So I heard pinned introduction posts are useful.

I’m a #software #product Person with way too many interests, like:
#FOSS and #selfhosted services
#coffee and everything around it
#cooking (especially #japanese )
#tinkering #hardware #electronics, #3dprinting and everything else
#homebrewing of #beer and other #fermentables
#DJing and #Mixing, especially #Techno #House and #liquiddnb
… and so much more.

I post food photos @CandidFoodSnaps over at PixelFed

@nixCraftnixCraft 🐧

thank you! You see it too, right?

The desktop-revolution is ON. Hooray! 🥳
What's gained by still using "the european mainstream non-open america-OS"?
What powers "mobile-anything" devices?
What powers all the "free-or-premium" online services?

And modern gamers know if it runs on: #nix #kodi #arkos #foss #else? 💾 💠

I mean:
> I don't understand the question.
> Who is Agi, and is FSD a new radical party?

All the best! 🍀

Top open source graphics apps, in no particular order. Replace your Windows apps with these!

1. Gimp (raster manip)
2. Inkscape (vectors)
3. Krita (painting)
4. Blender (3D)
5. Scribus (DTP)
6. Darktable (photo editing)
7. Natron (compositor)
8. Kdenlive (video editing)
9. FreeCAD 3D
10. Friction (AE-like anim)
11. Synfig (vector anim)
12. QCad/CAM 2D
13. Pencil2D (anim)
14. Pixelorama (pixel art)
15. Handbrake (video transcoder)
16. Cura (3D printing)

#foss #opensource #adobe #linux #graphics

As we continue to grow the Foundation’s donations, we look forward to being able to focus on additional ways to directly support the community and the development of GNOME itself.

Thank you again to all 500 of you Friends of GNOME! To everyone else, we’d love for you to consider joining today: https://donate.gnome.org

#GNOME #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOMEfoundation #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Flathub

It’s been a period of transformation for the Foundation, and the support of every Friend of GNOME truly makes a difference by enabling us to:

• Maintain and improve our infrastructure including GitLab hosting and build pipelines we freely provide to Core, Circle, and World projects

• Provide services for members like blog hosting, chat, and video conferencing

• Support the development of Flathub

#GNOME #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOMEfoundation #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Flathub

We just hit 500 Friends of GNOME! Thank you so much to every single person donating to the GNOME Foundation to help ensure our sustainability.

Check out everyone who opted into being listed over at https://donate.gnome.org

…and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉

#GNOME #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOMEfoundation #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Flathub

Suppose run-amok #capitalism is a car model. Then what is its engine that keeps it going on its destructive rampage? And what fuel does it run on?

Is it the #internet revved up to full overload? Is it high octane #data, that keeps the pistons running like crazy?

According to a Harvard study, FOSS contributes ~9 trillion to hypercapitalist #economy.

What then is #FOSS in this analogy? Free turbochargers?

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

can anyone recommend a FOSS "library" app?

i have a bunch of books, essays, articles i've collected and i'd love to put all of them in one place, "index" them and then browse them with a web app.

#foss #library #archive #books

If you are interested in Linux on mobile devices, especially phones, then @linmobLINux on MOBile produces the most excellent weekly round-up of news (which is available via RSS).

A joy to read each week.

e.g.
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-43-2025/

#Linux #FOSS #Mobian #postmarketOS #LinMob

Das #Freifunk #Frankfurt #Community Treffen findet Montag ab 19:00 Uhr in den Räumen des @cccffmChaos Computer Club Frankfurt statt

https://ffm.freifunk.net/2025/10/09/4-32-tauschaktion-und-freifunk-frankfurt-community-treffen-am-13-10-2025-ab-1900-in-den-neuen-raeumen-des-ccc-ffm/

Bis Montag!

#AS64475 #Offenbach #RheinMain #FOSS #OpenSource #CCC

Today I released my next audio effect plugin: Pult EQ - a Pultec style tube EQ.

