Today Hemlis, a proposal for a new encrypted mobile messaging app, received $125,000 in crowdfunding. It’s wonderful to see ambitious new software projects get support from the community, especially when they are Free Software which can be used, studied, shared, and improved by everyone.… Read the rest
Login as SuperUser on Murmur / Mumble-server on Debian
I’m trying out Murmur / Mumble-server at the moment for conference calls and meetings for FSFE campaigns. The service is great, and audio quality top-notch. Installation and configuration was generally very simple.
In order to have private conversations however (where uninvited users cannot participate), you must first log in as the pre-configured admin user, called ‘SuperUser’.… Read the rest
Install Ardour 3.1 on Fedora
Ardour 3 is the most powerful Free Software music software currently available. Although Fedora isn’t a GNU/Linux distribution that’s designed for audio professionals, with a little work it can be configured to process sound with low-latency (without 20+ millisecond delays or artefacts like pops and crackles), and get easy access to repositories with many recent pro-audio apps.… Read the rest
Use Twidere Twitter client with identi.ca
Twidere is a great Free Software Twitter client for Android that also works with identi.ca. The identi.ca server must be configured manually however in order to do this. The below instructions work with Twidere 0.2.1.
- Tap the accounts tab (fourth icon from left with multiple human silhouettes)
- Tap the ‘+’ button top right to add a new account
- Tap the server icon top right next to the spanner icon to configure the server
- Change the REST Base URL to https://identi.ca/api
Make your ownCloud app compatible with the new filecache
Robin Appelman has recently rewritten ownCloud’s filecache components, and made a variety of improvements to the filesystem handling classes. Some of the changes break compatibility with existing apps however, especially if they use the filecache directly.
I have just finished making the encryption app compatible, and here are the instructions I followed (originally posted by Robin to owncloud@kde.org):… Read the rest