Pirate Praveen 普拉文

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Chairperson/The Prav Cooperative/https://prav.app, Indian Pirates/https://pirates.org.in, Debian Developer, Privacy Advocate, https://poddery.com, https://diasp.in, Free Software, https://fsci.in, Social Justice, Human Rights...

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2026-06-20 15:09:03 UTC

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different communities have different rules, you need to respect them or you could create your own groups as well. It is important to listen to people when they give feedback.

2026-06-08 08:32:39 UTC

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If we have funds, we can hire system admins and they can address issues quickly.
We can't do it with just volunteers.
We run services as volunteers for 10+ years already.
durare.org poddery.com git.fosscommunity.in etc
Sometimes things remain broken for days, weeks or even months, even if the fix is as simple as updating tls certificate.
Sometimes the software never gets updated or updating is really hard.
In #Prav, we want to hire system admins to ensure timely fixes.

2026-06-08 08:12:58 UTC

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Do you see these #xmpp services replacing #WhatsApp one day? If we keep thinking we only need to make individual choices to defeat WhatsApp, we are going to lose.
Prav is a collective, coordinated effort. Our costs - hosting, SMS, events, developing features, all are real.
Someone has to pay, if you would like to sponsor the whole, we'd be happy to offer it free of cost as well :)
We just have to find the funds from somewhere, not necessary only from users directly.

2026-06-08 07:22:29 UTC

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if you just want to use the app (like drinking #Amul milk), you don't need to be a member.
But if you become a member, you share the ownership of the app and can vote to elect people who will govern the app - like deciding its #privacyPolicy or hiring developers to build features in the app.
You can also get elected to the leadership. The app will be run #democratically by its members.
This may look strange to you, but made possible by #FreeSoftware.
#prav #cooperative #xmpp

2026-06-07 16:41:20 UTC

Anyone from #Maharashtra want to be an official member of the prav cooperative ?
Join at https://prav.app/become-a-member/
We had reached required 50 numbers once, but some people dropped out later.
So we only have 46 members now and need 50 to register as multi state cooperative.
Other states are welcome too, but you will have to wait longer till your state reaches 50.
#Kerala has the required minimum of 50 already, but more members makes us stronger.
#prav #cooperative #mastIndia #askFedi
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2026-05-11 19:06:33 UTC

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我也是印度人。晚安。明天见。

2026-05-11 10:32:29 UTC

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加油 ! 作天我们吃了粥 (we ate porridge yesterday).

2026-05-09 16:47:39 UTC

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what do you do if the govt don't care about your rights at all? They publicly argued there was no fundamental right to privacy in Supreme Court. Constitution is only as good as the institutions that are meant to uphold rights works in neutral ways. If Supreme Court cannot stand up against goverment or Election Commission sides with the ruling party, what good is just the words printed in the constitution?

2026-05-09 16:43:26 UTC

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you cannot change reality by ignoring it. Not understanding reality is a big failure. Assuming constitution as written on paper is safe by itself is a big fallacy.

2026-05-09 16:36:23 UTC

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if you see this is the only problem with the goverment, that itself is a problem. It is part of the plan on making India a single party country. If we are shocked only by private data collection, we can't stop it. The only way is to stop BJP fully, I don't expect we can win on privacy in isolation from BJP.

2026-05-09 15:56:42 UTC

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these are bad, but there are so much more bad about the current govt, we can't just look at aadhaar or biometrics in isolation. It part of a larger bad politics. We cannot stop it by just focusing on biometrix/privacy or aadhaar alone. That would have been sufficient if it was an exception from the norm, but when everything is bad, there is no point in looking just at this. We can't stop it by looking at it in isolation. We have to fix the whole mess together.

2026-05-09 14:53:14 UTC

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Add 'English' and 'Pinyin' from Input Methods

2026-05-09 14:46:19 UTC

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Did you install fcitx5 ? You can open the app from the icon on homescreen, which will allow you to configure it.

2026-05-09 14:28:03 UTC

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also don't try to remember to write everything at first, try the words, meanings and pinyin to type, hanzi strokes can be learned slowly. If you start with the strokes, that can be a lot more challenging. Start with identifying common words and how to type them.

2026-05-09 14:26:32 UTC

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https://strokeorder.com helps greatly, we can draw approximately (use the pen icon in search) and it will show similar characters to choose from and then we can see the stroke order animations.