Pult EQ is made for adding mojo and sound coloration. You can eq and saturate your sound and do the “Pultec trick”. The EQ features stereo and mid/side processing and the saturation comes with gain compensation and up to 16 times oversampling.

Pult EQ is a free and open source VST3 plugin (64bit) for Linux and Windows.

Download: https://github.com/consint/Pult-EQ

#vst3 #linux #MusicProduction #plugin #foss #windows #Audio

Wow so French and German government agencies are building a joint #opensource, self-hostable #GoogleDocs replacement. 😲

I would ofc prefer this being built by someone independent and *funded* by the public, but hell this does feel cool nevertheless:

https://docs.numerique.gouv.fr/login/

#DigitalSovereignty #foss #freesoftware

I know Mozilla is enshittificating Firefox step by step but keep in mind that Brave is not a solution.

Stop using Brave Browser - by Corbin Davenport https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/

(Try zen, librewolf, floorp or any good hardened Firefox soft fork)

#browser #brave #firefox #foss #technology #enshittification

My wife wants to ditch windows for Linux and she is looking for an alternative to Adobe Substance Painter. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciate

#opensource #art #adobe #Linux #foss

*Nine* new buildings have arrived in the game - a library, bakery, restaurant, hairdressers and more! Read all about it:

https://innercitylearners.com/posts/20251024182711/new-buildings/

Next week we'll be adding a mini-game to one of the buildings so stay tuned for that.

Inner City Learners is a free and open source city building game aimed at children 6-12. It's in *very* early development.

#FOSS, #OpenSource, #GameDev, #IndieDev, #Education, #Gaming

News for developers! As a result of some awesome cross-project collaboration, Flathub now has improved tooling to make license compliance easier for you.

tl;dr app developers, ensure you’re using up-to-date runtimes and verify that licenses and copyright notices are properly included; distros, ensure your OS images have been built with updated runtimes from Flathub.

https://docs.flathub.org/blog/enhanced-license-compliance-tools

#Flathub #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Markdown support is coming to #LibreOffice! And a new dialog to edit table styles, Python and BASIC code auto-completion, Rust UNO language bindings, and more - all thanks to participants in the Google Summer of Code: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/22/libreoffice-and-google-summer-of-code-2025-the-results/ #foss #OpenSource

The latest #CryptPad release is now available for everyone. 🥳 Featuring a lot of fixes, new icons and refreshed loading screens.
https://github.com/cryptpad/cryptpad/releases/tag/2025.9.0

#Collaboration #Encryption #Privacy #FOSS #FreeSoftware

#ThoughtProvoker 🤔

Given a "united commons" and "participative software development".

What is a Project?

An example. You start "Hello world" project, simplest possible. And then - because its a typescript project - you do npm install.

Now what is your Project?

From #FOSS perspective nothing much changed. It compiles and runs.

From #SOSS perspective you've just interwoven your project deep into a huge grassroots chaotic commons, and are exposed to the #sustainability risks of that decision.

✈️ 해외까지 갈 필요 없는 글로벌 컨퍼런스!

🇰🇷 국내에서 즐기는 FOSS for All Conference 2025
💰 단돈 2만원으로 오픈소스의 모든 것을

📅 2025.11.08(토)
📍 광운대학교 새빛관·비마관

🎫 지금 바로 신청
👉 https://event-us.kr/fossforall/event/110400

#FOSS #오픈소스 #컨퍼런스 #오픈소스컨퍼런스
#FOSSforAll #개발 #개발자 #테크 #IT

#introduction

Hi, I am Kiran. I am an aspiring game designer, from India, who is trying to get into the games industry. I am also interested in level design, narrative and world design.

I joined mastodon to connect with others who are in the games industry.

I am also interested in #art , #vfx , #cybersecurity and #FOSS .

Currently, I am working in the IT field.

#GameDev #LevelDesign #NarrativeDesign #WorldDesign #GameDesign

Good morning Fedi friends!

Earlier today I installed #DeltaChat to give it a try... and I'm currently flashing the #YunoHost disk image on a card for my #RaspberryPi5 - so I can write about the process.

