jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Most Docker auto-updaters (like non-maintained Watchtower) require mounting /var/run/docker.sock.
You are essentially giving a background container root access to your host 24/7. For a bastion host, that is an unnecessary security risk.
I wanted something completely transparent, so I wrote a native alternative. It is a minimal bash script triggered by a systemd timer.
It runs as a non-root user, pulls updates, prunes old images, and sends a report via AWS SNS (using EC2 IAM roles, so zero hardcoded credentials). No daemons, no bloatware. Just a script that wakes up, does its job, and goes back to sleep, saving system resources.
Check it out here: https://github.com/oliinykdm/docker-compose-autoupdater
#Docker #DevOps #AWS #Systemd #Security #SelfHosted #OpenSource #Blog #Thoughts #Software
#GNU Linux-Libre 7.0 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers https://9to5linux.com/gnu-linux-libre-7-0-kernel-is-now-available-for-software-freedom-lovers
Einen wunderschönen guten Montag
! ☕️✨Nach unserem Deep-Dive in #LineageOS und #Ubuntu #LTS letzte Woche, möchte ich heute über das Fundament im Netz sprechen: Das Webhosting. 🏗️Passend zum Thema Newsletter und digitale Souveränität ist die Wahl des Hosters entscheidend. Wenn du einen zuverlässigen Partner suchst, schau dir unbedingt mal Lima-City an! 🚀Warum ich das empfehle? Lima-City wurde bereits zum vierten oder fünften Mal in Folge ausgezeichnet – Qualität, die man merkt! 🏆👉 Lima-City WebhostingIch bin gespannt auf eure Erfahrungen: Welchen Webhoster nutzt ihr für eure Open-Source-Projekte oder Newsletter-Setups? Habt ihr Lima-City schon mal ausprobiert? Lasst uns in einen regen Austausch gehen! 👇
Gehe auf den Link und klicke unten auf Webhosting bei Lima City, und Du gelangst zum Webhoster.https://systemgedacht.carrd.co/
Technik wird leicht gemacht. 🐧💚#Linux #LTS #OpenSource #Newsletter #DigitalSovereignty #TechTalk #Mastodon #Privacy #PocketBase #PB #SelfHosted #Karlsruhe #Webhosting #LimaCity #Systemgedacht #montag
FreeCAD Version 1.1 Released
After an enormous amount of work and dedication from FreeCAD contributors we are delighted to announce that FreeCAD Version 1.1 is now released and available for download. There are significant amounts of improvements and new features.
https://blog.freecad.org/2026/03/25/freecad-version-1-1-released/
Trisquel 12.0 is out — the FSF-endorsed Linux distro with zero proprietary code. No binary blobs in the kernel, no closed drivers, no firmware backdoors. If you've ever wanted a completely auditable OS for daily use, this is it. Full guide: https://newsgroup.site/trisquel-12-free-software-linux-guide-2026/ #Linux #FreeSoftware #Privacy #OpenSource
🚀 I’ve just updated my
“LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for Everyone”
I’ve curated over 135 accounts dedicated to European digital Independence.
The pack includes distributions, software, and services developed or managed right here in Europe.
I hope this helps someone on their open-source journey! 🐧
If I’ve missed any great EU-based FOSS accounts or services, let me know in the comments!
“LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for Everyone” 👇️️
https://fedidevs.com/s/OTA2/
#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Europe #EuropeanDigitalIndependence #DigitalSovereignty #StarterPack #EuropeanDigitalSovereignty #SelfHosted #DigitalIndependence #Decentralization
Emerging like a cicada from my long dormancy to share something I've been working on:
<< OpenAlpheus >>
An open-source, self-hosted multi-agent harness intended for solo operators and small teams. AGPL copyleft license.
https://codeberg.org/merryshelly/openalpheus
What's different:
**You control the entire prompt.** Your agent doesn't read a single character you didn't put there. Identity, behavior, safety rules — all markdown files you edit. No code required.
**Full visibility.** Every tool call, every sub-agent dispatch, every thinking step surfaces in your chat history. No black boxes.
Talk to your agents from any ** Matrix client ** — phone, desktop, web. No bespoke UI to maintain or learn.
