Free software / quarantine success stories

[Greg Farough]

Hi, everyone,

As you know, we have been working on making sure everyone understands
the value of using free software to communicate with their friends and
loved ones. This list is a big part of that, so thanks very much for
joining!

Now that the vast majority of us are both working and socializing
remotely, it is now more important than ever that people migrate to
solutions that respect their freedom. We've already described a few in
our initial "free tools" article[1], and are planning to draw more
attention to this subject in the near future.

Recently, we were contacted by a free software community member who
shared the inspiring story[2] of setting up a Jitsi server for a local
school. It got us thinking and writing an article on the power of
individual initiatives like this one, which is why we're reaching out
to you.

If you've made any headway on getting your friends, family, or
organizations you work with to switch to free communication tools (or
even free software generally), we'd love to hear about it. I'm sure it
will provide us all with hope and motivation in a difficult time.
Let's get the conversation started here, and compare notes on the
successes (and good efforts!) we've made at bringing freedom to all.

Best,
-Greg

[1]: 
https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/better-than-zoom-try-these-free-software-tools-for-staying-in-touch
[2]: 
https://www.socmusab.es/noticias/escuela-de-musica-clases-on-line-mas-justas-y-seguras/
 (Spanish)

-- 
Greg Farough // Campaigns Manager
Free Software Foundation

Join the FSF and help us defend software freedom: https://my.fsf.org

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