Want to search for videos published at PeerTube? Now it is easy with Sepia, the search engine for PeerTube. Go to sepiasearch.org and simply type a keyword then click search to find videos. Please help us share about PeerTube, a YouTube alternative that is fully controlled by users.
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What is Chatons? Chatons (French: kitten) is a France-originated collection of free online services which have commitment in Free Software and Privacy initiated by infamous France organization Framasoft. The services available are video calls, file sharing, collaborative editing, and link shortening. Together, it can be a real good alternative / replacement to Google services. However, at the moment it presented mostly in French so most people didn't know about it yet. It is the purpose of this article, to introduce Chatons to you all computer users in English language. This article starts with the practices, then examples, and ends with a short explanation. Let's start!
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Continuing email beginner's guide, now we Ubuntu users who have Android can read our emails anywhere anytime in both devices. It's a wonderful experience. On computer we use Thunderbird, while on phone we use K-9, both are free software. This tutorial uses Disroot email account as example, thanks to its gratis IMAP feature. Now, let's go!
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Hello, YouTubers! Here is a new YouTube called PeerTube. It is originated from alternative world: the free software community, a society that cares about software freedom and computer user's privacy. PeerTube brings new concepts called federation and instance you didn't find at your previous video sharing. And because you are interested to it, here is the friendly user guide to share videos on PeerTube step by step. As example so you can learn more easily, here I practice using my PeerTube account registered at Libre.Video instance with 1GB upload quota. Happy watching!
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BigBlueButton is a communication technology which is designed for online schooling that is accessible for everybody via web browser. With BigBlueButton, teacher can connect to students by voice/video call, live whiteboard, live presentation, collaborative text editing, and easily send them assignments in form of document files, all done without installing any application for everyone. It is a complete alternative to Zoom in the time of COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. It is free and open for everybody. This short tutorial explains the quick procedure for teacher to teach online in BigBlueButton. Happy teaching!
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Librehost or Libreho.st is a group of libre hosters. They are Google-like free online service providers but unlike Google they are committed to Free Software and User's Privacy. They provide many internet services alternative to Gafam for free and without ads. Some of them offer paid server hostings too but with commitment to use GNU/Linux inside. You can sign up at Librehost to get free services --for example-- alternative to Gmail, Twitter, WhatsApp, and Zoom. Characteristics of Librehost are they love decentralization; enable everybody to join open standard communication and gather within Fediverse. For us who seek Gafam alternatives after 2013 Global Surveillance, we now find Librehost. This article tries to introduce Librehost to public by showing several services freely available from them everybody could instantly try. Enjoy!
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This is a list of good alternatives to GAFAM online services in ways understandable by people without deep knowledge about computer. By "Gafam" I mean popular online services of Google, Facebook, and alike and by "Alternative World" I mean Free Software-based challenging services of SearX, Mastodon, PeerTube, and alike. You can find here the new term Fediverse is sided with Alternative World. I hope this short article helps everybody to try out our Alternative World. Enjoy!
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