.foundation/t/age-of-data-the-card-game/54858 We will take comments and suggestions into account to release the final version. e Foundation's goal is to empower citizens with knowledge and products that are useful to protect their privacy.

. How to install the latest GIMP 2.99 (the 3.0 development version) via PPA. There are a lot of cool features in this developmental version. Warning. . . this will most like be buggy. and lack features found in 2.10. Every time I install GIMP 2.99 it has issues, and I end up reverting back to 2.10.xx. To install GIMP 2.99 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mati75/gimp30 sudo apt update sudo apt install gimp gegl mypaint-brushes To remove 2.99 and revert back to 2.10.xx stable, do this:

sudo apt purge gimp*
sudo apt-add-repository -r  ppa:mati75/gimp30
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gimp

To switch back to older version w/out removing 2.99 repo: 1. Get list of available gimp & gimp-data packages

sudo apt policy gimp gimp-data

2. Install matching version numbers at same time by using = sign & desired version after package name. For example:

sudo apt install gimp=2.10.30-1build1 gimp-data=2.10.30-1build1

⚡️ Follow #GIMP_2_99_Developmental

. Fossify Mobile Apps branched from the Simple Phone's "Simple Mobile Tools" in response to Simple Mobile Tools being sold to ZippoApps, raising privacy concerns. Here is a list of the new apps and their GitHub links for Obtainium, and F-Droid links if available. Calculator - GitHub URL (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet Calendar - GitHub URL - F-Droid Contacts - Github URL (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet - Simple Contacts Pro SE (Another Branch that is more compatible w/standards) Draw - GitHub URL (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet File-Manager - Obtainium GitHub URL - F-Droid Flashlight - GitHub URL (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet Gallery - GitHub URL - F-Droid Keyboard - GitHub URL (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet Launcher - GitHub URL (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet Music-Player - GitHub URL - (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet Phone - GitHub URL - (No Released) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet SMS-Messenger - GitHub URL - (No Release) - F-Droid - N/A..Yet ⚡️ Follow #Fossfy_App_Suite

. Murena, founded by the ex-CEO of Mandrake Linux, is bringing us the Murena 2 DeGoogled phone, with two kill switches. - One that physically disables the camera and microphone - And another that puts the phone in Airplane mode, and mutes your phone. Today is the last day to pre-order this phone at a 10% discount. The Murena 2 phone project has currently reached 700% of its goal. You can read about the phone herer: https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/murena-2/ You can pro-order the phone on Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/murena-2-switch-your-privacy-on/x/18030279#/ Cameras: Rear: 64 MP, 13 MP, 5 MP Front: 25 MP CPUs: 6 Storage: 128GB MicroSD: up to 512GB Battery: 4000mAh Display: 6.43" Super AMOLED #Murena_2_Phone

In this 👉 video Nick goes over SystemD. - What Are Init Systems?   - Initialization service     - 1st thing to start up     - launch services in proper order - Bloated?   - Does non-init things   - Gets bigger over time     - Still modular       - Bloat depends on implementation       - Distros implement a lot   - Hard to argue it's not bloated - Everything Depends on It?   - So pervasive things can't function w/out it   - Other solutions = more work - Red Hat Project?   - Red Hat started it     - 1 company w/control = bad     - It can be forked    - Restricts Choice/Modularity?   - Other choices exist   - Hard not to use - Makes Linux Less Secure?   - Used on many distros = bigger target   - Big projects may be less secure   - Better maintained than random small projects    - Why Use SystemD   - Unified project = learn 1 system to manage many things   - Processes can start in mostly any order   - Well integrated into Linux Kernel   - Written in C, faster than scripts ⚡️ Follow #SystemD_InitSystem

The Primal Nostr Client is Now Available on F-Droid. Yesterday miljan@primal.net promised that Primal would be added to the F-Droid App Store, and the next day, there it is! You can get F-Droid at https://f-droid.org. Downloaded the APK and install. Once installed search for Primal and install that. Primal is also available on Apple Store and trough a web browser at https://primal.net. #Nostr #NostrClients #Primal #Nostr_Primal

