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TWIF generated on Thursday, 14 Mar 2024, Week 11

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@linsui schedules some releases:

K-9 Mail was updated to 6.800 and deemed stable, so everyone will get the new version. Congrats to the team! The app description on the website is missing, but a fix is in the works. (upstream issue)

Our contributor @tbsprs recently added FOSSGIS 2024 Schedule, Conference program app for the FOSSGIS conference. But did you know that they have other apps for conferences? 15 more already! Given that the apps are tethered to the scheduling servers, they get the NonFreeNet anti-feature.

@Licaon_Kter turns betas on:

Conversations was updated to 2.14.0-beta.2+free for those that like to live on the edge, bringing an “improved integration of A/V calls into the operating system”. This should help users having audio routing issues (Bluetooth mostly) and adding that nice “turn speaker on” button during call connection. This beta continues on last month’s background of Conversations updates and betas being rejected by some stores because the developer would not lie to their users. F-Droid version still has the integrated Contacts functionality.

yetCalc’s removal was announced back in December 2023 as its math lib was under a non-FOSS license. The developer downgraded it to the older FOSS licensed version so yetCalc is back in F-Droid. (upstream issue)

Removed Apps

10 apps were removed

As hinted in TWIF24-9, sing-box’s inclusion signaled that SagerNet and its plugins (Brook, Hysteria, Mieru, NaïveProxy, Ping Tunnel, TUIC and Trojan-Go) need to be archived.

Geometric Weather was no longer developed, its weather sources were not usable for many and it also included some assets and dependencies that made it incompatible with F-Droid’s FOSS inclusion rules. (#3204) Fork developers are working on including their app in F-Droid soon.

The developer of Unitto – calculator and unit converter reached out to the team and asked for the app to be archived. (!14617)

Newly Added Apps

6 more apps were newly added
  • Buckwheat: Budget manager – Helping you to spend money wisely
  • Launch Chat – Start a WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram chat without saving a number as a contact
  • Sound Quick Settings – A simple Quick Settings Tile to control the sound volume
  • Text Tools – Useful text related functions that can be done on the selected text
  • Träwelldroid – Free check-in service for recording journeys in public transport
  • Xed Editor – Advanced Text Editor for Android

Updated Apps

187 more apps were updated

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Meditação Guiada Mindfulness Matinal : Transforme Seu Dia: Os Incríveis Benefícios da Atenção Plena

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A meditação guiada matinal com enfoque em atenção plena é uma prática poderosa respaldada pela neurociência, que oferece inúmeros benefícios comprovados para a saúde mental. Durante esses breves 5 minutos, você será guiado a direcionar sua atenção para a respiração, cultivando uma consciência plena do momento presente.

Estudos científicos têm demonstrado que a prática regular de mindfulness está associada a mudanças estruturais no cérebro, especialmente na área relacionada ao processamento emocional e à regulação do estresse. A atenção plena tem o potencial de reduzir a atividade da amígdala, o centro emocional do cérebro, enquanto fortalece a conectividade em regiões associadas à autorregulação emocional.

Ao integrar essa meditação guiada em sua rotina matinal, você pode experimentar uma diminuição significativa nos níveis de estresse, ansiedade e ruminação mental. A prática constante também está relacionada a melhorias na concentração, na criatividade e na qualidade do sono. Além disso, a atenção plena pode aumentar a resiliência emocional, permitindo uma resposta mais equilibrada diante dos desafios cotidianos.

Ao investir esses preciosos minutos em si mesmo todas as manhãs, você constrói um alicerce sólido para um dia mais equilibrado, centrado e, acima de tudo, mentalmente saudável. Convide a serenidade para fazer parte do seu despertar diário e colha os benefícios duradouros dessa prática respaldada pela ciência.
A prática de mindfulness, como a meditação que acabamos de introduzir, desempenha um papel fundamental na promoção da saúde mental e na melhoria da qualidade de vida. Vamos explorar como a mindfulness pode ser benéfica e comprovada pela Neurociencia:
Redução do Estresse
Aumento da Resiliência
Melhoria da Concentração .
Aumento da Autoconsciência
Promoção da Saúde Mental
Melhoria do Sono
Aumento da Empatia
Sensação de Bem-Estar
Melhoria na Qualidade de Vida

Vamos começar nossa prática mindfulness agora.

