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      My video overview of Nostr: A simple, open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media

      GadgeteerZA · news.movim.eu / gadgeteerza-tech-blog · Sunday, 11 June, 2023 - 18:12

    Nostr is unique in that it has a global public key ID that replicates posts (notes) via relays, so it is scalable, resistant to censorship, and the user fully owns their identity profile. There are only two parts to the network, namely relays and clients, with the Nostr protocol linking them. Every post is signed, and every client validates these signatures.

    In this video I explain more about Nostr is, why it is probably one of the easiest networks to get registered and going on, I compare it with some other protocols, and I demonstrate a few of the web as well as Android mobile apps. There are no servers at all needing to be chosen, and it is truly irrelevant which client app is used. I'll also explain where cryptocurrency may come in, but why you need not worry about it all, or even use it at all.

    Watch https://youtu.be/8mSyMCJlSwA

    #technology #Nostr #socialnetworks #alternativeto #decentralised

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      Odysee video platform seems to have sorted out their buffering problem, and livestreaming is available to all

      GadgeteerZA · news.movim.eu / gadgeteerza-tech-blog · Thursday, 19 May, 2022 - 16:38

    This is really great news as the service was becoming fairly unusable for me for the last few months. Tested it now and seems buttery smooth. I also see more resolution options, which in the past had some dependency on what was uploaded.

    You don't know about Odysee...? Well, it is used by many YouTubers as a safe backup for their videos in case they get a ban on YouTube, and many use it as their primary video sharing platform to escape the YouTube tracking. So in many cases you will find a lot of YouTuber's content there just as it appears on YouTube (Odysee can be configured to actually automatically republish any public video that you have uploaded to YouTube). But it has it's own vibe and culture, and many also see it as having a lot more freedoms.

    And yes it does have a cryptocurrency that you can earn or spend there, but that is totally by the way and can be ignored if you're not interested.

    See https://odysee.com/@Odysee:8/mayroundup:4

    #technology #odysee #videos #alternativeto

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      ONLYOFFICE 7.1 is Out With New PDF Viewer, Slideshow Animations + More, as an open source alternative to MS Office and LibreOffice for Windows, macOS and Linux

      GadgeteerZA · news.movim.eu / gadgeteerza-tech-blog · Monday, 16 May, 2022 - 09:48

    ONLYOFFICE offers a high-performance, well-featured, and fully-functional alternative to LibreOffice (which, though awesome, is a bit ‘old-school’ for some folks’ UI tastes). It’s also the next-best thing to that stalwart of the productivity software scene: Microsoft Office.

    ONLYOFFICE 7.1 inherits a swathe of improvements recently deposited in the cloud-side version of the suite, such as improved performance, better Microsoft Office compatibility, and a handy new print preview mode in all of the suite’s respective components.

    See https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-7-1-released

    #technology #opensource #alternativeto #onlyoffice #officesuite