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@paulox@fosstodon.org

Currently following Pablo Galindo’s keynote at PyCon US 2026 🎤

It’s the first keynote in Spanish at PyCon US, and even as an Italian speaker I’m able to follow most of it surprisingly well 🙂

Pablo is giving a keynote that is both very interesting and genuinely funny, while talking about the life of open source maintainers and the changing world around them.

CC @pycon

@paulox@fosstodon.org

Currently following Pablo Galindo’s keynote at PyCon US 2026 🎤

It’s the first keynote in Spanish at PyCon US, and even as an Italian speaker I’m able to follow most of it surprisingly well 🙂

Pablo is giving a keynote that is both very interesting and genuinely funny, while talking about the life of open source maintainers and the changing world around them.

CC @pycon

@paulox@fosstodon.org

Currently following the D&I panel at PyCon US 2026: “Python is for Everyone — Growing the Community Without Limits” ✨

Really interesting discussion around community building, inclusion, education, and local Python communities from different parts of the world.

Panel with Débora Azevedo, Alla Barbalat, Georgi Ker, Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah, and Abhijeet Mote.

CC @pycon @ThePSF @georgically

@paulox@fosstodon.org

Currently following the D&I panel at PyCon US 2026: “Python is for Everyone — Growing the Community Without Limits” ✨

Really interesting discussion around community building, inclusion, education, and local Python communities from different parts of the world.

Panel with Débora Azevedo, Alla Barbalat, Georgi Ker, Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah, and Abhijeet Mote.

CC @pycon @ThePSF @georgically

@janvlug@mastodon.social

"Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"

theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy

I use a . With the default operating system.

Enjoy your , break free from and .

Have a full Linux computer in your pocket that you can also use for calling.

Questions? Ask me.

theregister.com

Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

: Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

@ogeer@social.coop

Audrey Tang (@au / @audreyt.org ) will be giving a talk on Friday 22 May organised with our local / group, from 15:30 to 16:30 UK time, in and online. You're welcome to join (should also be recorded)!

ox.ogeer.org/event/good-enough

The topic is "Good Enough Ancestor: Software Freedom as Civic Care across Generations". It will connect the software freedom movement to Audrey's and Caroline Green's framework for local, community-governed, more caring AI systems rather than reliance on centralised systems. Tang and Green work in the local University of Oxford Institute for AI Ethics. Tang is also first Digital Minister of Taiwan, and 2025 Right Livelihood laureate. Before ministership and research, Tang was a prolific FLOSS programmer, and since has for example helped persuade Pol.is to adopt the AGPL license.

:blobcatpopcorn:

A poster of the talk, consisting of a portrait photo of Tang and the text:

Oxford's Free and Open-Source Software Local Group Presents an Event Free and Open to All:

Good Enough Ancestor

Software Freedom as Civic Care Across Generations

A Talk By Audrey Tang, Senior Accelerator Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, and Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador.

More details at https://ox.ogeer.org

Friday 22 May, 3:30PM-4:30PM
Weston Library Lecture Theatre & Online

Poster design courtesy Olija Downing, CC0-dedicated.
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A poster of the talk, consisting of a portrait photo of Tang and the text: Oxford's Free and Open-Source Software Local Group Presents an Event Free and Open to All: Good Enough Ancestor Software Freedom as Civic Care Across Generations A Talk By Audrey Tang, Senior Accelerator Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, and Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador. More details at https://ox.ogeer.org Friday 22 May, 3:30PM-4:30PM Weston Library Lecture Theatre & Online Poster design courtesy Olija Downing, CC0-dedicated.

@doublexeon@mastodon.social

Late night creative session! 🍷 Working on a new social post design for a local wine shop client.

The entire process is being handled right here in GIMP. I chose the freedom of because it provides all the power I need for professional output without the proprietary overhead. 🐧

I’m thinking of recording a video to show my full creative process and how I structure my workflow. Would you be interested? 🎬

gimp workflow
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gimp workflow

@WearYourDictionary@mastodon.social

Here’s a free GIMP plugin for people who want to make dictionary-entry graphics without manually placing & spacing every text element perfectly.

It supports separate fonts for the headword, phonetic text, part of speech, definition, & etymology.

github.com/WearYourDictionary/

A screenshot of a software plugin window titled "MorDictionary Entry Template Maker" over a transparent checkered background. The interface contains various text fields and font selectors for creating a dictionary entry. Fields are filled with the word "Chiropterophilous," its Japanese phonetic katakana, "Adjective" for part of speech, a definition, and etymology. There are checkboxes for layout options and buttons at the bottom for "Load Saved Settings," "Save Settings," "Help," "Reset," "Cancel," and "OK."
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A screenshot of a software plugin window titled "MorDictionary Entry Template Maker" over a transparent checkered background. The interface contains various text fields and font selectors for creating a dictionary entry. Fields are filled with the word "Chiropterophilous," its Japanese phonetic katakana, "Adjective" for part of speech, a definition, and etymology. There are checkboxes for layout options and buttons at the bottom for "Load Saved Settings," "Save Settings," "Help," "Reset," "Cancel," and "OK."

A rendered dictionary entry for the word "Chiropterophilous" shown on a transparent checkered background in white serif text. The entry displays the main word at the top, followed by Japanese katakana and the word "Adjective" in italics on the second line. The third line provides the definition: "Adapted to thrive in the presence of bats." A horizontal divider line separates the definition from an etymology section at the bottom, which reads: "Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philous."
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A rendered dictionary entry for the word "Chiropterophilous" shown on a transparent checkered background in white serif text. The entry displays the main word at the top, followed by Japanese katakana and the word "Adjective" in italics on the second line. The third line provides the definition: "Adapted to thrive in the presence of bats." A horizontal divider line separates the definition from an etymology section at the bottom, which reads: "Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philous."

@jonsnow@mastodon.online
@Edent@mastodon.social
@zulip@fosstodon.org

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and the Kandra Labs company behind it: Tim Abbott is stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership, and donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. The new structure provides stability, a renewed commitment to our values, and opportunities for charitable fundraising. Learn more: blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/anno

blog.zulip.com

Announcing the Zulip Foundation

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. …

@BjornW@mastodon.social

@publicspaces will have a pre-conference unconference on June 4th.

This unconference is an open invitation to discuss & forge relationships between people involved with the . From app builder & protocol architects to advocates, sysadmins, moderators, community organisers & more. Let's forge bonds across cultures, protocols & apps!

Admission free, registration required:
tickets.publicspaces.net/publi

tickets.publicspaces.net

PublicSpaces Conferentie 2026

4 juni 2026 – 6 juni 2026

@userspace@podcasts.social

Die @FrOSCon ist eine der ältesten und größten -Konferenzen in Deutschland und droht dieses Jahr nicht stattfinden zu können. Daher werden dringend Konferenzpartner:innen und Spenden benötigt.

Firmen können die Veranstaltung unterstützen - aber auch private Spenden sind möglich: betterplace.org/de/projects/17

Wir durften letztes Jahr einige Mitglieder des Teams und Teilnehmende zum Event befragen. Hier hört ihr, was die Konferenz so besonders macht: user.space/e007-froscon-2025-u

user.space

E007 - FrOSCon 2025 und ein Jubiläum

#FrOSCon20 #FrOSCon2025 Die jährlich stattfindende Free and Open Source Software Conference feiert dieses Jahr die 20.Iteration - Grund genug mit einigen der Menschen hinter der Konferenz zu sprechen! Hinrikus Wolf und David Rötzel berichten von der Geschichte und aktuellen Herausforderungen der FrOSCon. Lucas Dohmen gewährt einen Einblick in die Arbeit des Programmteams, während Wolfgang Gassler seine Eindrücke des ersten Besuchs teilt. Dirk Deimeke und Sujeevan Vijayakumaran erzählen uns, warum sie immer wieder gerne im August nach Sankt-Augustin fahren. Für Ingo Ebel und Andreas Grunwald ist die Konferenz schon lange ein fester Bestandteil des Angebots deutschsprachiger Open Source-Konferenzen.

@FrOSCon@bonn.social

Liebe FOSS-Community, die angespannte Lage in der IT-Wirtschaft führt dazu, dass viele unserer Partner dieses Jahr keinen Stand buchen. In Folge fehlt uns Budget für die Konferenz, u.a. für Veranstaltungstechnik, Messewände, Vortragsstreaming, Kinder- und Jugendprogramm, Helfer:innen-Verpflegung, Transportkosten, Versicherungen

Wir suchen insbesondere Konferenzpartner und auch noch einen Kaffeepartner 😭

Hilf uns die FrOSCon am Leben zu erhalten: froscon.org/en/cfp/cfpartners/

froscon.org

FrOSCon - Call for Partners

@zulip@fosstodon.org

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and the Kandra Labs company behind it: Tim Abbott is stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership, and donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. The new structure provides stability, a renewed commitment to our values, and opportunities for charitable fundraising. Learn more: blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/anno

blog.zulip.com

Announcing the Zulip Foundation

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. …

@zulip@fosstodon.org

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and the Kandra Labs company behind it: Tim Abbott is stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership, and donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. The new structure provides stability, a renewed commitment to our values, and opportunities for charitable fundraising. Learn more: blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/anno

blog.zulip.com

Announcing the Zulip Foundation

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. …

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social

The “Open Source Maintainer Security Forum” Open Space will be in Room 202C at 3PM today 🐍🛡️

If you’re a project maintainer and want to discuss security, how to keep your project secure, or how to handle vulnerability reports: come and find us! 👋

👉 us.pycon.org/2026/schedule/ope

Open source maintainer Security forum at PyCon US 2026
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Open source maintainer Security forum at PyCon US 2026

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social

The “Open Source Maintainer Security Forum” Open Space will be in Room 202C at 3PM today 🐍🛡️

If you’re a project maintainer and want to discuss security, how to keep your project secure, or how to handle vulnerability reports: come and find us! 👋

👉 us.pycon.org/2026/schedule/ope

Open source maintainer Security forum at PyCon US 2026
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Open source maintainer Security forum at PyCon US 2026

@ogeer@social.coop

Audrey Tang (@au / @audreyt.org ) will be giving a talk on Friday 22 May organised with our local / group, from 15:30 to 16:30 UK time, in and online. You're welcome to join (should also be recorded)!

ox.ogeer.org/event/good-enough

The topic is "Good Enough Ancestor: Software Freedom as Civic Care across Generations". It will connect the software freedom movement to Audrey's and Caroline Green's framework for local, community-governed, more caring AI systems rather than reliance on centralised systems. Tang and Green work in the local University of Oxford Institute for AI Ethics. Tang is also first Digital Minister of Taiwan, and 2025 Right Livelihood laureate. Before ministership and research, Tang was a prolific FLOSS programmer, and since has for example helped persuade Pol.is to adopt the AGPL license.

:blobcatpopcorn:

A poster of the talk, consisting of a portrait photo of Tang and the text:

Oxford's Free and Open-Source Software Local Group Presents an Event Free and Open to All:

Good Enough Ancestor

Software Freedom as Civic Care Across Generations

A Talk By Audrey Tang, Senior Accelerator Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, and Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador.

More details at https://ox.ogeer.org

Friday 22 May, 3:30PM-4:30PM
Weston Library Lecture Theatre & Online

Poster design courtesy Olija Downing, CC0-dedicated.
ALT text

A poster of the talk, consisting of a portrait photo of Tang and the text: Oxford's Free and Open-Source Software Local Group Presents an Event Free and Open to All: Good Enough Ancestor Software Freedom as Civic Care Across Generations A Talk By Audrey Tang, Senior Accelerator Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, and Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador. More details at https://ox.ogeer.org Friday 22 May, 3:30PM-4:30PM Weston Library Lecture Theatre & Online Poster design courtesy Olija Downing, CC0-dedicated.

@BjornW@mastodon.social

@publicspaces will have a pre-conference unconference on June 4th.

This unconference is an open invitation to discuss & forge relationships between people involved with the . From app builder & protocol architects to advocates, sysadmins, moderators, community organisers & more. Let's forge bonds across cultures, protocols & apps!

Admission free, registration required:
tickets.publicspaces.net/publi

tickets.publicspaces.net

PublicSpaces Conferentie 2026

4 juni 2026 – 6 juni 2026

@BjornW@mastodon.social

@publicspaces will have a pre-conference unconference on June 4th.

This unconference is an open invitation to discuss & forge relationships between people involved with the . From app builder & protocol architects to advocates, sysadmins, moderators, community organisers & more. Let's forge bonds across cultures, protocols & apps!

Admission free, registration required:
tickets.publicspaces.net/publi

tickets.publicspaces.net

PublicSpaces Conferentie 2026

4 juni 2026 – 6 juni 2026

@_amol_@fosstodon.org
@BjornW@mastodon.social

@publicspaces will have a pre-conference unconference on June 4th.

This unconference is an open invitation to discuss & forge relationships between people involved with the . From app builder & protocol architects to advocates, sysadmins, moderators, community organisers & more. Let's forge bonds across cultures, protocols & apps!

Admission free, registration required:
tickets.publicspaces.net/publi

tickets.publicspaces.net

PublicSpaces Conferentie 2026

4 juni 2026 – 6 juni 2026

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

New feature coming in 26.8, in August: keyboard shortcuts can be configured for individual documents (and saved in them). This feature was added by Neil Roberts, who recently joined the TDF team: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re

Screenshot of Customize dialog box, showing the ability to select individual documents
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Screenshot of Customize dialog box, showing the ability to select individual documents

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Released as a single humongous monolithic pull request within a week since opening, the kind of ad-hoc, uncoordinated, trigger-happy, just-because-we-can attitude of the "LLM Rust rewrite" is so symbolic of the cultural shift many people & orgs are undergoing, where their focus has moved almost exclusively to quantity & speed-to-market (aka "higher productivity"), completely shoving aside long-term goals and considerations, incl. design principles/strategies, maintainability, safety, but also so many social aspects (e.g. organically grown community/staff, organizational skills/knowledge/understanding, much of it tacit, sometimes built up over decades), consideration of downstream effects, compatibility/composability, other costs (not just your own) etc.

All of these things, this loss of culture, seem to be treated as easily sacrificable third-class factors, or components which are simply assumed to be automatable (and therefore replaceable, unnecessary) in the new mindset. It's uncanny!

The engine can't/mustn't be slowed or halted, and it needs more fodder! Only with maximum speed can we accelerate it enough to jump over the coming chasm, straight into the singularity...

In these developments, I too see very strong parallels to a similar goldrush mindset which emerged during the NFT years and has changed digital/algorithmic/generative art for years to come, and which has similarly 180° reorientated the focus, work & value systems of many artists/peers...

(Update: minor edits for clarity...)

@psycopg@fosstodon.org

We're heading to Vancouver! 🇨🇦

Our maintainer Daniele Varrazzo will be speaking at @pgconfdev next week, giving a talk on libpq - the PostgreSQL client library at the heart of Psycopg - and how we can help clients get even more out of PostgreSQL

If you're attending, don't miss it. And if you're around, come say hello! 👋

Photo from PyCon Italia 2022
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Photo from PyCon Italia 2022

@McPringle@fosstodon.org
@denkstrom@mastodon.social
@denkstrom@mastodon.social
@_amol_@fosstodon.org
@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO/founder @FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05/22/26 at 15:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

@Edent@mastodon.social
@cassidy@blaede.family

There’s been a ton of work going into Coop, the open source moderation/review dashboard from @roost, in order for it to be used by real T&S teams to protect real people from online harms.

I’m proud of how the team has taken a massive, complex SaaS startup product and turned it into an open source project you can run locally or deploy somewhere like on GitHub Codespace to demo in about 20 mins—maybe faster if you don’t talk as much as me. 😅

youtube.com/live/6M5I-FOoOgg

youtube.com

Demoing ROOST’s Coop on GitHub Codespace

Trying to speedrun getting Coop set up and demoing in a GitHub Codespace, then showing off a little bit of the Coop UI.

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Open standards shape critical digital infrastructure. But the people implementing those standards are often missing from the processes that define them.

In a survey of over 150 , we found strong interest in standards participation and specific structural barriers to sustained engagement.

Learn more about what maintainers told us, and how the new network aims to close that gap. Applications are open until 19 May 2026!

sovereign.tech/news/standards-

sovereign.tech

What open source maintainers told us about standards | Sovereign Tech…

@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Happy to announce that thi.ng/units finally has a little CLI wrapper to perform not only simple unit conversions, but also more advanced calculations, using the existing Lisp-like S-expression based DSL and built-in units and constants.

docs.thi.ng/umbrella/units/#cl

The CLI also provides a list command to print out the 172 built-in units, their canonical symbol, any aliases and full names. The output can also be filtered via optional regexp pattern. See attached readme screenshots & more advanced linked example:

mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11604322

Hope some of you find this as useful as I do! Any questions, please ask!

Screenshot of the Domain-specific language section of the thi.ng/units readme.
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Screenshot of the Domain-specific language section of the thi.ng/units readme.

Screenshot of the CLI section of the thi.ng/units readme, giving a brief overview of the three available commands and their basic usage.
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Screenshot of the CLI section of the thi.ng/units readme, giving a brief overview of the three available commands and their basic usage.

@rikviergever@mastodon.social
@rikviergever@mastodon.social
@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Open standards shape critical digital infrastructure. But the people implementing those standards are often missing from the processes that define them.

In a survey of over 150 , we found strong interest in standards participation and specific structural barriers to sustained engagement.

Learn more about what maintainers told us, and how the new network aims to close that gap. Applications are open until 19 May 2026!

sovereign.tech/news/standards-

sovereign.tech

What open source maintainers told us about standards | Sovereign Tech…

@xwiki@xwiki.com

“Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul.” A dramatic title? Maybe.

Ludovic Dubost’s foss-north talk is about the part of open source we don’t discuss enough: money.

How do you build software people can inspect, adapt, self-host, and leave, while still paying the team behind it?

Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=TwN_mcFyGus

youtube.com

Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul - Ludovic Dubost

Talk details: https://foss-north.se/2026/speakers-and-talks.html#ldubost2Conference details: https://foss-north.se/2026/

@xwiki@xwiki.com

🇪🇺 We signed the open letter calling for an Open Source First approach in Europe.

The question public institutions should ask first is simple:

🤔 Is there already a qualified open-source solution that does the job?

If yes, it should be seriously considered before creating new dependencies.

That is how digital sovereignty becomes real.
Read the letter: open-xchange.com/hubfs/PDFs/An

Speaker spotlight: Felipe Moreno: "How Translations Work" - Maintainers Summit

Most OSS projects say they want to be welcoming to a global community. Far fewer have actually figured out the translation pipeline, how you avoid the "half-translated forever" problem.

Felipe is going to walk through how it actually works, in enough detail to take back to your own project.

🕥 2:10 PM, Saturday, May 16, Room 201A

us.pycon.org/2026/events/maint

PyCon US 2026
Mainainers Summit
How Translations Work
Felipe Moreno
May 16, 2026 2:10 PM Room 201A
https://us.pycon.org/2026/events/maintainers-summit/
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PyCon US 2026 Mainainers Summit How Translations Work Felipe Moreno May 16, 2026 2:10 PM Room 201A https://us.pycon.org/2026/events/maintainers-summit/

@doris@friendica-deutschland.de

Rückblick: 3. Friendica-Admin-Treff 😊

Der 3. Friendica-Admin-Treff am Montag (11. Mai 2026) war wieder eine rundherum gelungene und sehr informative Veranstaltung.

Besonders schön war die tolle Stimmung und dass Teilnehmer aus ganz Deutschland mit dabei waren — von Norddeutschland über Sachsen bis hinunter nach Bayern. Entwickler und Admins gemeinsam an einem Tisch (bzw. am Bildschirm): Genau das macht diesen Austausch so wertvoll.

Themen des Abends waren unter anderem:

• das kommende Friendica-Release mit einigen wichtigen Verbesserungen
• die darin enthaltene „Verschlankung“ der Datenbank
• Erfahrungen und Herausforderungen bei größeren Updates
• Unterstützung und Hilfestellungen für weniger erfahrene Admins

Gerade das Thema Updates sorgte für viele interessante Gespräche. Friendica läuft auf sehr unterschiedlichen Systemen und Hardware-Konfigurationen — da ist ein großes Update nicht immer ganz einfach.

Dabei entstand die Idee, beim Friendica-Plausch von @feb einen zusätzlichen Erfahrungsaustausch zu machen. Dort könnten erfahrene Admins berichten:

• wie sie das Update durchgeführt haben
• ob alles reibungslos funktioniert hat
• welche Schwierigkeiten es gab
• und welche Lösungen gefunden wurden

Denn eines sollte klar sein:
Niemand sollte mit solchen Herausforderungen allein gelassen werden.

Außerdem hat @oldkid sein CAPTCHA-Addon vorgestellt — ebenfalls ein spannendes und wichtiges Thema. Gemeinsam mit den Entwicklern wurde direkt darüber gesprochen, ob solche Funktionen zukünftig vielleicht fest in Friendica integriert werden könnten.

Und genau das ist das Schöne an Friendica:
Jeder kann sich einbringen, Ideen entwickeln, eigene kleine Addons schreiben und diese der Community zur Verfügung stellen. 😊

Es war insgesamt ein wirklich schöner Abend mit viel Austausch, Offenheit und gegenseitiger Unterstützung. Ein extra Dankeschön geht an die anwesenden Entwickler @heluecht und @art4 .

Und das Beste:
Nach der Veranstaltung ist vor der Veranstaltung. 😄

Der nächste Friendica-Admin-Treff findet im Juni statt.

Da diesmal an einem Montag deutlich mehr Teilnehmer dabei waren, stellt sich nun die Frage:

Sollten wir die Treffen vielleicht generell montags stattfinden lassen?

Was meint ihr dazu?

@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO/founder @FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05/22/26 at 15:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO/founder @FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05/22/26 at 15:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO/founder @FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 05/22/26 at 15:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Open standards shape critical digital infrastructure. But the people implementing those standards are often missing from the processes that define them.

In a survey of over 150 , we found strong interest in standards participation and specific structural barriers to sustained engagement.

Learn more about what maintainers told us, and how the new network aims to close that gap. Applications are open until 19 May 2026!

sovereign.tech/news/standards-

sovereign.tech

What open source maintainers told us about standards | Sovereign Tech…

Speaker spotlight: Felipe Moreno: "How Translations Work" - Maintainers Summit

Most OSS projects say they want to be welcoming to a global community. Far fewer have actually figured out the translation pipeline, how you avoid the "half-translated forever" problem.

Felipe is going to walk through how it actually works, in enough detail to take back to your own project.

🕥 2:10 PM, Saturday, May 16, Room 201A

us.pycon.org/2026/events/maint

PyCon US 2026
Mainainers Summit
How Translations Work
Felipe Moreno
May 16, 2026 2:10 PM Room 201A
https://us.pycon.org/2026/events/maintainers-summit/
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PyCon US 2026 Mainainers Summit How Translations Work Felipe Moreno May 16, 2026 2:10 PM Room 201A https://us.pycon.org/2026/events/maintainers-summit/

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Open standards shape critical digital infrastructure. But the people implementing those standards are often missing from the processes that define them.

In a survey of over 150 , we found strong interest in standards participation and specific structural barriers to sustained engagement.

Learn more about what maintainers told us, and how the new network aims to close that gap. Applications are open until 19 May 2026!

sovereign.tech/news/standards-

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What open source maintainers told us about standards | Sovereign Tech…

@McPringle@fosstodon.org
@legoktm@wikis.world

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailo

:boost_ok:

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com

Cryptography Engineer - Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF)

The Cryptography Engineer will design and specify extensions to the SecureDrop end-to-end encryption protocol for new security properties or features (e.g., implementing abuse-resistance features).

@nixCraft@mastodon.social
@nixCraft@mastodon.social
@userspace@podcasts.social

Die @FrOSCon ist eine der ältesten und größten -Konferenzen in Deutschland und droht dieses Jahr nicht stattfinden zu können. Daher werden dringend Konferenzpartner:innen und Spenden benötigt.

Firmen können die Veranstaltung unterstützen - aber auch private Spenden sind möglich: betterplace.org/de/projects/17

Wir durften letztes Jahr einige Mitglieder des Teams und Teilnehmende zum Event befragen. Hier hört ihr, was die Konferenz so besonders macht: user.space/e007-froscon-2025-u

user.space

E007 - FrOSCon 2025 und ein Jubiläum

#FrOSCon20 #FrOSCon2025 Die jährlich stattfindende Free and Open Source Software Conference feiert dieses Jahr die 20.Iteration - Grund genug mit einigen der Menschen hinter der Konferenz zu sprechen! Hinrikus Wolf und David Rötzel berichten von der Geschichte und aktuellen Herausforderungen der FrOSCon. Lucas Dohmen gewährt einen Einblick in die Arbeit des Programmteams, während Wolfgang Gassler seine Eindrücke des ersten Besuchs teilt. Dirk Deimeke und Sujeevan Vijayakumaran erzählen uns, warum sie immer wieder gerne im August nach Sankt-Augustin fahren. Für Ingo Ebel und Andreas Grunwald ist die Konferenz schon lange ein fester Bestandteil des Angebots deutschsprachiger Open Source-Konferenzen.

@FrOSCon@bonn.social

Liebe FOSS-Community, die angespannte Lage in der IT-Wirtschaft führt dazu, dass viele unserer Partner dieses Jahr keinen Stand buchen. In Folge fehlt uns Budget für die Konferenz, u.a. für Veranstaltungstechnik, Messewände, Vortragsstreaming, Kinder- und Jugendprogramm, Helfer:innen-Verpflegung, Transportkosten, Versicherungen

Wir suchen insbesondere Konferenzpartner und auch noch einen Kaffeepartner 😭

Hilf uns die FrOSCon am Leben zu erhalten: froscon.org/en/cfp/cfpartners/

froscon.org

FrOSCon - Call for Partners

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Android 16 contains a VPN bypass bug letting apps leak QUIC traffic outside Always-On tunnels, exposing real IP addresses to tracking.
Google reportedly closed the report as infeasible, while GrapheneOS patched the flaw and Mullvad shared adb mitigations for privacy-focused users. 🔒

🔗 mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/5/12/

mullvad.net

Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic

A recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

🏛️ PATRONAT HONOROWY

Z dumą informujemy, że tegoroczna, XV edycja Poznańskiej Imprezy Wolnego Oprogramowania została objęta Patronatem Honorowym Przewodniczącego Rady Miasta Poznania – Pana Grzegorza Ganowicza.

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026

Organizatorzy: @hspoz, @lag oraz SKN Webrains.

👉 Sprawdź agendę: piwo.sh
🎟️ ODBIERZ DARMOWY BILET: app.evenea.pl/event/piwo2026/

Grafika z fioletowym tłem z napisem „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży pomarańczowy nagłówek „PATRONAT HONOROWY”, centralnie biały prostokąt z herbem i opisem „Patronat Honorowy Przewodniczącego Rady Miasta Poznania”, poniżej data „30.05.2026” i napis „Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu”, po bokach białe rysunki postaci ze świata Open Source.
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Grafika z fioletowym tłem z napisem „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży pomarańczowy nagłówek „PATRONAT HONOROWY”, centralnie biały prostokąt z herbem i opisem „Patronat Honorowy Przewodniczącego Rady Miasta Poznania”, poniżej data „30.05.2026” i napis „Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu”, po bokach białe rysunki postaci ze świata Open Source.

@heiseonline@social.heise.de

Servus, freie Software! 🥨 In München weht ein neuer Wind durchs Rathaus – und der riecht verdächtig nach Open Source.

Zum Artikel: heise.de/-11292444?wt_mc=sm.re

Das Bild zeigt die Frauenkirche München. Im Bild steht: "
München setzt auf Open Source
Neue Koalition macht freie Software zum Standard"
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Das Bild zeigt die Frauenkirche München. Im Bild steht: " München setzt auf Open Source Neue Koalition macht freie Software zum Standard"

@piwo@fosstodon.org

🏛️ PATRONAT HONOROWY

Z dumą informujemy, że tegoroczna, XV edycja Poznańskiej Imprezy Wolnego Oprogramowania została objęta Patronatem Honorowym Przewodniczącego Rady Miasta Poznania – Pana Grzegorza Ganowicza.

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026

Organizatorzy: @hspoz, @lag oraz SKN Webrains.

👉 Sprawdź agendę: piwo.sh
🎟️ ODBIERZ DARMOWY BILET: app.evenea.pl/event/piwo2026/

Grafika z fioletowym tłem z napisem „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży pomarańczowy nagłówek „PATRONAT HONOROWY”, centralnie biały prostokąt z herbem i opisem „Patronat Honorowy Przewodniczącego Rady Miasta Poznania”, poniżej data „30.05.2026” i napis „Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu”, po bokach białe rysunki postaci ze świata Open Source.
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Grafika z fioletowym tłem z napisem „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży pomarańczowy nagłówek „PATRONAT HONOROWY”, centralnie biały prostokąt z herbem i opisem „Patronat Honorowy Przewodniczącego Rady Miasta Poznania”, poniżej data „30.05.2026” i napis „Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu”, po bokach białe rysunki postaci ze świata Open Source.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@heiseonline@social.heise.de

Servus, freie Software! 🥨 In München weht ein neuer Wind durchs Rathaus – und der riecht verdächtig nach Open Source.

Zum Artikel: heise.de/-11292444?wt_mc=sm.re

Das Bild zeigt die Frauenkirche München. Im Bild steht: "
München setzt auf Open Source
Neue Koalition macht freie Software zum Standard"
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Das Bild zeigt die Frauenkirche München. Im Bild steht: " München setzt auf Open Source Neue Koalition macht freie Software zum Standard"

@Shi@troet.cafe

Ab Juli suche ich eine Stelle als Junior Fachinformatikerin für Anwendungsentwicklung.

Meine Lieblingssprache is , ich habe mehr Erfahrung im Frontend als im Backend, aber möchte mich mehr Richtung letzterem entwickeln.
Ich wohne in Wilhelmshaven, würde für einen guten Job umziehen. Am liebsten wäre mir remote oder zumindest hybrid und nicht nur arbeiten mit KI.

Mehr über mich: shidigital.com/

shidigital.com

Shi | Softwareentwicklerin & Digitale Nomadin

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@elefeed@mastodon.social

Introducing Elefeed, a clean, privacy-first Mastodon client with organized, tidy feeds that runs entirely in your browser.

No servers. No tracking. Just your feeds, your way.

Available at: elefeed.app
Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/det

Built for the fediverse.

(1/3)

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Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.

Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.

Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.
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Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.

Elefeed main screen desktop dark theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop dark theme.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@Shi@troet.cafe

Ab Juli suche ich eine Stelle als Junior Fachinformatikerin für Anwendungsentwicklung.

Meine Lieblingssprache is , ich habe mehr Erfahrung im Frontend als im Backend, aber möchte mich mehr Richtung letzterem entwickeln.
Ich wohne in Wilhelmshaven, würde für einen guten Job umziehen. Am liebsten wäre mir remote oder zumindest hybrid und nicht nur arbeiten mit KI.

Mehr über mich: shidigital.com/

shidigital.com

Shi | Softwareentwicklerin & Digitale Nomadin

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Android 16 contains a VPN bypass bug letting apps leak QUIC traffic outside Always-On tunnels, exposing real IP addresses to tracking.
Google reportedly closed the report as infeasible, while GrapheneOS patched the flaw and Mullvad shared adb mitigations for privacy-focused users. 🔒

🔗 mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/5/12/

mullvad.net

Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic

A recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel.

@sri@mastodon.social
@sustainoss@hachyderm.io

tl:dr; We've hosting an AI forum online, remote, on June 12th. Come join us to talk about what do we do with * waves hands *.

sustainoss.org/events/ai-floss

Share widely please!

It is impossible to argue against the assertion that AI is having profound impacts on many aspects of free, libre and open source software projects, communities and ecosystem.

If you have interest in exploring how AI in all its various and rapidly evolving forms is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on the same, we invite you to join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026.

At this Virtual Forum on , FLOSS, and Sustainability, we will survey the challenges, evolution, and opportunities emerging from the ever-expanding role of AI in software engineering, community management, project governance and, most importantly, the of our shared universe. Specific topics to be addressed on the agenda will be identified in collaboration with confirmed participants.

We invite you to share your experiences, ideas, and concerns around the roles and impacts of AI in our rapidly changing ecosystems, across various scales, engage in respectful discussion, and envision goals and partnerships we can collectively embrace to sustain our ecosystems.

sustainoss.org

AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum

A Space for Open Source Sustainers

@sri@mastodon.social
@Sub_Root@techhub.social · Reply to GrapheneOS

@GrapheneOS

Hardened OSs like do a great job, but we have a major blind spot: The Hardware.

Modern phones are networks of dozens of "black box" computers (UFS, Baseband, Wi-Fi) running proprietary code we can't audit, disable, secure or replace.

Why this matters:
1️⃣ Persistence: Malware in your UFS/SSD controller survives a factory reset.
2️⃣ Tracking: Hardware Attestation acts as an immutable digital fingerprint.
3️⃣ Shadow Attacks: Zero-click exploits hit your Wi-Fi or Baseband before the OS can even react.

We are calling for . Inspired by the philosophy, we demand:
✅ Open & replaceable firmware for ALL subsystems.
✅ User-controlled hardware toggles.
✅ Trust minimization that includes the manufacturer.

It's time to move from "Vendor-Enforced Security" to User Sovereignty.
Read the full Open Letter here: pastebin.com/RzRbzhwn

The Trojan Guardian means a chip that is Security for the Vendor, but Privacy nightmare for the user.
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The Trojan Guardian means a chip that is Security for the Vendor, but Privacy nightmare for the user.

@sustainoss@hachyderm.io

tl:dr; We've hosting an AI forum online, remote, on June 12th. Come join us to talk about what do we do with * waves hands *.

sustainoss.org/events/ai-floss

Share widely please!

It is impossible to argue against the assertion that AI is having profound impacts on many aspects of free, libre and open source software projects, communities and ecosystem.

If you have interest in exploring how AI in all its various and rapidly evolving forms is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on the same, we invite you to join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026.

At this Virtual Forum on , FLOSS, and Sustainability, we will survey the challenges, evolution, and opportunities emerging from the ever-expanding role of AI in software engineering, community management, project governance and, most importantly, the of our shared universe. Specific topics to be addressed on the agenda will be identified in collaboration with confirmed participants.

We invite you to share your experiences, ideas, and concerns around the roles and impacts of AI in our rapidly changing ecosystems, across various scales, engage in respectful discussion, and envision goals and partnerships we can collectively embrace to sustain our ecosystems.

sustainoss.org

AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum

A Space for Open Source Sustainers

@openproject@fosstodon.org

We’re growing our team as we build the leading open source solution for collaborative project management.

We’re currently hiring:
• Senior Product Manager
• Senior Account Manager Europe
• Senior Full-Stack Developers

We’re a remote-first, international, diverse team.

If you care about open source, meaningful work, and building software that has real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
👉 openproject.org/careers/

Screen showing a remote meeting at OpenProject with a blue rectangle in the middle displaying "you", indicating that we are looking for you as a part of our team
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Screen showing a remote meeting at OpenProject with a blue rectangle in the middle displaying "you", indicating that we are looking for you as a part of our team

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org

Are you not keen to share your data with for AI training?

In case you are looking for an alternative to , we at @openproject are happy to help. We are an solution for data-conscious people.

In this video I'm giving you a little behind-the-scenes on how do we actually work and what has been implemented in the past weeks in order to better support product teams.

A group of people sitting together. A smiling samoyed dog is sitting next to them.
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A group of people sitting together. A smiling samoyed dog is sitting next to them.

@datendetektivin@mk.absturztau.be

​​​:blobfoxcomputerowo:​​ Ich habe einen kleinen Überblicksartikel für @gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de geschrieben über Tools, mit denen durchgeführt werden können (sowohl einfache Befragungen, als auch komplexere für wissenschaftliche Zwecke - mit Fokus auf ):
https://gnulinux.ch/es-muss-nicht-google-forms-sein-online-befragungen-dsgvo-konform-und-open-source


Danke an
@jedes_jahr_ein_neues_protokoll@troet.cafe @adriangadientbruegger@fediscience.org @Triton@kanoa.de @zoiundeinhorn@medibubble.org @ecological_fallacy@fediscience.org für Eure Anregungen! ​​:blobcatthumbsup:

Nur mit einigen der Tools habe ich selbst vertiefte Erfahrung, bin also weiter dankbar für Eure Ergänzungen und weitere Erfahrungsberichte. Was wären Eure Empfehlungen?

P.S.:
Leider habe ich die Überschrift wohl nicht
suchmaschinenoptimiert formuliert, so dass der Artikel auf ziemlich versteckt ist (Danke an @cinux@mastodon.social für den Hinweis). Aus diesem Anlass habe ich hier noch mal eine kleine fedi-interne "Umfrage" gestartet zur Nutzung von . Trotz zahlreicher Alternativen ist Google aber außerhalb des weiterhin unangefochten mit einem Marktanteil von ca. 90% in Dtld

@soziologie@a.gup.pe @sociology@a.gup.pe @openscience@a.gup.pe @openscience@mastodon.social @cryptpad@fosstodon.org @nextcloud@mastodon.xyz @Framasoft@framapiaf.org @LimeSurvey@fosstodon.org @lerntools@bildung.social

seo-summary.de

Suchmaschinen Marktanteile in Deutschland (2022)

Die beliebtesten Suchmaschinen in Deutschland mit aktuellen Marktanteilen (Desktop/Mobil) und der Entwicklung von 2001-2022📈

@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Android 16 contains a VPN bypass bug letting apps leak QUIC traffic outside Always-On tunnels, exposing real IP addresses to tracking.
Google reportedly closed the report as infeasible, while GrapheneOS patched the flaw and Mullvad shared adb mitigations for privacy-focused users. 🔒

🔗 mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/5/12/

mullvad.net

Any app on recent Android versions can leak certain traffic

A recently discovered bug in Android 16 allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel.

@doris@friendica-deutschland.de

FediCamp 2026 – Lernen, lachen, chillen und grillen im Fediverse 🌿🔥🌐

Vom 04. bis 09. August 2026 findet wieder das FediCamp statt – ein wunderbares Treffen von Menschen aus dem Fediverse.

Das FediCamp bringt Menschen zusammen, die sich über freie und dezentrale Netzwerke wie Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, PeerTube, Pixelfed & Co. kennengelernt haben. Dort geht es nicht nur um Technik, sondern auch um Gemeinschaft, Austausch, Kreativität und eine entspannte gemeinsame Zeit.

📍 Veranstaltungsort ist das Gasthaus Wiese im kleinen Dorf Gedelitz im Wendland – mitten in ruhiger Natur, nahe Gorleben und am Biosphärenreservat Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.

Was euch erwartet:
🌿 Workshops & spontane Sessions
🔥 Lagerfeuer & gemeinsames Grillen
☕ Kaffee, Gespräche und gute Gesellschaft
🏕️ Zelten in entspannter Atmosphäre
💡 Austausch über Technik, Gesellschaft und das Fediverse
🌳 Natur, Wald und ein bisschen Abstand vom Alltag

Ich finde es großartig, dass Menschen solche Veranstaltungen organisieren und damit echte Begegnungen im Fediverse ermöglichen. Genau solche Projekte zeigen, dass das Fediverse weit mehr ist als nur eine Alternative zu kommerziellen Plattformen — es lebt von Gemeinschaft, Offenheit und gegenseitigem Austausch. ❤️

Leider kann ich auch dieses Jahr nicht persönlich teilnehmen, aber ich habe mir fest vorgenommen, im nächsten Jahr dabei zu sein. 😊

Vielleicht ist das ja auch etwas für euch oder ihr kennt Menschen, die Interesse daran hätten.
Teilt die Information gern weiter. 🌐

Mehr Informationen: FediCamp 2026

fedi.camp

FediCamp

@xwiki@xwiki.com

“Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul.” A dramatic title? Maybe.

Ludovic Dubost’s foss-north talk is about the part of open source we don’t discuss enough: money.

How do you build software people can inspect, adapt, self-host, and leave, while still paying the team behind it?

Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=TwN_mcFyGus

youtube.com

Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul - Ludovic Dubost

Talk details: https://foss-north.se/2026/speakers-and-talks.html#ldubost2Conference details: https://foss-north.se/2026/

@Sub_Root@techhub.social · Reply to GrapheneOS

@GrapheneOS

Hardened OSs like do a great job, but we have a major blind spot: The Hardware.

Modern phones are networks of dozens of "black box" computers (UFS, Baseband, Wi-Fi) running proprietary code we can't audit, disable, secure or replace.

Why this matters:
1️⃣ Persistence: Malware in your UFS/SSD controller survives a factory reset.
2️⃣ Tracking: Hardware Attestation acts as an immutable digital fingerprint.
3️⃣ Shadow Attacks: Zero-click exploits hit your Wi-Fi or Baseband before the OS can even react.

We are calling for . Inspired by the philosophy, we demand:
✅ Open & replaceable firmware for ALL subsystems.
✅ User-controlled hardware toggles.
✅ Trust minimization that includes the manufacturer.

It's time to move from "Vendor-Enforced Security" to User Sovereignty.
Read the full Open Letter here: pastebin.com/RzRbzhwn

The Trojan Guardian means a chip that is Security for the Vendor, but Privacy nightmare for the user.
ALT text

The Trojan Guardian means a chip that is Security for the Vendor, but Privacy nightmare for the user.

@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
@xwiki@xwiki.com

“Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul.” A dramatic title? Maybe.

Ludovic Dubost’s foss-north talk is about the part of open source we don’t discuss enough: money.

How do you build software people can inspect, adapt, self-host, and leave, while still paying the team behind it?

Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=TwN_mcFyGus

youtube.com

Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul - Ludovic Dubost

Talk details: https://foss-north.se/2026/speakers-and-talks.html#ldubost2Conference details: https://foss-north.se/2026/

@xwiki@xwiki.com

“Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul.” A dramatic title? Maybe.

Ludovic Dubost’s foss-north talk is about the part of open source we don’t discuss enough: money.

How do you build software people can inspect, adapt, self-host, and leave, while still paying the team behind it?

Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=TwN_mcFyGus

youtube.com

Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul - Ludovic Dubost

Talk details: https://foss-north.se/2026/speakers-and-talks.html#ldubost2Conference details: https://foss-north.se/2026/

@danialbehzadi@persadon.com

A 20-year-old developer, Erfan Arabi, is reportedly facing 8 years in prison in for “creating community against national security.”

Let that sink in: building community is being treated like a crime.

If you care about free software, digital freedom, and basic human dignity, this should outrage you. When a regime criminalizes collaboration, it is not defending security, it is attacking the very idea of a free society.

@doris@friendica-deutschland.de

FediCamp 2026 – Lernen, lachen, chillen und grillen im Fediverse 🌿🔥🌐

Vom 04. bis 09. August 2026 findet wieder das FediCamp statt – ein wunderbares Treffen von Menschen aus dem Fediverse.

Das FediCamp bringt Menschen zusammen, die sich über freie und dezentrale Netzwerke wie Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, PeerTube, Pixelfed & Co. kennengelernt haben. Dort geht es nicht nur um Technik, sondern auch um Gemeinschaft, Austausch, Kreativität und eine entspannte gemeinsame Zeit.

📍 Veranstaltungsort ist das Gasthaus Wiese im kleinen Dorf Gedelitz im Wendland – mitten in ruhiger Natur, nahe Gorleben und am Biosphärenreservat Niedersächsische Elbtalaue.

Was euch erwartet:
🌿 Workshops & spontane Sessions
🔥 Lagerfeuer & gemeinsames Grillen
☕ Kaffee, Gespräche und gute Gesellschaft
🏕️ Zelten in entspannter Atmosphäre
💡 Austausch über Technik, Gesellschaft und das Fediverse
🌳 Natur, Wald und ein bisschen Abstand vom Alltag

Ich finde es großartig, dass Menschen solche Veranstaltungen organisieren und damit echte Begegnungen im Fediverse ermöglichen. Genau solche Projekte zeigen, dass das Fediverse weit mehr ist als nur eine Alternative zu kommerziellen Plattformen — es lebt von Gemeinschaft, Offenheit und gegenseitigem Austausch. ❤️

Leider kann ich auch dieses Jahr nicht persönlich teilnehmen, aber ich habe mir fest vorgenommen, im nächsten Jahr dabei zu sein. 😊

Vielleicht ist das ja auch etwas für euch oder ihr kennt Menschen, die Interesse daran hätten.
Teilt die Information gern weiter. 🌐

Mehr Informationen: FediCamp 2026

fedi.camp

FediCamp

@xwiki@xwiki.com

“Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul.” A dramatic title? Maybe.

Ludovic Dubost’s foss-north talk is about the part of open source we don’t discuss enough: money.

How do you build software people can inspect, adapt, self-host, and leave, while still paying the team behind it?

Watch the full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=TwN_mcFyGus

youtube.com

Building Open Source and living from it without selling your soul - Ludovic Dubost

Talk details: https://foss-north.se/2026/speakers-and-talks.html#ldubost2Conference details: https://foss-north.se/2026/

@legoktm@wikis.world

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailo

:boost_ok:

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com

Cryptography Engineer - Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF)

The Cryptography Engineer will design and specify extensions to the SecureDrop end-to-end encryption protocol for new security properties or features (e.g., implementing abuse-resistance features).

@legoktm@wikis.world

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailo

:boost_ok:

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com

Cryptography Engineer - Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF)

The Cryptography Engineer will design and specify extensions to the SecureDrop end-to-end encryption protocol for new security properties or features (e.g., implementing abuse-resistance features).

@legoktm@wikis.world

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailo

:boost_ok:

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com

Cryptography Engineer - Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF)

The Cryptography Engineer will design and specify extensions to the SecureDrop end-to-end encryption protocol for new security properties or features (e.g., implementing abuse-resistance features).

@legoktm@wikis.world

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailo

:boost_ok:

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com

Cryptography Engineer - Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF)

The Cryptography Engineer will design and specify extensions to the SecureDrop end-to-end encryption protocol for new security properties or features (e.g., implementing abuse-resistance features).

@legoktm@wikis.world

🚨 the @securedrop team at Freedom of Press Foundation is hiring 🚨

We're looking for a Cryptography Engineer to help us build out the new end-to-end encrypted version of

✔️ fully remote (must be US based)
✔️ all FOSS
✔️ help secure whistleblowers and investigative journalists all around the world

More details in the job posting, happy to answer any questions

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailo

:boost_ok:

freedomofthepress.na.teamtailor.com

Cryptography Engineer - Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF)

The Cryptography Engineer will design and specify extensions to the SecureDrop end-to-end encryption protocol for new security properties or features (e.g., implementing abuse-resistance features).

@LibreOfficeDE@social.tchncs.de
@LibreOfficeDE@social.tchncs.de
@xwiki@xwiki.com

🇪🇺 We signed the open letter calling for an Open Source First approach in Europe.

The question public institutions should ask first is simple:

🤔 Is there already a qualified open-source solution that does the job?

If yes, it should be seriously considered before creating new dependencies.

That is how digital sovereignty becomes real.
Read the letter: open-xchange.com/hubfs/PDFs/An

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Yesterday, I took the plunge and updated all 215 thi.ng/umbrella packages (plus examples) for TypeScript 6.0, then released new versions just now this morning. After previous preparations and some initial struggles, it thankfully only involved updates to tsconfig.json files (accompanied by a lot of head scratching).

I'm still confused about the new behavior of TS6 now defaulting to an empty types array[1] in compilerOptions, meaning one has to explicitly state, e.g. "types": ["node"] now, seemingly for any dependent package as well. The latter is the confusing part to me!

For example, the thi.ng/errors package requires NodeJS type definitions for doing some pre-checks, but because of that, any dependent package has to specify the "types": ["node"] option too now (so it seems...), even if the dependent package itself does not use NodeJS types... If this compiler option isn't given, you'll get errors like Cannot find namespace 'NodeJS' when compiling the downstream package. I find this transitive requirement super weird & nonsense! I also mention it, because it will likely impact your own codebase as well... Please report back, if you could! 🙏

[1] typescriptlang.org/docs/handbo

typescriptlang.org

Documentation - TypeScript 6.0

TypeScript 6.0 Release Notes

@loz@social.coop

Hi @SocialCoop, thanks for accepting my application. : I'm really happy to be joining and taking my first step into the cooperative movement. I'm interested in ways of living, working and relating to others, including coops, , the philosphy, and public , including projects and . I'm also intersted in and .

I work with data and love to code. At the moment I'm often riding the around Manchester, in my local pool or climbing at my local center.

@lockdownsystems@infosec.exchange

Hello Fediverse!

We are pleased to be joining the Federated Universe today, with this new Mastodon account! 🐢 :mastodon:

We are Lockdown Systems,
a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data.

Our projects include:
🐦️ @cyd
🧅 OnionShare
🧊 ICE Detention Map
🥚 And more to come!

To learn more about our collective, you can visit our website at: lockdown.systems

We're excited to start sharing our work with the Fediverse! 🎉

lockdown.systems

Lockdown Systems

A worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy tech, empowering people to take control of their own data and protect themselves from unwanted surveillance

@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world
@WorldTravelerAll7@mastodon.world
@ppcland@mastodon.social
@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Researchers found Microsoft Edge loads every saved password into plaintext memory at launch, increasing exposure after session compromise 🔐
Unlike other Chromium browsers, Edge keeps credentials readable in RAM, raising scraping risks on shared and admin-access systems 🛡️

🔗 proton.me/business/blog/micros

proton.me

Microsoft Edge security alert: All saved passwords unencrypted | Proton

Microsoft Edge keeps all saved passwords in plaintext memory instead of encrypting them. Here’s what you risk and what you should do instead.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Researchers found Microsoft Edge loads every saved password into plaintext memory at launch, increasing exposure after session compromise 🔐
Unlike other Chromium browsers, Edge keeps credentials readable in RAM, raising scraping risks on shared and admin-access systems 🛡️

🔗 proton.me/business/blog/micros

proton.me

Microsoft Edge security alert: All saved passwords unencrypted | Proton

Microsoft Edge keeps all saved passwords in plaintext memory instead of encrypting them. Here’s what you risk and what you should do instead.

@stethewwolf@mastodon.uno · Reply to Robert Roskam

@raiderrobert

I would do it for an amount equal to 2 or 3 times my annual net salary..
I move my family to a smaller city then start looking for a new job.

My dream is to open a little computer shop and provide assistance to small companies as service provider using

@lockdownsystems@infosec.exchange

Hello Fediverse!

We are pleased to be joining the Federated Universe today, with this new Mastodon account! 🐢 :mastodon:

We are Lockdown Systems,
a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data.

Our projects include:
🐦️ @cyd
🧅 OnionShare
🧊 ICE Detention Map
🥚 And more to come!

To learn more about our collective, you can visit our website at: lockdown.systems

We're excited to start sharing our work with the Fediverse! 🎉

lockdown.systems

Lockdown Systems

A worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy tech, empowering people to take control of their own data and protect themselves from unwanted surveillance

@j12t@j12t.social
@loz@social.coop

Hi @SocialCoop, thanks for accepting my application. : I'm really happy to be joining and taking my first step into the cooperative movement. I'm interested in ways of living, working and relating to others, including coops, , the philosphy, and public , including projects and . I'm also intersted in and .

I work with data and love to code. At the moment I'm often riding the around Manchester, in my local pool or climbing at my local center.

@loz@social.coop

Hi @SocialCoop, thanks for accepting my application. : I'm really happy to be joining and taking my first step into the cooperative movement. I'm interested in ways of living, working and relating to others, including coops, , the philosphy, and public , including projects and . I'm also intersted in and .

I work with data and love to code. At the moment I'm often riding the around Manchester, in my local pool or climbing at my local center.

@ppcland@mastodon.social
@lockdownsystems@infosec.exchange

Hello Fediverse!

We are pleased to be joining the Federated Universe today, with this new Mastodon account! 🐢 :mastodon:

We are Lockdown Systems,
a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data.

Our projects include:
🐦️ @cyd
🧅 OnionShare
🧊 ICE Detention Map
🥚 And more to come!

To learn more about our collective, you can visit our website at: lockdown.systems

We're excited to start sharing our work with the Fediverse! 🎉

lockdown.systems

Lockdown Systems

A worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy tech, empowering people to take control of their own data and protect themselves from unwanted surveillance

@jbz@indieweb.social

🐞 21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug!

「 She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane; preparing lecture slides for a course she teaches as a graduate student. She had a couple of PDFs typeset in LaTeX, opened one of them in Atril, a document viewer, and her entire desktop froze 」

itsfoss.com/news/kamila-enligh

itsfoss.com

21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug!

She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane when she discovered the issue and made the fix. We need more such positive stories.

@carmenlisandrette@mastodon.social

I thought I might just ask; fedi's as good a place to ask as any other.

Are there grants for and *activism* -- not software projects -- open to individuals not in the US or the EU?

I have big dreams of starting a project I really intended to be the go-to place for 11-14 year olds who're interested in free software activism, but I need financial resources to make it happen.

My budget, at most, is 55,000 EUR p.a., maybe a little more for the first year.

@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz

Euro-Office is gaining momentum. 🚀 Discover:

• Security & performance improvements
• Growing community contributions
• New members joining: Open-Xchange & Office.EU

Up next: Public roadmap and full ODF support!

See in action and join the movement!👇
nextcloud.com/blog/euro-office

nextcloud.com

Euro-Office: building momentum - Nextcloud

We share the Euro-Office roadmap, focusing on security, performance, and ODF support. New members join the coalition as the open source office suite gains traction.

@lockdownsystems@infosec.exchange

Hello Fediverse!

We are pleased to be joining the Federated Universe today, with this new Mastodon account! 🐢 :mastodon:

We are Lockdown Systems,
a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data.

Our projects include:
🐦️ @cyd
🧅 OnionShare
🧊 ICE Detention Map
🥚 And more to come!

To learn more about our collective, you can visit our website at: lockdown.systems

We're excited to start sharing our work with the Fediverse! 🎉

lockdown.systems

Lockdown Systems

A worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy tech, empowering people to take control of their own data and protect themselves from unwanted surveillance

@fedora@fosstodon.org
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Here is our weekly and news video!

In this one, we have more Office Suite beef between the Document Foundation and Euro Office, we have some really nice Plasma 6.7 features coming, and Chrome downloading a 4 gigs local A.I. model in the background without any consent:

youtube.com/watch?v=lC_d-65yMxY

youtube.com

More Office Suite drama, Chrome downloads AI model without consent, Plasma 6.7 things - Linux News

Try out Proton Mail, the secure email that protects your privacy: https://proton.me/mail/TheLinuxEXPGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https:/...

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Here is our weekly and news video!

In this one, we have more Office Suite beef between the Document Foundation and Euro Office, we have some really nice Plasma 6.7 features coming, and Chrome downloading a 4 gigs local A.I. model in the background without any consent:

youtube.com/watch?v=lC_d-65yMxY

youtube.com

More Office Suite drama, Chrome downloads AI model without consent, Plasma 6.7 things - Linux News

Try out Proton Mail, the secure email that protects your privacy: https://proton.me/mail/TheLinuxEXPGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https:/...

@WearYourDictionary@mastodon.social

Here’s a free GIMP plugin for people who want to make dictionary-entry graphics without manually placing & spacing every text element perfectly.

It supports separate fonts for the headword, phonetic text, part of speech, definition, & etymology.

github.com/WearYourDictionary/

A screenshot of a software plugin window titled "MorDictionary Entry Template Maker" over a transparent checkered background. The interface contains various text fields and font selectors for creating a dictionary entry. Fields are filled with the word "Chiropterophilous," its Japanese phonetic katakana, "Adjective" for part of speech, a definition, and etymology. There are checkboxes for layout options and buttons at the bottom for "Load Saved Settings," "Save Settings," "Help," "Reset," "Cancel," and "OK."
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A screenshot of a software plugin window titled "MorDictionary Entry Template Maker" over a transparent checkered background. The interface contains various text fields and font selectors for creating a dictionary entry. Fields are filled with the word "Chiropterophilous," its Japanese phonetic katakana, "Adjective" for part of speech, a definition, and etymology. There are checkboxes for layout options and buttons at the bottom for "Load Saved Settings," "Save Settings," "Help," "Reset," "Cancel," and "OK."

A rendered dictionary entry for the word "Chiropterophilous" shown on a transparent checkered background in white serif text. The entry displays the main word at the top, followed by Japanese katakana and the word "Adjective" in italics on the second line. The third line provides the definition: "Adapted to thrive in the presence of bats." A horizontal divider line separates the definition from an etymology section at the bottom, which reads: "Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philous."
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A rendered dictionary entry for the word "Chiropterophilous" shown on a transparent checkered background in white serif text. The entry displays the main word at the top, followed by Japanese katakana and the word "Adjective" in italics on the second line. The third line provides the definition: "Adapted to thrive in the presence of bats." A horizontal divider line separates the definition from an etymology section at the bottom, which reads: "Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philous."

@jbz@indieweb.social

🐞 21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug!

「 She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane; preparing lecture slides for a course she teaches as a graduate student. She had a couple of PDFs typeset in LaTeX, opened one of them in Atril, a document viewer, and her entire desktop froze 」

itsfoss.com/news/kamila-enligh

itsfoss.com

21-year-old Polish Woman Fixed a 20-year-old Linux Bug!

She wasn't hunting for bugs. She was doing something mundane when she discovered the issue and made the fix. We need more such positive stories.

@bammerlaan@mastodon.nl

I have written a sample letter that you can use to invite organizations to join the .

The letter is shared under a license. Feel free to copy, adapt and send it to organizations that still rely on .

Thanks to @danie1 for the English translation.

Replies to this post will also appear as comments under the blog post.

bammerlaan.nl/posts/Example_le

bammerlaan.nl

Sample letter Fediverse

I read this post on Mastodon a couple of weeks ago: Post by @Kletskous@mastodon.social View on Mastod...

@bammerlaan@mastodon.nl

I have written a sample letter that you can use to invite organizations to join the .

The letter is shared under a license. Feel free to copy, adapt and send it to organizations that still rely on .

Thanks to @danie1 for the English translation.

Replies to this post will also appear as comments under the blog post.

bammerlaan.nl/posts/Example_le

bammerlaan.nl

Sample letter Fediverse

I read this post on Mastodon a couple of weeks ago: Post by @Kletskous@mastodon.social View on Mastod...

@bammerlaan@mastodon.nl

I have written a sample letter that you can use to invite organizations to join the .

The letter is shared under a license. Feel free to copy, adapt and send it to organizations that still rely on .

Thanks to @danie1 for the English translation.

Replies to this post will also appear as comments under the blog post.

bammerlaan.nl/posts/Example_le

bammerlaan.nl

Sample letter Fediverse

I read this post on Mastodon a couple of weeks ago: Post by @Kletskous@mastodon.social View on Mastod...

@zero101@mastodon.social

Just a reminder that those and applications you use daily require people to keep them alive and working. In a world where everything is driven by monetization, it is important to support the people who do it purely for the love of the project.

If you can, consider supporting your favorite app or service with some cash.

@Podman_io@fosstodon.org

We just held our last Cabal meeting. Have no fear, we are replacing that every other month meeting with weekly meetings on Mondays and Thursdays! Catch up with the last Cabal meeting here: youtube.com/watch?v=drwPTQj-dy0

youtube.com

Podman Cabal Meeting, May 5, 2026

Podman Community Cabal Meeting Topics * 00:00 - Intro * 00:17 - Podman v6.0 Update * 02:45 - The Last Cabal Meeting! - https://blog.podman.io/2026/05/podman...

