# SoftwareFreedom Chat **URL:** https://metastudio.org/c/soft-freedom/75.md [Latest](https://metastudio.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://metastudio.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://metastudio.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the SoftwareFreedom Chat category](https://metastudio.org/t/about-the-softwarefreedom-chat-category/5543)
**Author:** [@GN](https://metastudio.org/u/GN)\ **Replies:** 0
This forum is for conversations about facilitating users to learn how to use free and open-source software that protects software freedom. Seek any help you need about what applications to use, how to use etc. including … --- ## [Resource Management System](https://metastudio.org/t/resource-management-system/14246)
**Author:** [@Ankish](https://metastudio.org/u/Ankish)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/resource-management-system/14246 "2023-03-27T17:59:38Z")
Hi, I am searching for a open source software for managing different resources at my profession. The software/script should solve the problem of data collection, data handling, generating reports and few inventory tas… --- ## [Loops In Python](https://metastudio.org/t/loops-in-python/14380)
**Author:** [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 7:19am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/loops-in-python/14380 "2023-03-25T07:19:59Z")
Imagine we are given a situation in a test : Ques 8 ) Print all The Numbers from 1 to 100 using Python How will you answer this ? U cannot write print so many times ! For that we have a term in Python called loops T… --- ## [Making a calculator using Python](https://metastudio.org/t/making-a-calculator-using-python/14379)
**Author:** [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/making-a-calculator-using-python/14379 "2023-03-20T10:19:20Z")
For making a calculator in python , follow given steps : Step 1) Make (n) no of variables for no of variables u want Step 2) I will Take 2 Variables , let’s say a and b Step 3) Apply this code in Both Variables float… --- ## [Write your first code Of Python](https://metastudio.org/t/write-your-first-code-of-python/14378)
**Author:** [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/write-your-first-code-of-python/14378 "2023-03-20T05:06:15Z")
Hello everyone ! Today U are going write Your first Python code with me ! Step 1) First of all have Python Compiler , download it from https://www.python.org/ Step 2) Now open any editor , I Use Vs Code Step 3) Select… --- ## [Galaxy: An open-source, web-based platform for computational biology research](https://metastudio.org/t/galaxy-an-open-source-web-based-platform-for-computational-biology-research/13211)
**Author:** [@AnushilaC](https://metastudio.org/u/AnushilaC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/galaxy-an-open-source-web-based-platform-for-computational-biology-research/13211 "2022-01-27T07:32:10Z")
Analysis of large nucleotide sequencing datasets is a major component of many research studies biology. To critically analyze the information obtained from nucleotide sequencing data, researchers need to use complex comp… --- ## [Open Source Biological Databases: Boon to mankind?](https://metastudio.org/t/open-source-biological-databases-boon-to-mankind/13205)
**Author:** [@vatsal2000](https://metastudio.org/u/vatsal2000)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/open-source-biological-databases-boon-to-mankind/13205 "2022-01-25T13:12:51Z")
Hi everyone! I was just reading about bioinformatics and how we, as humanity have progressed from the Human Genome Project ( started in 1990) to developing low cost, precise and (comparatively) easy to use machines for … --- ## [Webpages : A Simple yet Cool Thing](https://metastudio.org/t/webpages-a-simple-yet-cool-thing/13160)
**Author:** [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2022, 3:09am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/webpages-a-simple-yet-cool-thing/13160 "2022-01-20T03:09:37Z")
Hello Everyone ! Your friend Navtej Here , Today Back with another tutorial , Yeah u guessed Right , " Webpages " Today i will be Using A Programming Language “HTML” To code a Webpage . If u don’t know about Coding and… --- ## [Webpages , Simple yet cool thing](https://metastudio.org/t/webpages-simple-yet-cool-thing/13162)
