PCGamer: "I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

#linux #foss #opensource

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/

Hi #Linux, what do you use?

#KDE #GNOME #Xfce4 #Xfce #Plasma #Debian #Ubuntu #ElementaryOS #LinuxMint #LMDE #i3 #Sway #dwm #ArchLinux #Arch #Gentoo #ManjaroLinux #Manjaro #Fedora #FedoraAtomic #Secureblue #TTY #FreeSoftware #Unix #OpenSource

SteamOS zeigt, wie Open Source langsam, aber nachhaltig Wirkung entfaltet:
Kein Big Bang, kein Zwang, sondern ein wachsendes Ökosystem aus Linux, offenen Treibern, Proton und Community-Arbeit.

Dass Gaming heute ohne proprietäres OS ernsthaft möglich ist, ist ein Erfolg für die Open Source Community.
Wahlfreiheit schlägt mittelfristig Lock-in.

#OpenSource #SteamOS #Linux #DigitalSouveränität #FOSS #GamingOnLinux #Proton

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/01/steamos-continues-its-slow-spread-across-the-pc-gaming-landscape/

frelling GTKprint. It is fsck´d and no one wants to fix it.. #Gnome #GTK #OpenSource

Don´t use it.

Heartbreaking update from #tailwindcss. They had to lay off 75% of their staff yesterday due to #AI driven losses.

I really don't see how the #OpenSource industry survives this. The days of making your source and your docs open to the public is quickly disappearing.

https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com/pull/2388#issuecomment-3717222957

#CSS #PHP #WebDev #HTML #coding #programming #LLM

manpageblog is written in Python and available for many systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD or #Solaris based ones like #Illumos but also on #Linux like #Debian or #Ubuntu.

Changelog v1.6:

• Pagination support added
• Sitemap support added
• SEO optimized
• LD+JSON support added

The project source is available on GitHub at:
https://github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog
You can find a real-life demo on my website at https://gyptazy.com

#opensource #devops #minimalism #purism #web #blog #blogengine #blogging #coding #python #website #manpageblog

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Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time. mastodon.social: 2017-2022

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 29 January 2026 at US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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Wir sollten alle mehr Schleswig Holstein wagen

#linux #opensource #oss #foss #unplugtrump #unplugbigtech #fuckusa

IT-Umstellung XXL: Schleswig-Holstein geht beim Thema Open Source in der öffentlichen Verwaltung mutig voran und dreht die IT komplett auf links.

Zum Artikel: https://heise.de/-11131005?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität #Verwaltungsdigitalisierung #LibreOffice #Nextcloud

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Auf dem Bild sieht man eine Tastatur mit einer "Open Source" Taste. Im Bild steht: "Schleswig-Holstein setzt auf Open Source trotz Umstellungsheraus-forderungen"

I hacked together a Python + GTK project to inhibit/uninhibit sleep via a simple GUI.

This was put together in 3 hours and I am very proud of this janky code.

My blog goes into the background for this as well as its implementation.

Give it a read:

https://blog.suryatejak.in/sleep-stopper-a-simple-gtk4-app-to-stop-linux-from-sleeping

#linux #gtk4 #python #linuxsleep #opensource

Every time I cancel a bloated SaaS subscription and replace it with a lightweight, open-source tool or a 50-line script I wrote myself, I feel my soul heal a little bit.

We over-complicate our workflows because we've been sold the idea that professional means expensive. Usually, it just means vendor lock-in.

Bonus points to you if this means moving away from Big Tech,

#SelfHosted #opensource #foss #programming #sysadmin #linux #selfhost #cybersecurity #digitalIndependence #bigtech

Most used Open Source Projects 1990 - 2026

#FOSS #OpenSource

https://youtu.be/W7ELWEKaMt8

One thing currently a bit lacking on Linux is the performance of ray tracing with the open source Mesa RADV driver, but a big improvement is coming.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/mesa-radv-driver-on-linux-looks-set-for-a-big-ray-tracing-performance-boost/

#OpenSource #AMD #Vulkan #Mesa #Misc

This week we're spending some time looking into governance models for #opensource , e.g., foundations that ensure the ongoing funding and development of software.

Famous ones include Signal Foundation, Linux Foundation, Mozilla Foundation, Blender Foundation, etc.

Any good examples we should look into? Especially if they're less well known but have managed to be resilient and keep the software relatively free of corporate influence. Thank you in advance!

How to absolutely *not* do #OpenSource: require people to commit to work on other issues with your project in order to file bugs. So, sorry, #Typer, I won't be filing bugs. You figure out how you messed up your release yourself.

Also, please don't use #FastAPI. They are clearly bothered by the fact that people dare use their projects and waste their precious time with support requests.

https://github.com/fastapi/typer/discussions/new?category=questions

#Python #FreeSoftware #Gentoo

@jwildeboer
@kkarhan

#selfhost #homelab #opensource #foss

Hello dear Fediversers,

My students want to improve their home lab backups and have come up with the idea of storing their offsite backups with each other instead of in the cloud.
My question is, does anyone know of any software or solutions for this? It doesn't have to be open source, but it would be best if it were. The option to encrypt the backups is not essential, but would be preferable.

