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"A newbie's guide to self-hosting with #YunoHost. Part 2: installation & setup"

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-2-installation-setup/

with a special shout-out to @shollyethanEthan Sholly and @iljailja who, a year ago, encouraged me to try self-hosting. And of course immense gratitude to the @yunohostYunoHost team for making all this possible ❤️

I hope this guide may inspire others to try it, too. The path to digital independence and empowerment is easier than you thought...

#selfhosting #FOSS #empowerment

Why is one German federal state moving to #LibreOffice? And how does @tdforgThe Document Foundation, the non-profit behind the suite, work? See these videos from the recent Open Source Conference 2025 in Luxembourg: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/16/videos-from-the-open-source-conference-2025-in-luxembourg/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Ran into a problem in prod?
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.

https://github.com/donlon/cloudflare-error-page

#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec

Often a big bottleneck for progress in #OpenSource projects isn't getting contributions so much as it's getting _reviewers_ for those contribs.

Has your project tried anything to decrease the time a contribution waits for review? What's worked for you? What hasn't?

#AskFedi #FOSS

I'm currently looking for one or more volunteers to maintain the Openmoko USB PID + OUI service at https://github.com/openmoko/openmoko-usb-oui as the existing maintainer is no longer available. This is a service providing free USB Product IDs and Ethernet MAC addresses for the #FOSS and #OSWH community. Volunteers have to review of the PRs fulfill FOSS/OSHW licensing requirements before merging PRs. #usb #opensource

I was looking for grammar/spell-check language servers to use in Neovim and came across Harper (https://writewithharper.com/)

Turns out it also has extensions for Firefox/Chrome. I don't use Grammarly, but for people who do, could be a nicer, more private alternative — it's local-only and open-source.

#Privacy #Writing #Grammarly #FOSS

#ThoughProvoker

The (emergent) strategy of the #FOSS movement as a whole is "Make FOSS, change the world". And it worked. 9 trillion of value to the corporate business world and big tech. You can do a lot with that money, and indeed change the world.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Harvard-study-Open-source-has-an-economic-value-of-8-8-trillion-dollars-10322643.html

#SX #SOSS #Socialcoding

In my quest to learn more sustainable regenerative ways to support free open source software and the fediverse together I found an example worth sharing. For the past 15 years, Bigstock Fundraiser has been on a mission of raising funds through philanthropic events, for local charitable and benevolent causes. A team of volunteers has created a festively fun experience to enjoy two days of music in the mountains as a fundraiser!

Hosted at Hoodoo Ski Area in Central Oregon. The fundraising benefits two local non profits; Oregon Adaptive Sports & Cascadia Wildlands. This success can be replicated around the world. Truly a fun way to help other people supporting great causes! It also creates a thriving ecosystem of jobs for the vendors & support staff. Small groups of people can do big things together. Band shown is Greensky Bluegrass.

https://bigstockfundraiser.org

#fundraising #fediverse #bigstock #fundraiser #sustainable #regenerative #growth #foss #Oregon #Hoodoo #OAS #cascadia #wild

Well uh, guess I'm uninstalling LibreWolf now and using Vivaldi exclusively as the only browser to make a #NoAI commitment to my knowledge?
#FOSS #opensource

If you thought you were safe from ads with Apple Maps on #ios, it looks like that may no longer be the case soon

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/26/apple-moving-ahead-with-ads-in-maps/

Now is a great time to get plugged into a local community contributing data to the Wikipedia of maps, #OpenSteetMap, so you have better map app alternatives: https://osmcal.org/

Please note that not all events are listed on OSMCal. You may need to surf the internet to find whatever haunt your local group uses be it MeetUp, Peatix, and so on.

There is an absolutely amazing app that makes it super easy to find and fill in missing data: StreetComplete. It’s in the process of being written from Android only to multiplatform. Yes, this means #LinuxMobile support too! So you can help financially expedite things as well: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/issues/5421#issuecomment-2849221573

#foss #opensource #linux

LucKey Productions (LKP) is a free and open source game development cult aiming to create enchanting games using only FOSS tools. The source code and assets of all projects are made available through GitLab, along with pre-built binaries. Binaries are also available through itch.io. LKP accepts donations but strongly prefers contributions in the form of time. People can invest time by creating - or searching for - graphics and audio, making levels, writing code, web development, playtesting, packaging, promoting LKP and its projects or by learning the skills required to do the aforementioned in a way that meets the LKP quality standards.