Super grateful for the world of #FOSS ❤️​

Have a great day everyone!

#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting

#FOSS for All #Conference 티켓 증정 이벤트 추첨은 10/21 점심 때 YouTube Premiere 로 공개할 예정입니다! 점심식사 하시면서, 막간을 이용해 다같이 #추첨 결과를 확인 해 봅시다~

https://youtu.be/L1HZW9fMHeM

#FOSSforAll #Ubuntu #우분투 #오픈소스

Happy birthday, @ubuntuCanonical Ubuntu #Linux #OpenSource #Ubuntu #FOSS #distro

Just one Week left to apply for a talk at FOSS Backstage by Plain Schwarz UG (haftungsbeschränkt) on 16-17 March 2026, a #hybrid event happening in bUm – Raum für solidarisches Miteinander in #Berlin, #Germany and #online on the Internet

Find out more at:
https://foss.events/2026/03-16-foss-backstage.html

Follow the official account: @FOSSBackstage

Connect via official hashtag(s): #fossback

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Olu

Olu is a JSON document store with automatic graph relationship tracking. When documents reference each other, the graph layer maintains edges automatically. RESTful API, dual storage backends, basic graph queries. Written in Go.

Apart from REST queries, it features an implementation of Sulpher, a small subset of Neo4js Cypher. Comes batteries included with an in-memory LRU cache, or configurable with an external Redis cache (Docker Compose-ready, just make docker-run)

Core CRUD and graph operations work. About half the planned API is implemented. Still early but functional for prototyping.

#olu #graph #graphdb #documentdb #foss #go

It is absurd that open-source projects use Discord as their primary communication channel instead of Matrix. #opensource #foss #matrix

Hey all, new instance new intro post.

I’m a 30 something educator in the PDX area. I like #reading 3 books at a time, watching too many dumb sitcoms #WWDITS #BobsBurgers #30Rock forever. But the media love of my life will always be #StarTrek especially #DS9. Also big fan of #BeckyChambers and #AlexisHall

I’m a proud #gay man engaged to the best, silliest guy. Sometime explorers.

Amateur #iPhone #Photography will be appearing here from time to time. #Apple user but big #FOSS fan.

Have you noticed that #Python has introduced individual version logos as of version 3.10? Do you perhaps know what's behind this or why there were no logos for older versions?

#FOSS

오는 11월 8일 #광운대 에서 열리는 #FOSS for All #Conference 에서 #Ubuntu #Korea #부스 를 만나볼 수 있다는 사실, 알고 계셨나요? 혹시 행사 참석하고 싶지만, 참가비가 부담이 되는 분들을 위해, 티켓 증정 #이벤트 도 진행 중입니다! 응모 마감은 10/21 까지이니, 원하는 분들은 #포럼 에서 바로 응모 해 주세요!

#FOSSforAll #우분투 #리눅스 #오픈소스 @fossforall

https://discourse.ubuntu-kr.org/t/foss-for-all-conference-2025/50292

@os_sci I just followed your account :)

Wanted to point to some recent developments perhaps interesting to you: https://discuss.coding.social/t/my-current-goals-for-activitypub-and-academic-data/750

And also to @CEDOeerlijkdigitaalonderwijs.nl a consortium of non-profit organizations who advocate for #FOSS software to become broadly adopted in the Dutch education sector, in schools and universities. The Dutch name stands for "Fair digital education" and there's an English #CEDO chatroom on Matrix.

FOSS == ✅️ software artifact
FOSS != ❌️ software project
SOSS == 🌱 sustainable software project

https://coding.social

#SX #SocialCoding #SOSS #FOSS #FreeSoftware #Sustainability

오는 11/8 #광운대 에서 처음 열리는 #FOSS for All Conference 에서 #자원봉사자 를 모집합니다! 이번 첫 행사를 성공적으로 만들어 가는데 적극적으로 기여 하고 싶다면? 지금 지원봉사자로 지원 해 보세요!

https://fossforall.org/blog/fossforall-conference-2025-call-for-volunteers/

#FOSSforAll #Volunteer #opensource #오픈소스 #커뮤니티

Migrating back here from my previous, now-defunct, account @nix@social.stlouist.com. if you know me please boost so I can reconnect with followers.

