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Ready for Software Freedom Day 2025? Register Your Local Event Today!

by LM

Software Freedom Day (#SFD2025) returns on Saturday, the 20th of September, 2025. As always, it's the third Saturday of September. It’s the perfect occasion to spotlight Free, Libre and Open Source Software in your community whether through a workshop, hackathon, installfest or celebration. Why act now? The earlier you act, the more impact you have. Lock in the date Add a recurring reminder for every third Saturday of September, so your team never misses SFD again. If the exact date doesn't work for you, pick something in the days (or weeks) leading up to or after the official date. Compare SFD to a birthday party: it doesn't necessarily need to be celebrated on the exact date. Register your event Head to the Digital Freedom Foundation web site and submit your details right away: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/documentation/how-to-register (Log in or create an account if you haven’t done so yet.) Claim limited-edition swag Three events are already on the map. Don't miss your chance. Early registrants have the best odds of scoring sponsor-funded swag packs! First come, first served. Stay in the loop Join the discussion on this mailing list. Receive up-to-the-minute news. Invite others to do the same: https://lists.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/sfd-discuss.mailman3.com/ Expect a short weekly update between now and SFD. Each features a new tip, resource or success story. There’s never been a better time to highlight the real-world impact of Software Freedom. Rally your volunteers, choose your venue and register today. You can fill in the details later. Together, we can make SFD 2025 the most inspiring celebration of Free Software to date. Join us in shaping the future of Software Freedom. Enroll your event now and add it to the global map! Together, we’re building a movement that empowers communities worldwide. All the best, The Software Freedom Day Team Digital Freedom Foundation

May 7, 2025

Software Freedom Day 2025

by LM

With Document Freedom Day 2025 and Hardware Freedom Day 2025 officially over, we're gearing up for Software Freedom Day 2025 on September 20th. If you're hosting a local Software Freedom Day event in 2025, please register it at https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd To register an event, please go to: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd Log In. Mouse over the Software Freedom Day item in the top menu and select Events from the drop down. If you don't already have an account on the digitalfreedoms.org site, register here: https://digitalfreedoms.org/log-in?view=registration If you're holding your event at a new location, use the Add Location option. Any questions? Find us on matrix channel #SoftwareFreedomDay or ask on this mailing list. We're using hashtags #SFD2025 and #SoftwareFreedomDay2025 this year on social media. Hope you'll join us in getting the word out about our events. Please help us to make Software Freedom Day a bigger and better event this year.

May 6, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by LM

Wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Hardware Freedom Day. If you're on any social media accounts or have a blog or web site, please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day by posting about the topic. You can use #HFD2025 to mark your posts. The DFF will be posting to Mastodon and Bluesky so please feel free to join in on the conversation there as well. Also, please share information on how you're engaging in Hardware Freedom Day on this mailing list. Have any favorite Open Hardware projects? Let us know more about it and share a link to it.

April 19, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by Zack Fosdyck

Wow! That is a fantastic list of resources! Thanks for sharing. I dig the off-grid projects. I just ordered some ESP32 S3 dev boards to work with this project: https://www.picokeys.com/ Good mesh of freedom & security! Zac On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 00:12 LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM, Zac wrote: > > Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that > teach > > about the importance of open and free hardware? > > Was going to wait until the 19th to post links, but maybe this will > inspire some ideas for celebrating Hardware Freedom Day. > > This is a list I put together a while back on Open Hardware and > Software for smart watches: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/26300.html > This is my list of off-grid hardware and Open Hardware for > emergencies: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech > I'd love to get together on Saturday virtually and have a short open > discussion on Open Hardware technology and what's useful for emergency > situations. If anyone would be interested in participating, let me > know and we can try to set something up. > > This is a list of Open Hardware resources by Paul Sutton: > https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/hfd > > Looks like archive.org has several resources (journals, videos, etc.) > on Open Hardware. > > Another interesting link on Open Hardware: > https://www.beagleboard.org/blog/category/open-hardware > > I've also done some research on personal assistants. I was mostly > looking at software, but it would be nice to use Open Hardware for a > project like that and there may be some projects out there doing that. > > Here's my list of CAD and 3D printing resources: > https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/13927.html > Some public libraries have 3D printers and some users' groups have > members with 3D printers. There are groups online that share 3D > printing designs using CC and other open licensing. Maybe creating a > simple project using a 3D printer would be an entertaining way to > celebrate Open Hardware Day. > > Anyone have other Open Hardware resources to share? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

