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Devansh Varshney added histogram chart support to #LibreOffice, and is working on Basic IDE improvements: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/22/community-member-monday-devansh-varshney/#foss #OpenSource

A 🧵on the ongoing #meansofproduction project - which is designed to enable #librarysocialism along with #federation of all types of libraries, especially #toollibraries, and even #Housing

You can find more info at https://meansofp.org/, and the codebase is #opensource at https://meansofp.org/.

We have a discord at https://discord.gg/DxUrwhDg - but also moving lots of the discussion here to #mastodon!

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

Creatives will benefit from these FOSS philosophies!

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

#foss #opensource

Here is some cognitive dissonance to start your day. Do you believe both:

1. #OpenSource is a gift that maintainers give to the public. Thus, maintainers deserve our respect and gratitude, because they do not benefit from their selfless participation in the commons.

2. You should not use #Omarchy because investing your time and attention in his work benefits DHH and his hideous political project.

@stefanoStefano Marinelli @nixCraftnixCraft 🐧 @imilEmile "iMil" Heitor

Here on Debian {in MX Linux} I had to add the following tools since the machine is not configured for programming

bmake

`apt install bmake`

bsdtar

`apt install libarchive-tools`

then success

>> log

# $ ./startnb.sh -f etc/sshd.conf
* using console: viocon
using QEMU version 7.2.19 (Debian 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u16)
[ 1.0000000] NetBSD 11.99.3 (MICROVM) Notice: this software is protected by copyright
[ 1.0000000] Detecting hardware... (QBOOT 000000000000)
[ 1.0257426] done.
[ 1.0345973] kernel boot time: 51ms
Created tmpfs /dev (1835008 byte, 3552 inodes)
add net default: gateway 10.0.2.2
Starting sshd.
Server listening on :: port 22.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.

>> End of log

^Z

I pressed ^C to enter the server to add the needed passwords for the user and root

login was a success then

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

For those wanting a deeper dive into the inner workings of our funded projects, take a look at the FreeBSD Foundation All-Projects Notes repo.

You’ll find regular updates, progress reports, and documentation from teams driving Foundation funded FreeBSD development.

🔗 Explore the repository: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/all-projects

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Community #TechUpdates

TIL about the existence of smolBSD an amazing minimal BSD Unix system. It boots in {milli}seconds!

Site:

https://smolbsd.org/

GitHub: https://github.com/NetBSDfr/smolBSD

#netBSD #BSD #UNIX #OpenSource #programming #quemu #bash #sh

Thanks to @nixCraftnixCraft 🐧

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

#Django is not the only #webframework to turn 20 this year. As a former PHP dev I remember how Symfony 2.0, along with the PSR-0 and Composer, changed my work life as well as the entire gigantic #php ecosystem. And that 2.0 release only existed because the Symfony creators had proven the value of their approach and had started raising an awesome community. Happy 20 to #symfony ! https://symfony.com/20years

#webdev #opensource

Vitaliy Podoba shows Integrating Plone and Django: A Real-World Case Study with Nginx SSI

https://2025.ploneconf.org/schedule/talks/integrating-plone-and-django-a-real-world-case-study-with-nginx-ssi

#PloneConf2025 #CMS #Plone #Python #Volto #ReactJS #OpenSource #Django #Nginx #SSI #CaseStudy

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced "Librephone," a new project aimed at achieving complete mobile phone freedom for users from Google and Apple. The initiative will work to reverse engineer obstacles until its goal of a fully free mobile phone environment is realized. Can they be successful where industry leaders like Ubuntu failed previously?

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

#linux #opensource

👋 Hello, it's time to wake up my "sleeper account" (2016?!) and provide an #introduction.

I'm a UK-based freelance software developer, coding since the early 1990s and still learning how to do it properly.

I help maintain various bits of #OpenSource software, and it's quite likely you've used some of it or at least seen the output.

I live with my family in #London, occasionally #DJ playing mostly #DeepHouse music, and I enjoy watching non-league #football (#soccer) at Dulwich Hamlet #DHFC.

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

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#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.

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

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

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#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

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#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

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

As free Windows 10 support ends today, consider upgrading to a Linux operating system! You will continue to be protected with security updates, but you will also gain total freedom for your device.

Doesn't have to be Fedora - look around for the Linux distro that works for you. :)

Learn more: https://endof10.org
@Endof10End Of 10 Campaign

#EndOf10 #Windows #Microsoft #Linux #Fedora #OpenSource

Progress update for #Dropserver for September (finally!)

I write about Bubblewrap, sandboxing, #Tailscale in the real world, work on the Leftovers app, and the installation experience for ds-host (which will be separate blog post.)

https://olivierforget.net/blog/2025/dropserver-progress-sept-2025/

#selfhosting #opensource

🚀 New write-up: Extreme Packaging — my approach to modular Swift architecture

I’ve been experimenting with project structures where *every responsibility is its own Swift Package*.
The result: cleaner boundaries, faster builds, and reusable code between iOS & macOS apps.