Titles released so far include the twin-stick-shooter heXon, 3D platform games Tux! and Blip 'n Blup, a vehicular soccer game called Open Saucer and A-Mazing Urho. All can be played, but none can be called finished. Several of these projects rely on Edddy for the creation of levels; an in-house block-based level editor.

Most communication happens aboard the Colourship, an astral craft comprised of a chat and forum aspect with specialized subsections (decks) to focus on coding, graphics and audio creation as well as a common room for general and off-topic discussions.

Come aboard and join us in making awesome games for everyone! https://matrix.to/#/#luckeyproductions:matrix.org

#introduction #FOSS #FLOSS #libre #Linux #gamedev #games #gaming #opensource #freedom #community

Today, I once again wake up worrying about #Rust 's future.

Why is a shitbag such as #dtolnay still allowed to single-handedly maintain fundamental libraries for the ecosystem? Why is he part of Library API team? How is he not permabanned for single-handedly permanently damaging Rust by killing off comptime reflection over his racism? How is he not permabanned for the power play he attempted to pull with his "RFC" after pushing pre-compiled binary to serde without notice? Why are MIC companies routinely tolerated at Rust conventions? Why does no one talk about it, despite the problems not being solved? Has #Ruby takeover taught people nothing? Will Rust survive another year without turning into #fashtech?

So many questions. I think about them every time I use Rust, which is often.

Apropos of nothing.

#RustLang #serde #FOSS #OSS #OpenSource

Commit 12: Heute möchten wir ein Feature-Komplex vorstellen, was zeigt warum #Coderberg / #Forgejo defintiv das #git für's #Fediverse ist !!!

👉 Forgejo Federation 👍

Bereits via Activity Pub umgesetzt:

- Federated Repository Stars
- User Following
- F3 (Friendly Forge Format)

Schaut doch mal beim #wartenAuf39c3 in die Roadmap:

https://y.lab.nrw/jek25-12

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#jek25 #cccRegio #OpenSource #FOSS #adventskalender #39c3

Commit 13: Gestern gab's die Implementierung, heute das Protokoll. Genauer gesagt, die #ActivityPub Erweiterung:

@forgefed

Das ganze hat ein #nlnet Funding und bringt #Fediverse und #git deutlich näher zusammen. Während wir also beim #wartenauf39c3 sind. Könnten wir uns doch mal überlegen ob, wie, wo, wann, warum wir uns da einbringen, hier das Spec-Repo:

https://y.lab.nrw/jek25-13

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#jek25 #cccRegio #OpenSource #FOSS #adventskalender #39c3 #forgejo #codeberg @nlnet

I beg FOSS office suites to please be inspired by Apple Contacts (pre macOS 26), Calendar, Keynote, Mail, Numbers, and Pages instead of Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.

#FOSS #UI #UX

#ThoughtProvoker

#FreeSoftware world is rich with many realms to wander. Coding adventures ahead there is wizardry, and weird religious quests.

#FOSS has their own shrines and temples where devs and maintainer pilgrims visit and pray for humble gifts from Heaven. They are the FOSS service providers and funding institutions that dot the landscape. Often far away and mystic. Dealing out breadcrumbs and tokens to keep believers fed and happy, faith held high.

They do their best!

what do you think about https://opencollective.com ?

Is it a good platform (as in no-BS, no-OpenWasher) for FOSS project?

I prefer to donate thru liberapay or SEPA for project when they have the option.

For individuals, I tend to contact them directly.

#foss sustainability

Interessanter Bericht - falls die @EUCommissionEuropean Commission es ernst meint, mit einem "EU Linux":

"Turkey’s Pardus Shows What an EU Linux Could Be — If Brussels Really Means It"

"As much of Europe makes moves to develop something that qualifies as “EuroLinux” — along with a stack of office and public facing software to run on it — they might be advised to take a hard look at would‑be EU member Turkey’s efforts. The country’s Pardus project appears to be much more successful than other better known EU projects. Some in Brussels, of course, may find it awkward that one of the clearest national Linux success stories in the EU region sits just outside the club they like to call “Europe proper.”