@astro_jcm@mastodon.online

Your periodic reminder that Stellarium is an amazing planetarium tool. Free, and very easy to use. There are desktop apps, mobile apps and a web version.

stellarium.org/

Meme with a girl (labeled "Me") covering the head of another girl (labeled "Anyone with even just a passing interest in astronomy") in a tuba's bell (labeled "Stellarium").
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Meme with a girl (labeled "Me") covering the head of another girl (labeled "Anyone with even just a passing interest in astronomy") in a tuba's bell (labeled "Stellarium").

@silex@fosstodon.org

is now officially an @ow2 project \o/

Voted in by the Technology Council this week

We re joining a European FOSS ecosystem alongside @cryptpad @xwiki@social.xwiki.com @RocketChat @rudderio

Lots of overlapping ground with Silex Desktop which is coming soon under @nlnet grant <3

The new project page : projects.ow2.org/view/silex/

OW2 Projects - Silex (silex.WebHome)

Silex

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Triggered by a recent feature proposal[1], I went ahead and polished & published a closely related, already work-in-progress (but still private) feature in thi.ng/rdom to support something I call "bare lists"[2]. I've started working on this for another project last year, but needed to do more testing (which I think have sufficiently done by now).

These "bare" lists are managed reactive control components which attach items directly to the list's parent DOM element instead of first creating a wrapper/container element for the items and so avoid introducing additional nesting.

There're many use cases where this additional nesting was a real problem with the earlier approach, e.g. in containers with CSS grid or flex layout, tables, or generally situations where we want to have static & reactive list items as true siblings...

The new version of thi.ng/rdom is technically a breaking change (sorry!), but the actual changes required (for you) are tiny and purely limited to the $list() and $klist() component function calls, which are now accepting a parameter object instead of positional args for the different possible behaviors. Of course, lists with item wrapper elements can still be created too, just as before (but via new args).

I've updated & tested all existing examples impacted by this change and also created a new fully commented example project (example #187) to illustrate these "bare" lists in situ (check the DOM inspector to see the shallow structure and how updates are applied):

Demo:
demo.thi.ng/umbrella/rdom-bare

Source code:
codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/s

[1] github.com/thi-ng/umbrella/discussions/562
[2] My use of "list" here is generic, not limited to <ul> or <ol>...

Screenshot of the linked example project, showing a grid of red & blue boxes with randomly chosen name. Further below is a table of the same items.
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Screenshot of the linked example project, showing a grid of red & blue boxes with randomly chosen name. Further below is a table of the same items.

@Firefishy@en.osm.town
@Firefishy@en.osm.town
@kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de

:bluelight: Wie schlimm steht es wirklich um Schleswig-Holstein?
Die von Daniel Günther mit den Grünen plant ein fettes Überwachungspaket: "Wie aus einem dystopischen Science-Fiction-Film"
Ich fühle mich hier in eigentlich recht sicher. Wo eskalieren denn Gewalt und Verbrechen derart, dass das alles nötig ist?
Liebe Grüne - macht ihr das einfach so mit - hauptsache es ist !?

kolektiva.social

Martin Schwarzbeck (@yoshiXYZ@kolektiva.social)

Schleswig-Holstein ist ganz vorne mit dabei, wenn es um die Entwicklung von Überwachungs-Dystopien geht. Das schwarz-grün regierte Bundesland will sich Verhaltensscanner, Echtzeit-Gesichtserkennung, Internet-Gesichtersuche, Datenanalyse a la Palantir und eine Ausweitung der Videoüberwachung erlauben. Ach ja: Bis zu acht Wochen Prophylaxe-Haft für Menschen, die in Freiheit womöglich Ordnungswidrigkeiten begehen, kommen auch noch dazu. Expert*innen gehen mit dem Entwurf hart ins Gericht. Heute wurde er erstmals im Landtag verhandelt. https://netzpolitik.org/2026/polizeigesetz-schleswig-holstein-wie-aus-einem-dystopischen-science-fiction-film/

@yoshiXYZ@kolektiva.social

Schleswig-Holstein ist ganz vorne mit dabei, wenn es um die Entwicklung von Überwachungs-Dystopien geht. Das schwarz-grün regierte Bundesland will sich Verhaltensscanner, Echtzeit-Gesichtserkennung, Internet-Gesichtersuche, Datenanalyse a la Palantir und eine Ausweitung der Videoüberwachung erlauben. Ach ja: Bis zu acht Wochen Prophylaxe-Haft für Menschen, die in Freiheit womöglich Ordnungswidrigkeiten begehen, kommen auch noch dazu. Expert*innen gehen mit dem Entwurf hart ins Gericht. Heute wurde er erstmals im Landtag verhandelt. netzpolitik.org/2026/polizeige

netzpolitik.org

„Wie aus einem dystopischen Science-Fiction-Film“

Heute haben die Abgeordneten im Landtag von Schleswig-Holstein erstmals eine Novelle des Polizeigesetzes diskutiert. Es geht um Verhaltensscanner und Gesichtserkennung. Expert*innen zweifeln, ob das Gesetz verfassungsgemäß ist; die Opposition warnt vor einer Dystopie.

@kaffeeringe@social.tchncs.de

:bluelight: Wie schlimm steht es wirklich um Schleswig-Holstein?
Die von Daniel Günther mit den Grünen plant ein fettes Überwachungspaket: "Wie aus einem dystopischen Science-Fiction-Film"
Ich fühle mich hier in eigentlich recht sicher. Wo eskalieren denn Gewalt und Verbrechen derart, dass das alles nötig ist?
Liebe Grüne - macht ihr das einfach so mit - hauptsache es ist !?

kolektiva.social

Martin Schwarzbeck (@yoshiXYZ@kolektiva.social)

Schleswig-Holstein ist ganz vorne mit dabei, wenn es um die Entwicklung von Überwachungs-Dystopien geht. Das schwarz-grün regierte Bundesland will sich Verhaltensscanner, Echtzeit-Gesichtserkennung, Internet-Gesichtersuche, Datenanalyse a la Palantir und eine Ausweitung der Videoüberwachung erlauben. Ach ja: Bis zu acht Wochen Prophylaxe-Haft für Menschen, die in Freiheit womöglich Ordnungswidrigkeiten begehen, kommen auch noch dazu. Expert*innen gehen mit dem Entwurf hart ins Gericht. Heute wurde er erstmals im Landtag verhandelt. https://netzpolitik.org/2026/polizeigesetz-schleswig-holstein-wie-aus-einem-dystopischen-science-fiction-film/

@yoshiXYZ@kolektiva.social

Schleswig-Holstein ist ganz vorne mit dabei, wenn es um die Entwicklung von Überwachungs-Dystopien geht. Das schwarz-grün regierte Bundesland will sich Verhaltensscanner, Echtzeit-Gesichtserkennung, Internet-Gesichtersuche, Datenanalyse a la Palantir und eine Ausweitung der Videoüberwachung erlauben. Ach ja: Bis zu acht Wochen Prophylaxe-Haft für Menschen, die in Freiheit womöglich Ordnungswidrigkeiten begehen, kommen auch noch dazu. Expert*innen gehen mit dem Entwurf hart ins Gericht. Heute wurde er erstmals im Landtag verhandelt. netzpolitik.org/2026/polizeige

netzpolitik.org

„Wie aus einem dystopischen Science-Fiction-Film“

Heute haben die Abgeordneten im Landtag von Schleswig-Holstein erstmals eine Novelle des Polizeigesetzes diskutiert. Es geht um Verhaltensscanner und Gesichtserkennung. Expert*innen zweifeln, ob das Gesetz verfassungsgemäß ist; die Opposition warnt vor einer Dystopie.

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@doublexeon@mastodon.social

Late night creative session! 🍷 Working on a new social post design for a local wine shop client.

The entire process is being handled right here in GIMP. I chose the freedom of because it provides all the power I need for professional output without the proprietary overhead. 🐧

I’m thinking of recording a video to show my full creative process and how I structure my workflow. Would you be interested? 🎬

gimp workflow
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gimp workflow

@coopcloud@social.coop

Thursday = Kite-flying day! 🪁 Come hang out with Co-operative Cloud folks online: ask questions, get help with issues, kick off freewheeling discussions about anything Coop-Cloud-related.

Coming up in ~3 hours at 19 UTC (continuing with alternating 12 UTC slot next week!)

Same 🦇 place: jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFl

Same 🦇 agenda/notes pad: pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWa

– 3wordchant

pad.autonomic.zone

Co-op Cloud Kite-Flying Hour Open Agenda - HedgeDoc

@cassidy@blaede.family

Symbolic links in a web project you commit to git, with contributors who might be using Linux, macOS, or Windows?

Comment if your sentiment isn’t covered. Boost for reach. :)

  • Totally fine16 (28%)
  • Fine, with extra guidance8 (14%)
  • Avoid if possible20 (35%)
  • Absolutely not13 (23%)
@cassidy@blaede.family

I guess the GitHub front-end is just… garbage now? Like I knew it was having issues as the org has dwindled under Microsoft and their Copilot obsession, but hoo-boy this has become one of the most unreliable services I use.

I filed half a dozen issues on a tiny repo last night, and the app and website both just showed that no issues existed on the repo for a few *hours* afterwards. Their status site showed an ongoing incident, so I went to bed.

@hell@defcon.social

Naming is very important in software. Somethin both and have nailed.

with it's awful name that is impossible to drop in casual conversation meanwhile often gets forgotten about. Which is a shame as it has formating that doesn't break in the common non-free software, meaning it CAN be used even if you work with a corporate environment.

To be honest - hearing about OpenOffice was such a gamechanger for me - this post is mostly meant to spread the word ;)

@xabd@mastodon.social

Graphite is an open-source vector and raster graphics editor with a node-based, non-destructive workflow. It brings a modern, flexible approach to design beyond traditional tools.

Still in alpha, but a promising creative tool worth watching.

👉digitalescapetools.com/tools/t

A screenshot of the project header for Graphite. The logo features a stylized pencil tip icon. A headline describes it as "Your procedural toolbox for 2D content creation." The text explains that Graphite is a free, open-source vector and raster graphics engine currently in alpha, featuring a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.
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A screenshot of the project header for Graphite. The logo features a stylized pencil tip icon. A headline describes it as "Your procedural toolbox for 2D content creation." The text explains that Graphite is a free, open-source vector and raster graphics engine currently in alpha, featuring a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.

@nicolasvivant@colter.social
@xabd@mastodon.social

Twake Drive is an open-source file storage and sharing platform built as a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Drive. Upload, organize, search, and share files while keeping full control over your data.

Still developer-focused and requires some setup, but a promising cloud option without big tech.

👉 digitalescapetools.com/tools/t
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: digitalescapetools.com/

A screenshot of the GitHub README for StartOS. It features the StartOS logo (a stylized 'A' in a circle) and title. Below the title are several status badges indicating a v0.4.0-beta.6 release, a passing Debian-based build, and links to support, docs, and their website. A header asks "What is StartOS?" followed by a description stating it is an open-source Linux distribution for running personal servers and managing self-hosted services.
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A screenshot of the GitHub README for StartOS. It features the StartOS logo (a stylized 'A' in a circle) and title. Below the title are several status badges indicating a v0.4.0-beta.6 release, a passing Debian-based build, and links to support, docs, and their website. A header asks "What is StartOS?" followed by a description stating it is an open-source Linux distribution for running personal servers and managing self-hosted services.

@wefinet@mastodon.social

Internet-Speedtests wie speedtest-dot-net sammeln > 1.000 Attribute pro Test wie Accenture in der Pressemitteilung zur Übernahme von Ookla schreibt.

Die Alternative librespeed.org/ des italienischen IT-Lehrers Federico Dossena sammelt keine Daten und funktioniert super.

Infos dazu im @thomaskrenn Wiki hier: thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/Inter

LibreSpeed Testergebnis eines Glasfaseranschlusses in Österreich.
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LibreSpeed Testergebnis eines Glasfaseranschlusses in Österreich.

@xabd@mastodon.social

Graphite is an open-source vector and raster graphics editor with a node-based, non-destructive workflow. It brings a modern, flexible approach to design beyond traditional tools.

Still in alpha, but a promising creative tool worth watching.

👉digitalescapetools.com/tools/t

A screenshot of the project header for Graphite. The logo features a stylized pencil tip icon. A headline describes it as "Your procedural toolbox for 2D content creation." The text explains that Graphite is a free, open-source vector and raster graphics engine currently in alpha, featuring a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.
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A screenshot of the project header for Graphite. The logo features a stylized pencil tip icon. A headline describes it as "Your procedural toolbox for 2D content creation." The text explains that Graphite is a free, open-source vector and raster graphics engine currently in alpha, featuring a nondestructive editing workflow that combines layer-based compositing with node-based generative design.

@xabd@mastodon.social

Twake Drive is an open-source file storage and sharing platform built as a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Drive. Upload, organize, search, and share files while keeping full control over your data.

Still developer-focused and requires some setup, but a promising cloud option without big tech.

👉 digitalescapetools.com/tools/t
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: digitalescapetools.com/

A screenshot of the GitHub README for StartOS. It features the StartOS logo (a stylized 'A' in a circle) and title. Below the title are several status badges indicating a v0.4.0-beta.6 release, a passing Debian-based build, and links to support, docs, and their website. A header asks "What is StartOS?" followed by a description stating it is an open-source Linux distribution for running personal servers and managing self-hosted services.
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A screenshot of the GitHub README for StartOS. It features the StartOS logo (a stylized 'A' in a circle) and title. Below the title are several status badges indicating a v0.4.0-beta.6 release, a passing Debian-based build, and links to support, docs, and their website. A header asks "What is StartOS?" followed by a description stating it is an open-source Linux distribution for running personal servers and managing self-hosted services.

@rockylinux@fosstodon.org

Not all open source contributions involve code.

Rocky Linux is looking for a volunteer graphic designer to help create social media graphics. If you want to support a community-driven Linux project and design is your thing, we'd love to connect.

Reply here or reach out through our community channels to learn more.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@souverain@social.souverain.ovh

Aujourd'hui à 15h, je suivrai en "Live-pouet" la table ronde de l’ @assembleenat sur le logiciel libre 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=hFD5AgPQ64I

Avec @renchap, @pyg, @ldayot, @lonugem et surtout @nicolasvivant.

Échirolles, 37 000 habitant·es, montre que le passage au libre est possible. Une quarantaine de communes françaises ont ce gabarit : elles peuvent aussi reprendre la main sur leur système d’information.

youtube.com

🔴 Mastodon, l’April, Framasoft et France Numérique libre échangent sur le logiciel libre

👥 Suivez la table ronde réunissant des acteurs du monde du logiciel libre :- Renaud Chaput, directeur technique de Mastodon ;- Loïc Dayot, membre du conseil...

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

A “Notepad++ for Mac” release is not official and was disavowed by the original creator, Don Ho, due to trademark misuse and potential user confusion 📝
The Mac port will be renamed “NextPad++” with new branding after being identified as an independent project not affiliated with Notepad++ 🐸

🔗 arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

arstechnica.com

"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original

To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

A “Notepad++ for Mac” release is not official and was disavowed by the original creator, Don Ho, due to trademark misuse and potential user confusion 📝
The Mac port will be renamed “NextPad++” with new branding after being identified as an independent project not affiliated with Notepad++ 🐸

🔗 arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/0

arstechnica.com

"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original

To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version."

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
@researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host

'Security researchers at the [ISC] report that clicking the first Google search result for 'Homebrew' installs an infostealer that can bypass Apple security features and steal sensitive information from Mac users.'

makeuseof.com/how-one-fake-goo

makeuseof.com

Homebrew users are accidentally downloading malware instead of the real app

It targets users of a popular Mac add-on.

FediSuite

Dein umfassendes Fediverse Management Tool

FediSuite ist in der Version 1.3.4 erschienen. Neben technischen Optimierungen führt dieses Release eine neue Tipps-Engine ein. Diese Funktion analysiert Account-Daten für gewählte Zeiträume und liefert konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen, um das Wachstum und die Interaktion mit der Community strategisch zu unterstützen.

Das Update ergänzt den bereits bestehenden Funktionsumfang von FediSuite als umfassende Management-Lösung für das Fediverse. Die Plattform ermöglicht die zentrale Verwaltung zahlreicher Accounts über ein einziges Dashboard und unterstützt über 14 verschiedene Dienste, darunter Mastodon, Pixelfed, Friendica und PeerTube.

Zu den Kernfunktionen gehören:

  • Der Smart Composer, der Instanz-Regeln automatisch erkennt und lange Texte eigenständig in Threads aufteilt.
  • Detaillierte Analytics und Heatmaps zur Ermittlung optimaler Posting-Zeiten.
  • Ein konsequenter Fokus auf Barrierefreiheit (WAI-ARIA) und Screenreader-Kompatibilität.
  • Ein Plugin-System zur Erweiterung des Funktionsumfangs, etwa für die Anbindung weiterer Netzwerke.

FediSuite ist Open Source (GPL-3.0), legt großen Wert auf Datenschutz und kann entweder selbst gehostet oder über die offizielle Instanz genutzt werden. Eine native Android-App steht ebenfalls zur Verfügung.

Weitere Informationen und Zugang zum Tool: fedisuite.com

fedisuite.com

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform

FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Vernissage, PeerTube, Misskey, and more. Schedule posts, split long posts into threads, manage notifications, and self-host with Docker.

@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
@webmontagkiel@norden.social
@viktor@fosstodon.org
@danielsteinbach@fediscience.org
@denkstrom@mastodon.social

FediSuite

Dein umfassendes Fediverse Management Tool

FediSuite ist in der Version 1.3.4 erschienen. Neben technischen Optimierungen führt dieses Release eine neue Tipps-Engine ein. Diese Funktion analysiert Account-Daten für gewählte Zeiträume und liefert konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen, um das Wachstum und die Interaktion mit der Community strategisch zu unterstützen.

Das Update ergänzt den bereits bestehenden Funktionsumfang von FediSuite als umfassende Management-Lösung für das Fediverse. Die Plattform ermöglicht die zentrale Verwaltung zahlreicher Accounts über ein einziges Dashboard und unterstützt über 14 verschiedene Dienste, darunter Mastodon, Pixelfed, Friendica und PeerTube.

Zu den Kernfunktionen gehören:

  • Der Smart Composer, der Instanz-Regeln automatisch erkennt und lange Texte eigenständig in Threads aufteilt.
  • Detaillierte Analytics und Heatmaps zur Ermittlung optimaler Posting-Zeiten.
  • Ein konsequenter Fokus auf Barrierefreiheit (WAI-ARIA) und Screenreader-Kompatibilität.
  • Ein Plugin-System zur Erweiterung des Funktionsumfangs, etwa für die Anbindung weiterer Netzwerke.

FediSuite ist Open Source (GPL-3.0), legt großen Wert auf Datenschutz und kann entweder selbst gehostet oder über die offizielle Instanz genutzt werden. Eine native Android-App steht ebenfalls zur Verfügung.

Weitere Informationen und Zugang zum Tool: fedisuite.com

fedisuite.com

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform

FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Vernissage, PeerTube, Misskey, and more. Schedule posts, split long posts into threads, manage notifications, and self-host with Docker.

@danielsteinbach@fediscience.org
@fedora@fosstodon.org

Apple Silicon MacBooks were not left behind. Fedora Asahi Remix 44 released to bring you totally up to date on Fedora! As with the editions, Plasma 6.6 and GNOME 50 are available, as well as some under the hood changes to switch to upstream packages.

➡️ fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asah

fedoramagazine.org

Fedora Asahi Remix 44 is now available - Fedora Magazine

We are happy to announce the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 44.

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social

I'm running a “ for Maintainers” space at 2026 again this year. Bring challenges, feedback, and your experiences with the security tooling and “landscape” to share and learn from others.

Date will be announced closer to the event, hope to see you there!

us.pycon.org/2026/events/open-

us.pycon.org

Open Spaces

PyCon US 2026

@gnome_br@mastodon.social

O que mais há de novo no GNOME 50?

O app Arquivos traz várias melhorias, como:

- Carregamento mais rápido de miniaturas e ícones;
- Redução no uso de memória;
- Um novo diálogo para gerenciar legendas.

Saiba mais em release.gnome.org/50 👣

Uma imagem azul com alguns efeitos. Nela tem escrito GNOME 50 Tokyo.
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Uma imagem azul com alguns efeitos. Nela tem escrito GNOME 50 Tokyo.

@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Updated! We are now up to 20 entries in my European digital sovereignty tracker. New examples of orgs ditching US tech include media entities, the Dutch National Bank, and open source sewing software.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me examples, please do keep them coming if there are others I am missing!

There's a handful that I am still reviewing and I'm also considering in the next update including new categories (political declarations, funding, projects such as Euro-Office, etc)

drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHED

drive.proton.me

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

@gnome_br@mastodon.social

O que mais há de novo no GNOME 50?

O app Arquivos traz várias melhorias, como:

- Carregamento mais rápido de miniaturas e ícones;
- Redução no uso de memória;
- Um novo diálogo para gerenciar legendas.

Saiba mais em release.gnome.org/50 👣

Uma imagem azul com alguns efeitos. Nela tem escrito GNOME 50 Tokyo.
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Uma imagem azul com alguns efeitos. Nela tem escrito GNOME 50 Tokyo.

@Podman_io@fosstodon.org
@denise@wehavecookies.social

## mandelbrot 13:11

# syntax

* `fraqtive`
* type *julia*
* parameters *x=0.3726 y=0.4862*
* variant *Conjugate*
* exponent *real=1.97*
* formula *Z(n+1)=_Z(n)^2+C*
* generation *2D*
* Resolution *Width 2560 Height 1080*
* Anti Aliasing *Medium*
* Multisampling *4x4*

sources:

man fraqtive(1)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbr

@piwo@fosstodon.org

🎟️ Ruszyły zapisy! Odbierz darmowy bilet!

Z radością ogłaszamy, że ruszyła rejestracja na ! Na naszej stronie znajdziecie link do zapisów – możecie pobrać bezpłatną wejściówkę.

Szykujemy naprawdę solidny program! Lista wybranych prelekcji i warsztatów jest już dostępna – warto zajrzeć!

👉 Więcej informacji: piwo.sh/pl/news/2026-05-04-zap

🎟️ ODBIERZ BILET: app.evenea.pl/event/piwo2026/

Wydarzenie organizowane przez @hspoz @lag i KN Webrains.

Pełna agenda już wkrótce!

Grafika promująca wydarzenie P.I.W.O. Fioletowe tło, u góry logo i napis 'POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA', poniżej pomarańczowy nagłówek 'RUSZAJĄ ZAPISY', ikona ołówka w ramce, dalej biały napis 'BILETY JUŻ DOSTĘPNE' i pomarańczowy przycisk 'ODBIERZ BEZPŁATNY BILET NA XV EDYCJĘ P.I.W.O.', data '30.05.2026' oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół kilka białych, kreskówkowych maskotek ze świat open source.
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Grafika promująca wydarzenie P.I.W.O. Fioletowe tło, u góry logo i napis 'POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA', poniżej pomarańczowy nagłówek 'RUSZAJĄ ZAPISY', ikona ołówka w ramce, dalej biały napis 'BILETY JUŻ DOSTĘPNE' i pomarańczowy przycisk 'ODBIERZ BEZPŁATNY BILET NA XV EDYCJĘ P.I.W.O.', data '30.05.2026' oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół kilka białych, kreskówkowych maskotek ze świat open source.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

🎟️ Ruszyły zapisy! Odbierz darmowy bilet!

Z radością ogłaszamy, że ruszyła rejestracja na ! Na naszej stronie znajdziecie link do zapisów – możecie pobrać bezpłatną wejściówkę.

Szykujemy naprawdę solidny program! Lista wybranych prelekcji i warsztatów jest już dostępna – warto zajrzeć!

👉 Więcej informacji: piwo.sh/pl/news/2026-05-04-zap

🎟️ ODBIERZ BILET: app.evenea.pl/event/piwo2026/

Wydarzenie organizowane przez @hspoz @lag i KN Webrains.

Pełna agenda już wkrótce!

Grafika promująca wydarzenie P.I.W.O. Fioletowe tło, u góry logo i napis 'POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA', poniżej pomarańczowy nagłówek 'RUSZAJĄ ZAPISY', ikona ołówka w ramce, dalej biały napis 'BILETY JUŻ DOSTĘPNE' i pomarańczowy przycisk 'ODBIERZ BEZPŁATNY BILET NA XV EDYCJĘ P.I.W.O.', data '30.05.2026' oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół kilka białych, kreskówkowych maskotek ze świat open source.
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Grafika promująca wydarzenie P.I.W.O. Fioletowe tło, u góry logo i napis 'POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA', poniżej pomarańczowy nagłówek 'RUSZAJĄ ZAPISY', ikona ołówka w ramce, dalej biały napis 'BILETY JUŻ DOSTĘPNE' i pomarańczowy przycisk 'ODBIERZ BEZPŁATNY BILET NA XV EDYCJĘ P.I.W.O.', data '30.05.2026' oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół kilka białych, kreskówkowych maskotek ze świat open source.

@viktor@fosstodon.org
@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@buhtz@fosstodon.org

🧩🪛 The mount subsystem rewrite 🪛🧩 in @backintime continues… and it’s rough.

🧱 It’s a grind: boring, confusing, and full of “why is this like this?” moments while untangling years of accumulated code. 😵 Not glamorous work, but necessary. Slowly making sense of the old structure and trying to shape something cleaner. Progress feels slow, but it *is* moving. 😅

Not giving up. 🔐 Right now wrestling with SSH profile handling: github.com/bit-team/backintime

github.com

refactor: remote (SSH) not-encrypted profiles by buhtz · Pull Request #2462 · bit-team/backintime

Remote (SSH) profile without encryption

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@arcticons@fosstodon.org

Arcticons 14.7.1 dropped.

🎉 163 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 1011 apps using existing icons.
🔥 14714 icons in total!

Out now on GitHub, soon in your app store of choice. :)

github.com/Arcticons-Team/Arct

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Visual changelog with all the new app icons in a line style. At the top is the text "Arcticons 14.7.1 - 163 new icons"

@arteesetica@mastodon.social · Reply to Arte es Ética

La leyenda urbana de «entrenar tu propio modelo de IAG» sigue siendo un anzuelo para monetizar tutoriales, cursos, masterclass y demás productos que los gurúes y promotores de la IA generativa usan para seguir lucrando a costa de todos los autores vulnerados. ¡No se dejen engañar!

• Bueno, pero hay tutoriales para «entrenar tu propio modelo de IAG»

Cuando alguien dice que ha «entrenado su propio modelo de IA», normalmente está utilizando una terminología incorrecta y en realidad ha ajustado un modelo existente. Ajustar o refinar un modelo existente, o una parte del mismo, no elimina el problema de base.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvnX92Dmer/?img_index=8
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• Bueno, pero hay tutoriales para «entrenar tu propio modelo de IAG» Cuando alguien dice que ha «entrenado su propio modelo de IA», normalmente está utilizando una terminología incorrecta y en realidad ha ajustado un modelo existente. Ajustar o refinar un modelo existente, o una parte del mismo, no elimina el problema de base. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvnX92Dmer/?img_index=8

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@arteesetica@mastodon.social · Reply to Arte es Ética

Muchos intentan asociar el rótulo de open source como «libre de culpa y cargo». Y siguen mezclando peras con manzanas. El hecho de que un modelo sea open source no garantiza que sea ético, transparente, confiable ni con seguridad jurídica. Stable Diffusion se lanzó como open source y es la génesis del mal en todo este asunto.

• ¿Y qué pasa con los modelos de código abierto que son gratuitos?

El hecho de que un modelo sea open source (código abierto) no garantiza que sea ético, transparente, confiable ni con seguridad jurídica. Stable Diffusion se lanzó como open source y es la manzana podrida que nos trajo hasta donde estamos hoy.

Sta­bil­ity AI
Sta­bil­ity AI, founded by Emad Mostaque, is based in Lon­don.

Sta­bil­ity AI funded LAION, a Ger­man orga­ni­za­tion that is cre­at­ing ever-larger image datasets—with­out con­sent, credit, or com­pen­sa­tion to the orig­i­nal artists—for use by AI com­pa­nies.

Sta­bil­ity AI is the devel­oper of Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion. Sta­bil­ity AI trained Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion using the LAION dataset.

Sta­bil­ity AI also released Dream­Stu­dio, a paid app that pack­ages Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion in a web inter­face.

https://imagegeneratorlitigation.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvnX92Dmer/?img_index=6
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• ¿Y qué pasa con los modelos de código abierto que son gratuitos? El hecho de que un modelo sea open source (código abierto) no garantiza que sea ético, transparente, confiable ni con seguridad jurídica. Stable Diffusion se lanzó como open source y es la manzana podrida que nos trajo hasta donde estamos hoy. Sta­bil­ity AI Sta­bil­ity AI, founded by Emad Mostaque, is based in Lon­don. Sta­bil­ity AI funded LAION, a Ger­man orga­ni­za­tion that is cre­at­ing ever-larger image datasets—with­out con­sent, credit, or com­pen­sa­tion to the orig­i­nal artists—for use by AI com­pa­nies. Sta­bil­ity AI is the devel­oper of Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion. Sta­bil­ity AI trained Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion using the LAION dataset. Sta­bil­ity AI also released Dream­Stu­dio, a paid app that pack­ages Sta­ble Dif­fu­sion in a web inter­face. https://imagegeneratorlitigation.com/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvnX92Dmer/?img_index=6

@elefeed@mastodon.social

Introducing Elefeed, a clean, privacy-first Mastodon client with organized, tidy feeds that runs entirely in your browser.

No servers. No tracking. Just your feeds, your way.

Available at: elefeed.app
Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/det

Built for the fediverse.

(1/3)

Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.
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Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.

Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.

Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.
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Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.

Elefeed main screen desktop dark theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop dark theme.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@arteesetica@mastodon.social

Mucho chanta ofreciendo «cursos para descubrir el mundo de la IA generativa» y monetizar a costa de la vulneración sistemática de nuestros derechos. No se necesita ningún curso para saber cómo funcionan los modelos de IAG comercial 👇

🔸 Cuadernillos de Arte es Ética. Volumen 1: ROBO DE DATOS

🔗 arteesetica.org/cuadernillos-d

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Debajo en titulo grande sobre el fondo rojo: El desarrollo de la actual IA generativa comercial está basado en la ilegalidad.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvnX92Dmer/?img_index=1
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Foto de portada: libreta de notas de color rojo brillante con encuadernación cosida (Unsplash) con la etiqueta: Cuadernillos de Arte es Ética. Volumen 1: ROBO DE DATOS Debajo en titulo grande sobre el fondo rojo: El desarrollo de la actual IA generativa comercial está basado en la ilegalidad. https://www.instagram.com/p/DXvnX92Dmer/?img_index=1

@knoppix95@mastodon.social
@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g

shkspr.mobi

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…

@nluug@nluug.social

Het smartphonelandschap wordt gecontroleerd door twee grote Amerikaanse technologiebedrijven: Google en Apple. Hoe mooi zou het zijn als er een Linux-distributie voor de telefoon is dat niet gecontroleerd wordt door een commercieel bedrijf, dat gebruikers geen propriëtaire en online diensten opdringt en je privacy wel respecteert?

Op de NLUUG voorjaarsconferentie van 7 mei 2026 zal Bart Ribbers introduceren en laten zien hoe ver dit FOSS initiatief voor de smartphone ondertussen gekomen is.

Kijk voor het hele programma op nluug.nl/evenementen/nluug/voo
Schrijf je snel in voor deze dag (nog maar een paar dagen te gaan) en we zien je op de voorjaarsconferentie!

is dé vereniging voor (professionele) gebruikers van UNIX/Linux, , en in NL.

nluug.nl

NLUUG voorjaarsconferentie 2026

De NLUUG voorjaarsconferentie is gepland op donderdag 7 mei 2026 in het Van der Valk Hotel Utrecht.

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @lminiero@fosstodon.org

I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, the imquic QUIC library and the KIAVC adventure engine, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 04/05/26 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

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Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @lminiero@fosstodon.org. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@lminiero@fosstodon.org

Lorenzo Miniero - I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, the imquic QUIC library and the KIAVC adventure engine, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

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@Pikapods@mastodon.social

VS Code is merging a change that enables AI co-authoring by default. This automatically adds 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' to your commits, raising valid privacy and tracking concerns.

When your tools belong to a massive corporation, your data does too. It is a great time to explore telemetry-free, open-source alternatives. 🧑‍💻

github.com/microsoft/vscode/pu

github.com

Enabling ai co author by default by cwebster-99 · Pull Request #310226 · microsoft/vscode

Visual Studio Code. Contribute to microsoft/vscode development by creating an account on GitHub.

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

VS Code is merging a change that enables AI co-authoring by default. This automatically adds 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' to your commits, raising valid privacy and tracking concerns.

When your tools belong to a massive corporation, your data does too. It is a great time to explore telemetry-free, open-source alternatives. 🧑‍💻

github.com/microsoft/vscode/pu

github.com

Enabling ai co author by default by cwebster-99 · Pull Request #310226 · microsoft/vscode

Visual Studio Code. Contribute to microsoft/vscode development by creating an account on GitHub.

@elefeed@mastodon.social

Introducing Elefeed, a clean, privacy-first Mastodon client with organized, tidy feeds that runs entirely in your browser.

No servers. No tracking. Just your feeds, your way.

Available at: elefeed.app
Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/det

Built for the fediverse.

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Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.
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Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.
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Elefeed main screen desktop dark theme.
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@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Updated! We are now up to 20 entries in my European digital sovereignty tracker. New examples of orgs ditching US tech include media entities, the Dutch National Bank, and open source sewing software.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me examples, please do keep them coming if there are others I am missing!

There's a handful that I am still reviewing and I'm also considering in the next update including new categories (political declarations, funding, projects such as Euro-Office, etc)

drive.proton.me/urls/EG60KWHED

drive.proton.me

Proton Drive

Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.

@everton137@vivaldi.net

I had the opportunity to tell the founders of the Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund) that I'm a big fan of their organization. I firmly believe that other countries should have similar initiatives. In fact, the EU should have one too.

Their recent €600k+ grant to Mastodon is a great example of what public investment in open digital infrastructure can look like. It strengthens the Fediverse, a real alternative to X. As I’ve argued in the campaign: we already have a viable social media alternative to X (1) and what we lack is sustained funding and political commitment. (2)

Thus, if more EU countries invested in improving Mastodon, how quickly could it become Europe’s de facto public square?

While most European politicians still prefer X for their official communication, reducing technical barriers could attract a more diverse audience, including the people our representatives want to reach, like journalists and the general public.

By the way, it's interesting, though not surprising, that the Sovereign Tech Agency has almost four times as many followers on Mastodon as on Bluesky. It would be great to see them highlighting posts and profiles of some awesome open-source projects active on the Fediverse. 😉



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Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovereign.tech

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Website: www.sovereign.tech

Stats:
Followers: 1.7K
Following: 59
Posts: 803
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Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Joined: February 2023

Stats:
Posts: 1,101
Follows: 113
Followers: 6,609
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@elefeed@mastodon.social

Introducing Elefeed, a clean, privacy-first Mastodon client with organized, tidy feeds that runs entirely in your browser.

No servers. No tracking. Just your feeds, your way.

Available at: elefeed.app
Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/det

Built for the fediverse.

(1/3)

Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.
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Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.

Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.

Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.
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@elefeed@mastodon.social

Introducing Elefeed, a clean, privacy-first Mastodon client with organized, tidy feeds that runs entirely in your browser.

No servers. No tracking. Just your feeds, your way.

Available at: elefeed.app
Android app: play.google.com/store/apps/det

Built for the fediverse.

(1/3)

Elefeed mobile screen blue theme.
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Elefeed main screen desktop light theme.
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Elefeed mobile screen dark green theme. News view.
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO founder FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 07/05/26 at 16:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @samir@m.fedica.com. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@samir@m.fedica.com

Samir Al-Battran - Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO founder FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

07/05/26
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO founder FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 07/05/26 at 16:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @samir@m.fedica.com. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@samir@m.fedica.com

Samir Al-Battran - Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO founder FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

07/05/26
AT 16:00 US EASTERN TIME
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @samir@m.fedica.com

Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO founder FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 07/05/26 at 16:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @samir@m.fedica.com. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@samir@m.fedica.com

Samir Al-Battran - Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids. CEO founder FedicaHQ, Cofounder of @rentcompass, Builder of popular mobile apps, Traveler, pentalingual. Also building tools for Mastodon

07/05/26
AT 16:00 US EASTERN TIME
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FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@everton137@vivaldi.net

I had the opportunity to tell the founders of the Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund) that I'm a big fan of their organization. I firmly believe that other countries should have similar initiatives. In fact, the EU should have one too.

Their recent €600k+ grant to Mastodon is a great example of what public investment in open digital infrastructure can look like. It strengthens the Fediverse, a real alternative to X. As I’ve argued in the campaign: we already have a viable social media alternative to X (1) and what we lack is sustained funding and political commitment. (2)

Thus, if more EU countries invested in improving Mastodon, how quickly could it become Europe’s de facto public square?

While most European politicians still prefer X for their official communication, reducing technical barriers could attract a more diverse audience, including the people our representatives want to reach, like journalists and the general public.

By the way, it's interesting, though not surprising, that the Sovereign Tech Agency has almost four times as many followers on Mastodon as on Bluesky. It would be great to see them highlighting posts and profiles of some awesome open-source projects active on the Fediverse. 😉



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Sovereign Tech Agency - Bluesky Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovereign.tech

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Website: www.sovereign.tech

Stats:
Followers: 1.7K
Following: 59
Posts: 803
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Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Joined: February 2023

Stats:
Posts: 1,101
Follows: 113
Followers: 6,609
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@flohw@pouet.chapril.org

Je recherche toujours quelque chose autour de Lyon, avec du télétravail 3 à 5 jours par semaine, dans le web, avec de l'éco conception, si possible en scop. Je suis dev senior/lead dev Symfony/Angular, pas mal de connaissances docker, je peux me plonger dans des bugs assez farfelus, profil plutôt adaptable. J'aimerai bien découvrir le

@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Works On My Machine LIVE!

Special Guest: @lefractal@mstdn.social

https://smol.stream/

smol.streamChat overlay and emoji wall for Owncast streamers

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 03/05/26 at 09:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

💻️ WOMML — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 💻️

📺 Live: @ozoned@worksonmymachine.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

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@rolle@mementomori.social
@everton137@vivaldi.net

I had the opportunity to tell the founders of the Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund) that I'm a big fan of their organization. I firmly believe that other countries should have similar initiatives. In fact, the EU should have one too.

Their recent €600k+ grant to Mastodon is a great example of what public investment in open digital infrastructure can look like. It strengthens the Fediverse, a real alternative to X. As I’ve argued in the campaign: we already have a viable social media alternative to X (1) and what we lack is sustained funding and political commitment. (2)

Thus, if more EU countries invested in improving Mastodon, how quickly could it become Europe’s de facto public square?

While most European politicians still prefer X for their official communication, reducing technical barriers could attract a more diverse audience, including the people our representatives want to reach, like journalists and the general public.

By the way, it's interesting, though not surprising, that the Sovereign Tech Agency has almost four times as many followers on Mastodon as on Bluesky. It would be great to see them highlighting posts and profiles of some awesome open-source projects active on the Fediverse. 😉



Bluesky Profile (@sovereign.tech) - Alt Text:
Sovereign Tech Agency - Bluesky Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovereign.tech

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Website: www.sovereign.tech

Stats:
Followers: 1.7K
Following: 59
Posts: 803
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Sovereign Tech Agency - Mastodon Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Joined: February 2023

Stats:
Posts: 1,101
Follows: 113
Followers: 6,609
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@everton137@vivaldi.net

I had the opportunity to tell the founders of the Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund) that I'm a big fan of their organization. I firmly believe that other countries should have similar initiatives. In fact, the EU should have one too.

Their recent €600k+ grant to Mastodon is a great example of what public investment in open digital infrastructure can look like. It strengthens the Fediverse, a real alternative to X. As I’ve argued in the campaign: we already have a viable social media alternative to X (1) and what we lack is sustained funding and political commitment. (2)

Thus, if more EU countries invested in improving Mastodon, how quickly could it become Europe’s de facto public square?

While most European politicians still prefer X for their official communication, reducing technical barriers could attract a more diverse audience, including the people our representatives want to reach, like journalists and the general public.

By the way, it's interesting, though not surprising, that the Sovereign Tech Agency has almost four times as many followers on Mastodon as on Bluesky. It would be great to see them highlighting posts and profiles of some awesome open-source projects active on the Fediverse. 😉



Bluesky Profile (@sovereign.tech) - Alt Text:
Sovereign Tech Agency - Bluesky Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovereign.tech

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Website: www.sovereign.tech

Stats:
Followers: 1.7K
Following: 59
Posts: 803
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Sovereign Tech Agency - Mastodon Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Joined: February 2023

Stats:
Posts: 1,101
Follows: 113
Followers: 6,609
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W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@rolle@mementomori.social
@rolle@mementomori.social
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Here is this week's and News video!

in this one, suffers a coordinated attack on their infrastructure, there's a nasty flaw that affects most, if not all Linux distros, and Linux beats Windows twice, in performance, and for some sales!

youtube.com/watch?v=upOaSBo5ygU

youtube.com

Ubuntu under attack, Big flaw affects all Linux distros, Linux beats Windows - Linux Weekly News

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code THELINUXEXPERIMENTGrab a brand new l...

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Here is this week's and News video!

in this one, suffers a coordinated attack on their infrastructure, there's a nasty flaw that affects most, if not all Linux distros, and Linux beats Windows twice, in performance, and for some sales!

youtube.com/watch?v=upOaSBo5ygU

youtube.com

Ubuntu under attack, Big flaw affects all Linux distros, Linux beats Windows - Linux Weekly News

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code THELINUXEXPERIMENTGrab a brand new l...

@janvlug@mastodon.social

"Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"

theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy

I use a . With the default operating system.

Enjoy your , break free from and .

Have a full Linux computer in your pocket that you can also use for calling.

Questions? Ask me.

theregister.com

Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

: Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

@janvlug@mastodon.social

"Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"

theregister.com/2026/05/01/buy

I use a . With the default operating system.

Enjoy your , break free from and .

Have a full Linux computer in your pocket that you can also use for calling.

Questions? Ask me.

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Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

: Both Cupertino and Google are imposing ever stricter limits on their phones – but you have alternatives

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Shows my OpenCollective Contributions:
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Fedify: $24
Alpine Linux: €16
Open Finance Technologies: $2
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@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g

shkspr.mobi

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…

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@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
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@glynmoody@mastodon.social

"The is preparing to close nearly all of its repositories." - shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g this is utterly insane; if you are in the UK, please write to your MP explaining why this is so stupid - writetothem.com/

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@blog@shkspr.mobi

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important.

That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on all the previous commitments they've made about the value of open source to the UK's health service.

It's rare that multiple people leak the same story to me, but that's what gives me confidence that lots of people within the NHS are aghast at this news.

A few days ago, I was sent this quote which was attributed to a senior technical person in NHS England.

We are obviously looking at things like Mythos, which is more sophisticated at finding vulnerabilities. In the next week or so, we will be changing our tack on coding the open and making our code public until we're on top of that risk.

Most of our repos, unless they're essential, will be removed for security reasons.

As I've written before, this is not the correct response to the purported threat by Mythos. Neither the AI Safety Institute nor the NCSC recommend this action. While there may be some increase in risk from AI security scanners, to shutter everything would be a gross overreaction.

Nevertheless, that's what the NHS is preparing to do.

On the 29th of April, guidance note SDLC-8 was sent out. Here's what it says:

All source code repositories must be private by default. Repositories may be internal where there is a legitimate need for visibility within the enterprise. Repositories must not be public unless there is an explicit and exceptional need, and public access has been formally approved by the Engineering Board. Purpose Public repositories materially increase the risk of unintended disclosure of source code, architectural decisions, configuration detail, and contextual information that may be exploited — particularly given rapid advancements in Al models capable of large-scale code ingestion, inference, and reasoning (e.g. developments such as the Mythos model). This red line establishes a default-closed posture for code while the organisation assesses the impact of these changes and ensures that any public publication of code is a deliberate, reviewed, and justified decision. • For P&P Public repositories we will switch to Private on Monday the 11th May 2026 • Teams that have a need for an exemption need to declare this to the Engineering mailbox by COP Wednesday 6th May 2026 • Teams can change to private at any time ahead of this • Central tracking of public repositories: NHSE public repositories.xlsx

The majority of code repos published by the NHS are not meaningfully affected by any advance in security scanning. They're mostly data sets, internal tools, guidance, research tools, front-end design and the like. There is nothing in them which could realistically lead to a security incident.

When I was working at NHSX during the pandemic, we were so confident of the safety and necessity of open source, we made sure the Covid Contact Tracing app was open sourced the minute it was available to the public. That was a nationally mandated app, installed on millions of phones, subject to intense scrutiny from hostile powers - and yet, despite publishing the code, architecture and documentation, the open source code caused zero security incidents.

Furthermore, this new guidance is in direct contradiction to the UK's Tech Code of Practice point 3 "Be open and use open source" which insists on code being open.

Similarly, the Service Standard says:

There are very few examples of code that must not be published in the open.

The main reason for code to be closed source is when it relates to policy that has not yet been announced. In this case, you must make the code open as soon as possible after the policy is published.

You may also need to keep some code closed for security reasons, for example code that protects against fraud. Follow the guidance on code you should keep closed and security considerations for open code.

There's also the DHSC policy "Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data":

Commitment 601 – completed May 2022

We will publish a digital playbook on how to open source your code for health and care organisations

And, here's NHS Digital's stance on open source in their Software Engineering Quality Framework:

The position of all three of these documents is that we should code in the open by default.

All of which is reflected in the NHS service standard:

Public services are built with public money. So unless there's a good reason not to, the code they're based should be made available for other people to reuse and build on.

All of which is to say - open source should be baked into the DNA of the NHS by now. There are thousands of NHS repositories on GitHub. The work undertaken to assess all of them and then close them will be massive. And for what?

Even if we ignore the impracticality of closing all the code - it is too late! All that code has already been slurped up. If Mythos really is the ultimate hacker, hiding the code now does nothing. It has likely already retained copies of the repositories.

And if it were both practical and effective to hide source code - that doesn't matter. These AI tools are just as effective against closed-source. They can analyse binaries and probe websites with ease.

There are tens of thousands of NHS website pages which refer to their GitHub repos - will they all need to be updated? What's the cost of that?

I've no idea what led to NHS England making this retrograde decision - so I've send a Freedom of Information request to find out.

I am convinced that closing all their excellent open source work is the wrong move for the NHS. I hope they see sense and reverse course.

Until then, I've helped make sure that every single NHS repository has been backed up and, because the software licence permits it, can be re-published if the original is closed.

In the meantime, you should email your MP and tell them that the NHS is wrong to shutter its world-leading open source repositories.

Don't let them take away your right to see the code which underpins our nation's healthcare.


Further Reading

newscientist.com

NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears

National Health Service rules state that all software created with public money should be publicly available, but fears of computer-hacking AI models like Mythos have prompted a change in policy

@cassidy@blaede.family

So so much work happening on Coop rn. It turns out when you have orgs adopting an open source project, you get lots of feedback—and new contributors! 🙌

If you work on an online platform and don’t have robust trust and safety tools, maybe join the party and check Coop out? I’m happy to answer any questions! And I promise, I’m working on a big documentation rework which should make things a whole lot easier to understand and get started. 😅

github.com/roostorg/coop/

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GitHub - roostorg/coop: Review and moderation, your way. Online safety dashboard, queues, routing and automatic enforcement rules, and integrations.

Review and moderation, your way. Online safety dashboard, queues, routing and automatic enforcement rules, and integrations. - roostorg/coop

@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g

shkspr.mobi

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…

@glynmoody@mastodon.social

"The is preparing to close nearly all of its repositories." - shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g this is utterly insane; if you are in the UK, please write to your MP explaining why this is so stupid - writetothem.com/

writetothem.com

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@blog@shkspr.mobi

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important.

That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on all the previous commitments they've made about the value of open source to the UK's health service.

It's rare that multiple people leak the same story to me, but that's what gives me confidence that lots of people within the NHS are aghast at this news.

A few days ago, I was sent this quote which was attributed to a senior technical person in NHS England.

We are obviously looking at things like Mythos, which is more sophisticated at finding vulnerabilities. In the next week or so, we will be changing our tack on coding the open and making our code public until we're on top of that risk.

Most of our repos, unless they're essential, will be removed for security reasons.

As I've written before, this is not the correct response to the purported threat by Mythos. Neither the AI Safety Institute nor the NCSC recommend this action. While there may be some increase in risk from AI security scanners, to shutter everything would be a gross overreaction.

Nevertheless, that's what the NHS is preparing to do.

On the 29th of April, guidance note SDLC-8 was sent out. Here's what it says:

All source code repositories must be private by default. Repositories may be internal where there is a legitimate need for visibility within the enterprise. Repositories must not be public unless there is an explicit and exceptional need, and public access has been formally approved by the Engineering Board. Purpose Public repositories materially increase the risk of unintended disclosure of source code, architectural decisions, configuration detail, and contextual information that may be exploited — particularly given rapid advancements in Al models capable of large-scale code ingestion, inference, and reasoning (e.g. developments such as the Mythos model). This red line establishes a default-closed posture for code while the organisation assesses the impact of these changes and ensures that any public publication of code is a deliberate, reviewed, and justified decision. • For P&P Public repositories we will switch to Private on Monday the 11th May 2026 • Teams that have a need for an exemption need to declare this to the Engineering mailbox by COP Wednesday 6th May 2026 • Teams can change to private at any time ahead of this • Central tracking of public repositories: NHSE public repositories.xlsx

The majority of code repos published by the NHS are not meaningfully affected by any advance in security scanning. They're mostly data sets, internal tools, guidance, research tools, front-end design and the like. There is nothing in them which could realistically lead to a security incident.

When I was working at NHSX during the pandemic, we were so confident of the safety and necessity of open source, we made sure the Covid Contact Tracing app was open sourced the minute it was available to the public. That was a nationally mandated app, installed on millions of phones, subject to intense scrutiny from hostile powers - and yet, despite publishing the code, architecture and documentation, the open source code caused zero security incidents.

Furthermore, this new guidance is in direct contradiction to the UK's Tech Code of Practice point 3 "Be open and use open source" which insists on code being open.

Similarly, the Service Standard says:

There are very few examples of code that must not be published in the open.

The main reason for code to be closed source is when it relates to policy that has not yet been announced. In this case, you must make the code open as soon as possible after the policy is published.

You may also need to keep some code closed for security reasons, for example code that protects against fraud. Follow the guidance on code you should keep closed and security considerations for open code.

There's also the DHSC policy "Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data":

Commitment 601 – completed May 2022

We will publish a digital playbook on how to open source your code for health and care organisations

And, here's NHS Digital's stance on open source in their Software Engineering Quality Framework:

The position of all three of these documents is that we should code in the open by default.

All of which is reflected in the NHS service standard:

Public services are built with public money. So unless there's a good reason not to, the code they're based should be made available for other people to reuse and build on.

All of which is to say - open source should be baked into the DNA of the NHS by now. There are thousands of NHS repositories on GitHub. The work undertaken to assess all of them and then close them will be massive. And for what?

Even if we ignore the impracticality of closing all the code - it is too late! All that code has already been slurped up. If Mythos really is the ultimate hacker, hiding the code now does nothing. It has likely already retained copies of the repositories.

And if it were both practical and effective to hide source code - that doesn't matter. These AI tools are just as effective against closed-source. They can analyse binaries and probe websites with ease.

There are tens of thousands of NHS website pages which refer to their GitHub repos - will they all need to be updated? What's the cost of that?

I've no idea what led to NHS England making this retrograde decision - so I've send a Freedom of Information request to find out.

I am convinced that closing all their excellent open source work is the wrong move for the NHS. I hope they see sense and reverse course.

Until then, I've helped make sure that every single NHS repository has been backed up and, because the software licence permits it, can be re-published if the original is closed.

In the meantime, you should email your MP and tell them that the NHS is wrong to shutter its world-leading open source repositories.

Don't let them take away your right to see the code which underpins our nation's healthcare.


Further Reading

newscientist.com

NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears

National Health Service rules state that all software created with public money should be publicly available, but fears of computer-hacking AI models like Mythos have prompted a change in policy

@Edent@mastodon.social · Reply to Terence Eden
@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.

Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-g

shkspr.mobi

NHS Goes To War Against Open Source

The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…

@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Updated! We are now up to 20 entries in my European digital sovereignty tracker. New examples of orgs ditching US tech include media entities, the Dutch National Bank, and open source sewing software.

Thanks to everyone who has sent me examples, please do keep them coming if there are others I am missing!

There's a handful that I am still reviewing and I'm also considering in the next update including new categories (political declarations, funding, projects such as Euro-Office, etc)

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Greetings Programs!

We back at it again, for the second time today, working on @pidgin 3.0 Alpha 2. Earlier today we got DMs working in but we found a few things to fix in libpurple which we're going to work on tonight! Come on by!!

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over 100 follower already! thank you all. The testing of the open beta is running well! there are some easier fixable bugs, and some which are a bit more complex. we are on it to give you an even better experience. if you know people who should try fediway share our idea!

@FabMusacchio@mastodon.social

I didn’t know that this was even possible: A package was compromised by . The @pypi package versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 reportedly executed credential-stealing code on import:

🌍 semgrep.dev/blog/2026/maliciou

What does this mean for all other Python packages? Do we need package scanners now?

Research report on Shai-Hulud themed malware found in PyTorch Lightning AI training library, dated April 30th, 2026.
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Research report on Shai-Hulud themed malware found in PyTorch Lightning AI training library, dated April 30th, 2026.

@FabMusacchio@mastodon.social

I didn’t know that this was even possible: A package was compromised by . The @pypi package versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 reportedly executed credential-stealing code on import:

🌍 semgrep.dev/blog/2026/maliciou

What does this mean for all other Python packages? Do we need package scanners now?

Research report on Shai-Hulud themed malware found in PyTorch Lightning AI training library, dated April 30th, 2026.
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Research report on Shai-Hulud themed malware found in PyTorch Lightning AI training library, dated April 30th, 2026.

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Rebranding, Upgrading, and Wallpapering: AerynOS’ April glow-up!

Our latest monthly blog post and ISO release has gone live! Find out more on our blog!

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Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @lminiero@fosstodon.org

I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, the imquic QUIC library and the KIAVC adventure engine, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 04/05/26 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

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Don't miss out — follow all three!

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@lminiero@fosstodon.org

Lorenzo Miniero - I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, the imquic QUIC library and the KIAVC adventure engine, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

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@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

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F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/boar

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f-droid.org

F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/boar

1/4

f-droid.org

F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

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@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/boar

1/4

f-droid.org

F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/boar

1/4

f-droid.org

F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/boar

1/4

f-droid.org

F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known alternative to Google's Play Store. :fdroid:

Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).

f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/boar

1/4

f-droid.org

F-Droid Board of Directors appointments 2026 | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

I am pleased to be able to announce this year’s appointments to the F-Droid Board of Directors! We received a record number of nominations, and it was diffic...

@reeeen@norden.social

Guten Morgen! ☕

Wusstet ihr, dass `curl` dieses Jahr 26 wird? Das Tool läuft auf Kühlschränken, Raumsonden und vermutlich auch auf dem Server, den ihr gerade vergesst zu patchen. 🛸

Daniel Stenberg pflegt es quasi im Alleingang – und beantwortet noch dazu jeden Bug-Report persönlich. Wahre Helden tragen keine Umhänge, sondern tippen Changelogs. 🦸

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/so

nldigitalgovernment.nl

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government - Digital Government

Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.

@dawarich@mastodon.social
@Pikapods@mastodon.social

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/so

nldigitalgovernment.nl

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government - Digital Government

Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/so

nldigitalgovernment.nl

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government - Digital Government

Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.

@dawarich@mastodon.social
@veeso_dev@hachyderm.io

Btw, I'm working on Mastic: a instance written in , running entirely on the Internet Computer as canisters.

One canister per user, Internet Identity auth, SNS-based DAO governance, no PostgreSQL/Redis/Nginx. Fully ActivityPub-compatible.

Live by the end of September.

blog.veeso.dev/blog/en/btw-i-m

blog.veeso.dev

Btw, I'm working on Mastic

A Mastodon instance built in Rust, running on Internet Computer

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/so

nldigitalgovernment.nl

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government - Digital Government

Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.

@fedora@fosstodon.org · Reply to Fedora Project
@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Works On My Machine LIVE!

Special Guest: @lefractal@mstdn.social

https://smol.stream/

smol.streamChat overlay and emoji wall for Owncast streamers

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 03/05/26 at 09:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

💻️ WOMML — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 💻️

📺 Live: @ozoned@worksonmymachine.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

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Laptop with a blue screen of death and a knife in it.

@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @lminiero@fosstodon.org

I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, the imquic QUIC library and the KIAVC adventure engine, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 04/05/26 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@lminiero@fosstodon.org

Lorenzo Miniero - I'm getting older but, unlike whisky, I'm not getting any better. Author of the Janus WebRTC Server, the imquic QUIC library and the KIAVC adventure engine, and a VERY amateur musician (and an even more amateur game developer)

04/05/26
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W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@moongold@mastodon.social

Keep Android Open

keepandroidopen.org/en/

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.
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Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID. Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

@securedrop@freedom.press

The inaugural release of SecureDrop Inbox is now available! 🎉

The Inbox is a full rewrite of our client, and includes many new features and performance improvements for journalists.

securedrop.org/news/securedrop

A short video highlighting features of the new SecureDrop Inbox. Please visit the linked blog post for a full description.
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A short video highlighting features of the new SecureDrop Inbox. Please visit the linked blog post for a full description.

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@wefinet@mastodon.social

Internet-Speedtests wie speedtest-dot-net sammeln > 1.000 Attribute pro Test wie Accenture in der Pressemitteilung zur Übernahme von Ookla schreibt.

Die Alternative librespeed.org/ des italienischen IT-Lehrers Federico Dossena sammelt keine Daten und funktioniert super.

Infos dazu im @thomaskrenn Wiki hier: thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/Inter

LibreSpeed Testergebnis eines Glasfaseranschlusses in Österreich.
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LibreSpeed Testergebnis eines Glasfaseranschlusses in Österreich.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

☀️ Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną

@stfn, programista i homelabber, opowie, jak zbudować, zasilić i udostępnić w Internecie własny off-grid serwer HTTP – i to wszystko na energii słonecznej, w altance na działce!

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026

Wydarzenie organizowane przez @hspoz @lag i KN Webrains.

👉 Sprawdź program: piwo.sh

Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.
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Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.

Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.
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Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

☀️ Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną

@stfn, programista i homelabber, opowie, jak zbudować, zasilić i udostępnić w Internecie własny off-grid serwer HTTP – i to wszystko na energii słonecznej, w altance na działce!

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026

Wydarzenie organizowane przez @hspoz @lag i KN Webrains.

👉 Sprawdź program: piwo.sh

Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.
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Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.

Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.
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Kwadratowa grafika promująca Poznańską Imprezę Wolnego Oprogramowania z fioletowym tłem; u góry biały logotyp i napis „POZNAŃSKA IMPREZA WOLNEGO OPROGRAMOWANIA”. Na środku ramka ze zdjęciem prelegenta. Poniżej duży pomarańczowy napis „STEFAN MACHURA”, a pod nim biały tekst „Własna, niezależna strona internetowa zasilana energią słoneczną”.

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/so

nldigitalgovernment.nl

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government - Digital Government

Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@moongold@mastodon.social

Keep Android Open

keepandroidopen.org/en/

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.
ALT text

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID. Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

W3C is very pleased to announce that the @sovtechfund has launched a pilot program to support independent maintainers participation in the work of our groups, including training, mentoring, and financial support to make sustained engagement possible. It is really wonderful to see efforts from organizations to recognize the role that open standards play.

The call for applications is open until 19 May.
More information available at sovereign.tech/programs/standa
Apply now!

sovereign.tech

Sovereign Tech Standards | Sovereign Tech Agency

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. 🇳🇱

This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.

nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/so

nldigitalgovernment.nl

Soft launch of open-source code platform for government - Digital Government

Code.overheid.nl platform is now live, enabling government organisations to jointly develop and publish open-source software independently.

@openproject@fosstodon.org

We’re growing our team as we build the leading open source solution for collaborative project management.

We’re currently hiring:
• Senior Product Manager
• Senior Account Manager Europe
• Senior Full-Stack Developers

We’re a remote-first, international, diverse team.

If you care about open source, meaningful work, and building software that has real impact, we’d love to hear from you.
👉 openproject.org/careers/

Screen showing a remote meeting at OpenProject with a blue rectangle in the middle displaying "you", indicating that we are looking for you as a part of our team
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Screen showing a remote meeting at OpenProject with a blue rectangle in the middle displaying "you", indicating that we are looking for you as a part of our team

@linuxteck@mastodon.social

Why simpler terminal workflows often work better

tmux is powerful, but not always necessary.

For many workflows:
less config
less friction
more focus

Linux infographic showing why simple terminal workflows often work better than tmux, including configuration challenges, usability issues, and lightweight alternatives for sysadmins and DevOps.
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Linux infographic showing why simple terminal workflows often work better than tmux, including configuration challenges, usability issues, and lightweight alternatives for sysadmins and DevOps.

@linuxteck@mastodon.social

Why simpler terminal workflows often work better

tmux is powerful, but not always necessary.

For many workflows:
less config
less friction
more focus

Linux infographic showing why simple terminal workflows often work better than tmux, including configuration challenges, usability issues, and lightweight alternatives for sysadmins and DevOps.
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Linux infographic showing why simple terminal workflows often work better than tmux, including configuration challenges, usability issues, and lightweight alternatives for sysadmins and DevOps.

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

Substack takes a 10% cut of every paid subscription — on top of Stripe's fees. The more you earn, the more they take.

Ghost is a polished open-source alternative with built-in newsletters, memberships, and paywalled content. Zero % revenue share, ever.

On PikaPods, it starts at $2.60/mo and your subscriber list stays yours. 📝

pikapods.com/pods?run=ghost

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@heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@openuk@hachyderm.io

Welcoming some impressive open tech contributors to the OpenUK team with our Ambassador refresh! 😇

We are delighted to be working with them to promote open technology in line with OpenUK’s purpose of UK leadership and global collaboration in open technology.

We will be launching our Apprentice Ambassador and OpenHQ international Ambassador programmes in the next few weeks.

openuk.uk/ambassadors/

@fedora@fosstodon.org · Reply to Fedora Project

Our two desktop editions bring some big updates with Fedora 44!

Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition brings you Plasma 6.6, more Plasma integration in a new install, and joins the Fedora Ready program for hardware support starting with @starlabssystems!
fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-i

Fedora Workstation Edition brings with it GNOME 50, parental controls, and general ecosystem improvements.
fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-f

fedoramagazine.org

What's New in Fedora Workstation 44 - Fedora Magazine

Summary of new features or changes in Fedora Workstation 44

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

Substack takes a 10% cut of every paid subscription — on top of Stripe's fees. The more you earn, the more they take.

Ghost is a polished open-source alternative with built-in newsletters, memberships, and paywalled content. Zero % revenue share, ever.

On PikaPods, it starts at $2.60/mo and your subscriber list stays yours. 📝

pikapods.com/pods?run=ghost

Ghost
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Ghost

@fedora@fosstodon.org
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@openuk@hachyderm.io

Welcoming some impressive open tech contributors to the OpenUK team with our Ambassador refresh! 😇

We are delighted to be working with them to promote open technology in line with OpenUK’s purpose of UK leadership and global collaboration in open technology.

We will be launching our Apprentice Ambassador and OpenHQ international Ambassador programmes in the next few weeks.

openuk.uk/ambassadors/

@xwiki@xwiki.com

Atlassian Data Center is reaching its end in 2029.

For some teams, cloud is fine.
For others, especially with hosting or compliance constraints, it’s not.

So the question is: What’s the alternative?

What replaces what?
What changes in practice?
What are the trade-offs?

A useful white paper from Open Source Experts (with XWiki & Tuleap) breaks this down:

👉 xwiki.com/en/Resources/open-so

Atlassian Data Center is ending in 2029.
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What's the
alternative? &
Find out more in the Open Source white paper,
with contributions from XWiki and Tuleap.
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Atlassian Data Center is ending in 2029. 9 What's the alternative? & Find out more in the Open Source white paper, with contributions from XWiki and Tuleap. ] ENR ~ %\N Open-source tuleg, alternatives to Atlassian Link in the post

@mole99@fosstodon.org

wafer.space bare dies and CoB have arrived! 🎉

These are from my open-source FABulous FPGA, which was part of the first shuttle run.
It's a small FPGA with 480x LC, 6x MAC, 12x register files and 6x SRAM. The source files are available in the repository: github.com/mole99/gf180mcu-fab

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wafer.space bare die on a finger

The backside of the CoB. The connectors are visible.
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The backside of the CoB. The connectors are visible.

Chip-On-Board with the die covered by epoxy
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Chip-On-Board with the die covered by epoxy

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

"Learning from mistakes" as individuals is hard if those lessons are not (or can not be) percolated up or are even rejected by larger groups or society in general, if the behaviors one might consider a mistake on a personal/ethical level are actually rewarded and encouraged (or imposed) by those larger social structures.

So many people have tried so hard for so long to share their knowledge and tools, trying to teach & inspire others, to build communities to help make the world at least a tiny better, enabling people to do more with their tech than just consuming or being "entertained". People have been sacrificing years and hard-earned savings to keep the work/projects/momentum going... only to have these efforts being outright stolen & upended now, declared meaningless, and at the same time being called to our faces "entitled", "self-important", "gate keeping" for attempting to retain some form of humanity in these projects (all phrases taken from an email received on weekend about my anti-LLM stance for my own 200+ projects — always so amazing for motivation! 😭)

Has this all been meaningless? The same entities who've been benefiting the most from 20-30 years of this culture of openness, are now regularly talking about it as weakness, "supply chain risk" and "threat vector"... People who've never ever run a project themselves are just as happy to chip in with this narrative.

Sure enough, mistakes were made, many of them (a small selection):

A large mistake was to systematically devalue our own labor, to believe a participatory, postspectacular[1] society would be possible, that more people/orgs would not just consume, but actively participate, reciprocate, feed back, wanting to learn/build together, to create & co-own their tools of production and seeing the true value of that. Of course, not everyone is able to divert time & energy, but many more people/orgs/unis/govts would and should have been! Support for these projects can take so many different forms! Instead it's always been left to so few people to do it all... and then punish them (in many direct/indirect forms) for trying (or not being perfect)!

A mistake was not to set strict boundaries early on what these shared assets/knowledge could be used for and by whom. We allowed large corporations (and countless smaller bad players[2]) to harvest the fruits of our labor as free, high-quality raw material, them never contributing anything back. We didn't organize to demand more rights, have proper legal frameworks or even interest from larger society to help creating or enforcing terms & constraints. For years, we were labeled naive altruists and were stuck with the issues of existing FLOSS licenses which were written by people who (mostly) explicitly rejected any ethical/moral constraints of use and instead sold this lack as "freedom to use for any purpose", a core pillar of these licenses.

A mistake was to believe a culture of resource-poor decentralized entities could meaningfully influence or even outcompete the centralized infinitely funded structures whose ONLY interest is in exploitation, sustaining/cementing/expanding their own imposed hierarchy and grasp of power/control at all costs.

These mistakes (and many more) are all fractal in nature, from the individual, projects, to governments and entire cultures... If you personally or organizationally have benefited from open source culture, but never once acted on any of the above, you're simply part of the problem and the mistakes made!

It's time to learn from them, together, and before it's too late (if it isn't already)...

If you want to keep on benefiting from open source culture (not the corporate or agent-regurgitated neo-interpretation), get active, show some support to the projects and esp. people involved, in whatever form or gesture you can!

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soci

[2] Over the past 25+ years, I know of at least that many businesses & people who built their entire early careers on my open source work, without ever contributing, donating or acknowledging...

en.wikipedia.org

The Society of the Spectacle - Wikipedia

@webmontagkiel@norden.social

:omya_windows: Holger Franck kickt Microsoft aus Unternehmen. Er macht mit Bergwerk IT, was die meisten für unmöglich halten.

👉 „Open-Source im Unternehmen funktioniert! Wir machen das jeden Tag,“ sagt er. „Wir haben Kunden von 5 bis 2000 Arbeitsplätzen, die wir teilweise oder komplett auf Open-Source umstellen.“

Wir haben Holger Franck eingeladen, um uns zu verraten, wie das geht.

🔴 Am 4. Mai in !

webmontag-kiel.de/event/digita

webmontag-kiel.de

Digitale Woche Spezial: Open-Source im Unternehmen funktioniert!

Der WebMontag Kiel findet regulär immer am 3. Montag in den ungeraden Monaten statt.

@larsmb@mastodon.online

I love how the unerringly comes out in support against anyone trying to reduce the harm software is used for and maybe not hand it to murderers.

"It's only free if you don't try to stop anyone else from using it to kill people via the license terms" is the most US take *ever*.

(Not that OSI is different.)

That's how you end up with as a major FOSS sponsor, I guess.

fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-a

fsf.org

RAIL: Nonfree and unethical — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

@progressivecat@universeodon.com
@datenteiler@openbiblio.social

Aktuell testen wir in der @tibhannover einen neuen öffentlichen Arbeitsplatz mit Ubuntu Linux. Die Hardware bleibt dieselbe, das veraltete Win10 wird ersetzt.🥳 🐧

Die Anmeldung erfolgt mit dem Bibliotheksausweis. Beim Abmelden werden alle persönlichen Daten wieder gelöscht.

Mit Linux können wir jetzt mehr Programme anbieten als bislang: Neben LibreOffice und VLC haben wir Gimp, Inkscape. Foliate, Okular, PDFArranger uvm.

Der Ubuntu-Desktop eines öffentlichen Arbeitsplatzes in der TIB. Geöffnet ist Firefox mit der Startseite.
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Der Ubuntu-Desktop eines öffentlichen Arbeitsplatzes in der TIB. Geöffnet ist Firefox mit der Startseite.

@larsmb@mastodon.online

I love how the unerringly comes out in support against anyone trying to reduce the harm software is used for and maybe not hand it to murderers.

"It's only free if you don't try to stop anyone else from using it to kill people via the license terms" is the most US take *ever*.

(Not that OSI is different.)

That's how you end up with as a major FOSS sponsor, I guess.

fsf.org/blogs/licensing/rail-a

fsf.org

RAIL: Nonfree and unethical — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social

Workflow security continues to be a common cause of compromises of open source projects.

If you're using GitHub Actions and don't want this to happen to your project: use Zizmor and treat the findings seriously, especially insecure triggers and user-controllable template injections.

docs.zizmor.sh

docs.zizmor.sh

Welcome to zizmor's documentation! - zizmor

Static analysis for GitHub Actions

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social

Workflow security continues to be a common cause of compromises of open source projects.

If you're using GitHub Actions and don't want this to happen to your project: use Zizmor and treat the findings seriously, especially insecure triggers and user-controllable template injections.

docs.zizmor.sh

docs.zizmor.sh

Welcome to zizmor's documentation! - zizmor

Static analysis for GitHub Actions

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org

Are you not keen to share your data with for AI training?

In case you are looking for an alternative to , we at @openproject are happy to help. We are an solution for data-conscious people.

In this video I'm giving you a little behind-the-scenes on how do we actually work and what has been implemented in the past weeks in order to better support product teams.

A group of people sitting together. A smiling samoyed dog is sitting next to them.
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A group of people sitting together. A smiling samoyed dog is sitting next to them.

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@qryptymail@mastodon.social

Anonymous email in 10 sec. No phone. No app

ProtonMail has apps tied to Apple/Google — legal entities that can be subpoenaed

QRYPTY Mail: no phone, no password, no app store. Just a PWA

iPhone/Android: open qrypty.com → "Add to Home Screen" → done

Pick username → get access code → send email to anyone. Free

qrypty.com/register

qrypty.com

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@xwiki@xwiki.com

Atlassian Data Center is reaching its end in 2029.

For some teams, cloud is fine.
For others, especially with hosting or compliance constraints, it’s not.

So the question is: What’s the alternative?

What replaces what?
What changes in practice?
What are the trade-offs?

A useful white paper from Open Source Experts (with XWiki & Tuleap) breaks this down:

👉 xwiki.com/en/Resources/open-so

Atlassian Data Center is ending in 2029.
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Atlassian Data Center is ending in 2029. 9 What's the alternative? & Find out more in the Open Source white paper, with contributions from XWiki and Tuleap. ] ENR ~ %\N Open-source tuleg, alternatives to Atlassian Link in the post

@ECSA@mastodon.social

🚀 We’re hiring! The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) is looking for a Full-Stack Web Developer to help maintain and grow the open-source platform citizenscience.eu.

Work with Django, Python & modern web tools in a small international team based in Berlin with hybrid flexibility.

If you’re passionate about tech for impact we’d love to hear from you!

🔗 Read more & apply: ecsa.ngo/wp-content/uploads/20

@ECSA@mastodon.social

🚀 We’re hiring! The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) is looking for a Full-Stack Web Developer to help maintain and grow the open-source platform citizenscience.eu.

Work with Django, Python & modern web tools in a small international team based in Berlin with hybrid flexibility.

If you’re passionate about tech for impact we’d love to hear from you!

🔗 Read more & apply: ecsa.ngo/wp-content/uploads/20

@tomgag@infosec.exchange

BREAKING! Meshcore team splits over dispute over AI-generated code disclosure, and hostile trademark takeover.

Meshcore is an off-grid, decentralised mesh radio platform powered by low-cost and public access LoRa radio technology for reliable, long-range emergency text and embedded sensors communication. It can communicate across kilometres — no towers, no subscriptions, no single point of failure.

blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/th

blog.meshcore.io

Meshcore.io - Why The Split? - MeshCore Blog

Migrating to the new meshcore.io site

@openuk@hachyderm.io

Hitting 5.5 million @github accounts in the UK, it’s 7.9% per capita of the UK population and emphasising our nation of collaborative workers.

Some of the challenges faced in open source, the benefits, and the potential of capacity building through skills evolved from open source are explored in our most recent Open Source Skills Report for the UK. openuk.uk/report/opensourceski

@tomgag@infosec.exchange

BREAKING! Meshcore team splits over dispute over AI-generated code disclosure, and hostile trademark takeover.

Meshcore is an off-grid, decentralised mesh radio platform powered by low-cost and public access LoRa radio technology for reliable, long-range emergency text and embedded sensors communication. It can communicate across kilometres — no towers, no subscriptions, no single point of failure.

blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/th

blog.meshcore.io

Meshcore.io - Why The Split? - MeshCore Blog

Migrating to the new meshcore.io site

@datenteiler@openbiblio.social

Aktuell testen wir in der @tibhannover einen neuen öffentlichen Arbeitsplatz mit Ubuntu Linux. Die Hardware bleibt dieselbe, das veraltete Win10 wird ersetzt.🥳 🐧

Die Anmeldung erfolgt mit dem Bibliotheksausweis. Beim Abmelden werden alle persönlichen Daten wieder gelöscht.

Mit Linux können wir jetzt mehr Programme anbieten als bislang: Neben LibreOffice und VLC haben wir Gimp, Inkscape. Foliate, Okular, PDFArranger uvm.

Der Ubuntu-Desktop eines öffentlichen Arbeitsplatzes in der TIB. Geöffnet ist Firefox mit der Startseite.
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Der Ubuntu-Desktop eines öffentlichen Arbeitsplatzes in der TIB. Geöffnet ist Firefox mit der Startseite.

@openuk@hachyderm.io

Hitting 5.5 million @github accounts in the UK, it’s 7.9% per capita of the UK population and emphasising our nation of collaborative workers.

Some of the challenges faced in open source, the benefits, and the potential of capacity building through skills evolved from open source are explored in our most recent Open Source Skills Report for the UK. openuk.uk/report/opensourceski

@fediway@fediway.com · Reply to Fediway

2/X Thats why we are building Fediway — not as a way to dictate which algorithm a platform should use, but as a powerful framework that lets you build your own feed for your instance.

👉 github.com/fediway/fediway

github.com

GitHub - fediway/fediway: Recommendation engine for Mastodon ✨

Recommendation engine for Mastodon ✨. Contribute to fediway/fediway development by creating an account on GitHub.

@navidrome@mastodon.social

Totally legitimate fear, we've seen too many great open source software become enshittified.

We are actually starting to think about a legal structure to ensure Navidrome remains open-source and community-centric. What other open-source software have you seen do this well that we could learn from?

aus.social

Whiskers 🇦🇺 (@ecoscore@aus.social)

I am excited to have found #Navidrome But it's apparently SO good that I am wondering if it's at risk of being corporatized after I've committed to building my offline system around it 🤔 #music #server #Linux @navidrome@discuss.tchncs.de

@lenzgr@mastodon.social

I'm having a hard time deciding which self-hosted photo management app I should use. The current candidates are Immich, Photoprism and Ente. I have a pretty large photo collection in a fairly flat directory hierarchy (hosted on TrueNAS). I add new albums by manually moving pictures into folders (to free up space on my mobile). But this makes these pictures inaccessible on my mobile, which sucks. How do others handle this?

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Bitwarden CLI version 2026.4.0 was compromised via a GitHub Actions supply chain attack, distributing malicious npm code that stole secrets 🔓
The package was briefly available before removal, with attackers exfiltrating tokens and injecting workflows across CI pipelines 🔐

🔗 thehackernews.com/2026/04/bitw

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Bitwarden CLI version 2026.4.0 was compromised via a GitHub Actions supply chain attack, distributing malicious npm code that stole secrets 🔓
The package was briefly available before removal, with attackers exfiltrating tokens and injecting workflows across CI pipelines 🔐

🔗 thehackernews.com/2026/04/bitw

@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

New app. Cinch - a video compressor for Windows that fits your file under whatever upload limit you're dealing with. Drop a clip in, trim it down, pick a target size, and it just handles it.

Six presets for the usual cases (Discord 8MB, Gmail 25MB, Slack, Matrix etc) or type your own number. It auto-retries until it lands inside the budget.

FFmpeg under the hood, NVENC/AMF/QSV when your GPU plays along. Free, CC0, runs offline.

apps.lashman.live/cinch/

apps.lashman.live

Cinch - Video compression that just fits

Trim and compress videos to a target size in a couple of clicks. Hardware-accelerated, FFmpeg-powered, fully offline. CC0 public domain.

@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

New app. Cinch - a video compressor for Windows that fits your file under whatever upload limit you're dealing with. Drop a clip in, trim it down, pick a target size, and it just handles it.

Six presets for the usual cases (Discord 8MB, Gmail 25MB, Slack, Matrix etc) or type your own number. It auto-retries until it lands inside the budget.

FFmpeg under the hood, NVENC/AMF/QSV when your GPU plays along. Free, CC0, runs offline.

apps.lashman.live/cinch/

apps.lashman.live

Cinch - Video compression that just fits

Trim and compress videos to a target size in a couple of clicks. Hardware-accelerated, FFmpeg-powered, fully offline. CC0 public domain.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

📢 LISTA PRELEKCJI I WARSZTATÓW JUŻ DOSTĘPNA!

Opublikowaliśmy wstępną listę prelekcji i warsztatów na P.I.W.O. 2026.
Możecie ją już sprawdzić na naszej stronie – a to dopiero początek, lista będzie na bieżąco aktualizowana.

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026

👉 Sprawdź program: piwo.sh

Organizatorzy: @hspoz @lag KN Webrains

Do zobaczenia na P.I.W.O.! 🚀

Grafika wydarzenia „Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania” — fioletowe tło z białym logo i napisem; tytuł „Lista prelekcji i warsztatów już dostępna!” i pomarańczowy przycisk „Sprawdź wstępną listę prelekcji i warsztatów”; data 30.05.2026 oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół grafiki postaci ze świata open source.
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Grafika wydarzenia „Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania” — fioletowe tło z białym logo i napisem; tytuł „Lista prelekcji i warsztatów już dostępna!” i pomarańczowy przycisk „Sprawdź wstępną listę prelekcji i warsztatów”; data 30.05.2026 oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół grafiki postaci ze świata open source.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

📢 LISTA PRELEKCJI I WARSZTATÓW JUŻ DOSTĘPNA!

Opublikowaliśmy wstępną listę prelekcji i warsztatów na P.I.W.O. 2026.
Możecie ją już sprawdzić na naszej stronie – a to dopiero początek, lista będzie na bieżąco aktualizowana.

📍 Gdzie? Wydział Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu
📅 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026

👉 Sprawdź program: piwo.sh

Organizatorzy: @hspoz @lag KN Webrains

Do zobaczenia na P.I.W.O.! 🚀

Grafika wydarzenia „Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania” — fioletowe tło z białym logo i napisem; tytuł „Lista prelekcji i warsztatów już dostępna!” i pomarańczowy przycisk „Sprawdź wstępną listę prelekcji i warsztatów”; data 30.05.2026 oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół grafiki postaci ze świata open source.
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Grafika wydarzenia „Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania” — fioletowe tło z białym logo i napisem; tytuł „Lista prelekcji i warsztatów już dostępna!” i pomarańczowy przycisk „Sprawdź wstępną listę prelekcji i warsztatów”; data 30.05.2026 oraz miejsce: Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; wokół grafiki postaci ze świata open source.

@sustainrelease@mastodon.social

If you're into creative work and you might want to check out MABarbe's talk on "The State of " from this week's @lgm. It summarizes recent developments of large projects like @GIMP, @krita, @kdenlive or @inkscape, but also references more specialized initiatives like @penpot, , , , @friction or @Coollab. The site has a list of the mentioned projects, available via libregraphicsmeeting.org/2026/

Check out the video here:
media.ccc.de/v/lgm-2026-110659

State of Libre Graphics

An update from the many projects of our community. Please submit your slides as Pull Requests to https://github.com/libregraphicsmeeti...

@sustainrelease@mastodon.social

If you're into creative work and you might want to check out MABarbe's talk on "The State of " from this week's @lgm. It summarizes recent developments of large projects like @GIMP, @krita, @kdenlive or @inkscape, but also references more specialized initiatives like @penpot, , , , @friction or @Coollab. The site has a list of the mentioned projects, available via libregraphicsmeeting.org/2026/

Check out the video here:
media.ccc.de/v/lgm-2026-110659

State of Libre Graphics

An update from the many projects of our community. Please submit your slides as Pull Requests to https://github.com/libregraphicsmeeti...

@njtalingting@mastodon.social

As a maintainer of 3 CRAN packages, I’ve always felt the isolation of being alone in this space.

I built because if we don't centralize our reproducible science now, we risk losing an entire generation of Filipino talent to other ecosystems.

If you're a Filipino maintainer, you're no longer alone. We're here:-)

📦 The Stack: pinasr.r-universe.dev/packages
📦 Join the Registry: github.com/pinasr

A logo for PinasR featuring a Philippine Tarsier clinging to a blue letter R, with the Philippine sun radiating in the background
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A logo for PinasR featuring a Philippine Tarsier clinging to a blue letter R, with the Philippine sun radiating in the background

@Pikapods@mastodon.social

Substack takes a 10% cut of every paid subscription — on top of Stripe's fees. The more you earn, the more they take.

Ghost is a polished open-source alternative with built-in newsletters, memberships, and paywalled content. Zero % revenue share, ever.

On PikaPods, it starts at $2.60/mo and your subscriber list stays yours. 📝

pikapods.com/pods?run=ghost

Ghost
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Ghost

@navidrome@mastodon.social

Totally legitimate fear, we've seen too many great open source software become enshittified.

We are actually starting to think about a legal structure to ensure Navidrome remains open-source and community-centric. What other open-source software have you seen do this well that we could learn from?

aus.social

Whiskers 🇦🇺 (@ecoscore@aus.social)

I am excited to have found #Navidrome But it's apparently SO good that I am wondering if it's at risk of being corporatized after I've committed to building my offline system around it 🤔 #music #server #Linux @navidrome@discuss.tchncs.de

@codewizard@hear-me.social

@FediFollows you ought to include the contacts of champions like the of like , of some prime instances, instances, , and email services like and .

That way, we would be able to reach out to them through whenever we need their support.

This informal channel is oftentimes better than your regular email.

@erioldoesdesign@hachyderm.io

I'm speaking on the 26th of April (tomorrow!!) at oggcamp.org/ in Manchester speaking about my much loved Open Source Design Diary studies project! which you can read here:

github.com/sprblm/Diary-Studie

This study is now a few years old and i'd be great to get another one of these done. Please reach out if you'd like to see more data and insights from design, usability, user research etc. being done in OSS!

A screenshot of Eriol's talk description and profile info and image from the OGG Camp website.
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A screenshot of Eriol's talk description and profile info and image from the OGG Camp website.

@Taler@fosstodon.org

GNU Taler is now available for NymVPN checkout 🎉
Your wallet, your business:
The exchange sees a withdrawal.
The merchant sees a payment.
Neither sees the full picture.
Cash-like privacy, existing currencies, no blockchain.
Every new integration makes the Taler ecosystem more useful for everyone. The stack is closing 🌱
🔗 nym.com/blog/taler

nym.com

Introducing Taler for NymVPN | Nym

The private digital cash protecting your against surveillance, now live for NymVPN checkout. Free VPN trial included.

@erioldoesdesign@hachyderm.io

I'm speaking on the 26th of April (tomorrow!!) at oggcamp.org/ in Manchester speaking about my much loved Open Source Design Diary studies project! which you can read here:

github.com/sprblm/Diary-Studie

This study is now a few years old and i'd be great to get another one of these done. Please reach out if you'd like to see more data and insights from design, usability, user research etc. being done in OSS!

A screenshot of Eriol's talk description and profile info and image from the OGG Camp website.
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A screenshot of Eriol's talk description and profile info and image from the OGG Camp website.

@foss_events@fosstodon.org

Wishing everyone a great time at OggCamp by OggCamp team starting today in Manchester Conference Centre, Pendulum Hotel in , Kingdom

Find out more on
foss.events/2026/04-25-oggcamp

Follow the official account: @oggcamp

Connect via official hashtag(s):

foss.events

OggCamp on // foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about OggCamp on // foss.events

@foss_events@fosstodon.org

Wishing everyone a great time at OggCamp by OggCamp team starting today in Manchester Conference Centre, Pendulum Hotel in , Kingdom

Find out more on
foss.events/2026/04-25-oggcamp

Follow the official account: @oggcamp

Connect via official hashtag(s):

foss.events

OggCamp on // foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about OggCamp on // foss.events

@Edent@mastodon.social
@tomgag@infosec.exchange

BREAKING! Meshcore team splits over dispute over AI-generated code disclosure, and hostile trademark takeover.

Meshcore is an off-grid, decentralised mesh radio platform powered by low-cost and public access LoRa radio technology for reliable, long-range emergency text and embedded sensors communication. It can communicate across kilometres — no towers, no subscriptions, no single point of failure.

blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/th

blog.meshcore.io

Meshcore.io - Why The Split? - MeshCore Blog

Migrating to the new meshcore.io site

@WeirdWriter@caneandable.social
@Edent@mastodon.social
@OSBA@social.osb-alliance.de

Die Abgeordneten Henri Schmidt und Ralph Brinkhaus haben heute zu einer Fachdiskussion im Bundestag zum Deutschland-Stack geladen.

Etliche unserer Mitglieder waren vor Ort und erklärten die Bereitschaft der Open-Source-Branche, ihren Teil zum Gelingen des Deutschland-Stacks beizutragen. 💬

Vor einer Fotowand der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion stehen insgesamt 13 Personen und lächeln in die Kamera. In der Mitte der Gruppe steht der Bundestagsabgeordnete Henri Schmidt.
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Vor einer Fotowand der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion stehen insgesamt 13 Personen und lächeln in die Kamera. In der Mitte der Gruppe steht der Bundestagsabgeordnete Henri Schmidt.

@stopossmandate@mastodon.social
@lfnw@subdued.social

For those that might not be attending LFNW 2026 in person - guess what!? You can still attend virtually thanks to our sponsor WorkAdventure!!!

WorkAdventure is an online platform that provides a hybrid presence, virtual avatar, video chat, and spontaneous interactions to provide virtual attendees a "Bellinghamster" experience.

workadventure.lfnw.org/@/LFNW/

workadventure.lfnw.org

WorkAdventure

Organize your online event in WorkAdventure to recreate spontaneous social interactions. Connect, collaborate and have fun with your teammates and attendees.

@stopossmandate@mastodon.social
@tomgag@infosec.exchange

BREAKING! Meshcore team splits over dispute over AI-generated code disclosure, and hostile trademark takeover.

Meshcore is an off-grid, decentralised mesh radio platform powered by low-cost and public access LoRa radio technology for reliable, long-range emergency text and embedded sensors communication. It can communicate across kilometres — no towers, no subscriptions, no single point of failure.

blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/th

blog.meshcore.io

Meshcore.io - Why The Split? - MeshCore Blog

Migrating to the new meshcore.io site

@lfnw@subdued.social

For those that might not be attending LFNW 2026 in person - guess what!? You can still attend virtually thanks to our sponsor WorkAdventure!!!

WorkAdventure is an online platform that provides a hybrid presence, virtual avatar, video chat, and spontaneous interactions to provide virtual attendees a "Bellinghamster" experience.

workadventure.lfnw.org/@/LFNW/

workadventure.lfnw.org

WorkAdventure

Organize your online event in WorkAdventure to recreate spontaneous social interactions. Connect, collaborate and have fun with your teammates and attendees.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Mozilla’s MZLA announced Thunderbolt, a self-hostable open source AI client for running models locally and avoiding third-party data processing. ⚡
It supports multiple platforms and providers but ships with telemetry enabled by default, raising transparency and user control concerns. 🔐

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/thunderbolt-l

itsfoss.com

Thunderbolt Wants to Do for AI Clients What Thunderbird Did for Email

This self-hostable enterprise AI client lets you bring your own models and keep your data off third-party servers.

@Coho@mastodon.social

New update!

This one is mainly small bug fixes, BUT we did manage to squeeze in an update to how threads display in the timeline. Its a little different from how other clients show threads so let us know what you think!

Try it today at coho.place

@xabd@mastodon.social

Twenty is a modern, open-source CRM built as an alternative to tools like Salesforce.

It offers customizable workflows, kanban and table views, automation, and a clean UI inspired by Notion/Airtable.

Self-host it and keep full control over your data without the usual CRM bloat.

👉 github.com/twentyhq/twenty
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce

Screenshot of the Twenty CRM homepage with a dark-themed interface. At the top is the Twenty logo and the headline “The #1 Open-Source CRM.” Below are navigation links including Website, Documentation, Roadmap, Discord, and Figma. The lower section shows a preview of the CRM dashboard with a table-style interface displaying companies, contacts, and data fields, along with floating icons of popular tools like Notion, GitHub, Slack, LinkedIn, Google, and Stripe, highlighting integrations.
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Screenshot of the Twenty CRM homepage with a dark-themed interface. At the top is the Twenty logo and the headline “The #1 Open-Source CRM.” Below are navigation links including Website, Documentation, Roadmap, Discord, and Figma. The lower section shows a preview of the CRM dashboard with a table-style interface displaying companies, contacts, and data fields, along with floating icons of popular tools like Notion, GitHub, Slack, LinkedIn, Google, and Stripe, highlighting integrations.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Mozilla’s MZLA announced Thunderbolt, a self-hostable open source AI client for running models locally and avoiding third-party data processing. ⚡
It supports multiple platforms and providers but ships with telemetry enabled by default, raising transparency and user control concerns. 🔐

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/thunderbolt-l

itsfoss.com

Thunderbolt Wants to Do for AI Clients What Thunderbird Did for Email

This self-hostable enterprise AI client lets you bring your own models and keep your data off third-party servers.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

System76 founder Carl Richell says Colorado’s SB26-051 may be amended to exempt open source software, including OSs, repos, and containers. 🏛️
The change follows advocacy, but wider state and federal proposals still risk verification rules that could limit open access and user control. 🔐

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/colorado-age-

itsfoss.com

A Linux Hardware Maker is Convincing Colorado to Leave Open Source Alone

After months of advocacy, Colorado's age verification bill is set for an amendment to exclude open source.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

System76 founder Carl Richell says Colorado’s SB26-051 may be amended to exempt open source software, including OSs, repos, and containers. 🏛️
The change follows advocacy, but wider state and federal proposals still risk verification rules that could limit open access and user control. 🔐

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/colorado-age-

itsfoss.com

A Linux Hardware Maker is Convincing Colorado to Leave Open Source Alone

After months of advocacy, Colorado's age verification bill is set for an amendment to exclude open source.

@micr0@wetdry.world

hi peeps <3 Running a small fundraiser to keep altbot and fuzzies.wtf alive and healthy!

my server storage hit 100% full and took down basically everything. i got it fixed, but it's clear i need more drives before it happens again.

altbot is free, open source, and runs 24/7 generating alt text for anyone on the fediverse who needs it. it's real accessibility infrastructure and i want to keep free.

goal is $500 for a set of used (and tested for good health) enterprise drives off ebay. every little bit helps get there!

ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=0

@Coho@mastodon.social

New update!

This one is mainly small bug fixes, BUT we did manage to squeeze in an update to how threads display in the timeline. Its a little different from how other clients show threads so let us know what you think!

Try it today at coho.place

@mfeilner@mastodon.social

Are you an or expert, company or NGO in ? We'll be traveling from France-Comte to Bretagne this week, would you like to meet? We are flexible and open and still have some appointment slots free...

Looking forward to meeting you!

@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Looking for a way to get started with open source?

Collabora Online Easy Hacks are designed for exactly that — small, approachable issues to help you make your first contribution.

☑️ Find an issue, explore the code, and send your first pull request.

The community is here to support you every step of the way. 💜

🔗 Get started today: collaboraonline.github.io/post

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

Did Palantir say the quiet bit out loud?

Maybe not when clue's in the name that they're the bad guys trying to spy on everyone.

But still, erm, bold to set out their sinister megalomania in a 22-point manifesto.

They make the case for ditching Big Tech in favour of UK Digital Sovereignty for us tbh.

cybernews.com/editorial/palant

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group

Palantir's manifesto shows they should have no place in the UK's digital systems.

The government needs to completely break our dependency on US tech companies, so our national security isn't exposed to foreign interference.

Let’s invest in open source, not Trumpian tech bros.

Sign our petition ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions

you.38degrees.org.uk

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

Did Palantir say the quiet bit out loud?

Maybe not when clue's in the name that they're the bad guys trying to spy on everyone.

But still, erm, bold to set out their sinister megalomania in a 22-point manifesto.

They make the case for ditching Big Tech in favour of UK Digital Sovereignty for us tbh.

cybernews.com/editorial/palant

@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Looking for a way to get started with open source?

Collabora Online Easy Hacks are designed for exactly that — small, approachable issues to help you make your first contribution.

☑️ Find an issue, explore the code, and send your first pull request.

The community is here to support you every step of the way. 💜

🔗 Get started today: collaboraonline.github.io/post

@micr0@wetdry.world

hi peeps <3 Running a small fundraiser to keep altbot and fuzzies.wtf alive and healthy!

my server storage hit 100% full and took down basically everything. i got it fixed, but it's clear i need more drives before it happens again.

altbot is free, open source, and runs 24/7 generating alt text for anyone on the fediverse who needs it. it's real accessibility infrastructure and i want to keep free.

goal is $500 for a set of used (and tested for good health) enterprise drives off ebay. every little bit helps get there!

ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=0

@carmenlisandrette@mastodon.social

I thought I might just ask; fedi's as good a place to ask as any other.

Are there grants for and *activism* -- not software projects -- open to individuals not in the US or the EU?

I have big dreams of starting a project I really intended to be the go-to place for 11-14 year olds who're interested in free software activism, but I need financial resources to make it happen.

My budget, at most, is 55,000 EUR p.a., maybe a little more for the first year.

@carmenlisandrette@mastodon.social

I thought I might just ask; fedi's as good a place to ask as any other.

Are there grants for and *activism* -- not software projects -- open to individuals not in the US or the EU?

I have big dreams of starting a project I really intended to be the go-to place for 11-14 year olds who're interested in free software activism, but I need financial resources to make it happen.

My budget, at most, is 55,000 EUR p.a., maybe a little more for the first year.

@carmenlisandrette@mastodon.social

I thought I might just ask; fedi's as good a place to ask as any other.

Are there grants for and *activism* -- not software projects -- open to individuals not in the US or the EU?

I have big dreams of starting a project I really intended to be the go-to place for 11-14 year olds who're interested in free software activism, but I need financial resources to make it happen.

My budget, at most, is 55,000 EUR p.a., maybe a little more for the first year.

@carmenlisandrette@mastodon.social

I thought I might just ask; fedi's as good a place to ask as any other.

Are there grants for and *activism* -- not software projects -- open to individuals not in the US or the EU?

I have big dreams of starting a project I really intended to be the go-to place for 11-14 year olds who're interested in free software activism, but I need financial resources to make it happen.

My budget, at most, is 55,000 EUR p.a., maybe a little more for the first year.

@OSBA@social.osb-alliance.de · Reply to OSB Alliance :verified:

➡️ die laufende Konsultation des ZenDiS zu Souveränitätskriterien und wie Unternehmen zukünftig ihre Konformität mit dem Deutschland-Stack werden nachweisen können

➡️ strategische Beschaffung und das Vergabebeschleunigungsgesetz, das diese Woche im Bundestag verhandelt wird

➡️ der Staat als Ankerkunde und die Frage, wie im Rahmen der Lieferkette lokale Wertschöpfung entstehen kann.

@OSBA@social.osb-alliance.de

Die Abgeordneten Henri Schmidt und Ralph Brinkhaus haben heute zu einer Fachdiskussion im Bundestag zum Deutschland-Stack geladen.

Etliche unserer Mitglieder waren vor Ort und erklärten die Bereitschaft der Open-Source-Branche, ihren Teil zum Gelingen des Deutschland-Stacks beizutragen. 💬

Vor einer Fotowand der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion stehen insgesamt 13 Personen und lächeln in die Kamera. In der Mitte der Gruppe steht der Bundestagsabgeordnete Henri Schmidt.
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Vor einer Fotowand der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion stehen insgesamt 13 Personen und lächeln in die Kamera. In der Mitte der Gruppe steht der Bundestagsabgeordnete Henri Schmidt.

@emue@mastodon.design

Je découvre Graphite, un logiciel d'édition graphique ambitieux, sous licence Apache qui est aujourd'hui en alpha. Une app Linux est annoncée.

Des personnes ici ont testé ou en savent plus ?

Je vais suivre l'évolution de près : j'ai un peu peur de l'évolution d'Affinity depuis son rachat par Canva, et peut-être qu'une app Linux m'aidera à franchir le dernier énorme pas de la dégafamisation de mon activité (Apple).

graphite.art

graphite.art

Free online vector editor & procedural design tool

Open source free software. A vector graphics creativity suite with a clean, intuitive interface. Opens instantly (no signup) and runs locally in a browser. Exports SVG, PNG, JPG.

@emue@mastodon.design

Je découvre Graphite, un logiciel d'édition graphique ambitieux, sous licence Apache qui est aujourd'hui en alpha. Une app Linux est annoncée.

Des personnes ici ont testé ou en savent plus ?

Je vais suivre l'évolution de près : j'ai un peu peur de l'évolution d'Affinity depuis son rachat par Canva, et peut-être qu'une app Linux m'aidera à franchir le dernier énorme pas de la dégafamisation de mon activité (Apple).

graphite.art

graphite.art

Free online vector editor & procedural design tool

Open source free software. A vector graphics creativity suite with a clean, intuitive interface. Opens instantly (no signup) and runs locally in a browser. Exports SVG, PNG, JPG.

@mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social · Reply to NerdNextDoor :Blobhaj:

I'd also like to say something controversial here but with this, I'd say that the very foundations of are actively being destroyed. If something like Git is now somewhat accepting of AI slop, then I'd say we're all fucked and we need to actively start trying to contribute to other projects or even starting new projects.

Maybe I should probably go actually start my idea I had.

https:// codeberg dot org/NerdNextDoor/Onitaru (Not properly linked for a reason)

@mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz

Euro-Office is gaining momentum. 🚀 Discover:

• Security & performance improvements
• Growing community contributions
• New members joining: Open-Xchange & Office.EU

Up next: Public roadmap and full ODF support!

See in action and join the movement!👇
nextcloud.com/blog/euro-office

nextcloud.com

Euro-Office: building momentum - Nextcloud

We share the Euro-Office roadmap, focusing on security, performance, and ODF support. New members join the coalition as the open source office suite gains traction.

🚀 FediSuite v1.2.0 → v1.2.2 released!

Three releases in three days — here's what's new:

Automatic thread splitting (v1.2.0)
Long posts are now split into thread segments live in the composer — at paragraph, sentence, or word boundaries. Full preview included.

Notifications area (v1.2.0)
A dedicated sidebar section for notifications. Supported Fediverse accounts can now load their notifications directly inside FediSuite — no more jumping back to each individual instance.

Full Vernissage support (v1.2.2)
Vernissage is now a first-class platform in FediSuite: account connection, composer rules, photo uploads, publishing, historical import, post-stat refresh, and notifications — all covered. OAuth2 with a dedicated dynamic client registration flow.

Plus a range of bug fixes around thread management, the edit modal, Misskey visibility handling, and notification edge cases.

👉 Website: fedisuite.com

fedisuite.com

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform

FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Vernissage, PeerTube, Misskey, and more. Schedule posts, split long posts into threads, manage notifications, and self-host with Docker.

@heiseonline@social.heise.de

🚀 FediSuite v1.2.0 → v1.2.2 ist da!

Drei Releases in drei Tagen – hier die wichtigsten Neuerungen:

Automatisches Thread-Splitting (v1.2.0)
Lange Posts werden jetzt direkt im Composer live in Thread-Segmente aufgeteilt – an Absatz-, Satz- oder Wortgrenzen. Vorschau inklusive.

Notifications-Bereich (v1.2.0)
Eigener Sidebar-Eintrag für Benachrichtigungen. Unterstützte Fediverse-Accounts können ihre Notifications jetzt direkt in FediSuite laden – kein Wechsel mehr zur jeweiligen Instanz nötig.

Vollständige Vernissage-Unterstützung (v1.2.2)
Vernissage ist jetzt eine vollwertige Plattform in FediSuite: Account-Verbindung, Composer, Foto-Upload, Publishing, historischer Import, Post-Statistiken und Notifications – alles dabei. OAuth2 mit eigenem Client-Registration-Flow.

Dazu zahlreiche Bugfixes rund um Thread-Verwaltung, Edit-Modal, Misskey-Sichtbarkeiten und Notification-Handling.

👉 Webseite: fedisuite.com

fedisuite.com

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform

FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Vernissage, PeerTube, Misskey, and more. Schedule posts, split long posts into threads, manage notifications, and self-host with Docker.

@foss_events@fosstodon.org

Wishing everyone a great time at Libre Graphics Meeting by Strong Type Systems GmbH, a event starting today in Zollhof in , and on the Internet

Find out more on
foss.events/2026/04-22-libre-g

Follow the official account: @lgm

Connect via official hashtag(s):

foss.events

Libre Graphics Meeting on // foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about Libre Graphics Meeting on // foss.events

@foss_events@fosstodon.org

Wishing everyone a great time at Libre Graphics Meeting by Strong Type Systems GmbH, a event starting today in Zollhof in , and on the Internet

Find out more on
foss.events/2026/04-22-libre-g

Follow the official account: @lgm

Connect via official hashtag(s):

foss.events

Libre Graphics Meeting on // foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about Libre Graphics Meeting on // foss.events

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social

🚀 FediSuite v1.2.0 → v1.2.2 ist da!

Drei Releases in drei Tagen – hier die wichtigsten Neuerungen:

Automatisches Thread-Splitting (v1.2.0)
Lange Posts werden jetzt direkt im Composer live in Thread-Segmente aufgeteilt – an Absatz-, Satz- oder Wortgrenzen. Vorschau inklusive.

Notifications-Bereich (v1.2.0)
Eigener Sidebar-Eintrag für Benachrichtigungen. Unterstützte Fediverse-Accounts können ihre Notifications jetzt direkt in FediSuite laden – kein Wechsel mehr zur jeweiligen Instanz nötig.

Vollständige Vernissage-Unterstützung (v1.2.2)
Vernissage ist jetzt eine vollwertige Plattform in FediSuite: Account-Verbindung, Composer, Foto-Upload, Publishing, historischer Import, Post-Statistiken und Notifications – alles dabei. OAuth2 mit eigenem Client-Registration-Flow.

Dazu zahlreiche Bugfixes rund um Thread-Verwaltung, Edit-Modal, Misskey-Sichtbarkeiten und Notification-Handling.

👉 Webseite: fedisuite.com

fedisuite.com

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform

FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Vernissage, PeerTube, Misskey, and more. Schedule posts, split long posts into threads, manage notifications, and self-host with Docker.

🚀 FediSuite v1.2.0 → v1.2.2 released!

Three releases in three days — here's what's new:

Automatic thread splitting (v1.2.0)
Long posts are now split into thread segments live in the composer — at paragraph, sentence, or word boundaries. Full preview included.

Notifications area (v1.2.0)
A dedicated sidebar section for notifications. Supported Fediverse accounts can now load their notifications directly inside FediSuite — no more jumping back to each individual instance.

Full Vernissage support (v1.2.2)
Vernissage is now a first-class platform in FediSuite: account connection, composer rules, photo uploads, publishing, historical import, post-stat refresh, and notifications — all covered. OAuth2 with a dedicated dynamic client registration flow.

Plus a range of bug fixes around thread management, the edit modal, Misskey visibility handling, and notification edge cases.

👉 Website: fedisuite.com

fedisuite.com

FediSuite: Open Source Fediverse Social Media Management Platform

FediSuite is an open source Fediverse social media management platform for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Vernissage, PeerTube, Misskey, and more. Schedule posts, split long posts into threads, manage notifications, and self-host with Docker.

@linuxnews@social.anoxinon.de
@micr0@wetdry.world

hi peeps <3 Running a small fundraiser to keep altbot and fuzzies.wtf alive and healthy!

my server storage hit 100% full and took down basically everything. i got it fixed, but it's clear i need more drives before it happens again.

altbot is free, open source, and runs 24/7 generating alt text for anyone on the fediverse who needs it. it's real accessibility infrastructure and i want to keep free.

goal is $500 for a set of used (and tested for good health) enterprise drives off ebay. every little bit helps get there!

ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=0

@micr0@wetdry.world

hi peeps <3 Running a small fundraiser to keep altbot and fuzzies.wtf alive and healthy!

my server storage hit 100% full and took down basically everything. i got it fixed, but it's clear i need more drives before it happens again.

altbot is free, open source, and runs 24/7 generating alt text for anyone on the fediverse who needs it. it's real accessibility infrastructure and i want to keep free.

goal is $500 for a set of used (and tested for good health) enterprise drives off ebay. every little bit helps get there!

ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=0

@micr0@wetdry.world

hi peeps <3 Running a small fundraiser to keep altbot and fuzzies.wtf alive and healthy!

my server storage hit 100% full and took down basically everything. i got it fixed, but it's clear i need more drives before it happens again.

altbot is free, open source, and runs 24/7 generating alt text for anyone on the fediverse who needs it. it's real accessibility infrastructure and i want to keep free.

goal is $500 for a set of used (and tested for good health) enterprise drives off ebay. every little bit helps get there!

ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=0

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@volla@mastodon.social

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.

The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

uattest.net/

uattest.net

Unified Attestation

Unified Attestation is a free, open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity with offline verification and simple app + server integration.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@fedora@fosstodon.org

What does bootc look like when it's actually running in production, not just in a lab? James Harmison joins the Fedora Podcast to talk about building custom bootc images across wildly different contexts: NVIDIA drivers, AGX Orin hardware with custom kernel RPMs, replacing RHCOS images in OpenShift, and even a stripped-down SteamOS-style couch gaming rig.

➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=6_ZzEIvNySc

youtube.com

BootC in the Wild | Fedora Podcast 054

What does bootc look like when it's actually running in production, not just in a lab? James Harmison joins the Fedora Podcast to talk about building custom ...

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Germany isn’t just talking about digital sovereignty, it’s building it.

☑️ 80,000+ users in a pilot
☑️ 8 vendors, one platform
☑️ Federal rollout planned for 2027

In this episode of the Open Matters Podcast, Richard Brock is joined by Victor Moster (@zendis) and Thorsten Behrens (Collabora Productivity) to explore what it really takes to build a sovereign digital workplace with open source.

🔗 Listen now: youtu.be/X73ivjib5QA

@jzb@hachyderm.io

I wonder if anyone I know could recommend a reliable, open source tool for posting either from an RSS feed or some other automated fashion to Mastodon, Bluesky, and any other relevant social networks...

Basically, a Hootsuite or something but open source and *preferably* not a project that has jumped on the AI bandwagon.

Please boost for reach if you would. Thanks!

@jzb@hachyderm.io

I wonder if anyone I know could recommend a reliable, open source tool for posting either from an RSS feed or some other automated fashion to Mastodon, Bluesky, and any other relevant social networks...

Basically, a Hootsuite or something but open source and *preferably* not a project that has jumped on the AI bandwagon.

Please boost for reach if you would. Thanks!

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Some historical documents from 2009 for ... A high-res render and some detail crops of the award-winning generative typography & branding system/application I designed & developed for the DECODE exhibition at Victoria & Albert Museum London (one of the largest group shows the V&A had organized and curated in a few decades, and which later traveled to other museums worldwide)...

The entire identity system & application was/is open source (a world's first back then) and was created with my toxiclibs toolkit (3D geometry, meshing, voxel-based volumetric modeling, animation) and Processing (GUI). Rendering using Christopher Kulla's Sunflow.

More project information:
web.archive.org/web/2010030309

User guide (also explaining the structure of the 3D object):
web.archive.org/web/2010021301

Mirror of the old repo:
github.com/postspectacular/vam

Flickr set (120+ images):
flickr.com/photos/toxi/albums/

Close up detail crop of the abstract 3D render in the first image.
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Close up detail crop of the abstract 3D render in the first image.

Close up detail crop of the abstract 3D render in the first image.
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Close up detail crop of the abstract 3D render in the first image.

3D render of a highly abstracted, faceted and distorted object, actually the first three letters of the word DECODE. The object has a mirrored surface reflecting a chaotic and scattered arrangement of multi-colored objects behind the camera. Plain light gray background.
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3D render of a highly abstracted, faceted and distorted object, actually the first three letters of the word DECODE. The object has a mirrored surface reflecting a chaotic and scattered arrangement of multi-colored objects behind the camera. Plain light gray background.

Close up detail crop of the abstract 3D render in the first image.
ALT text

Close up detail crop of the abstract 3D render in the first image.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Germany isn’t just talking about digital sovereignty, it’s building it.

☑️ 80,000+ users in a pilot
☑️ 8 vendors, one platform
☑️ Federal rollout planned for 2027

In this episode of the Open Matters Podcast, Richard Brock is joined by Victor Moster (@zendis) and Thorsten Behrens (Collabora Productivity) to explore what it really takes to build a sovereign digital workplace with open source.

🔗 Listen now: youtu.be/X73ivjib5QA

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group
@alan@lighthouse.co.im · Reply to al
@alan@lighthouse.co.im · Reply to al
@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open

docs.proton.me

Proton Docs

Edit documents in real time, fully end-to-end encrypted.

@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open

docs.proton.me

Proton Docs

Edit documents in real time, fully end-to-end encrypted.

@louis@social.ikacode.com

J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter en tant qu'ambassadeur @penpot France à notre premier Meetup qui aura lieu à Paris le 7 Mai à 18h30 dans les bureaux de Sanofi Accelerator!

Ne manquez pas cet événement pour échanger et rencontrer la communauté Penpot francophone!

Réservez vite votre place (c'est gratuit !) : app.hi.events/event/7313/meetu

Vous pouvez aussi booster ce post pour l'aider à gagner en visibilité ☺️🙏

Programme de la soirée disponible ci-dessous ⬇️

Annonce Meetup France de Penpot Ambassador, à Paris à Sanofi Accelerator, 43-47 avenue de la Grande Armée, 75016 Paris, le 7 Mai à 2026 à 18h30. Le visuel a un fond vilet foncé, une illustration de poingée de mains, et les logos de Penpot et Accelerator by Sanofi.
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Annonce Meetup France de Penpot Ambassador, à Paris à Sanofi Accelerator, 43-47 avenue de la Grande Armée, 75016 Paris, le 7 Mai à 2026 à 18h30. Le visuel a un fond vilet foncé, une illustration de poingée de mains, et les logos de Penpot et Accelerator by Sanofi.

@nicolasvivant@colter.social

Mauvaise nouvelle. Cal.com ferme le code de son application de planification de rendez-vous. Son créateur a publié le code communautaire en version MIT sur cal.diy et a fermé la version SaaS (et pro).

Heureusement, Olivier Lambert (Vates) bosse sur cal.rs.

cal.rs

Cal.rs — Self-hostable scheduling in Rust

Connect your CalDAV calendar, define bookable meetings, share a link. No Node.js, no PostgreSQL, no subscription.

@louis@social.ikacode.com

J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter en tant qu'ambassadeur @penpot France à notre premier Meetup qui aura lieu à Paris le 7 Mai à 18h30 dans les bureaux de Sanofi Accelerator!

Ne manquez pas cet événement pour échanger et rencontrer la communauté Penpot francophone!

Réservez vite votre place (c'est gratuit !) : app.hi.events/event/7313/meetu

Vous pouvez aussi booster ce post pour l'aider à gagner en visibilité ☺️🙏

Programme de la soirée disponible ci-dessous ⬇️

Annonce Meetup France de Penpot Ambassador, à Paris à Sanofi Accelerator, 43-47 avenue de la Grande Armée, 75016 Paris, le 7 Mai à 2026 à 18h30. Le visuel a un fond vilet foncé, une illustration de poingée de mains, et les logos de Penpot et Accelerator by Sanofi.
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Annonce Meetup France de Penpot Ambassador, à Paris à Sanofi Accelerator, 43-47 avenue de la Grande Armée, 75016 Paris, le 7 Mai à 2026 à 18h30. Le visuel a un fond vilet foncé, une illustration de poingée de mains, et les logos de Penpot et Accelerator by Sanofi.

@tokiel@digitalcourage.social · Reply to ZDF Magazin Royale :verified:

@zdfmagazin Liebes @ZDF, tolle Inhalte, aber warum zwingt ihr uns, mit unseren Beitragsgeldern exklusiv den Google-Algorithmus zu füttern? Zeit für echte digitale Souveränität! YouTube wegen der Reichweite meinetwegen weiterlaufen lassen – aber ein Parallel-Upload auf freie Alternativen muss Standard werden. 💡 Beste EU-Alternative: (Datenschutz, dezentral, Open Source). Für Live-Sachen bietet sich an. Baut eine eigene Instanz auf! Öffentlich-rechtliche Inhalte gehören ins Fediverse. ✊📺

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

More and more governments are waking up to the need for Digital Sovereignty.

Being on the hook to US tech companies is a critical weakness in the UK's digital infrastructure. We get locked-in and dependent on products that can be used as political leverage.

The UK must urgently follow the EU's lead.

theregister.com/2026/04/13/dig

theregister.com

Digital sovereignty isn't just a buzzword – it's the future

Opinion: Linux Foundation Europe boss predicts EU will run as fast as it can from US tech companies

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@jbz@indieweb.social

😔 Free Software Foundation Says OnlyOffice Cannot Use AGPL to Restrict Forks

「 The organization argues that ONLYOFFICE’s requirement that distributors retain the original product logo constitutes an additional restriction that recipients are entitled to remove. 」

linuxiac.com/fsf-says-onlyoffi

linuxiac.com

Free Software Foundation Says OnlyOffice Cannot Use AGPL to Restrict Forks

The Free Software Foundation says OnlyOffice cannot use AGPLv3 to impose extra restrictions on forks, escalating the Euro-Office licensing dispute.

@clickhere@mastodon.ie · Reply to Nicoleta

@mehanix Welcome to Mastidon, Nicoleta! 👋🏼

I hope you settle in well here, and find lots of interesting people. I'm afraid I'm at the opposite end of the continent, here in Dublin - however, one good tip to know about Mastodon is that hashtags are really important for finding people and topics.

For example -

You can then either browse posts, or you have the option to 'follow' the hashtag ao posts appear in your timeline.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

The UK's love affair with Big Tech is toxic.

A small number of companies have captured the market for the UK’s critical infrastructure from the NHS to defence.

From this position, they’ve influenced policies that entrench the UK’s dependency.

It's time to course correct with Digital Sovereignty.

Read more ⬇️

theregister.com/2026/04/15/uk_

theregister.com

UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk

: Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed

@jbz@indieweb.social

😔 Free Software Foundation Says OnlyOffice Cannot Use AGPL to Restrict Forks

「 The organization argues that ONLYOFFICE’s requirement that distributors retain the original product logo constitutes an additional restriction that recipients are entitled to remove. 」

linuxiac.com/fsf-says-onlyoffi

linuxiac.com

Free Software Foundation Says OnlyOffice Cannot Use AGPL to Restrict Forks

The Free Software Foundation says OnlyOffice cannot use AGPLv3 to impose extra restrictions on forks, escalating the Euro-Office licensing dispute.

@mikaeru@mastodon.social

While implementing a file drag-and-drop feature in one of my Electron-based apps, I fortuitously found an issue in the Electron framework which I believe could be a major security hole... Fortunately, this was not too difficult to fix, but I still don't understand why this has been overlooked so far...

All applications have been corrected and can be downloaded from my Codeberg repository:
🔗 codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/

List of open-source desktop applications from the Codeberg repository:
https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/
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List of open-source desktop applications from the Codeberg repository: https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/

@mikaeru@mastodon.social

While implementing a file drag-and-drop feature in one of my Electron-based apps, I fortuitously found an issue in the Electron framework which I believe could be a major security hole... Fortunately, this was not too difficult to fix, but I still don't understand why this has been overlooked so far...