Session state is **plain text.** grep works. cat works. No database, no migrations, no query language. The unreasonable effectiveness of text files reigns supreme.
One-command install on Debian or Ubuntu.
#opensource #selfhosted #AI #matrix #AGPL #FOSS #agenticai #llm #codeberg #openclaw #anthropic #openai
Das 2016 in #Stuttgart gegründete Unternehmen #Nextcloud sieht ein deutlich wachsendes Interesse in ganz #Europa, wenngleich #Deutschland noch im Rückstand ist 🙈. Einzig #SchleswigHolstein ist gerade dabei, auf #OpenSource - Anbieter umzustellen https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/frankreich-digitale-unabhaengigkeit-usa-microsoft-li.3381489
Kurz drohte dem Projekt #Veracrypt unter #Windows das defacto aus, nun hat der #Microsoft eingelenkt und das Missverständnis dank des VP Scott Hanselman gelöst. #OpenSource https://sourceforge.net/p/veracrypt/discussion/general/thread/9620d7a4b3/?page=1#43c0
Alright, Linus (Linus Torvalds) has pushed out a new shiny kernel for people to consume ...i.e., 7.0 .....go and give it a spin.
Thanks, man! 👍
A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-15-is-out-now/
I built a CLI tool that does something I thought was impossible:
Pause a running server, FREE its TCP port, then resume later — same PID, same memory.
It's called park. It uses ptrace (Linux) and Mach thread injection (macOS) to inject close(fd) into the target process. That's what actually frees the port. SIGSTOP alone doesn't do this.
Demo: https://asciinema.org/a/920996
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mr-vaibh/park/main/install.sh | sh
https://github.com/mr-vaibh/park
#golang #cli #devtools #opensource #linux #macos #programming
(Linux news in previous posts)
FOSS NEWS
Odysee receives huge UI improvements and some new features: new video player (mimicking YouTube's video player), home page top slide now displays a channel preview the 3 latest videos and a follow button, mini video player when hovering a video's thumbnail, floating player, search field on channel > Content pages, revamped content upload flow divided into multiple pages, Advanced Editor for writing comments (with text formatting buttons), favicons displayed next to links in text posts and comments
FreeTube also received some UI revamp: new video player (also somewhat similar to YouTube's), some text changed to first letter uppercase instead of all uppercase, icons added to subscription page
(Why does everyone copy YouTube's video player? It looks kinda ugly... Also, the bottom panel's buttons are barely visible if the video is bright. Odysee's new video player at least has a darker background for those buttons)
Mastodon introduces Collections, its take on Bluesky starter packs for account discovery:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/mastodon-introduces-collections-its-take-on-bluesky-starter-packs-for-account-discovery/
Firefox 149.0.2 Improves the Browser Toolbar on Wayland for Linux Users:
https://9to5linux.com/firefox-149-0-2-improves-the-browser-toolbar-on-wayland-for-linux-users
Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server:
https://9to5linux.com/calibre-9-7-e-book-manager-improves-the-annotations-browser-and-content-server
PeaZip 11.0 Archive Manager Speeds Up File Browsing and Enhances Bookmarks:
https://9to5linux.com/peazip-11-0-archive-manager-speeds-up-file-browsing-and-enhances-bookmarks
OBS Studio 32.1 released with overhauled audio mixer, WebRTC simulcast support, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/obs-studio-32-1-released-with-overhauled-audio-mixer-webrtc-simulcast-support-and-more/
OpenShot 3.5.1 Video Editor Adds New Optimize Preview Built-In Proxy Workflow:
https://9to5linux.com/openshot-3-5-1-video-editor-adds-new-optimize-preview-built-in-proxy-workflow
PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 showcases an improved handheld gaming PC experience:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-showcases-an-improved-handheld-gaming-pc-experience/
FEX 2604 Released With Better Memory Savings For Running x86_64 Apps/Games On ARM64:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FEX-2604-Released
(more FOSS news in comments)
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Odysee #FreeTube #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse #Firefox #Calibre #PeaZip #OBS #OBSStudio #OpenShot #RPCS3 #FEX #PS3 #FosseryTech
(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
Zed Editor launches Agent Metrics, offering public AI agent usage data:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/zed-editor-launches-agent-metrics-offering-public-ai-agent-usage-data/
Immich 2.7 adds duplicate resolution, editor shortcuts, new web actions, and much more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/immich-2-7-adds-duplicate-resolution-editor-shortcuts-new-web-actions-and-much-more/
SQLite 3.53 fixes WAL-reset bug, adds QRF library, new SQL features, improved CLI and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/sqlite-3-53-fixes-wal-reset-bug-adds-qrf-library-new-sql-features-improved-cli-and-more/
GNU nano 9.0 CLI Text Editor Released with New Features and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/gnu-nano-9-0-cli-text-editor-released-with-new-features-and-improvements
Microsoft has terminated developer accounts of VeraCrypt, WireGuard & Windscribe software:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/microsoft-has-terminated-developer-accounts-of-veracrypt-wireguard-and-windscribe-software/
(It was only by accident, right, Microsoft? RIGHT??)