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The Drop Times: Zoocha: The Drupal Development Specialists in the UK

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Discover the journey of Zoocha, a leading Drupal Development Agency renowned for its commitment to innovation, sustainability, and client success. Since its inception in 2009, Zoocha has demonstrated a profound dedication to open-source technology and agile methodologies, earning notable certifications and accolades. With a portfolio boasting collaborations with high-profile clients across various sectors, Zoocha excels in delivering customized Drupal solutions that meet unique client needs.

This article delves into Zoocha’s strategies for engaging talent, promoting Drupal among younger audiences, and its ambitious goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. Explore how Zoocha’s commitment to quality, security, and environmental sustainability positions it as a trusted partner in the dynamic world of web development.

Creator Nyamekye Wilson is uplifting Black women in STEM and creating a talent pipeline for the next generation

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Creator Nyamekye Wilson is uplifting Black women in STEM and creating a talent pipeline for the next generation

At Mozilla, we know  we can’t create a better future alone, that is why each year we will be highlighting the work of 25 digital leaders using technology to amplify voices, effect change, and build new technologies globally through our Rise 25 Awards. These storytellers, innovators, activists, advocates. builders and artists are helping make the internet more […]

The post Creator Nyamekye Wilson is uplifting Black women in STEM and creating a talent pipeline for the next generation appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

a2ps @ Savannah: a2ps 4.15.6 released [stable]

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I am delighted to announce version 4.15.6 of GNU a2ps, the Anything to
PostScript converter.

This release fixes a couple of bugs, in particular with printing (the -P
flag). See below for details.

Here are the compressed sources and a GPG detached signature:
  https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/a2ps/a2ps-4.15.6.tar.gz
  https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/a2ps/a2ps-4.15.6.tar.gz.sig

Use a mirror for higher download bandwidth:
  https://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html

Here are the SHA1 and SHA256 checksums:

e20e8009d8812c8d960884b79aab95f235c725c0  a2ps-4.15.6.tar.gz
h/+dgByxGWkYHVuM+LZeZeWyS7DHahuCXoCY8pBvvfQ  a2ps-4.15.6.tar.gz

The SHA256 checksum is base64 encoded, instead of the
hexadecimal encoding that most checksum tools default to.

Use a .sig file to verify that the corresponding file (without the
.sig suffix) is intact.  First, be sure to download both the .sig file
and the corresponding tarball.  Then, run a command like this:

  gpg –verify a2ps-4.15.6.tar.gz.sig

The signature should match the fingerprint of the following key:

  pub   rsa2048 2013-12-11 [SC]
        2409 3F01 6FFE 8602 EF44  9BB8 4C8E F3DA 3FD3 7230
  uid   Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
  uid   keybase.io/rrt <rrt@keybase.io>

If that command fails because you don’t have the required public key,
or that public key has expired, try the following commands to retrieve
or refresh it, and then rerun the ‘gpg –verify’ command.

  gpg –locate-external-key rrt@sc3d.org

  gpg –recv-keys 4C8EF3DA3FD37230

  wget -q -O- ‘https://savannah.gnu.org/project/release-gpgkeys.php?group=a2ps&download=1’ | gpg –import –

As a last resort to find the key, you can try the official GNU
keyring:

  wget -q https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg
  gpg –keyring gnu-keyring.gpg –verify a2ps-4.15.6.tar.gz.sig

This release was bootstrapped with the following tools:
  Autoconf 2.71
  Automake 1.16.5
  Gnulib v0.1-7186-g5aa8eafc0e

NEWS

* Noteworthy changes in release 4.15.6 (2024-03-13) [stable]
 * Bug fixes:
   – Fix a2ps-lpr-wrapper to work with no arguments, as a2ps requires.
   – Minor fixes & improvements to sheets.map for image types and PDF.
 * Build system:
   – Minor fixes and improvements.