. Freedom Tech us now on Nostr! We will be posting future posts to Nostr as well, in Markdown format. The Amethyst Nostr client does a good job of rendering Markdown, so use that client. Here is the Nostr Address (or scan the QR code) 👇 npub1fkluklzamwpyn7w8awxzrcqe7z8mldlvthk4gz9kz3vsh6udz62s9qj48l

. Think Penguin has been in the Linux laptop business longer than most companies, and they now have a new Linux laptop available, with fairly impressive specs. It supports libre distros, such as Trisquel, which is a rare feature. - Up to 64G RAM - 10-Core I5-1335U - 15.6" 2K display - Intel Iris Graphics - 6-in-1 Card Reader - 3 M.2 card slots - Removable Battery - M.2 SSD Drive - 2.5" SATA DRive - DVD/Blu-Ray drive - Bluetooth You can config and buy one here: https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-t4-gnulinux-laptop #Think_Penguin_T4_Laptop

. Nextcloud now offers AI integration on your Nextcloud server. None of the AI apps are installed by default, except Smart Mail, which is all done locally on your server, and can be disabled if you wish. Because AI comes with risk, Nextcloud has rated their AI apps at 4 levels based on 3 conditions. Conditions 1. Is it open source? 2. is the trained model free for self-hosting 3. is the training data available and free to use Rating levels 🟢 = All condition met 🟡 = 2 conditions met 🟠 = 1 condition met 🔴 = 0 conditions met The AI apps are listed below w/their ratings. 👇 IMAGE GENERATION 🟡 Online StableDiffusion 🟡 Self-Hosted StableDiffusion 🔴 Online DALL-E 2 TEXT GENERATION 🟡 LocalAI 🔴 ChatGPT SPEECH-2-TEXT DICTATION 🟢 OpenAI Whisper 🟡 External Whisper SPEECH-2-TEXT TRANSCRIPTION 🟢 OpenAI Whisper 🟢 LocalAI SMART INBOX (can be disabled in low-left settings) 🟢 Built in Machine Learning FACE/OBJECT RECOGNITION 🟢 Recognize ⚡️ Follow #Nextcloud_AI #Nextloud_AI_Apps

. Louis Rossman and FUTO have released another not -FOSS app of interest. This time they bring us the video streaming app Grayjay, which is designed to let you surf and search all you favorite video streaming services at once. Grayjay does everything the popular NewPipe app does, plus more. Unfortunately NewPipe only worked with YouTube and PeerTube. So far Grayjay works w/these platforms (to a certain extent) - Rumble - Odysee - Youtube - FUTO's PeerTube Instance - Twitch - Patreon - Soundcloud - Kick - Nebula Sorry, no BitChute so far. You can download videos for offline viewing, and then export those to your Movies folder on your phone. You can download the apk install file here: https://grayjay.app/ Their GitLab source code can be found here: https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay This app will Chromecast movies, without Google Play Services installed. #Grayjay_VideoStreamApp

. Using Nextcloud & the Nextcloud Bookmarks app, you can synchronize your bookmarks across all your devices, & across all your web browsers, as long as there is a floccus add-on extension available for your browser. 1. First you need to install the Nextcloud "Bookmarks" app onto your Nextcloud Server. a. Set up the Nextcloud file folder you want to use for bookmarks, such as /Bookmarks 2. Install the flocuss add-on extension into your web browser(s). - Chromium based use this add-on - Firefox based us this add-on 3. Once flocuss is installed in your browser: a. In add-on, sign into Nextcloud to link floccus to your Nextcloud account, & set Nextcloud file folder, such as /Bookmarks. b. Tell the add-on which local browser "folder" you to use. You can drag & drop elsewhere later 4. On Android install the floccus app, and sign it into your Nextlcoud. Bookmarks will sync to the floccus app, not in the browser. ⚡️ Follow #WebBrowserSync_NextcloudFloccus

Looks like the globalistsc are coming after crypto. https://freedom.tech/patriot-act-comes-to-cryptocurrency/