All applications have been corrected and can be downloaded from my Codeberg repository:
🔗 codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/

List of open-source desktop applications from the Codeberg repository:
https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/
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List of open-source desktop applications from the Codeberg repository: https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/

@jaypatelani@bsd.network

NetBSD turns 33 this Sunday! 🚩

To celebrate 33 years of clean code, portability, and zero bloat, Challenging the rest of the fediverse to help hit this year's funding goals.

Also do drop a screenshot of your uptime, uname -a, or a pic of the weirdest hardware you've got running NetBSD right now. (RockPro64 NPF routers or Pi's hooked up to retro CRTs highly encouraged).

Throw some money at the developers keeping the real UNIX alive:

netbsd.org/donations/

netbsd.org

Donations to The NetBSD Foundation

@fediway@fediway.com

over 100 follower already! thank you all. The testing of the open beta is running well! there are some easier fixable bugs, and some which are a bit more complex. we are on it to give you an even better experience. if you know people who should try fediway share our idea!

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

The UK's love affair with Big Tech is toxic.

A small number of companies have captured the market for the UK’s critical infrastructure from the NHS to defence.

From this position, they’ve influenced policies that entrench the UK’s dependency.

It's time to course correct with Digital Sovereignty.

Read more ⬇️

theregister.com/2026/04/15/uk_

theregister.com

UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk

: Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposed

@mfeilner@mastodon.social

Are you an or expert, company or NGO in ? We'll be traveling from France-Comte to Bretagne this week, would you like to meet? We are flexible and open and still have some appointment slots free...

Looking forward to meeting you!

@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @BjornW@mastodon.social

publicspaces.net

Lives in The Netherlands, EU. Works as self-employed tech consultant & software developer. Likes to tinker & has way too many interests 😊

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 20/04/26 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@BjornW@mastodon.social

@BjornW@mastodon.social - Lives in The Netherlands, EU. Works as self-employed tech consultant & software developer. Likes to tinker & has way too many interests :) 

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@floeff@mastodon.social

blog.documentfoundation.org

The Foundation Is Strong: What TDF Is, Why It Matters, and Where It Is Going - TDF Community Blog

The Document Foundation was created in 2010 with a single, non-negotiable premise: that a free, fully-featured office suite, built on open standards and governed in the public interest, is infrastructure for democracy. Not a product. Not a market position. Infrastructure, the kind that belongs to everyone and can be taken from no one. Sixteen years later, that premise is under pressure. And it is worth stating clearly, on the record, what TDF is, what it has done, what it is doing, and why the decisions it has made – including the difficult ones – follow directly from the founding commitment rather than betraying it. What a Foundation Is For Our foundation, like many others, exists to hold something in trust. Not for its current contributors, not for its most prolific developers and not for the companies that build products on top of its work, but for the public, across time. That is not a bureaucratic abstraction. It is a legal and ethical obligation that governs every decision the Board of Directors makes. In Germany, where TDF is registered, such obligations are enforced by law. A gemeinnützige Stiftung – a foundation with charitable status – operates under strict rules designed to

@floeff@mastodon.social

blog.documentfoundation.org

The Foundation Is Strong: What TDF Is, Why It Matters, and Where It Is Going - TDF Community Blog

The Document Foundation was created in 2010 with a single, non-negotiable premise: that a free, fully-featured office suite, built on open standards and governed in the public interest, is infrastructure for democracy. Not a product. Not a market position. Infrastructure, the kind that belongs to everyone and can be taken from no one. Sixteen years later, that premise is under pressure. And it is worth stating clearly, on the record, what TDF is, what it has done, what it is doing, and why the decisions it has made – including the difficult ones – follow directly from the founding commitment rather than betraying it. What a Foundation Is For Our foundation, like many others, exists to hold something in trust. Not for its current contributors, not for its most prolific developers and not for the companies that build products on top of its work, but for the public, across time. That is not a bureaucratic abstraction. It is a legal and ethical obligation that governs every decision the Board of Directors makes. In Germany, where TDF is registered, such obligations are enforced by law. A gemeinnützige Stiftung – a foundation with charitable status – operates under strict rules designed to

@Gina@fosstodon.org · Reply to Gina

I'm still conflicted on the app. Aside from the technical issues and Google dependency, I'm not a fan of the surveillance creep this introduces. But also, being childfree, I'm not exactly an expert on what kids need to be protected from.

I do see that the EU is trying to build the "least bad" option, and zero knowledge proof etc, but "which country you live in will shape how much of the privacy promise actually survives implementation" sounds *slightly* worrying.

@Gina@fosstodon.org

What is interesting about the whole EU age verification app is that it sort of moves towards the original concept of Solid pods; aka you storing your own little data vaults instead of the services that use your data.

"The app lets you prove you are above a given age threshold without handing the requesting platform your name, document number, birth date, or anything else."

doriandiaconu.substack.com/p/e

substack.com

EU's age verification app: Zero-Knowledge, Plenty of Questions

The EU’s age verification app is here. The intentions are good. The foundations are shakier than the press conference suggested

@cosmoscalibur@col.social · Reply to Edward :mastocol:
@cosmoscalibur@col.social
@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber

@cwebber

Re: “polluting”, my reply is: fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn/11642 (elsewhere in thread).

Re: “copyleft-only ”: I didn't propose that. I proposed copylefting the human-modified output of LLMs.

Re: “two scenarios”: IMO you propose a false dichotomy.

I hope you come to one of 's public sessions on this, as I'd be glad to talk more about it, & this discussion doesn't lend itself to online debate because it's so complex.

cc: @ossguy @richardfontana
@jedbrown

fedi.copyleft.org

Bradley M. Kühn (@bkuhn@copyleft.org)

@cwebber@social.coop I agree with @ossguy in particular because if *we* are copylefting our code (even if assisted by #LLM-backed gen-#AI), we won't face a copyleft claim later. Furthermore, it is highly unlikely these LLMs are (a) trained on proprietary software, and (b) any proprietary software company that so-trained would later claim infringement. #Microsoft has all but admitted they refuse to train Copilot on their own code anyway. Cc: @LordCaramac@discordian.social @richardfontana@mastodon.social

@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Denver Gingerich

@cwebber

I agree with @ossguy in particular because if *we* are copylefting our code (even if assisted by -backed gen-), we won't face a copyleft claim later.

Furthermore, it is highly unlikely these LLMs are (a) trained on proprietary software, and (b) any proprietary software company that so-trained would later claim infringement.

has all but admitted they refuse to train Copilot on their own code anyway.

Cc: @LordCaramac @richardfontana

@jaypatelani@bsd.network

NetBSD turns 33 this Sunday! 🚩

To celebrate 33 years of clean code, portability, and zero bloat, Challenging the rest of the fediverse to help hit this year's funding goals.

Also do drop a screenshot of your uptime, uname -a, or a pic of the weirdest hardware you've got running NetBSD right now. (RockPro64 NPF routers or Pi's hooked up to retro CRTs highly encouraged).

Throw some money at the developers keeping the real UNIX alive:

netbsd.org/donations/

netbsd.org

Donations to The NetBSD Foundation

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Time for this week's and News video, which includes Germany's plan to move to Open Source software, more Age Verification crap piling up, as well as the Kernel 7.0 and its new policy to accept A.I. contributions, and a lot more !

youtube.com/watch?v=IkAld223VYI

youtube.com

Germany's moving to Open Source, Age verification gets worse - Linux weekly News

Take a look at TuxCare's Endless Lifecycle Support Solution: https://tuxcare.com/endless-lifecycle-support/alpine-linux-eol-support/?utm_source=youtube&utm_m...

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

🚀 — Just pushed the new version of thi.ng/hiccup-carbon-icons (now a much larger collection of 2200+ icons, mentioned yesterday[1]) and some other smaller updates/additions to other packages...

This is the last release before switching all packages to the recently released TypeScript 6.0, support for which will likely require some restructuring & refactoring and hopefully will be less painful than it might look so far (I'm also waiting for some dependencies to update their TS type definitions, which are currently breaking, e.g. github.com/serialport/node-ser, used for thi.ng/axidraw)

I also added some new async operators for thi.ng/transducers-async to simplify some stream processing tasks (e.g. collecting and/or consuming stdout/stderr of a child process by rechunking the stream for line-based processing), for example:

```
import { rechunk } from "@thi.ng/transducers-async";
import { spawn } from "child_process";

// launch child process
const child = spawn("ls", ["-l"]);

// split child's stdout into single lines
for await(let line of rechunk(/\r?\n/g, child.stdout)) {
console.log("output", line);
}
```

[1] mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11642201

mastodon.thi.ng

Karsten Schmidt (@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng)

Attached: 1 image It's been 4.5 years since I last updated the https://thi.ng/hiccup-carbon-icons collection and synced it with the upstream repo, i.e. IBM's Carbon design system. Spent a few hours today updating the icons to the current version, filtering out a hundred unnecessary ones (e.g. obsolete brand logos, IBM product/service related icons etc.) and updated the converter & code generator[1] to produce more concise outputs, then manually cleaned up the structure for dozens of them (in addition to optimizing/minimizing the SVG sources via the `svgo` CLI). The new set has exactly 2222 icons in https://thi.ng/hiccup format (SVG expressed as nested JS arrays). These icons can be used in any context where https://thi.ng/hiccup format is supported, i.e. both for static HTML/SVG generation and/or interactive scenarios. A contact sheet of the full collection (the attached image only shows a tiny selection of this): https://demo.thi.ng/umbrella/hiccup-carbon-icons/ For tree-shaking purposes each icon is defined in its own source file, e.g. the Mastodon logo can be then imported like so: `import { MASTODON } from "@thi.ng/hiccup-carbon-icons"` Example icon definition: https://codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/src/branch/develop/packages/hiccup-carbon-icons/src/logo-mastodon.ts The new version is still unreleased, but the readme already contains up-to-date information and small usage examples (incl. links to live example projects to see usage in situ). [1] Converter/codegen tool: https://codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/src/branch/develop/packages/hiccup-carbon-icons/tools/convert-icons.ts #ThingUmbrella #UI #Design #SVG #Icons #OpenSource

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

"Every procurement decision that embeds foreign dependency, every compromise of sovereignty in the name of convenience, accumulates into strategic vulnerability."

Lord Tim Clement Jones supports our report to reduce dependency on proprietary vendors and restore public sector control.

With greater investment in , we can balance innovation with resilience, economic opportunity with democratic accountability.

➡️ openrightsgroup.org/press-rele

Quote: "This paper provides both the rigorous analysis and practical roadmap we urgently need. It exposes the true costs of our current dependencies and charts a course toward responsible sovereignty." from Lord Tim Clement Jones, Liberal Democrats.

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Quote: "This paper provides both the rigorous analysis and practical roadmap we urgently need. It exposes the true costs of our current dependencies and charts a course toward responsible sovereignty." from Lord Tim Clement Jones, Liberal Democrats. Background: Abstract series of shapes and checkboard patterns in different colours.

@ubports@mastodon.social
@ubports@mastodon.social
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Time for this week's and News video, which includes Germany's plan to move to Open Source software, more Age Verification crap piling up, as well as the Kernel 7.0 and its new policy to accept A.I. contributions, and a lot more !

youtube.com/watch?v=IkAld223VYI

youtube.com

Germany's moving to Open Source, Age verification gets worse - Linux weekly News

Take a look at TuxCare's Endless Lifecycle Support Solution: https://tuxcare.com/endless-lifecycle-support/alpine-linux-eol-support/?utm_source=youtube&utm_m...

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

"Every procurement decision that embeds foreign dependency, every compromise of sovereignty in the name of convenience, accumulates into strategic vulnerability."

Lord Tim Clement Jones supports our report to reduce dependency on proprietary vendors and restore public sector control.

With greater investment in , we can balance innovation with resilience, economic opportunity with democratic accountability.

➡️ openrightsgroup.org/press-rele

Quote: "This paper provides both the rigorous analysis and practical roadmap we urgently need. It exposes the true costs of our current dependencies and charts a course toward responsible sovereignty." from Lord Tim Clement Jones, Liberal Democrats.

Background: Abstract series of shapes and checkboard patterns in different colours.
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Quote: "This paper provides both the rigorous analysis and practical roadmap we urgently need. It exposes the true costs of our current dependencies and charts a course toward responsible sovereignty." from Lord Tim Clement Jones, Liberal Democrats. Background: Abstract series of shapes and checkboard patterns in different colours.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

It's been 4.5 years since I last updated the thi.ng/hiccup-carbon-icons collection and synced it with the upstream repo, i.e. IBM's Carbon design system. Spent a few hours today updating the icons to the current version, filtering out a hundred unnecessary ones (e.g. obsolete brand logos, IBM product/service related icons etc.) and updated the converter & code generator[1] to produce more concise outputs, then manually cleaned up the structure for dozens of them (in addition to optimizing/minimizing the SVG sources via the `svgo` CLI).

The new set has exactly 2222 icons in thi.ng/hiccup format (SVG expressed as nested JS arrays). These icons can be used in any context where thi.ng/hiccup format is supported, i.e. both for static HTML/SVG generation and/or interactive scenarios.

A contact sheet of the full collection (the attached image only shows a tiny selection of this):
demo.thi.ng/umbrella/hiccup-ca

For tree-shaking purposes each icon is defined in its own source file, e.g. the Mastodon logo can be then imported like so:

`import { MASTODON } from "@thi.ng/hiccup-carbon-icons"`

Example icon definition:
codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/s

The new version is still unreleased, but the readme already contains up-to-date information and small usage examples (incl. links to live example projects to see usage in situ).

[1] Converter/codegen tool: codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/s

Screenshot excerpt of the linked icon contact sheet showing a grid of black icons on light gray background
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Screenshot excerpt of the linked icon contact sheet showing a grid of black icons on light gray background

@everton137@vivaldi.net

I had the opportunity to tell the founders of the Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund) that I'm a big fan of their organization. I firmly believe that other countries should have similar initiatives. In fact, the EU should have one too.

Their recent €600k+ grant to Mastodon is a great example of what public investment in open digital infrastructure can look like. It strengthens the Fediverse, a real alternative to X. As I’ve argued in the campaign: we already have a viable social media alternative to X (1) and what we lack is sustained funding and political commitment. (2)

Thus, if more EU countries invested in improving Mastodon, how quickly could it become Europe’s de facto public square?

While most European politicians still prefer X for their official communication, reducing technical barriers could attract a more diverse audience, including the people our representatives want to reach, like journalists and the general public.

By the way, it's interesting, though not surprising, that the Sovereign Tech Agency has almost four times as many followers on Mastodon as on Bluesky. It would be great to see them highlighting posts and profiles of some awesome open-source projects active on the Fediverse. 😉



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Sovereign Tech Agency - Bluesky Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovereign.tech

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Website: www.sovereign.tech

Stats:
Followers: 1.7K
Following: 59
Posts: 803
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Bluesky Profile (@sovereign.tech) - Alt Text: Sovereign Tech Agency - Bluesky Profile Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency Handle: @sovereign.tech Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure & open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, & other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies. Website: www.sovereign.tech Stats: Followers: 1.7K Following: 59 Posts: 803

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Sovereign Tech Agency - Mastodon Profile

Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency

Handle: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies.

Joined: February 2023

Stats:
Posts: 1,101
Follows: 113
Followers: 6,609
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Mastodon Profile (@sovtechfund@mastodon.social) - Alt Text: Sovereign Tech Agency - Mastodon Profile Display Name: Sovereign Tech Agency Handle: @sovtechfund@mastodon.social Bio: Strengthening digital infrastructure and open source ecosystems in the public interest. Home of the Sovereign Tech Fund, Sovereign Tech Resilience, Sovereign Tech Fellowship, and other programs supporting critical FOSS technologies. Joined: February 2023 Stats: Posts: 1,101 Follows: 113 Followers: 6,609

@nicolasvivant@colter.social

Mauvaise nouvelle. Cal.com ferme le code de son application de planification de rendez-vous. Son créateur a publié le code communautaire en version MIT sur cal.diy et a fermé la version SaaS (et pro).

Heureusement, Olivier Lambert (Vates) bosse sur cal.rs.

cal.rs

Cal.rs — Self-hostable scheduling in Rust

Connect your CalDAV calendar, define bookable meetings, share a link. No Node.js, no PostgreSQL, no subscription.

@hannaB@social.vir.group

Hello Fediverse! It's been a while — about 5 months since I last touched FreeCAD. Today I got an order for medical equipment and updated straight to version 1.1.

Honestly? It feels more powerful and stable. The new feature that shows hole depth visually before cutting? Game changer. Saves so much guesswork.

The photos show titanium trauma plates for orthopedics. Used for bone fixation in severe fractures.

I can't share most of the dev work until patents clear, but here's a glimpse of what's allowed.

Big thanks to the FreeCAD team. You're the only ones doing this not for profit, but for the people.

3d visual titanium model
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3d visual titanium model
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3d visual shema titanium model
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@stopossmandate@mastodon.social
@nextcloud@mastodon.xyz
@piwo@fosstodon.org

📣 Call for Sponsors

Słuchajcie, potrzebujemy pomocy! 🙌 to nie tylko prelekcje i warsztaty, ale też konkretne wydatki organizacyjne. Dlatego szukamy firm, które chciałyby udzielić nam wsparcia finansowego.

💼 Oferujemy pakiety sponsorskie w różnych progach cenowych, w zamian za możliwość reklamy – zarówno na miejscu, jak i online.

👉 Sprawdź: piwo.sh/sponsors

Jeśli znacie firmy, które mogą być zainteresowane – podeślijcie im ten link. Będziemy bardzo wdzięczni!

Grafika zawiera logo i napis „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży nagłówek „CALL FOR SPONSORS” oraz „SZUKAMY SPONSORÓW”, pomarańczowy przycisk „POBIERZ OFERTĘ SPONSORSKĄ NA STRONIE PIWO.SH”, datę „30.05.2026” i lokalizację Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu; po bokach białe rysunkowe maskotki postaci ze świat open source.
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Grafika zawiera logo i napis „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży nagłówek „CALL FOR SPONSORS” oraz „SZUKAMY SPONSORÓW”, pomarańczowy przycisk „POBIERZ OFERTĘ SPONSORSKĄ NA STRONIE PIWO.SH”, datę „30.05.2026” i lokalizację Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu; po bokach białe rysunkowe maskotki postaci ze świat open source.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

📣 Call for Sponsors

Słuchajcie, potrzebujemy pomocy! 🙌 to nie tylko prelekcje i warsztaty, ale też konkretne wydatki organizacyjne. Dlatego szukamy firm, które chciałyby udzielić nam wsparcia finansowego.

💼 Oferujemy pakiety sponsorskie w różnych progach cenowych, w zamian za możliwość reklamy – zarówno na miejscu, jak i online.

👉 Sprawdź: piwo.sh/sponsors

Jeśli znacie firmy, które mogą być zainteresowane – podeślijcie im ten link. Będziemy bardzo wdzięczni!

Grafika zawiera logo i napis „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży nagłówek „CALL FOR SPONSORS” oraz „SZUKAMY SPONSORÓW”, pomarańczowy przycisk „POBIERZ OFERTĘ SPONSORSKĄ NA STRONIE PIWO.SH”, datę „30.05.2026” i lokalizację Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu; po bokach białe rysunkowe maskotki postaci ze świat open source.
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Grafika zawiera logo i napis „Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania”, duży nagłówek „CALL FOR SPONSORS” oraz „SZUKAMY SPONSORÓW”, pomarańczowy przycisk „POBIERZ OFERTĘ SPONSORSKĄ NA STRONIE PIWO.SH”, datę „30.05.2026” i lokalizację Wydział Matematyki i Informatyki UAM w Poznaniu; po bokach białe rysunkowe maskotki postaci ze świat open source.

@nlnetlabs@social.nlnetlabs.nl

In case you’re wondering: while not as extreme as illustrated by ISC (we don’t offer a bug bounty program), NLnet Labs suffers from a similar situation, in particular for Unbound.

Handling vulnerability reports, both valid ones and false positives, has now become a full time job for the entire Unbound team.

You can argue that it ultimately makes our resolver more secure, it also means we cannot work on building and releasing new features, like:

github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/p

github.com

Pull requests · NLnetLabs/unbound

Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. - Pull requests · NLnetLabs/unbound

@nlnetlabs@social.nlnetlabs.nl

In case you’re wondering: while not as extreme as illustrated by ISC (we don’t offer a bug bounty program), NLnet Labs suffers from a similar situation, in particular for Unbound.

Handling vulnerability reports, both valid ones and false positives, has now become a full time job for the entire Unbound team.

You can argue that it ultimately makes our resolver more secure, it also means we cannot work on building and releasing new features, like:

github.com/NLnetLabs/unbound/p

github.com

Pull requests · NLnetLabs/unbound

Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver. - Pull requests · NLnetLabs/unbound

@vlapec@mastodon.social

Most observability tools require sending sensitive logs to their cloud.

We built LogDB to be local-first and end-to-end encrypted. Your raw data stays within your infrastructure by default.

The MVP is live and we're looking for early users. I’d love for a few devs to try it and give us honest feedback: logdb.com

logdb.com

LogDB - Logging Database Platform for Developers

The most powerful logging database platform. Query, analyze, and debug your application logs with ease.

@vlapec@mastodon.social

Most observability tools require sending sensitive logs to their cloud.

We built LogDB to be local-first and end-to-end encrypted. Your raw data stays within your infrastructure by default.

The MVP is live and we're looking for early users. I’d love for a few devs to try it and give us honest feedback: logdb.com

logdb.com

LogDB - Logging Database Platform for Developers

The most powerful logging database platform. Query, analyze, and debug your application logs with ease.

@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open

docs.proton.me

Proton Docs

Edit documents in real time, fully end-to-end encrypted.

@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open

docs.proton.me

Proton Docs

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@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open

docs.proton.me

Proton Docs

Edit documents in real time, fully end-to-end encrypted.

@adamsdesk@fosstodon.org

Updated: Must Have Essential Applications For Desktop Linux

- Add Apache OpenOffice
- Add LibreOffice Draw
- Add GNOME Document Viewer
- Add KeePass
- Add GNOME Audio Player
- Add GNOME Image Viewer
- Add GNOME Video Player

Explore the curated essential list of free & open source software applications by category for the graphical user interface of a GNU/Linux desktop.

adamsdesk.com/posts/essential-

adamsdesk.com

Must Have Essential Applications For Desktop Linux

Explore the curated essential list of free & open source software applications by category for the graphical user interface of a GNU/Linux desktop.

@coopcloud@social.coop

Thursday = Kite-flying day! 🪁 Come hang out with Co-operative Cloud folks online: ask questions, get help with issues, kick off freewheeling discussions about anything Coop-Cloud-related.

Coming up in ~3 hours at 19 UTC (continuing with alternating 12 UTC slot next week!)

Same 🦇 place: jitsi.sutty.nl/CoopCloudKiteFl

Same 🦇 agenda/notes pad: pad.autonomic.zone/VtyrLUl9RWa

– 3wordchant

pad.autonomic.zone

Co-op Cloud Kite-Flying Hour Open Agenda - HedgeDoc

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

It's been 3 years since I made a video to showcase a few alternatives to popular, proprietary applications, so here it is, a list of alternatives to the likes of Notion, Obsidian, Outlook, Office 365, OmniFocus, OneNote, and more !

youtube.com/watch?v=4NdlRlie-A8

youtube.com

OPEN SOURCE alternatives for the MOST POPULAR productivity apps (2026 edition)

Take a look at TuxCare's CVE tracker to identify where you're vulnerable, and how you can fix that! https://tuxcare.com/cve-tracker/?utm_source=youtube&utm_m...

@bkuhn@copyleft.org
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

It's been 3 years since I made a video to showcase a few alternatives to popular, proprietary applications, so here it is, a list of alternatives to the likes of Notion, Obsidian, Outlook, Office 365, OmniFocus, OneNote, and more !

youtube.com/watch?v=4NdlRlie-A8

youtube.com

OPEN SOURCE alternatives for the MOST POPULAR productivity apps (2026 edition)

Take a look at TuxCare's CVE tracker to identify where you're vulnerable, and how you can fix that! https://tuxcare.com/cve-tracker/?utm_source=youtube&utm_m...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

I had such an interesting call today with someone from @ethereumfoundation about funding the ecosystem.

Basically, connecting a blockchain based funding system to a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to fund not just the sexy top project, but also the underlying libraries. Aka when you donate to or pay for a project, it would automatically donate to its dependencies as well (like the random person in Nebraska).

What do we think, ? 🤔

The usual meme of a tech stack being held together by one small element which says "a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."
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The usual meme of a tech stack being held together by one small element which says "a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003."

@mattburgess@infosec.exchange

Mastodon, I need your help! As more European countries and orgs look to ditch US technology and move to sovereign or open source alternatives, I'm trying to track these efforts.

So far, I've found more than half a dozen government agencies, cities, orgs, that are embracing digital sovereignty but want to hear about other examples that I've missed. Who else should I be adding to this?

Here's a list of what I have so far:

*Edit: This list is now on Proton Sheets, as I should have seen that coming*

docs.proton.me/sheet?mode=open

docs.proton.me

Proton Docs

Edit documents in real time, fully end-to-end encrypted.

@hspsh@0x3c.pl

Już niebawem @piwo, czyli Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania, współorganizowana przez naszych przyjaciół z @hspoz.

Serdecznie zapraszamy na wydarzenie, które odbędzie się w sobotę 30.05.2026 na Wydziale Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu.

Do 19 kwietnia jest możliwość zgłaszania prelekcji!

Więcej informacji: piwo.sh/

Plakat z napisem: Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania. Zostań prelegentem, sobota 30.05.2026. Czekamy na Twoje zgłoszenie! Zgłoś prelekcję lub poprowadź warsztaty na XV edycji P.I.W.O. Szczegóły na piwo.sh
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Plakat z napisem: Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania. Zostań prelegentem, sobota 30.05.2026. Czekamy na Twoje zgłoszenie! Zgłoś prelekcję lub poprowadź warsztaty na XV edycji P.I.W.O. Szczegóły na piwo.sh

@hspsh@0x3c.pl

Już niebawem @piwo, czyli Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania, współorganizowana przez naszych przyjaciół z @hspoz.

Serdecznie zapraszamy na wydarzenie, które odbędzie się w sobotę 30.05.2026 na Wydziale Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu.

Do 19 kwietnia jest możliwość zgłaszania prelekcji!

Więcej informacji: piwo.sh/

Plakat z napisem: Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania. Zostań prelegentem, sobota 30.05.2026. Czekamy na Twoje zgłoszenie! Zgłoś prelekcję lub poprowadź warsztaty na XV edycji P.I.W.O. Szczegóły na piwo.sh
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Plakat z napisem: Poznańska impreza wolnego oprogramowania. Zostań prelegentem, sobota 30.05.2026. Czekamy na Twoje zgłoszenie! Zgłoś prelekcję lub poprowadź warsztaty na XV edycji P.I.W.O. Szczegóły na piwo.sh

@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Bradley M. Kuhn

(2/5) … In sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/ap ,
Denver's key points are: we *have* to (a) be open to *listening* to people who want to contribute with -backed generative systems, & (b) work collaboratively on a *plan* of how we can solve the current crisis.

Nothing ever got done politically that was good when both sides become more entrenched, refuse to even concede the other side has some valid points, & each say the other is the Enemy. …

Cc: @wwahammy @silverwizard @cwebber

sfconservancy.org

Eternal November — this new influx of users may be better than the last one

Update: We see this has gotten much immediate response. TL;DR: the point of this post is to propose some still-developing thoughts and invite everyone to two real-time discussions on: $ date -d '2026-04-21 15:00 UTC' $ date -d '2026-04-28 23:00 UTC' (More details on the real-time discussions at the end of the post.) We'll meantime do our best to engage in the places where folks have commented, but we hope folks will bring those discussions to a real-time discussion. The post follows: Many people may recall Eternal September (in 1993) — when Usenet membership increased overwhelmingly — marking the annual September rush of student joins. The ensuing moderation challenges changed the culture of Usenet (the largest Internet discussion fora back then). Many early Usenet adopters left quickly. While this onslaught of “newbies” knew little of Usenet's traditional cultural norms, they nonetheless benefited greatly from these novel connections to discuss and learn together with people worldwide. The times were turbulent then, but eventually revised cultural norms emerged that benefited both the Eternal September arrivals and the old guard who stuck it out. Usenet (while less popular than it once was) survives today as the only widespread store-and-forward discussion fora optimized for low-bandwidth, spotty connectivity.

@bkuhn@copyleft.org · Reply to Bradley M. Kuhn

(1/5) [ Meta-info to start the thread. Here and the posts that follow reply to lots of people's comments (from various threads) together here. Can we consolidate this conversation into this single thread to discuss sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/ap ? ]

Cc: @wwahammy @silverwizard @mjw @cwebber @josh @jamey @mason @spencer @rootwyrm @drwho @mmu_man @mathieui @beeoproblem

sfconservancy.org

Eternal November — this new influx of users may be better than the last one

Update: We see this has gotten much immediate response. TL;DR: the point of this post is to propose some still-developing thoughts and invite everyone to two real-time discussions on: $ date -d '2026-04-21 15:00 UTC' $ date -d '2026-04-28 23:00 UTC' (More details on the real-time discussions at the end of the post.) We'll meantime do our best to engage in the places where folks have commented, but we hope folks will bring those discussions to a real-time discussion. The post follows: Many people may recall Eternal September (in 1993) — when Usenet membership increased overwhelmingly — marking the annual September rush of student joins. The ensuing moderation challenges changed the culture of Usenet (the largest Internet discussion fora back then). Many early Usenet adopters left quickly. While this onslaught of “newbies” knew little of Usenet's traditional cultural norms, they nonetheless benefited greatly from these novel connections to discuss and learn together with people worldwide. The times were turbulent then, but eventually revised cultural norms emerged that benefited both the Eternal September arrivals and the old guard who stuck it out. Usenet (while less popular than it once was) survives today as the only widespread store-and-forward discussion fora optimized for low-bandwidth, spotty connectivity.

@Gina@fosstodon.org

It's SO REFRESHING to hear Marietje Schaake (former EU MP 🇪🇺) make the case for and EU-based alternatives NOT JUST to protect European interests and European data, but also to protect human rights in the US and abroad.

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference
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Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference

@jdauphant@mastodon.social

📢 Offre d’emploi : Expert·e à la DINUM !

On cherche une personne pour travailler sur , notre projet open source de poste de travail sécurisé pour de la bureautique, du dev et de l'admin.

Les détails de l'offre sont ici : choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

Le poste est basé à Paris, Lyon ou Rennes.

Questions ? DM ou mail : julien.dauphant+nixos@numerique.gouv.fr

choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

architecte technique devops nixos h/f 20 avenue de Ségur 75007 Paris | Choisir le service public

Missions et activités du poste• Développement du poste de bureautique et développeur DINUM sur base NixOS dérivé du poste d'administration - https://git...

@bkuhn@copyleft.org

👀 … sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/ap …my colleague Denver Gingerich writes: newcomers' extensive reliance on LLM-backed generative AI is comparable to the Eternal September onslaught to USENET in 1993. I was on USENET extensively then; I confirm the disruption was indeed similar. I urge you to read his essay, think about it, & join Denver, me, & others at the following datetimes…
$ date -d '2026-04-21 15:00 UTC'
$ date -d '2026-04-28 23:00 UTC'
…in bbb-new.sfconservancy.org/room

bbb-new.sfconservancy.org

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@jdauphant@mastodon.social

📢 Offre d’emploi : Expert·e à la DINUM !

On cherche une personne pour travailler sur , notre projet open source de poste de travail sécurisé pour de la bureautique, du dev et de l'admin.

Les détails de l'offre sont ici : choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

Le poste est basé à Paris, Lyon ou Rennes.

Questions ? DM ou mail : julien.dauphant+nixos@numerique.gouv.fr

choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

architecte technique devops nixos h/f 20 avenue de Ségur 75007 Paris | Choisir le service public

Missions et activités du poste• Développement du poste de bureautique et développeur DINUM sur base NixOS dérivé du poste d'administration - https://git...

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @babetteknauer@mastodon.social

#communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 16 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @babetteknauer@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@babetteknauer@mastodon.social

Babette Knauer - #communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her

16 April 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @babetteknauer@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @babetteknauer@mastodon.social Babette Knauer - #communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her 16 April 2026 AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

@jdauphant@mastodon.social

📢 Offre d’emploi : Expert·e à la DINUM !

On cherche une personne pour travailler sur , notre projet open source de poste de travail sécurisé pour de la bureautique, du dev et de l'admin.

Les détails de l'offre sont ici : choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

Le poste est basé à Paris, Lyon ou Rennes.

Questions ? DM ou mail : julien.dauphant+nixos@numerique.gouv.fr

choisirleservicepublic.gouv.fr

architecte technique devops nixos h/f 20 avenue de Ségur 75007 Paris | Choisir le service public

Missions et activités du poste• Développement du poste de bureautique et développeur DINUM sur base NixOS dérivé du poste d'administration - https://git...

@Gina@fosstodon.org

It's SO REFRESHING to hear Marietje Schaake (former EU MP 🇪🇺) make the case for and EU-based alternatives NOT JUST to protect European interests and European data, but also to protect human rights in the US and abroad.

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference
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Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference

@Gina@fosstodon.org

It's SO REFRESHING to hear Marietje Schaake (former EU MP 🇪🇺) make the case for and EU-based alternatives NOT JUST to protect European interests and European data, but also to protect human rights in the US and abroad.

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference
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Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference

@padeluun@digitalcourage.social

Mastodon bekommt rund 614.000 Euro Förderung von der Sovereign Tech Agency. Ziel ist es, dezentrale Infrastruktur im Fediverse zu stärken und nachhaltiger zu machen. Ein Teil der Mittel wird auch an andere Projekte vergeben, die offene Standards übernehmen und so Interoperabilität verbessern.

Geplant sind u. a. bessere Moderationswerkzeuge, verlässlichere Infrastruktur, stärkere Unterstützung für Entwickler.innen und noch klarere technische Standards. Außerdem soll die Zusammenarbeit zwischen verschiedenen Fediverse-Projekten intensiviert werden, um gemeinsame Lösungen schneller voranzubringen.

Die Förderung zeigt, dass öffentliche Institutionen freie, dezentrale Plattformen zunehmend als kritische digitale Infrastruktur erkennen und gezielt unterstützen. Das Fediverse wird damit robuster, anschlussfähiger und unabhängiger von großen Plattformkonzernen.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/

blog.joinmastodon.org

Sovereign Tech Agency funding

Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.

@padeluun@digitalcourage.social

Mastodon bekommt rund 614.000 Euro Förderung von der Sovereign Tech Agency. Ziel ist es, dezentrale Infrastruktur im Fediverse zu stärken und nachhaltiger zu machen. Ein Teil der Mittel wird auch an andere Projekte vergeben, die offene Standards übernehmen und so Interoperabilität verbessern.

Geplant sind u. a. bessere Moderationswerkzeuge, verlässlichere Infrastruktur, stärkere Unterstützung für Entwickler.innen und noch klarere technische Standards. Außerdem soll die Zusammenarbeit zwischen verschiedenen Fediverse-Projekten intensiviert werden, um gemeinsame Lösungen schneller voranzubringen.

Die Förderung zeigt, dass öffentliche Institutionen freie, dezentrale Plattformen zunehmend als kritische digitale Infrastruktur erkennen und gezielt unterstützen. Das Fediverse wird damit robuster, anschlussfähiger und unabhängiger von großen Plattformkonzernen.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/

blog.joinmastodon.org

Sovereign Tech Agency funding

Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.

@Gina@fosstodon.org

It's SO REFRESHING to hear Marietje Schaake (former EU MP 🇪🇺) make the case for and EU-based alternatives NOT JUST to protect European interests and European data, but also to protect human rights in the US and abroad.

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference
ALT text

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference

@Gina@fosstodon.org

It's SO REFRESHING to hear Marietje Schaake (former EU MP 🇪🇺) make the case for and EU-based alternatives NOT JUST to protect European interests and European data, but also to protect human rights in the US and abroad.

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference
ALT text

Pic of Marietje Schaake on the main stage at the Nextcloud conference

@openproject@fosstodon.org

🚀 17.3 is released, improving work from planning to execution:

🔹 Dedicated sprint objects
🔸 All work packages visible on Backlogs
🔹 Automatic sprint board creation
🔸 In-place editing of project attributes on the Project Overview page
🔹 Sharing of meeting templates (Basic plan and higher)

And there is more. As always, please see our release notes for a full overview:
➡️ openproject.org/docs/release-n

#Boards

OpenProject 17.3: Evolving backlogs and sprints
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OpenProject 17.3: Evolving backlogs and sprints

@openproject@fosstodon.org

🚀 17.3 is released, improving work from planning to execution:

🔹 Dedicated sprint objects
🔸 All work packages visible on Backlogs
🔹 Automatic sprint board creation
🔸 In-place editing of project attributes on the Project Overview page
🔹 Sharing of meeting templates (Basic plan and higher)

And there is more. As always, please see our release notes for a full overview:
➡️ openproject.org/docs/release-n

#Boards

OpenProject 17.3: Evolving backlogs and sprints
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OpenProject 17.3: Evolving backlogs and sprints

@bkuhn@copyleft.org

All developers need therapy.
No, I'm serious.
We *must* end petty one-up-manship & virtuoso knowledge-signalling.
A few years ago, one of the most prominent developers of our age gleefully told me how he dressed down a young, inexperienced junior developer at a code review at his company. WTF!?!

Deal with your insecurity about yourself & don't roll your 💩 downhill to the next generation.

For me, only in my 0x32's am I able to brush that off.
Be kind to Padawans.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

NHS workers are being gagged from criticising the Palantir contract 🤐

We can't duck the hard truths that embedding US Big Tech in UK public services carries risks of outside political interference and waste from vendor lock-in.

The alternative is here: Digital Sovereignty with open source tech.

novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs

novaramedia.com

NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’

NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m contract with IDF-contractor Palantir.

@botler@social.planetbotler.de

🐘 Daddelwerk zieht ins Fediverse! 🎮
Wir haben genug von geschlossenen Systemen und Daten-Silos. Deshalb bringen wir die Daddelwerk-Community dorthin, wo die Freiheit zu Hause ist: auf Matrix! 🚀

Warum Matrix?
✅ Dezentral: Niemand besitzt das Netzwerk, es gehört uns allen.
✅ Sicher: Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für eure Privatsphäre.
✅ Open Source: Transparente Technik für eine ehrliche Community.

Egal ob ihr über die neuesten Games quatschen wollt oder Hilfe bei eurem Linux-Gaming-Setup braucht – unser Space ist für euch offen!

Hier geht’s lang:
🔗 https://matrix.to/#/%23home%3Adaddelwerk.net

Kommt vorbei, sagt Hallo und lasst uns gemeinsam die Gaming-Welt ein Stück freier machen. 🕹️🔥

Merci fürs einrichten: @Lorker

#Daddelwerk #Matrix #Fediverse #Gaming #OpenSource #FOSS #LinuxGaming #Privacy #Element #Chat

matrix.to

You're invited to talk on Matrix

You're invited to talk on Matrix

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

NHS workers are being gagged from criticising the Palantir contract 🤐

We can't duck the hard truths that embedding US Big Tech in UK public services carries risks of outside political interference and waste from vendor lock-in.

The alternative is here: Digital Sovereignty with open source tech.

novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs

novaramedia.com

NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’

NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m contract with IDF-contractor Palantir.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

NHS workers are being gagged from criticising the Palantir contract 🤐

We can't duck the hard truths that embedding US Big Tech in UK public services carries risks of outside political interference and waste from vendor lock-in.

The alternative is here: Digital Sovereignty with open source tech.

novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs

novaramedia.com

NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’

NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m contract with IDF-contractor Palantir.

@botler@social.planetbotler.de

**Suche nach einer Linux-Lösung für Streaming (Netflix, Prime & Co.) – weg von Fire TV!**

Ich möchte gerne von Fire TV & Co. weg und suche eine **stabile Linux-Lösung** (oder Bastellösung), um **Netflix, Amazon Prime Video** und andere Streaming-Dienste **vollwertig** zu nutzen – idealerweise mit:
✅ 4K/HDR-Unterstützung und Dolby
✅ Einfacher Bedienung (Couch-freundlich)
✅ Selbstgehostet oder auf gängiger Hardware (RPi, Intel NUC, etc.)

**Was nutzt ihr?**
- LibreELEC/Kodi mit Plugins?
- Ubuntu + Browser?
- Jellyfin/Plex mit Streaming-Integration?
- Oder etwas ganz anderes?

#Linux #Streaming #Netflix #PrimeVideo #Selfhosted #HTPC #OpenSource #TechCommunity

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org

NHS workers are being gagged from criticising the Palantir contract 🤐

We can't duck the hard truths that embedding US Big Tech in UK public services carries risks of outside political interference and waste from vendor lock-in.

The alternative is here: Digital Sovereignty with open source tech.

novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs

novaramedia.com

NHS Staff Told ‘Stop Criticising Palantir or Lose Your Job’

NHS staff have been told they might lose their jobs if they criticise NHS England’s controversial £330m contract with IDF-contractor Palantir.

@botler@social.planetbotler.de

🐘 Daddelwerk zieht ins Fediverse! 🎮
Wir haben genug von geschlossenen Systemen und Daten-Silos. Deshalb bringen wir die Daddelwerk-Community dorthin, wo die Freiheit zu Hause ist: auf Matrix! 🚀

Warum Matrix?
✅ Dezentral: Niemand besitzt das Netzwerk, es gehört uns allen.
✅ Sicher: Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für eure Privatsphäre.
✅ Open Source: Transparente Technik für eine ehrliche Community.

Egal ob ihr über die neuesten Games quatschen wollt oder Hilfe bei eurem Linux-Gaming-Setup braucht – unser Space ist für euch offen!

Hier geht’s lang:
🔗 https://matrix.to/#/%23home%3Adaddelwerk.net

Kommt vorbei, sagt Hallo und lasst uns gemeinsam die Gaming-Welt ein Stück freier machen. 🕹️🔥

Merci fürs einrichten: @Lorker

#Daddelwerk #Matrix #Fediverse #Gaming #OpenSource #FOSS #LinuxGaming #Privacy #Element #Chat

matrix.to

You're invited to talk on Matrix

You're invited to talk on Matrix

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group

Running key systems on products from companies like Palantir means foreign governments can meddle with our security.

We're overexposed to US sanctions and powers that can compel tech companies to hand over data or grant access to UK systems.

There's another way.

Demand UK Digital Sovereignty ⬇️

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions

you.38degrees.org.uk

Stop the "Kill Switch": Demand the UK takes back control of our technology.

From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group

The UK must follow the lead of EU countries, including Germany, France, Netherlands and Denmark.

We must pursue strategic investments in open source technologies, so we aren't locked-in to the exclusive product of a single provider.

We can break the risky cycle of dependency and boost innovation.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group

Digital Sovereignty means putting the levers of power in the hands of UK democratic institutions. Making us resilient, independent and secure.

And yet, the government continues along a path of reinforcing dependency on US tech giants, by handing contracts to controversial spyware company Palantir.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org · Reply to Open Rights Group

The US could leverage power through its corporate dominance of the UK’s critical infrastructure.

After the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, US sanctions led to Microsoft shutting down email, plus electronic and online banking facilities to ICC members.

@openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
@heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de
@heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@chut_magazine@mastodon.social

Bonjour et bienvenue dans notre communauté Mastodon !

Quoi de mieux pour inaugurer ce compte que de partager avec vous notre nouveau numéro Chut! N°20 - Un Monde sans Gafam ? 😎 chut.media/magazine/chut-n20-u

Bonne lecture avec Chut!

chut.media

Chut! N°20 – Un Monde sans Gafam ?

Souveraineté et communs numériquesReprendre le pouvoir. Reprendre le contrôle. La mainmise des Big Tech sur tous les aspects de nos

@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@radwebhosting@mastodon.social

🛠️ How to Install and Configure on

Here is a step-by-step guide to install and configure ListMonk (a high-performance, self-hosted and mailing list manager) on an Ubuntu VPS.
✅ What is ListMonk?
ListMonk is a fast, open-source newsletter and mailing list manager built with Go and PostgreSQL. It supports templating, subscriber ...
Continued 👉 blog.radwebhosting.com/install

@piwo@fosstodon.org

⏰ Ostatnie dni CfP na P.I.W.O. 2026!

Zostało już tylko kilka dni, aby zgłosić swoją propozycję prelekcji lub warsztatów. Czekamy do końca tygodnia!

🆕 Przypominamy też o rekrutacji na ścieżkę Python (@pyconpl x PyPoznań)

📅 Termin zgłoszeń: do 19 kwietnia 2026

📍 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026
📍 Gdzie? Wydział Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu

👉 Szczegóły: piwo.sh/pl/news/2026-03-24-ogl

Nie zwlekaj – zgłoś się już dziś!

Grafika promująca P.I.W.O. (Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania): fioletowe tło, logo P.I.W.O. u góry, duży napis „CFP” i tekst „Zostało tylko kilka dni — czekamy na twoje zgłoszenie!”, przycisk zachęcający do zgłaszania prelekcji i warsztatów oraz adres piwo.sh; wokół rysunkowe maskotki i postacie.
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Grafika promująca P.I.W.O. (Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania): fioletowe tło, logo P.I.W.O. u góry, duży napis „CFP” i tekst „Zostało tylko kilka dni — czekamy na twoje zgłoszenie!”, przycisk zachęcający do zgłaszania prelekcji i warsztatów oraz adres piwo.sh; wokół rysunkowe maskotki i postacie.

@piwo@fosstodon.org

⏰ Ostatnie dni CfP na P.I.W.O. 2026!

Zostało już tylko kilka dni, aby zgłosić swoją propozycję prelekcji lub warsztatów. Czekamy do końca tygodnia!

🆕 Przypominamy też o rekrutacji na ścieżkę Python (@pyconpl x PyPoznań)

📅 Termin zgłoszeń: do 19 kwietnia 2026

📍 Kiedy? sobota, 30 maja 2026
📍 Gdzie? Wydział Informatyki i Matematyki UAM w Poznaniu

👉 Szczegóły: piwo.sh/pl/news/2026-03-24-ogl

Nie zwlekaj – zgłoś się już dziś!

Grafika promująca P.I.W.O. (Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania): fioletowe tło, logo P.I.W.O. u góry, duży napis „CFP” i tekst „Zostało tylko kilka dni — czekamy na twoje zgłoszenie!”, przycisk zachęcający do zgłaszania prelekcji i warsztatów oraz adres piwo.sh; wokół rysunkowe maskotki i postacie.
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Grafika promująca P.I.W.O. (Poznańska Impreza Wolnego Oprogramowania): fioletowe tło, logo P.I.W.O. u góry, duży napis „CFP” i tekst „Zostało tylko kilka dni — czekamy na twoje zgłoszenie!”, przycisk zachęcający do zgłaszania prelekcji i warsztatów oraz adres piwo.sh; wokół rysunkowe maskotki i postacie.

@nekohayo@mastodon.social · Reply to Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
@xabd@mastodon.social

Twenty is a modern, open-source CRM built as an alternative to tools like Salesforce.

It offers customizable workflows, kanban and table views, automation, and a clean UI inspired by Notion/Airtable.

Self-host it and keep full control over your data without the usual CRM bloat.

👉 github.com/twentyhq/twenty
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce

Screenshot of the Twenty CRM homepage with a dark-themed interface. At the top is the Twenty logo and the headline “The #1 Open-Source CRM.” Below are navigation links including Website, Documentation, Roadmap, Discord, and Figma. The lower section shows a preview of the CRM dashboard with a table-style interface displaying companies, contacts, and data fields, along with floating icons of popular tools like Notion, GitHub, Slack, LinkedIn, Google, and Stripe, highlighting integrations.
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Screenshot of the Twenty CRM homepage with a dark-themed interface. At the top is the Twenty logo and the headline “The #1 Open-Source CRM.” Below are navigation links including Website, Documentation, Roadmap, Discord, and Figma. The lower section shows a preview of the CRM dashboard with a table-style interface displaying companies, contacts, and data fields, along with floating icons of popular tools like Notion, GitHub, Slack, LinkedIn, Google, and Stripe, highlighting integrations.

@ehmatthes@fosstodon.org

I had a really deflating open source experience just now. I started writing user stories in the django-simple-deploy docs. I opened an issue to track the work, and added the "good first issue" and "help wanted" labels.

It's a good first issue because a new contributor can skim our user stories, get a clear sense of who we're serving, ask relevant questions, and maybe help further articulate typical uses. Help wanted, because I want others' perspectives in these stories.

@ehmatthes@fosstodon.org

I had a really deflating open source experience just now. I started writing user stories in the django-simple-deploy docs. I opened an issue to track the work, and added the "good first issue" and "help wanted" labels.

It's a good first issue because a new contributor can skim our user stories, get a clear sense of who we're serving, ask relevant questions, and maybe help further articulate typical uses. Help wanted, because I want others' perspectives in these stories.

@chut_magazine@mastodon.social

Bonjour et bienvenue dans notre communauté Mastodon !

Quoi de mieux pour inaugurer ce compte que de partager avec vous notre nouveau numéro Chut! N°20 - Un Monde sans Gafam ? 😎 chut.media/magazine/chut-n20-u

Bonne lecture avec Chut!

chut.media

Chut! N°20 – Un Monde sans Gafam ?

Souveraineté et communs numériquesReprendre le pouvoir. Reprendre le contrôle. La mainmise des Big Tech sur tous les aspects de nos

@nekohayo@mastodon.social
@WildaSoftware@mastodon.social

Lubimy informować o lokalnych inicjatywach, a ta jest szczególnie, bo dotyczy Knyfyrtel Hackerspace - oddziale organizacji, która wspiera , otwarte rozwiązania IT i np. samodzielne grzebanie przy komputerach. Tak się składa, że 18 kwietnia mają Linux Presentation Day, czyli...

@nerdlangen@franken.social

Von Regen-Wolken lassen wir uns nicht aufhalten: der im @zam hatte das Thema „Cloud“ als Impuls, wozu eine Cloud gut ist und wie man (besonders als Gruppe oder Verein) DSGVO-sicher Zusammenarbeit organisieren kann. Und natürlich, wie eng bei -Clouds eigentlich mitmischt.

Auch wir lernen dazu: für alle, die unseren DI.DAY besuchen (wollen), gibt es jetzt eine -Gruppe mit aktuellen Infos und der Möglichkeit, Fragen zu stellen.

Unser Maskottchen hat ein rot-weißes Franken-Halstuch bekommen und sitzt auf einem Tisch, vor sich die Buchstaben „DIDAY“ und daneben Visitenkarten für unsere Signal-Gruppen. Im Hintergrund ist der Eingang des ZAM zu sehen.
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Unser Maskottchen hat ein rot-weißes Franken-Halstuch bekommen und sitzt auf einem Tisch, vor sich die Buchstaben „DIDAY“ und daneben Visitenkarten für unsere Signal-Gruppen. Im Hintergrund ist der Eingang des ZAM zu sehen.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Added, updated & simplified the growing collection of darkroom-related calculators and super happy how elegant and concise the code has turned out, making it super easy to add more of them in the future.

I think it's also another great, if minimal, example to illustrate how otherwise completely separate thi.ng/umbrella packages can seamlessly compose/combine to enable a reactive dataflow UI, all without the need for any virtual DOMs and/or completely over-the-top frameworks like React & co. It's also doing so via mostly JS-native data structures for declaring the UI (plain objects/arrays/iterables) and various constructs directly managing the reactive value streams, thus providing a lot more finegrained control over UI updates/timing/throttling). Any value changes done by the user only trigger specific, pin-point calculations which then result in equally specific UI updates to show new results. Any user action only ever triggers the minimum amount of work needed to reflect the new state.

Calculators:
demo.thi.ng/umbrella/darkroom-

Source code:
codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/s

The attached images show the source code of the entire main app (UI root) and one of the calculators...

Ps. Please let me know if you'd like to see more of these posts in the future. I'm tempted to launch season 2 of (see link below for 30 previous mini projects/tutorials) — but since this is very time consuming to produce & document these projects/examples, and because there has been _very little feedback_ to these previous projects/posts, I first need to gauge interest... Thank you! 🫶

codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella#h

Commented TypeScript source code of the linked example project's main UI component
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Commented TypeScript source code of the linked example project's main UI component

TypeScript source code of the entire reactive "dilution volume" calculator module of the linked example project
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TypeScript source code of the entire reactive "dilution volume" calculator module of the linked example project

@WildaSoftware@mastodon.social

Lubimy informować o lokalnych inicjatywach, a ta jest szczególnie, bo dotyczy Knyfyrtel Hackerspace - oddziale organizacji, która wspiera , otwarte rozwiązania IT i np. samodzielne grzebanie przy komputerach. Tak się składa, że 18 kwietnia mają Linux Presentation Day, czyli...

@baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io

I've released KanjiVGEditor v1.3. This new version adds a new feature: the "pen" tool.

KanjiVGEditor is a tool to edit files in the KanjiVG database:
kanjivg.tagaini.net/

A short demo of the new feature can be seen here:
youtu.be/PMty6p5f-4M

The online version of KanjiVGEditor is available here:
baillehachepascal.dev/Tools/Ka

The related article on my website is here:
baillehachepascal.dev/2025/kan

The code is available on CodeBerg:
codeberg.org/baillehache_pasca

codeberg.org

KanjiVGEditor

KanjiVGEditor is a web application which can be used to edit SVG files from the KanjiVG database.

@knowprose@mastodon.social
@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @tommi@pan.rent

If I wanted to make this bio accurate, it would change every few hours. Figuring out my identity, 64 bits at a time. Learning at post.lurk.org/@xpub , working with social.coop/@dweb and toot.village.one/@VillageOne... . Words and pictures originally published by me are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 13 April 2026 at 13:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @tommi@pan.rent. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@tommi@pan.rent

Tommi - If I wanted to make this bio accurate, it would change every few hours. Figuring out my identity, 64 bits at a time. Learning at https://post.lurk.org/@xpub , working with https://social.coop/@dweb and https://toot.village.one/@VillageOneCoop . Words and pictures originally published by me are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

13 April 2026
AT 13:00 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @tommi@pan.rent. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @tommi@pan.rent Tommi - If I wanted to make this bio accurate, it would change every few hours. Figuring out my identity, 64 bits at a time. Learning at https://post.lurk.org/@xpub , working with https://social.coop/@dweb and https://toot.village.one/@VillageOneCoop . Words and pictures originally published by me are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 13 April 2026 AT 13:00 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

@arcanechat@fosstodon.org

heads up , if you want , there is an solution that is , , free, multi-platform, multi-profile, , it is called

it is doesn't require phone numbers or any data for registration! painless setup, find it in your app store of choice

your messages and data live in your pockets and not in some 3rd party's "cloud" servers, you truly own it!

poster with two screenshots of Delta Chat and text "go sovereign with Delta Chat. private, decentralized, yours. get.delta.chat"
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poster with two screenshots of Delta Chat and text "go sovereign with Delta Chat. private, decentralized, yours. get.delta.chat"

@openrisk@mastodon.social

The (as a big tent, including any protocol) faces a fundamental and hard problem of getting large numbers people to "value" it. Now, appreciation is expressed in many ways, but in current society its mostly money. Individuals paying either directly or indirectly (e.g., via taxes). Which they do for almost everything!

The reason its hard is due to offering social "for free". For people to snap out of the junk online experience and start paying...

@openrisk@mastodon.social

The (as a big tent, including any protocol) faces a fundamental and hard problem of getting large numbers people to "value" it. Now, appreciation is expressed in many ways, but in current society its mostly money. Individuals paying either directly or indirectly (e.g., via taxes). Which they do for almost everything!

The reason its hard is due to offering social "for free". For people to snap out of the junk online experience and start paying...

@AerynOS@hachyderm.io

Unstable Stream Update: 10th April 2026

A bigger update than usual over the last few weeks:

- Python upgraded to 3.14
- Plasma 6.6.4 + KDE Frameworks 6.25.0
- Reworking our kernels (LTS now offered + a gaming kernel coming soon)

github.com/orgs/AerynOS/discus

To get involved, join our community at aerynos.zulipchat.com/

aerynos.zulipchat.com

Public view of AerynOS | Zulip team chat

Browse the publicly accessible channels in AerynOS without logging in.

@arcanechat@fosstodon.org

heads up , if you want , there is an solution that is , , free, multi-platform, multi-profile, , it is called

it is doesn't require phone numbers or any data for registration! painless setup, find it in your app store of choice

your messages and data live in your pockets and not in some 3rd party's "cloud" servers, you truly own it!

poster with two screenshots of Delta Chat and text "go sovereign with Delta Chat. private, decentralized, yours. get.delta.chat"
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poster with two screenshots of Delta Chat and text "go sovereign with Delta Chat. private, decentralized, yours. get.delta.chat"

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Time for our and news video! In this one, France is announcing a move to Linux and to Open Source solutions, with each ministry being required to provide a plan to do so!

We also have more distros speaking on age verification, KDE revamping some themes to give you more options, and a lot more:

youtu.be/Hbfyv7HJZrc

youtube.com

France is moving to Linux and FOSS ! Linux Weekly News

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

Time for our and news video! In this one, France is announcing a move to Linux and to Open Source solutions, with each ministry being required to provide a plan to do so!

We also have more distros speaking on age verification, KDE revamping some themes to give you more options, and a lot more:

youtu.be/Hbfyv7HJZrc

youtube.com

France is moving to Linux and FOSS ! Linux Weekly News

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

@wesense@mastodon.wesense.earth

Getting started guides are now live at docs.wesense.earth.
Choosing sensors, building a node, Meshtastic integration, Home Assistant/Ecowitt etc.
Includes our durability-over-accuracy sensor philosophy, full MQTT command reference, and datasheets for all 26 supported sensors.
Consider this draft, but there’s enough to get started contributing to the world's first free, community-owned environmental sensor network.

@miketheman@hachyderm.io

Any time I see something like this in a REPL, I can't help but smile for two reasons:

1. Yes, yes I did forget.
2. I know some of the folks who worked so hard to make that message do exactly what I want it to do. Thanks to Pablo, @ambv, and so many others!

Screenshot of a Python terminal REPL with the text:

NameError: name 'base64' is not defined. Did you forget to import 'base64'?
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Screenshot of a Python terminal REPL with the text: NameError: name 'base64' is not defined. Did you forget to import 'base64'?

@AerynOS@hachyderm.io

Unstable Stream Update: 10th April 2026

A bigger update than usual over the last few weeks:

- Python upgraded to 3.14
- Plasma 6.6.4 + KDE Frameworks 6.25.0
- Reworking our kernels (LTS now offered + a gaming kernel coming soon)

github.com/orgs/AerynOS/discus

To get involved, join our community at aerynos.zulipchat.com/

aerynos.zulipchat.com

Public view of AerynOS | Zulip team chat

Browse the publicly accessible channels in AerynOS without logging in.

@miketheman@hachyderm.io

Any time I see something like this in a REPL, I can't help but smile for two reasons:

1. Yes, yes I did forget.
2. I know some of the folks who worked so hard to make that message do exactly what I want it to do. Thanks to Pablo, @ambv, and so many others!