Full article 👉 https://aleahim.com/ExtremePackaging

#Swift #iOSDev #macOS #SwiftPM #CleanArchitecture #OpenSource #SwiftLang

In this FreeBSD Journal article, Vanja Cvelbar combines FreeBSD, Home Assistant, and rtl_433 to build a smart home weather & sensor integration system.

It’s a great example of how FreeBSD supports real-world embedded and automation use cases.

🔗 Read more: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/embedded-2/freebsd-home-assistant-and-rtl_433/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #EmbeddedSystems #HomeAutomation #OpenSource #Community

Registration is now open for the November 2025 FreeBSD Vendor Summit!

On November 6–7, join FreeBSD developers and industry partners at NetApp’s headquarters for two days of direct collaboration, technical discussion, and strategic planning.

Don’t miss your chance to participate: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/november-2025-freebsd-vendor-summit-registration-1763651331609

#FreeBSD #VendorSummit #OpenSource #Collaboration #Community

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2025:
📍 09:10 AM on November 07
🗣️ "Free the Social Web"
👥 Speaker(s): Evan Prodromou @evanEvan Prodromou
📍 Room: Room 145
🏷️ Track: Keynote
📝 As Free and Open Source Software enthusiasts, we sometimes concentrate on our own experiences with s...

#SeaGL2025 #keynote #data #web #FLOSS #opensource #ActivityPub #Fediverse
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/88THX7/

Is Firefox on the right path? Maybe. 🙃

https://news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgpu-support/

#opensource #mozilla #firefox

UbuCon comes to India this November. Book your passes now! 🫶🇮🇳

https://news.itsfoss.com/events/first-ubucon-india/

#opensource #linux #india

The Google Photos clone Immich finally has a stable release and Joe is impressed with it, we hope an open source printer crowdfunder works out, Amazon launches a Linux-based OS to replace Android on its streaming devices, Graham gives us an update on his Home Assistant hardware, and more.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-355/

#podcast #linux #opensource

Is there a name or concept for when something becomes "mainstream", or the norm, it stops being "political"?

I'm wondering if one of the reasons why some people retain the position "keep politics out of F/OSS" is because FOSS "won"? It becomes the norm and people stop considering it to be political movement?

#OpenSource #FOSS #freesoftware

#introduction post time (with plenty of #hashtags )

I'm a 30-something #gay #poly #bear (body type) #dragon (fursona) who is exploring #furry after being (re)introduced to it through #pupplay

At work I'm a #software engineer in the #biology space. #python guy mainly, but I also dabble in #elixir and #lisp

Assorted interests: #chubby guys, #kink , #weed , #videogames , #hacking , #compsci , #science , #linux , #freesoftware , #opensource , #mac , #camping , the #environment , #cooking

Framework's recent sponsorship has raised questions.

https://news.itsfoss.com/framework-hyprland-sponsorship/

#linux #opensource

🎓 2025 Google Summer of Code participant Aaron Espinoza ran a project to test FreeBSD device drivers written in Rust. Here’s a short introduction to that piece of work.

Watch Aaron’s GSoC talk: https://youtu.be/y82-t1tDLWg?si=9n6X3uDZB_Hk3mDr
💻 Explore the code: https://github.com/Acesp25/rustkld

We’re grateful to Aaron, his mentors, and the FreeBSD/GSoC community for advancing this work.

👉 What are your thoughts on using Rust for FreeBSD driver development?

#FreeBSD #GSoC2025 #RustLang #OpenSource #KernelDevelopment

I've been only able to read this IT note today due to band with constraints. It read like a Stephen King short. Horrific!

IMHO, In my humble opinion, the company involved used tactics that I can describe as blatantly criminal.

I have some stories and I may talk about one in another post, using similar of obfuscation techniques

You would be wise to read this story at least twice.

Read between the lines.

Observe that the company was selling open source services yet used criminal tactics to keep people locked in

Link

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/08/the-email-they-shouldnt-have-read/

#Story #Stefano #horrible #ethics #unethical #OpenSource #programming #vendor #lockin

Switched from Ollama and LM Studio to llama.cpp and it's a total game changer! 🚀

https://itsfoss.com/llama-cpp/

#ai #opensource

Your closed ecosystem might be closing your mind too. Here’s what to do.

https://news.itsfoss.com/proprietary-workflow-stifling-creativity/

#opensource #foss

pw-midimix

Version 0.1.7 is ready!

(A hardware MIDI mixer mapper for #PipeWire.)

Fixed some corner cases and handled some unknown states.

Handled most Clippy findings, especially unnecessary .clone() and .to_owned().

Moved from json_rs to serde_json and fixed the resulting bugs.

#Rust #midi #akai #opensource #freesoftware

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/AdeptVeritatis/pw-midimix

pw-videomix v0.4.0 - a video synthesizer / mixer

"Gamepads!"

- Added gamepad support to manipulate filter.
For interactive art installations or for visual jam sessions on the couch.

- Saving your project includes sink nodes now.

