Das habe ich auch überlegt, den Job wechseln, weg von der IT. Aber auch da weiß ich, immer weniger Daten zu hinterlassen. Und durch meine Rolle kann ich direkt Einfluss nehmen - raus aus der Cloud, weg von bigtech, pro opensource, am Besten onpremises, Zugang zu Daten und Systemen am Besten nur über Intranet und nie ohne Login, es sei denn, es handelt sich um opendata relevantes, nicht kritisches.
#foss #floss #opensource #bigtech #gafam #unplugtrump #diday #privacy #onpremises
Many of us can remember our failures first using Linux, but Kripa Khanal's talk is how we can turn our issues into success for free software!
Watch the talk here 👉️ youtube.com/watch?v=oVuiNllWaH…
Support GNOME to help make GUADEC possible 👉️ donate.gnome.org
#Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource
Contribution is often perceived as something that requires deep technical knowledge or familiarity with the codebase. Many people use the GNOME tools every d...GNOME (YouTube)
(URL replace addon enabled for X, YouTube, Instagram and some news sites.)
and the "best bug report of the year"-award in the categories "beauty" "structure" and "completeness" goes to @BaltschunJoerg from @neufeldt_kuhnke for his issue codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmar…
I don't like nagging, but i gotta admit, i sometimes grow desperate handling nondescriptive bug reports, so thank you for this beautiful counterexample.
Don't be like "stuff doesnt work". Be like Joerg.
I tried to register a mastodon.social account, my own. So everything worked fine until auth@(flohmarkt.instance) should receice the pin, which it does not. auth@hanse.Codeberg.org
Come join me and @Gina in Luxembourg this October!
#OSCL26 (Open Source Conference Luxembourg) has a brand new track devoted to “Decentralized Technologies for Digital Sovereignty”:
We are looking for speakers interested in discussing these topics:
Apply here:
🔗: pretalx.com/open-source-confer…
The conference takes place on Wednesday October 7th in Belval, Luxembourg.
Please share! 🚀
#Fediverse #FediAdvocacy #conferences #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #TheFutureIsFederated #selfhosting #interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #activism
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for Open Source Conference Luxembourgpretalx.com
📖 Our yearly G'MIC recap is out!
Beyond the 4.0 release announcement, this article dives into a year of work behind the scenes:
- New filters in G'MIC-Qt (Pixel Stretch, Marker Drawing, Heightfield Warp...)
- The variational color transfer algorithm, with its guided mode
- New core commands, creative coding scripts, the gmic-interactive-demos repo, and more
Don't miss it! 🤩
EN: gmic.eu/gmic40/
FR: linuxfr.org/news/g-mic-4-0-la-…
#GMIC #OpenSource #FLOSS #GREYC #CNRS #ENSICAEN #UNICAEN
A full-featured open-source framework for processing generic image (2D,3D,3D+t) with multiple interfaces: command-line (cli), gimp plug-in, web service, Qt plug-in, C++ librarygmic.eu
Nice talk by @ivan and @mayel about Bonfire and how they build digital community spaces with Bonfire and related projects, like the Lauti calendar, in practice.
"It's an ecosystem of people who meet together to meet needs. People who share cost, share risk, share expertise and knowledge, share governance over the tools they rely on, and reinforce each other's capacity to adapt, survive, and thrive. This is how we think Open Source can become sustainable. Not by mimicking startup economics, but by building ecologies where survival is mutual. By making sustainability a shared, ongoing cooperative project rather than a lonely competition."
Yesterday, during a social ride, I talked with a guy who was working in Borland back in the days (~30 years ago). He mentioned that Open Source killed a lot of software business at that time.
Our talk reminded me that often it's better to pay for Free and Open Source Software despite it being free (as in a free beer).
trop.in/blog/pay-for-software-…
#foss #floss #opensource #linux #grapheneos #fdroid #mastodon
"How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in"
Why DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX are Microsoft's most effective lock-in tool:
blog.documentfoundation.org/bl…
#floss #foss #SustainableDigitalAge #Microsoft
In the previous article, we explored the importance of standards: how the unspoken agreements governing electrical sockets, paper sizes and file formats form the foundations of a world in which choices remain open and power is not concentrated in the…Italo Vignoli (TDF Community Blog)
Sehr praktisch im Urlaub, wenn man auf Datenstaubsauger wie Google Lens verzichten möchte:
Die recht junge App "Offline Translator" ist schon verdammt gut! Text, Bilder, Dokumente - komplett offline. Keine Anfragen werden an externe Server gesendet.
github.com/DavidVentura/offlin…
Killer Feature ist die Live Video-Übersetzung. Eben wie Google Lens, nur datenschutzfreundlich. Das gab es meines Wissens bisher nicht als freie Software in der Qualität.