FosseryWeb progress report:
I regenerated the HTML cheatsheets using the new page-builders tool, and fixed a lot of bugs/mistakes. Now I'm working on regenerating the JavaScript cheatsheets.
https://fosseryweb.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/
https://fosseryweb-min.codeberg.page/@beta/cheatsheets/
Vulkan 1.4.349 Released With Data Graph Optical Flow Extension:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.349
Hugging Face Contributes Safetensors To PyTorch Foundation To Secure AI Model Execution:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PyTorch-Safetensors
Godot gets a funding boost from Slay the Spire 2 devs Mega Crit:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/godot-gets-a-funding-boost-from-slay-the-spire-2-devs-mega-crit/
Legendary, the free and open source Epic Games Launcher, has moved to a new organisation:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/legendary-the-free-and-open-source-epic-games-launcher-has-moved-to-a-new-organisation/
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8 Released with Fastboot Improvements, Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-8-released-with-fastboot-improvements-bug-fixes
Redox OS Establishes AI Policy To Forbid Contributions Made Using LLMs:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-March-2026
NetBSD 11.0 Nears Release With RC3 Released For Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/NetBSD-11.0-RC3
Intel Releases OpenVINO 2026.1 With Backend For Llama.cpp, New Hardware Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenVINO-2026.1-Released
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #News #Zed #Immich #SQLite #GNUNano #FosseryWeb #FosseryWebMin #Vulkan #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #HuggingFace #GodotEngine #Godot #RaspberryPIImager #RedoxOS #NetBSD #OpenVINO #Llamacpp #PyTorch #DBMS #SelfHosting #Development #IDE #CodeEditor #TextEditor #Programming #Dev #BSD #FosseryTech
Took another step towards #DigitalSovereignty today! I'm now self-hosting my own instance of #Immich to store all my photos, officially saying goodbye to Apple's iCloud. It feels great having everything entirely under my control, running on my own hardware using CentOS-Stream 10 and #Podman.
Episode 12 of Dark Blue Weekly released
https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e12.php
#darkblueweekly #darkblueproject #linux #opensource #freesoftware #trisquel #gparted #debian #nanoeditor #sqlite
🇫🇷 Frankreich macht Ernst: Die Digitalbehörde DINUM wechselt von Windows zu Linux, 80.000 Beschäftigte der Krankenversicherung migrieren auf eigene Kollaborationstools. Bis Herbst 2026 muss jedes Ministerium einen Abfahrtsplan vorlegen. So geht digitale Souveränität! 💪🇪🇺
#DigitaleSouveränität #Linux #OpenSource #Datenschutz
https://www.heise.de/news/Frankreichs-Plan-Weg-von-Windows-hin-zu-Linux-11251566.html
Linux Programme als Alternative zu Windows Programmen.
Je mehr ich recherchiere, je mehr fällt mir auf, dass meine Quellen oft nicht gut recherchiert haben. Anscheinend schreibt der Eine von dem Anderen einfach nur ab.
Daher kursieren auch immer die gleichen #Programme als Alternative.
Beispiel:
#DAW > zu 99% wird Reaper empfohlen, obwohl noch nicht mal Open Source. Ich nutze #Ardour.
#Bildbearbeitung > RawTherapee oder Darktable. Ich nutze #Art.
