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--- technology [2019/07/31 21:26] – [Hardware] galadhir
+++ technology [2020/03/12 12:00] – Added the open source software section on technology with links and descriptions from the official links maro
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   * // Contribute links or articles to this topic //
+  * [[https://walkaway.wiki/|Walkaway Wiki]] "this handbook is a prototype-in-progress for a much cooler peer-to-peer wiki system. our goal is to create a solarpunk "library of alexandria" that lives in a distributed mesh"
+  * [[https://build.onearmy.world/|Build One Army]] "We’re building a platform for communities to grow online/offline and tackle global problems."
 ===== Metadata Resistance =====
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 https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/phone-data-extraction|Privacy International]] warns that the police can extract your data from your phone \\
+[[https://cryptpad.fr/|Cryptpad]] CryptPad is a private-by-design alternative to popular office tools and cloud services.
 ==== How-Tos ====
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   * [[https://writefreely.org/|WriteFreely]] - A FLOSS federated blogging platform.
   * [[https://datproject.org|dat]] - Dat is a way to share data with a group of people in something that's like an editable bit-torrent. Peers host your data when they view it. Some people host sketchbooks there, other folks store interesting civic data sets. You can view dat files with, among other things, [[https://beakerbrowser.com/|the Beaker Browser]]
+  * [[https://freeyourstuff.cc|Free your stuff]] - makes it easy to share your content on supported sites
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   * [[http://darknetmap.zone42.ca/|Darknetmap]] - A map of interest in meshnets. Place a pin to let other people know you want to start a network in your area!
   * [[https://libremesh.org/|LibreMesh]] - Meshnet firmware for existing routers, designed to make it as easy as possible for users to create a network.
+  * [[https://tkcooptech.tumblr.com/post/176848160665/the-makerplex-is-essentially-an-open-source|Makerplex]] "The “Makerplex” is essentially an open source combination of makerspace, market, factory, public resource, educational facility, and research/development lab."
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   * [[https://roelof.info/projects/(2014)Pretty_Fly_For_A_Wifi/Pretty_Fly_For_A_Wi-Fi_booklet.pdf|Pretty Fly For A Wi-Fi]] - Homemade wifi antennae, collected and tested, with instructions for each.
   * [[https://solarflower.blogspot.com/2011/07/chicken-mesh-and-plywood-radiowifi.html|Open Source Low Tech dish]] - A cheap DIY wifi dish made of scrap plywood and chicken mesh.
+  * [[https://github.com/PuppyPi/usb-descriptors-project|USB descriptors project]] Catalog all known USB descriptors in a semantic (programmatically-accessible) format!
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   * [[http://searx.me/|Searx]] - A FLOSS metasearch engine with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users.
   * [[https://ecosia.org/|Ecosia]] - A private web search engine based in Berlin, Germany, which donates 80% of its surplus income to non-profit conservationist organizations, with a focus on tree planting.
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+===== Open Source Software =====
+Open-source software is a type of computer software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative public manner.
+  * [[https://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] -Apache OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.
+  * [[https://nextcloud.com/|Nextcloud]] -Share and collaborate on documents, send and receive email, manage your calendar and have video chats without data leaks. Nextcloud Hub provides the benefits of online collaboration without the compliance and security risks.
+  * [[https://www.clamav.net|ClamAV]] -ClamAV® is an open source antivirus engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats.
+  * [[https://www.linshare.org/en/index.html|Linshare]] -Linshare is an Open Source secure file sharing application intended to cover your business security and file transfer needs. If confidentiality and traceability are paramount for your business file transfers, then LinShare is your solution and better yet it's free !
+  * [[https://onionshare.org/|OnionShare]] -OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share a file of any size.
+  * [[https://www.thunderbird.net/en-GB/|Thunderbird]] -Thunderbird makes email better for you, bringing together speed, privacy and the latest technologies.
+  * [[https://keepass.info/|Keepass]] -KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can store all your passwords in one database, which is locked with a master key. So you only have to remember one single master key to unlock the whole database.
+  * [[https://shotcut.org/|Shotcut]] -Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.
+  * [[https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html|VLC media player]] -VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
+  * [[https://www.7-zip.org/|7-zip]] -7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip is free software with open source. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization.
+  * [[https://www.qbittorrent.org/|qBittorrent]] -The qBittorrent project aims to provide an open-source software alternative to µTorrent. Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major platforms (FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, OS/2, Windows).