PwOSS – Privacy with Open Source Software

Complete Private Solution

Three installations are required to get a completely private solution for your digital life

BEGINNER

Desktop

Instead of Mac or Windows, which are not open source, it is recommended to switch to a Linux system

• Arch Linux

INTERMEDIATE

Server

To sync your important data such as contacts, calendars, photos, videos, documents

• Arch Linux

ADVANCED

Mobile

The smartphone is the biggest data-leak problem that should be stopped as soon as possible

• Android • Linux

Services

We’re hosting three services, a private messenger, private search engine and private git instance, everyone is welcome

Matrix

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. It can be used to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling, Internet of Things communication – or anywhere you …

searX

searX is available at searx.pwoss.org. Why not just google or bing? Search engines like google or bing collect your search requests and create a profile about you to sell it …

Gitea

Gitea is ‘A painless self-hosted Git service’. See more at gitea.io We are hosting our own instance on git.pwoss.org. More explanations on our Wiki – Why Gitea?.

Wiki

Gollum is ‘a simple wiki system built on top of Git. A Gollum Wiki is simply a git repository of a specific nature’ See more at github.com/gollum/ Our Wiki …

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Updates

The update interval of the server will be every 20th of the month.

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News

Join our Matrix room (#news:pwoss.org).

Matrix

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You don’t want to take any of the options? Just put a reminder in your calendar for each month to check the site for important news.

Latest News

Gollum/Wiki update to version 5 – How to update

Gollum has publish the new version 5. There are quite a few changes. We have already updated our wiki to the new version. We have also changed the tutorial here …

News

COVID-19

A slightly different News than usual. Dan We, the New Zealanders, have been on lockdown – level 4 since March the 26th. Two days before, I started having some …

News / PwOSS / Server

Monthly Server Update – March`20

Strange times right now. It took me a while to finally release this update. Anyway, if you are in a lockdown and you are bored, there is still some work …

Linux / News

Arch News – 2020-03-19

If you use it, do the hplip update as described below 2020-03-19 – Andreas Radke The hplip package prior to version 3.20.3-2 was missing the compiled python modules. …

News

WeChat has censored keywords about coronavirus

Well, I read this information with caution. China and the US are not the ‘best friends’ in the world, we know that, and I do not want to go into …

News

Let’s Encrypt Revoking 3 Million TLS Certificates Issued Incorrectly Due to a Bug

PwOSS is not affected by this but you should keep an eye on your site/s. You can test your site/s at checkhost.unboundtest.com The most popular free certificate signing authority …

Android / News

Critical MediaTek rootkit affecting millions of Android devices has been out in the open for months

I wasn’t aware of it! Get the latest Android Security Bulletin – March 2020 update (available soon) if you have a Mediatek device like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro. …

Linux / News

Arch News – 2020-03-02

PwOSS does not use it, but if you use it: 2020-03-01 – Jan Alexander Steffens The firewalld package prior to version 0.8.1-2 was missing the compiled python modules. …

News / PwOSS

Seafile 7.1.1 on Arch works – How to update

Seafile with python 3 So, every python 3 pkgs is now included/avilable for Seafile/Seahub. Only python-wsgidav-seafile for webdav is not available and currently not working. As we have already mentioned, …

Android / News

Xiaomi needs a better way to unbrick its devices instead of Authorized Mi Accounts

This is a great article by Aamir Siddiqui about the problem with Xiaomi’s brick devices. The biggest problem was probably the Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, I guess. It is …

Android / News

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro – Custom ROMs

I still own this phone. I bought it last October. Since then it has been in my drawer – I was waiting for the Custom ROMs and had also considered …

News

Leaked EU proposal reveals plan to make smartphone batteries easier to replace

Oh yes, that’s very good! I’m still using my Samsung Galaxy Note 4, this was probably the last good Samsung phone where the battery could be replaced easily. I guess …

News

New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over A Billion Devices

Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a new high-severity hardware vulnerability residing in the widely-used Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress—apparently powering over a billion devices, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, routers, …

Linux / News

Contact

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Privacy with Open Source Software

Complete Private Solution

BEGINNER

Desktop

INTERMEDIATE

Server

ADVANCED

Mobile

Services

Matrix

searX

Gitea

Wiki

Thank You

Credits

Updates

Latest News

Gollum/Wiki update to version 5 – How to update

COVID-19

Monthly Server Update – March`20

Arch News – 2020-03-19

WeChat has censored keywords about coronavirus

Let’s Encrypt Revoking 3 Million TLS Certificates Issued Incorrectly Due to a Bug

Critical MediaTek rootkit affecting millions of Android devices has been out in the open for months

Arch News – 2020-03-02

Seafile 7.1.1 on Arch works – How to update

Xiaomi needs a better way to unbrick its devices instead of Authorized Mi Accounts

Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro – Custom ROMs

Leaked EU proposal reveals plan to make smartphone batteries easier to replace

New Wi-Fi Encryption Vulnerability Affects Over A Billion Devices

Arch News – 2020-02-24 – Congratulations to Levente Polyak aka anthraxx!

Arch News – 2020-02-22

Monthly Server Update – February`20

OpenSSH now supports FIDO U2F security keys for 2-factor authentication

Arch News – 2020-02-17 – IMPORTANT!

PinePhone – Unboxing

Google Photos incorrectly exported private videos to other users