"Slimbook, renowned for its commitment to quality, innovation and support for the Linux community, has joined forces with the Fedora Project to bring users a new computing experience like never before. The Fedora Slimbook provides a sleek design, exclusively features Fedora software and boasts top-of-the-line features and performance enhancements, including: 16” 16:10 sRGB 99% 3K display 90Hz Intel® Core™ i7-12700H 20 threads NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Up to 64GB RAM Up to 4TB Nvme SSD 82WH battery 1.5 kg weight"

. Louis Rossman and his Futo company have finally released their voice recognition app for Android phones. The app is called Voice Input. It is based on WhisperAI, which is really good. This means it does capitalization, and punctuation. This is the solution we've been waiting for! The Voice Input app is open-source, but it's not FOSS, and had a fairly limited license. Here is the F-Droid repo: https://app.futo.org/fdroid/repo/ You can download the app directly from the company's website: https://voiceinput.futo.org Learn more about the app in this video: https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/this-gives-google-less-access-to-your:1 Here is the source code. (They run their own GitLab server . . Yay!) https://gitlab.futo.org/alex/voiceinput ⚡️ Follow #SpeechToText_VoiceInput

Fonts can vary from distro to distro. Since Mint and Ubuntu are the most common, installing the fonts that come with those distros will generally make your system more "Linux standardized". To install the Linux MInt fonts, which should be the same a Ubuntu, you type in this command: (It hasn't been verified that Mint and Ubuntu have the same fonts)

sudo apt install fonts-beng fonts-beng-extra fonts-dejavu-core fonts-deva fonts-deva-extra fonts-droid-fallback fonts-font-awesome fonts-freefont-ttf fonts-gargi fonts-gubbi fonts-gujr fonts-gujr-extra fonts-guru fonts-guru-extra fonts-indic fonts-kacst fonts-kacst-one fonts-kalapi fonts-khmeros-core fonts-knda fonts-lao fonts-liberation fonts-liberation fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-lohit-beng-assamese fonts-lohit-beng-bengali fonts-lohit-deva fonts-lohit-gujr fonts-lohit-guru fonts-lohit-knda fonts-lohit-mlym fonts-lohit-orya fonts-lohit-taml fonts-lohit-taml-classical fonts-lohit-telu fonts-mathjax fonts-mlym fonts-nakula fonts-navilu fonts-noto-cjk fonts-noto-color-emoji fonts-noto-mono fonts-opensymbol fonts-orya fonts-orya-extra fonts-pagul fonts-pagul fonts-quicksand fonts-sahadeva fonts-samyak-deva fonts-samyak-gujr fonts-samyak-mlym fonts-samyak-taml fonts-sarai fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-padauk fonts-smc fonts-smc-anjalioldlipi fonts-smc-chilanka fonts-smc-dyuthi fonts-smc-gayathri fonts-smc-karumbi fonts-smc-keraleeyam fonts-smc-manjari fonts-smc-meera fonts-smc-rachana fonts-smc-raghumalayalamsans fonts-smc-suruma fonts-smc-uroob fonts-taml fonts-telu fonts-telu-extra fonts-teluguvijayam fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-tibetan-machine fonts-tlwg-garuda fonts-tlwg-garuda-ttf fonts-tlwg-kinnari fonts-tlwg-kinnari-ttf fonts-tlwg-laksaman fonts-tlwg-laksaman-ttf fonts-tlwg-loma fonts-tlwg-loma-ttf fonts-tlwg-mono fonts-tlwg-mono-ttf fonts-tlwg-norasi fonts-tlwg-norasi-ttf fonts-tlwg-purisa fonts-tlwg-purisa-ttf fonts-tlwg-sawasdee fonts-tlwg-sawasdee-ttf fonts-tlwg-typewriter fonts-tlwg-typewriter-ttf fonts-tlwg-typist fonts-tlwg-typist-ttf fonts-tlwg-typo fonts-tlwg-typo-ttf fonts-tlwg-umpush fonts-tlwg-umpush-ttf fonts-tlwg-waree fonts-tlwg-waree-ttf fonts-ubuntu fonts-urw-base35 fonts-yrsa-rasa

If a certain font is not available in your distros repository, delete it from the command above. For example, Linux does not have fonts-khmeros-core, so you would delete it. #Fonts_Install_MintFonts