So far, European efforts to ditch Microsoft for something more open — and developed a lot more locally — have produced more losses than wins. Munich’s once lauded LiMux is now mainly a historical artifact. Vienna’s Wienux, developed at about the same time, has long been abandoned, evidently due to the city’s addiction to MS Office, which doesn’t run on Linux well when you can get it to run at all. EU OS, the current big effort to design a Linux distro by committee, appears as if its going to be a long slog.
(...)
Pardus (Pardus – the name is derived from Panthera Pardus Tulliana, the scientific designation of the Anatolian Leopard) is Turkey’s contribution to the effort to replace proprietary software from elsewhere — which not only can be costly, but which can contain hidden components — with something open and developed locally, to meet local needs. It was designed from day one for its public-sector needs for centralized management, predictable releases, Turkish‑language support, and curated apps.
(...)
Inside Turkey, Pardus is deployed on thousands of workstations in ministries and agencies that include defense, disaster management, religious affairs, municipalities, hospitals, and more.​ A European Commission report on open source software in Turkey noted that in 2021 the Presidency of Religious Affairs reported 9,938 computers running Pardus, and several other central bodies, including AFAID (Turkey’s national disaster‑management agency), health institutions, and numerous municipalities, had multi‑thousand‑machine Pardus rollouts, making total public‑sector desktop installs certainly in the tens of thousands and likely into the low hundreds of thousands.

The largest Pardus footprint is in education, with over 220,000 interactive whiteboards and more than 250,000 lab computers in schools reporting that they’re currently running Pardus. The Ministry of National Education has plans to eventually migrate all of its lab PCs and whiteboards.​"

Selbst im Bildungsbereich, in dem in Deutschland Microsoft und Apple dominieren - beachtlich, was Türkye hier umgesetzt hat!

Quelle:
fossforce.com/2025/12/turkeys-pardus-shows-what-an-eu-linux-could-be-if-brussels-really-means-it/

#Linux #Pardus #FOSS #EUlinux

GNOME.Asia 2025 is live in Tokyo, Japan! The two day event has a fantastic schedule of talks and workshops.

https://events.gnome.org/event/303/

If you can’t attend in person, the sessions can also be viewed remotely; head over to the online registration to sign up and follow along:

https://events.gnome.org/event/303/registrations/294/

#GNOME #GNOMEAsia #GNOMEAsia2025 #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

I'm exploring a concept for a new kind of music app.
Core ideas:
1. No login required to listen.
2. You can export and OWN your listening data (playlists, favorites, etc.).

I break down the concept in my latest video. I'd love to hear from developers and music fans on whether this is viable.

https://www.tomrayswebsite.com/2025/11/rethinking-streaming-why-do-i-need-logins.html

#MusicTech #OpenSource #FOSS #IndieMusic #CreativeCommons #Decentralization #music

I played a bit with Darktable to re-frame and fine tune the colors of my recent Elephant Trunk nebula image. Is it too much? Let me know!

#astrophotography #astronomy #space #nebula #photography #darktable #foss #ic1396

I'm not done with the processing of my Soul Nebula (IC 1848) data but I thought I'd share this little crop from the larger image which has strong "cosmic cliffs" vibes.

Image: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

#astrophotography #astronomy #astrodon #ic1848 #nebula #sho #DeepSky #space #darktable #kstars #ekos #phd2 #foss #CreativeCommons #ccbyncsa

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@NetscapeNavigator/115671312844470695

⚠️ Please double-check to make sure your site is using the latest Fediverse software:

Misskey: 2025.12.0
Mastodon: 4.5.3
PeerTube: 8.0.0
PixelFed: 0.12.6
Loops: 1.0.0 Beta 5
Mbin: 1.8.4
Lemmy: 0.19.14
Akkoma: 2025.12
Sharkey: 2025.4.4
Pleroma: 2.9.1

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #Foss #OpenSource #Linux #SystemAdmin #Administrator #WebMaster #ITTech #FediAdmin

5 Fediverse sites have been hacked due to running outdated software.

Please take a moment to ensure that your instance of Mastodon, Misskey, PeerTube, PixelFed, or any other Fediverse platform is fully up-to-date.

It may also be wise to log into your server and update your operating system.

Debian / Ubuntu servers:

sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot

Fedora / CentOS / Red Hat / Alma Linux:

sudo dnf update --refresh
sudo dnf upgrade
sudo reboot

If you update your OS, your server will be briefly offline during the reboot. If you have not configured your web services — including your Fediverse service — to start automatically on boot, you may need to start them manually afterward.

Always make a backup before performing upgrades.

If any of this is confusing or feels overwhelming, you should reconsider whether you want to be a server administrator. This is not meant as an insult. It’s great that you wanted to contribute to the Fediverse, but you may be better off participating as a user rather than an admin. People depend on you to keep services running smoothly, and that requires knowing how to maintain your system safely and correctly.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #Foss #OpenSource #Linux

Two decades, and I still can't part with this FOSS tool. 😀

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOgNT5WxBhA

#opensource #foss

Inviting the people of #Mumbai to attend the upcoming #OpenStreetMap mapping party at the #MiniDebConf !