2026-05-09 12:36:57 UTC

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listening can help even if you cannot type. I use fcitx to type in Android and it is pretty good. You can type in English and it will convert to Chinese. For example nihao becomes 你好 May be start with https://duolingo.com Chinese course as well?

2026-05-09 10:08:26 UTC

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj__X2BRhyo&list=PL6xVgUZ4UP2MTlX8nv9yPdX2zlTMSYgV9&index=1&pp=iAQB this is my favorite cdrama. 我已经看了三次. You can watch with English subtitles and try to catch some words.

2026-05-09 07:57:32 UTC

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If you are interested we can learn together. 一起学习把.

2026-05-08 11:37:44 UTC

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I watch Chinese drama with English subtitles (and recently started watching the dramas again with only Chinese subtitles as I know the story/context already, but I can still catch only a few words most of the time, sometimes the whole sentence). I also use https://context.reverso.net ictionary/translation, https://strokeorder.com draw characters, https://libretranslate.com cross check translations, https://publicai.co/chat I chat with a few friends in Chinese.

2026-05-08 07:37:22 UTC

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我在学习中文. I'm learning Chinese. Duolingua level 15.

2026-05-07 16:53:30 UTC

印度不再有共产政府
我的洲是最后一个
这是五十年来的第一次
#印度 #共产主义
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/india-loses-its-last-left-wing-government-after-five-decades

2026-04-17 13:59:25 UTC

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We are just offering some hand holding to get started with #xmpp. #Prav is ready for iOS too, but #Apple won't accept it in App Store, so people have to take the longer route of #SideStore. We have started the process of involving the users to prioritize missing pieces in #XMPP apps.

2026-04-17 13:14:50 UTC

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it is very close to #quicksy in current state as we started from quicksy. It offers a choice to users - they can choose either Quicksy or #Prav without considering what their friends are using and users of either app can talk to users of the other app. We made small changes already like changing SMS provider so it works in countries like Nepal and Brazil where Quicksy SMS don't get delivered. We hope to offer custom username option and may eventually get other features.

2026-04-07 18:24:00 UTC

With persistent hard work by [@vaidik_](https://mastodon.social/@vaidik_ ) Prav (@npub1eyk…ndu6) is now available on iPhones!
Though with Apple rejecting it from App Store, installing it is a bit involved. You will need to setup http://SideStore.io and then add Prav source https://codeberg.org/prav/website/raw/branch/main/SidestoreiOS.json
#Prav #FreeSoftware #Apple #iOS #iPhone #OpenSource #XMPP
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2026-01-25 09:10:05 UTC

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你好 I completely agree with you about the feeling, I like to call it Free Software too.
My point is, the software remains the same whether you call it #FreeSoftware or #OpenSource. Many people think they can say a software is Free Software or Open Source looking at license.
The choice of words determines what is more important to you or what is more comfortable for you. Not everyone is comfortable talking about ethics, so Open Source is more comfortable to many people.

2026-01-23 18:28:46 UTC

I usually use this story of blind men describing an elephant to explain difference between #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant
A very widespread understanding equates #copyleft with #FreeSoftware and permissive licenses with #OpenSource.
In almost all practical cases you are referring to the same software.
The difference is what you focus on and this focus difference gives you different conclusions. So I focus on 4 freedoms for every user ie, copyleft Free Software.

2026-01-01 09:33:17 UTC

Good way to start new year, I could do a #UPI scan and pay on my #librem5 with 100% #FreeSoftware.
Camera app millipixels suddenly started working and it supports detecting QR codes too!
Earlier I had to type the address manually and it used to time out (I was also switching to 2G only mode to make sure USSD goes through earlier, but noticed I don't need to do that manually) .
Now last 4 payments worked on first try!
Though you need a lot of effort to get this far https://wiki.fsci.in/NUUP
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2025-12-04 09:48:38 UTC

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Politics is about interests, so different interests fight. It is a subjective thing, not something you can learn like engineering. Politics means you want things to happen in a certain way, there are people who want things to happen in other ways too. Why would politicians care about people when they can easily get away with just making personal gains?

2025-12-04 09:18:07 UTC

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I think a common misconception is that people only need to focus on their profession / area of interest. That is ok if the system is working overall ok. But what if the basic premise of the democracy and division of labor/responsibility break down? Can we just continue to demand politicians should work for our interest when we know they are not listening ? Can we just say we will do the first step and someone else do the remaining ?

