Betterbird. Simply better
Betterbird is better than Thunderbird in three ways: It contains new features exclusive to Betterbird, it contains bug fixes exclusive to Betterbird and it contains fixes that Thunderbird may ship at a later stage.
Dangerzone: Convert potentially dangerous documents into safe PDFs
Take potentially dangerous PDFs, office documents, or images and convert them to safe PDFs.
// foss.events: Connecting people via the most comprehensive collection of FOSS events in Europe and online. Unity in diversity!
Our vision is to create a Free Software/Open Source community calendar, with foss.events as an instance that is run by the community and for the community, a calendar that everyone can use, study, share and improve.
BotKit by Fedify
Simple ActivityPub bot framework. A framework for creating your fediverse bots. Using @botkit, you can create standalone ActivityPub bots rather than Mastodon/Misskey bots. Hence, you are free from the constraints of the existing platforms. BotKit is powered by @fedify, a lower-level rock-solid ActivityPub framework.
Meshtastic – An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.
Meshtastic is a project that enables you to use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure. This project is 100% community driven and open source!
Lichess – Free online chess community
The free/libre open-source chess server. No paywall, no tracking, no ads. Just the good stuff. It also includes chess training for beginners where you can understand how to play and learn it practically.
Three online tools to discover the world in a playful way. Thanks to the helpful access to @openstreetmap that is useful in everyday life, these entertaining online games and history archives could be created.
MapRoulette
https://maproulette.org
@MapRoulette
OldMapsOnline
https://www.oldmapsonline.org
The Old Map Gallery
https://oldmapgallery.com @oldmapgallery
Falls ihr noch spannende so wie informative Accounts hier im Fediverse sucht, die eure Themen bereichern, dann empfehle ich die zwei Tools um diese praktisch zu entdecken. Einfach mal nach den erwünschten Stichworte und Themen das Fediverse über die folgenden User*innen durchsuchen und den Interessen übereinstimmenden dann folgen.
https://fedi.directory @FediFollows 
https://fediverse.info/explore/people
Vidzy
The open-source, federated alternative to TikTok. Share, connect, and discover in a decentralized space. Share. Connect. Discover.
Share, freely and privately:
Jami is a free/libre, end-to-end encrypted, and private communication software.
Multiple devices can be linked to a Jami account, and no personal information is required to create an account.
»Nearly 30 Years Of @freedosproject And Looking Ahead To The Future«
Old and good for the use of older computer-controlled machines (without Internet) to keep them in operation. It is open-source and therefore protective because technology can continue to be used and does not have to be thrown away.
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/nearly-30-years-of-freedos-and-looking-ahead-to-the-future/ https://www.freedos.org
Prose – A New Dawn in Team Messaging
Team messaging, built to last. All of your workplace communication lives here. @prose is a distributed, open-source, and native platform for workplace communication, powered by XMPP.
Die Mundraub-Regeln:
1. Beachte die Eigentumsrechte.
2. Gehe behutsam mit Baum und Natur um.
3. Teile die Früchte deiner Entdeckungen.
4. Engagiere dich bei der Pflege von Obstbäumen.
Ich empfinde dies fair und ehrlich, auch deswegen nehme ich nur so viel wie ich momentan mag und mache nichts kaputt.
Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
Supports hundreds of audio and video formats and codecs thanks to FFmpeg. No import required which means native editing, plus multi-format timelines, resolutions and frame-rates within a project. Frame accurate seeking supported for many video formats.
«Help us bring Internet to all»
Useful as well as educational information can be found on @wikipedia, among others. However, depending on the situation, even in the EU and USA, for example, you cannot access them offline. In this regard, you can use the free @kiwix tool developed by @WikimediaCH.
In future, I will only send this link to @switchingsoftware when people ask me again what is good for what on the PC. Unfortunately, many still say they are skeptical, but in reality they are too lazy to learn and teach themselves.
You want your toots to be searchable and findable, then have Tootfinder index your profile.
It works and the best thing is, it is an opt-in option and will not be indexed blindly without consent.
/ via @antiaall3s