Learn about OpenStreetMap and how to use it, then enjoy a fun session of improving the map together!

🗓️ Sunday, 14th of December
🕙 10 AM to 1 PM
📌 SIGCE, Ghansoli, #NaviMumbai
🎫 Get your tickets!
https://fossunited.org/c/mumbai/minidebconf2025

Learn more and click "Attend" here -
https://osmcal.org/event/4269/

#India #Linux #Privacy
#OSM #OsmMumbai
#FreeSoftware #FreeData
#FOSS #OpenSource #OpenData

Could Rust migrate from Github?

> Zig migrated from Github to Codeberg, this sent waves through the free and open source software ecosystem. It set a precedent for which big projects could migrate from Github, and people listened.

https://blog.goose.love/posts/could-rust-migrate-from-github/

#rust #foss #opensource #programming

Just published one of my favorite pieces I get to write each year - my favorite #selfhosted apps launched in 2025.

Let me know what I missed!

https://selfh.st/post/2025-favorite-new-apps/

#selfhost #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #development #devops #sysadmin #server

Hi! ^__^ 🎮 I'm a designer and illustrator, love #videogames and have dabbled in #2D and #3D „experiences“*.

I'm looking for someone who can *actually* #code because I just cant seem to get the hang of it.

If you're into #FOSS and hate #capitalism I'd love to (causally) make a #game with you!

* https://jfml.eu/tag/computerspiel-video-game/

#Godot #GodotEngine #coding #programming #programmer #gamedev #videogame #blender #OpenSource #antifa #IndieGame #IndieDev #developer #IndieGameDev #scotland #edinburgh #lübeck

Making it easier to sponsor Rust contributors.

> If you ever wanted to support the development of Rust "in the small", it is now simpler than ever.

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/08/making-it-easier-to-sponsor-rust-contributors/

#rust #foss #funding #opensource #programming

Today we launch the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) with project contributions of MCP (Anthropic), goose (Block) and AGENTS.md (OpenAI), creating a shared ecosystem for tools, standards, and community-driven innovation.

Learn more about this major step toward open, interoperable agentic AI: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation

#AgenticAI #AAIF #OpenSourceAI #AIStandards #Interoperability #OpenInnovation #LinuxFoundation #Anthropic #Block #OpenAI #MCP #goose #AGENTSmd #FOSS #TechNews

Hurray!
This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

#OpenSource #Microsoft #boycottMicrosoft #removeMicrosoft #movetoLibreOffice #LibreOffice #Germany #linux #BOYCOTTBigTechs
#DigitalSovereignty #EU #opensourceGovernments #FOSS

One week after we kicked off our year-end fundraiser, we’ve reached 800 #FriendsOfGNOME!

Our goal is a bit more ambitious, though: 1,500 by December 31. Help us out by joining today: https://donate.gnome.org

If you’ve already joined or are unable to right now, you can still help by sharing this post with friends and colleagues: https://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2025/12/01/join-friends-of-gnome/

Let's secure the future of GNOME together and enable us to do even more great work next year.

#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS

🥁 About a month ago I asked how is everyone managing their sound effect archive...
🎺 And today I'm sharing SLAMY with the world!

It's a super-simple sound library manager with a built-in mixer for quick edits. It's a great help to me, and maybe to you too?

https://yurisizov.itch.io/slamy

Available for all desktop platforms (macOS builds are coming up shortly!), made with Godot, and fully FOSS itself:

https://codeberg.org/YuriSizov/slamy

PS. If yellow is not your color, I'm truly sorry!

#foss #audio #gamedev

We’re soooo close to 800 #FriendsOfGNOME; who is going to be the one to push us over that nice round number?? 👀

https://donate.gnome.org

#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

I just started using @deltaDelta Chat and it's just great!
Quick and straigthforward sign-up process, very cool features, no ads, no AI crap, allows text, image and voice messages, groups, multiple accounts. And free! (based on donations).
Everything is end to end encrypted, can be synced across devices and zero personal data is required whatsoever to create an account (no phone number, no email). Using standard yet powerful chatmail relays.

My daughter needs to communicate with a correspondent in another country, she has no phone but can use a laptop, so this is perfect. Also we can create a family group 😊

Kudos to the team behind this amazing project.
#foss #e2ee

Finally a member of @Codeberg@social.anoxinon.de.
"The mission of Codeberg e.V. is to build and maintain a free collaboration platform for creating, archiving, and preserving code and to document its development process."
Code is infrastructure. By helping Codeberg stay independent and privacy-respecting, we're protecting the digital commons and promoting a more democratic society built on open standards, not corporate control.