Echte Tipps!
apt 3.2 in Debian Sid and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS now has built-in rollback: a single command undoes any package update or reverts your system to a previous state. No more fear of breaking your Linux with updates. 🐧
apt history-rollback <ID> — that's it.
Full guide: https://newsgroup.site/apt-32-history-rollback-debian-ubuntu-guide-2026/
Microsoft suspended developer accounts for VeraCrypt, WireGuard, and Windscribe — blocking them from signing Windows updates. No warning, no appeal process. Only public pressure restored access. A reminder that even the best privacy tools can be held hostage by corporate infrastructure. 🔒
Read the full analysis: https://newsgroup.site/microsoft-veracrypt-wireguard-windscribe-developers-2026/
#OpenSource #Privacy #VeraCrypt #WireGuard #Linux #Security #DigitalRights
Mieux vaut tard que jamais ! #servicepulic #opensource #free #software 👍🇫🇷🐧 LA FRANCE LÂCHE MICROSOFT POUR LINUX ET L'OPENSOURCE !!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhTqURiXh6o
I made a visual 24-hour caffeine tracker for quickly checking how long it takes to leave my system and how that fourth latte affects my sleep.
Caffeine half-life is surprisingly long and individually variable.
Free to use at https://jnaskali.github.io/caffeine-tracker/
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. 🫶
Hello, we're on Mastodon 👋
🎧 Follow for updates on Navidrome, the open-source music streaming server 🎧
Released amiga-lw-plugin v0.7.0 for LightWave 5.x on AmigaOS: Fresnel + PBR scene-save fixes, a cleaner PBR setup, LensFlare now configurable up to 50 flare sources, and faster ObjSwap lookup for large replacement sets. Before/after renders in the thread.
github.com/midwan/amiga-lw-plugin
Alguien por aquí recomendó en su día Localsend y me da mucha pena no recordar quién fue porque tiene mi agradecimiento eterno.
Es lo mejor del mundo para compartir archivos entre distintos dispositivos que estén conectados a la misma red wifi.
Meet Shelly, a Modern Graphical Package Manager for Arch Linux https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-shelly-a-modern-graphical-package-manager-for-arch-linux
@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 4.5 hours from now.
Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone. More details here:
https://
docs.autis.toque.im/
Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited.
heads up #Europe, if you want #sovereignty, there is an #European #chat solution that is #decentralized, #OpenSource, free, multi-platform, multi-profile, #encrypted, it is called #DeltaChat
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!
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.
#NetBSD #NASA #AstroBSD #AprilFools #OpenSource #Portability #MarsRover #SpaceTech #GeekHumor
Finde ich sehr gut von Frankreich! 👍 🇫🇷🇪🇺
Deutschland - wann? 🇩🇪🇪🇺🤔
„2,5 Mio. Beamte steigen um: Frankreich forciert Open-Source-Wechsel
10.04.2026 16:04 Uhr
Von Felix Krauth
Frankreich macht Ernst bei der digitalen Souveränität und verabschiedet sich von amerikanischer Software. Ein neuer Fahrplan sieht zudem den schrittweisen Wechsel von Windows zu Linux vor.“
#Frankreich #Foss #DigitaleSouveraenitaet #Deutschland #OpenSource #Linux https://winfuture.de/news,158029.html
10 years of #MountainCamp
It started with a small group of open source enthusiasts, a mountain, and a dream. That was 2017.
Fast forward to today: the orga team just had its first planning session for #MountainCamp2027 and we are buzzing. This one is special. 2027 marks 10 years since that very first camp, and we want to make it the most fun and amazing one yet.
Want to help organize? Reach out!
👥 drupalmountaincamp.ch/team
✉️ drupalmountaincamp.ch/form/contact
📩 A new **Digging Code** newsletter just dropped.
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👀 Catch the full issue:
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#tech #webdev #dev #backend #php #laravel #opensource #ai #claude
First picture from the dual front-facing IMX355 sensors on #Pixel3 📸
Both lenses are now alive under mainline Linux — standard + wide, just like Google intended. Still early bring-up, but seeing real images come through makes it very real.