April 14, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by LM

On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM, Zac wrote: > Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that teach > about the importance of open and free hardware? Was going to wait until the 19th to post links, but maybe this will inspire some ideas for celebrating Hardware Freedom Day. This is a list I put together a while back on Open Hardware and Software for smart watches: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/26300.html This is my list of off-grid hardware and Open Hardware for emergencies: https://codeberg.org/lmemsm/delightful-off-grid-open-tech I'd love to get together on Saturday virtually and have a short open discussion on Open Hardware technology and what's useful for emergency situations. If anyone would be interested in participating, let me know and we can try to set something up. This is a list of Open Hardware resources by Paul Sutton: https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/hfd Looks like archive.org has several resources (journals, videos, etc.) on Open Hardware. Another interesting link on Open Hardware: https://www.beagleboard.org/blog/category/open-hardware I've also done some research on personal assistants. I was mostly looking at software, but it would be nice to use Open Hardware for a project like that and there may be some projects out there doing that. Here's my list of CAD and 3D printing resources: https://lmemsm.dreamwidth.org/13927.html Some public libraries have 3D printers and some users' groups have members with 3D printers. There are groups online that share 3D printing designs using CC and other open licensing. Maybe creating a simple project using a 3D printer would be an entertaining way to celebrate Open Hardware Day. Anyone have other Open Hardware resources to share?

April 14, 2025

Re: Hardware Freedom Day

by Zack Fosdyck

Hiya! Thanks for the reminder. I was just researching what we could do here in Central Illinois for HFD. I was hoping to do something at the college I’m attending but it’s getting a bit late. Is anyone privy to any easy open hardware projects we could use that teach about the importance of open and free hardware? One I found was a flashlight made from an old lip balm/chap stick tube. Unfortunately, I’m late to the game, and would need to source parts. Not to mention I’d like to build it at least once before helping others. Thanks & Take Care Now, Zac On Sun, Apr 13, 2025 at 15:08 LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's hard to believe that Hardware Freedom Day ( > https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd ) is less than a week away on April > 19th, 2025. Will you be attending a Hardware Freedom Day event this > year, either in person or online? What are some of your favorite Open > Hardware projects? We'll be sharing some of our favorites on April > 19th, 2025. Please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day 2025 by > sharing posts and articles about Open Hardware and #HFD2025 via social > media, personal web sites and blogs. Thank you and have a wonderful > Hardware Freedom Day 2025. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

April 13, 2025

Hardware Freedom Day

by LM

It's hard to believe that Hardware Freedom Day ( https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd ) is less than a week away on April 19th, 2025. Will you be attending a Hardware Freedom Day event this year, either in person or online? What are some of your favorite Open Hardware projects? We'll be sharing some of our favorites on April 19th, 2025. Please help us celebrate Hardware Freedom Day 2025 by sharing posts and articles about Open Hardware and #HFD2025 via social media, personal web sites and blogs. Thank you and have a wonderful Hardware Freedom Day 2025.

April 13, 2025

Document Freedom Day 2025

by LM

Hope you had a great Document Freedom Day 2025 wherever you are in the world. Here's a link to a post from The Document Foundation developers of LibreOffice on Celebrating Document Freedom Day: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/26/celebrating-document-fr… I'd love to hear how you celebrated Document Freedom Day today. Please share updates on any events you attended and what you thought of them. Next up is Hardware Freedom Day, April 19th. After that, it's time to start gearing up for Software Freedom Day in September. Who's planning an event this year? Thanks to everyone who participated in Document Freedom Day 2025.

March 26, 2025

Re: Firefox's changes and Document Freedom Day

by LM

I'm glad Marcos Marado is highlighting some of the issues with Free, Libre browsers. This is a great topic. Small distribution developers and many who like to build their own software from source have been uneasy about how difficult it is to build a web browser and how few choices there are for web browsers that can render modern web pages. I've been looking for lower dependency alternatives to the more popular browsers for several years. Seems like the situation just continues to get worse. Also, I feel the transfer of standardization from the W3C to the main web browser developers themselves was not a step in a positive direction for simplifying web protocols or making web browser development more accessible. If anything, they've made it harder for new and independent web browser projects to come up with anything that can compete with the major players. I put together some notes on web browser alternatives. If anyone's interested, I can share the link. I do have a list of web browsers that aren't based on the main web browser libraries. If anyone has suggestions to add to the list, feel free to let me know.

March 3, 2025

Re: Hiya!👋

by Marcos Marado

Hi! I collected these, last year, I hope they serve for your purpose: https://tilde.pt/~marado/dfd/ -- ~marado On Sun, Mar 2, 2025, 18:23 Zack Fosdyck <zfosdyck(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All! > > Just writing to inquire if anyone knows of any good printable > documentation to share for Document Freedom Day. > > Do yah? 🤪 > > Thanks & Take Care Now, > Zac > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

March 2, 2025