This is a good time for an #introduction I suppose.

I'm an #educator from #stl that firmly believes in decentralized self organization, such as #anarchism, #socialecology, #solarpunk, or #librarysocialism.

Also I'm a big #urbanism and #foss nerd and #ebike commuter. I'm very involved in the local #freestore and trying to help organize larger #postcapitalist ventures.

I started a pol.is conversation on the topic "Fediverse acceleration" ⬇️ (You don't need an account)

https://pol.is/6skfwtthmn

pol.is is a FOSS web-app to help find consensus global & subgroup opinions within a set of participants 🤝

I've heard a lot about it over the years, but have had no experience with it. It looks like you rate statements positively 👍 or negatively 👎 and can write your own ✍️ After 7 participants, report data should become available.

#polis #governance #foss #fediverse

Happy to announce 29 projects have been selected in round 6 of the NGI Zero Commons Fund.

It is a great selection of Free and Open Source projects covering the entire stack from open hardware to apps that improve user autonomy. Together they help to build the digital commons.

Some projects even already have #hex stickers \o/. Come check it out!

https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20251016-selection-NGI0CommonsFund.html

(and if you'd like to work for the internet as well, the current call closes December 1).

#FOSS #FOSSfunding #NGI #NGI0

Telegram deleted the "It's FOSS Community" group—no warning, no explanation. 🛑
Focused on Linux, open source & tech—yet flagged as "illegal content". 🤖

Telegram's vague anti-spam rules are sweeping up real communities. ⚖️
No reply from Telegram as of Oct 14. Silence speaks volumes. 🔇🔇

@itsfossIt's FOSS

🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/telegram-unfair-community-ban/

#TechNews #Telegram #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #AI #BotSpam #Moderation #DataRights #DigitalFreedom #FOSS #Surveillance #BigTech #PavelDurov

It's 14 October … but #EndOf10 is not ending. We now have another 12 months and we are only getting started! 🚀

#Microsoft has delayed #Windows10 End of Life to 13 October 2026.

They say it is "free", but really it's at the cost of your data while tying you to a corporate ecosystem. It'll only be harder later when the time comes to move on.

Why wait to try 🐧 #Linux? Find a place/event near you to liberate your hardware today: https://endof10.org/

More info: https://endof10.org/press/2025-10-04-extended-campaign/

#FOSS

Ok time for a proper #introduction! I’m River, pleased to meet you. I’m Enby and use they/them pronouns.

I love all the usual nerdy stuff - #TTRPG #Gaming #Anime #BoardGames. My undying love goes out to #OnePiece, and I’ve been absolutely loving #DiscoElysium. Almost always happy to give anime reccs :3

I’m a leftist and joining Mastodon was part of my newer interest in privacy / security. Still moving some stuff over to #FOSS alternatives.

I’ll be both nerdy and horny! Be warned!

Creatives will benefit from these FOSS philosophies!

https://news.itsfoss.com/foss-philosophies-creatives/

#foss #opensource

Some big news regarding mobile OSes:

First, Graphene OS has confirmed a partnership with a large OEM to bring support to non-Pixel devices (Snapdragon SoC):

https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/13/grapheneos-ending-pixel-exclusivity-new-oem/

This is good news, but IMHO it only delays the unavoidable demise of free AOSP-based projects since Google is now finally pulling the rug.

Second, the FSF announced Librephone, an initiative to bring real freedom to mobile devices:

https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project

This is also good, but it must be taken in the right perspective: Librephone, as far as I understand it, is not a new mobile OS, but rather an initiative to open-source existing proprietary firmware blobs. AOSP-based open source OSes like Lineage, Graphene, and even /e/OS, will hopefully benefit from this initiative, by being able to replace binary blobs with open-source firmware. But they still remain AOSP-based solutions, and therefore bound to the Google ecosystem.

