Neowin News Feed for: Floss

Federated social network Diaspora delivers a new major release and is available for download

Paul Hill — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 22:06:01 +0000

The federated social network, Diaspora, has been upgraded to version 0.7. With this release, there are many under the hood improvements as well as user-facing changes such as better markdown support. Read more...

Stallman: Facebook is a form of "mass surveillance"

Mike Brown — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:56:45 +0000

In a recent interview, Stallman has listed Facebook as a form of "mass surveillance". Thanks to the ubiquitous "like" button, the company can keep track of site visits all around the web. Read more...

Richard Stallman says he is glad Steve Jobs is gone

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:17:49 +0000

Richard Stallman, the man credited with launching the free software movement, posted a note on his official blog saying that while he was not happy Steve Jobs has died he is "glad he's gone". Read more...