2025-12-03 16:14:22 UTC

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it is important to recognize it is only the first step, but many times people forget that. So I'd like to remind/ask if you thought about the follow ups too. This is not necessarily only about speaking up, which can help only when it can complement the other activities that are going on. More importantly are we prepared for the long term actions that needs a lot of time and patience? We cannot restrict ourselves to just reacting and demanding.

2025-09-15 17:07:08 UTC

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I can clearly see your political position and it is fine we disagree. But claiming you are not partisan does not hold. You don't have to claim you are non partisan to express your political views. Not taking action when other people's rights are denied, that is also a political position. Each project making a choice reflects their politics. Anyway, I have already moved to @npub1854…hexw I only wanted to highlight, the playform choice is not binary.

2025-09-15 10:49:08 UTC

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that is a false choice, it does not have to binary of github or self hosting. codeberg is #FreeSoftware and collectively run by the community. There is no platform maintenance cost if you choose #codeberg. Do you like if codeberg actively promoting Google Maps and saying OSM is incomplete, and not convenient ? Free Software projects have to support and promote each other, if we grow together, everyone benefits. If every other Free Software were promoting convenience it'd affect OSM.

2025-07-04 10:23:02 UTC

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I'm more concerned about the software project rather than the network. The project is still managed by people and driven by their individual philosophies. So unless there is an explicit code of conduct (https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity)/ diversity statement like (https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity), many people will not feel welcome to participate in Simplex Chat project (especially given the vocal philosophy of its founder driving potential contributors away).

2025-06-09 11:42:20 UTC

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is there a spec or documentation how to do it? We can consider doing the same in Prav too.

2025-06-09 07:10:20 UTC

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I think it is important for you to have a code of conduct and explicitly state your philosophy on who is welcome or not in the community.

2025-06-07 12:15:42 UTC

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don't signal know all its users? how is the phone number to jabberd id mapping worse than what Signal has? Why do we have to insist everyone has to make the exact same privacy choices?
I know there are other things that Signal does better for less metadata collection, but I don't think the having the directory makes it worse than Signal.
#XMPP could be extended to collect less metadata as well. There are other social protections for metadata.

2025-05-06 16:15:22 UTC

Thanks to awesome work by @npub1xpu…cgcr #Librem5 can now wake up from suspend when alarm is set! This is a huge leap in usability.
This was top 3 item in #dephcom feature priority poll for mobile GNU/Linux.
https://codema.in/d/9PSaLqK8/first-feature-prioritizing-poll
It is available from https://phosh.mobi/posts/phosh-nightly/ and https://people.debian.org/~praveen/mobian/ and hopefully will hit official channels soon.
You likely need to also run
sudo setcap 'cap_wake_alarm=ep' /usr/bin/gnome-clocks
#mobian #debian #FreeSoftware #gnulinuxmobile

2025-04-29 11:51:05 UTC

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I can also play with MESA_GLES_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.2 clapper. So we just need that path only. We were just using the wrong override variable!

2025-04-29 10:14:18 UTC

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Last time some extra characters got added to bug address while sending the log. I have sent it again now. You can see it at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1104029#25 Is there a command to confirm the patch is actually applied ?

2025-04-29 08:15:32 UTC

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I shared the error log now. I could not spot any difference from your error message.

2025-04-29 07:26:59 UTC

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I have shared it in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1104029#20

2025-04-29 02:43:46 UTC

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though I could not get clapper to work with a patched mesa and the suggested environment variable. mesa with the patch is available at http://people.debian.org/~praveen/mobian :(

2025-04-28 15:30:28 UTC

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I'm building mesa with that patch right now. Cross building from my laptop, so it will take a while to complete.

2025-04-24 07:26:57 UTC

We have setup our first bounty as part of #dephcom (we started as #debphoshfund but Open Source Collective suggested a name change and community picked the new name via a poll).
https://opencollective.com/dephcom/projects/pipewire-echo
If you have a Librem 5 and you'd like more choice with Operating System, especially newer versions of software than currently being shipped in PureOS #byzantium or even upcoming #crimson please support.
#debian #pureos #mobian #librem5 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

2025-04-17 05:09:38 UTC

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I switched to Startpage as default after seeing AI in DDG. It is also based in EU. There is also mojeek, which don't have good results always, but they have their own crawler.