... more in the changelog

Try it out here:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/AdeptVeritatis/pw-videomix

(There is no binary available anymore. Upload to the package registry is now restricted to 10mb.)

#rust #rustlang #vulkan #egui #winit #opensource #freesoftware #creativecoding #art

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@glyph 💯 I think that's a good way of framing the problem.

https://growingcommons.substack.com/p/tools-for-flourishing-commons (apologies for the Substack link, I did express my disappointment to those who set it up) has an interesting overview of some of the tools/approaches we might use beyond writing software

And it's not a platform co-op, but https://coopcycle.org/ is a growing federation of bike delivery co-ops taking on the delivery apps

#commoning #cooperative #OpenSource

💚 Open Source & Gratuit : Pour toujours ! Une solution éthique, créée avec Svelte et TypeScript.

En gros, c'est le convertisseur de fichiers de nouvelle génération, rapide et qui respecte votre vie privée. Un vrai petit génie du web !

➡️ Lien du projet (Star/Fork) : https://github.com/VERT-sh/VERT
➡️ Pour tester : https://vert.sh OU https://vert.blablalinux.be

#VERT #Conversion #WebAssembly #OpenSource #Tech #Privacy

Creating terminal text editors with Rust just got easier! 💯🦀

🧩 **ratatui-code-editor** — A full-featured code editor widget for @ratatui_rsRatatui 🐁

🔥 Syntax highlighting powered by Tree-sitter.
🖱️ Mouse & keyboard editing, undo/redo, and clipboard support.
🎨 Customizable themes for any language!

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/vipmax/ratatui-code-editor

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #editor #code #terminal #treesitter #widget #library #opensource

Does anyone in the EU (or elsewhere?!) have links to any case studies about migrating from Microsoft to #opensource / #libre / #FOSS that include actual financial figures?

There’s an accessibility bug on Mastodon: you cannot add custom alt text to your profile or header image. This means people using screen readers can’t know what these images show, so important info is missing for visually impaired users. ♿

Please help by upvoting and commenting on the issue so it gets more attention from developers 👇

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/36439

Let’s make Mastodon more inclusive for everyone! 🤗

CC @Mastodon

#Accessibility #Mastodon #Inclusion #OpenSource

Write that blog post now... without leaving the terminal 💯

🌀 blogr — A static site generator for creating and managing blogs.

⚡ Write in Markdown, preview instantly and deploy to GitHub Pages in seconds.

🎨 Includes built-in themes.

🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rsRatatui

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/bahdotsh/blogr

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #ssg #blog #opensource #markdown #githubpages #terminal

Only one more sleep until Plone Conference begins. Plonistas are arriving from all over the world 🧳 and Jyväskylä is ready 🍂 . See you all soon!

Keep an eye on the Plone Discord Conference channels for updates on social and other activities. Like a walk around this lake in less than an hour, and where and when everyone is meeting for dinner tonight.

👉 https://discord.com/channels/786421998426521600/1026549525969641532
#ploneconf2025 #opensource #cms #community

This talk mentions a bunch of cool decentralized and peer-to-peer FOSS projects.

https://youtu.be/cbe7fUH8eZM

#FOSS #OpenSource #p2p #decentralized

fzf is a general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder.

It’s an interactive filter program for any kind of list; files, command history, processes, hostnames, bookmarks, git commits, etc. With its novel “fuzzy” matching algorithm, you can quickly type in patterns with omitted characters and still get the results you want.

🧑‍💻 https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

#fzf #FuzzyFinder #Findfiles #terminal #cli #linux #filter #fuzzy #match #linux #opensource #type #git #commandline

LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 Is Now Available for Download, Based on #Debian 13 "Trixie" https://9to5linux.com/lmde-linux-mint-debian-edition-7-is-now-available-for-download

#Linux #OpenSource #LinuxMint #lmde7

Addio a Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein migra 40.000 caselle email a soluzioni #opensource
Il Land tedesco dello Schleswig-Holstein,uno dei 16 stati federali della Germania,sta portando avanti un piano strategico di transizione verso l’open source, con l’obiettivo di liberarsi dalla dipendenza da software proprietario nei suoi uffici pubblici.Il governo regionale ha già sostituito Microsoft Office con #libreoffice e ha adottato #gnulinux come sistema operativo

@opensource

https://www.laseroffice.it/blog/2025/10/11/addio-a-microsoft-schleswig-holstein-migra-40-000-caselle-email-a-soluzioni-open-source/

For everyone running into problem with #Youtube complaining about adblocking I recommend using Freetube instead. Desktop app for Win/Mac/Linux. You can even ‘subscribe’ to creators https://freetubeapp.io #Privacy #linux #opensource

What does KDE Linux want to achieve? | Video essay

https://youtu.be/A9IarbNJN6w

#linuxort #opensource #kde #kdelinux #linux

Nominations are open for the elections of the 2026 Django Software Foundation Board of Directors! https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/oct/11/2026-dsf-board-nominations/

#Django #OpenSource #Governance