Anyone here from #perth keen to hold a talk on Open Source subjects for the Perth Linux Users Group?
I'm particularly keen on any subjects that speak for the positive social impacts that pivoting to Open Source can have, but am happy for just about any subject at all.
Let me know and I can get it organised when and where you like.
This is why I joined the Perth Linux Users Group.
To see so many people from different tech backgrounds coming together and listening to Ben describe the history of FOSS was simply wonderful!
Through his personal experience working in Perth's IT Sector, Ben learned some lessons about when to use FOSS, and how to sell companies on FOSS.
Our next event will be about the history of Gaming on Linux. check our website:
plug.org.au
Whew. Biggest donation to date!
15 upcycled Dell Latitudes with 10th gen i7, 16 gigs of ram, and NVMe drives.
We partnered with a local program that helps families with Christmas presents, and they always want laptops.
This year, The Computer Upcycle Project was able to deliver.
Freaking love this work!
four levers to fight #enshittification:
thanks @pluralistic
RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/115690964236060957
This makes me think of the book I've just started reading "You Deserve a Tech Union" by Ethan Marcotte. I am becoming more and more of the opinion that unionizing and organising tech workers is the most important thing we can do with our time.
Wikimedia Australia recently made a submission to the Senate inquiry into the Copyright Amendment Bill 2025, strongly supporting the introduction of an orphan works scheme and modernised remote learning provisions. These reforms are essential for improving public access to knowledge while respecting creators’ rights.
👉 Read our statement: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia_supports_proposed_reforms_in_the_Copyright_Amendment_Bill_2025
My dad who is 81 recently got into trouble cause the app where he pays his bills decided that his phone is too old.
He has a fully functional phone that’s a couple of years old but he now needs to throw it away because of software.
I think this is bullshit.
So, I’m one of the people Microsoft has been forced by the ACCC to email in Australia to offer a downgrade on their O365 Family subs (I'll eventually convince my family we don't need it) because they hid the option to take a version without CoPilot.
However, when you click on the link in the email to downgrade, rather than going to a page where you can do that, you go to a page where you are offered a new subscription to a single-user-only version.
Parsing the URL it goes to, it's pretty clear how to figure out what it *should* be, and you can complete the downgrade by changing the url to https://checkout.microsoft365.com/acquire/purchase?language=en-AU&market=AU&requestedDuration=Year&scenario=microsoft-365-family-classic&matchDuration=true&campaign=M365ClassicDowngrade&upsell=false
I’m fairly certain this is not what the Commission intended.
Mike 
prince lucija
Wikimedia Australia
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