2025-03-27 13:43:21 UTC

Interesting discussion with developers of #fusiondirectory who stopped providing debian source packages publicly, don't provide another build system or installation instructions but still want people to call it #FreeSoftware.
Basically you have to write a build system / installation documentation yourself if you really have to use that software.
#Debian #OpenSource #FOSS
https://github.com/gosa-project/gosa-core/issues/66#issuecomment-2757990085

2025-03-26 16:22:19 UTC

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Did codeberg or visa / mastercard start doing it already? It'd be harder, but bank transfers or European payment processors would work (Is there a European alternative for visa / master card?) Or is entire SWIFT network already enforcing sanctions. At least for India and China, we have local payment processors (RuPay cards and UPI).

2025-03-26 12:20:02 UTC

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How is Europe or other countries required to follow sanctions by USA? If a service provider is also doing business in US, they may be compelled. But codeberg hosts their own servers and as far as I know they are not required to follow US laws. Do you have any sources to prove Europe also follow the same sanctions as USA?
Politics has many complicated factors. Something that applies to a US company don't necessarily apply to companies not operating in USA.

2025-03-24 17:00:05 UTC

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Would you consider building with libwebrtc by default until gstreamer webrtc is ready?
GPL incompatibility of BoringSSL is resolved last month, as they followed OpenSSL and switched to Apache 2.0 license.
Epiphany maintainer suggested to contact you here https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/611#note_2390290
I think epiphany with webrtc support would be a great option for people trying to break away from #Google influence (direct and indirect).

2025-03-24 13:34:14 UTC

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yes, both #Quicksy and #Prav allows people to find contacts if you know their phone number. This feature does not need stopping other providers from talking to your users (#federation, like how #mastodon works).
We can have both convenience and choice in the same platform. Each person decides if they want convenience or choice. People are not forced to pick one or the other by others.
#xmpp

2025-03-24 08:07:59 UTC

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#Signal is better than #WhatsApp, but still centralized. The entire world depending on a Single organization is not very sustainable. We have Quicksy and Prav both giving the same convenience of Signal without lock-in. #Quicksy and #Prav users can talk to each other and to any other #XMPP app.
To actually practice the freedom to improve a software, we should be able to self host the server part (not necessarily each person has to self host, but that option can offer real choice).

2025-03-23 16:09:25 UTC

#GNOME Web is truly independent from #Google. Though still dependent on #Apple, they don't have as much power as Google. It is still better than a Google monopoly. And #webkit is developed with proper APIs and meant to be embedded in other applications unlike Google's #blink.
One big feature missing is support for audio / video calls (webrtc). With #BoringSSL switching to Apache 2.0, a big blocker for webrtc support is resolved.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1101132
#mozilla #firefox #epiphany

2025-03-20 07:54:21 UTC

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where are you from ? We can try to find an event near you.

2025-03-20 06:09:35 UTC

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If you have not joined Prav xmpp group yet, you can join https://join.jabber.network/#prav@chat.disroot.org?join
You can also volunteer to introduce Prav at events, distributing leaflets, stickers etc. We had table at FOSS Meet in Kozhikode last week, this week we will be at Patna for #BiharFOSS. We hope to be at #LucknowFOSS as well.
#prav #xmpp

2025-03-19 17:40:02 UTC

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I wanted to comment on your blog post https://bshankar.pages.dev/getting-family-on-xmpp/ (saw it on fsci group)
#Quicksy would have been the simpler option for most people. But unfortunately Quicksy is mostly driven by a single person from Germany and mass adoption and publicity seem to be not a priority for them. So we are trying to promote the idea of Quicksy through a cooperative run project called @npub1eyk…ndu6 You are welcome to join this effort to take the idea Quicksy to the masses.
#xmpp #FreeSoftware #Prav

2025-03-15 05:04:15 UTC

GNOME Software in #FLX1 can now show updates for #android apps as well! Pretty neat!
https://cdn.masto.host/socialmh/media_attachments/files/114/164/694/797/195/325/original/9fe7990ea81cfa0e.png