Details hier:
blog.davidv.dev/posts/mobile-t…
#translation #ubersetzung #floss #foss #opensource #freiesoftware #fdroid #urlaub
Use Firefox Translation Models for on-device translation on Android - DavidVentura/offline-translatorGitHub
It was a great pleasure to write up this post about the #Codeberg's recent votes with respect to LLMs and the impact that LLM have on #FLOSS more broadly, together with @Gusted and @fnetX:
Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs
blog.codeberg.org/protecting-o…
.codeberg-design ul { padding-left: revert !important; } In Brief: Two...blog.codeberg.org
Opt Green has ended. Long live Opt Green!
As May came to an end, so did KDE Eco's "Opt Green" project. Two activities of the project will help it live on for years to come.
Read here about Opt Green's work with Repair Cafés in #Germany.
eco.kde.org/blog/2026-07-22-op…
@kde
#KDE #KDEEco #OptGreen #RepairCafe #RightToRepair #Sustainability #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Environment #Reparatur #EndOf10 #LinuxCafe #Linux
The Opt Green project has come to an end. Two activities of the project will help it live on for years to come. This is Part I.KDE Eco
#meme #software #linux #tux #os #freedom #foss #floss #opensource
sorry, the "how will people enforce this" argument is real, dismissing it will not make it disappear.
I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development.
And still I think this decision will backfire badly.
I, like most of Codeberg users, was not even aware that this discussion was in place, did not vote. This only passed because of the anti-AI Luddite crowd. Which, mind you, has a point, I have very conflicting feelings about AI myself, and I think that the current trajectory is quite worrying. But this is just a knee-jerk reaction that has clearly not been thought of well enough.
I applaude the philosophy, or the intent if you want, of not having Codeberg turn into another SlopHub. But this is fairy-tale wishful thinking. There is no way to reliably detect AI-generated code at scale in 2026.
I can already smell the mutual witch hunts across projects and "camps".
Anyway, I hope I'm wrong.
#codeberg #ai #llm #drama #opensource #ludd #luddism #antiai #libre #foss #floss #slop #github
A website to help selecting a #smartphone with a Google-free #Android
source: sustaphones.com
#news #google #googlefreeandroid #googlefree #android #phone #cybersecurity #security #surveillance #spy #tracking #help #choose #bigtech #technology #hardware #freedom #foss #floss #opensource #software #humanrights #economy
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This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:
* last alpha 2.0 testing
* #EuroCommons #France #FLOSS migration #CaisseDesDepots
* #Scrib on-device transcription
* #Immich huge update
* #Fauxx for Desktop
* #XMPP #Quicksy abused, shut-down 😢 switch to #Conversations_IM
* track substance use w/ #JournalMultilingual
* #HeliBoard big news
* #Obtainium w/ #MaterialDesign Expressive
* #SidePhone store? F-Droid w/ a trenchcoat
+ 46 new apps
& 384 updates
- 1 archived
Upgrade client: f-droid.org/2026/07/16/twif.ht…
This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Friday, 17 Jul 2026, Week 29 F-Droid core F-Droid client released 2.0-alpha11. It will be marked as suggested if there i...f-droid.org
Android Logs Events And Protobuf Parser. Contribute to abrignoni/ALEAPP development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
These weeks in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:
* client, posts, website, categories work
* @gardiner_bryant makes interviews
* #AppVerifier the #FLOSS way
* first #HRT app, #Featherline
* #Fennec #Firefox crashes? Read here
* #ObtainX forks #Obtainium #MaterialDesign3
* #Saracroche @cbouvat interview
* #AppManager update
* @ferlagod muses on being forced to...