There are two problems here that really need to be addressed.

The first one is political. Legislators and citizens must come to acknowledge that a democratic society where the full mobile ecosystem is in the hands of a corporate duopoly is not acceptable.

The second one is technological: AOSP is not a fully free OS, it's a trojan horse, a trap set by Google years ago that is springing right now. We need to move away from Android and embrace full GNU/Linux solutions, or even something completely new, at this point I don't even care. I've heard good opinions of Postmarket OS. Any feedbacks here?

Say what you want about Richard Stallman, but he saw this coming.

#android #aosp #google #lineageos #grapheneos #eos #postmarketos #libre #foss #floss #opensource #privacy #security #surveillance

I am really saddened by the news of Ahmed Mekkawy's @linuxawyMekkawy passing. This is not just a great loss to his family and friends, but to the Free/Open Source Software community as a whole. He made significant contributions to the local Linux User Group (#EGLUG) and other grassroots initiatives aimed at promoting the adoption of #FOSS. He was the CEO of Spirula Systems, which offered solutions based on FOSS.
#Egypt

Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 are no longer receiving software updates, technical support, or bug and security fixes.

Consider migrating to LibreOffice.

Microsoft recommends migrating to a Microsoft 365 subscription.

LibreOffice supports the features that a majority of users need for free.

Website: https://www.libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

4/4

#Microsoft #Office2016 #Office2019 #Office #LibreOffice #Privacy #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Encryption #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 will no longer receive software updates, technical support, or bug and security fixes after 14.10.2025.

Consider migrating to LibreOffice.

Supports encryption and digital signatures.

RESOURCE
https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/111515323806273370
https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/113083429177251269
https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/112279507315049711

Website: https://www.libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

3/4

#Microsoft #Office2016 #Office2019 #Office #LibreOffice #Privacy #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Encryption #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 will no longer receive software updates, technical support, or bug and security fixes after 14.10.2025.

Consider migrating to LibreOffice.

400 million downloads.
Used by businesses, governments, and individuals.

SOURCE
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/30/400-million-downloads-and-counting/
https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/who-uses-libreoffice/
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/13/updates-on-schleswig-holstein-moving-to-libreoffice/

Website: https://www.libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

2/4

#Microsoft #Office2016 #Office2019 #Office #LibreOffice #Privacy #InfoSec #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 will no longer receive software updates, technical support, or bug and security fixes after 14.10.2025.

Consider migrating to LibreOffice.

LibreOffice is free to use.
LibreOffice supports Office file formats.

Install LibreOffice and compare it with your version of Office.

Website: https://www.libreoffice.org
Mastodon: @libreoffice

1/4

#Microsoft #Office2016 #Office2019 #Office #LibreOffice #CyberSecurity #Privacy #InfoSec #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

Congratulations @couchdbApache CouchDB 🥳 🎉

Apache CouchDB ’s application to @sovtechfundSovereign Tech Agency’s Tech Resilience program was successful!

We can’t wait to share details of CouchDB’s enhanced durability once improvements are shipped.

If you want to do the same for your #FOSS project, take a look at the requirements and apply: https://www.sovereign.tech/programs/bug-resilience

Happy throw-away-your-perfectly-usable-computer-due-to-arbitrary-CPU-restrictions day! Anybody manage to save any by installing a real OS on it? I did, even if it was only one.

#EndOf10 #Windows10 #foss

Long overdue #introduction,

I’m a #structuralengineer and a #software developer. I tried to do both for 5+ years with an emphasis on #structural before deciding it would be a lot better for my career and happiness to focus on the #software.

I’m currently working as a #fullstackengineer. I also do contract work related to #sustainabledesign #embodiedcarbon #sustainability

Other interests:
#dataviz #bridges #emacs #foss #cats #builtenvironment

Previously @recursecenter

Nice watch you got there.

It'd be a shame if someone installed Linux on it.

(Me, testing out AsteroidOS, on a secondhand TicWatch.)

https://asteroidos.org/watches/catfish/

#Linux #AsteroidOS #FOSS