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Desktopd Mozilla extensions

Can you add

  • ClickGuard

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickguard/ (GPL-3+, a general security/utility add-on for everyone)

  • Zombie Navigator

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zombie-navigator/ (AGPL-3+, because can be used server-side) An important add-on because this is specifically developed to enable full unattended automation of GNU IceCat, Debian Iceweasel, Trisquel ABrowser, Mozilla-branded Firefox (which require signing by Mozilla), or any modern Firefox-based browser on GNU, BSDs, OS/X, or even Windows. Many people say full automation of Firefox requires signing-disabled versions of Firefox, but this add-on is even approved and signed by Mozilla so works everywhere in theory.

Both require ESR 38 or later. The DesktopD project is a project to develop desktop-related free software utilities and innovative supporting code libraries. ([https://notabug.org/org/desktopd Source code repositories]) --Desktopd (talk) 06:09, 9 March 2016 (EST)

Done:

--David Hedlund ([[User talk:David Hedlund|talk]]) 07:29, 9 March 2016 (EST)


  • We've released a new and hot extension for Mozilla products: No

Resource URI Leak https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/no-resource-uri-leak/ (GPLv3+, Git). It fixes one of the most critical privacy leaks and fingerprinting vectors in Firefox-based browsers. It is really tiny but pretty important until the Mozilla bug is fixed (likely not soon). I think we should have it in

GNU IceCat by default because the problem needs a browser-level fix. 

Can you help? Thanks. --Desktopd (talk) 11:52, 8 June

2016 (EDT)


@Desktopd Added. IceCat is unmaintained for the moment. --David Hedlund ([[User talk:David Hedlund|talk]]) 13:09, 8 June 2016 (EDT)


I started a discussion on a page you created: Talk:ARChon Packager --IanK (talk) 22:34, 14 October 2016 (EDT)

I also started a discussion on Talk:Addressbooks Synchronizer. Do you get notification on this wiki if I just use your user page link? I see an option for it in the newer mediawiki version, but not this one. Btw, nice contributions you've made, I'm just getting involved. I'm hoping to get rid of the approval backlog, keep it gone, and upgrade this mediawiki instance and make it load way faster like wikipedia's speed. --IanK (talk) 00:47, 15 October 2016 (EDT)

Status of GNU Sovix and Sovix Diet?

What is the status of these projects? Mattl ([[User talk:Mattl|talk]]) 17:28, 1 November 2016 (EDT)

I don't work on any of them since several years. --[[User:David

Hedlund|David Hedlund]] (talk) 15:24, 3 November 2016 (EDT)

Circus Linux

Hi David. This package is a game that runs on GNU/Linux. It has nothing to do with the whole system. Telling [https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Circus_Linux&diff=41221&oldid=3807

its name is an irritant to be avoided] is a wrong interpretation of 

this text.

IMHO, such templates should be avoided ;) Genium 

(talk) 15:06, 16 January 2017 (EST)

GNU Radio

As Joshua said, "we are pretty close to getting all of the GNU packages with a

gnu.org/s/<package> URL to have a corresponding 

directory.fsf.org/wiki/<packagename>"… Could you please restore gnuradio? Genium (talk) 11:00, 19 January 2017 (EST)

The renaming caused the antifeature flag to get lost.Cypherpunks (talk) 12:11, 19 January 2017 (EST)

Your need to ask why an antifeature is flagged is in itself a problem of

the wiki organization.  The flags should be designed so that users can 

see the rationale, so there should be no need to ask. Transparency enables (rightful) criticism/discussion, ultimately to ensure proper flagging. Beyond that, the flag purpose is to warn users so they can make a decision, so the flag rationale makes these decisions more informed.

To answer your question, the rationale for gnuradio being flagged as having nonfree documentation is [[https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory_talk:Antifeatures#Rationale_for_specific_project_inclusion

here]].  If you want details on how or why documentation-obstructing 

CloudFlare-served captchas take away users freedom (by imposing involuntary servitude, denying privacy, and subjecting their personal data to corporate 3rd party sharing) see this post:


[[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/directory-discuss/2017-01/msg00063.html

Threats on documentation freedom need a SaaSS and free s/w composite 

remedy]]

As evidenced above, having "GNU" in the name of a software project does not ensure users freedoms are not violated. Cypherpunks (talk) 12:58,

19 January 2017 (EST)

Indeed I will try to get more of the conversation on the list. Cypherpunks (talk) 13:04,

19 January 2017 (EST)

Wikipedia on "Linux"

Hi David; I tried to fix this while retaining NPOV; let's see if it sticks. People clearly use the word Linux to denote a family of operating systems, by synecdoche. To insist otherwise is tantamount to language prescriptivism. An outright stupid statement like "Linux is an operating system" makes the Wikipedia look bad, though.Kazinator (talk) 15:40, 26 September 2017 (EDT)

Thanks, but don't expect any revolution on Wikipeida. Its often more

worth working on individual wikis like the FSD for specific philosophies

like free software. --David Hedlund ([[User 

talk:David Hedlund|talk]]) 05:18, 28 September 2017 (EDT)

Improvements to list of SaaSS replacements

Based on [[Collection talk:SaaSS#What_exactly_is_the_objection_to_SAAS.3F|what Bill-auger said]], I moved (with redirect) Collection:SaaSS replacements to Collection:Self-hosting software and SaaSS replacements, made some explanation of the issue, improved the old items so that they use the entries' Property:Short description, improved these descriptions a little and also merged the work done in Collection:SaaSS to this new

page. I didn't have time to add other SaaSS replacements mentioned in 

[https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Collection:SaaSS&oldid=53123 revision 53123 of Collection:SaaSS]. --Adfeno ([[User talk:Adfeno|talk]]) 22:34, 16 February 2018 (EST)

Re: Screenshots

Good to hear that. There is a collection here that might prove useful. I believe the shots share the license with their target software but now I can't find where it says that... https://screenshots.debian.net/ -- Mviinama (talk) 00:36, 18 April 2018 (EDT)

Request to include 2 of my GPLv3 webextensions to your collection

Hi, Can you please include my 2 browser webextensions which I released under GPLv3 to your collection so that it can appear in ICECAT webextensions table and also in Trisquel addons page (I read that Trisquel developer uses your addon collections in AMO to compile list of free as in libre addons)

1) Wayback Everywhere

Description: Addon to Auto-redirect every page opened from twitter/other feeds to its archived version in Wayback Machine; auto-save the pages to Wayback Machine if not yet archived and It can auto-exclude sites based on error message thrown by Wayback Machine if a page cannot be archived. Bundled with a list of 600 sites (to provide a starting point) and it can be updated as you browse from the popup menu or settings page. Help page from the popup menu details the complete functionality of the addon

Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wayback-everywhere/ Source: https://gitlab.com/gkrishnaks/WaybackEverywhere-Firefox

2) Warn Common Password

Description: Shows a warning notification if you enter a Common Password in Password field or Security Answer field. This addon compares a password against a list of 500000 common passwords from a publicly available list. This addon works entirely offline - as it's bundled with a wordlist.

Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/warn-common-password/ Source: https://gitlab.com/gkrishnaks/Warn-Common-Password

Thank you.



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