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Hello, world!

Following recent changes at Twitter, the new home of the X.Org Foundation is here on Mastodon. Please follow for the latest in the Linux graphics world and the freedesktop.org community. Going forward, we will no longer post to Twitter, but we're so excited to join the Fediverse!

May 3, 2023 at 11:06pmWeb
Show threadMichael Downey 🧢May 3, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome! 👋🏽 🎉
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 3, 2023
@downey Thank you!
Show threadSchrottkatze May 3, 2023
@XOrgFoundation welcome to the fediverse! didn't even know y'all used to have a twitter presence ^^
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 3, 2023
@obsidianical Thank you! 
Show threadCraig McgeeMay 3, 2023
@neil @XOrgFoundation now why might that be? surely not because of something beginning with an M and ending in a K? no, surely not!!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@guiltmanager @neil Due to recent changes at Twitter, the X.Org Foundation's board voted at our meeting today to make the switch.
Show threadCraig McgeeMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation @neil don't blame you one little bit and hope you will be happier on mastodon. guess you already know about creating your own instance. I'm running my very own one, tooting from it right now.
Show threadalways tired (moved to chaos)May 3, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Yay X!
Show threadalways tired (moved to chaos)May 3, 2023
@XOrgFoundation May X11 live yet longer and prosper
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@project1enigma Between native X11 users and Xwayland users, the X server isn't going anywhere 😄
Show threadalways tired (moved to chaos)May 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation glad. Native X11 user since around 1993.
Show threadThe Febrile MuseMay 3, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@CMDoran Thank you!
Show threadsyncopMay 4, 2023
Hi @XOrgFoundation 🖖​
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@colt Thank you!
Show threadLinux User SpaceMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Glad you’re here
Show threadMoved to @[email protected]May 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation That's great!! Welcome onboard! Consider self-hosting!! also remember Mastodon is not your only option, neither is it the best one IMO.

Self hosting provides some benefits ESPECIALLY for an organisation.
1. You're verified by your own domain
2. Easier to find multiple related accounts (you could also host @XOrgDevConf there)
3. You get to choose what software you want to use
4. You get to add your own emojis (and icons and etc)
And many more stuff, if you want a very good example of how this might work, you can have a look at how the European Commission have set up their Fedi instance:
https://social.network.europa.eu/
@EU_Commission
EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub platform of the EU institutions. With EU Video, it is part of an alternative social media pilot proposed and provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu
Show threadMichael RothMay 4, 2023

@cody @[email protected] @XOrgFoundation @XOrgDevConf

That's the very problem of Mastodon
It's too complicated
The vast majority of those who those want to leave Twitter for it's inhumaneness, really only want to discuss, not to navigate through software questions etc
Simplicity is the only way one can compete with Twitter

Show threadMoved to @[email protected]May 4, 2023
@MichaelRoth For normal users, yes. For companies, not really. Setting up a mail server is much harder than a fedi instance. I understand you only want to communicate, and as a user you're able to do so by signing up to a public insance, the same way you probably signed up to gmail. But companies might need more, so they might want to set up a self-hosted instance, for the same reasons they might want to set up a custom mail-server.
Show threadPolychrome May 4, 2023
@MichaelRoth @cody @EU_Commission @XOrgFoundation @XOrgDevConf that would be so very true if the identity of the fediverse was about being an alternative in competition with Twitter. Mastodon might be (hi garg), but the rest of the network is just here to be itself.

If people don't like that and prefer to use something other than the fediverse, that's fine. Its okay to be different. 
Show threadDDRMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome to the Fediverse!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@ddr Thank you!
Show threadFaith EkstrandMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Hello and welcome to the slightly better place!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@gfxstrand Thank you! 🦀
Show threadmovedMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation So when is the X server getting ActivityPub support
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@givemefoxes That sounds like it might increase the attack surface 😉
Show threadBroWrenMay 4, 2023
@givemefoxes @XOrgFoundation ActivityPub is just a protocol, it's the job of desktop compositors to implement it properly. ;)
Show threadCalicosineMay 4, 2023
@givemefoxes Cooperative Multitasking: Redefined
Show threadCalicosineMay 4, 2023
I had a dream a few different people responded to this post with various ways of rephrasing it, and one involved a picture of the Urayan Titan.
Show threadNBCactus🌵May 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome to the club! :)
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@NBCactus Thank you!
Show threadEvan ProdromouMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation welcome and thank you!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@evan Thank you!
Show threadGrandyMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome to Mastodon.
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@mparker Thank you!
Show threadmpoletiekMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Now champion more projects to ditch discord! 😅
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@mpoletiek A bit out of scope for what we normally work on 
Show threadStegosaurusMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome! Will boost freely. Love your work.
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@Stegasaurus Thank you!
Show threadSérgio GlóriasMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation
Welcome to the decentralized world 
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@SergioGlorias Good to be here!
Show threadCassidy James   May 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation happy to have you here, and thanks for verifying your site straight away! 🙌
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@cassidy Cheers!
Show threadLandonMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome welcome welcome and we are so excited to see you here too and you’ll find that your nerves are not shot just for going on two and website. I noticed my nerves were shot for about a month after I left the site and now I’m calm cool and collected
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@landon Thank you!
Show threadHarveyDeckAstroMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation good move! X is my favorite
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@HaveyDeckAstro Thank you!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@HaveyDeckAstro Thank you!
Show threadBlake 🇵🇸May 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Did Musk call you "State-Affiliated Media", too?
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@blake Hmm
Show threadNiceMicroMay 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome to the future!
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@nicemicro Thank you!
Show threadAkhil VarkeyMay 4, 2023
Welcome to Fediverse. Very grateful for all the work done by the people at @XOrgFoundation and thank you for verifying your account.
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@akhilvarkey Thank you!
Show threadAmiW Streetart ❄️May 4, 2023
@XOrgFoundation Welcome 💕 (and please use many Hashtags like #newhere 😉)
Show threadfreedesktop.orgMay 4, 2023
@AmiW Thank you!