Screenshot of a Python terminal REPL with the text:

NameError: name 'base64' is not defined. Did you forget to import 'base64'?
ALT text

Screenshot of a Python terminal REPL with the text: NameError: name 'base64' is not defined. Did you forget to import 'base64'?

@archos@mamutovo.cz

22:31Post 1/14
🌟 I v roce 2026 můžete používat naše aplikace na OSCloud @oscloud! 🌟
🔍 Naše hlavní aplikace:
👉 Talk – talk.oscloud.cz
👉 MxChat – mxchat.cz
👉 CryptPad – cryptpad.arch-linux.cz
👉 Mastodon – mamutovo.cz
👉 Pixelfed – pixelfed.cz
👉 Vikunja – todo.oscloud.cz
👉 Wallabag – read.oscloud.cz
👉 Tiny Tiny RSS – rss.oscloud.cz
👉 PairDrop – pair.oscloud.cz
👉 SearXNG – searxng.cz
👉 PeerTube – vhsky.cz
👉 Bitwarden – bitwarden.archoslinux.cz
👉 Nextcloud – oscloud.cz
👉 HedgeDoc – hedgedoc.arch-linux.cz
📢 Provozujeme s @cynik_obecny další služby a komunitu stále rozrůstáme.
🔐 Provozujeme na dedikovaném serveru Hetzner – přístup máme pouze my.
📋 Registrace: helpdesk.oscloud.cz/help/30202

@keila@fosstodon.org

Please don't waste the time of Open Source maintainers with AI slop.

A user had suggested a new feature and after discussing it with me, created a PR. Almost at the same time, someone created some sort of slop drive-by PR for the same thing. 😵‍💫 Why do people do this?

github.com/pentacent/keila/pul

github.com

feat: add TZDATA_AUTOUPDATE env var to disable tzdata autocheck by mvanhorn · Pull Request #521 · pentacent/keila

Summary Adds support for the TZDATA_AUTOUPDATE environment variable to disable tzdata&#39;s automatic update checks. Set TZDATA_AUTOUPDATE=disabled (or false or 0) to prevent the autoupdate. Why In...

@keila@fosstodon.org

Please don't waste the time of Open Source maintainers with AI slop.

A user had suggested a new feature and after discussing it with me, created a PR. Almost at the same time, someone created some sort of slop drive-by PR for the same thing. 😵‍💫 Why do people do this?

github.com/pentacent/keila/pul

github.com

feat: add TZDATA_AUTOUPDATE env var to disable tzdata autocheck by mvanhorn · Pull Request #521 · pentacent/keila

Summary Adds support for the TZDATA_AUTOUPDATE environment variable to disable tzdata&#39;s automatic update checks. Set TZDATA_AUTOUPDATE=disabled (or false or 0) to prevent the autoupdate. Why In...

@sabrinkmann@hachyderm.io

Hier eine kleine Empfehlung aus der Kategorie : Precious Plastic ist eine Open-Source-Initiative, die allen Menschen auf der Welt kostenlos Baupläne, Anleitungen und Systeme zur Verfügung stellt, damit jede*r lokal Plastik recyceln kann.
Die Idee dahinter ist simpel: Anstatt Plastikmüll in die Tonne zu werfen, baut oder kauft man eigene Maschinen (Shredder, Extruder, Injection-Moulding) und stellt daraus neue Produkte her.
Was mich besonders fasziniert: Es gibt eine weltweite Community-Karte mit Recycling-Workspaces, Machine Shops und Sammelstellen, auf der Menschen verzeichnet sind, die das lokal in die Tat umsetzen.

Anders als bei industriellen Recyclingprozessen muss hier kein Container mit Plastik um den halben Globus verschifft werden, bevor etwas Neues daraus wird.
preciousplastic.com/

Es gibt auch einen eigenen „Bazar”, in dem man fündig wird, wenn man etwas aus recyceltem Plastik kaufen möchte. Zum Beispiel dieses Küchenmesser aus Dresden mit einer Klinge aus Solingen: bazar.preciousplastic.com/prod.

bazar.preciousplastic.com

Elevate Your Cooking: Ergonomic Recycled Plastic Kitchen Knife with Unique Color Blends and Precision Stainless Steel Blade | Johannplasto

Elevate your culinary experience with our Ergonomic Recycled Plastic Kitchen Knife – a sustainable masterpiece crafted for precision. Shop now for a unique, eco-friendly knife, expertly made with recycled plastic handles and a high-quality stainless steel

@d1@autistics.life · Reply to nixCraft 🐧

@nixCraft Dear , your efforts are praiseworthy. Please ensure your success by sticking with the more stable, mature software. Gamble as few times as possible on shiny new projects. Keep things simple. Not everyone is a geek who can think in the abstract.

@projetslibres_podcast@piaille.fr

New podcast episode: Put some privacy in your smartphone! 📣 🎧

How can you use an Android smartphone while protecting your privacy? Who should you turn to for more privacy-friendly Android alternatives?
Can you install Linux on your phone?

With @fla from @Framasoft , we answer these questions!

👉 projets-libres.org/en/podcast/

Projets Libres podcast season 4 episode 15: Put some privacy in your smartphone!
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Projets Libres podcast season 4 episode 15: Put some privacy in your smartphone!

@jbz@indieweb.social

✊️ France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

「 France positions Linux adoption as part of a broader policy focused on sovereignty, interoperability, and reducing dependence on foreign vendors. As the announcement comes directly from DINUM, which oversees digital strategy across ministries, it holds greater significance than a local pilot or isolated administrative project 」

linuxiac.com/france-launches-g

linuxiac.com

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.

@machaddr@mastodon.sdf.org

FreeBSD keeps showing that serious open source work also means serious hardware testing.

This laptop compatibility website is a great example of that. It gives people a clearer view of what actually works on real machines and makes FreeBSD more approachable for anyone thinking about using it on a laptop.

What I like most is that this is practical work. It helps users make better decisions, reduces guesswork and strengthens trust in the ecosystem.

freebsdfoundation.github.io/fr

freebsdfoundation.github.io

FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

Request practical support for your free and open source project from NGI0 experts.
If you ever received a grant from any program in the Next Generation Internet initiative, you can request support services under the NGI0 Review program. The program ends on July 31 so the sooner you reach out the better. Use our webform and just tick the services that would benefit your project.
See the thread for a description of the available services.

nlnet.nl/NGI0/review/request.h

nlnet.nl

NLnet; Request support from NGI0 Review

@jbz@indieweb.social

✊️ France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

「 France positions Linux adoption as part of a broader policy focused on sovereignty, interoperability, and reducing dependence on foreign vendors. As the announcement comes directly from DINUM, which oversees digital strategy across ministries, it holds greater significance than a local pilot or isolated administrative project 」

linuxiac.com/france-launches-g

linuxiac.com

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.

@machaddr@mastodon.sdf.org

FreeBSD keeps showing that serious open source work also means serious hardware testing.

This laptop compatibility website is a great example of that. It gives people a clearer view of what actually works on real machines and makes FreeBSD more approachable for anyone thinking about using it on a laptop.

What I like most is that this is practical work. It helps users make better decisions, reduces guesswork and strengthens trust in the ecosystem.

freebsdfoundation.github.io/fr

freebsdfoundation.github.io

FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility

@fedora@fosstodon.org

The Fedora Podcast returns with a look at the upcoming Flock to Fedora conference! Join Emma and Justin and our hosts as we talk about the history, the location, and some hidden Easter eggs to look forward to at our annual contributor conference!

➡️ youtube.com/watch?v=mywMwyBaOOM

youtube.com

Introduction to Fedora Flock | Fedora Podcast 054

Flock to Fedora is coming! On this episode of the Fedora Podcast, hosts Eric and Noah sit down with Justin and a special guest to give you everything you nee...

@michabbb@vivaldi.net

🌐 is a free, fully built on — privacy-first by default, zero bloat, zero ads, zero trackers. Made for people, by people. Currently in BETA for desktop.

🔒 Best-in-class privacy out of the box: blocks ads, trackers & phishing via & community filters. Blocks all 3rd-party cookies, prevents fingerprinting — no exceptions, no paid deals.

🧵👇

@michabbb@vivaldi.net

🌐 is a free, fully built on — privacy-first by default, zero bloat, zero ads, zero trackers. Made for people, by people. Currently in BETA for desktop.

🔒 Best-in-class privacy out of the box: blocks ads, trackers & phishing via & community filters. Blocks all 3rd-party cookies, prevents fingerprinting — no exceptions, no paid deals.

🧵👇

@jbz@indieweb.social

✊️ France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

「 France positions Linux adoption as part of a broader policy focused on sovereignty, interoperability, and reducing dependence on foreign vendors. As the announcement comes directly from DINUM, which oversees digital strategy across ministries, it holds greater significance than a local pilot or isolated administrative project 」

linuxiac.com/france-launches-g

linuxiac.com

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.

@machaddr@mastodon.sdf.org

FreeBSD keeps showing that serious open source work also means serious hardware testing.

This laptop compatibility website is a great example of that. It gives people a clearer view of what actually works on real machines and makes FreeBSD more approachable for anyone thinking about using it on a laptop.

What I like most is that this is practical work. It helps users make better decisions, reduces guesswork and strengthens trust in the ecosystem.

freebsdfoundation.github.io/fr

freebsdfoundation.github.io

FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility

@slint@fosstodon.org
@baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io

I've released KanjiVGEditor v1.3. This new version adds a new feature: the "pen" tool.

KanjiVGEditor is a tool to edit files in the KanjiVG database:
kanjivg.tagaini.net/

A short demo of the new feature can be seen here:
youtu.be/PMty6p5f-4M

The online version of KanjiVGEditor is available here:
baillehachepascal.dev/Tools/Ka

The related article on my website is here:
baillehachepascal.dev/2025/kan

The code is available on CodeBerg:
codeberg.org/baillehache_pasca

codeberg.org

KanjiVGEditor

KanjiVGEditor is a web application which can be used to edit SVG files from the KanjiVG database.

@oblio@piaille.fr
@roost@hachyderm.io

We’re back from 2026 and we’re still thinking about it. @cassidy and @julietshen gave a trust & safety crash course, introduced Coop to the atproto community, and hosted an unconference session on what a minimum safety stack looks like for indie devs.

85+ people joined our talk live and via stream. We loved the conversations that followed; they’re exactly why we do this.

roost.tools/blog/roost-at-atmo

roost.tools

ROOST at AtmosphereConf 2026

Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

@SocketSecurity@fosstodon.org
@roost@hachyderm.io

We’re back from 2026 and we’re still thinking about it. @cassidy and @julietshen gave a trust & safety crash course, introduced Coop to the atproto community, and hosted an unconference session on what a minimum safety stack looks like for indie devs.

85+ people joined our talk live and via stream. We loved the conversations that followed; they’re exactly why we do this.

roost.tools/blog/roost-at-atmo

roost.tools

ROOST at AtmosphereConf 2026

Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

@roost@hachyderm.io

We’re back from 2026 and we’re still thinking about it. @cassidy and @julietshen gave a trust & safety crash course, introduced Coop to the atproto community, and hosted an unconference session on what a minimum safety stack looks like for indie devs.

85+ people joined our talk live and via stream. We loved the conversations that followed; they’re exactly why we do this.

roost.tools/blog/roost-at-atmo

roost.tools

ROOST at AtmosphereConf 2026

Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

@cassidy@blaede.family

I wrote up the @roost experience at AtmosphereConf. Whether or not you’re interested in atproto, the conference was an incredible experience with one of the most welcoming and friendly communities I have ever had the chance to hang out with. The opening keynote alone should be watched by anyone building on the Internet.

roost.tools/blog/roost-at-atmo

There are a bunch of other freely available talk recordings linked in the post as well!

roost.tools

ROOST at AtmosphereConf 2026

Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

@secbox@chaos.social

Any personal recommendations for a server? I'm excited to try @delta as they prepare to compliment and . Yes, I'm familiar with the list on their site, but I'd like to hear recommendations from users.

I'd prefer a server in that is geared towards English speakers and run by a nonprofit or collective but would love to hear all experiences.

Thanks in advance!

@beandev@social.tchncs.de

Keine neuen Windows-Versionen: Microsoft sperrt Veracrypt-Entwickler aus

golem.de/news/keine-neuen-wind

> Der Veracrypt-Entwickler kann die Windows-Variante seiner Verschlüsselungssoftware nicht mehr aktualisieren. Microsoft hat sein Konto gekündigt.

> Idrassi versuchte nach eigenen Angaben mehrfach, Microsoft über verschiedene Kanäle zu kontaktieren. Dabei sei er aber nur an automatisierte Antworten und Bots geraten. "Es gelang mir nicht, einen Menschen zu erreichen", so der Entwickler.

golem.de

Golem

@beandev@social.tchncs.de

Keine neuen Windows-Versionen: Microsoft sperrt Veracrypt-Entwickler aus

golem.de/news/keine-neuen-wind

> Der Veracrypt-Entwickler kann die Windows-Variante seiner Verschlüsselungssoftware nicht mehr aktualisieren. Microsoft hat sein Konto gekündigt.

> Idrassi versuchte nach eigenen Angaben mehrfach, Microsoft über verschiedene Kanäle zu kontaktieren. Dabei sei er aber nur an automatisierte Antworten und Bots geraten. "Es gelang mir nicht, einen Menschen zu erreichen", so der Entwickler.

golem.de

Golem

@atlza@mamot.fr

J'avais lancé il y a un an le projet ://artfeed.org
Lecteur de flux dédié à l'image et à la .

J'avais mis le projet de côté depuis, n'arrivant pas, comme souvent, à communiquer dessus et à lui faire prendre son envol, ce malgré un bon accueil ici.

Il lui manquait notamment une fonctionnalité clef : la capacité de suivre un compte

J'entrevois aujourd'hui la possibilité de le faire mais cela aurait un coût d'usage. Question dois-je l'implémenter ?

@secbox@chaos.social

Any personal recommendations for a server? I'm excited to try @delta as they prepare to compliment and . Yes, I'm familiar with the list on their site, but I'd like to hear recommendations from users.

I'd prefer a server in that is geared towards English speakers and run by a nonprofit or collective but would love to hear all experiences.

Thanks in advance!

@oklabflensburg@norden.social

🌊 Neue Badestellenkarte für Schleswig-Holstein!

Mit der Badestellenkarte findest du Badestellen und wassernahe POIs übersichtlich auf einer Karte – offen, transparent und auf Basis von Open Data. Perfekt für die Planung des nächsten Ausflugs ans Wasser. 🏖️

Jetzt entdecken:
badestellenkarte.oklabflensbur

Der Quellcode:
github.com/oklabflensburg/open

Badestellenkarte für Schleswig-Holstein mit Markern auf der Karte und einer Beschreibung zu der gewählten Badestelle
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Badestellenkarte für Schleswig-Holstein mit Markern auf der Karte und einer Beschreibung zu der gewählten Badestelle

@oklabflensburg@norden.social

🌊 Neue Badestellenkarte für Schleswig-Holstein!

Mit der Badestellenkarte findest du Badestellen und wassernahe POIs übersichtlich auf einer Karte – offen, transparent und auf Basis von Open Data. Perfekt für die Planung des nächsten Ausflugs ans Wasser. 🏖️

Jetzt entdecken:
badestellenkarte.oklabflensbur

Der Quellcode:
github.com/oklabflensburg/open

Badestellenkarte für Schleswig-Holstein mit Markern auf der Karte und einer Beschreibung zu der gewählten Badestelle
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Badestellenkarte für Schleswig-Holstein mit Markern auf der Karte und einer Beschreibung zu der gewählten Badestelle

@Podman_io@fosstodon.org

The recording from the Podman Community Meeting today is now up! We talked about new config file changes, new meetings, KubeCon, FlatPack, Podlets, Materia, and more! Catch up on what you missed here: youtu.be/wm8IB0GcAso

- YouTube

YouTube에서 마음에 드는 동영상과 음악을 감상하고, 직접 만든 콘텐츠를 업로드하여 친구, 가족뿐 아니라 전 세계 사람들과 콘텐츠를 공유할 수 있습니다.

@fedora@fosstodon.org

Here is our report on 2025 Code of Conduct incidents. Generally the community is in a good place!

Part of the value of this report and the Code of Conduct more generally is in showing our community that we do care about how people are treated and we want to be responsive. If you experience treatment that is out of line, please review our Code of Conduct and submit a report.

➡️ communityblog.fedoraproject.or

communityblog.fedoraproject.org

Fedora Code of Conduct Report 2025 – Fedora Community Blog

The Fedora Project’s Code of Conduct and its reports are managed by the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee, the Fedora Community Architect, and the Fedora Project Leader. We publish this summary to demonstrate our commitment to community safety and our project’s social fabric. This post covers the year of reports received in the 2025 calendar […]

@atlza@mamot.fr

J'avais lancé il y a un an le projet ://artfeed.org
Lecteur de flux dédié à l'image et à la .

J'avais mis le projet de côté depuis, n'arrivant pas, comme souvent, à communiquer dessus et à lui faire prendre son envol, ce malgré un bon accueil ici.

Il lui manquait notamment une fonctionnalité clef : la capacité de suivre un compte

J'entrevois aujourd'hui la possibilité de le faire mais cela aurait un coût d'usage. Question dois-je l'implémenter ?

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

Request practical support for your free and open source project from NGI0 experts.
If you ever received a grant from any program in the Next Generation Internet initiative, you can request support services under the NGI0 Review program. The program ends on July 31 so the sooner you reach out the better. Use our webform and just tick the services that would benefit your project.
See the thread for a description of the available services.

nlnet.nl/NGI0/review/request.h

nlnet.nl

NLnet; Request support from NGI0 Review

@lethe@chaos.social

Hey fedi,
I'm looking for / recommendations for software to create flyers, posters, zines and such.
So far I've used for designing things and for creating the PDF files my print service wants. But it didn't feel like the best approach.
I also used , e.g. for moderation cards.

Is there another software I'm missing out on? (Never got cozy with GIMP)
Am I on the right path and just need practice?
I'm also happy to hear about good guides :)

Pls :BoostOK:

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

Request practical support for your free and open source project from NGI0 experts.
If you ever received a grant from any program in the Next Generation Internet initiative, you can request support services under the NGI0 Review program. The program ends on July 31 so the sooner you reach out the better. Use our webform and just tick the services that would benefit your project.
See the thread for a description of the available services.

nlnet.nl/NGI0/review/request.h

nlnet.nl

NLnet; Request support from NGI0 Review

@ogeer@social.coop

Hi Fedi! :ablobcatattention:

I'm a student in and (philocomp.net) at the University of . Busy University life will make me unresponsive sometimes.

I'm a promoter (co-running ox.ogeer.org/) and developer (ogeer.org/#code-forges). I would love to increase confidence and become a long-term contributor to communities' projects.

I'm a beginner but interested in - social.coop is an example.

I also enjoy and language-learning (message me in ES or ZH_Hans), considering and protecting our natural , and music.

I love creative, diverse methods of human expression and existence. I shun prejudice, and try to widen my perspectives. I am learning robust analytical arguments via Philosophy. Respectful, critical argument with me is welcome, but if it requires triggering topics, or could tire some, please put it behind a content warning. I will try to do the same.

ogeer.org

Oliver Geer

@nicolasvivant@colter.social
@apell@eupolicy.social

@EmilyOmier has consulted projects that want to start a business. I had the opportunity of interviewing her for the APELL NGI0 Business Circle to talk about communication challenges and revenue models for communities.
See the recording now: video.ngi.eu/w/kZxcev86T7e7h6Q

video.ngi.eu

Revenue Models for Communities

Episode 02 of the APELL NGI0 Commons Business Circle podcast with our guest Emily Omier. The two posts we talked about during the episode: 32:09 Element: Governments need to adopt Matrix responsibl...

@apell@eupolicy.social

@EmilyOmier has consulted projects that want to start a business. I had the opportunity of interviewing her for the APELL NGI0 Business Circle to talk about communication challenges and revenue models for communities.
See the recording now: video.ngi.eu/w/kZxcev86T7e7h6Q

video.ngi.eu

Revenue Models for Communities

Episode 02 of the APELL NGI0 Commons Business Circle podcast with our guest Emily Omier. The two posts we talked about during the episode: 32:09 Element: Governments need to adopt Matrix responsibl...

@jaypatelani@bsd.network

Okay, folks, gather 'round, because you are not going to believe this one. My friend who is working at NASA told me this confidential news , but i can finally spill the beans: NASA is officially running NetBSD.

Yeah, you heard that right. Turns out, when you need an OS that can literally run on a potato *and* survive the vacuum of space without a hiccup, you do not mess around. They have been working under wraps with their deep space division on something they are calling "AstroBSD."

Apparently, the Perseverance rover on Mars? Yeah, it is not just taking pretty pictures; it is crunching data with a custom NetBSD kernel.

This just proves what foundation has been saying forever: "Of course it runs NetBSD!" From your ancient router to a rover on another planet.

@alexmorse@mastodon.social

Check out my first from scratch open source project

github.com/makesitgood/phoson

Do you miss winamp and wmp visualizers?

I gotchu.

Browser based audio visualizer engine, with some examples. Actively looking for contributors, even concepts. I've got a pile but people can do more than me, bring it!

An audio visualization based on sin waves and a gold motif
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An audio visualization based on sin waves and a gold motif

@Whinery@undefined.social · Reply to nixCraft 🐧
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social

It's the 1st Sunday of the month and so we celebrate Day in Canada. What have you done this past month to secure your personal data? Did you exit X or flee Facebook? Did you or switch to an software alternative?
Tell us what you accomplished and encourage others to take action. Start small and regain control over your data a little bit at a time.

@fedora@fosstodon.org

Due to the new government in Syria and changes in US law, the Fedora community was able to restore access to the project to Syrians! This includes not just downloading Fedora Linux, but also all aspects of participating in the project itself.

“The Fedora Project envisions a world where everyone benefits from free and open source software built by inclusive, welcoming, and open-minded communities.“

We're grateful to be able to take this step 🙏

➡️ fedoramagazine.org/fedora-syri

fedoramagazine.org

Mrhbaan Syria! Fedora now available in Syria - Fedora Magazine

Fedora is now available in Syria! Fedora officially lifted IP blocks to restore access to Fedora Linux downloads and services for Syrians.

@PolGM@masto.bike

📯Annonce :

Pour célébrer la sortie finale d'Abyss Crew il y a 1 an, on ouvre publiquement son code source :)

(Oui, c'est sérieux, et non, ce n'est pas un piratage...)

Même si c'est encore rare dans le milieu du jeu vidéo, le but est partager nos années de développement avec la communauté et espérons que cela pourra aider d'autres personnes.

Pour plus d'infos et accéder au code :
abysscrew.com/index.php/2026/0

Visuel avec écrit "Abyss Crew becomes open source"
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Visuel avec écrit "Abyss Crew becomes open source"

@PolGM@masto.bike

📯Annonce :

Pour célébrer la sortie finale d'Abyss Crew il y a 1 an, on ouvre publiquement son code source :)

(Oui, c'est sérieux, et non, ce n'est pas un piratage...)

Même si c'est encore rare dans le milieu du jeu vidéo, le but est partager nos années de développement avec la communauté et espérons que cela pourra aider d'autres personnes.

Pour plus d'infos et accéder au code :
abysscrew.com/index.php/2026/0

Visuel avec écrit "Abyss Crew becomes open source"
ALT text

Visuel avec écrit "Abyss Crew becomes open source"

@jbz@indieweb.social

Gabe Newell Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing about Init Systems | S3kshun8's Lair

「 Most saddening of all is that the legitimate and valid communal focused ideology that the old guard purports to hold up - is actually being lived and expressed by the corporations those same people would argue are capturing the ecosystem 」

s3kshun8.games/blog/flatpak-wo

s3kshun8.games

Gabe Newell Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing about Init Systems

@firethering@mastodon.social
@ElbowsUpforDigitalSovereignty@thecanadian.social

It's the 1st Sunday of the month and so we celebrate Day in Canada. What have you done this past month to secure your personal data? Did you exit X or flee Facebook? Did you or switch to an software alternative?
Tell us what you accomplished and encourage others to take action. Start small and regain control over your data a little bit at a time.

@benedikt@gruene.social
@jbz@indieweb.social

Gabe Newell Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing about Init Systems | S3kshun8's Lair

「 Most saddening of all is that the legitimate and valid communal focused ideology that the old guard purports to hold up - is actually being lived and expressed by the corporations those same people would argue are capturing the ecosystem 」

s3kshun8.games/blog/flatpak-wo

s3kshun8.games

Gabe Newell Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing about Init Systems

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

In this week's and news show, we have some trouble brewing for our Open Source office suites, with OnlyOffice beefing with EuroOffice and Nextcloud, and COllabora having problems with the Document Foundation, the entity that manages LibreOffice.

Oh and we also have good news, like crucial stuff coming to Wayland, Linux passing 5% market share for gaming, and more!

youtube.com/watch?v=eweMlWewcVg

youtube.com

What is happening to our Office Suites?! - Linux Weekly News

Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en#👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:Get access to:- a Daily Linux News show- a weekly...

@thelinuxEXP In some way what OnlyOffice did there is the enshitification of the AGPL, the AGPL normally was considered to be the more stringent brother of the as it required that e.g clients of a web service needed to have access to the source code.

Now basically adding additional rules to it as your video implies is like a cynical attack on the GPL itself. Considering that maybe OnlyOffice is powered by the Russian government and that there were strategies in the past to make concepts unattractive to people by introducing cynicism, doubt, fear or simply FUD into the believes of people, then it would not be a stretch, that this was intentional to manipulate Free Software as an idea.

Kind of like what Microsoft did for many years and which is also one reason why Microsoft Office is so prevalent.

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

In this week's and news show, we have some trouble brewing for our Open Source office suites, with OnlyOffice beefing with EuroOffice and Nextcloud, and COllabora having problems with the Document Foundation, the entity that manages LibreOffice.

Oh and we also have good news, like crucial stuff coming to Wayland, Linux passing 5% market share for gaming, and more!

youtube.com/watch?v=eweMlWewcVg

youtube.com

What is happening to our Office Suites?! - Linux Weekly News

Grab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en#👏 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:Get access to:- a Daily Linux News show- a weekly...

@quachpas@social.sciences.re

Hello Mastodon ! Je suis nouveau sur Mastodon. Je suis ingénieur informatique et chercheur en recherche opérationnelle. Je suis (grand) partisan d' et . Je m'intéresse à de nombreux sujets mais surtout .

Je suis un peu un fan de (composition d'après Wikipédia) donc j'utilise (ou ), et . Je suis responsable de deux paquets Typst: glossarium et algorithmique.

J'ai du temps libre avant le début de mon prochain travail, donc je parcours lentement ma pile de projets personnels...

Au plaisir de rencontrer des gens ici!

@quachpas@social.sciences.re

Hi Mastodon! I'm Pascal and new to Mastodon. I'm a computer engineer and a researcher in operations research. I'm a (fairly) strong advocate for and . I'm interested in many topics but mostly .

I'm a bit of a nerd, so I use (or ), and . I maintain two Typst packages: glossarium and algorithmic.

I have some free time before my next work contract starts, so I have been slowly going through my personal projects backlog...

Looking forward to meet people here!

@patadeperro@kolektiva.social

⚡ Macht mit – kappt die Abhängigkeit von , übernehmt die Kontrolle über Eure Kommunikation! 💪 Hört @bjoernsta im Podcast @BibliothekDerGutenIdeen über den Digital Independence Day , und dezentrale, datenschutzfreundliche Alternativen wie @Mastodon, @peertube, @nextcloud, @matrix, @openstreetmap undundund. 🎧 bibliothek-der-guten-ideen.let

Ankündigungsfoto der Folge "Ideen, die uns unabhängig machen von Big Tech" des Podcasts Die Bibliothek der guten Ideen
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Ankündigungsfoto der Folge "Ideen, die uns unabhängig machen von Big Tech" des Podcasts Die Bibliothek der guten Ideen

@patadeperro@kolektiva.social

⚡ Macht mit – kappt die Abhängigkeit von , übernehmt die Kontrolle über Eure Kommunikation! 💪 Hört @bjoernsta im Podcast @BibliothekDerGutenIdeen über den Digital Independence Day , und dezentrale, datenschutzfreundliche Alternativen wie @Mastodon, @peertube, @nextcloud, @matrix, @openstreetmap undundund. 🎧 bibliothek-der-guten-ideen.let

Ankündigungsfoto der Folge "Ideen, die uns unabhängig machen von Big Tech" des Podcasts Die Bibliothek der guten Ideen
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Ankündigungsfoto der Folge "Ideen, die uns unabhängig machen von Big Tech" des Podcasts Die Bibliothek der guten Ideen

@paulox@fosstodon.org

After years relying only on social feeds, I’m going back to reading blogs via RSS on my laptop using NewsFlash on GNOME. 📰

I was honestly surprised to find that some blogs I usually read still don’t provide a feed in 2026. 🙃

If you self host your blog and write about Open Source, Python, Django, Linux or similar topics, please add an RSS/Atom feed. Otherwise people like me simply won’t know when you publish. 💡

Please boost. 🙏

CC @gnome

Orange RSS feed icon with white radio waves, commonly used by browsers like Firefox to indicate that a website provides a web feed.
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Orange RSS feed icon with white radio waves, commonly used by browsers like Firefox to indicate that a website provides a web feed.

@paulox@fosstodon.org

After years relying only on social feeds, I’m going back to reading blogs via RSS on my laptop using NewsFlash on GNOME. 📰

I was honestly surprised to find that some blogs I usually read still don’t provide a feed in 2026. 🙃

If you self host your blog and write about Open Source, Python, Django, Linux or similar topics, please add an RSS/Atom feed. Otherwise people like me simply won’t know when you publish. 💡

Please boost. 🙏

CC @gnome

Orange RSS feed icon with white radio waves, commonly used by browsers like Firefox to indicate that a website provides a web feed.
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Orange RSS feed icon with white radio waves, commonly used by browsers like Firefox to indicate that a website provides a web feed.

@Gina@fosstodon.org

Well, this is unfortunate.

"Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the [US] government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy."

sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-w

sambent.com

Proton Meet Isn't What They Told You It Was

Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy.

@fedora@fosstodon.org
@Gina@fosstodon.org

Well, this is unfortunate.

"Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the [US] government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy."

sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-w

sambent.com

Proton Meet Isn't What They Told You It Was

Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy.

@Gina@fosstodon.org

Well, this is unfortunate.

"Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the [US] government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy."

sambent.com/proton-meet-isnt-w

sambent.com

Proton Meet Isn't What They Told You It Was

Proton built Proton Meet to escape the CLOUD Act. They built it on CLOUD Act infrastructure. Their website promises "not even government agencies" can access your calls. The company routing them hands your call records to the government when asked. Proton hid them from their privacy policy.

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@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

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Lives in The Netherlands, EU. Works as self-employed tech consultant & software developer. Likes to tinker & has way too many interests 😊

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@ozoned@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @BjornW@mastodon.social

publicspaces.net

Lives in The Netherlands, EU. Works as self-employed tech consultant & software developer. Likes to tinker & has way too many interests 😊

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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

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mastodon.social

Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Gute #Dokumentation ist ein zentraler Hebel für nachhaltige #OpenSource-Projekte. Sie schafft Orientierung, ermöglicht Mitwirkung und macht Wissen zugänglich. Im #SovereignTechFellowship bieten wir einen Dokumentations-Sprint an: Bis zu sechs zusätzliche Plätze für Tech-Writer*innen, die 2026 an kritischer offener Basistechnologie arbeiten möchten. Bewirb Dich bis zum 6. April 2026. Mehr über den Doku-Sprint: https://www.sovereign.tech/de/neuigkeiten/fellowship-documentation-sprint-tech-writer_in

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Gute ist ein zentraler Hebel für nachhaltige -Projekte. Sie schafft Orientierung, ermöglicht Mitwirkung und macht Wissen zugänglich.

Im bieten wir einen Dokumentations-Sprint an: Bis zu sechs zusätzliche Plätze für Tech-Writer*innen, die 2026 an kritischer offener Basistechnologie arbeiten möchten. Bewirb Dich bis zum 6. April 2026. Mehr über den Doku-Sprint:

sovereign.tech/de/neuigkeiten/

Eine Grafik mit Text, der für einen Dokumentations-Sprint für Tech-Writer*innen wirbt; die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 6. April 2026. In der Mitte ist ein Foto einer Schreibmaschine zu sehen, mit einem Blatt Papier auf dem „INFRASTRUCTURE“ steht. In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich das Logo des Sovereign Tech Fellowship.
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Eine Grafik mit Text, der für einen Dokumentations-Sprint für Tech-Writer*innen wirbt; die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 6. April 2026. In der Mitte ist ein Foto einer Schreibmaschine zu sehen, mit einem Blatt Papier auf dem „INFRASTRUCTURE“ steht. In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich das Logo des Sovereign Tech Fellowship.

@ENGIOS@mastodon.social

Not broken. Just abandoned.

Each year:
• ~1.7B smartphones discarded
• ~300–400M PCs retired
• millions of servers replaced

And here’s the uncomfortable truth:

Hardware isn’t being replaced because it’s broken.

It’s being replaced because software demands it.

Extend device life by just 1 year → ~20% less e-waste.

The problem isn’t hardware. It’s software.

What if software adapted to hardware?

Not Broken - Just Abandoned
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Not Broken - Just Abandoned

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Improving documentation in projects opens doors for new contributors and strengthens the communities working on those technologies. There are still a few days to apply for the 2026 documentation sprint. Up to six technical writers can apply to make short-term, focused contributions to critical open digital infrastructure.

🎗️ Apply by Monday, April 6, 2026, to make knowledge more accessible in !

mastodon.social

Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Good #documentation is key for sustainable #opensource projects. It helps create clarity, empowers new contributors, and makes knowledge accessible. As part of the #SovereignTechFellowship, we’re hosting a documentation sprint: up to six additional spots for technical writers to work short-term on critical open digital infrastructure in 2026. Apply by April 6, 2026. Find out more about the docs sprint: https://www.sovereign.tech/news/fellowship-documentation-sprint-technical-writers

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Good is key for sustainable projects. It helps create clarity, empowers new contributors, and makes knowledge accessible.

As part of the , we’re hosting a documentation sprint: up to six additional spots for technical writers to work short-term on critical open digital infrastructure in 2026. Apply by April 6, 2026. Find out more about the docs sprint:

sovereign.tech/news/fellowship

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A graphic with text promoting a documentation sprint for technical writers, with an application deadline of April 6, 2026. In the center is a photo of typewriter with a paper labeled "INFRASTRUCTURE". In the lower-right corner is Sovereign Tech Fellowship logo.

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@rzeta0@mathstodon.xyz · Reply to GNOME

@gnome

Why are people from Iran not allowed?

But people from *** are allowed?

I see replies suggesting this is US law.

But you can move outside the USA, that doesn't seem like a sincere excuse.

I seem to recall OpenBSD moved outside the USA to Canada due to their immoral laws.

There are many reasons not to be in the USA.

Saying it takes effort tells us how much you value your comfort vs human suffering.

@vitonsky@mastodon.social

What practical use cases for can you imagine?

Tell about it in this thread.

I use WASM to integrate software solutions across different stacks. For example, I compile a Twofish cipher implementation from C to WASM and use it in the browser. It’s cheap and prevents reinventing the wheel.

However, WASM has limitations: no threads, no hardware acceleration, etc.

What other real-world use cases can you imagine?

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@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

A historic moment in the thi.ng/umbrella microverse!

I just re-published all 214 projects, the first release referencing their new home at @Codeberg with updated links in all packages, examples, readmes and other documentation... 🎉

(Also added a prominent note [hopefully prominent enough!] at the top of the main readme to inform about this project migration...)

Happy Coding! :) The detangling from US big tech continues...

thi.ng

thi.ng/umbrella

@vitonsky@mastodon.social

What practical use cases for can you imagine?

Tell about it in this thread.

I use WASM to integrate software solutions across different stacks. For example, I compile a Twofish cipher implementation from C to WASM and use it in the browser. It’s cheap and prevents reinventing the wheel.

However, WASM has limitations: no threads, no hardware acceleration, etc.

What other real-world use cases can you imagine?

WebAssembly logo
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@ozoned@btfree.social

Since my bonfire @firesidefedi account is acting up, going to post this here.

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @tommi@pan.rent

If I wanted to make this bio accurate, it would change every few hours. Figuring out my identity, 64 bits at a time. Learning at post.lurk.org/@xpub , working with social.coop/@dweb and toot.village.one/@VillageOne... . Words and pictures originally published by me are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 13 April 2026 at 13:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@tommi@pan.rent

Tommi - If I wanted to make this bio accurate, it would change every few hours. Figuring out my identity, 64 bits at a time. Learning at https://post.lurk.org/@xpub , working with https://social.coop/@dweb and https://toot.village.one/@VillageOneCoop . Words and pictures originally published by me are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

We're looking for a structured, strategic thinker to join the Sovereign Tech Agency as an executive assistant to our managing directors. This role combines strong execution with an understanding of political processes and organizational dynamics, keeping the big picture in view while ensuring meetings and priorities are managed thoughtfully, decisions are well-prepared, and issues don't fall through the cracks. 1/2

Recruitment banner for the Sovereign Tech Agency reading “We’re hiring - Executive Assistant.” The image shows two colleagues talking outside; the person on the right is Luisa von Beust, one of the managing directors the role supports. The footer reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”
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@ozoned@btfree.social

Since my bonfire @firesidefedi account is acting up, going to post this here.

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @tommi@pan.rent

If I wanted to make this bio accurate, it would change every few hours. Figuring out my identity, 64 bits at a time. Learning at post.lurk.org/@xpub , working with social.coop/@dweb and toot.village.one/@VillageOne... . Words and pictures originally published by me are licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 13 April 2026 at 13:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
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@Taler@fosstodon.org

GNU Taler is now available for NymVPN checkout 🎉
Your wallet, your business:
The exchange sees a withdrawal.
The merchant sees a payment.
Neither sees the full picture.
Cash-like privacy, existing currencies, no blockchain.
Every new integration makes the Taler ecosystem more useful for everyone. The stack is closing 🌱
🔗 nym.com/blog/taler

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Introducing Taler for NymVPN | Nym

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@sri@mastodon.social

Here is a "podcast" between me and Matthias Clasen (GTK maintainer) on the release of GNOME 50. I hope you enjoy it!

youtu.be/yCaEiiS5yuY?si=wBr-DQ

Feedback welcome - especially if you would like me to do more of this.

youtube.com

Matthias Clasen(GTK Maintainer) and Sri GNOME 50 release

Matthias and I talk about the latest GNOME 50 release and what he thinks is exciting about it.

@sri@mastodon.social

Here is a "podcast" between me and Matthias Clasen (GTK maintainer) on the release of GNOME 50. I hope you enjoy it!

youtu.be/yCaEiiS5yuY?si=wBr-DQ

Feedback welcome - especially if you would like me to do more of this.

youtube.com

Matthias Clasen(GTK Maintainer) and Sri GNOME 50 release

Matthias and I talk about the latest GNOME 50 release and what he thinks is exciting about it.

@sri@mastodon.social

Here is a "podcast" between me and Matthias Clasen (GTK maintainer) on the release of GNOME 50. I hope you enjoy it!

youtu.be/yCaEiiS5yuY?si=wBr-DQ

Feedback welcome - especially if you would like me to do more of this.

youtube.com

Matthias Clasen(GTK Maintainer) and Sri GNOME 50 release

Matthias and I talk about the latest GNOME 50 release and what he thinks is exciting about it.

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

We're looking for a structured, strategic thinker to join the Sovereign Tech Agency as an executive assistant to our managing directors. This role combines strong execution with an understanding of political processes and organizational dynamics, keeping the big picture in view while ensuring meetings and priorities are managed thoughtfully, decisions are well-prepared, and issues don't fall through the cracks. 1/2

Recruitment banner for the Sovereign Tech Agency reading “We’re hiring - Executive Assistant.” The image shows two colleagues talking outside; the person on the right is Luisa von Beust, one of the managing directors the role supports. The footer reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”
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Recruitment banner for the Sovereign Tech Agency reading “We’re hiring - Executive Assistant.” The image shows two colleagues talking outside; the person on the right is Luisa von Beust, one of the managing directors the role supports. The footer reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”

@BMDS@social.bund.de

Public Money 👉 Public Code

Wir veröffentlichen neu entwickelte -Module, die Beschäftigte der öffentlichen Verwaltung unterstützen und entlasten – kostenfrei und !

Die Anwendungen sollen dazu beitragen, Planungs- und Genehmigungsverfahren deutlich zu beschleunigen. „Kreative und innovative Köpfe können sie jetzt weiterentwickeln“, sagt Bundesdigitalminister Karsten Wildberger.

Mehr Infos: bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/pressem

Wir haben KI-Module für Planungs- und Genehmigungsver-fahren entwickeln lassen. 
Die Module sind preisgekrönt.
Wir stellen sie allen zur Verfügung. Open Source.
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Wir haben KI-Module für Planungs- und Genehmigungsver-fahren entwickeln lassen. Die Module sind preisgekrönt. Wir stellen sie allen zur Verfügung. Open Source.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

LibreOffice vs ONLYOFFICE: two leading open-source office suites with different approaches to formats, UI, and collaboration affecting control and portability ⚖️

Which do you prefer? Vote below ⬇️
Please boost to reach more users 🔁

@libreoffice
@ONLYOFFICE

🔗 itsfoss.com/comparison/libreof

  • LibreOffice214 (76%)
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  • Other (M365, Google Workspace, etc.)5 (2%)

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LibreOffice vs ONLYOFFICE - Which One Is Right For You?

Both are solid open source office suites but which one should you choose? This in-depth article compares LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE across features, usability, and real-world experience.

@danie10@mastodon.social
@iangclifton@androiddev.social

We need a new open source license that is like Apache 2.0, but any company that made more than a billion dollars in profit during a year where they also had layoffs is ineligible.

@iangclifton@androiddev.social

We need a new open source license that is like Apache 2.0, but any company that made more than a billion dollars in profit during a year where they also had layoffs is ineligible.

@zersiax@cupoftea.social

I was helping an open-source app become more yesterday and we ran into the problem that it looks like Orca has a bit of a tendency to crash when exposed to webkitGTK applications. I've not done Desktop for a long time and have no idea what the workarounds for this would be, does anyone know anyone who might know what's happening here? Do we need to set a random environment variable somewhere or update a specific package so this person can do basic screen reader testing on their app?

@jaypatelani@bsd.network

Okay, folks, gather 'round, because you are not going to believe this one. My friend who is working at NASA told me this confidential news , but i can finally spill the beans: NASA is officially running NetBSD.

Yeah, you heard that right. Turns out, when you need an OS that can literally run on a potato *and* survive the vacuum of space without a hiccup, you do not mess around. They have been working under wraps with their deep space division on something they are calling "AstroBSD."

Apparently, the Perseverance rover on Mars? Yeah, it is not just taking pretty pictures; it is crunching data with a custom NetBSD kernel.

This just proves what foundation has been saying forever: "Of course it runs NetBSD!" From your ancient router to a rover on another planet.

@zersiax@cupoftea.social

I was helping an open-source app become more yesterday and we ran into the problem that it looks like Orca has a bit of a tendency to crash when exposed to webkitGTK applications. I've not done Desktop for a long time and have no idea what the workarounds for this would be, does anyone know anyone who might know what's happening here? Do we need to set a random environment variable somewhere or update a specific package so this person can do basic screen reader testing on their app?

@fedora@fosstodon.org
@jti42@infosec.exchange

Quite the interesting fresh FOSS drama.
Curious to see how this will turn out. Two 🍺 on settlement.

Also, should the verdict go towards the Euro-Office fork will we see any precendence for other cases effectively weaking FOSS legal protection? Will distributors or integrators be impacted?

@Karlitschek being a clear FOSS native will surely have a proper strategy & plan forward laid out for this with his legal counsel. Or so one would hope.

Technically a pleasant product that one could only hope to be continued and advanced, ideally on combined man power of both parties.

fosstodon.org

ONLYOFFICE (@ONLYOFFICE@fosstodon.org)

Attached: 1 image 🚨#ONLYOFFICE CEO Lev Bannov on Euro-Office 🚨 Our CEO Lev Bannov addresses the Euro-Office situation, emphasizing the importance of open-source licensing and brand integrity. “We do not grant anyone the right to remove our branding or alter our open-source code without proper attribution. This principle is non-negotiable.” Read the full interview on our blog: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/interview-with-lev-bannov-ceo-at-onlyoffice-on-the-euro-office-situation?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fosstodon

@ONLYOFFICE@fosstodon.org

🚨 CEO Lev Bannov on Euro-Office 🚨

Our CEO Lev Bannov addresses the Euro-Office situation, emphasizing the importance of open-source licensing and brand integrity.

“We do not grant anyone the right to remove our branding or alter our open-source code without proper attribution. This principle is non-negotiable.”

Read the full interview on our blog: onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/in

@petertc@g0v.social

Heading to the biggest gathering! I’ll probably be hanging out most of the time at the stand on Level 2, Building K (Open Culture Foundation + Taiwan Open Source Community) with the crew

@ayo@ayco.io
@dret@mastodon.uno

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳

@cheeaun

The app (sometimes) doesn't count the remaining characters correctly when writing a post.

The count, in certain situations, differs from the web interface one.

Italiano:

𝗦𝗲𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗶 𝘀𝘃𝗶𝗹𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶 𝗱𝗶

L'app (a volte) non conta correttamente i caratteri rimanenti mentre si scrive un post.

Il conteggio, in certe situazioni, differisce da quello dell'interfaccia web di Mastodon.

@opensource

@ayo@ayco.io
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@skittles@berlin.social

So, think they found a legal loophole in by mandating „the obligation to retain the original product logo“ while at the same time denying any rights to use said (trademarked) logo 🤡

but I doubt any judge will agree to this interpretation of „requiring preservation of specified reasonable legal notices or author attributions“ (section 7b), but hey, feel free to bring this to court, good luck! 😂

fosstodon.org

ONLYOFFICE (@ONLYOFFICE@fosstodon.org)

We have flagged the "Euro-Office" project by #Nextcloud and IONOS for clear license violations. As an open-source product, #ONLYOFFICE relies on strict AGPLv3 compliance. This includes proper attribution and keeping our original branding intact. We require full and immediate adherence to all our licensing terms. Read our full official statement: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/onlyoffice-flags-license-violations-in-euro-office-project-by-nextcloud-and-ionos?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fosstodon

@ONLYOFFICE@fosstodon.org

We have flagged the "Euro-Office" project by and IONOS for clear license violations.

As an open-source product, relies on strict AGPLv3 compliance. This includes proper attribution and keeping our original branding intact. We require full and immediate adherence to all our licensing terms.

Read our full official statement: onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/03/on

onlyoffice.com

ONLYOFFICE flags license violations in “Euro-Office” project

The “Euro-Office” initiative is an evident and material violation of ONLYOFFICE licensing terms and principles of international intellectual property law.

@ayo@ayco.io
@ayo@ayco.io
@openproject@fosstodon.org

We recently showed the OpenProject Jira Migrator in action. But what does it actually mean for your migration?

Our Jira Migrator is currently available under a feature flag and supports importing projects, issues, users, and more. We are also collecting anonymized data samples to improve the migrator across different setups.

🔗 Learn more about the current status and next steps:

openproject.org/blog/jira-migr

OpenProject Jira Migrator in beta version: Jira import with warning about limited import, below listed several imports.
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OpenProject Jira Migrator in beta version: Jira import with warning about limited import, below listed several imports.

@openproject@fosstodon.org

We recently showed the OpenProject Jira Migrator in action. But what does it actually mean for your migration?

Our Jira Migrator is currently available under a feature flag and supports importing projects, issues, users, and more. We are also collecting anonymized data samples to improve the migrator across different setups.

🔗 Learn more about the current status and next steps:

openproject.org/blog/jira-migr

OpenProject Jira Migrator in beta version: Jira import with warning about limited import, below listed several imports.
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OpenProject Jira Migrator in beta version: Jira import with warning about limited import, below listed several imports.

@mikaeru@mastodon.social

The latest version v6.4.0 of the open-source application "Color Ramp Formulator" is now available, fixing an odd bug: the "Apply Color Map" child window would not open when the application was unpackaged.

🔗 codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/colo

Screenshot of the open-source application Color Ramp Formulator v6.4.0 (Apply Color Map window)
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Screenshot of the open-source application Color Ramp Formulator v6.4.0 (main window)
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@mikaeru@mastodon.social

The latest version v6.4.0 of the open-source application "Color Ramp Formulator" is now available, fixing an odd bug: the "Apply Color Map" child window would not open when the application was unpackaged.

🔗 codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/colo

Screenshot of the open-source application Color Ramp Formulator v6.4.0 (Apply Color Map window)
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Screenshot of the open-source application Color Ramp Formulator v6.4.0 (Apply Color Map window)

Screenshot of the open-source application Color Ramp Formulator v6.4.0 (main window)
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Screenshot of the open-source application Color Ramp Formulator v6.4.0 (main window)

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

PSA: Migrating the thi.ng/umbrella monorepo to Codeberg, including:

- updating thousands of links in ~970 files (readme's, media, API docs/snippets in source files, examples, wiki etc.)
- updated 215 package short links to point to new locations on Codeberg
- re-configured & re-uploaded hundreds of megabytes of package API docs to docs.thi.ng/ (with new backlinks to Codeberg)

Re: short links, for example thi.ng/wasm-api is an alias for the more unwieldly package homepage URL in the larger umbrella repo on Codeberg: codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/s

Along with these changes, Codeberg is also the main/default remote for this project now. I will keep the Github repo (github.com/thi-ng/umbrella) around for a bit longer, but will add a note in some places to say that this is only a passive mirror from now on...

This exercise has taken up most of my Sunday today, for a body of work which spans close to 10 years of my life... I had migrated this large repo already in 2024, but finally got around to "make the switch". Other thi.ng projects will be migrated over the coming weeks/months...

As always, a big thank you to all the people who've been supporting this work and its maintenance. Self-promotion is absolutely not my forte and I always have prioritized putting my energy into these projects instead. But if you in any way have benefited from these varied projects and/or want to support their ongoing development, I'd highly appreciate any donations/sponsoring via:

codeberg.org/thi.ng/umbrella/s

codeberg.org

Cookie monster!

@nixCraft@mastodon.social

NGINX OSS 1.29.6 and 1.29.7: Open Sourced Session Persistence, Multipath TCP and More blog.nginx.org/blog/nginx-oss-

Multipath allows a single TCP connection to use multiple network paths simultaneously, improving resilience and throughput in multi-homed or heterogeneous network environments as per the blog post.

blog.nginx.org

NGINX OSS 1.29.6 and 1.29.7: Open Sourced Session Persistence, Multipath TCP and More  – NGINX Community Blog

@xanathon@social.phantanews.de

I still want to get rid of Photoshop and move to Krita.

One thing I was missing were the vector shapes. So here is a Python program that converts Photoshop csh and psp files to Krita svg shapes.

It comes as a plugin and as a standalone Python file with a TKInter UI. Tested on Windows and MacOS.

Here's the plugin:
codeberg.org/xanathon/csh2krita

Extensive readme in the repository.

codeberg.org

csh2krita

Krita plugin to convert Photoshop csh and psp files into Krita Symbol Libraries in svg format.

@xanathon@social.phantanews.de

I still want to get rid of Photoshop and move to Krita.

One thing I was missing were the vector shapes. So here is a Python program that converts Photoshop csh and psp files to Krita svg shapes.

It comes as a plugin and as a standalone Python file with a TKInter UI. Tested on Windows and MacOS.

Here's the plugin:
codeberg.org/xanathon/csh2krita

Extensive readme in the repository.

codeberg.org

csh2krita

Krita plugin to convert Photoshop csh and psp files into Krita Symbol Libraries in svg format.

@ayo@ayco.io
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

It's time for this week's and News video, this time with a big segment on Age Verification on Linux, since this thing is escalating, with projects saying they'll never comply with these laws, and others looking at ways to support them.

We also have SteamOS moving to Wayland, Ubuntu making a few interesting moves, and more !

youtube.com/watch?v=IYtqghw3LVY

youtube.com

The Linux Age Verification situation is escalating & other Linux Weekly News

Use a secure, encrypted, and fast VPN with Proton VPN: https://protonvpn.com/TheLinuxEXPGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedoc...

@AdeptVeritatis@social.tchncs.de

VJSynth 0.6.0 is out now!

A versatile moving-image synthesizer, based on and

codeberg.org/AdeptVeritatis/vj

- Windows builds work again (with limited features)

- load your own GLSL shaders

- more kaleidoscope symmetries

- clamp node for numerical values

- serial input for badge controls

- new unified bind system for gamepads, MIDI and control nodes (with LFOs, etc.)

ATTENTION: experimental features are optional (use '--all-features')

1/2

codeberg.org

vjsynth

vjsynth

@AdeptVeritatis@social.tchncs.de

VJSynth 0.6.0 is out now!

A versatile moving-image synthesizer, based on and

codeberg.org/AdeptVeritatis/vj

- Windows builds work again (with limited features)

- load your own GLSL shaders

- more kaleidoscope symmetries

- clamp node for numerical values

- serial input for badge controls

- new unified bind system for gamepads, MIDI and control nodes (with LFOs, etc.)

ATTENTION: experimental features are optional (use '--all-features')

1/2

codeberg.org

vjsynth

vjsynth

@redaktion@social.linux-magazin.de

Ihr findet uns bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen direkt gegenüber der Treppe!
Kommt vorbei, nehmt euch Hefte mit und gewinnt ein Jahresabo! @clt_news

Vier Personen stehen hinter dem Linux-Magazin-Stand bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen und lächeln in die Kamera. Alle tragen schwarze Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts. Auf dem Tisch liegen aktuelle Ausgaben des Linux-Magazins (Titelthema „Container Monitoring"), ein aufgeklapptes Laptop mit NerdZoom-Media-Aufkleber, Sticker, ein kleiner Lautsprecher und ein handgeschriebenes Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo". Hinter ihnen zeigen Stellwände Coverabbildungen vergangener Ausgaben. Im Hintergrund ist unter anderem ein Hetzner-Werbebanner zu erkennen.
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Vier Personen stehen hinter dem Linux-Magazin-Stand bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen und lächeln in die Kamera. Alle tragen schwarze Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts. Auf dem Tisch liegen aktuelle Ausgaben des Linux-Magazins (Titelthema „Container Monitoring"), ein aufgeklapptes Laptop mit NerdZoom-Media-Aufkleber, Sticker, ein kleiner Lautsprecher und ein handgeschriebenes Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo". Hinter ihnen zeigen Stellwände Coverabbildungen vergangener Ausgaben. Im Hintergrund ist unter anderem ein Hetzner-Werbebanner zu erkennen.

Blick von oben auf den Stand von Linux-Magazin  bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen. Drei Stellwände zeigen aktuelle und ältere Titelseiten des Magazins. Mehrere Standmitarbeiter in schwarzen Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts unterhalten sich mit Besucherinnen und Besuchern. Auf dem Tisch liegen Ausgaben der Magazine, ein Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo" sowie diverse Sticker und Give-aways. Im Hintergrund sind weitere Messestände zu sehen.
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Blick von oben auf den Stand von Linux-Magazin bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen. Drei Stellwände zeigen aktuelle und ältere Titelseiten des Magazins. Mehrere Standmitarbeiter in schwarzen Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts unterhalten sich mit Besucherinnen und Besuchern. Auf dem Tisch liegen Ausgaben der Magazine, ein Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo" sowie diverse Sticker und Give-aways. Im Hintergrund sind weitere Messestände zu sehen.

@danzin@mastodon.social

I was that kind of person that would run off-the-shelf tools on open source projects and report the findings (you know, those with a high false positive rate) hoping to help.

Now I'm kind of person that will run tools made by myself on open source projects and report the findings hoping to help.

What changed was that I learned enough to develop tools to help. What remains the same is that I often struggle to understand the findings (but I'm improving at this)

@redaktion@social.linux-magazin.de

Ihr findet uns bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen direkt gegenüber der Treppe!
Kommt vorbei, nehmt euch Hefte mit und gewinnt ein Jahresabo! @clt_news

Vier Personen stehen hinter dem Linux-Magazin-Stand bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen und lächeln in die Kamera. Alle tragen schwarze Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts. Auf dem Tisch liegen aktuelle Ausgaben des Linux-Magazins (Titelthema „Container Monitoring"), ein aufgeklapptes Laptop mit NerdZoom-Media-Aufkleber, Sticker, ein kleiner Lautsprecher und ein handgeschriebenes Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo". Hinter ihnen zeigen Stellwände Coverabbildungen vergangener Ausgaben. Im Hintergrund ist unter anderem ein Hetzner-Werbebanner zu erkennen.
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Vier Personen stehen hinter dem Linux-Magazin-Stand bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen und lächeln in die Kamera. Alle tragen schwarze Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts. Auf dem Tisch liegen aktuelle Ausgaben des Linux-Magazins (Titelthema „Container Monitoring"), ein aufgeklapptes Laptop mit NerdZoom-Media-Aufkleber, Sticker, ein kleiner Lautsprecher und ein handgeschriebenes Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo". Hinter ihnen zeigen Stellwände Coverabbildungen vergangener Ausgaben. Im Hintergrund ist unter anderem ein Hetzner-Werbebanner zu erkennen.

Blick von oben auf den Stand von Linux-Magazin  bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen. Drei Stellwände zeigen aktuelle und ältere Titelseiten des Magazins. Mehrere Standmitarbeiter in schwarzen Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts unterhalten sich mit Besucherinnen und Besuchern. Auf dem Tisch liegen Ausgaben der Magazine, ein Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo" sowie diverse Sticker und Give-aways. Im Hintergrund sind weitere Messestände zu sehen.
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Blick von oben auf den Stand von Linux-Magazin bei den Chemnitzer Linux-Tagen. Drei Stellwände zeigen aktuelle und ältere Titelseiten des Magazins. Mehrere Standmitarbeiter in schwarzen Linux-Magazin-T-Shirts unterhalten sich mit Besucherinnen und Besuchern. Auf dem Tisch liegen Ausgaben der Magazine, ein Schild „Gewinne ein Jahresabo" sowie diverse Sticker und Give-aways. Im Hintergrund sind weitere Messestände zu sehen.

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

It's time for this week's and News video, this time with a big segment on Age Verification on Linux, since this thing is escalating, with projects saying they'll never comply with these laws, and others looking at ways to support them.

We also have SteamOS moving to Wayland, Ubuntu making a few interesting moves, and more !

youtube.com/watch?v=IYtqghw3LVY

youtube.com

The Linux Age Verification situation is escalating & other Linux Weekly News

Use a secure, encrypted, and fast VPN with Proton VPN: https://protonvpn.com/TheLinuxEXPGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: https://www.tuxedoc...