#Codeberg #FOSS #DigitalRights #OpenSource #Community

This year brought great improvements to #accessibility in GNOME, including:

• Accessibility from the start on the login screen
• Full accessibility of GNOME Web
• Tons of improvements to Calendar
• Screen reader integration for Notifications
• Configure #Orca screen reader from Settings
• GTK apps integrated w/Windows & macOS accessibility

Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME so we can focus on accessibility even more in 2026!

https://donate.gnome.org

#a11y #GNOME #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

please, don't use discord and telegram for your #FOSS project

The battle of Universal Formats!

Vote below and follow us for more!

#linux #debian #fedora #ubuntu #snap #flatpak #flathub #infosec #privacy #security #opensource #foss #linuxmint #appimage #webdev

Supporting the GNOME Foundation directly enables us to take on more initiatives like this, paying community members to deliver impactful work. Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME before the end of the year by donating today: https://donate.gnome.org

What features or initiatives would YOU like to see the GNOME Foundation take on in the coming year?

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #GNOMEFoundation

This year we delivered new Digital Wellbeing features for GNOME including Screen Time history and limits, break reminders for movement and eye health, and improved parental controls with Screen Time integration.

This work was coordinated by the GNOME Foundation thanks to a grant from Endless, and implemented by valued community developers @pwithnallPhilip Withnall and @ignapkIgnacy Kuchciński with support from design team member @snwhSam Hewitt.

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #DigitalWellbeing #FOSS #friendsOfGNOME

@nathan @davidrevoy @dansup @indexBuilding ActivityPub @AffektJake @ploum

My opinion re: #ActivityPub compliance is that any #FOSS project is free to implement AS/AP in any way they want, with any level of #compatibility.

#Compliance is absolute best-practice, but a project has full choice here. It's all FOSS freedom. No blame should be put towards these projects where they follow their own path.

Highly encouraging compliance is among the duties of the Grassroots standardization process that exists in the ecosystem.

Unser nächstes großes #LibreOffice-Update kommt im Februar! Helfen Sie mit, die neuen Funktionen zu testen und Probleme zu melden, damit wir die endgültige Version absolut stabil machen können:
https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/12/03/libreoffice-26-2-alpha1-is-available-for-testing/
#foss #opensource #freesoftware

After 14 years away from coding, I finally rebuilt my old Python + GTK text editor.

From Python2 + GTK2 → Python 3, GTK4 — and now preparing a talk for GNOME Asia Summit 2025.

Feels good to build again.

Full story 👇
🔗 https://zulfian1732.medium.com/rebuilding-a-python-gtk-text-editor-after-14-years-the-story-of-jollpi-9258fc883caf

#Linux #GTK #Python #GNOME #FOSS #DevJourney #IndieDev #TextEditor #OpenSource #Programming #Coding

Since we’re gonna be around all day to read, respond, and boost stuff on the fediverse… what are YOUR favorite things about GNOME? 👀

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

"All programmers, from hobbyists to those working at Microsoft or Google, use open-source software, which is present in between 70% and 90% of the computer applications we use today"
#FOSS #DigitalSovereignty
https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/adriana-groh-the-internet-works-thanks-to-a-shared-infrastructure-that-nobody-owns-but-that-we-must-take-care-of.html

Joining a new instance, posting a new #introduction.

After three years in the Fediverse, including two wonderful years at https://fediscience.org, I’m joining the first French instance that is both dedicated to and hosted by the academic community.

Academic and physicist, I also dabble in politics.

I will be posting about #openscience #fairdata #freesoftware #foss #CoARA #researchassesment #scientificintegrity #digitalinfrastructure ... and #Fediverse

There are a few spots left for the event I'm hosting tomorrow evening in Berlin about the #SovereignTechFellowship. If you're interested in learning about the often unrecognized work of maintainers like @hugovkHugo van Kemenade, @icingStefan Eissing, @matkMatthias Klumpp, Sarah, Jan and the other #FOSS folks that goes into maintaining our digital infrastructure and future -- and what we at the @sovtechfundSovereign Tech Agency are doing about it -- register here: https://events.sovereign.tech/fellowship/

It has been an exceptional 2025 when it comes to what GNOME has delivered. Let’s help the Foundation reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME by the end of the year to be able to deliver even more in 2026!

https://cassidyjames.com/blog/looking-back-gnome-2025-looking-forward-2026/

#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #FriendsOfGNOME