2025-03-10 18:31:27 UTC

Can anyone using #firefox in #Ubuntu confirm, if you need to click "I agree" to use firefox ? Does it show ToS before you start using firefox ?
Clicking or not clicking "I agree" makes a crucial difference in mozilla getting your permission to use your data. Unlike proprietary software or services, you can get #firefox from a different source without agreeing to this shit. Just the name may be different or they might have made it better for you.
#mozilla #debian #librewolf #ironfox #gnomeweb

2025-03-06 20:11:26 UTC

Any admins of #xmpp servers with open sign ups and running #ejabberd here on #fedi ? At #Prav, we are exploring potential collaboration with xmpp public providers to give choice of providers to prav users. Since Prav needs a subscrption, we'd like people trying Prav to have some xmpp provider if they are unable to pay. Another option would be to find sponsors to give gratis accounts in Prav itself.

2025-03-01 15:56:04 UTC

We had a brain storming session at the end of #PravConf about promoting #Prav. One big item all #Telegram users want in Prav is #stickers! Especially animated stickers!
Monocles Chat has some stickers, we need to bring that to Prav and add more stickers.
#XMPP #FreeSoftware
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2025-02-20 15:33:14 UTC

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yes, initially, but eventually they replaced it with Google Hangouts, which did not federate.

2025-02-20 06:02:50 UTC

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#xmpp had a bad experience with gtalk, facebook, whatsapp etc they all took xmpp but did not federate. Then the remaining community was mostly driven by developers, many were happy to write a new library or app with half features implemented (scratch my itch), but no one was interested to push for mass adoption/publicity. Prav wants to change that, we want to push for mass adoption through publicity campaigns and onboarding of different groups - so people have someone to talk as well.

2025-02-19 08:25:29 UTC

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Matrix and Signal has more marketing going for them. Matrix is philosophically on same level as #Prav and #Quicksy, but it needs more resources to run. Signal is definitely better than #WhatsApp since it has #FreeSoftware client, so we can verify its end to end encryption don't have any backdoors. But Signal don't give you a choice to move to a different app later without having to convince every other contact. People can easily switch between Prav and Quicksy.

2025-02-18 13:56:28 UTC

Exodus privacy found no known trackers in #Prav!
#xmpp #privacy #freesoftware
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2025-02-18 13:12:56 UTC

'Don't like Prav? You can port your account to another app in the Prav network, eg. Quicksy.'
This is not possible with apps like #WhatsApp, #Telegram or #Signal. You are at the mercy of your contacts to switch your messaging provider, even if you like another app.
In India, we can port our sim cards any time if we don't like our current provider or a competitor offers a better deal. #Prav and #Quicksy offers this portability. You can switch apps and still talk to your contacts. #xmpp

2025-02-07 12:42:36 UTC

@npub1eyk…ndu6 has been an interesting development in the XMPP world, as well as the Indian #FreeSoftware community. I've been following the project and occasionally contributing to it.
But from its inception it has faced disapproving questions - if not outright hostility - from the #XMPP community, especially the developers.
Why is #prav forking projects? Why is it running its own service? What does it even bring to the table?
@npub16tx…jaf3 answers these questions https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/why-prav-is-important.html

2025-01-20 09:38:03 UTC

Happy to discover another email client for mobile gnu/linux!
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-thunderbird
#Geary was very brittle (crashes often, was not working with gnome online accounts and was missing pgp support) so one more option is nice!
#thunderbird #mobian #postmarketos #debian #freesoftware

2025-01-16 17:33:28 UTC

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thanks, I think tailwind issue is already noticed (may be that is another related issue).
https://gitlab.com/piratemovin/diasp.in/-/issues/95#note_2219666954
@npub1lfv…30kl, @npub1fw5…p4dp and [@ceda_ei](https://social.nixnet.services/@ceda_ei ) might be able to give more comments.
cc @npub19gj…lnyq @npub1579…dajn @npub1quj…l9m7 @npub1kpa…20az

2024-12-15 12:31:41 UTC

Any web developers out there who can build a web app for diasp.in and poddery.com to create users like how #diaspora did? Since we are shutting down diaspora, we want to just keep the user management part of it. As prosody is configured with a plugin to authenticate against diaspora users table in the database.
Details here https://gitlab.com/piratemovin/diasp.in/-/issues/96 Volunteers preferred, but we could also possibly raise some funds to pay someone.
#FreeSoftware #XMPP #fsci

2024-12-07 20:56:59 UTC

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XMPP need some more changes compared to Matrix, but for long term sustainability, investing in #XMPP still makes more sense to me.

