SELF 2022 is a wrap! It was a blast and now the countdown begins for SELF 2023. Has technology become so complicated that it's not approachable for many people or is there a solution? The best PDF editor for Linux, a self hosted, secure, private, cloud camera system. K9 mail becomes Thunderbird for Android, Element call enters beta 2, and KDE 5.25 is out!
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01:50 Jeremy H
SOGO (https://www.sogo.nu/)
03:08 Keith S
* Linux BackBlaze Client?
Local Encryption
GPG
VeraCrypt (https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html)
encfs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS) and cryfs (https://www.cryfs.org/)
TarSnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/)
Spider Oak (https://spideroak.com/)
Encryption gets weaker over time
10:06 Zac
Signing PDFs?
Okular (https://okular.kde.org/)
PDF Studio (https://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/)
Pick of the Week
E2E Cloud Surveillance system using Raspberry Pis and Matrix
Backend (https://github.com/Open-Source-Videos/Matrix-surveillance-camera-controller)
Front End (https://github.com/Open-Source-Videos/Matrix-surveillant-camera-security-web)
Prototype
16:56 Gadget of the Week
ZimaBoard (https://www.zimaboard.com/)
$119 USD
6W Power
OpenWrt and PFSense/OPNSense
Netgate SG1100
Designed to be used as a personal server
Preinstalled with Casa OS
PFSense Install Guide (https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2022/05/installing-pfsense-2-6-on-zimaboard/)
20:00 Gov Buys Your Data
EFF (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government-buys-our-cell-phone-location-data)
Apps and Data Brokers
Follow the money
3rd Party Doctrine
Companies are secretive about data collection and sale
Many apps are 'required' today
Venntel, subsidiary of Gravy Analytics
30:40 K9 Mail to Become Thunderbird for Android
Thunderbird (https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/revealed-thunderbird-on-android-plans-k9/)
ArsTechnica (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/email-client-k-9-mail-will-become-thunderbird-for-android/)
Had to be
Open Source
Have Power User features
Respect the user
Blue Mail (https://bluemail.me/)
Contribute Here (https://mzla.link/k9-give)
34:00 Element Call Beta 2
Matrix Blog (https://matrix.org/blog/posts)
Everything is now E2E
Experimental Spatial Audio Rendering
Walkie-Talkie Mode (PTT)
37:00 Mozilla Enables Firefox Total Cookie Protection by Default
9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-enables-firefoxs-total-cookie-protection-privacy-feature-by-default-on-desktop)
Firefox is leaving Chrome and Edge in the dust!
39:00 KDE Plasma 5.25 is Out!
[KDE Plasma Blog]https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.25.0/
New "Floating Mode" for panels (Dock)
Tablet Mode
Improved input
KDE Neon (https://neon.kde.org/)
43:00 2022 SELF Wrap Up
Huge Thank You to the entire team
People come on their own time and dime
Family Friendly went well, more next year
Diverse level of skill sets
Where Technology is headed
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