Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q4/2025) March 12 2026 08:59:05 by Mike Gabriel On 25th Oct 2025, I announced via my personal blog and on Mastodon that Fre(i)e Software GmbH was hiring. The hiring process was a mix of asking developers I know and waiting for new people to apply. At the beginning of November 2025 / in mid…
Debian Lomiri Tablets 2025-2027 - Project Report (Q3/2025) February 28 2026 18:36:37 by Mike Gabriel Debian Lomiri for Debian 13 (previous project) In our previous project around Debian and Lomiri (lasting until July 2025), we achieved to get Lomiri 0.5.0 (and with it another 130 packages) into Debian (with two minor exceptions [1]) just in time for…
Debian Lomiri Tablets - We are hiring! October 25 2025 20:58:24 by Mike Gabriel We at Fre{i}e Software GmbH now have a confirmed budget for working on Debian based tablets with the special goal to use them for educational purposes (i.e. in schools). Those Debian Edu tablets shall be powered by the Lomiri Operating Environment…
Creating (a) new frontend(s) for Polis October 3 2024 05:27:01 by Mike Gabriel After (quite) a summer break, here comes the 4th article of the 5-episode blog post series on Polis, written by Guido Berhörster, member of staff at my company Fre(i)e Software GmbH. Have fun with the read on Guido's work on Polis, Mike Table of…
Polis - a FLOSS Tool for Civic Participation -- Issues extending Polis and adjusting our Goals July 21 2024 12:58:50 by Mike Gabriel Here comes the 3rd article of the 5-episode blog post series on Polis, written by Guido Berhörster, member of staff at my company Fre(i)e Software GmbH. Enjoy also this read on Guido's work on Polis, Mike Table of Contents of the Blog Post Series…
Weather Experts with Translation Skills Needed! July 17 2024 10:05:04 by Mike Gabriel Lomiri Weather App goes Open Meteo In Ubuntu Touch / Lomiri, Maciej Sopyło has updated Lomiri's Weather App to operate against a different weather forecast provider (Open Meteo). Additionally, the new implementation is generic and pluggable, so other…
Polis - a FLOSS Tool for Civic Participation -- Initial Evaluation and Adaptation (episode 2/5) July 3 2024 19:56:24 by Mike Gabriel Here comes the 2nd article of the 5-episode blog post series written by Guido Berhörster, member of staff at my company Fre(i)e Software GmbH. Enjoy also this read on Guido's work on Polis, Mike Table of Contents of the Blog Post Series Introduction…
Polis - a FLOSS Tool for Civic Participation -- Introduction (episode 1/5) July 2 2024 14:14:46 by Mike Gabriel This is the first article of a 5-episode blog post series written by Guido Berhörster, member of staff at my company Fre(i)e Software GmbH. Thanks, Guido for being on the Polis project. Enjoy the read on the work Guido has been doing over the past…
Debian Edu 12 - Call for Testing February 16 2024 07:09:38 by Mike Gabriel This is a call for testing of Debian Edu based on Debian bookworm. With the Debian 12.5 point release all required packages have landed in the Debian Edu ISO images that allow you to install a Debian Edu system based on Debian 12. ISO Image Downloads…
UbuntuTouch Focal OTA-1 has been released March 28 2023 08:46:36 by Mike Gabriel Yesterday, the UBports core developer team released Ubuntu Touch Focal OTA-1 (In fact, Raoul, Marius and I were in a conference call when Marius froze and said: the PR team already posted the release blog post; the post is out, but we haven't…