* #wallabag ecosystem health
+ 72 new apps
& 408 updates
- 58 archived
Will you fight? f-droid.org/2026/07/09/twif.ht…
This Week in F-Droid TWIF curated on Thursday, 09 Jul 2026, Week 28 F-Droid core Last week we skipped our weekly post as we got busy with more pressing tasks...f-droid.org
Are there any legal and political progress with respect to #Google 's decision to reject the installation of any app whose developpers are not verified by the company? If not, are there any other initiative to help users keeping the capacity to use #FLOSS apps from repos like #Fdroid ? It seems it is possible, but I'm not sure how many people will be able to implement it on their own or will have the means to buy a phone with #eos or #graphenos already installed.
github.com/woheller69/FreeDroi…
Contribute to woheller69/FreeDroidWarn development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Profesorado de Ingeniería Informática publica una guía para aprender #Linux desde cero | Universidad de #Vigo:
"'Linux dende cero. Guía básica por sesións' es la nueva publicación elaborada por profesorado de la Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Informática del campus de #Ourense. Busca poner a disposición de cualquier persona interesada un manual práctico, accesible, claro... y en gallego para acercarse al mundo de este sistema operativo..."
uvigo.gal/es/universidad/comun…
#FLOSS #Universidades
Linux dende cero. Guía básica por sesións é o título dunha nova publicación elaborada por profesorado da Escola Superior de Enxeñaría Informática do campus de Ourense que busca pór a disposición de calquera persoa interesada un manual práctico, acces…Universidade de Vigo
well, that would be a reason for not selling libre software, no?
You can sell your services to a customer, saying that you have taken reasonable care to ensure a version of the free software is satisfactory for them, installing it, and being available to fix any problems.
And that is a good business, taking on the duty of care.
See also Martin Fink's book, around 2004, on the business of open source software.
There is a new chat app in town: vectorapp.io
you can find and join #groups here for the #messenger: vectorapp.io/hub
#chat #software #communication #security #cybersecurity #e2e #encryption #vector #app #news #software #internet #privacy #decentralization #foss #floss #opensource #tool #utility
New feature: #LOWESS (Locally Weighted Scatterplot Smoothing) is now available in #LabPlot [dev]. 
Benefits:
👉 Smooths noisy data while preserving local trends.
👉 Non-parametric: no need to assume a specific model.
👉 Adjustable span parameter for flexibility in smoothing.
Perfect for visualizing trends in experimental or observational data.
#DataViz #ScientificPlotting #OpenSource #FOSS #OSS #FLOSS #DataScience #DataAnalysis #Research #Data #Statistics #Physics #Engineering
Audrey Tang (@au / @audreyt.org ) will be giving a talk on Friday 22 May organised with our local #FOSS / #FLOSS group, from 15:30 to 16:30 UK time, in #Oxford 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.
#AI #anarchism #decentralization #federation #democracy #event #events #FreeSoftware #GoodEnoughAncestor #OpenSource #Plurality #SoftwareFreedom 
Eine Frage zum AfD-Komplex und den techn. Entwicklungen dazu:
Könntet ihr prüfen, ob die dafür genutzte bzw.entwickelte Recherche-/Dokumentationssoftware perspektivisch als #FLOSS veröffentlicht oder zivilgesellschaftlich nachnutzbar gemacht werden kann?
Gerade im Kontext ZPS / Polizei Sachsen zeigt sich, wie wichtig legale, datenschutzsensible und überprüfbare Infrastruktur wäre, um Hinweise, Akten, IFG-Anfragen, Chronologien, Muster und Quellen sauber zu strukturieren.
SoliGrü aus Brownunder! ❤
#FragDenStaat #FLOSS #IFG #ZPS #PolizeiSachsen #DemokratischeResilienz
This much improved simplify nodes feature in #inkscape is waiting for UX design, but no one has been available to help with that work in two months. I don't want to loose the work.
Interested?
I think it would be fairly easy to do. Just decide if it should be it's own button, a popover, or something else. And make an icon if the design needs one.
gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-…
#UX #UI #inkscape #foss #floss #contributing
Requested feature from @CRogers, Description A...GitLab
Open Source developers, take note.