**Author:** [@NAVTEJ7939](https://metastudio.org/u/NAVTEJ7939)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/webpages-simple-yet-cool-thing/13162 "2022-01-19T03:51:59Z")
Hello Everyone ! Your friend Navtej Here , Today Back with another tutorial , Yeah u guessed Right , " Webpages " Today i will be Using A Programming Language “HTML” To code a Webpage . If u don’t know about Coding and … --- ## [How to see who have liked other user's post or reply](https://metastudio.org/t/how-to-see-who-have-liked-other-users-post-or-reply/12852)
**Author:** [@Abhinav7996](https://metastudio.org/u/Abhinav7996)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/how-to-see-who-have-liked-other-users-post-or-reply/12852 "2021-10-21T05:50:07Z")
To see who have liked other user’s post or reply, there’s one simple trick. After you have liked the post click on the 3 horizontal dots icon. Now, after you have clicked on the 3 dots icon you can see that the profi… --- ## [Announcing Software Freedom Camp Diversity Edition 2021](https://metastudio.org/t/announcing-software-freedom-camp-diversity-edition-2021/12844)
**Author:** [@ravid](https://metastudio.org/u/ravid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2021, 7:28am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/announcing-software-freedom-camp-diversity-edition-2021/12844 "2021-10-19T07:28:22Z")
Dear All, FSCi https://fsci.in is conducting Software Freedom Camp Diversity Edition 2021. I am Ravi from the organizing team. This year we are reaching out to underprivileged and underrepresented groups in the free sof… --- ## [Learning Studios](https://metastudio.org/t/learning-studios/12666)
**Author:** [@singh](https://metastudio.org/u/singh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/learning-studios/12666 "2021-09-20T04:29:19Z")
Dear All Came across the following link (Learning Studios) while exploring the internet for alternates to Lubuntu that we are using in our lab: Where can I download it or get the DVDs? Regards @GN @jtd --- ## [Exploring the alternatives? Telegram, Signal, Element , \_\_\_\_?](https://metastudio.org/t/exploring-the-alternatives-telegram-signal-element/10688)
**Author:** [@ravi312](https://metastudio.org/u/ravi312)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/exploring-the-alternatives-telegram-signal-element/10688 "2021-04-25T05:54:35Z")
Hi folks! With the recent change in the privacy policy of whatsapp, there has been surge of articles, videos etc. around the the concern and towards suggestions of privacy-friendly IM alternatives (like Signal, Telegram … --- ## [Possible answer to the question "What happened to IBM - once a pioneer of it's industry"](https://metastudio.org/t/possible-answer-to-the-question-what-happened-to-ibm-once-a-pioneer-of-its-industry/11566)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/possible-answer-to-the-question-what-happened-to-ibm-once-a-pioneer-of-its-industry/11566 "2021-04-22T15:24:48Z")
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=4acd47644ef1e1c8f8f5bc40b7cf1c5b9bcbbc4e Take a look at the email in the Linux Kernel Mailing list. Software tech giants are widening the gap bet… --- ## [Privacy in Proprietary Software](https://metastudio.org/t/privacy-in-proprietary-software/5545)
**Author:** [@srikar](https://metastudio.org/u/srikar)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/privacy-in-proprietary-software/5545 "2021-04-13T11:10:57Z")
Below is the frequently asked question that I encounter in my Free Software Philosophy sessions. "Surveillance is impossible with free software, that’s correct. But that doesn’t mean surveillance is always possible with… --- ## [Google's new tracking system being tested](https://metastudio.org/t/googles-new-tracking-system-being-tested/11520)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/googles-new-tracking-system-being-tested/11520 "2021-04-11T07:37:22Z")
https://amifloced.org/ --- ## [Chromium project (by google) is now making adblockers/privacy enhancers ineffective](https://metastudio.org/t/chromium-project-by-google-is-now-making-adblockers-privacy-enhancers-ineffective/11519)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/chromium-project-by-google-is-now-making-adblockers-privacy-enhancers-ineffective/11519 "2021-04-10T08:37:24Z")
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox Google is deliberately making adblocking and privacy enhancements difficult by reducing programming options on the chromium project. On contrar… --- ## [Moderna Vaccine mRNA opensourced](https://metastudio.org/t/moderna-vaccine-mrna-opensourced/11440)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/moderna-vaccine-mrna-opensourced/11440 "2021-03-31T09:19:06Z")