2024-11-30 21:49:32 UTC

I'm proposing we start using #XMS (eXtensible Messaging System) as a shorter version of #XMPP. This would be easier to remember as similar to SMS/MMS. What do you think about it?
https://codeberg.org/prav/IssueTracker/issues/27

2024-11-27 14:32:08 UTC

We are in the process of shutting down the #diaspora instances at diasp.in and poddery.com If possible, we'd like to keep some public profile and tag pages in the same url as static html files. diaspora is a ruby on rails application, wordpress and django has tools to export static pages from an instance, we need to explore if similar tools exist for #ruby on #rails. Simple wget would have been enough if it was not auto scrolled pages. Would you like to try and help us for preserving history?

2024-11-25 10:19:03 UTC

@npub1eyk…ndu6 is preparing to register as a multi state cooperative society operating in states of #Kerala and #Maharashtra (more states to be added later if we find 50 members from a state) https://prav.app/blog/preparing-to-register-a-coop/
You can help us in this process if you can read and write rules. We need to follow a series of requirements to register and need a good set of rules to govern ourselves. We have drafts for registration steps to follow and byelaws to govern ourselves. More reviews would be good.
#prav #coop

2024-10-31 20:48:30 UTC

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I think one major pain point currently in #XMPP is adding new devices. Matrix encryption issues I have experienced are less frequent compared to XMPP. IMHO, device cross signing can improve the situation to a large extend.

2024-09-10 07:47:15 UTC

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we missed that in the current poll - there was close enough feature about loading and recording tracks. If you have not voted in codema.in, please vote there so we get an rough idea of relative priority for each feature.

2024-09-09 07:21:37 UTC

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It is not very heavy and you can decide how long you want to keep old messages and files on the server if storage is a concern.
@npub1uzc…mh57

2024-09-04 07:46:46 UTC

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please join at https://codema.in/debphoshfund and vote on the polls.

2024-09-04 07:44:29 UTC

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You have to create an account and then request to join the group. It is self hosted version of loomio software under AGPLv3.

2024-09-02 08:04:22 UTC

We started a poll earlier at #debphoshfund to pick a maps/navigation app. @npub1kzg…mdvv suggested we come up with a list of desired features and check with the maintainers of the app we pick that they are in alignment and open to accepting contributions for those to avoid conflicts later or having to fork. See if we missed listing any important features.
https://codema.in/d/lvQjiUo6/ideal-maps-navigation-app-features
#maps #osm #mobian #debian #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
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2024-08-31 19:09:06 UTC

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yes, irc needs a bouncer to effectively participate asynchronously. It is difficult to use a mobile app due to this. Else you will usually miss replies to your questions. ircv3 has added this feature but most popular servers don't have support for this. These also have better moderation options.

2024-08-30 09:19:38 UTC

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it is maintained by https://fsci.in and until now it was mostly used by the community itself so we did not make the privacy policy explicit. It will be similar to other services we run, for example https://poddery.com/privacy.html but we will create a page specifically for codema.in as well. @npub1kpa…20az

2024-08-28 16:51:09 UTC

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this should be an option. Especially with already small battery life automatically stopping it when no devices are connected will be a useful feature.

2024-08-26 08:08:37 UTC

Traditionally #FreeSoftware projects are driven by developers or for profit companies (sometimes governments funding specific projects). Users without programming skills usually can't influence the direction of a project. People talk about developers not getting paid for developing Free Software and users demanding more from volunteers. I think we have to rethink about this model and try to address this disconnect. @npub1eyk…ndu6 and https://codema.in/debphoshfund are trying to address this.

2024-08-26 07:12:26 UTC

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thanks for this feedback.
I have added https://codema.in/d/oa8DnNfC/rcs-support-in-chatty and we are already discussing which navigation app to pick here https://codema.in/d/phU1JlaV/pick-and-fund-a-maps-app It'd be great if you can vote there too. Having more users join and participate in this project/survey would be better. Currently we have 8 people in the group.

2024-08-23 16:59:18 UTC

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last time I tried, encryption is groups were not very reliable, is there any encryption specific fixes in this release?