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #copyright #NoAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AI
Owners and operators of ~400 newspapers are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for scraping their content to build products like ChatGPT and Copilot without permission or compensation. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigati…OpenAI, Microsoft Sued by Publishers for Scraping Articles (1)
Publishers that collectively own and operate nearly 400 newspapers are suing OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft Corp. for scraping their content to build products like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot without permission or compensation.Mary Anne Pazanowski (news.bloomberglaw.com)
#meme #advertisement #bloatware #freedom #floss #foss #gnu #gpl #opensource #windows #office #cloud #tracking #surveillance #telemetry #user #tux #linux #os #software #malware #captcha #Microsoft #bigtech #economy #community #change
Just one Week left to apply for a talk at postmarketOS Conference on 25-27 September 2026 in RWTH Aachen University in #Aachen, #Germany
Find out more at:
foss.events/2026/09-25-postmar…
Follow the official account: @postmarketOS
#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe
Everything in a nutshell about postmarketOS Conference on // foss.events// foss.events
Wie würdest du diesen Satz vervollständigen:
Das nachhaltigste Gerät ist …?
Fällt dir nicht sofort eine Antwort ein? Dann schau dir doch mal den Artikel von KDE Eco in der neuesten Ausgabe von @fiff_de an.
*Mit Opt Green und End of 10 zu längerer Hardware-Lebensdauer und Nutzungsautonomie*
Seiten 42–45: fiff.de/fiff-kommunikation/202…
@kde
#KDE #KDEEco #FIfF #EndOf10 #OptGreen #Nachhaltigkeit #FreieSoftware #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #eWaste #CO2 #digitalesouveranitat
Die FIfF-Kommunikation 2/2026 beschäftigt sich mit Digitale Souveränität gegen Big Tech und Big BrotherFIfF e.V.
What happens when a global company uses free software but doesn't understand the principle behind it?
The world's #knowledge belongs to humanity, and digital devices should belong to their owners, not to Big Tech.
#google #alphabet #bigtech #evil #freedom #android #linux #software #tux #floss #foss #opensource #fail #problem #ethics #user #globalization #power #capitalism #fail #finance #money #system #matrix #community #fdroid #future #smartphone #computer #digital #humanity #wisdom #customer
10 more days until our #CfP is closed.
Remember we moved our dates and #SeaGL2026 is now happening October 23rd and 24th. Same location.
Visit: seagl.org for details
#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #ophw #community #tech #seattle #freedom
SeaGL is a grassroots technical conference dedicated to spreading awareness and knowledge about the GNU/Linux community and free/libre/open-source software/hardware.seagl.org
Gotta keep Firefox/Mozilla even if it is going downhill fast. Vivaldi and Firefox + variants are the only browsers I will use or recommend. Hopefully, we can steer Firefox and Chromium in the right direction before it is too late.
#Mozilla #Vivaldi #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #GNU #Linux #UNIX #FLOSS #Opera #Presto #Gecko #Chromium #KDE #GNOME #BASH #KATE #OpenSUSE #Fedora #Debian #W3C
Happy to see my tax money well-spent 😊🥳
Apparently accessibility fixes in Mastodon were largely sponsored by the Dutch government. Public money funding public code benefitting us all, regardless of where you live or your nationality. Awesome!
blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/…
Almost forgot...well done & congrats on release 4.6 @Mastodon people & floss contributors 🎂🫶 🎉
#OpenSource #Mastodon #FLOSS #DigitalAutonomy #Accessibility
In Mastodon 4.6, we are introducing a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. We've also reworked profiles and the profile editing experience, added some institutional features, and fixed many accessibility issues.Mastodon Blog
#meme #windows #linux #distro #distribution #microsoft #together #community #best #mind #nerd #humor #just4fun #choice #fans #discussion #foss #floss #opensource #difference
Endlich ist es wieder soweit! 🎉
Die 24. Kieler Open Source und Linux Tage (17.–19.9.) suchen Eure Beiträge zum Vortrags- und Workshopprogramm, Unternehmen und Projekte für die Ausstellung und Sponsoren, die uns finanziell oder durch Sachleistungen unterstützen möchten!
Wir freuen uns auf Eure Einreichungen bis zum 31.7.! 🐧 ❤️
Alle Infos findet Ihr hier:
kielux.de/231
#kielux #kiel #floss #conference #linux #freieSoftware