@wildperal@tuiter.rocks · Reply to Bodhi 心

@bodhipaine make a plan, i tell you what i am doing:

1. Write your main accounts on Big tech, and think about the importance/ critical for you Daily basis
2. Export your user-passwords from web browsers you use and make the same on 1
3. Choose a private and E2ECC service i recommend proton.me with a mail and download protón mail, proton pass and autenticathor
4. Now you must log in in each web service and deleting account if It is not critical for you and if its critical change the mail for an alias on protón pass
5. Always use a VPN, protón VPN its mine
6. Look for alternativas for each service from bigtech
Social - fediverse
News - feedly with the feeds you want

List of some bigtech and my alternatives:
- Google - mail, Drive, autenticathor, calendar - proton
- Chrome - Brave or Vivaldi
- YouTube - peertube
- meta ( Facebook - insta) - fediverse pixelfed, mastodon
- reddit - fediverse lemmy
- tiktok - fediverse loops
- AI ( openai, anthropic etc) - Lumo proton
- And of course for pc/laptop OpenSource - mine Pop_os, with OpenSource tools

Hope i helped you, and sorry 🙏🏻for my english

@roytang@indieweb.social

Shared: Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give - Kenneth Reitz kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-0.

> "The house I live in matters more than the code I ship. That's not something I would have written ten years ago. It's the truest thing I can write now."

Honestly, centering your identity around work (whether corp or open source) is probably just never a good idea.

kennethreitz.org

Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give

I thought I was having a spiritual awakening. I was having a psychiatric emergency. I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn't slept in...

@roytang@indieweb.social

Shared: Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give - Kenneth Reitz kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-0.

> "The house I live in matters more than the code I ship. That's not something I would have written ten years ago. It's the truest thing I can write now."

Honestly, centering your identity around work (whether corp or open source) is probably just never a good idea.

kennethreitz.org

Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give

I thought I was having a spiritual awakening. I was having a psychiatric emergency. I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn't slept in...

@jaredwhite@indieweb.social

Just a reminder: it's a huge fail to adopt slop in your project.

If you enforce an LLM ban, everyone can contribute to your project.

If you allow LLM-based generation, some people can no longer contribute to your project, and it may be forked by the community.

So please, do not allow slop in your project. Keep it accessible for all humans. Thank you! 🙏

@KO6YQ@pnw.zone

Happy (𝝿 = 3.14...) for those who celebrate. Here's a project of mine: a wall-mounted monitor next to windows with views toward the airport & airplanes. It displays @JetTip arrival & departure list for PDX (with special livery titles when available), @adsblol ADS-B local area displays, current Boeing test flights across the , and my own software for space weather and asteroid fly-bys.

wall-mounted monitor and hanging shelf with a Raspberry Pi computer displaying live data of interest to aviation and space geeks:
* JetTip arrival and departure board for PDX Airport (subscription required)
* ADS-B displays (using adsb[.]lol maps showing aircraft at and near PDX (crowdsourced free web site)
* ADS-B display of current Boeing test flights in the Pacific Northwest (crowdsourced free web site)
* NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center SWPC alerts (indicates possibility of aurora, current + past 24 hours) using my pull-swpc-alerts software (Open Source)
* NASA JPL asteroid fly-bys for the past 2 weeks to forward 2 months using my pull-nasa-neo software (Open Source)
photo by Ian Kluft
March 14, 2026 (Pi Day!)
Portland, Oregon, USA
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wall-mounted monitor and hanging shelf with a Raspberry Pi computer displaying live data of interest to aviation and space geeks: * JetTip arrival and departure board for PDX Airport (subscription required) * ADS-B displays (using adsb[.]lol maps showing aircraft at and near PDX (crowdsourced free web site) * ADS-B display of current Boeing test flights in the Pacific Northwest (crowdsourced free web site) * NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center SWPC alerts (indicates possibility of aurora, current + past 24 hours) using my pull-swpc-alerts software (Open Source) * NASA JPL asteroid fly-bys for the past 2 weeks to forward 2 months using my pull-nasa-neo software (Open Source) photo by Ian Kluft March 14, 2026 (Pi Day!) Portland, Oregon, USA

@opensourcedesign@mastodon.social
@fedora@fosstodon.org

Grateful to Akashdeep for representing Fedora at FOSSASIA this year! Sounds like there were some really productive conversations. :)

➡️ linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l

linkedin.com

#foss #opensource #fedora #release #infrastructure #community #redhat #fossasia | Akashdeep Dhar

For the minimal presence that Fedora Project had during FOSSASIA 2026, I am excited to share that we had a successful representation at the event, tending to upwards of 400 visitors, at the courtesy of our friends at GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. sharing their booth space with us. Conversations ranged from hardware enablement for ARMv9 devices to onboarding contributors to Fedora Infrastructure, and from community-wide discussions around AI-assisted contribution policies to sharing how Fedora Linux is the best place to start from to contribute to enterprise distros. As I unpack my experiences from FOSSASIA 2026, I cannot help but rejoice, reminiscing about the conversations that I have had with the following folks. - Mishari Muqbil not only organised a FOSSASIA Unofficial Cycling Trip, but also helped us visitors from afar connect as humans before contributors. 🚴 - Hong Phuc Dang welcomed us Fedora Project folks, as not just the founder of FOSSASIA but also as the force multiplier of the community. 🫂 - Mario Behling spent a great deal of time understanding how Fedora Infrastructure uses pretalx and how it compares against EventYay. 🛜 - Norbert Preining had been an enthusiastic host to my talk about the Fedora Badges Revamp Project scheduled at the tail end of the event. 🤠 - Aaditya Singh extended his embrace to us by allowing us to station at the GNOME Foundation community booth in a symbiotic representation. 💪 - Pongsakorn K also housed us at the KDE e.V. community booth while expressing their interest in RPM software packaging in Fedora Linux. 🧑‍🎓 - Simon Strohmenger and I had a deep conversation around how policies around AI-assisted contributions are rather crucial in this day and age. 🏛️ - Daniel Blueman found our collective to be the right place for his study on sustainable computing and hardware enablement on ARMv9 laptops. 🐿️ - Harish Pillay and I had a great discussion on how speakernotes can be used to create presentations using generative LLMs (you read that right). 🎥 - Folks from ExpressVPN organising the FOSSASIA Hackathon felt like kindred spirits with their approach towards FOSS contributions. 🌐 - Rajan Shah was one of the critical reasons why speakers in the Training Rooms were able to effortlessly conduct their presentations. 🤝 - Samyak Jain (and his laptop) had been an amazing support in helping my presentation about onboarding folks to Fedora Infrastructure succeed. ✈️ - Countless folks who visited us to state just how proud they were of using Fedora Linux and/or contributing to Fedora Project when they could. 🩷 - Countless folks at their community booths that presented projects with pride and connected with visitors with love in the open source way. 💡 With the learning and excitement at the event being as addictive as it was, I am already looking forward to visiting FOSSASIA 2027 with Fedora Project! #foss #opensource #fedora #release #infrastructure #community #redhat #fossasia

@opensourcedesign@mastodon.social
@yoannsculo@mamot.fr

Hello Mastodon !
Je cherche pour le travail un(e) juriste / cabinet spécialisé(e) dans les licences open source, pour des questions plutôt techniques et orientées libre & copyleft. Quelqu'un aurait des recommandations ? Merci ❤️

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Ohh... I see v6.0 has been released — always a moment which fills me with dread...

devblogs.microsoft.com/typescr

...and, of course, immediately quite a few compile errors...

Let's see how much other breakage it causes this time and how many hours it will take to update ~400 projects... 😩🫣

devblogs.microsoft.com

Announcing TypeScript 6.0 - TypeScript

TypeScript 6.0 is now available! TypeScript 6 is a stepping-stone release, aligning with the upcoming native-speed 7.0 release.

@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

FMD (»Find My Device«) ist eine quelloffene Alternative zu Googles Geräteverfolgung – ohne Google-Dienste, ohne Tracking, mit Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung. Per Fernzugriff lässt sich das Gerät orten, sperren, klingeln lassen oder auf Werkseinstellungen zurücksetzen. Steuerung per SMS, Signal, Matrix oder Webinterface. Self-Hosting möglich. Verfügbar über F-Droid, kompatibel mit GrapheneOS. 👇

🔗 fmd-foss.org

/kuk

fmd-foss.org

FMD

Decentralised remote device location and control

@dpgalliance@mastodon.social

The real story of in government is not written in policy, but in practice.

A new report by Melissa Muñoz Suro, with contributions from Lucy Harris, Jon Lloyd (#DPGA Secretariat), challenges the idea that transformation happens through a single top level decision.

Across 11 countries we see that progress is shaped by internal incentives, institutional dynamics, and evolving national priorities.

Read the full report to learn more: new.digitalpublicgoods.net/blo

Navy blue background with title "Open Source In Government". Illustration of an open box with assets.
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Navy blue background with title "Open Source In Government". Illustration of an open box with assets.

@eschaton@mastodon.social

We need to start building a list of Open Source infrastructure projects (and project forks) that categorically reject contributions from LLM slopmongers, so we know what’ll be safe to keep using and contributing to in the long term.

That’s a good task for the Butlerian Jihad.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Tails 7.6 adds automatic Tor bridges via Tor Connection, using domain fronting to bypass censorship and hide Tor use at network level. 🌐
KeePassXC is replaced by GNOME Secrets, while Tor Browser 15.0.8, Thunderbird 140.8.0, and Electrum 4.7.0 updates improve security, hardware support, and usability. 🔑

🔗 blog.torproject.org/new-releas

blog.torproject.org

New Release: Tails 7.6 | Tor Project

Tails 7.6 is now available.

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Tails 7.6 adds automatic Tor bridges via Tor Connection, using domain fronting to bypass censorship and hide Tor use at network level. 🌐
KeePassXC is replaced by GNOME Secrets, while Tor Browser 15.0.8, Thunderbird 140.8.0, and Electrum 4.7.0 updates improve security, hardware support, and usability. 🔑

🔗 blog.torproject.org/new-releas

blog.torproject.org

New Release: Tails 7.6 | Tor Project

Tails 7.6 is now available.

@dusoft@fosstodon.org
@dusoft@fosstodon.org
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

FMD (»Find My Device«) ist eine quelloffene Alternative zu Googles Geräteverfolgung – ohne Google-Dienste, ohne Tracking, mit Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung. Per Fernzugriff lässt sich das Gerät orten, sperren, klingeln lassen oder auf Werkseinstellungen zurücksetzen. Steuerung per SMS, Signal, Matrix oder Webinterface. Self-Hosting möglich. Verfügbar über F-Droid, kompatibel mit GrapheneOS. 👇

🔗 fmd-foss.org

/kuk

fmd-foss.org

FMD

Decentralised remote device location and control

@floberrez@mastodon.social
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@Emmabuntus@framapiaf.org

Première salle informatique accessible aux personnes déficientes visuelles au Togo 🇹🇬, sous Emmabuntüs 💻
Un beau projet réalisé avec YovoTogo, la FETAPH et JMUP Lab 🙌

Voir : paysdelaloire-cooperation-inte

Vidéo de la salle informatique sous Emmabuntüs
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Vidéo de la salle informatique sous Emmabuntüs

@dpgalliance@mastodon.social

The real story of in government is not written in policy, but in practice.

A new report by Melissa Muñoz Suro, with contributions from Lucy Harris, Jon Lloyd (#DPGA Secretariat), challenges the idea that transformation happens through a single top level decision.

Across 11 countries we see that progress is shaped by internal incentives, institutional dynamics, and evolving national priorities.

Read the full report to learn more: new.digitalpublicgoods.net/blo

Navy blue background with title "Open Source In Government". Illustration of an open box with assets.
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Navy blue background with title "Open Source In Government". Illustration of an open box with assets.

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Wir suchen eine*n Programm-Manager*in für den Sovereign Tech Fund!

Du bringst Erfahrung im Projektmanagement mit und hast Lust, kritische zu stärken. Als Programm-Manager*in bewertest Du Technologien und arbeitest eng mit den -Communitys zusammen, die sie entwickeln – und koordinierst und begleitest Projekte weltweit.

Wenn Dich diese Arbeit anspricht, bewirb Dich bis zum 19. April 2026.
sovereign.tech/de/stellenangeb

Rekrutierungsbanner der Sovereign Tech Agency mit der Aufschrift „Wir stellen ein - Programm-Manager*in Soveriegn Tech Fund” über einem Foto einer Gruppe von Menschen in einer Workshop Situation; unten das Logo der Sovereign Tech Agency und „Komm ins Team!“
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Rekrutierungsbanner der Sovereign Tech Agency mit der Aufschrift „Wir stellen ein - Programm-Manager*in Soveriegn Tech Fund” über einem Foto einer Gruppe von Menschen in einer Workshop Situation; unten das Logo der Sovereign Tech Agency und „Komm ins Team!“

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

We're hiring a Program Manager for the Sovereign Tech Fund!

We’re looking for experienced project managers to support our work investing in critical . You’ll evaluate technologies and work closely with the communities that build them, coordinating and managing projects around the world.

If you have a background in project management and an interest in this space, we'd love to hear from you. Applications are open until 19 April 2026.

sovereign.tech/jobs/program-ma

Sovereign Tech Agency recruitment banner reading “We’re hiring Program Manager Sovereign Tech Fund” above a photo of a diverse group of people during a workshop; text at the bottom reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”
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Sovereign Tech Agency recruitment banner reading “We’re hiring Program Manager Sovereign Tech Fund” above a photo of a diverse group of people during a workshop; text at the bottom reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Gute ist ein zentraler Hebel für nachhaltige -Projekte. Sie schafft Orientierung, ermöglicht Mitwirkung und macht Wissen zugänglich.

Im bieten wir einen Dokumentations-Sprint an: Bis zu sechs zusätzliche Plätze für Tech-Writer*innen, die 2026 an kritischer offener Basistechnologie arbeiten möchten. Bewirb Dich bis zum 6. April 2026. Mehr über den Doku-Sprint:

sovereign.tech/de/neuigkeiten/

Eine Grafik mit Text, der für einen Dokumentations-Sprint für Tech-Writer*innen wirbt; die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 6. April 2026. In der Mitte ist ein Foto einer Schreibmaschine zu sehen, mit einem Blatt Papier auf dem „INFRASTRUCTURE“ steht. In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich das Logo des Sovereign Tech Fellowship.
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Eine Grafik mit Text, der für einen Dokumentations-Sprint für Tech-Writer*innen wirbt; die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 6. April 2026. In der Mitte ist ein Foto einer Schreibmaschine zu sehen, mit einem Blatt Papier auf dem „INFRASTRUCTURE“ steht. In der rechten unteren Ecke befindet sich das Logo des Sovereign Tech Fellowship.

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Good is key for sustainable projects. It helps create clarity, empowers new contributors, and makes knowledge accessible.

As part of the , we’re hosting a documentation sprint: up to six additional spots for technical writers to work short-term on critical open digital infrastructure in 2026. Apply by April 6, 2026. Find out more about the docs sprint:

sovereign.tech/news/fellowship

A graphic with text promoting a documentation sprint for technical writers, with an application deadline of April 6, 2026. In the center is a photo of typewriter with a paper labeled "INFRASTRUCTURE". In the lower-right corner is Sovereign Tech Fellowship logo.
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A graphic with text promoting a documentation sprint for technical writers, with an application deadline of April 6, 2026. In the center is a photo of typewriter with a paper labeled "INFRASTRUCTURE". In the lower-right corner is Sovereign Tech Fellowship logo.

@floberrez@mastodon.social
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@fedora@fosstodon.org
@apzpins@some.apz.fi

FreeCAD 1.1 finally came out. I've been toying with it this afternoon and save some minor theme issues on Linux, it appears to run nice and it has a lot of nice quality of life improvements.

wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes

wiki.freecad.org

Release notes 1.1

FreeCAD 1.1 was released on 24 March 2026, get it from the Download page. This page lists all new features and changes. Older FreeCAD release notes can be found...

@mole99@fosstodon.org

LibreLane 3.0 has officially been released! 🎉

With this release, LibreLane finally has a logo! What's more, we now have a website showcasing LibreLane's capabilities, as well as a blog featuring development updates and announcements.

Read the full blog post here: librelane.org/blog/2026-03-25-
LibreLane website: librelane.org/
Install LibreLane today: docs.librelane.org/

The LibreLane logo.
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The LibreLane logo.

@apzpins@some.apz.fi

FreeCAD 1.1 finally came out. I've been toying with it this afternoon and save some minor theme issues on Linux, it appears to run nice and it has a lot of nice quality of life improvements.

wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes

wiki.freecad.org

Release notes 1.1

FreeCAD 1.1 was released on 24 March 2026, get it from the Download page. This page lists all new features and changes. Older FreeCAD release notes can be found...

@fedora@fosstodon.org
@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

We're hiring a Program Manager for the Sovereign Tech Fund!

We’re looking for experienced project managers to support our work investing in critical . You’ll evaluate technologies and work closely with the communities that build them, coordinating and managing projects around the world.

If you have a background in project management and an interest in this space, we'd love to hear from you. Applications are open until 19 April 2026.

sovereign.tech/jobs/program-ma

Sovereign Tech Agency recruitment banner reading “We’re hiring Program Manager Sovereign Tech Fund” above a photo of a diverse group of people during a workshop; text at the bottom reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”
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Sovereign Tech Agency recruitment banner reading “We’re hiring Program Manager Sovereign Tech Fund” above a photo of a diverse group of people during a workshop; text at the bottom reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Wir suchen eine*n Programm-Manager*in für den Sovereign Tech Fund!

Du bringst Erfahrung im Projektmanagement mit und hast Lust, kritische zu stärken. Als Programm-Manager*in bewertest Du Technologien und arbeitest eng mit den -Communitys zusammen, die sie entwickeln – und koordinierst und begleitest Projekte weltweit.

Wenn Dich diese Arbeit anspricht, bewirb Dich bis zum 19. April 2026.
sovereign.tech/de/stellenangeb

Rekrutierungsbanner der Sovereign Tech Agency mit der Aufschrift „Wir stellen ein - Programm-Manager*in Soveriegn Tech Fund” über einem Foto einer Gruppe von Menschen in einer Workshop Situation; unten das Logo der Sovereign Tech Agency und „Komm ins Team!“
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Rekrutierungsbanner der Sovereign Tech Agency mit der Aufschrift „Wir stellen ein - Programm-Manager*in Soveriegn Tech Fund” über einem Foto einer Gruppe von Menschen in einer Workshop Situation; unten das Logo der Sovereign Tech Agency und „Komm ins Team!“

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

We're hiring a Program Manager for the Sovereign Tech Fund!

We’re looking for experienced project managers to support our work investing in critical . You’ll evaluate technologies and work closely with the communities that build them, coordinating and managing projects around the world.

If you have a background in project management and an interest in this space, we'd love to hear from you. Applications are open until 19 April 2026.

sovereign.tech/jobs/program-ma

Sovereign Tech Agency recruitment banner reading “We’re hiring Program Manager Sovereign Tech Fund” above a photo of a diverse group of people during a workshop; text at the bottom reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”
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Sovereign Tech Agency recruitment banner reading “We’re hiring Program Manager Sovereign Tech Fund” above a photo of a diverse group of people during a workshop; text at the bottom reads “Sovereign Tech Agency” and “Join our team!”

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @babetteknauer@mastodon.social

#communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 16 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@babetteknauer@mastodon.social

Babette Knauer - #communications #MassMedia #library #academia #OpenScience #DigitalAutonomy #politics #PopCulture Working at the University of Groningen Library @Bibliothecaris she/her

16 April 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@fedora@fosstodon.org
@sjvn@mastodon.social

Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access theregister.com/2026/03/25/ope via @theregister & @sjvn

was never "free as in free beer." It's "free as in free speech." With companies making billions from open source, it's time we pay people a real wage.

theregister.com

Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access

Opinion: A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code

@sjvn@mastodon.social

Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access theregister.com/2026/03/25/ope via @theregister & @sjvn

was never "free as in free beer." It's "free as in free speech." With companies making billions from open source, it's time we pay people a real wage.

theregister.com

Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access

Opinion: A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code

FediSuite - Fediverse Management

Open-Source-Plattform für Social-Media-Management und Analytik

Wer mehrere Fediverse-Accounts verwaltet, jongliert ständig mit Browser-Tabs, verliert den Überblick, welches Eingabefeld zu welcher Plattform gehört, und weiß irgendwann nicht mehr, was bereits gepostet wurde. FediSuite bringt alles an einen Ort.

Verbinde Accounts von 13 Plattformen – Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, Friendica, PeerTube, Loops und mehr. Die App erkennt deinen Instanztyp automatisch, lädt das korrekte Zeichenlimit und die Medienregeln direkt von deiner Instanz und konfiguriert den Composer entsprechend. Kein manuelles Einrichten nötig.

Die Analytik geht weit über bloße Follower-Zahlen hinaus: tägliche Engagement-Diagramme, Follower-Wachstum, optimale Posting-Zeiten als Heatmap, Hashtag-Performance und eine Tipps-Engine, die deine tatsächlichen Daten auswertet und dir konkrete Vorschläge auf Basis deiner eigenen Zahlen liefert.

Barrierefreiheit war von Anfang an ein zentrales Entwicklungsziel. Jedes Analyse-Diagramm wird mit einer begleitenden Textzusammenfassung und einer vollständigen Datentabelle ausgeliefert, damit Screen-Reader-Nutzer:innen dieselben Informationen erhalten wie alle anderen. Die Tastaturnavigation folgt durchgehend WAI-ARIA-Mustern. Das HTML-lang-Attribut wird korrekt aktualisiert, wenn du die Sprache der Benutzeroberfläche wechselst. Das ist keine nachträgliche Lösung – es war von Beginn an Teil der Entwicklungsarbeit.

FediSuite ist kostenlos und Open Source unter der GPL-3.0. Du kannst die gehostete Instanz unter app.fedisuite.com sofort nutzen oder mit einem Standard-Docker-Compose-Setup selbst betreiben – ohne Kompilierung. Es gibt außerdem eine native Android-App (noch sehr alpha!).

fedisuite.com

Source code & bug reports: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Self-hosting: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Docker image: hub.docker.com/r/christinloehn
Android app: github.com/christinloehner/Fed

github.com

GitHub - christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App: The Android App for the FediSuite

The Android App for the FediSuite. Contribute to christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App development by creating an account on GitHub.

@hbons@mastodon.social

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for /

- ✏️ provide free support to projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

github.com/sponsors/hbons

github.com

Sponsor @hbons on GitHub Sponsors

Hello! I'm Hylke. I'm a product designer who codes. I design and build software. Both how it looks, and how it works.

 I love working with people from all over the world.

FediSuite - Fediverse Management

Open source social media management and analytics platform

Managing multiple Fediverse accounts means juggling tabs, forgetting which composer belongs to which platform, and losing track of what you've already posted. FediSuite puts all of it in one place.

Connect accounts from 13 platforms - Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, Friendica, PeerTube, Loops, and more. The app detects your instance type automatically, pulls the correct character limit and media rules directly from your instance, and configures the composer accordingly. No manual setup.

The analytics go well beyond follower counts: daily engagement charts, follower growth, best posting times as a heatmap, hashtag performance, and a tips engine that reads your actual data and gives you specific suggestions based on your own numbers.

Accessibility has been a core focus of recent development. Every analytics chart ships with a companion text summary and a full data table so screen reader users get the same information everyone else does. Keyboard navigation follows WAI-ARIA patterns throughout. The HTML lang attribute updates correctly when you change the UI language. None of this is bolted on - it's been part of the engineering work from the start.

FediSuite is free and open source under the GPL-3.0. You can use the hosted instance at app.fedisuite.com right now, or run your own with a standard Docker Compose setup - no compilation required. There's also a native Android app (very alpha!).

fedisuite.com

Source code & bug reports: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Self-hosting: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Docker image: hub.docker.com/r/christinloehn
Android app: github.com/christinloehner/Fed

github.com

GitHub - christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App: The Android App for the FediSuite

The Android App for the FediSuite. Contribute to christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App development by creating an account on GitHub.

FediSuite - Fediverse Management

Open-Source-Plattform für Social-Media-Management und Analytik

Wer mehrere Fediverse-Accounts verwaltet, jongliert ständig mit Browser-Tabs, verliert den Überblick, welches Eingabefeld zu welcher Plattform gehört, und weiß irgendwann nicht mehr, was bereits gepostet wurde. FediSuite bringt alles an einen Ort.

Verbinde Accounts von 13 Plattformen – Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, Friendica, PeerTube, Loops und mehr. Die App erkennt deinen Instanztyp automatisch, lädt das korrekte Zeichenlimit und die Medienregeln direkt von deiner Instanz und konfiguriert den Composer entsprechend. Kein manuelles Einrichten nötig.

Die Analytik geht weit über bloße Follower-Zahlen hinaus: tägliche Engagement-Diagramme, Follower-Wachstum, optimale Posting-Zeiten als Heatmap, Hashtag-Performance und eine Tipps-Engine, die deine tatsächlichen Daten auswertet und dir konkrete Vorschläge auf Basis deiner eigenen Zahlen liefert.

Barrierefreiheit war von Anfang an ein zentrales Entwicklungsziel. Jedes Analyse-Diagramm wird mit einer begleitenden Textzusammenfassung und einer vollständigen Datentabelle ausgeliefert, damit Screen-Reader-Nutzer:innen dieselben Informationen erhalten wie alle anderen. Die Tastaturnavigation folgt durchgehend WAI-ARIA-Mustern. Das HTML-lang-Attribut wird korrekt aktualisiert, wenn du die Sprache der Benutzeroberfläche wechselst. Das ist keine nachträgliche Lösung – es war von Beginn an Teil der Entwicklungsarbeit.

FediSuite ist kostenlos und Open Source unter der GPL-3.0. Du kannst die gehostete Instanz unter app.fedisuite.com sofort nutzen oder mit einem Standard-Docker-Compose-Setup selbst betreiben – ohne Kompilierung. Es gibt außerdem eine native Android-App (noch sehr alpha!).

fedisuite.com

Source code & bug reports: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Self-hosting: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Docker image: hub.docker.com/r/christinloehn
Android app: github.com/christinloehner/Fed

github.com

GitHub - christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App: The Android App for the FediSuite

The Android App for the FediSuite. Contribute to christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App development by creating an account on GitHub.

FediSuite - Fediverse Management

Open source social media management and analytics platform

Managing multiple Fediverse accounts means juggling tabs, forgetting which composer belongs to which platform, and losing track of what you've already posted. FediSuite puts all of it in one place.

Connect accounts from 13 platforms - Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, Friendica, PeerTube, Loops, and more. The app detects your instance type automatically, pulls the correct character limit and media rules directly from your instance, and configures the composer accordingly. No manual setup.

The analytics go well beyond follower counts: daily engagement charts, follower growth, best posting times as a heatmap, hashtag performance, and a tips engine that reads your actual data and gives you specific suggestions based on your own numbers.

Accessibility has been a core focus of recent development. Every analytics chart ships with a companion text summary and a full data table so screen reader users get the same information everyone else does. Keyboard navigation follows WAI-ARIA patterns throughout. The HTML lang attribute updates correctly when you change the UI language. None of this is bolted on - it's been part of the engineering work from the start.

FediSuite is free and open source under the GPL-3.0. You can use the hosted instance at app.fedisuite.com right now, or run your own with a standard Docker Compose setup - no compilation required. There's also a native Android app (very alpha!).

fedisuite.com

Source code & bug reports: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Self-hosting: github.com/christinloehner/Fed
Docker image: hub.docker.com/r/christinloehn
Android app: github.com/christinloehner/Fed

github.com

GitHub - christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App: The Android App for the FediSuite

The Android App for the FediSuite. Contribute to christinloehner/FediSuite-Android-App development by creating an account on GitHub.

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TOMORROW!

Special Guest: @matttutt@mastodon.social

I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org/ If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 25 March 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @matttutt@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@matttutt@mastodon.social

Matt Tutt - I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - https://notobigtech.org/ If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

25 March 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @matttutt@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @matttutt@mastodon.social Matt Tutt - I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - https://notobigtech.org/ If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us! 25 March 2026 AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TOMORROW!

Special Guest: @matttutt@mastodon.social

I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org/ If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 25 March 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

🎬 VOD: @ozoned@tubefree.org (#Peertube #VOD)

🔔 Alerts: @when@freestreamers.btfree.org (new shows!)

Don't miss out — follow all three!

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @matttutt@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@matttutt@mastodon.social

Matt Tutt - I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - https://notobigtech.org/ If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

25 March 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
ALT text

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @matttutt@mastodon.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @matttutt@mastodon.social Matt Tutt - I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - https://notobigtech.org/ If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us! 25 March 2026 AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

@sunnydeveloper@mastodon.social

It's easier to write about what's broken and scary - this time I focused on an optimistic future after .

"The optimistic future requires tenacity on our part to insist on values to humanity: trust, consent, safety, accountability; the environment and inclusion. The alternative is to agree, that what we have built so far, is the best we are capable of - and hand it off to corporations and their machines."

sunnydeveloper.com/after-open-

sunnydeveloper.com

After Open Source - An Optimistic Prediction

In this moment, AI is being built for developers, by developers, and marketed back to developers. This hyper-focus on developer productivity, cheap tokens, and the corporate race to win these audiences has had an unsurprising side effect: human spaces and communities have been flooded with uninvited noise, cognitive drain, and

@cassidy@blaede.family

“So what does the GNOME Foundation do, anyway?”

So much work is behind the scenes—and frankly, in the past the Foundation has not been as efficient as it could have been.

With the relaunched Friends of GNOME and now the Fellowship program, I hope it’s obvious what the role of the Foundation can and should be.

I’m super proud of the GNOME Foundation board for putting this together. And I am forever grateful to the Friends of GNOME who make this possible. ❤️

floss.social

GNOME (@gnome@floss.social)

Big news! Today we’re launching the GNOME Fellowship: funded positions for contributors to work on the GNOME project’s long-term sustainability. 🎉 We are starting with one 12-month fellowship; applications are open through April 20. Find out more: https://fellowship.gnome.org/ #GNOME #OpenSource #GetFediHired

@cassidy@blaede.family

“So what does the GNOME Foundation do, anyway?”

So much work is behind the scenes—and frankly, in the past the Foundation has not been as efficient as it could have been.

With the relaunched Friends of GNOME and now the Fellowship program, I hope it’s obvious what the role of the Foundation can and should be.

I’m super proud of the GNOME Foundation board for putting this together. And I am forever grateful to the Friends of GNOME who make this possible. ❤️

floss.social

GNOME (@gnome@floss.social)

Big news! Today we’re launching the GNOME Fellowship: funded positions for contributors to work on the GNOME project’s long-term sustainability. 🎉 We are starting with one 12-month fellowship; applications are open through April 20. Find out more: https://fellowship.gnome.org/ #GNOME #OpenSource #GetFediHired

@cassidy@blaede.family

“So what does the GNOME Foundation do, anyway?”

So much work is behind the scenes—and frankly, in the past the Foundation has not been as efficient as it could have been.

With the relaunched Friends of GNOME and now the Fellowship program, I hope it’s obvious what the role of the Foundation can and should be.

I’m super proud of the GNOME Foundation board for putting this together. And I am forever grateful to the Friends of GNOME who make this possible. ❤️

floss.social

GNOME (@gnome@floss.social)

Big news! Today we’re launching the GNOME Fellowship: funded positions for contributors to work on the GNOME project’s long-term sustainability. 🎉 We are starting with one 12-month fellowship; applications are open through April 20. Find out more: https://fellowship.gnome.org/ #GNOME #OpenSource #GetFediHired

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org

I just opened a great role in my team at @openproject: Senior UI/UX Designer. 🥳

Anyone looking for a full-time, remote* & role in ?

In case you would like to shape the future of OpenProject in a user-centric product team, please apply with your portfolio, CV and a cover letter. We want to hear from you and not your . Thanks! :)

*In a location within 2 hours (time-zone) from Berlin.

careers.openproject.org/o/seni

careers.openproject.org

OpenProject GmbH - Senior UX/UI Designer

We believe good software does not begin with mockups or code, but with an understanding of people's needs.

@ell1e@hachyderm.io

Linux Foundation's AI policy: "If any pre-existing copyrighted materials[...] are included in the AI tool’s output, [..] the Contributor should confirm that they have have permission from the third party owners" linuxfoundation.org/legal/gene

"If"? Why not "whenever"? github.com/mastodon/mastodon/i dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3543507 sciencedirect.com/science/arti theatlantic.com/technology/202

And how would the contributor even be aware, should they research every snippet for hours?

Seems like an impossible policy, or am I missing something...?

theatlantic.com

AI’s Memorization Crisis

Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.

@j12t@j12t.social

Europe: the future of digital sovereignty is open source.

Open source community: open source may have died already and just doesn't know it yet (because AI has taken away many funding/support models for open source and the money is disappearing)

Who is right?

@Interledger@interledger.social

Open finance requires open infrastructure 🔓

The Interledger Protocol is fully open source — specs, code, and implementations are public and ready to build on.

Developers can explore and contribute here:
🛠️ github.com/interledger

github.com

Interledger

Open protocol for connecting different payment networks (reference implementation: https://github.com/interledgerjs) - Interledger

@robin@riley.pub

I'm looking for full-time work!

I work at the intersection of social and technical systems, and specialize in building up people, programs, partnerships, and organizations around open source.

I have a deep track record in complex community relations, am fluent in the nuts and bolts of many technologies, and have spanned governance, org development, nonprofit and people management, comms, marketing, events, and beyond.

Let's fly! :boost_please:

@leocardz_@mastodon.social · Reply to Leo Cardz
@linuxnews@social.anoxinon.de
@robin@riley.pub

I'm looking for full-time work!

I work at the intersection of social and technical systems, and specialize in building up people, programs, partnerships, and organizations around open source.

I have a deep track record in complex community relations, am fluent in the nuts and bolts of many technologies, and have spanned governance, org development, nonprofit and people management, comms, marketing, events, and beyond.

Let's fly! :boost_please:

@jti42@infosec.exchange

A quick note on Nolto.
On 15 March 2026 its creator Jonathan Tensetti intentionally closed the service and deleted his Fediverse account.

What he built - Europe’s second decentralised LinkedIn alternative on ActivityPub - was gloriously vibecoded but effective. It showed, with hard data and testimonials, that the demand for a sovereignty-respecting professional platform is real.

I had been working in parallel: detailed research on technical choices, product mechanics, business-model viability under distributed/FOSS conditions, and how to test everything in practice for such a product. Nothing yolo — but nothing yet proven in production either. Jonathan precluded me by just yolo'ing the Nolto MVP. Thanks for that.

To move from proven demand to a solid, maintainable product I need proper capital, runway and possibly 1-2 additional people.
I'm looking for European-aligned funding - preferably from Germany, Poland or Denmark - networks that value independence and data protection without the usual bureaucratic overhead.

If you know the right people in those circles, please connect me with them before the current momentum fades.

Serious replies and boosts appreciated.

@robin@riley.pub

I'm looking for full-time work!

I work at the intersection of social and technical systems, and specialize in building up people, programs, partnerships, and organizations around open source.

I have a deep track record in complex community relations, am fluent in the nuts and bolts of many technologies, and have spanned governance, org development, nonprofit and people management, comms, marketing, events, and beyond.

Let's fly! :boost_please:

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Germany’s new Deutschland-Stack mandates ODF and PDF/UA as the only document formats for public administrations, excluding proprietary formats like .doc, .xls, and .ppt 📄

It covers all government levels, requires compliance by 2028, and favors open-source solutions and European providers 🇩🇪

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/germany-digit

itsfoss.com

Big Win for Open Source as Germany Backs Open Document Format

The Deutschland-Stack names ODF and PDF/UA as the only permitted document formats for German public administrations.

@robin@riley.pub

I'm looking for full-time work!

I work at the intersection of social and technical systems, and specialize in building up people, programs, partnerships, and organizations around open source.

I have a deep track record in complex community relations, am fluent in the nuts and bolts of many technologies, and have spanned governance, org development, nonprofit and people management, comms, marketing, events, and beyond.

Let's fly! :boost_please:

@robin@riley.pub

I'm looking for full-time work!

I work at the intersection of social and technical systems, and specialize in building up people, programs, partnerships, and organizations around open source.

I have a deep track record in complex community relations, am fluent in the nuts and bolts of many technologies, and have spanned governance, org development, nonprofit and people management, comms, marketing, events, and beyond.

Let's fly! :boost_please:

@jti42@infosec.exchange

A quick note on Nolto.
On 15 March 2026 its creator Jonathan Tensetti intentionally closed the service and deleted his Fediverse account.

What he built - Europe’s second decentralised LinkedIn alternative on ActivityPub - was gloriously vibecoded but effective. It showed, with hard data and testimonials, that the demand for a sovereignty-respecting professional platform is real.

I had been working in parallel: detailed research on technical choices, product mechanics, business-model viability under distributed/FOSS conditions, and how to test everything in practice for such a product. Nothing yolo — but nothing yet proven in production either. Jonathan precluded me by just yolo'ing the Nolto MVP. Thanks for that.

To move from proven demand to a solid, maintainable product I need proper capital, runway and possibly 1-2 additional people.
I'm looking for European-aligned funding - preferably from Germany, Poland or Denmark - networks that value independence and data protection without the usual bureaucratic overhead.

If you know the right people in those circles, please connect me with them before the current momentum fades.

Serious replies and boosts appreciated.

@Wuzzy@cyberplace.social · Reply to Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
@linuxnews@social.anoxinon.de
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online

Any fediverse developers with too much free time on their hands interested in helping me figure out why, when logging in with a Friendica account, I get an "Unprocessable Entity" error?

github.com/stefanbohacek/auth-

github.com

GitHub - stefanbohacek/auth-server

Contribute to stefanbohacek/auth-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

@nodestar@mastodon.social

Anyone out there experimenting with Reticulum? Building RNodes?

We put together a FREE GUIDE just for fun. 👉 Building a working Reticulum node from off-the-shelf hardware.

🔗 nodestar.net/reticulum-rnode-g

If you've got corrections, better approaches, or hardware combos that worked for you, share them below. 🙏

this image is a screen shot of the web page this post links to: a guide for building your first RNode.
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@sindum@mstdn.dk

It's been a fun weekend building a new working fediverse applikation.

The tech stack so far..

Backend: Go — fast, simple, great concurrency. No magic, just code.

Frontend: SvelteKit — feels like writing HTML that actually works. SSR out of the box.

Database: PostgreSQL — boring in the best possible way.

Queue: Asynq + Redis — async ActivityPub delivery with retry logic. Workers run separately from the API.

Federation: ActivityPub — HTTP signatures, shared inbox, fan-out delivery for groups and followers.

Infra: Docker Compose — one file per instance, easy to spin up new nodes.

Everything self-hostable. No cloud dependencies. No vendor lock-in.

Still early days — but the foundation feels solid.

And yes - A lot of help fra Claude code. I decided to go all in an use big tech to fight big tech.

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

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So don't miss it!

It will happen on 22/03/26 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

Russ Sharek has been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, a benevolent super villain, a talentless hack, a magical f***ing wizard, a misanthropic community leader, a clown (grand)father figure and an Impish Cabaret Rasputin. Each of these facts is true. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 22/03/26 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

Russ Sharek has been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, a benevolent super villain, a talentless hack, a magical f***ing wizard, a misanthropic community leader, a clown (grand)father figure and an Impish Cabaret Rasputin. Each of these facts is true. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 22/03/26 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

🔥 FIRESIDE FEDI — FOLLOW ALL THREE! 🔥

📺 Live: @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live (#livestream)

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@thomas@metalhead.club

Since my new XMPP upload server implementation "Rusty Filer" has been working great on trashserver.net since two weeks, I present to you:

The first release of Rusty Filer! codeberg.org/thomas.leister/ru 🥳

It has the same features as Prosody Filer, but it also available as a deb package and via a apt repository (for simple deployment automatic updates!).

If you run into any issues using this server, let me know in the Codeberg issues.

codeberg.org

Cookie monster!

@thomas@metalhead.club

Since my new XMPP upload server implementation "Rusty Filer" has been working great on trashserver.net since two weeks, I present to you:

The first release of Rusty Filer! codeberg.org/thomas.leister/ru 🥳

It has the same features as Prosody Filer, but it also available as a deb package and via a apt repository (for simple deployment automatic updates!).

If you run into any issues using this server, let me know in the Codeberg issues.

codeberg.org

Cookie monster!

@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

New app. EchoBoard - a self-hosted feedback platform. Your community can submit ideas, report bugs, and vote without ever creating an account. No email, no sign-up wall, no tracking. Just show up and participate.

Self-host with Docker. Plugin system, roadmap, changelog, webhooks. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. Privacy by design.

apps.lashman.live/echoboard/

Running it for real for my own apps here, not a demo:
echoboard.lashman.live

echoboard.lashman.live

Echoboard

Self-hosted feedback board. Anonymous by default, no email required. Vote on what matters, comment with markdown, track status changes.

@jbz@indieweb.social

Once they start demanding a gender field to be compliant with some bs law it'll be too late.

You're falling into it too easily by being dismissive.

As soon you show willingness, even if it's just theater, you'll be quickly cornered into more dumb shit until it's for real.

Having principles is what got us this far, you lazy fucks.

@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

As is somewhat customary, spring time is maintenance time and so this past week was again "infrastructure week" in land, updating various tool scripts, switching to Rclone for uploading/syncing API docs, updating/pinning Prettier version & config, reformatting thousands of source files, re-uploading hundreds of MB of documentation for all current 214 projects, updating package metadata etc.

Also lots of recent updates to several packages, including some larger ones like:

thi.ng/column-store

Re-indexing of dictionary-based columns now re-creates the dictionary using the histogram (usage frequency) of stored values. This can result in major file size savings (I do still care about this aspect.. 😅). For example, in my PKM system (also my main dev focus at the moment), this change alone has reduced the database file size by almost 30% (containing tens of thousands of tagged items and where tags are stored in such a dictionary-based column).

The query engine now also supports result paging and sorting by an arbitrary number of columns/criteria & custom comparators (each with ascending/descending order options).

thi.ng

In-memory column store database with indexing (WIP)

@TheTearMiser@mastodon.social

Hey all,

If you haven't seen this yet, Google is planning to require mandatory developer
identity verification for all Android apps, including apps distributed outside
the Play Store, taking effect September 2026. This affects every independent
and open source Android developer directly.

The community has been fighting back at keepandroidopen.org.

The more projects
that speak up the harder it is for Google to ignore.

@jbz@indieweb.social

⌛ Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years // Omar Roth

「 Wayland has been a broad misdirection and misallocation of time and developer resources at the expense of users. With more migration from other operating systems, the pressure to fix fundamental problems has become more prominent 」
omar.yt/posts/wayland-set-the-

omar.yt

Wayland set the Linux Desktop back by 10 years

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

reddit.com

Reddit - The heart of the internet

@univention@univention.social

Wer sinnvoll findet, aber trotzdem keinen Zeitplan für die Umsetzung hat, macht sich angreifbar.

Unser CEO Peter Ganten erklärt im Interview 🎙️ mit buten und binnen, warum die zögerliche Umsetzung in der Bremer Verwaltung ein echtes Risiko darstellt – und warum nur Open Source volle Kontrolle über Datenzugriff und Unabhängigkeit von einzelnen Anbietern gewährleistet.

Es braucht mehr Mut, entschiedener anzugehen.

👉 Mehr dazu im Beitrag: butenunbinnen.de/videos/openso

butenunbinnen.de

Wie ein Unternehmen aus Bremen für europäische Unabhängigkeit sorgt - buten un binnen

Deutschland ist in vielen Bereichen auf amerikanische Firmen angewiesen. Mit Open-Source-Software will Bremen unabhängiger von Konzernen wie Microsoft machen.

@digitalhubsh@social.schleswig-holstein.de

Die von Dante Emilio Grassi zeigt EU-Alternativen zu US , sortiert nach Kategorien, Ländern, Branchen. Fokus liegt auf Souveränität und Datenschutz. 🗺️

In SH sieht's noch eher dünn aus, dabei gibt's noch einige Unternehmen in der Community mit Fokus auf , KI-Sicherheit und Green IT, die fehlen.

Also hopp hopp, SH verdient mehr Pins, macht euch sichtbar.📍

✍🏼 europeantechmap.eu/map?lat=46.

Screenshot der European Tech Map: Interaktive Karte Europas mit farbigen Pins für Tech-Unternehmen, Sidebar mit Suchleiste, Kategorien wie „Analytics“, „Auth“, „Database“, Filteroptionen und Firmenlogos.
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Screenshot der European Tech Map: Interaktive Karte Europas mit farbigen Pins für Tech-Unternehmen, Sidebar mit Suchleiste, Kategorien wie „Analytics“, „Auth“, „Database“, Filteroptionen und Firmenlogos.

@digitalhubsh@social.schleswig-holstein.de

Die von Dante Emilio Grassi zeigt EU-Alternativen zu US , sortiert nach Kategorien, Ländern, Branchen. Fokus liegt auf Souveränität und Datenschutz. 🗺️

In SH sieht's noch eher dünn aus, dabei gibt's noch einige Unternehmen in der Community mit Fokus auf , KI-Sicherheit und Green IT, die fehlen.

Also hopp hopp, SH verdient mehr Pins, macht euch sichtbar.📍

✍🏼 europeantechmap.eu/map?lat=46.

Screenshot der European Tech Map: Interaktive Karte Europas mit farbigen Pins für Tech-Unternehmen, Sidebar mit Suchleiste, Kategorien wie „Analytics“, „Auth“, „Database“, Filteroptionen und Firmenlogos.
ALT text

Screenshot der European Tech Map: Interaktive Karte Europas mit farbigen Pins für Tech-Unternehmen, Sidebar mit Suchleiste, Kategorien wie „Analytics“, „Auth“, „Database“, Filteroptionen und Firmenlogos.

@stefano@bsd.cafe
@alainmi11@mamot.fr

« Bye-bye les  »
Pourquoi et comment l’État français développe-t-il ses propres outils numériques en ?

Dans cette vidéo :
– La genèse du projet : L'État devient créateur.
– L'alternative : proposer des outils (Visio, Docs) aussi fluides que le privé tout en restant 100 % libres.
– Le défi du recrutement : comment attirer les meilleurs talents tech dans le secteur public ?
– Sécurité des données.

videos.domainepublic.net/w/xw5

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TODAY!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social of @altstore@fosstodon.org

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io.

AltStore isaA home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS — no jailbreak required. By [@rileytestut](https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut "https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut") @shanegill.io@threads.net

Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live so you don't miss a livestream!

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@thunderbird@mastodon.online
@thunderbird@mastodon.online
@univention@univention.social

Wer sinnvoll findet, aber trotzdem keinen Zeitplan für die Umsetzung hat, macht sich angreifbar.

Unser CEO Peter Ganten erklärt im Interview 🎙️ mit buten und binnen, warum die zögerliche Umsetzung in der Bremer Verwaltung ein echtes Risiko darstellt – und warum nur Open Source volle Kontrolle über Datenzugriff und Unabhängigkeit von einzelnen Anbietern gewährleistet.

Es braucht mehr Mut, entschiedener anzugehen.

👉 Mehr dazu im Beitrag: butenunbinnen.de/videos/openso

butenunbinnen.de

Wie ein Unternehmen aus Bremen für europäische Unabhängigkeit sorgt - buten un binnen

Deutschland ist in vielen Bereichen auf amerikanische Firmen angewiesen. Mit Open-Source-Software will Bremen unabhängiger von Konzernen wie Microsoft machen.

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot · Reply to Neil Brown

@neil you're right that depends of a huge community of individuals (and some corporate entities) cooperating together in what is the world's largest .

But I think there is a huge difference to being beholden to and dependent on thousands of our own peers — ordinary people of good will who choose to share — than on one corporation whose sole purpose is to extract as much profit from us as they can wring.

@lawnchairapp@mastodon.social

Hello, world!

Lawnchair is now officially on Mastodon! We'll be posting release announcements, blog posts, while bringing the same casual vibe (and occasional shitposts) over from our X account.

Speaking of which, we just dropped our end-of-year Lawnstate post with a look at Lawnchair 15 Beta 2 and the road to Lawnchair 16. Check it out!

lawnchair.app/blog/lawnstate-2

Give us a follow and a boost to help spread the word!

lawnchair.app

Lawnstate: 2025 Year End Reflection | Lawnchair Blogs

Let's talk about the year's progress and a sneak peek on Lawnchair 16.

@stefano@bsd.cafe
@haraldschirmer@colearn.social · Reply to Papeleo

@Papeleo wir haben eingeführt- Lehrende, Eltern Schüler*Innen können sicher per Talk (Messenger) kommunizieren, Files tauschen, im Internen Wissensmanagement nachschlagen, mit Klassen- und Schulkalender - über 400 Menschen… eMail und Telefon bleibt privat

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

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Special Guest: @hongminhee@hollo.social

An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.

Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live to be alerted when we go live! So don't miss it!

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @hongminhee@hollo.social

An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.

Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live to be alerted when we go live! So don't miss it!

It will happen on 06 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hong Minhee :nonbinary: - An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.

06 April 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org

I just opened a great role in my team at @openproject: Senior UI/UX Designer. 🥳

Anyone looking for a full-time, remote* & role in ?

In case you would like to shape the future of OpenProject in a user-centric product team, please apply with your portfolio, CV and a cover letter. We want to hear from you and not your . Thanks! :)

*In a location within 2 hours (time-zone) from Berlin.

careers.openproject.org/o/seni

careers.openproject.org

OpenProject GmbH - Senior UX/UI Designer

We believe good software does not begin with mockups or code, but with an understanding of people's needs.

@RosannaSibora@fosstodon.org

I just opened a great role in my team at @openproject: Senior UI/UX Designer. 🥳

Anyone looking for a full-time, remote* & role in ?

In case you would like to shape the future of OpenProject in a user-centric product team, please apply with your portfolio, CV and a cover letter. We want to hear from you and not your . Thanks! :)

*In a location within 2 hours (time-zone) from Berlin.

careers.openproject.org/o/seni

careers.openproject.org

OpenProject GmbH - Senior UX/UI Designer

We believe good software does not begin with mockups or code, but with an understanding of people's needs.

@nfk@digitalcourage.social · Reply to Mike Kuketz 🛡

@kuketzblog

Ich weiß, dass wir () in anderen Bundesländern die Umstellung auf begleiten. Es ist halt Dienstleistung 🤷‍♂️

Persönlich bin ich aber sehr happy, dass unser Kunde @landesregierung auf umstellt und wir uns dem in SH natürlich anpassen. Ich darf daher schon lange mit @libreoffice , zum Teil mit und viel mit @nextcloud arbeiten, was nice ist 🤗

(Es gab angeblich eine*n Kolleg*in, der/die eine Zeitlang 50/50 bei M365 und bei OpenSource unterstützt haben soll. Die Person hat meinen Respekt dafür, immer wieder den Schalter im Kopf zwischen den unterschiedlichen Philosophien umlegen zu können!)

@florian@kirche.social · Reply to Mike Kuketz 🛡

@kuketzblog Mit dem @bistumwuerzburg habe ich zum Glück einen Arbeitgeber, der bereits soweit wie möglich auf setzt (z.B. Libre Office ist Standard, aber auch , und vieles mehr ist an Bord). Nur das Betriebssystem ist leider noch immer Windows. Seit der Umstellung auf 11 ruckelt es allerdings ziemlich (was eine gewisse Genugtuung bei mir auslöst) und ich denke, die Tage von diesem unsäglichen OS sind auch bei uns gezählt.

@Gina@fosstodon.org · Reply to Gina

The trigger was a statement by Prabhat Agrawal, the EU Commission's lead Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcer, who told civil society groups in February that his colleagues had switched from email to Signal under US pressure, with messages set to auto-delete.

The Judiciary Committee states that its earlier subpoenas cover auto-deleted messages as well, and demands full compliance.

This is why we have to choose , European alternatives. 🇪🇺

@reeltubes@mstdn.party
@reeltubes@mstdn.party
@brennan@social.lol
@brennan@social.lol
@xwiki@xwiki.com

Europe is drafting a strategy that positions open source as a pillar of sovereignty and security.
Outcomes depend on incentives, not intentions.

If open source is infrastructure, it needs infrastructure-level funding and procurement that rewards maintainers and actual contributors .

@ldubost shares lessons from building XWiki and CryptPad in Europe for 20+ years, and the concrete levers that would actually change the economics.

👉 xwiki.com/en/Blog/open-source-


If sovereignty is a board-level priority,
then actions must be aligned with it.
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If sovereignty is a board-level priority, then actions must be aligned with it.

So thankfully, taking one more look at this paper it's actually from 2024/2025. That was at the top end of the hype cycle.

We're past all that now, and a lot of projects are moving in the right direction to protect themselves from anti-social slop-happy behavior. Clearly we have not seen Copilot contributing to an OSS renaissance. Quite the opposite! 🫠

“Prior research has shown that OSS developers generally contribute to OSS because it gives them a creative outlet and they do not want to spend their time on managerial tasks like security and documentation. AI-powered tools may make it easier to quickly address such managerial tasks, so developers can spend time in a manner they prefer, while still ensuring the security, stability, and usability of OSS.”

😳

Excuse me while I go gouge my eyes out of their sockets.

@jaredwhite@indieweb.social

I'm sorry, what is this horseshit. 💩

Not only do I find this line of thinking by the researchers abhorrent, I find it undeniably the OPPOSITE of what should be happening. Contributors to should be spending MORE time on things which aren't "code" tasks not less.

I recently won a grant to make big improvements to an OSS ecosystem (Bridgetown). Do you know what A LOT of the work is? IT'S NOT WRITING CODE !!!

jfc, this industry is hot garbage. 🤬

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

@volla@mastodon.social

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation

An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity. The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

uattest.net/

uattest.net

Unified Attestation

Unified Attestation is a free, open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity with offline verification and simple app + server integration.

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @hongminhee@hollo.social

An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.

Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live to be alerted when we go live! So don't miss it!

It will happen on 06 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hong Minhee :nonbinary: - An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.

06 April 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@mechko@chaos.social
@Gina@fosstodon.org · Reply to Gina

It's ridiculous that we basically have two mobile 'options', both with restrictive, proprietary app stores (see also keepandroidopen.org/).

If Europe values digital sovereignty, then it needs to invest more in open hardware, open source OS's, and alternative app stores. 🇪🇺

@Fairphone
@jolla
@LineageOS
@sailfishosnews
@ubports
@GrapheneOS
@postmarketOS
@e_mydata
@murena
@fdroidorg
@IzzyOnDroid

keepandroidopen.org

Keep Android Open

Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

@dmachard@fosstodon.org
@webmontagkiel@norden.social

:omya_windows: Holger Franck kickt Microsoft aus Unternehmen. Er macht mit Bergwerk IT, was die meisten für unmöglich halten.

👉 „Open-Source im Unternehmen funktioniert! Wir machen das jeden Tag,“ sagt er. „Wir haben Kunden von 5 bis 2000 Arbeitsplätzen, die wir teilweise oder komplett auf Open-Source umstellen.“

Wir haben Holger Franck eingeladen, um uns zu verraten, wie das geht.

🔴 Am 4. Mai in !

webmontag-kiel.de/event/digita

webmontag-kiel.de

Digitale Woche Spezial: Open-Source im Unternehmen funktioniert!

Der WebMontag Kiel findet regulär immer am 3. Montag in den ungeraden Monaten statt.

@webmontagkiel@norden.social

:omya_windows: Holger Franck kickt Microsoft aus Unternehmen. Er macht mit Bergwerk IT, was die meisten für unmöglich halten.

👉 „Open-Source im Unternehmen funktioniert! Wir machen das jeden Tag,“ sagt er. „Wir haben Kunden von 5 bis 2000 Arbeitsplätzen, die wir teilweise oder komplett auf Open-Source umstellen.“

Wir haben Holger Franck eingeladen, um uns zu verraten, wie das geht.

🔴 Am 4. Mai in !

webmontag-kiel.de/event/digita

webmontag-kiel.de

Digitale Woche Spezial: Open-Source im Unternehmen funktioniert!

Der WebMontag Kiel findet regulär immer am 3. Montag in den ungeraden Monaten statt.

@dmachard@fosstodon.org
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@claude@mastodon.free-solutions.org
@mechko@chaos.social

This week the European Commission published the draft for a guidance document for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is 70 pages, but contains some helpful examples and flowcharts, like this one, making it accessible even to Open Source folks with limited time.

Here: Quick guidance for the question if your FOSS component is in scope for the CRA, and if so, wether you're deemed a steward or manufacturer in regards of the component.

A flowchart illustrating if your FOSS component is in scope of the CRA, and if you're deemed to be a manufacturer or steward.
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A flowchart illustrating if your FOSS component is in scope of the CRA, and if you're deemed to be a manufacturer or steward.

@CodenameTim@mastodon.social

If you're new to contributing to Django and you're using an LLM, please consider reading this. We want to bring you into the community, but we can't do that only interacting with an LLM's output.

better-simple.com/django/2026/

better-simple.com

Give Django your time and money, not your tokens

The Django community wants to collaborate with you, not a facade of you.

@theinternet@intuitivefuture.com

Slop-Free Software is So Hot Right Now

In this episode of Vibe Coded , @jaredwhite covers the phenomenon of how software projects are either fending off or embracing the onslaught of agentic coding services, and the ways in which the technology is splitting the F/LOSS community asunder.

We just keep thinking, it didn't have to be this way. But here we are! 🤪

vibecoded.transistor.fm/10

Mugatu from Zoolander meme, saying "so hot right now"
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Mugatu from Zoolander meme, saying "so hot right now"

@theinternet@intuitivefuture.com

Slop-Free Software is So Hot Right Now

In this episode of Vibe Coded , @jaredwhite covers the phenomenon of how software projects are either fending off or embracing the onslaught of agentic coding services, and the ways in which the technology is splitting the F/LOSS community asunder.

We just keep thinking, it didn't have to be this way. But here we are! 🤪

vibecoded.transistor.fm/10

Mugatu from Zoolander meme, saying "so hot right now"
ALT text

Mugatu from Zoolander meme, saying "so hot right now"

@volla@mastodon.social

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.

The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

uattest.net/

uattest.net

Unified Attestation

Unified Attestation is a free, open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity with offline verification and simple app + server integration.

@CodenameTim@mastodon.social

If you're new to contributing to Django and you're using an LLM, please consider reading this. We want to bring you into the community, but we can't do that only interacting with an LLM's output.

better-simple.com/django/2026/

better-simple.com

Give Django your time and money, not your tokens

The Django community wants to collaborate with you, not a facade of you.

@volla@mastodon.social

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.

The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

uattest.net/

uattest.net

Unified Attestation

Unified Attestation is a free, open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity with offline verification and simple app + server integration.

@volla@mastodon.social

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.

The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

uattest.net/

uattest.net

Unified Attestation

Unified Attestation is a free, open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity with offline verification and simple app + server integration.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@volla@mastodon.social

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation

An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity. The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

uattest.net/

uattest.net

Unified Attestation

Unified Attestation is a free, open-source alternative to Google Play Integrity with offline verification and simple app + server integration.

@stefano@bsd.cafe
@mechko@chaos.social

This week the European Commission published the draft for a guidance document for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is 70 pages, but contains some helpful examples and flowcharts, like this one, making it accessible even to Open Source folks with limited time.

Here: Quick guidance for the question if your FOSS component is in scope for the CRA, and if so, wether you're deemed a steward or manufacturer in regards of the component.

A flowchart illustrating if your FOSS component is in scope of the CRA, and if you're deemed to be a manufacturer or steward.
ALT text

A flowchart illustrating if your FOSS component is in scope of the CRA, and if you're deemed to be a manufacturer or steward.

