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Free software for freedom, surveillance and you [video]

96 points by davexunit 13y ago

cottonseed 13y ago
I'm very excited for bunnie's open laptop. http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3597 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3597
- TD-Linux 13y ago
  This is absolutely amazing. Especially the high speed FPGA. I'm currently working with the Xilinx Zynq which is the same idea but with an FPGA on the same chip and it's amazing for a lot of things. In particular, stuff you'd do with only an FPGA is made so much easier with a Linux SoC on board to handle Ethernet, USB, and the like.
motters 13y ago
I also liked the fact that this is hosted using Mediagoblin.
- davexunit 13y ago
  It's free software all the way down.
  - kqr2 13y ago
    It's actually very difficult to completely use free software, cf. Richard Stallman's setup: http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ You run into problems with binary blobs such as bios and firmware/drivers for hardware.
    - belorn 13y ago
      Living based on ethical rules is always a daunting task if one want to do it "completely". People who are vegetarians by ethical choice can easy find themselves eating meat. Be it from candy, to supplements to medicine. Then there is bioplastics, which while should be eaten, qualify as something a vegetarian might found unethical to use. It is good that someone sacrifice so much to try living by their believes. It would be so much worse if ethics did not exist at all.
- quadrangle 13y ago
  LibrePlanet and FSF never use any proprietary software for anything.
- comex 13y ago
  Doesn't work on Safari: "Sorry, no compatible source and playback technology were found for this video. Try using another browser like Chrome or download the latest Adobe Flash Player." Strange, because I do have Flash. Seems to be caused by a JavaScript error which, somewhat ironically, occurs in obfuscated code.
- zz1 13y ago
  Which is still running a funding campaign right now: free software is the future, just let it happen, donate! http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html
alx 13y ago
Helpful utilities and documentation for Free Software live audio/video streaming https://github.com/ioerror/freenote/ https://github.com/ioerror/freenote/
- davexunit 13y ago
  Wow, that's awesome! I wasn't expecting it to be just a single shell script. A very complicated one, but still simpler than I was expecting.
dfc 13y ago
Does anyone know what the following software is: Just use "triscull/triskill." @00:31:49 He mentions it a couple of times, I finally decided to look it up after the reference at 31:49.
- mjquinn 13y ago
  That would be Trisquel[0], a GNU/Linux distro based on Ubuntu that is completely free (no proprietary software or binary blobs whatsoever). [0] https://trisquel.info/ https://trisquel.info/
  - dfc 13y ago
    Wow, I was not close with the spelling. It looks like Debian/main except it comes with a libre-linux kernel?
Chirael 13y ago
Great talk, thank you for posting!
thisiswrong 13y ago
I agree with what Jacob says about Jitsi. It's great, but just isn't user-friendly enough. I assume that all my convos and cam chats on Skype are recorded [1] - so i try to push my contacts to jitsi. But every time it's so hard to walk people through setting it up correctly. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam...
pyromine 13y ago
I have to say this was my favorite talk this year at LibrePlanet, it was interesting to see Jacob's appropriate paranoia. His understanding of the security situation is amazing, and his advice is poignant. From his suggestion I'll be honest his statements has certainly influenced my plans, and make me really consider writing more software in the security space.
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96 points by davexunit 13y ago

I'm very excited for bunnie's open laptop. http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3597 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3597

TD-Linux 13y ago
This is absolutely amazing. Especially the high speed FPGA. I'm currently working with the Xilinx Zynq which is the same idea but with an FPGA on the same chip and it's amazing for a lot of things. In particular, stuff you'd do with only an FPGA is made so much easier with a Linux SoC on board to handle Ethernet, USB, and the like.

motters 13y ago

I also liked the fact that this is hosted using Mediagoblin.

davexunit 13y ago
It's free software all the way down.
- kqr2 13y ago
  It's actually very difficult to completely use free software, cf. Richard Stallman's setup: http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/ You run into problems with binary blobs such as bios and firmware/drivers for hardware.
  - belorn 13y ago
    Living based on ethical rules is always a daunting task if one want to do it "completely". People who are vegetarians by ethical choice can easy find themselves eating meat. Be it from candy, to supplements to medicine. Then there is bioplastics, which while should be eaten, qualify as something a vegetarian might found unethical to use. It is good that someone sacrifice so much to try living by their believes. It would be so much worse if ethics did not exist at all.
quadrangle 13y ago
LibrePlanet and FSF never use any proprietary software for anything.
comex 13y ago
Doesn't work on Safari: "Sorry, no compatible source and playback technology were found for this video. Try using another browser like Chrome or download the latest Adobe Flash Player." Strange, because I do have Flash. Seems to be caused by a JavaScript error which, somewhat ironically, occurs in obfuscated code.
zz1 13y ago
Which is still running a funding campaign right now: free software is the future, just let it happen, donate! http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html http://mediagoblin.org/pages/campaign.html

alx 13y ago

Helpful utilities and documentation for Free Software live audio/video streaming https://github.com/ioerror/freenote/ https://github.com/ioerror/freenote/

davexunit 13y ago
Wow, that's awesome! I wasn't expecting it to be just a single shell script. A very complicated one, but still simpler than I was expecting.

dfc 13y ago

Does anyone know what the following software is: Just use "triscull/triskill." @00:31:49 He mentions it a couple of times, I finally decided to look it up after the reference at 31:49.

mjquinn 13y ago
That would be Trisquel[0], a GNU/Linux distro based on Ubuntu that is completely free (no proprietary software or binary blobs whatsoever). [0] https://trisquel.info/ https://trisquel.info/
- dfc 13y ago
  Wow, I was not close with the spelling. It looks like Debian/main except it comes with a libre-linux kernel?

Chirael 13y ago

Great talk, thank you for posting!

thisiswrong 13y ago

I agree with what Jacob says about Jitsi. It's great, but just isn't user-friendly enough. I assume that all my convos and cam chats on Skype are recorded [1] - so i try to push my contacts to jitsi. But every time it's so hard to walk people through setting it up correctly. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam...

pyromine 13y ago

I have to say this was my favorite talk this year at LibrePlanet, it was interesting to see Jacob's appropriate paranoia. His understanding of the security situation is amazing, and his advice is poignant. From his suggestion I'll be honest his statements has certainly influenced my plans, and make me really consider writing more software in the security space.

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