Fonts can vary from distro to distro. Since Mint and Ubuntu are the most common, installing the fonts that come with those distros will make it so something your create in Linux MInt will not look wonky in another distro, such as Linux MInt. To install the Linuix MInt fonts, which should be the same a Ubuntu, you type in this command:

sudo apt install fonts-beng fonts-beng-extra fonts-dejavu-core fonts-deva fonts-deva-extra fonts-droid-fallback fonts-font-awesome fonts-freefont-ttf fonts-gargi fonts-gubbi fonts-gujr fonts-gujr-extra fonts-guru fonts-guru-extra fonts-indic fonts-kacst fonts-kacst-one fonts-kalapi fonts-khmeros-core fonts-knda fonts-lao fonts-liberation fonts-liberation fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-lohit-beng-assamese fonts-lohit-beng-bengali fonts-lohit-deva fonts-lohit-gujr fonts-lohit-guru fonts-lohit-knda fonts-lohit-mlym fonts-lohit-orya fonts-lohit-taml fonts-lohit-taml-classical fonts-lohit-telu fonts-mathjax fonts-mlym fonts-nakula fonts-navilu fonts-noto-cjk fonts-noto-color-emoji fonts-noto-mono fonts-opensymbol fonts-orya fonts-orya-extra fonts-pagul fonts-pagul fonts-quicksand fonts-sahadeva fonts-samyak-deva fonts-samyak-gujr fonts-samyak-mlym fonts-samyak-taml fonts-sarai fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-padauk fonts-smc fonts-smc-anjalioldlipi fonts-smc-chilanka fonts-smc-dyuthi fonts-smc-gayathri fonts-smc-karumbi fonts-smc-keraleeyam fonts-smc-manjari fonts-smc-meera fonts-smc-rachana fonts-smc-raghumalayalamsans fonts-smc-suruma fonts-smc-uroob fonts-taml fonts-telu fonts-telu-extra fonts-teluguvijayam fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-tibetan-machine fonts-tlwg-garuda fonts-tlwg-garuda-ttf fonts-tlwg-kinnari fonts-tlwg-kinnari-ttf fonts-tlwg-laksaman fonts-tlwg-laksaman-ttf fonts-tlwg-loma fonts-tlwg-loma-ttf fonts-tlwg-mono fonts-tlwg-mono-ttf fonts-tlwg-norasi fonts-tlwg-norasi-ttf fonts-tlwg-purisa fonts-tlwg-purisa-ttf fonts-tlwg-sawasdee fonts-tlwg-sawasdee-ttf fonts-tlwg-typewriter fonts-tlwg-typewriter-ttf fonts-tlwg-typist fonts-tlwg-typist-ttf fonts-tlwg-typo fonts-tlwg-typo-ttf fonts-tlwg-umpush fonts-tlwg-umpush-ttf fonts-tlwg-waree fonts-tlwg-waree-ttf fonts-ubuntu fonts-urw-base35 fonts-yrsa-rasa

If a certain font is not available in your distros repository, delete it from the command above. For example, Linux does not have fonts-khmeros-core, so you would delete it. #Fonts_Install_MintFonts

. Here are the 3 thing you can do to help bring standardized fonts to Linux systems. 1. Install Linux Mint fonts on your system. See the next post for this because the command line is too large for a this post. 2. Install freeware MS fonts. This will bring in the earliest MS fonts, but not anything from Win8, Win10, or Win11. To do this type: sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3. Copy Win fonts from a MS Win computer install the onto your Linux Machine. a. Copy all the fonts from C:/Windows/Fonts onto a flash drive. b. Find where your system store fonts: (In Debian this is /usr/share/fonts)

find /usr -iname \*.ttf |head -n 20

c. Create folder for the MS fonts

cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype
sudo mkdir winfonts
sudo cd winfonts

D. As root, and copy fonts from USB stick. /media/hda1/windows/Fonts will be different on your system. cp /media/hda1/windows/Fonts/*.ttf sudo chown root.root *.ttf sudo chmod 644 *.ttf sudo mkfontdir ⚡️ Follow #Fonts