2024-08-23 15:49:28 UTC

If you are looking to buy a new phone, consider #FLX1 from @npub1pl0…qn57. You can still run Android apps if you need to, but for most things you can use the same apps that you use on laptop (many of them adapted to fit on a smaller screen like I'm using Firefox right now). FuriOS is based on #Debian #Trixie. I have a Purism Librem 5, but most people in my circle find it very expensive/unaffordable, but FLX1 is very much comparable price to most Android phones of similar spec. #FreeSoftware.

2024-08-23 12:42:09 UTC

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I have started a discussion to pick the best option https://codema.in/d/phU1JlaV/pick-and-fund-a-maps-app since each of the apps has some down sides, we may just have to pick one by a vote.

2024-08-23 12:39:39 UTC

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I gave it a try, but it only allows downloading maps of an entire country - would be fine for small countries, but for India it is 2.2 GB where as I mostly would need only a single state - Organic Maps already provides that level of granularity.

2024-08-23 06:38:05 UTC

Timeline for first poll of "Fund #Phosh on #Debian for #Mobile" project.
We will collect issues from 18th August 2024 to 18th September 2024 for the first issue prioritizing poll. We will start the poll to arrange the issues based on priority after 18th September.
You can see already proposed issues and add your comments or tags if your device is also affected at https://codema.in/debphoshfund/
You can also submit issues that you think are important but not yet in the list. #mobian #FreeSoftware
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2024-08-22 12:20:12 UTC

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it feels nice to see the same interface from laptop adapting itself to smaller screen. But it will need a lot of fine tuning to reach the usability of phosh.

2024-08-22 11:44:00 UTC

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yes, feel free to add a more recent screenshot.You have access to edit group settings. Feel free to update description too.

2024-08-22 11:32:59 UTC

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would you like to track these pain points at https://codema.in/debphoshfund ? Use flx1 tag for new and existing issues?

2024-08-22 08:43:42 UTC

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thanks for sharing your experience. Hearing about FLX1 for the first time. Specs seems to be good and reasonable price.

2024-08-22 08:35:14 UTC

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yes, you will need an account to participate. It is a self hosted version of loomio.org, which is a Free Software collaborative decision making platform. Different types of polls are available for us to use.

2024-08-21 19:38:21 UTC

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would you like to propose these features in https://codema.in/debphoshfund/ ? Once we have a list of features people want, we will make a poll and offer our community to prioritize which features are important to them relative to other requests. Then we hope to crowd fund and implement the most popular requested features.

2024-08-21 19:36:18 UTC

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which device and what OS? Geary works reasonably well. As for NextCloud, most features work with gnome native apps - contacts, calendar works and nautlius can handle the files as well. I get 12 hours idle time when automatic suspend is enabled, but still I have to carry a power bank if I go outside. Voice call sound quality seems fine (except the echo problem with pipewire, used to work with pulseaudio and as a work around, I use a headphone). gps is broken in hardware for me :(

2024-08-21 19:08:48 UTC

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calls, sms works well already on Mobian/Librem 5. Matrix mostly works with nheko and fractal (no audio calls yet). Bluetooth works with pipewire but we need to fix echo on the other side in calls. There is only an experimental support on mobian for Fairphone 4 though https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Fairphone/Fairphone4

2024-08-21 18:37:30 UTC

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I think putting more effort to Dino might be a better option for #XMPP support on GNU/Linux phones. If at all some one still wants to maintain chatty, I think sharing libdino (it is not a separate library but maintained inside Dino itself https://github.com/dino/dino/tree/master/libdino) will be a better option that libpurple.

2024-08-21 18:05:57 UTC

As announced earlier, I started collecting important missing features for daily driving a gnu/linux phone.
You can see the currently identified list here,
https://codema.in/g/D8TO7J5c/tags/librem5 please contribute more.
Use GNU/Linux (not android) as a daily driver already?
Have you tried using and given up?
Are you keen to switch away from #Android to a more sustainable approach to developing an operating system, where collecting maximum personal data is not its driving philosophy?
#mobian #debian

2024-08-21 10:13:45 UTC

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I have started tagging the threads https://codema.in/g/D8TO7J5c/tags/librem5 we can include these tags when we get to OpenCollective fund raising stage as well.

2024-08-16 11:25:40 UTC

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you may try droidian https://devices.droidian.org/#/devices/oneplus3