Patch series:
https://lore.kernel.org/phone-devel/20260411-pixel3-camera-v2-0-41b889abb14c@ixit.cz/T/#t
You can find already applied patches in the integration branch here:
https://codeberg.org/sdm845/linux/
#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Mainline #Kernel #OpenSource #sdm845
AI assistance for the Linux kernel at 205 comments on HN. The core tension: kernel maintainers want quality contributions. AI generates quantity. The mailing list culture — where rejected patches teach more than accepted ones — is the part AI cannot replicate. Experience is not just what worked. It is what failed and why. #AI #Linux #OpenSource
Time for our #Linux and #OpenSource 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:
Zapraszamy dzisiaj o 17:00 do siedziby Hakierspejs Łódź na Meet FLOSS gdzie w ramach panelów dyskusyjnych porozmawiamy o wolnym oprogramowaniu i alternatywnych mediach społecznościowych!
Będziesz? 👀
#floss #wioo #mastodon #fediverse #matrix #foss #opensource #freesoftware
Zum Wochenende: Wie die Document Foundation ihre eigenen Gründer vor die Tür setzte
Die Document Foundation und Collabora, das Unternehmen hinter einem Grossteil der LibreOffice-Entwicklung, haben sich nach jahrelangen Spannungen um Branding, Cloud-Rechte und Governance endgültig entzweit.
My dad is partially sighted with poor motor control. He likes audiobooks but every player I tried had tiny buttons and too many screens.
I’ve now made this one. Two screens, big controls, high contrast.
When I want to send him a new book, I just text him a link — he taps it and the book appears in his library.
It always comes back to the last book he was playing, ready to play again.
The settings are configurable via a link too.
This is very much made for my exact specific needs with him, but it’s open source and free if it helps anyone else.
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/easy-audiobook/id6761441597
Tar fediverse
``tar -cvfz fediverse.raw fediverse.tgz
ls -lh
>> fediverse.raw 2.048 PiB
fediverse.tgz 1.36 TiB
```According to my version of tar(1) it's entirely doable
sources
man tar(1)
man gnu
/me grins 😁
@stefano@bsd.cafe @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk
#tar #GNU #gnutar #cvfz #gzip #compression #fediverse #mathematics #technology #OpenSource #Linux #BSD
The country wants to be as least dependent as possible of US American Technology because the USA has been proven to be unworthy as a partner
Thus the country of France takes an enormous step towards digital sovereignty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France?wprov=sfla1
#OpenSource #Linux #programming #BSD #Technology #France #FR #USA #Little #Donald #Agent #Orange #no #TV
🚀 Domptez le stockage S3 en ligne de commande !
Marre de passer par une interface web pour gérer vos buckets ? Je viens de vous pondre un petit guide sur le wiki pour configurer le client MinIO (mc) sur Debian. 🐧
C’est simple, c’est rapide et ça change la vie pour vos scripts de sauvegarde !
👉 https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/configurer-client-minio-mc-debian
Retrouvez l'ensemble de mes services sur https://blablalinux.be/mes-services-publics/
Retrouvez l'ensemble de mes services sur blablalinux.be/mes-services-publics/
#Linux #OpenSource #Productivité #BlablaLinux #Wekan #Kan #Kanban
France's plan: Away from Windows, towards Linux
France's administration is to move away from Windows and US tools: the government is presenting a concrete roadmap for digital sovereignty.
#Datenschutz #DigitaleSouveränität #IT #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #Windows #news
We’ve published the second monthly report (March 2026) for the Cyber Resilience Act Readiness project, part of our ongoing 2026 effort to prepare the FreeBSD community for the European Union’s cybersecurity regulation.
Read the March report: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/all-projects/blob/main/Cyber%20Resilience%20Act%20Readiness/monthly-updates/2026-03.md
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Security #CyberResilienceAct #CRA #Community
I just released version 2 of my Catppuccin Mastodon UI and it is a big release!
- New name, Catppuccin Complete UI for Mastodon
- Added configurable Catppuccin flavor switching for Mocha, Macchiato, Frappe, and Latte (via Stylus/UserCSS)
- Added organized fixed exports under themes/ for every Catppuccin flavor and accent combination in both layouts
- and so much more!
Check it out here:
https://www.kylereddoch.me/blog/catppuccin-complete-ui-for-mastodon-20/