Please boost.

Many thanks for any tips.

Are you into #opensource ? And in the #eu ?
There is a Call for Feedback by the European Commission for a 'European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy' For strategic approach to #foss in Europe, and a framework for using open source within the European Commission. You can respond until 3 February. It is useful to respond even if your point has already been submitted by someone else. The number and repetition of arguments is used as a weight. https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en cc #fosdem

Loki - Simple IOC and YARA Scanner🕵️‍♂️

https://github.com/Neo23x0/Loki

#infosec #cybersecurity #blueteam #dfir #opensource

The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!

If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from Open Source, or if you're simply interested in questions about digital sovereignty, please visit https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en for details on how to contribute.

#FOSS #opensource

Neuer Blogartikel: „ Zweiseitiger Druck in LaTeX & PDF: Kapitelanfänge richtig platzieren“

https://404lifenotfound.freeddns.org/posts/pdf-zweiseitig/

In dem Artikel zeige ich, wie man Abschlussarbeiten sauber für den doppelseitigen Druck vorbereitet:

- Kapitelanfänge korrekt auf ungeraden Seiten platzieren
- Saubere Lösung in LaTeX mit \cleardoublepage
- Nachträgliche Korrektur fertiger PDFs mit pdf-arranger
- Anonymisierte Version durch Entfernen von Metadaten erstellen

#PDF #LaTeX #pdfarranger #Studium #Schule #Abschlussarbeit #Linux #Debian #OpenSource #FOSS #Akademisch

For a project to be truly #OpenSource (not to mention #FreeSoftware), it really needs to:

1. Have a *public* issue tracker that enables you to browse and search through issue reports *without* having to create an account.

2. Accept issue reports, with no strings attached. Yes, expecting registration is fine. Yes, expecting some effort to file a good bug report is fine. No, expecting people to ask permission, donate or otherwise put a lot of extra work to report a problem is not.

3. Do not close issue reports as "stale". Yes, it's fine to close a report if you really believe it was fixed, or if you asked for something and the user didn't reply for a long time. It's not fine to run a bot expecting users to jump every month so that the issue report that *you are ignoring* doesn't get closed.

If a project doesn't meet these, it's just a glorified throwaway code.

@mgorny You might have to redefine both #OpenSource and #FreeSoftware for that to be true : )

@mgorny
What @opensourceopenmind says.
This also shows, again, the separation between technically being open source as defined in the relevant definitions and the hidden social expectations / contracts behind the terms.

While I agree that a pure compliant publication of 3rd party notices and code packages or code could could be seen as "throaway code" or "throw it over the wall" publication by some, we also have to accept that this is still proper, compliant open source behavior.

Small to large troubles arising from the lack of skills and knowledge in navigating these hidden expectations and aligning them with your corporate interests and strategy is what I keep seeing regularly in my work.
This is a problem that we can and should also chalk up to the universities as there's virtually no useful standard curriculum content on the realities of the open source material that most graduates will see in their life past graduation.

#FOSS #OSPO #diplomacy #highereducation #opensource #compliance #governance

"I've Seen Enough Hentai To Know Where This Is Going"

https://www.androidauthority.com/aosp-source-code-schedule-3630018/

#android #google #opensource

#SchleswigHolstein stellt auf #OpenSource um. Trotz Umstellungsproblemen bleibt die Regierung überzeugt, der Schritt ist notwendig für digitale Souveränität und wirtschaftliche Vorteile. Bis 2026 sollen Teile der IT-Infrastruktur auf #Linux und andere Open-Source-Lösungen umgestellt sein. https://www.heise.de/news/Schleswig-Holstein-Open-Source-ist-praxistauglich-trotz-Umstellungsproblemen-11131005.html?seite=all

Sometimes we try to juggle too much and the little things slip. Best we can do is reevaluate, reprioritize and retry.

Some regressions slipped into Rocinante recently and broke some template functions. These have been fixed now in GitHub.

Thank you for your patience. Even the best intentions sometimes have unexpected consequences.

These changes will make it into ports/pkg in the next update.

#FreeBSD #BastilleBSD #opensource #Rocinante

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.87 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30679

It's churning through GitHub Continuous Integration checks (1 of 3 passed so far which is a good sign the other two will complete successfully).

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

p.s. the other day I read your napcop proposal and I dig the acronym. ;)

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

Also, thanks to lxo, violette, fruye and to anyone else who may have helped contributed to this release!

I've submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.86 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/30669

Currently one of three Continuous Integration checks passed (which is a good sign the other two will probably pass soon too).

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded
#NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

You can simply use relay instances to be interconnected with other instances to exchange posts and it works seamless with #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #snac / #snac2 and many other ones! If you're in tech, you might want to use:

https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

You can simply add it to get a bigger reach but also to get more interesting content into your own timeline which becomes even more important on single user- & smaller instances.

#activitypub #mastodon #fediverse #opensource #bsd #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #debian #proxmox #xcpng #talos #coding #programming #fediwall #relay #fedirelay #acitivitypubrelay #selfhost #homelab #community

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