Moderna Vaccine mRNA open-sourced https://github.com/NAalytics/Assemblies-of-putative-SARS-CoV2-spike-encoding-mRNA-sequences-for-vaccines-BNT-162b2-and-mRNA-1273 Find the sequence for the mind control part in the va… --- ## [Right to repair - Hardware freedom](https://metastudio.org/t/right-to-repair-hardware-freedom/11439)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 8:58am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/right-to-repair-hardware-freedom/11439 "2021-03-31T08:58:50Z")
Louis Rossman - A well-known right to repair activist is crowdfunding to fight lobbyists and to legislate the right to repair in the US. Check out his youtube videos explaining why the right to repair is essential now mo… --- ## [\[Meta\] Can we have a separate topic for opensource?](https://metastudio.org/t/meta-can-we-have-a-separate-topic-for-opensource/11438)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/meta-can-we-have-a-separate-topic-for-opensource/11438 "2021-03-31T08:46:59Z")
Since opensource is being popularised in other fields than software engineering, Can we have a more general opensource discussion topic? @gnowledgestudio @G\_N --- ## [\[News\] Richard stallman returns to FSF board of directors](https://metastudio.org/t/news-richard-stallman-returns-to-fsf-board-of-directors/11394)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 4:47pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/news-richard-stallman-returns-to-fsf-board-of-directors/11394 "2021-03-24T16:47:10Z")
RMS returns to FSF board of directors after perviously resigning. (Video of the announcement) Backlash by open source community: Richard M. Stallman, frequently known as RMS, has been a dangerous force in the free so… --- ## [Software Patenting](https://metastudio.org/t/software-patenting/5544)
**Author:** [@srikar](https://metastudio.org/u/srikar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/software-patenting/5544 "2021-03-25T08:47:44Z")
Below is the frequently asked question that I encounter in my Free Software Philosophy sessions. "Pharmaceutical companies spend on an average a billion US dollars to come up with a new drug, they patent the drug to rec… --- ## [Sustainability of open-source projects](https://metastudio.org/t/sustainability-of-open-source-projects/11170)
**Author:** [@ravi312](https://metastudio.org/u/ravi312)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/sustainability-of-open-source-projects/11170 "2021-03-24T17:00:05Z")
Hi, We have many tech-based startups emerging in myriad domains in recent times, though very few makes their source-code / process open. This makes me wonder if there are other systemic models to encourage open-source d… --- ## [Request to procure the 'know-how' of DOER Disk](https://metastudio.org/t/request-to-procure-the-know-how-of-doer-disk/11297)
**Author:** [@Mukarram](https://metastudio.org/u/Mukarram)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/request-to-procure-the-know-how-of-doer-disk/11297 "2021-03-12T13:29:52Z")
Hi, I am lecturer in Rais H School and Jr College, Bhiwandi \[Near Mumbai, India\]. I appreciate the efforts of gnowledge Lab, TIFR Mumbai. I was informed that your lab provides the know how of DOER Disk. The DOER disk ha… --- ## [A post in "Virus in my computer" requires staff attention](https://metastudio.org/t/a-post-in-virus-in-my-computer-requires-staff-attention/10895)
**Author:** [@drishtantmkawale](https://metastudio.org/u/drishtantmkawale)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/a-post-in-virus-in-my-computer-requires-staff-attention/10895 "2021-01-29T08:09:03Z")
I am not able to reply to this post. Has it been unlisted or anything of that sort? --- ## [Virus in my PC](https://metastudio.org/t/virus-in-my-pc/10897)
**Author:** [@mansvi\_pareek](https://metastudio.org/u/mansvi_pareek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/virus-in-my-pc/10897 "2021-01-27T14:52:25Z")
My PC has been affected by an virus and I am getting fake pop ups saying your system alert from chrome when clicking on it. It takes me to an fake website saying your mcafee subscription has expired even when I don’t hav… --- ## [Google is trying to force monopoly in browsers](https://metastudio.org/t/google-is-trying-to-force-monopoly-in-browsers/10911)
**Author:** [@ShrirajHegde](https://metastudio.org/u/ShrirajHegde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://metastudio.org/t/google-is-trying-to-force-monopoly-in-browsers/10911 "2021-01-25T06:22:18Z")
I you use Google Chrome, it’s probably high time you migrate to any other browsers ASAP. After removing “Don’t be evil”, google is now trying hard to be as evil as possible, now google wants to force chromium users to …