MNT Reform review: brutalist hardware, familiar software

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MNT Reform review: brutalist hardware, familiar software
There’s a channel on YouTube called The Proper People. It’s two guys who travel all over the United States (and in a few cases, elsewhere too) exploring abandoned buildings, and recording both the exteriors and interiors for posterity, since many of these buildings suffer from massive decay and are often slated for demolition. These buildings have histories and stories that otherwise would be lost to time. They are incredibly respectful of the buildings they explore, and they will not break open locked doors or windows, and only traverse open and unlocked doors or openings borne out of natural decay. They never take anything from the sites they visit, and abhor what urban explorers call “staging”, where you move furniture and objects around to invoke or imply stories and things that aren’t there. Their videos are also very calm, muted, quiet, and only occasionally use atmospheric music for some of the more artistic shots. As a sidenote, they also happen to have the absolute best intro music of all time. One of the things you quickly notice as you see these buildings, and explore their interiors, is just how solidly made and beautifully detailed they were. Whether they’re exploring an 19th century Kirkbride mental asylum, an early 19th century power plant, or a mid-20th century hospital – they all tend to be made not just to serve a function, but also to be beautiful and solid, both inside and out. Walls, ceilings, and doorways are beautifully detailed in masonry or woodwork, light fittings are solid and ornate, and even access corridors or storage basements have gorgeous vaulted ceilings, decorated walls, and ornate pillars. The contrast to modern buildings couldn’t be starker. Buildings and workplaces of today are littered with drop ceilings, flimsy dividers, open plans, endless amounts of glass, all in styles so minimalist it just makes spaces feel cold, uninviting, and lacking in human scale. Modern buildings and interiors are temporary, ephemeral, built not for humans, but to a bottom line and some designer’s fancy – these old hospitals, factories, and even power plants are permanent, enduring, and made to human scale. They served as much as a status symbol for whatever ruthless capitalist owned the building as they did as a place for that same ruthless capitalist to extract wealth from mistreated workers. This juxtaposition, of the minimalist, soulless, flimsy and cheap-looking exteriors and interiors of modern buildings on the one hand, and the beautifully detailed, skillfully crafted, and human-scale exteriors and interiors from these older buildings on the other, is something that kept creeping back into my mind during my use of the MNT Reform. This is a device built by people who deeply care, who are very opinionated, and know exactly what they want to make – very much the opposite of the cookie-cutter dime-a-dozen laptops that flood the market today. MNT was so kind as to send me a Reform, at some risk to them because I am definitely not the kind of customer the Reform is typically aimed at. Yet, after a few months of use, I can confidently say this is one of the most unique devices I’ve ever used, and one that’s worth every cent. Let’s explore why. Brutalist hardware Let’s first dive into what, exactly, the Reform is. At its core, it’s an ARM-based laptop designed to run Linux, developed and built by a small team of people in Berlin. The Reform is unique in that it is designed to be open hardware, fully repairable and highly modular and upgradeable. It consists of a mainboard with an mPCIe slot, an M.2 slot for NVME SSDs, 16GB eMMC storage, and uniquely, a slot for a System-on-Chip module roughly the size of an SO-DIMM module that contains the processor and RAM. The keyboard and pointing device are internally connected through USB 2.0 and easily replaceable, too. The Reform is defined as much by what it does not have as by what it does have. You won’t find any surveillance devices inside the Reform – no webcam, no microphones, nothing. There have been laptops with little privacy switches or sliding covers for the webcam, but I don’t think I’ve seen a modern laptop that eschews cameras and microphones since the late ’90s. It’s one of the many examples of the Reform’s opinionated design choices. The configuration MNT sent me consists of the aforementioned mainboard, coupled with one of the processor modules they offer – in my case, the RCM4 A311D, which sports four 2.2GHz Cortex-A73 cores and two 1.8GHz Cortex-A53 cores, 4GB of LP-DDR4 RAM, and an ARM Mali G52 MP4 GPU that supports OpenGL/ES 3.1 through Panfrost. This module also supports Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 through the integrated RTL8822CS. The A311D is just one of many modules available for purchase for the Reform, and during the writing of this review, MNT also added a brand new SoC module to its lineup – the RK3588, the most powerful option available for the Reform. It packs 4 ARM Cortex-A76 cores (up to 2.4GHz) and 4 ARM Cortex-A55 cores (up to 2.2GHz), 16GB or 32GB of RAM, and 128GB or 256GB of eMMC storage. It also sports an ARM Mali-G610 MP4 4-core GPU. Like with all other modules, the drivers for the A311D in my model are completely open source. When it comes to firmware, however, the A311D is not fully open source; there’s closed-source code in the Wi-Fi firmware and the boot/TF-A firmware. The other modules all also have various bits of closed firmware, except for the RKX7 module that uses a Kintex-7 FPGA and hence comes with a hefty price tag. Using the RKX7 module, you can have a fully open source laptop, from operating system down to the firmware, which is, as far as I can tell, unique. However, the amount of closed firmware code for each of the other boards is relatively small, and in some cases – such as with the LS1028A – can be avoided, too. If you care about