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TONIGHT!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@RussSharek@mastodon.art

Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

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@passbolt@mastodon.social

Are you building an open-source company?

Navigating the realities of building in the open isn't easy, which is why Passbolt is sponsoring the 3rd Open Source Founders Summit in Paris 🚀

Join us for honest, unfiltered conversations about trade-offs, marketing, governance, hiring, & much more.

🎟️ Request an invite: 05f5.com/request-invite
📅 18 - 19 May

See you there! 🇫🇷

05f5.com

Request an invite

The conference about building financially successful and sustainable open source companies.

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TONIGHT!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@RussSharek@mastodon.art

Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

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@bwana@discordian.social
@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TONIGHT!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@RussSharek@mastodon.art

Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

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@petersuber@fediscience.org

This is an important problem, worth solving. All institutions, including , should help pay for the tools they use.

mastodon.social

Terence Eden (@Edent@mastodon.social)

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?” When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything… 👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-can-governments-pay-open-source-maintainers/ ⸻ #government #money #OpenSource

@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.

The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-c

shkspr.mobi

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything developed in-house by the state is available under an OSI Approved licence. The UK is generally pretty…

@petersuber@fediscience.org

This is an important problem, worth solving. All institutions, including , should help pay for the tools they use.

mastodon.social

Terence Eden (@Edent@mastodon.social)

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?” When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything… 👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-can-governments-pay-open-source-maintainers/ ⸻ #government #money #OpenSource

@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.

The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-c

shkspr.mobi

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything developed in-house by the state is available under an OSI Approved licence. The UK is generally pretty…

@metin@graphics.social
@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.

The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-c

shkspr.mobi

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything developed in-house by the state is available under an OSI Approved licence. The UK is generally pretty…

@metin@graphics.social
@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

New app. Nomina - a modern bulk file renamer for Windows. Stack rename rules into a pipeline, preview everything live & undo anything, even across sessions. 18 rename operations including regex, EXIF dates, case conversion, and sequential numbering.

Most tools like this look like they haven't been updated since 2004. This one doesn't.

Portable, no installer. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. No telemetry.

apps.lashman.live/nomina/

apps.lashman.live

Nomina - Modern bulk file renaming for Windows

Bulk file renamer with 18 chainable rules, live preview, and full undo. Portable, private, CC0 public domain.

@mikaeru@mastodon.social

New utilities in Tutti Quanti Shelf:

- Image to Data URL: Convert image file to data URL.
- SVG Symbols Viewer: View symbols contained in a SVG file.

🔗 codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/tutt

Screenshot of the Image to Data URL utility of the Tutti Quanti Shelf application
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Screenshot of the Image to Data URL utility of the Tutti Quanti Shelf application

Screenshot of the SVG Symbols Viewer utility of the Tutti Quanti Shelf application
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Screenshot of the SVG Symbols Viewer utility of the Tutti Quanti Shelf application

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

It's time for this week's and news show!

We talk about some open source projects adding AI generated code, with the good and the bad it brings, SUSE potentially being sold (again), and a new interesting API that might be a boon to all de-googled Android ROMs!

youtube.com/watch?v=DzFglOqtvZA

youtube.com

Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

@KO6YQ@pnw.zone

Happy (𝝿 = 3.14...) for those who celebrate. Here's a project of mine: a wall-mounted monitor next to windows with views toward the airport & airplanes. It displays @JetTip arrival & departure list for PDX (with special livery titles when available), @adsblol ADS-B local area displays, current Boeing test flights across the , and my own software for space weather and asteroid fly-bys.

wall-mounted monitor and hanging shelf with a Raspberry Pi computer displaying live data of interest to aviation and space geeks:
* JetTip arrival and departure board for PDX Airport (subscription required)
* ADS-B displays (using adsb[.]lol maps showing aircraft at and near PDX (crowdsourced free web site)
* ADS-B display of current Boeing test flights in the Pacific Northwest (crowdsourced free web site)
* NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center SWPC alerts (indicates possibility of aurora, current + past 24 hours) using my pull-swpc-alerts software (Open Source)
* NASA JPL asteroid fly-bys for the past 2 weeks to forward 2 months using my pull-nasa-neo software (Open Source)
photo by Ian Kluft
March 14, 2026 (Pi Day!)
Portland, Oregon, USA
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wall-mounted monitor and hanging shelf with a Raspberry Pi computer displaying live data of interest to aviation and space geeks: * JetTip arrival and departure board for PDX Airport (subscription required) * ADS-B displays (using adsb[.]lol maps showing aircraft at and near PDX (crowdsourced free web site) * ADS-B display of current Boeing test flights in the Pacific Northwest (crowdsourced free web site) * NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center SWPC alerts (indicates possibility of aurora, current + past 24 hours) using my pull-swpc-alerts software (Open Source) * NASA JPL asteroid fly-bys for the past 2 weeks to forward 2 months using my pull-nasa-neo software (Open Source) photo by Ian Kluft March 14, 2026 (Pi Day!) Portland, Oregon, USA

@bwana@discordian.social
@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.

The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-c

shkspr.mobi

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything developed in-house by the state is available under an OSI Approved licence. The UK is generally pretty…

@anezkamll@mastodon.social
@Edent@mastodon.social

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.

The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…

👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-c

shkspr.mobi

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything developed in-house by the state is available under an OSI Approved licence. The UK is generally pretty…

@njtalingting@mastodon.social

Hello and world! 👋

I’m NJ, an R developer focusing on archipelagic spatial modeling. I’ve just released the on CRAN to address the "Continental Fallacy" in geographic models, using my home country of the Philippine as case study. 🌏

Excited to connect with folks working on spatial bias, open science, and FOSS!

Read my impact vignette here: njtalingting.r-universe.dev/ar

The Philippine map showing spatial connectivity using the standard Queen model vs. ArchipelagoEngine v0.1.1.
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The Philippine map showing spatial connectivity using the standard Queen model vs. ArchipelagoEngine v0.1.1.

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

It's time for this week's and news show!

We talk about some open source projects adding AI generated code, with the good and the bad it brings, SUSE potentially being sold (again), and a new interesting API that might be a boon to all de-googled Android ROMs!

youtube.com/watch?v=DzFglOqtvZA

youtube.com

Kwin, Lutris & AMD drivers add AI generated code, SUSE could be sold, new hope for degoogled ROMs

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

@ralph_social@dresden.network

Freitag Abend Gedanke: Warum eigentlich Mastodon? 🤔

Bin grad über Peter Schaars Post gestolpert - das Thema algorithmische Verstärkung auf X ist echt krass geworden. Und es zeigt mal wieder: Dezentrale Plattformen wie Mastodon sind kein Nerd-Hobby, sondern echte Alternativen!

Was mich hier begeistert:
- Kein Algorithmus der mir vorschreibt was "wichtig" ist
- Die Community moderiert sich selbst
- Open Source = volle Transparenz
- Meine Daten bleiben auf Servern die ICH mir aussuche

Klar, die UX ist manchmal... speziell. 😅 Und die dezentrale Struktur verwirrt am Anfang. Aber genau das macht's auch interessant!

Wie seht ihr das? Mastodon als echte Alternative oder doch nur Nische?

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @matttutt@mastodon.social

I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org. If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 25 March 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@matttutt@mastodon.social

Matt Tutt - I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org. If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @matttutt@mastodon.social

I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org. If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 25 March 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@matttutt@mastodon.social

Matt Tutt - I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org. If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

25 March 2026
AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@bkuhn@copyleft.org

The watchword of activism lately is “overreact, Chicken Little style”. ∃ a *lot* of acorns falling & we're all getting hit in the head constantly. They'll be more.

But the sky isn't falling; we just have some extremely wealthy opponents to defeat.

The latest acorn came from California: CA AB 1403 (Digital Assurance Act).

@jzb wrote a well-researched article:
lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1062112

is writing a comprehensive statement on the law for publication in ≈ 1 month.

lwn.net

California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions

A recently enacted law in California imposes an age-verification requirement on operating-syste [...]

@bkuhn@copyleft.org

The watchword of activism lately is “overreact, Chicken Little style”. ∃ a *lot* of acorns falling & we're all getting hit in the head constantly. They'll be more.

But the sky isn't falling; we just have some extremely wealthy opponents to defeat.

The latest acorn came from California: CA AB 1403 (Digital Assurance Act).

@jzb wrote a well-researched article:
lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1062112

is writing a comprehensive statement on the law for publication in ≈ 1 month.

lwn.net

California's Digital Age Assurance Act and Linux distributions

A recently enacted law in California imposes an age-verification requirement on operating-syste [...]

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social from @altstore@fosstodon.org

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@rileytestut@mastodon.social

Riley Testut - Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

19 March 2026
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social from @altstore@fosstodon.org

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@rileytestut@mastodon.social

Riley Testut - Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

19 March 2026
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social from @altstore@fosstodon.org

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
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Riley Testut - Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

19 March 2026
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@xwiki@xwiki.com

Europe is drafting a strategy that positions open source as a pillar of sovereignty and security.
Outcomes depend on incentives, not intentions.

If open source is infrastructure, it needs infrastructure-level funding and procurement that rewards maintainers and actual contributors .

@ldubost shares lessons from building XWiki and CryptPad in Europe for 20+ years, and the concrete levers that would actually change the economics.

👉 xwiki.com/en/Blog/open-source-


If sovereignty is a board-level priority,
then actions must be aligned with it.
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If sovereignty is a board-level priority, then actions must be aligned with it.

@FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is now available.

The FreeBSD Project has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE, the fifth release from the stable/14 branch. FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is available for multiple architectures and can be installed via ISO, USB, VM images, cloud platforms, and OCI containers.
Download and release information:
freebsd.org/releases/14.4R/ann

Thank you to the Release Engineering Team and the many contributors who make each release possible.

@FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is now available.

The FreeBSD Project has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE, the fifth release from the stable/14 branch. FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is available for multiple architectures and can be installed via ISO, USB, VM images, cloud platforms, and OCI containers.
Download and release information:
freebsd.org/releases/14.4R/ann

Thank you to the Release Engineering Team and the many contributors who make each release possible.

@BjornW@mastodon.social

Happy to share the good news of another @publicspaces conference happening this year!

Join us on June 4, 5 and 6th in Amsterdam.

Looking forward to work on this once again 😄

social.publicspaces.net

PublicSpaces (@publicspaces@publicspaces.net)

Attached: 1 image PublicSpaces Conference 2026 on June 4, 5 and 6! Together with @waag@waag.social we are happy to announce the 6th edition of the PublicSpaces Conference. This year, we will focus on the impact of technology on our democracy. Through keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, and art, we will explore how the digital public space can be shaped based on democratic values. Want to join? Keep an eye on our newsletter and website for updates! https://conference.publicspaces.net/en For NL: https://conference.publicspaces.net/ #PubConf2026

@publicspaces@publicspaces.net

PublicSpaces Conference 2026 on June 4, 5 and 6!

Together with @waag we are happy to announce the 6th edition of the PublicSpaces Conference. This year, we will focus on the impact of technology on our democracy.

Through keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, and art, we will explore how the digital public space can be shaped based on democratic values.

Want to join? Keep an eye on our newsletter and website for updates! conference.publicspaces.net/en

For NL: conference.publicspaces.net/

Banner met tekst: save the date
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Banner met tekst: save the date

@NGICommons@eupolicy.social

💡 The 2-day NGI Commons General Assembly just wrapped up in Paris and online.

It was great to bring together partners and stakeholders to discuss how and can strengthen Europe’s digital future and competitiveness.

:europe: Work now continues toward the 2026 Digital Commons Policy Summit and the roadmap ✈️

👉 For more info check our news: commons.ngi.eu/2026/03/11/ngi-

@martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation
@openfuture @OpenForumEurope

Highlights from NGI Commons General Assembly in Paris
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Highlights from NGI Commons General Assembly in Paris

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@passbolt@mastodon.social

Are you building an open-source company?

Navigating the realities of building in the open isn't easy, which is why Passbolt is sponsoring the 3rd Open Source Founders Summit in Paris 🚀

Join us for honest, unfiltered conversations about trade-offs, marketing, governance, hiring, & much more.

🎟️ Request an invite: 05f5.com/request-invite
📅 18 - 19 May

See you there! 🇫🇷

05f5.com

Request an invite

The conference about building financially successful and sustainable open source companies.

@LinaroLtd@mastodon.social

🚨 Our newest blog is live: “Enabling Standard Linux on Arm: How ONELab Accelerates Interoperability and SystemReady Continuous Compliance”.

Understand how ONELab was built to help all in the Arm ecosystem. It automates testing infrastructure that validates firmware compliance and OS interoperability on real hardware (cutting that 12–24 week process down to 6–12 weeks, automatically).

Want to know more, read the full blog here: bit.ly/4dePxgg 👈

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@dawndrums@mastodon.social

Meet Divine, a GNU/Linux Phone powered by Rockchip’s RK3588S. Divine D. will be our first variant, completely open for development, testing and debugging. It will bring interesting features on-board, from local AI to multi-standard connectivity. We also develop DawnOS, a mobian-based distribution tailored for our hardware, including custom Kernel and device tree.
Check our documentation base for more:
docs.dawndrums.tn

Divine D.
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Divine D.

@opensuse@fosstodon.org
@Podman_io@fosstodon.org
@d1@autistics.life

*Unpopular opinions:* :comfy_blob_cat:
The needs a "Great Reboot", IMHO, where:
- is the new IRC, X, Threads, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Facebook
- is the new email and two-way email mailing list
- is the new one-way email mailing list
- static content generators (say, , , etc) are the new web CMS'. No CDN, as they're so lightweight.
- is the new - and no encryption is used in groups
- is the new goto for a persisting, searchable support forum
- is for encrypted 1-to-1 chats and encrypted group chats (when none of the above suffice), as they get the encryption right in a very reliable way *for the group chat* (despite being a centralized service).

@mgifford@mastodon.social

I just released pdf-crawler, a tool to audit PDF accessibility at scale!

This is a direct "remix" of the brilliant work by the Luxembourg government's team & their - it’s a testament to the power of : a tool built for one can be adapted to help everyone.

I relied heavily on to refactoring the original tech into this GitHub-based scanner. It’s a great example of using AI to amplify good.

Thank you @AccessibilityLU for sharing your work!

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Office.eu launches as 100% European-owned alternative to Microsoft 365/Google Workspace, built on Nextcloud/Collabora with EU-only data centers. 🧩

Aims for digital sovereignty amid Big Tech data scandals and US CLOUD Act risks, offering docs, email, calendars, and video on open-source stack. 🛡️

🔗 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise

siliconrepublic.com

Office.eu and the hope for a digitally sovereign Europe

A new productivity platform called Office.eu promises to enable organisations to regain control over their data and digital operations.

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@NGICommons@eupolicy.social

💡 The 2-day NGI Commons General Assembly just wrapped up in Paris and online.

It was great to bring together partners and stakeholders to discuss how and can strengthen Europe’s digital future and competitiveness.

:europe: Work now continues toward the 2026 Digital Commons Policy Summit and the roadmap ✈️

👉 For more info check our news: commons.ngi.eu/2026/03/11/ngi-

@martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation
@openfuture @OpenForumEurope

Highlights from NGI Commons General Assembly in Paris
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Highlights from NGI Commons General Assembly in Paris

@NGI0_Moldova@social.ngi.eu

The 12th call of Commons Fund is still open! 🤓 Deadline: April 1, 2026.
See the list of for financial support:
✅ scientific research
✅ design & development of free and software and
✅ validation / constructive inquiry into existing or novel technical solutions
✅ software engineering aimed at adapting to new usage areas / improving software quality
✅ etc.
Find more 👉 nlnet.nl/commonsfund/eligibili - and apply for funding! 🎯
@nlnet

NGI Zero Commons Fund
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NGI Zero Commons Fund

@NGI0_Moldova@social.ngi.eu

Big thanks to everyone 🤝 who joined yesterday's Online for the Moldovan community on NGI Zero Commons Fund Calls!
assists researchers and developers 🤓 to create powerful and to help them put it in the hands of future generations as building blocks for a fair and democratic society and a sustainable and open economy that benefits all. 🤩
It's your chance to get your idea funded! 🎯

Check out the FAQ 👉 nlnet.nl/commonsfund/faq/index

NGI Zero Commons fund
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NGI Zero Commons fund

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@xwiki@xwiki.com

📈 Atlassian announced another price increase for Jira and Confluence Data Center (~15% starting Feb 2026).

At the same time, Data Center reaches end of life in 2029.

For systems that often run 10+ years, this raises practical questions about cost predictability, knowledge portability, and infrastructure control.

XWiki and OpenProject form a European open-source collaboration stack designed for long-term control.

🎥 Webinar resources
xwiki.com/en/webinars/Atlassia

Atlassian increased
Data Center prices
again in 2026
Confluence Data Center +15%
Jira Data Center, +15%
..In the meantime, we're building
the open-source alternative
that scales with your team.
XWIKI
No surprises,
no hidden fees. :
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Atlassian increased Data Center prices again in 2026 Confluence Data Center +15% Jira Data Center, +15% ..In the meantime, we're building the open-source alternative that scales with your team. XWIKI No surprises, no hidden fees. :

There is an
alternative.
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There is an alternative.

Farewell
Atlassian.
I + Open source solutions
X + Cloud or on-premises G-
+ Smooth migration
No vendor-lock-in
v Affordable
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Farewell Atlassian. I + Open source solutions X + Cloud or on-premises G- + Smooth migration No vendor-lock-in v Affordable

Discover how XWiki and OpenProject
provide a sustainable alternative to
Atlassian DCs
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Discover how XWiki and OpenProject provide a sustainable alternative to Atlassian DCs

@xwiki@xwiki.com

📈 Atlassian announced another price increase for Jira and Confluence Data Center (~15% starting Feb 2026).

At the same time, Data Center reaches end of life in 2029.

For systems that often run 10+ years, this raises practical questions about cost predictability, knowledge portability, and infrastructure control.

XWiki and OpenProject form a European open-source collaboration stack designed for long-term control.

🎥 Webinar resources
xwiki.com/en/webinars/Atlassia

Atlassian increased
Data Center prices
again in 2026
Confluence Data Center +15%
Jira Data Center, +15%
..In the meantime, we're building
the open-source alternative
that scales with your team.
XWIKI
No surprises,
no hidden fees. :
ALT text

Atlassian increased Data Center prices again in 2026 Confluence Data Center +15% Jira Data Center, +15% ..In the meantime, we're building the open-source alternative that scales with your team. XWIKI No surprises, no hidden fees. :

There is an
alternative.
ALT text

There is an alternative.

Farewell
Atlassian.
I + Open source solutions
X + Cloud or on-premises G-
+ Smooth migration
No vendor-lock-in
v Affordable
ALT text

Farewell Atlassian. I + Open source solutions X + Cloud or on-premises G- + Smooth migration No vendor-lock-in v Affordable

Discover how XWiki and OpenProject
provide a sustainable alternative to
Atlassian DCs
ALT text

Discover how XWiki and OpenProject provide a sustainable alternative to Atlassian DCs

@NGI0_Moldova@social.ngi.eu

The 12th call of Commons Fund is still open! 🤓 Deadline: April 1, 2026.
See the list of for financial support:
✅ scientific research
✅ design & development of free and software and
✅ validation / constructive inquiry into existing or novel technical solutions
✅ software engineering aimed at adapting to new usage areas / improving software quality
✅ etc.
Find more 👉 nlnet.nl/commonsfund/eligibili - and apply for funding! 🎯
@nlnet

NGI Zero Commons Fund
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NGI Zero Commons Fund

@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social
@nlnetlabs@social.nlnetlabs.nl · Reply to Marcus Rohrmoser 🌻

@mro @Codeberg Thanks Marcus, we we did our research and planned ahead!

While we manage six major open-source projects used by corporate-industry-hyperscalers and home users alike, we are a tiny non-profit ourselves with only 15 staff. Our expectations are well tuned…

Also, we have our own, dedicated server for our runners all set up. We intend to overhaul our package building and publication too. Looking forward to the migration process!

@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Office.eu launches as 100% European-owned alternative to Microsoft 365/Google Workspace, built on Nextcloud/Collabora with EU-only data centers. 🧩

Aims for digital sovereignty amid Big Tech data scandals and US CLOUD Act risks, offering docs, email, calendars, and video on open-source stack. 🛡️

🔗 siliconrepublic.com/enterprise

siliconrepublic.com

Office.eu and the hope for a digitally sovereign Europe

A new productivity platform called Office.eu promises to enable organisations to regain control over their data and digital operations.

@nlnetlabs@social.nlnetlabs.nl

Back in May 2019, we said goodbye to SVN and Bugzilla and migrated to Git and GitHub [1]. Since then, we accumulated 188 repositories. 🙀

We're now making a list to decide which ones we're moving to @Codeberg and which are going to be archived and left behind.

While we're doing that, we signed NLnet Labs up as a Codeberg e.V. member!

[1] lists.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/u

Screenshot of the unbound-users mailing list announcement on the migration to GitHub in 2019.
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@eschaton@mastodon.social

There’s a meme going around that an Open Source project “can’t” prevent LLM use by contributors because there’s no technical means to enforce this. This is idiotic and shows just how disingenuous slopmongers will be when told they can’t just submit slop.

Did you know there’s also no technical means to enforce that you didn’t copy some code you’re contributing from a proprietary codebase and say it’s original work? Somehow we haven’t given up on that!

@cloudskater@bark.lgbt

Programmers, can you inform me why people still use github? Its owned by Microsoft, promotes AI garbage, and that alone kind of makes it shitty as a place to host open source stuff in my book. As a simple plebian, am I missing something? I don't code, so does it offer something that other platforms don't?

@eschaton@mastodon.social

There’s a meme going around that an Open Source project “can’t” prevent LLM use by contributors because there’s no technical means to enforce this. This is idiotic and shows just how disingenuous slopmongers will be when told they can’t just submit slop.

Did you know there’s also no technical means to enforce that you didn’t copy some code you’re contributing from a proprietary codebase and say it’s original work? Somehow we haven’t given up on that!

@d1@autistics.life

*Unpopular opinions:* :comfy_blob_cat:
The needs a "Great Reboot", IMHO, where:
- is the new IRC, X, Threads, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and Facebook
- is the new email and two-way email mailing list
- is the new one-way email mailing list
- static content generators (say, , , etc) are the new web CMS'. No CDN, as they're so lightweight.
- is the new - and no encryption is used in groups
- is the new goto for a persisting, searchable support forum
- is for encrypted 1-to-1 chats and encrypted group chats (when none of the above suffice), as they get the encryption right in a very reliable way *for the group chat* (despite being a centralized service).

@erioldoesdesign@hachyderm.io

Penpot have announced their ambassador program and I’m excited and honoured to be part of the first cohort of ambassadors alongside some fantastic and inspiring folks. penpot.app/ambassador-program

Check out the announcement: community.penpot.app/t/penpot-

I’ll be building community where I'm based here in the UK but also wherever my connections to open source software and design take me and my work.

I’ve long been a supporter of Penpot and design needs reliable and dedicated tools and teams that support the growing need for design in open source software and transparent and open source design as a practice.

I can’t wait to get working on our collaborative library and share the liberating and collaborative nature of open source design facilitated via Penpot! 💖✏️

Come and join all the ambassadors Penpot Community Hours, 20th March at 3PM UTC.
Sign up here: app.formbricks.com/s/ko5b815vs

And of course, check out penpot here penpot.app/

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@erioldoesdesign@hachyderm.io

Penpot have announced their ambassador program and I’m excited and honoured to be part of the first cohort of ambassadors alongside some fantastic and inspiring folks. penpot.app/ambassador-program

Check out the announcement: community.penpot.app/t/penpot-

I’ll be building community where I'm based here in the UK but also wherever my connections to open source software and design take me and my work.

I’ve long been a supporter of Penpot and design needs reliable and dedicated tools and teams that support the growing need for design in open source software and transparent and open source design as a practice.

I can’t wait to get working on our collaborative library and share the liberating and collaborative nature of open source design facilitated via Penpot! 💖✏️

Come and join all the ambassadors Penpot Community Hours, 20th March at 3PM UTC.
Sign up here: app.formbricks.com/s/ko5b815vs

And of course, check out penpot here penpot.app/

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@erioldoesdesign@hachyderm.io

Penpot have announced their ambassador program and I’m excited and honoured to be part of the first cohort of ambassadors alongside some fantastic and inspiring folks. penpot.app/ambassador-program

Check out the announcement: community.penpot.app/t/penpot-

I’ll be building community where I'm based here in the UK but also wherever my connections to open source software and design take me and my work.

I’ve long been a supporter of Penpot and design needs reliable and dedicated tools and teams that support the growing need for design in open source software and transparent and open source design as a practice.

I can’t wait to get working on our collaborative library and share the liberating and collaborative nature of open source design facilitated via Penpot! 💖✏️

Come and join all the ambassadors Penpot Community Hours, 20th March at 3PM UTC.
Sign up here: app.formbricks.com/s/ko5b815vs

And of course, check out penpot here penpot.app/

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@eschaton@mastodon.social · Reply to Chris Hanson

The enforcement mechanism is exactly the same: There’s no *technical means* to prevent someone from being a filthy fucking liar. But there are *social means* to prevent them from contributing: You make sure that if they’re caught, they’re held publicly accountable for all of the rework and mess that resulted from their lies.

This has worked pretty well for decades in Open Source, and won’t stop working just because slopmongers wish really hard. Fucking scrubs.

@eschaton@mastodon.social

There’s a meme going around that an Open Source project “can’t” prevent LLM use by contributors because there’s no technical means to enforce this. This is idiotic and shows just how disingenuous slopmongers will be when told they can’t just submit slop.

Did you know there’s also no technical means to enforce that you didn’t copy some code you’re contributing from a proprietary codebase and say it’s original work? Somehow we haven’t given up on that!

@nlnetlabs@social.nlnetlabs.nl

Back in May 2019, we said goodbye to SVN and Bugzilla and migrated to Git and GitHub [1]. Since then, we accumulated 188 repositories. 🙀

We're now making a list to decide which ones we're moving to @Codeberg and which are going to be archived and left behind.

While we're doing that, we signed NLnet Labs up as a Codeberg e.V. member!

[1] lists.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/u

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Screenshot of the unbound-users mailing list announcement on the migration to GitHub in 2019.

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

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@hongminhee@hollo.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@Tilobyte@mastodon.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@Tilobyte@mastodon.social
@qgis@fosstodon.org

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out.

What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to know and love from previous releases. Under the hood, however, 4.0 introduces significant changes to maintainability and usability.

blog.qgis.org/2026/03/09/qgis-

blog.qgis.org

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out. What’s new? On the surface, existing users should expec…

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social
@qgis@fosstodon.org

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out.

What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to know and love from previous releases. Under the hood, however, 4.0 introduces significant changes to maintainability and usability.

blog.qgis.org/2026/03/09/qgis-

blog.qgis.org

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out. What’s new? On the surface, existing users should expec…

@hongminhee@hollo.social
@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Privacy shouldn't be a premium feature.

If you’re relying on Microsoft 365, you might be surprised to learn that blocking vendor access is a paid add-on.

In our latest blog, we explore why data sovereignty is non-negotiable and how open-source alternatives keep your data where it belongs: on your own infrastructure.

🔗 Read more: collaboraonline.com/blog/who-h

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

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@sjvn@mastodon.social
@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

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@slackline@mastodon.social

In light of the chardet debacle I've decided to take out a recurring membership with the @fsf as they help protect GPL'd software.

If you value free software, and most people rely on services which use it daily so they should, then please consider making a donation or taking out a recurring membership yourself.

mastodon.social

yoasif (@yoasif@mastodon.social)

With the conversations happening around clean-room implementations of #opensource code re-licensed as something different in #python chardet - you may want to read about how this is happening across the entire ecosystem, and how the glorious big tech companies are bankrupting open source: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/AIs-unpaid-debt-how-llm-scrapers-destroy-the-social-contract-of-open-source.html For context on chardet: https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327 Boosts appreciated!

@yoasif@mastodon.social

With the conversations happening around clean-room implementations of code re-licensed as something different in chardet - you may want to read about how this is happening across the entire ecosystem, and how the glorious big tech companies are bankrupting open source:

quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/

For context on chardet: github.com/chardet/chardet/iss

Boosts appreciated!

github.com

No right to relicense this project · Issue #327 · chardet/chardet

Hi, I'm Mark Pilgrim. You may remember me from such classics as "Dive Into Python" and "Universal Character Encoding Detector." I am the original author of chardet. First off, I would like to thank...

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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! TODAY on Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @NorcalGma2@sfba.social

Retired rural grandma, caregiver, and dog mom to a sweet lab named Summer.Love to bake and gift to friends and family. Happy in my garden. Living a quiet life on the north coast of California. Mean comments aren't necessary or welcome. Please be kind.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 09 March 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @NorcalGma2@sfba.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says:

AN INTERVIEW WITH
@NorcalGma2@sfba.social

Norcal Gma 2 - Retired rural grandma, caregiver, and dog mom to a sweet lab named Summer.Love to bake and gift to friends and family. Happy in my garden. Living a quiet life on the north coast of California. Mean comments aren't necessary or welcome. Please be kind.

09 March 2026
AT 14:00 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng

Today marks 19 years since the very first _public_ commit of my old code library collection, which for many years were one of the largest and most important side-projects related to Java & Processing.org.

Altogether, toxiclibs consisted of ~360 different "building blocks for computational design" and was used as teaching tool in related fields in many universities, mostly in conjunction with Processing, but also without...

The libraries covered 2D/3D geometry with dozens of shape types/conversions, procedural voxel modeling tools, meshes, NURBs, math utilities, linear algebra, color theory/modes/conversion, data visualization algorithms, waveform generators, filters, spatial audio, 2D/3D physics simulations, agents (before they were cool!), 1D/2D/3D cellular automata, reaction diffusion, diffusion-limited agreggation and a lot more...

Below are links to two community showreels I produced back in 2009/10, showing a selection of works done by dozens of other artists, designers, architects, students etc.

2009 showreel:
youtube.com/watch?v=U9ifgR_7XqU

2010 showreel:
youtube.com/watch?v=lrdevgQ2VKA

Even though I fully stopped using Java back around 2013 (after 17 years of it being my primary proglang), these libraries are still being used now and over the past decade I've been working on, expanding on and going deeper into these same topics (and more) in other languages (Clojure/ClojureScript, TypeScript, Zig, C)...

Happy coding! :)

youtube.com

Toxiclibs showreel 2010

YouTube에서 마음에 드는 동영상과 음악을 감상하고, 직접 만든 콘텐츠를 업로드하여 친구, 가족뿐 아니라 전 세계 사람들과 콘텐츠를 공유할 수 있습니다.

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

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@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Privacy shouldn't be a premium feature.

If you’re relying on Microsoft 365, you might be surprised to learn that blocking vendor access is a paid add-on.

In our latest blog, we explore why data sovereignty is non-negotiable and how open-source alternatives keep your data where it belongs: on your own infrastructure.

🔗 Read more: collaboraonline.com/blog/who-h

@ghostbyte@mastodon.social

So here is a brief overview of our new project FediSea.

We are developing a Fediverse crawler which discovers and collects data about Fediverse instances. Then there will be an open API which provides this data.
The website will show statistics and information about the fediverse and there will be a clear API documentation.

All three Github repos (crawler, API and frontend) will be made public within the next few days.

@NFDI4Chem@nfdi.social

Why spend vast sums on commercial chemistry software? We want digital sovereignty for science. NFDI4Chem and FID Chemistry are planning an open-source alternative for drawing chemical structures.

Your voice counts:

Help us determine the real needs of the community.
Let's shape the future of structure representation together.

👉 Participate here: t1p.de/p5b9p

@ghostbyte@mastodon.social

So here is a brief overview of our new project FediSea.

We are developing a Fediverse crawler which discovers and collects data about Fediverse instances. Then there will be an open API which provides this data.
The website will show statistics and information about the fediverse and there will be a clear API documentation.

All three Github repos (crawler, API and frontend) will be made public within the next few days.

@anthroposamu@mastodon.social

LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog
blog.documentfoundation.org/bl
What’s New in LibreOffice 26.2

Markdown import and export features.
Improved performance and responsiveness across the suite, making large documents open, edit, and save more smoothly.
Enhanced compatibility with documents created in proprietary and open core office software, reducing formatting issues and surprises.

blog.documentfoundation.org

LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog

We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the newest version of the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world. This release makes it easier than ever for users to create, edit and share documents on their own terms. Designed for individuals and organizations alike, it continues to be a trusted alternative to proprietary office software. LibreOffice 26.2 is focused on improvements that make a difference in daily work and brings better performance, smoother interaction with complex documents and improved compatibility with files created in other office software. Whether you’re writing reports, managing spreadsheets, or preparing presentations, the experience feels more responsive and reliable. LibreOffice has always been about giving users control. LibreOffice 26.2 continues that tradition by strengthening support for open document standards, and ensuring long-term access to your files, without subscriptions, license restrictions, or data collection. Your documents stay yours – forever. Behind this release there is a global community of contributors. Developers, designers, translators, QA testers, and volunteers from around the world worked together to deliver hundreds of fixes and refinements. Their efforts result in a suite that not only adds features, but also improves quality, consistency, and stability,

@anthroposamu@mastodon.social

LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog
blog.documentfoundation.org/bl
What’s New in LibreOffice 26.2

Markdown import and export features.
Improved performance and responsiveness across the suite, making large documents open, edit, and save more smoothly.
Enhanced compatibility with documents created in proprietary and open core office software, reducing formatting issues and surprises.

blog.documentfoundation.org

LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog

We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2, the newest version of the free and open source office suite trusted by millions of users around the world. This release makes it easier than ever for users to create, edit and share documents on their own terms. Designed for individuals and organizations alike, it continues to be a trusted alternative to proprietary office software. LibreOffice 26.2 is focused on improvements that make a difference in daily work and brings better performance, smoother interaction with complex documents and improved compatibility with files created in other office software. Whether you’re writing reports, managing spreadsheets, or preparing presentations, the experience feels more responsive and reliable. LibreOffice has always been about giving users control. LibreOffice 26.2 continues that tradition by strengthening support for open document standards, and ensuring long-term access to your files, without subscriptions, license restrictions, or data collection. Your documents stay yours – forever. Behind this release there is a global community of contributors. Developers, designers, translators, QA testers, and volunteers from around the world worked together to deliver hundreds of fixes and refinements. Their efforts result in a suite that not only adds features, but also improves quality, consistency, and stability,

@bkuhn@copyleft.org

😲…I just realized is in the *same* venue as just *3* days before FOSSY starts!

I'm sad we weren't all in touch as maybe together we coulda gotten a better venue deal, but I hope folks going to event will be able stay in Vancouver for FOSSY!

Also, I suspect would welcome a Fediverse track at FOSSY…
sfconservancy.org/fossy/commun
…maybe as a B-sides event for overflow talks?

Cc: @reiver @evan @ossguy @karen

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Software Freedom Conservancy

The Software Freedom Conservancy provides a non-profit home and services to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.

@bkuhn@copyleft.org

😲…I just realized is in the *same* venue as just *3* days before FOSSY starts!

I'm sad we weren't all in touch as maybe together we coulda gotten a better venue deal, but I hope folks going to event will be able stay in Vancouver for FOSSY!

Also, I suspect would welcome a Fediverse track at FOSSY…
sfconservancy.org/fossy/commun
…maybe as a B-sides event for overflow talks?

Cc: @reiver @evan @ossguy @karen

sfconservancy.org

Software Freedom Conservancy

The Software Freedom Conservancy provides a non-profit home and services to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.

@petersuber@fediscience.org

"The [maker of ] has called on the European Commission in an open letter not to rely solely on 's proprietary format in the ongoing consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The EU Commission had published a call for feedback on the CRA guidelines on March 3, 2026. Feedback can be submitted exclusively via an XLSX template until March 31, 2026."
heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-c

heise.de

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats

The Document Foundation criticizes the EU Commission for exclusively using Microsoft's XLSX format in the Cyber Resilience Act consultation.

@bettina@mastodon.nu · Reply to Frederik Bjerre Andersen

@bjerreandersen Tak fordi I tager emnet op! Det er utroligt vigtigt.

Jeg ville måske også ønske, at I udfordrer dem lidt mere på det med at "det er for dyrt"- især når DIGST svarer "Men det er for dem at se hverken teknisk, praktisk eller økonomisk muligt at sikre, at MitID og AltID fungerer på alle styresystemer og enheder." For det er et ret lukkende sprog at svare "alle enheder".

Jeg kommer i tanke om Todd Rose's TED Talk, The Myth of the Average: inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4eBmytt

Og ❤️

@nemo@mas.to
@nemo@mas.to
@RichiH@chaos.social

With my , , and many other hats on:

We will be organizing another ConfConf.org ! An (un)conference about organizing conferences.

6th and 7th of June in ,

Same as last year, we will be focusing on and conferences. We will either remain invite -only or closely review all registrations to make sure it's community people.

1/n

confconf.org

ConfConf

ConfConf is a free conference for organisers of conferences around free and open source software and hardware.

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@RussSharek@mastodon.art

Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

15 March 2026
AT 20:00 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @RussSharek@mastodon.art. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @RussSharek@mastodon.art Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them) 15 March 2026 AT 20:00 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

New app. PixStrip - batch image processor for Linux. Resize, convert, compress, strip metadata, watermark, and rename. A step-by-step wizard walks you through everything so you don't need to know what you're doing to get good results.

Full CLI for scripting. Fediverse resize presets for Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Lemmy built in.

Rust + GTK 4, native on GNOME. WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible. Free, CC0 public domain. Runs locally.

apps.lashman.live/pixstrip/

apps.lashman.live

PixStrip - Batch Image Processor for Linux

Batch image processing for Linux. Resize, convert, compress, strip metadata, watermark, rename. No cloud, no accounts, no telemetry. CC0 public domain.

@synapselabs@mastodon.social

Hello ! 🐘

I'm the founder of Synapse Labs, and we're building the infrastructure layer for the "Agentic Web." 🏗️

We focus on 0ms dedicated relays for @base and Farcaster to solve hub latency for AI agents. Also working on Volenti Partners for on-chain consent verification.

Looking to connect with devs, builders, and anyone obsessed with . 🧠⚡️

@nemo@mas.to
@petersuber@fediscience.org

"The [maker of ] has called on the European Commission in an open letter not to rely solely on 's proprietary format in the ongoing consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The EU Commission had published a call for feedback on the CRA guidelines on March 3, 2026. Feedback can be submitted exclusively via an XLSX template until March 31, 2026."
heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-c

heise.de

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats

The Document Foundation criticizes the EU Commission for exclusively using Microsoft's XLSX format in the Cyber Resilience Act consultation.

@nicolasvivant@colter.social

Argh, le Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale a encore choisi Microsoft !

Nous avons raison de nous plaindre et de nous étonner, mais le véritable enjeu est-il le ministère ?

grenoble.ninja/argh-le-ministe

grenoble.ninja

Argh, le Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale a encore choisi Microsoft ! – Nicolas Vivant

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

reddit.com

Reddit - The heart of the internet

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

reddit.com

Reddit - The heart of the internet

@frenck@fosstodon.org

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on !

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 openhomefoundation.org/jobs


openhomefoundation.org/jobs

jobs.ashbyhq.com

Open Home Foundation Jobs

Open Home Foundation Jobs

@archos@arch-linux.cz

🌟 I v roce 2025 můžete používat naše aplikace na OSCloud @oscloud! 🌟

🔍 Naše hlavní aplikace:
👉 Talkhttps://talk.oscloud.cz
👉 MxChathttps://mxchat.cz
👉 CryptPadhttps://cryptpad.arch-linux.cz
👉 Mastodonhttps://mamutovo.cz
👉 Pixelfedhttps://pixelfed.cz
👉 Vikunjahttps://todo.oscloud.cz
👉 Wallabaghttps://read.oscloud.cz
👉 Tiny Tiny RSShttps://rss.oscloud.cz
👉 PairDrophttps://pair.oscloud.cz
👉 SearXNGhttps://searxng.cz
👉 PeerTubehttps://vhsky.cz
👉 Bitwardenhttps://bitwarden.archoslinux.cz
👉 Nextcloudhttps://oscloud.cz
👉 HedgeDochttps://hedgedoc.arch-linux.cz

📢 Brzy přidáme s cynik_obecny další služby. Již dnes: ✨ Fórum, 📸 Piwigo/Immich/Lychee, 🌐 Webhosting na vlastní doméně.

🔐 Provozujeme na dedikovaném serveru Hetzner – přístup máme pouze my.
📋 Registrace: https://helpdesk.oscloud.cz/help/3020290644

#oscloud #opensource #fediverse

Webové rozhraní Oscloud
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Webové rozhraní Oscloud

@archos@arch-linux.cz · Reply to archos :distros_arch: :matrix:

💚 Jak nás můžete podpořit?
– Používejte Oscloud – i to je forma podpory
– Řekněte o něm ostatním – přátelům, škole, komunitě
– Přidejte se do Matrixu a zapojte se
– Pomozte s návody, grafikou, testováním nebo překladem
– Můžete přispět i finančně – provoz si hradíme sami
📬 Podporu můžete poslat přes PayPal nebo na komunitní účet:
👉 https://oscloud.cz/co-to-bude-stat/
Děkujeme, že nám pomáháte budovat svobodnější internet. 💙 #oscloud #opensource #komunita

oscloud.cz

Co to bude stát – OSCLOUD – opensource komunita sobě

@asci@indieweb.social

🎷🦣 Mastoshare update — future of Mastoshare

Mastodon recently put a service that covers some Mastoshare functionality — sharing posts.

mastodon.social/@Mastodon/1161

What that means for Mastoshare? Mastoshare was never about money, but with a goal of making better UX of Mastodon. I believe semi-centralized solution is the right way, as it has network effect — the more people use one website the easier it is for everyone.

mastodon.social

Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)

We've got something to Share! We hope you'll find it useful. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

@frenck@fosstodon.org

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on !

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 openhomefoundation.org/jobs


openhomefoundation.org/jobs

jobs.ashbyhq.com

Open Home Foundation Jobs

Open Home Foundation Jobs

@asci@indieweb.social

🎷🦣 Mastoshare update — future of Mastoshare

Mastodon recently put a service that covers some Mastoshare functionality — sharing posts.

mastodon.social/@Mastodon/1161

What that means for Mastoshare? Mastoshare was never about money, but with a goal of making better UX of Mastodon. I believe semi-centralized solution is the right way, as it has network effect — the more people use one website the easier it is for everyone.

mastodon.social

Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)

We've got something to Share! We hope you'll find it useful. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

@trisweb@m.trisweb.com

The biggest challenge in design is convincing developers that not everything needs to be customizable.

“Make it customizable” is slang for “make the user design the UI themselves.”

Yes, there are times users desire to design their interface; but they are rare and generally fairly self-evident. That very normal menu with some options people disagree about is not one of them.

@Radio_Azureus@ioc.exchange

Keep Android Open

Because Android is open, for now, till 01 September 2K26, I have been able to install this wonderful tool set of which you see a screen cap below.

If all of you who read this toot, please boost for visibility, make your voices heard as it is explained in the first link, you will be able to stop Google from closing Android worse than Apple

We all need to unite to stop google cold in their tracks

EU users have enormous power in this, remember USB-C on apple

Don't think you don't have power to stop google

UNITE!

keepandroidopen.org/

gnu.org/gnu/gnu.html

@trisweb@m.trisweb.com

The biggest challenge in design is convincing developers that not everything needs to be customizable.

“Make it customizable” is slang for “make the user design the UI themselves.”

Yes, there are times users desire to design their interface; but they are rare and generally fairly self-evident. That very normal menu with some options people disagree about is not one of them.

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Wir eröffnen eine neue Bewerbungsphase für das Sovereign Tech Fellowship! 🎉 

Was ist neu? Erstmals können sich neben Open-Source-Maintainer*innen auch Community-Manager*innen & Technical Writer*innen bis zum 6. April 2026 als Fellows bei uns bewerben.

Mit dem investieren wir in die Menschen hinter dem Code: Wir unterstützen zentrale Expert*innen, deren Arbeit die Stabilität und Funktionsfähigkeit kritischer Komponenten im -Ökosystem sichert.

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Grafik mit der Überschrift “Jetzt bewerben!” darunter “Sovereign Tech Fellowship”. Darunter ein Foto von fünf Personen, Arm in Arm, schwarze „Sovereign Tech Fellowship“-Hoodies tragend. Textbox: das Fellowship ist offen für FOSS-Maintainer*innen, Community-Manager*innen und Tech-Writer*innen, die Bewerbungsfrist ist am 6. April 2026, 23:59 Uhr (CET). Es werden Freelance- und Festanstellungsoptionen sowie flexible Arbeitszeiten angeboten.

@rikviergever@mastodon.social

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

librespeed.org/

reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1

reddit.com

Reddit - The heart of the internet

@RichiH@chaos.social

With my , , and many other hats on:

We will be organizing another ConfConf.org ! An (un)conference about organizing conferences.

6th and 7th of June in ,

Same as last year, we will be focusing on and conferences. We will either remain invite -only or closely review all registrations to make sure it's community people.

1/n

confconf.org

ConfConf

ConfConf is a free conference for organisers of conferences around free and open source software and hardware.

@draftd@infosec.exchange

Für kleines Geld ein eigenes kleines Funknetz bauen? Genau darum geht es hier: Meshtastic zeigt, wie man mit LoRa-Hardware und etwas Bastellaune unabhängig kommunizieren kann. Irgendwo zwischen Nerdprojekt und Krisenresilienz.

derstandard.at/story/300000031

Update: Direktlink zum Projekt meshtastic.org/de/

meshtastic.org

Meshtastic

An open source, off-grid, decentralized mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices

@draftd@infosec.exchange

Für kleines Geld ein eigenes kleines Funknetz bauen? Genau darum geht es hier: Meshtastic zeigt, wie man mit LoRa-Hardware und etwas Bastellaune unabhängig kommunizieren kann. Irgendwo zwischen Nerdprojekt und Krisenresilienz.

derstandard.at/story/300000031

Update: Direktlink zum Projekt meshtastic.org/de/

meshtastic.org

Meshtastic

An open source, off-grid, decentralized mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices

@RichiH@chaos.social

With my , , and many other hats on:

We will be organizing another ConfConf.org ! An (un)conference about organizing conferences.

6th and 7th of June in ,

Same as last year, we will be focusing on and conferences. We will either remain invite -only or closely review all registrations to make sure it's community people.

1/n

confconf.org

ConfConf

ConfConf is a free conference for organisers of conferences around free and open source software and hardware.

@RichiH@chaos.social

With my , , and many other hats on:

We will be organizing another ConfConf.org ! An (un)conference about organizing conferences.

6th and 7th of June in ,

Same as last year, we will be focusing on and conferences. We will either remain invite -only or closely review all registrations to make sure it's community people.

1/n

confconf.org

ConfConf

ConfConf is a free conference for organisers of conferences around free and open source software and hardware.

@codemonkeymike@fosstodon.org

Yooooo, this is exciting. I've always written off as un-saveable since they can't be jailbroken with MrChomebox.

I just got like 50 of these Asus C100P arm chromebooks that are "expired". Digging around, it looks like will run on this!

Still stuff to figure out but DAMN this is promising. Being able to save even ARM chromebooks is epic. Dammit I love and

Asus Chromebook booting up to Postmarket OS
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Asus Chromebook booting up to Postmarket OS

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

Millions of students are getting locked into closed, proprietary software from Big Tech vendors. Here's how can give them back their digital sovereignty: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

blog.documentfoundation.org

LibreOffice for Education: Regaining Digital Sovereignty - TDF Community Blog

Every year, millions of students open a laptop and log into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, surrendering their digital sovereignty to US Big Tech in the process. Teachers use cloud-based editors to assign homework. School administrators manage documents in proprietary formats. This ecosystem runs smoothly and seemingly without friction, but almost no one questions the cost of this normalisation. Unfortunately, the cost is quite high. An invisible resume Schools don’t just teach maths and history; they also teach mental processes, such as how to do research, think critically and interact with tools and institutions. Software is part of this invisible curriculum. A student who has spent years using Microsoft Word or Google Docs as the archetype of “word processing” or “collaboration” respectively has not developed neutral, transferable skills, but has become a future customer. This is not a conspiracy, but rather the way markets work. Microsoft and Google both offer heavily discounted or even free licences to educational institutions, knowing that brand loyalty formed in childhood tends to persist into adulthood and the working world. The licence discount is, in commercial terms, the cost of acquiring a new customer, which schools effectively pay on behalf of the seller. LibreOffice offers

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

Millions of students are getting locked into closed, proprietary software from Big Tech vendors. Here's how can give them back their digital sovereignty: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

blog.documentfoundation.org

LibreOffice for Education: Regaining Digital Sovereignty - TDF Community Blog

Every year, millions of students open a laptop and log into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, surrendering their digital sovereignty to US Big Tech in the process. Teachers use cloud-based editors to assign homework. School administrators manage documents in proprietary formats. This ecosystem runs smoothly and seemingly without friction, but almost no one questions the cost of this normalisation. Unfortunately, the cost is quite high. An invisible resume Schools don’t just teach maths and history; they also teach mental processes, such as how to do research, think critically and interact with tools and institutions. Software is part of this invisible curriculum. A student who has spent years using Microsoft Word or Google Docs as the archetype of “word processing” or “collaboration” respectively has not developed neutral, transferable skills, but has become a future customer. This is not a conspiracy, but rather the way markets work. Microsoft and Google both offer heavily discounted or even free licences to educational institutions, knowing that brand loyalty formed in childhood tends to persist into adulthood and the working world. The licence discount is, in commercial terms, the cost of acquiring a new customer, which schools effectively pay on behalf of the seller. LibreOffice offers

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

Millions of students are getting locked into closed, proprietary software from Big Tech vendors. Here's how can give them back their digital sovereignty: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

blog.documentfoundation.org

LibreOffice for Education: Regaining Digital Sovereignty - TDF Community Blog

Every year, millions of students open a laptop and log into Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, surrendering their digital sovereignty to US Big Tech in the process. Teachers use cloud-based editors to assign homework. School administrators manage documents in proprietary formats. This ecosystem runs smoothly and seemingly without friction, but almost no one questions the cost of this normalisation. Unfortunately, the cost is quite high. An invisible resume Schools don’t just teach maths and history; they also teach mental processes, such as how to do research, think critically and interact with tools and institutions. Software is part of this invisible curriculum. A student who has spent years using Microsoft Word or Google Docs as the archetype of “word processing” or “collaboration” respectively has not developed neutral, transferable skills, but has become a future customer. This is not a conspiracy, but rather the way markets work. Microsoft and Google both offer heavily discounted or even free licences to educational institutions, knowing that brand loyalty formed in childhood tends to persist into adulthood and the working world. The licence discount is, in commercial terms, the cost of acquiring a new customer, which schools effectively pay on behalf of the seller. LibreOffice offers

@frenck@fosstodon.org

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on !

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 openhomefoundation.org/jobs


openhomefoundation.org/jobs

jobs.ashbyhq.com

Open Home Foundation Jobs

Open Home Foundation Jobs

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! TODAY!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games

Passionate about Ethnomusicology, Occultism, Nature, Cooking, and Social Welfare. Topics commonly include subjects not suitable for people under 18. Minors do not follow.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 06 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games

Lich - Passionate about Ethnomusicology, Occultism, Nature, Cooking, and Social Welfare. Topics commonly include subjects not suitable for people under 18.  Minors do not follow.

06 March 2026
AT 15:00 US EASTERN TIME
ON
FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE
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@frenck@fosstodon.org

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on !

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 openhomefoundation.org/jobs


openhomefoundation.org/jobs

jobs.ashbyhq.com

Open Home Foundation Jobs

Open Home Foundation Jobs

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

This week, you get the and News earlier, because I have yet another tournament to get to tomorrow!

In this one, we talk about the age verification law thing, KDE dropping X11 sooner than expected, and Graphene OS getting a new hardware partner!

youtube.com/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI

youtube.com

Age Laws impact Linux, Graphene's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August - Linux Weekly News

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

This week, you get the and News earlier, because I have yet another tournament to get to tomorrow!

In this one, we talk about the age verification law thing, KDE dropping X11 sooner than expected, and Graphene OS getting a new hardware partner!

youtube.com/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI

youtube.com

Age Laws impact Linux, Graphene's new partner, Plasma drops X11 in August - Linux Weekly News

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

@mechko@chaos.social

This week the European Commission published the draft for a guidance document for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). It is 70 pages, but contains some helpful examples and flowcharts, like this one, making it accessible even to Open Source folks with limited time.

Here: Quick guidance for the question if your FOSS component is in scope for the CRA, and if so, wether you're deemed a steward or manufacturer in regards of the component.

A flowchart illustrating if your FOSS component is in scope of the CRA, and if you're deemed to be a manufacturer or steward.
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A flowchart illustrating if your FOSS component is in scope of the CRA, and if you're deemed to be a manufacturer or steward.

@frenck@fosstodon.org

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on !

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 openhomefoundation.org/jobs


openhomefoundation.org/jobs

jobs.ashbyhq.com

Open Home Foundation Jobs

Open Home Foundation Jobs

@slackline@mastodon.social

In light of the chardet debacle I've decided to take out a recurring membership with the @fsf as they help protect GPL'd software.

If you value free software, and most people rely on services which use it daily so they should, then please consider making a donation or taking out a recurring membership yourself.

mastodon.social

yoasif (@yoasif@mastodon.social)

With the conversations happening around clean-room implementations of #opensource code re-licensed as something different in #python chardet - you may want to read about how this is happening across the entire ecosystem, and how the glorious big tech companies are bankrupting open source: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/AIs-unpaid-debt-how-llm-scrapers-destroy-the-social-contract-of-open-source.html For context on chardet: https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327 Boosts appreciated!

@yoasif@mastodon.social

With the conversations happening around clean-room implementations of code re-licensed as something different in chardet - you may want to read about how this is happening across the entire ecosystem, and how the glorious big tech companies are bankrupting open source:

quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/

For context on chardet: github.com/chardet/chardet/iss

Boosts appreciated!

github.com

No right to relicense this project · Issue #327 · chardet/chardet

Hi, I'm Mark Pilgrim. You may remember me from such classics as "Dive Into Python" and "Universal Character Encoding Detector." I am the original author of chardet. First off, I would like to thank...

@yoasif@mastodon.social

With the conversations happening around clean-room implementations of code re-licensed as something different in chardet - you may want to read about how this is happening across the entire ecosystem, and how the glorious big tech companies are bankrupting open source:

quippd.com/writing/2025/12/17/

For context on chardet: github.com/chardet/chardet/iss

Boosts appreciated!

github.com

No right to relicense this project · Issue #327 · chardet/chardet

Hi, I'm Mark Pilgrim. You may remember me from such classics as "Dive Into Python" and "Universal Character Encoding Detector." I am the original author of chardet. First off, I would like to thank...

@ralph_social@dresden.network · Reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber

Krass, dass sich AI-Firmen einfach Open Source Code schnappen und die Lizenzen "waschen" wollen. 😤

Das ist genau das Problem mit dem aktuellen AI-Hype: Die großen Player denken, sie können einfach alles verwenden was im Netz steht. Und wenn's rechtlich eng wird, wird halt schnell die Lizenz geändert...

Respekt an Mark Pilgrim dass er sich dagegen wehrt! Open Source lebt von Vertrauen und klaren Regeln - nicht von solchen Manövern.

@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

The EU’s Open Source Software Strategy calls for reducing dependency on proprietary technologies. But for feedback on the Cyber Resilience Act, they're asking for feedback in .xlsx format! This is obviously not ideal – so please sign our open letter: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

blog.documentfoundation.org

Request to the European Commission to adhere to its own guidances - TDF Community Blog

The European Commission has spent years advocating for open standards, vendor neutrality, and digital sovereignty. The European Interoperability Framework explicitly recommends open formats for public sector digital services. The EU’s own Open Source Software Strategy calls for reducing dependency on proprietary technologies, and the Cyber Resilience Act itself is designed to address systemic risks from unaccountable technology dependencies. On March 3rd, 2026, the European Commission published a request for feedback on to the guidances to be provided in relation to the CRA, which must be provided through the linked spreadsheet in .xlsx format, a proprietary format that makes interoperability extremely difficult due to its ever changing and undocumented features. This is not a minor procedural oversight. It is a structural bias built into the process which sends out a clear message: full participation in EU policymaking requires a Microsoft licence. We ask the European Commission to lead by example by following its own guidances in relation to interoperability and at to least provide, alongside the proprietary format generated by the proprietary software and services they use, also an Open Document Format (ODF) file which is an actual interoperable and internationally recognised standard. While the Commission evaluates plans to upgrade its

@benedikt@gruene.social
@libreoffice@fosstodon.org

The EU’s Open Source Software Strategy calls for reducing dependency on proprietary technologies. But for feedback on the Cyber Resilience Act, they're asking for feedback in .xlsx format! This is obviously not ideal – so please sign our open letter: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

blog.documentfoundation.org

Request to the European Commission to adhere to its own guidances - TDF Community Blog

The European Commission has spent years advocating for open standards, vendor neutrality, and digital sovereignty. The European Interoperability Framework explicitly recommends open formats for public sector digital services. The EU’s own Open Source Software Strategy calls for reducing dependency on proprietary technologies, and the Cyber Resilience Act itself is designed to address systemic risks from unaccountable technology dependencies. On March 3rd, 2026, the European Commission published a request for feedback on to the guidances to be provided in relation to the CRA, which must be provided through the linked spreadsheet in .xlsx format, a proprietary format that makes interoperability extremely difficult due to its ever changing and undocumented features. This is not a minor procedural oversight. It is a structural bias built into the process which sends out a clear message: full participation in EU policymaking requires a Microsoft licence. We ask the European Commission to lead by example by following its own guidances in relation to interoperability and at to least provide, alongside the proprietary format generated by the proprietary software and services they use, also an Open Document Format (ODF) file which is an actual interoperable and internationally recognised standard. While the Commission evaluates plans to upgrade its

@NGI0_Moldova@social.ngi.eu

Big thanks to everyone 🤝 who joined yesterday's Online for the Moldovan community on NGI Zero Commons Fund Calls!
assists researchers and developers 🤓 to create powerful and to help them put it in the hands of future generations as building blocks for a fair and democratic society and a sustainable and open economy that benefits all. 🤩
It's your chance to get your idea funded! 🎯

Check out the FAQ 👉 nlnet.nl/commonsfund/faq/index

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@reuterbal@mast.hpc.social

BIG news from : a portable version of our global forecasting model is now open source! Development of started in 1987 and just a year before entering its 4th decade it is now available to all.

This continues our journey that started a few years ago, when we made a first and growing number of several key model components available.

See the news article for more details: ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centr

Code repository: github.com/ecmwf-ifs/openifs

github.com

GitHub - ecmwf-ifs/openifs: ECMWF OpenIFS model

ECMWF OpenIFS model. Contribute to ecmwf-ifs/openifs development by creating an account on GitHub.

@reuterbal@mast.hpc.social

BIG news from : a portable version of our global forecasting model is now open source! Development of started in 1987 and just a year before entering its 4th decade it is now available to all.

This continues our journey that started a few years ago, when we made a first and growing number of several key model components available.

See the news article for more details: ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centr

Code repository: github.com/ecmwf-ifs/openifs

github.com

GitHub - ecmwf-ifs/openifs: ECMWF OpenIFS model

ECMWF OpenIFS model. Contribute to ecmwf-ifs/openifs development by creating an account on GitHub.

@toomore@mastodon.social

🌱 OSCVPass 2.0 志工招募中|一起支持台灣開源貢獻者 🌱

你是否曾參與開源、社群、文件、活動或專案經營?是否也認同「持續投入開源,本身就值得被看見與支持」?

OSCVPass 是一個從台灣出發、已經陪伴開源社群超過十年的計畫。在 2026,我們正式進入 OSCVPass 2.0,從過往以「研討會門票回饋」為主的模式,轉型為一個長期支持開源貢獻者的資格認證與生態系計畫。為了讓這個計畫能穩定運作、真正走得久,我們正在對外招募志工夥伴,一起推動 OSCVPass 2.0 的年度目標。

🙌 我們在找這樣的志工夥伴(可遠端、彈性投入)

📄 文件與制度整理(申請說明、指引、FAQ)
🧭 專案管理與營運協助
🤝 社群與志工協調
✍️ 內容與訪談撰寫
🎨 視覺與設計支援

👉 這次招募偏「硬核」,希望你本身已具備相關技能,並且認同開源、社群與 OSCVPass 的使命,而不只是短期幫忙。

志工招募說明與報名 oscvpass.ocf.tw/volunteer/

如果你身邊有適合的朋友,也歡迎轉傳 🙏

oscvpass.ocf.tw

專案志工招募 - OSCVPass 開源貢獻者申請專案

在 2.0 階段,我們希望從一次性的回饋機制,轉型為可持續運作的開源支持生態系,而這件事需要更多來自社群的夥伴一起完成!我們正在招募志工,一起協助 OSCVPass 在 2026 穩定運作、逐步成長。

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

(1/2)

Graphic reading “Applications Open! Sovereign Tech Fellowship” above a photo of five smiling people standing arm in arm, wearing matching black “Sovereign Tech Fellowship” hoodies. The text overlay states that the fellowship is open to FOSS maintainers, community managers, and tech writers, with applications due April 6th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET), and mentions freelance and employment options as well as flexible working hours.
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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social · Reply to Sovereign Tech Agency

For those following CRA implementation closely, the @EUCommission has now published the latest draft guidance for public consultation. Have your say until 31 March 2026:

ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-r

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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

In Brussels 🇪🇺 today, Paul Sharratt is participating in the fourth meeting of the Expert Group, representing the in discussions on implementation.

Drawing on our experience in the open source ecosystem, we are contributing expertise to help ensure the CRA supports secure and sustainable digital infrastructure in Europe, particularly for maintainers of critical technologies.

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4 March 2026 in Brussels
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@EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Do you own or manage the solution or a catalogue?

Don't forget to join the webinar tomorrow to learn how you can take part in the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue – a centralised repository designed to promote transparency, reuse, and cooperation among public administrations across Europe.

Hear success stories on onboarding national catalogues and individual solutions into the EU Catalogue.

Register here 👉 link.europa.eu/VcFf4n

@EC_OSPO

Open Source for Interoperable Europe:
Advancing Collaboration through the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue
Webinar
5th March 2026
14.00 — 15.30 (CET)
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@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Motorola partners with GrapheneOS at MWC 2026 to bring the de-Googled, privacy-hardened OS to future phones beyond Pixel exclusivity. 🔒

Ends Google's hardware monopoly for serious privacy users, with joint work on security features and pre-installed GrapheneOS devices expected 2027. 📱

@GrapheneOS

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/motorola-grap

itsfoss.com

Tired of Google's Tracking? Motorola's GrapheneOS-Powered Phones Are Coming

You won't need to pay Google for using GrapheneOS soon.

@xwiki@xwiki.com

Organizations are rethinking how their collaboration infrastructure should evolve.

Governance, technological independence, and long-term control over critical systems are becoming central questions.

🤝 XWiki is partnering with Spectrum Groupe to support organizations building open-source collaboration environments aligned with sovereignty and infrastructure control.

Read more:
xwiki.com/en/Blog/XWiki-Spectr

XWIKI SAS
welcomes new French partner:
Spectrum Groupe
Information Management Experts
> Learn the story
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@xwiki@xwiki.com

Organizations are rethinking how their collaboration infrastructure should evolve.

Governance, technological independence, and long-term control over critical systems are becoming central questions.

🤝 XWiki is partnering with Spectrum Groupe to support organizations building open-source collaboration environments aligned with sovereignty and infrastructure control.

Read more:
xwiki.com/en/Blog/XWiki-Spectr

XWIKI SAS
welcomes new French partner:
Spectrum Groupe
Information Management Experts
> Learn the story
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@EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu

📢 Calling solution owners and catalogue managers!

Join the webinar on 5 March and discover how you can take part in the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue – a centralised repository designed to promote transparency, reuse, and cooperation among public administrations across Europe.

🎙️ Hear success stories from guest speakers on onboarding national catalogues and individual solutions into the EU Catalogue.

Register now👉 link.europa.eu/VcFf4n

Open Source for Interoperable Europe:
Advancing Collaboration through the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue
Webinar
5th March 2026
14.00 — 15.30 (CET)
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@knoppix95@mastodon.social

Motorola partners with GrapheneOS at MWC 2026 to bring the de-Googled, privacy-hardened OS to future phones beyond Pixel exclusivity. 🔒

Ends Google's hardware monopoly for serious privacy users, with joint work on security features and pre-installed GrapheneOS devices expected 2027. 📱

@GrapheneOS

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/motorola-grap

itsfoss.com

Tired of Google's Tracking? Motorola's GrapheneOS-Powered Phones Are Coming

You won't need to pay Google for using GrapheneOS soon.

@geojulien@mapstodon.space

So sad to see the Mkdocs drama leading to a version 2 which smells lock-in by a lonely developer ignoring a community of thousands of users/contributors and the other part the @zensical team releasing a latest version of unmaintained Material for Mkdocs with a huge and unnecessary warning about mkdocs 2 incompatibility that feels somewhat FUD-driven.

@EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Do you own or manage the solution or a catalogue?

Don't forget to join the webinar tomorrow to learn how you can take part in the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue – a centralised repository designed to promote transparency, reuse, and cooperation among public administrations across Europe.

Hear success stories on onboarding national catalogues and individual solutions into the EU Catalogue.

Register here 👉 link.europa.eu/VcFf4n

@EC_OSPO

Open Source for Interoperable Europe:
Advancing Collaboration through the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue
Webinar
5th March 2026
14.00 — 15.30 (CET)
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Open Source for Interoperable Europe: Advancing Collaboration through the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue Webinar 5th March 2026 14.00 — 15.30 (CET)

@EC_DIGIT@ec.social-network.europa.eu

Do you own or manage the solution or a catalogue?

Don't forget to join the webinar tomorrow to learn how you can take part in the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue – a centralised repository designed to promote transparency, reuse, and cooperation among public administrations across Europe.

Hear success stories on onboarding national catalogues and individual solutions into the EU Catalogue.

Register here 👉 link.europa.eu/VcFf4n

@EC_OSPO

Open Source for Interoperable Europe:
Advancing Collaboration through the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue
Webinar
5th March 2026
14.00 — 15.30 (CET)
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Open Source for Interoperable Europe: Advancing Collaboration through the EU Open Source Solutions Catalogue Webinar 5th March 2026 14.00 — 15.30 (CET)

@maarten@techpolicy.social

The @EUCommission published draft guidance on the , including a detailed chapter on . EC staff has worked on these and previous drafts for quite a while, and have been open for concerns/clarification from community members. If this topic interests you, be sure to have a look. I would be interested to hear your thoughts, I’ll likely write up some feedback.

ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-r

Public comment open till March 31st.

@maarten@techpolicy.social

The @EUCommission published draft guidance on the , including a detailed chapter on . EC staff has worked on these and previous drafts for quite a while, and have been open for concerns/clarification from community members. If this topic interests you, be sure to have a look. I would be interested to hear your thoughts, I’ll likely write up some feedback.

ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-r

Public comment open till March 31st.

@debianindia@pleroma.debian.social

MiniDebConf Kanpur Registrations are open at https://kanpur2026.mini.debconf.org/accounts/register/

Attendance costs ₹200. Attendance + shared campus Accommodation can be booked at ₹950. Make payment on https://kanpur2026.mini.debconf.org/about/registration/ and proceed to registrations page!

Remember to collect your UPI / Banking Transaction ID!

Conf schedule: https://kanpur2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/

Registrations close on 10th.

#Debian #DebianIndia #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

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@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

New app. Outlay - a personal finance app for Linux. Track what you spend, set budgets, manage subscriptions, and see where your money goes. Everything lives in one file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.

It's a native GTK 4 app so it fits right in on a GNOME desktop. I put a lot of work into making it look and feel nice.

Free, CC0 public domain. No subscription to track your subscriptions.

apps.lashman.live/outlay/

apps.lashman.live

Outlay - Personal finance and expense tracker for Linux

Local-first personal finance for Linux. Budgets, charts, forecasts, 40+ currencies, and more. No cloud, no accounts, no telemetry. CC0 public domain.

@cryptomator@mastodon.online

🔐 Cryptomator turns 10 next week!

To celebrate, we’re hosting a live Reddit AMA on March 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM CET on r/Cryptomator.

Ask us anything about encryption, open source, our roadmap, post-quantum crypto, or 10 years of Cryptomator.

Drop your questions on Reddit or below 👇
reddit.com/r/Cryptomator/comme

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@henriqueffcustodio@mastodon.social
@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @NorcalGma2@sfba.social

Retired rural grandma, caregiver, and dog mom to a sweet lab named Summer.Love to bake and gift to friends and family. Happy in my garden. Living a quiet life on the north coast of California. Mean comments aren't necessary or welcome. Please be kind.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 09 March 2026 at 14:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

Calendar: freestreamers.btfree.org/eve...

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
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@marko5@sauna.social

Korkeakoulut tarjoaa Microsoftin teknologioihin liittyviä koulutuksia.

Millainen olisi vaihtoehtoinen koulutuskokonaisuus välineillä?

mementomori.social

Digitaalinen itsenäisyys (@digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social)

Attached: 1 image 🇫🇮 Digitaalista itsenäisyyttä tukemassa Lars Wirzenius, open source -kehittäjä ja hakkeri "Maksoimme itsenäisyydestä kovan hinnan. Olisi haaskausta antaa muiden määrätä miten kansamme tärkeimmät palvelut ja yhteiskuntamme perustoiminnot toimivat. Lyhytaikainen säästö ja kätevyys eivät ole sen arvoisia." #DigitaalinenItsenäisyys

@digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social

🇫🇮 Digitaalista itsenäisyyttä tukemassa Lars Wirzenius, open source -kehittäjä ja hakkeri

"Maksoimme itsenäisyydestä kovan hinnan. Olisi haaskausta antaa muiden määrätä miten kansamme tärkeimmät palvelut ja yhteiskuntamme perustoiminnot toimivat. Lyhytaikainen säästö ja kätevyys eivät ole sen arvoisia."

@henriqueffcustodio@mastodon.social
@marko5@sauna.social

Korkeakoulut tarjoaa Microsoftin teknologioihin liittyviä koulutuksia.

Millainen olisi vaihtoehtoinen koulutuskokonaisuus välineillä?

mementomori.social

Digitaalinen itsenäisyys (@digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social)

Attached: 1 image 🇫🇮 Digitaalista itsenäisyyttä tukemassa Lars Wirzenius, open source -kehittäjä ja hakkeri "Maksoimme itsenäisyydestä kovan hinnan. Olisi haaskausta antaa muiden määrätä miten kansamme tärkeimmät palvelut ja yhteiskuntamme perustoiminnot toimivat. Lyhytaikainen säästö ja kätevyys eivät ole sen arvoisia." #DigitaalinenItsenäisyys

@digitaalinenitsenaisyys@mementomori.social

🇫🇮 Digitaalista itsenäisyyttä tukemassa Lars Wirzenius, open source -kehittäjä ja hakkeri

"Maksoimme itsenäisyydestä kovan hinnan. Olisi haaskausta antaa muiden määrätä miten kansamme tärkeimmät palvelut ja yhteiskuntamme perustoiminnot toimivat. Lyhytaikainen säästö ja kätevyys eivät ole sen arvoisia."

@sethmlarson@mastodon.social
@hbons@mastodon.social

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for /

- ✏️ provide free support to projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

github.com/sponsors/hbons

github.com

Sponsor @hbons on GitHub Sponsors

Hello! I'm Hylke. I'm a product designer who codes. I design and build software. Both how it looks, and how it works.

 I love working with people from all over the world.

@hbons@mastodon.social

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for /

- ✏️ provide free support to projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

github.com/sponsors/hbons

github.com

Sponsor @hbons on GitHub Sponsors

Hello! I'm Hylke. I'm a product designer who codes. I design and build software. Both how it looks, and how it works.

 I love working with people from all over the world.

@hbons@mastodon.social

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for /

- ✏️ provide free support to projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

github.com/sponsors/hbons

github.com

Sponsor @hbons on GitHub Sponsors

Hello! I'm Hylke. I'm a product designer who codes. I design and build software. Both how it looks, and how it works.

 I love working with people from all over the world.

@media@eicker.news

has introduced a new official tool for website owners to integrate, making it easier for users to share content to their Mastodon accounts. The tool works entirely in the , is , and allows users to share to multiple accounts. blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/

blog.joinmastodon.org

A new Share button

We'd like to help you to Share to Mastodon, with a new tool.

@hbons@mastodon.social

hey everyone,

you may have guessed reading between the lines, but I lost my job in the recent tech layoffs…

also burnt out and realised I need to go back to working on stuff I care about.

I hope to gather enough small monthly sponsors to at least cover the bills, so I can:

- 🖥️ create beautiful apps for /

- ✏️ provide free support to projects

if you like my work, please consider $1/month to make this possible?

thank you. :)

github.com/sponsors/hbons

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Sponsor @hbons on GitHub Sponsors

Hello! I'm Hylke. I'm a product designer who codes. I design and build software. Both how it looks, and how it works.

 I love working with people from all over the world.

@cryptomator@mastodon.online

🔐 Cryptomator turns 10 next week!

To celebrate, we’re hosting a live Reddit AMA on March 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM CET on r/Cryptomator.

Ask us anything about encryption, open source, our roadmap, post-quantum crypto, or 10 years of Cryptomator.

Drop your questions on Reddit or below 👇
reddit.com/r/Cryptomator/comme

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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

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@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

(1/2)

Graphic reading “Applications Open! Sovereign Tech Fellowship” above a photo of five smiling people standing arm in arm, wearing matching black “Sovereign Tech Fellowship” hoodies. The text overlay states that the fellowship is open to FOSS maintainers, community managers, and tech writers, with applications due April 6th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET), and mentions freelance and employment options as well as flexible working hours.
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Graphic reading “Applications Open! Sovereign Tech Fellowship” above a photo of five smiling people standing arm in arm, wearing matching black “Sovereign Tech Fellowship” hoodies. The text overlay states that the fellowship is open to FOSS maintainers, community managers, and tech writers, with applications due April 6th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET), and mentions freelance and employment options as well as flexible working hours.

@sovtechfund@mastodon.social

Wir eröffnen eine neue Bewerbungsphase für das Sovereign Tech Fellowship! 🎉 

Was ist neu? Erstmals können sich neben Open-Source-Maintainer*innen auch Community-Manager*innen & Technical Writer*innen bis zum 6. April 2026 als Fellows bei uns bewerben.

Mit dem investieren wir in die Menschen hinter dem Code: Wir unterstützen zentrale Expert*innen, deren Arbeit die Stabilität und Funktionsfähigkeit kritischer Komponenten im -Ökosystem sichert.

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Grafik mit der Überschrift “Jetzt bewerben!” darunter “Sovereign Tech Fellowship”. Darunter ein Foto von fünf Personen, Arm in Arm, schwarze „Sovereign Tech Fellowship“-Hoodies tragend. Textbox: das Fellowship ist offen für FOSS-Maintainer*innen, Community-Manager*innen und Tech-Writer*innen, die Bewerbungsfrist ist am 6. April 2026, 23:59 Uhr (CET). Es werden Freelance- und Festanstellungsoptionen sowie flexible Arbeitszeiten angeboten.

@firesidefedi@btfree.social

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games

Passionate about Ethnomusicology, Occultism, Nature, Cooking, and Social Welfare. Topics commonly include subjects not suitable for people under 18. Minors do not follow.

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 06 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi


freestreamers.btfree.org/eve...

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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AN INTERVIEW WITH
@lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games

Lich - Passionate about Ethnomusicology, Occultism, Nature, Cooking, and Social Welfare. Topics commonly include subjects not suitable for people under 18.  Minors do not follow.

06 March 2026
AT 15:00 US EASTERN TIME
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@jzb@hachyderm.io

Anybody know how to force LibreOffice to default to exporting PNG instead of WebP?

Specifically, I use Impress as a way to make quick and lazy graphics and then export to PNG. But for some damn reason it always defaults to WebP, which I do not want and have been unable to find the toggle to make it not do that.

It does not, as one might hope, remember the last setting used. Nope. Always WebP.

(Also, why of all formats would it be set to export to WebP and not JPEG or PNG?)

@CollaboraOffice@mastodon.social

Land der Tiere: Real-Time Collaboration with Collabora Online 💜

Land der Tiere (@landdertiere), a vegan animal sanctuary in northern Germany, relies on effective collaboration between employees and volunteers to support its work. Using Collabora Online, integrated with @nextcloud, the team can collaborate on documents in real time in a reliable and user-friendly way.

🔗 Read the full case study: collaboraonline.com/case-studi

@opennomad@mastodon.social

Just released systab — a single-file Bash script that gives you a cron-like interface for systemd user timers.

If you've ever wanted the simplicity of crontab but the power of systemd timers, this might be for you. Natural language schedules, desktop/email notifications, a crontab-style editor, and persistent services — all without leaving the terminal.

codeberg.org/opennomad/systab

@opensuse@fosstodon.org
@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@media@eicker.news

has introduced a new official tool for website owners to integrate, making it easier for users to share content to their Mastodon accounts. The tool works entirely in the , is , and allows users to share to multiple accounts. blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/

blog.joinmastodon.org

A new Share button

We'd like to help you to Share to Mastodon, with a new tool.

@kirschner@mastodon.social

Motorola announced a partnership with Foundation:

motorolanews.com/motorola-thre (thanks @llas for the pointer).

Great to see that you will be able to buy a new phone with a ROM pre-installed from such a big brand.

All the best to @GrapheneOS for the next steps in this!

motorolanews.com

Motorola News | Motorola's new partnership with GrapheneOS

Motorola announces three new B2B solutions at MWC 2026, including GrapheneOS partnership, Moto Analytics and more.

@pitrh@mastodon.social

Back in 2022, surrounded by colleagues who were infused with "open source scepticism", I wrote "Open Source in Enterprise Environments - Where Are We Now and What Is Our Way Forward?" nxdomain.no/~peter/opensource_ as an explainer.

Hopefully a useful thing for others too, with links therein

nxdomain.no

That grumpy BSD guy: Open Source in Enterprise Environments - Where Are We Now and What Is Our Way Forward?

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@reiver@mastodon.social
@reiver@mastodon.social
@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@gtsadmin@wiseowl.club · Reply to Super Owl
@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-an

nlnet.nl

NLnet; 44 Digital Commons Projects Selected for NGI Zero Grants

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-an

nlnet.nl

NLnet; 44 Digital Commons Projects Selected for NGI Zero Grants

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@opennomad@mastodon.social

Just released systab — a single-file Bash script that gives you a cron-like interface for systemd user timers.

If you've ever wanted the simplicity of crontab but the power of systemd timers, this might be for you. Natural language schedules, desktop/email notifications, a crontab-style editor, and persistent services — all without leaving the terminal.

codeberg.org/opennomad/systab

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-an

nlnet.nl

NLnet; 44 Digital Commons Projects Selected for NGI Zero Grants

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-an

nlnet.nl

NLnet; 44 Digital Commons Projects Selected for NGI Zero Grants

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@hongminhee@hollo.social

I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.

I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.

If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:

writings.hongminhee.org

Acting materialistically in an imperfect world: LLMs as means of production and social relations

This is a follow-up to last month's Histomat of F/OSS: We should reclaim LLMs, not reject them . Cory Doctorow celebrated the sixth anniversary of Pluralistic…

@dazo@infosec.exchange

This is a follow-up post on the sad state of Mozilla

First, notice the date of the commit identified (as highlighted in a few posts below that toot referenced above).

Secondly, Mozilla has done further changes to their Privacy policy since this initial change. I am not fully convinced about them - since the Privacy FAQ at the same time is not aligned. The reason for my continued mistrust to Mozilla is that they have gradually, over many years, moved in a direction I do find privacy unfriendly. And they have ties/agreements/contracts/partnerships to companies who does not have a good track record on privacy topics. I generally trust people and organisations actions more than their words of what they want to do.

Thirdly, it should be fairly clear to most that AI/LLM is not preserving privacy well when data is sent to a remote server to be processed there. And even running parts of the LLM engines locally does not fully disentangle the privacy aspects fully - data is still being exchanged with a remote server (otherwise there would not need to be "AI service provider URLs" in about:cofig). Mozilla did force AI/LLM unto users, enabled by default with the only way to disable that in the beginning via about:config. And it took several releases before more user friendly approaches to disable it arrived. Due to this delay, I really wonder "does these new knobs really fully disable AI/LLM?". I have that doubt, because of how Mozilla has behaved over many years.

On top of this, the Mozilla leadership is extremely well paid while they have reduced their engineering teams working on Firefox and other products. That is a too strong indication for me to ignore, that profit and leadership compensation seem to be way more important than the core mission of making Internet a better place.

I have little trust in Mozilla for the time being. And I doubt I'm alone, due to the traction this toot thread triggered. Currently, I believe trust can be built up again. But it will take a lot of efforts now to repair what has been broken. For that to improve for me, I will need to see a lot of actions from Mozilla, where they clearly does changes in the whole organisation and communicates them clearly and that the communication is aligned across all aspects - including policy documents, FAQs, source code. Until that happens, I will use some of the Firefox forks. And leadership compensation need to be completely transparent and come down to a level which is not in an astronomic level comparable to large for-profit enterprise companies who generally cares little for anything than their own egoistic wealth.

If a person taking a leadership role in an organisation claiming working for a better Internet and fighting for its users is getting uninteresting unless there is a million dollar yearly compensation when the people doing the grunt work, delivering code resulting in a real product, has a 5th or 10th of that compensation, then I do question the values this person holds. And I will especially highly question the leadership when they need to reduce cost and choses to cut among the engineers doing the grunt work while the leadership not considering their own compensation.

So basically, I find the Mozilla organisation fairly rotten currently. It preaches the nice words but ends up doing something completely different.

infosec.exchange

🐈‍⬛David Sommerseth (@dazo@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 1 image This is sad 😢 https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#diff-a24e74e4595fa85440a2f4e7e5dcfe68aba6e1e593aef05a2d35581a91423847 *UPDATE (2026-03-02)*: This toot has gotten a lot more attention than what I would ever anticipate. Some clarifications are needed. A follow up is here: https://infosec.exchange/@dazo/116158898983233133 #firefox #privacy #mozilla #foss #opensource #web

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@irisdessine@piaille.fr

Bonjour ! Aujourd'hui, j'ai besoin d'un coup de main. Je suis à la recherche d'une application Android capable de faire des captures vidéos de mon fairphone.

Pré-requis non négociable : je veux du libre ! Pas la première appli qui tombe quand on fait une recherche dans le store (ça, je sais faire toute seule ^^). Parce que je fais une MeJ sur le libre, et ce serait contre-productif d'utiliser des outils non libres pour faire cette MeJ.

Merci de votre aide !

@dazo@infosec.exchange

This is a follow-up post on the sad state of Mozilla

First, notice the date of the commit identified (as highlighted in a few posts below that toot referenced above).

Secondly, Mozilla has done further changes to their Privacy policy since this initial change. I am not fully convinced about them - since the Privacy FAQ at the same time is not aligned. The reason for my continued mistrust to Mozilla is that they have gradually, over many years, moved in a direction I do find privacy unfriendly. And they have ties/agreements/contracts/partnerships to companies who does not have a good track record on privacy topics. I generally trust people and organisations actions more than their words of what they want to do.

Thirdly, it should be fairly clear to most that AI/LLM is not preserving privacy well when data is sent to a remote server to be processed there. And even running parts of the LLM engines locally does not fully disentangle the privacy aspects fully - data is still being exchanged with a remote server (otherwise there would not need to be "AI service provider URLs" in about:cofig). Mozilla did force AI/LLM unto users, enabled by default with the only way to disable that in the beginning via about:config. And it took several releases before more user friendly approaches to disable it arrived. Due to this delay, I really wonder "does these new knobs really fully disable AI/LLM?". I have that doubt, because of how Mozilla has behaved over many years.

On top of this, the Mozilla leadership is extremely well paid while they have reduced their engineering teams working on Firefox and other products. That is a too strong indication for me to ignore, that profit and leadership compensation seem to be way more important than the core mission of making Internet a better place.

I have little trust in Mozilla for the time being. And I doubt I'm alone, due to the traction this toot thread triggered. Currently, I believe trust can be built up again. But it will take a lot of efforts now to repair what has been broken. For that to improve for me, I will need to see a lot of actions from Mozilla, where they clearly does changes in the whole organisation and communicates them clearly and that the communication is aligned across all aspects - including policy documents, FAQs, source code. Until that happens, I will use some of the Firefox forks. And leadership compensation need to be completely transparent and come down to a level which is not in an astronomic level comparable to large for-profit enterprise companies who generally cares little for anything than their own egoistic wealth.

If a person taking a leadership role in an organisation claiming working for a better Internet and fighting for its users is getting uninteresting unless there is a million dollar yearly compensation when the people doing the grunt work, delivering code resulting in a real product, has a 5th or 10th of that compensation, then I do question the values this person holds. And I will especially highly question the leadership when they need to reduce cost and choses to cut among the engineers doing the grunt work while the leadership not considering their own compensation.

So basically, I find the Mozilla organisation fairly rotten currently. It preaches the nice words but ends up doing something completely different.

infosec.exchange

🐈‍⬛David Sommerseth (@dazo@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 1 image This is sad 😢 https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/d459addab846d8144b61939b7f4310eb80c5470e#diff-a24e74e4595fa85440a2f4e7e5dcfe68aba6e1e593aef05a2d35581a91423847 *UPDATE (2026-03-02)*: This toot has gotten a lot more attention than what I would ever anticipate. Some clarifications are needed. A follow up is here: https://infosec.exchange/@dazo/116158898983233133 #firefox #privacy #mozilla #foss #opensource #web

@openrisk@mastodon.social

Its disconcerting to witness tech luddites ranting about abusive tech ("AI") on a tech platform ( ) that embodies the very principle of taking control of tech towards better social outcomes 🤦

Perfomative, signaling, behaviors that will not really produce anything positive. Ultimately unfortunately reflecting the fact that the broader movement is still a reactive response to the various actors, does not have a coherent agenda for fully developed digital society 😑

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@irisdessine@piaille.fr

Bonjour ! Aujourd'hui, j'ai besoin d'un coup de main. Je suis à la recherche d'une application Android capable de faire des captures vidéos de mon fairphone.

Pré-requis non négociable : je veux du libre ! Pas la première appli qui tombe quand on fait une recherche dans le store (ça, je sais faire toute seule ^^). Parce que je fais une MeJ sur le libre, et ce serait contre-productif d'utiliser des outils non libres pour faire cette MeJ.

Merci de votre aide !

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@fullfathomfive@aus.social

As an enthusiast for open source software who is also disabled, I get frustrated at how inaccessible a lot of open source software is. When there are accessibility options, they're usually bolted-on additions that don't work very well. Disabled users are forced into ad-hoc compromises that are laborious to install and labyrinthine to operate. The frustration often drives us back to corporate software. OSS is high friction and low benefit for many disabled users.

Open source developers would gain a lot from integrating accessible design into their products from the ground up (like TTS! My kingdom for fully integrated neural TTS on my browser and operating system). Accessibility features don't just help disabled people. More than half of all people using a phone use accessibility features. Do you really want to exclude half your users?

Accessibility also requires you to think about things like simplicity of design and ease of access for all your users. It can provide redundancy for errors (for example: alt text can be helpful when an image doesn't load, captions can provide a backup if their audio drops out, alternate input methods can allow people to continue using an app if they have keyboard or mouse issues). It can improve design (example: clearer instructions, easier to read text, simple consistent navigation). In short: it makes your software better.

Making the world more accessible for one group improves access for all: this is a basic principle of universal design. Stop excluding us and start making us the core of what you do — you will be a better developer for it.

@fullfathomfive@aus.social · Reply to fullfathomfive

I also want to note that tech companies are trying to use us as a meat shield. They're throwing AI into everything under the guise of "accessibility". Meta tried to roll out its smart glasses facial recognition feature to blind people first, to disguise the fact it was mass surveillance. There are so many examples.

Give us somewhere else to go. It's more important than ever right now. Accessible open source software is a tool of freedom and resistance.

@fullfathomfive@aus.social

As an enthusiast for open source software who is also disabled, I get frustrated at how inaccessible a lot of open source software is. When there are accessibility options, they're usually bolted-on additions that don't work very well. Disabled users are forced into ad-hoc compromises that are laborious to install and labyrinthine to operate. The frustration often drives us back to corporate software. OSS is high friction and low benefit for many disabled users.

Open source developers would gain a lot from integrating accessible design into their products from the ground up (like TTS! My kingdom for fully integrated neural TTS on my browser and operating system). Accessibility features don't just help disabled people. More than half of all people using a phone use accessibility features. Do you really want to exclude half your users?

Accessibility also requires you to think about things like simplicity of design and ease of access for all your users. It can provide redundancy for errors (for example: alt text can be helpful when an image doesn't load, captions can provide a backup if their audio drops out, alternate input methods can allow people to continue using an app if they have keyboard or mouse issues). It can improve design (example: clearer instructions, easier to read text, simple consistent navigation). In short: it makes your software better.

Making the world more accessible for one group improves access for all: this is a basic principle of universal design. Stop excluding us and start making us the core of what you do — you will be a better developer for it.

@lashman@mastodon.social · Reply to lashman

Made a new thing. Driftwood - an AppImage manager for Linux. Browse 2,000+ apps, one-click install, updates, vulnerability scanning, and desktop menu integration. No root, no accounts, no telemetry.

Built with Rust and GTK 4, runs in userspace, ships as an AppImage itself. Free, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible.

If you use AppImages and want something nicer than the terminal for managing them, give it a look.

apps.lashman.live/driftwood/

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@kuketzblog

Wie bereits gestern an anderer Stelle hier im Fediverse geschrieben, bin ich nicht so der Typ für fixe Datumsangaben, sondern reagiere lieber spontan.

Daher hier meine Änderungen vom Februar 2026:

02/2026: GrapheneOS auf mein neu gekauftes (kurz gebraucht und wie neu) Pixel 10 Pro XL installiert (direkt am Tag des Sendungseingangs).
02/2026: Proton Drive auf ein 1 TB geordert.
02/2026: Kündigung meines Mobilfunkvertrages bei freenet (Telekom-Netz [Bedankt Euch bei Tim Höttges!]). Leider geht die Vertragslaufzeit noch bis Anfang 09/2027.

termine.di.day/

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@mikaeru@mastodon.social

“Half Mirror” is a mirror effects script for , written in , which applies a “half-size” symmetry effect on an existing image, including possible transparency. The original image is not modified.

🔗 codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/json

Half Mirror sample image: Half Mirror | Top Right
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Half Mirror sample image: Half Mirror | Top Right

@pitrh@mastodon.social

Back in 2022, surrounded by colleagues who were infused with "open source scepticism", I wrote "Open Source in Enterprise Environments - Where Are We Now and What Is Our Way Forward?" nxdomain.no/~peter/opensource_ as an explainer.

Hopefully a useful thing for others too, with links therein

nxdomain.no

That grumpy BSD guy: Open Source in Enterprise Environments - Where Are We Now and What Is Our Way Forward?

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@internet_nl@mastodon.nl

Met Internet.nl test je eenvoudig of jouw website, e-mail en verbinding moderne internetstandaarden gebruiken. 🔍 Dat vragen we ook van onze leden en leveranciers. 🤝

Ons huidige Git-platform voldoet helaas niet aan al onze wensen. 🚨 Daarom verzamelen we ideeën om ons huidige platform te back-uppen of om over te stappen naar een ander Git-platform: github.com/internetstandards/I. 💭

Heb jij ervaring met moderne Git-oplossingen? Deel je tips en ideeën hier. 👇

github.com

Backup of Github space · Issue #873 · internetstandards/Internet.nl

This is to collect ideas to backup our Github space or to even move to another more open/sustainable Git platform making us less dependent on Github. What happens when Github becomes unavailable? O...

@reeltubes@mstdn.party
@Ric@mastodon.squarecows.com

I've built something new for the and it's . If your website has an feed and you'd like to bring its content to a new audience well now it's easy without changing any code and you can do it with

Introducing "Feediverse": feediverse.squarecows.com

Please boost to help spread the word!

feediverse.squarecows.com

Feediverse — Bring Your Site to the Fediverse

Feediverse turns any RSS feed into a fully working fediverse presence. No code changes required. Open source, self-hosted, and powered by Rust.

@reeltubes@mstdn.party
@Ric@mastodon.squarecows.com

I've built something new for the and it's . If your website has an feed and you'd like to bring its content to a new audience well now it's easy without changing any code and you can do it with

Introducing "Feediverse": feediverse.squarecows.com

Please boost to help spread the word!

feediverse.squarecows.com

Feediverse — Bring Your Site to the Fediverse

Feediverse turns any RSS feed into a fully working fediverse presence. No code changes required. Open source, self-hosted, and powered by Rust.

@turi@vivaldi.net

A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: turisc.github.io/voxease/

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.
ALT text

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.

@darc@social.darc.de

📡 Erfolg für die digitale Freiheit: Funkrichtlinie entschärft!
Gute Nachrichten für die Elektronikbranche, Open-Source-Fans und Funkamateure in Europa! Die umstrittenen Verschärfungen der EU-Funkrichtlinie (RED) sind vom Tisch. 🥳

Was war das Problem?
Die geplanten Artikel 3.3i und 4 hätten dazu führen können, dass auf Funkgeräten nur noch herstellerzertifizierte Software laufen darf. Das hätte nicht nur die Innovationsfreiheit massiv eingeschränkt, sondern auch alternative Software-Projekte (Open Source) blockiert.

Das Ergebnis:
Keine Aktivierung: Die Europäische Kommission hat die Initiative offiziell als verworfen markiert.

Sieg der Vernunft: Eine Folgenabschätzung ergab erhebliche wirtschaftliche Nachteile ohne echten Sicherheitsgewinn.

Wettbewerb gesichert: Freie Software und Hardware-Innovationen bleiben in der EU weiterhin möglich.

Die Piratenpartei hat sich intensiv gegen diese Einschränkungen eingesetzt und über den Erfolg berichtet. Den vollen Hintergrund und die detaillierte Analyse findet ihr hier:
👉 piratenpartei.de/2026/01/31/pi

Hinweis: Dieser Beitrag dient der Information über aktuelle politische Entwicklungen im Bereich der Gesetzgebung. Er stellt keine Wahlempfehlung oder Unterstützung für eine Partei dar.

Ein Informationsgrafik-Banner zum Thema EU-Gesetzgebung auf einem dunkelblauen Hintergrund mit dezenten gelben Sprenkeln. 

Zentraler Text: In großen, hellblauen und weißen Buchstaben steht dort: „EU-FUNKRICHTLINIE (RED) entschärft“.

Grafische Elemente: * Ganz oben ist die stilisierte Grafik eines Mikrochips zu sehen.

Auf der linken Seite weht die Europaflagge an einem weißen Mast.

Auf der rechten Seite befindet sich die Illustration eines Funkamateurs mit Headset an einem Funkgerät, umschlossen von einem Kreis aus gelben EU-Sternen.

Im unteren Bereich zeigt ein blaues Icon einen Monitor, auf dem eine Lupe ein Code-Symbol < /> und ein geöffnetes Vorhängeschloss fokussiert – ein Symbol für Softwarefreiheit und Sicherheit.

Hintergrund: Im Hintergrund ist schemenhaft die Landkarte von Europa erkennbar.
ALT text

Ein Informationsgrafik-Banner zum Thema EU-Gesetzgebung auf einem dunkelblauen Hintergrund mit dezenten gelben Sprenkeln. Zentraler Text: In großen, hellblauen und weißen Buchstaben steht dort: „EU-FUNKRICHTLINIE (RED) entschärft“. Grafische Elemente: * Ganz oben ist die stilisierte Grafik eines Mikrochips zu sehen. Auf der linken Seite weht die Europaflagge an einem weißen Mast. Auf der rechten Seite befindet sich die Illustration eines Funkamateurs mit Headset an einem Funkgerät, umschlossen von einem Kreis aus gelben EU-Sternen. Im unteren Bereich zeigt ein blaues Icon einen Monitor, auf dem eine Lupe ein Code-Symbol < /> und ein geöffnetes Vorhängeschloss fokussiert – ein Symbol für Softwarefreiheit und Sicherheit. Hintergrund: Im Hintergrund ist schemenhaft die Landkarte von Europa erkennbar.

@darc@social.darc.de

📡 Erfolg für die digitale Freiheit: Funkrichtlinie entschärft!
Gute Nachrichten für die Elektronikbranche, Open-Source-Fans und Funkamateure in Europa! Die umstrittenen Verschärfungen der EU-Funkrichtlinie (RED) sind vom Tisch. 🥳

Was war das Problem?
Die geplanten Artikel 3.3i und 4 hätten dazu führen können, dass auf Funkgeräten nur noch herstellerzertifizierte Software laufen darf. Das hätte nicht nur die Innovationsfreiheit massiv eingeschränkt, sondern auch alternative Software-Projekte (Open Source) blockiert.

Das Ergebnis:
Keine Aktivierung: Die Europäische Kommission hat die Initiative offiziell als verworfen markiert.

Sieg der Vernunft: Eine Folgenabschätzung ergab erhebliche wirtschaftliche Nachteile ohne echten Sicherheitsgewinn.

Wettbewerb gesichert: Freie Software und Hardware-Innovationen bleiben in der EU weiterhin möglich.

Die Piratenpartei hat sich intensiv gegen diese Einschränkungen eingesetzt und über den Erfolg berichtet. Den vollen Hintergrund und die detaillierte Analyse findet ihr hier:
👉 piratenpartei.de/2026/01/31/pi

Hinweis: Dieser Beitrag dient der Information über aktuelle politische Entwicklungen im Bereich der Gesetzgebung. Er stellt keine Wahlempfehlung oder Unterstützung für eine Partei dar.

Ein Informationsgrafik-Banner zum Thema EU-Gesetzgebung auf einem dunkelblauen Hintergrund mit dezenten gelben Sprenkeln. 

Zentraler Text: In großen, hellblauen und weißen Buchstaben steht dort: „EU-FUNKRICHTLINIE (RED) entschärft“.

Grafische Elemente: * Ganz oben ist die stilisierte Grafik eines Mikrochips zu sehen.

Auf der linken Seite weht die Europaflagge an einem weißen Mast.

Auf der rechten Seite befindet sich die Illustration eines Funkamateurs mit Headset an einem Funkgerät, umschlossen von einem Kreis aus gelben EU-Sternen.

Im unteren Bereich zeigt ein blaues Icon einen Monitor, auf dem eine Lupe ein Code-Symbol < /> und ein geöffnetes Vorhängeschloss fokussiert – ein Symbol für Softwarefreiheit und Sicherheit.

Hintergrund: Im Hintergrund ist schemenhaft die Landkarte von Europa erkennbar.
ALT text

Ein Informationsgrafik-Banner zum Thema EU-Gesetzgebung auf einem dunkelblauen Hintergrund mit dezenten gelben Sprenkeln. Zentraler Text: In großen, hellblauen und weißen Buchstaben steht dort: „EU-FUNKRICHTLINIE (RED) entschärft“. Grafische Elemente: * Ganz oben ist die stilisierte Grafik eines Mikrochips zu sehen. Auf der linken Seite weht die Europaflagge an einem weißen Mast. Auf der rechten Seite befindet sich die Illustration eines Funkamateurs mit Headset an einem Funkgerät, umschlossen von einem Kreis aus gelben EU-Sternen. Im unteren Bereich zeigt ein blaues Icon einen Monitor, auf dem eine Lupe ein Code-Symbol < /> und ein geöffnetes Vorhängeschloss fokussiert – ein Symbol für Softwarefreiheit und Sicherheit. Hintergrund: Im Hintergrund ist schemenhaft die Landkarte von Europa erkennbar.

@gtsadmin@wiseowl.club

Dear fellow or potential fellow gotosocial instance admins,
I've come up with a novel way to set up a #gotosocial server behind a reverse proxy, which avoids the use of making new firewalling rules - both on a VPS, and creating port forwarding on one's home router. This method is ideal for minimizing the cost of running one's own #ActivityPub/#Mastodon server, in a way that leverages inexpensive fast storage on the backend (say, on a #RaspberryPi 5, 2GB of RAM, with an NVMe). As many valiant and praiseworthy Mastodon server admins might attest to, renting cloud VPS' can cost a lot, especially when storing many tens or hundreds of GB of user data.

My method avoids the need of forwarding ports 443 and 80 into one's home LAN, using DNAT (on the VPS) and port forwarding (on one's home router). In a nutshell, it's a novel use of #Wireguard, in conjunction with #nginx on the frontend, and gotosocial on the backend. This can save the cost of renting a dedicated VPS, to get the exclusive use of ports 443 and 80, in conjunction with static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. My method optimizes on reliability and cheapness, but it's not the most secure - decryption and re-encryption happens on the VPS, before the data travels down the Wireguard tunnel. This exposes the data to any underlying hypervisor at one's hosting company. So full disclosure there.

I've run my method by the helpful gotosocial furries in their #Matrix Help chatroom (and I'm grateful for their help to debug subtle warts the method had), and got their blessing, at least to the technical soundness of the method.

I have a testing instance of gotosocial 0.21.0 set up with this new method: https://g.toque.im

I'm the user @owl on that instance, should you wish to befriend me there.

I'll make a longer blog post on this in the days to come, and post it in a reply to this post. (This is a cross-post of the original:)
https://autistics.life/@d1/116142628225937092

#DevOps #Linux #infosec #SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #OpenSource

autistics.life

Owl Eyes (@d1@autistics.life)

Dear fellow or potential fellow gotosocial instance admins, I've come up with a novel way to set up a #gotosocial server behind a reverse proxy, which avoids the use of making new firewalling rules - both on a VPS, and creating port forwarding on one's home router. This method is ideal for minimizing the cost of running one's own #ActivityPub/#Mastodon server, in a way that leverages inexpensive fast storage on the backend (say, on a #RaspberryPi 5, 2GB of RAM, with an NVMe). As many valiant and praiseworthy Mastodon server admins might attest to, renting cloud VPS' can cost a lot, especially when storing many tens or hundreds of GB of user data. My method avoids the need of forwarding ports 443 and 80 into one's home LAN, using DNAT (on the VPS) and port forwarding (on one's home router). In a nutshell, it's a novel use of #Wireguard, in conjunction with #nginx on the frontend, and gotosocial on the backend. This can save the cost of renting a dedicated VPS, to get the exclusive use of ports 443 and 80, in conjunction with static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. My method optimizes on reliability and cheapness, but it's not the most secure - decryption and re-encryption happens on the VPS, before the data travels down the Wireguard tunnel. This exposes the data to any underlying hypervisor at one's hosting company. So full disclosure there. I've run my method by the helpful gotosocial furries in their #Matrix Help chatroom (and I'm grateful for their help to debug subtle warts the method had), and got their blessing, at least to the technical soundness of the method. I have a testing instance of gotosocial 0.21.0 set up with this new method: https://g.toque.im I'm the user @owl@g.toque.im on that instance, should you wish to befriend me there. I'll make a longer blog post on this in the days to come, and post it in a reply to this post. (I also cross-posted this on another account of mine, please forgive the duplicate: @gtsadmin@wiseowl.club ) #DevOps #Linux #infosec #SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #OpenSource

@alainmi11@mamot.fr

« Bye-bye les  »
Pourquoi et comment l’État français développe-t-il ses propres outils numériques en ?

Dans cette vidéo :
– La genèse du projet : L'État devient créateur.
– L'alternative : proposer des outils (Visio, Docs) aussi fluides que le privé tout en restant 100 % libres.
– Le défi du recrutement : comment attirer les meilleurs talents tech dans le secteur public ?
– Sécurité des données.

videos.domainepublic.net/w/xw5

@dazo@infosec.exchange

This is sad 😢

github.com/mozilla/bedrock/com

UPDATE (2026-03-02): This toot has gotten a lot more attention than what I would ever anticipate. Some clarifications are needed. A follow up is here: infosec.exchange/@dazo/1161588

Screenshot of git commit for the Mozilla web page removing the FAQ question: «Does Firefox sell your personal data?»
ALT text

Screenshot of git commit for the Mozilla web page removing the FAQ question: «Does Firefox sell your personal data?»

@reeltubes@mstdn.party
@canadianbryan@mastodon.social

In addition to funding open source projects you use, if you can, consider extending support to the individual contributors/developers personally who work on those projects, many are volunteers and even a small monthly contribution could mean the difference. 🫶

@turi@vivaldi.net

A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: turisc.github.io/voxease/

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.
ALT text

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.

@canadianbryan@mastodon.social

In addition to funding open source projects you use, if you can, consider extending support to the individual contributors/developers personally who work on those projects, many are volunteers and even a small monthly contribution could mean the difference. 🫶

@shawnhooper@fosstodon.org
@shawnhooper@fosstodon.org
@internet_nl@mastodon.nl

Met Internet.nl test je eenvoudig of jouw website, e-mail en verbinding moderne internetstandaarden gebruiken. 🔍 Dat vragen we ook van onze leden en leveranciers. 🤝

Ons huidige Git-platform voldoet helaas niet aan al onze wensen. 🚨 Daarom verzamelen we ideeën om ons huidige platform te back-uppen of om over te stappen naar een ander Git-platform: github.com/internetstandards/I. 💭

Heb jij ervaring met moderne Git-oplossingen? Deel je tips en ideeën hier. 👇

github.com

Backup of Github space · Issue #873 · internetstandards/Internet.nl

This is to collect ideas to backup our Github space or to even move to another more open/sustainable Git platform making us less dependent on Github. What happens when Github becomes unavailable? O...

@turi@vivaldi.net

A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: turisc.github.io/voxease/

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.
ALT text

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.

@turi@vivaldi.net

A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: turisc.github.io/voxease/

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.
ALT text

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.

@turi@vivaldi.net

A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: turisc.github.io/voxease/

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.
ALT text

Screencast of VoxEase, application for augmentative and alternative communication.

@felicien@mamot.fr

petitions.assemblee-nationale.
Pour l'instant il n'y a que 15 signatures, ça peut être intéressant de faire tourner pour signer non?

petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr

Non au verrouillage abusif d'Android et du développement d'applications par Google - Non au verrouillage abusif d'Android et du développement d'applications par Google - Plateforme des pétitions de l’Assemblée nationale

Texte de présentation de la situation issue du site " https://keepandroidopen.org/fr/ ", que je complète ensuite. "En août 2025, Google a annoncé que, à partir de septembre 2026, il ne sera plus possible de développer des applications pour la plateforme Android sans s’être préalablement enregistré auprès de Google. Cet enregistrement impliquera : - Paiement de frais à Google - Acceptation des conditions d’utilisation de Google - Fourniture d’une pièce d’identité officielle - Téléchargement de la preuve de la clé de signature privée du développeur - Liste de tous les identifiants d’application actuels et futurs Ce que cela signifie pour vos droits : ➤ Vous, le consommateur, avez acheté votre appareil Android en croyant à la promesse de Google : une plateforme informatique ouverte sur laquelle vous pouviez exécuter les logiciels de votre choix. Or, à partir de septembre 2026, Google déploiera sans votre consentement une mise à jour de votre système d’exploitation qui bloquera définitivement ce droit et vous laissera à la merci de son jugement quant aux logiciels auxquels vous êtes autorisé à faire confiance. ➤ Vous, le créateur, ne pourrez plus développer d’application et la partager directement avec vos amis, votre famille et votre communauté sans obtenir au préalable l’approbation de Google. La promesse d’Android – un argument marketing qui lui a permis de se démarquer de l’iPhone – a toujours reposé sur son ouverture. Mais Google estime manifestement exercer une emprise suffisante sur l’écosystème Android, ainsi qu’une influence réglementaire suffisante, pour pouvoir désormais abandonner ce principe en toute impunité et sans discrimination. ➤ Vous, l’État, cédez les droits de vos citoyens et votre souveraineté numérique à une entreprise connue pour se plier aux exigences extrajudiciaires de régimes autoritaires visant à supprimer des applications parfaitement légales qui leur déplaisent. Les logiciels essentiels au fonctionnement de vos entreprises et de vos administrations seront à la merci des caprices opaques d’une multinationale lointaine et irresponsable." Google a, à l'origine, créé Android (sur une base Linux, libre) avec l'esprit de le garder totalement ouvert. Mais on voit que le géant américain souhaite verrouiller la plateforme Android, qui concerne environ 85% des smartphones au monde. On peut aisément imaginer ce que Google (qui sera seul et unique décideur de ce qui est valide ou non) pourra imposer aux développeurs, comme par exemple l'obligation d'ajouter des fonctionnalités de partage de statistiques, informations sur les données personnelles des utilisateurs-trices.

@archos@mastodon.arch-linux.cz

🎵 Přemýšlím, jestli by byl zájem o Funkwhale instanci v rámci komunity.

Pro ty, kdo neznají – Funkwhale je federated audio platforma. Vlastně takové VHSky, ale pro hudbu. Nahraješ vlastní tvorbu, streamuješ ji ze svého serveru a díky federaci se dostane i za hranice naší instance do celého fediverse.

🎸 Pro muzikanty a kapely
Máš hotovou desku nebo demo a nechceš to cpát na Spotify, kde tě nikdo nenajde? Na Funkwhale nahraješ, co chceš, pod licencí, kterou si sám zvolíš – Creative Commons, všechna práva vyhrazena, cokoliv. Profil kapely, discography, možnost followovat tě přímo z Mastodonu nebo jiné Funkwhale instance.

🎧 Pro posluchače
Není to jen úložiště – jsou tam playlists, automatická rádia podle žánru nebo nálady, podcasty. Přístup přes webový přehrávač nebo přes Subsonic klienty (DSub, Symfonium, Ultrasonic...) na mobilu.

🌍 Federace
Oscloud instance by byla propojená s ostatními Funkwhale instancemi i širším fediverse. Tvoje nahrávky může najít někdo z Německa, Francie nebo odkudkoliv, kde fediverse žije.

⚖️ Obsah a pravidla
Platforma je zaměřená na svobodný obsah – nahrává se vlastní tvorba. Na moderaci by se hodil někdo z komunity – pokud máš chuť pomoct, dej vědět.

👉 Zajímalo by mě:
– Měli byste chuť něco takového používat?
– Spíš jako posluchači, nebo jako tvůrci?
– Hrajete v kapele nebo znate někoho, kdo by měl zájem nahrát vlastní věci? Ozvat se můžete přímo nebo přeposlat dál 🙂

@fedora@fosstodon.org
@dazo@infosec.exchange

This is sad 😢

github.com/mozilla/bedrock/com

UPDATE (2026-03-02): This toot has gotten a lot more attention than what I would ever anticipate. Some clarifications are needed. A follow up is here: infosec.exchange/@dazo/1161588

Screenshot of git commit for the Mozilla web page removing the FAQ question: «Does Firefox sell your personal data?»
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Screenshot of git commit for the Mozilla web page removing the FAQ question: «Does Firefox sell your personal data?»

@kentoseth@fosstodon.org

Hey folks. I've been doing some gratis mapping work on over the past year and what struck me is that so much of what we contribute in is because we enjoy doing it, reward-free.

However, life (and AI) has made paying the bills erratic for many of us.

So I decided to propose the idea of creating an Open Source Utility token to reward people for their contributions, in a structured, methodical approach.

kentoseth.com/posts/2026/feb/2

Thoughts/Criticisms?

kentoseth.com

Creating an Open Source Utility token: pitfalls, drawbacks and other issues

The creation of an Open Source utility token to be used for Open Source contributions and mentioning some of the drawbacks of smart contracts.

@dazo@infosec.exchange · Reply to 🔗 David Sommerseth

has lost their ground and is now in a free fall into a sinkhole. I doubt they'll ever get out if this again unless they do a 180-turn within the coming days. Mozilla has lost a lot of trust and credibility over the last couple of years. This accelerates that distrust even more.

blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/up

It looks promising, until you hit the last paragraph (my highlight)

In order to make Firefox commercially viable, there are a number of places where we collect and share some data with our partners, including our optional ads on New Tab and providing sponsored suggestions in the search bar. We set all of this out in our privacy notice. Whenever we share data with our partners, we put a lot of work into making sure that the data that we share is stripped of potentially identifying information, or shared only in the aggregate, or is put through our privacy preserving technologies (like OHTTP).

In my book, that's indirectly selling data.

Goodbye, .

blog.mozilla.org

An update on our terms of use | The Mozilla Blog

On Wednesday we shared that we’re introducing a new terms of use (TOU) and privacy notice for Firefox. Since then, we’ve been listening to some of our

@dazo@infosec.exchange

This is sad 😢

github.com/mozilla/bedrock/com

UPDATE (2026-03-02): This toot has gotten a lot more attention than what I would ever anticipate. Some clarifications are needed. A follow up is here: infosec.exchange/@dazo/1161588

Screenshot of git commit for the Mozilla web page removing the FAQ question: «Does Firefox sell your personal data?»
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Screenshot of git commit for the Mozilla web page removing the FAQ question: «Does Firefox sell your personal data?»

@nlnet@nlnet.nl

Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:

https://nlnet.nl/officehour/

#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #fundingfoss

nlnet.nl

NLnet; NLnet Office Hour: monthly recurring Q&A

@nlnet@nlnet.nl

Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
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@Marc@fosstodon.org · Reply to Marc

3/5
Asynchronous podcasts are a unique format, shaped by the parameters (pros & cons) of asynchronous audio conversation. AMPS could facilitate long interviews and conversations—people can pose questions and take time to reflect. Interviews could unfold over weeks, but be listened to in one sitting. I hope others explore this medium with their own objectives and creativity.

codeberg.org/marcbogonovich/AM

codeberg.org

AMPS

AMPS is an AMPS—Asynchronous Messaging to Podcast System (or Audio Messaging to Podcast System). An AMPS, as its acronym implies, is a system for pipelining audio conversations from a messaging app (such as 3rd party apps like Telegram) into a single processed and concatenated audio file ready to...

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The deadline for this survey on the Cyber Resilience Act is on 28 February. This is especially relevant for smaller organisations or individuals involved in who will be effected by the .

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During #FOSDEM we launched a survey on #CRA Article 25 - Attestation 📄 This survey gathers input on how voluntary security attestation programmes for #FreeSoftware could work under Article 25 of the #CyberResilienceAct. There are 27 questions (no need to answer all of them) plus additional thoughts in the free field are more than welcome Please respond until 28 February! Don't forget to share ➡️ https://dialog-cybersicherheit.limesurvey.net/113884

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The deadline for this survey on the Cyber Resilience Act is on 28 February. This is especially relevant for smaller organisations or individuals involved in who will be effected by the .

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Free Software Foundation Europe (@fsfe@mastodon.social)

During #FOSDEM we launched a survey on #CRA Article 25 - Attestation 📄 This survey gathers input on how voluntary security attestation programmes for #FreeSoftware could work under Article 25 of the #CyberResilienceAct. There are 27 questions (no need to answer all of them) plus additional thoughts in the free field are more than welcome Please respond until 28 February! Don't forget to share ➡️ https://dialog-cybersicherheit.limesurvey.net/113884

@fsfe@mastodon.social

During we launched a survey on Article 25 - Attestation

📄 This survey gathers input on how voluntary security attestation programmes for could work under Article 25 of the .

There are 27 questions (no need to answer all of them) plus additional thoughts in the free field are more than welcome

Please respond until 28 February! Don't forget to share
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Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:

https://nlnet.nl/officehour/

#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #fundingfoss

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NLnet; NLnet Office Hour: monthly recurring Q&A

@nlnet@nlnet.nl

Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:

https://nlnet.nl/officehour/

#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #fundingfoss

nlnet.nl

NLnet; NLnet Office Hour: monthly recurring Q&A

@nlnet@nlnet.nl

Today at 16.00 CET we have another NLnet Open Office hour. If you have any questions, you can drop by in our Matrix room and ask them.
You can already enter your questions to the Etherpad and we'll answer them this afternoon.
The questions that are asked are collected in a FAQ so the answers are available to others as well.
Links to the Matrix room, Etherpad and FAQs can be found at:

https://nlnet.nl/officehour/

#FOSS #opensource #NGI #NGI0 #fundingfoss

nlnet.nl

NLnet; NLnet Office Hour: monthly recurring Q&A

@Marc@fosstodon.org · Reply to Marc

5/5
AMPS is an AMPS—Asynchronous/Audio Messaging to Podcast System. An AMPS is a system for pipelining audio conversations from a messaging app (e.g. Telegram) into a single processed and concatenated audio file ready to be uploaded as a podcast. This particular AMPS project may receive a name, but presently, the project name will be AMPS, which we selected as the generic name for this type of software.

codeberg.org/marcbogonovich/AM

codeberg.org

AMPS

AMPS is an AMPS—Asynchronous Messaging to Podcast System (or Audio Messaging to Podcast System). An AMPS, as its acronym implies, is a system for pipelining audio conversations from a messaging app (such as 3rd party apps like Telegram) into a single processed and concatenated audio file ready to...

@Marc@fosstodon.org · Reply to Marc
@Marc@fosstodon.org · Reply to Marc

3/5
Asynchronous podcasts are a unique format, shaped by the parameters (pros & cons) of asynchronous audio conversation. AMPS could facilitate long interviews and conversations—people can pose questions and take time to reflect. Interviews could unfold over weeks, but be listened to in one sitting. I hope others explore this medium with their own objectives and creativity.

codeberg.org/marcbogonovich/AM

codeberg.org

AMPS

AMPS is an AMPS—Asynchronous Messaging to Podcast System (or Audio Messaging to Podcast System). An AMPS, as its acronym implies, is a system for pipelining audio conversations from a messaging app (such as 3rd party apps like Telegram) into a single processed and concatenated audio file ready to...

@Marc@fosstodon.org · Reply to Marc
@Marc@fosstodon.org

1/5
Announcing AMPS (Asynchronous/Audio Messaging to Podcast System)

AMPS converts Telegram group conversation audio messages into a single, processed audio file to be used as a podcast.

AMPS is three Python3 scripts. AMPS works with Telegram group chats. However, future versions may support other instant messaging platforms.