Das OS, das unsere Welt antreibt #linux #bigtech #welt #opensource #motor #innovation #datenschutz

Die besten Linux Distributionen für Anfänger #linux #linuxdistro #opensource #best #anfänger #ebook

CLT 2026: Wir bringen Praxiswissen nach Chemnitz. Unser Kollege Luca Kotte spricht über zentrales Linux-Desktop-Management in heterogenen Umgebungen – also genau die Frage: Linux-Desktop im Unternehmen, obwohl schon AD & Co. da sind.

#CLT2026 #ChemnitzerLinuxTage #Linux #OpenSource #Desktop #ITSecurity #ActiveDirectory #GONICUS @clt_news

CMake 4.3 brings Common Package Specification and build profiling

CMake 4.3 can import and export packages in the JSON-based CPS format. A new instrumentation feature aids in build profiling.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/CMake-4-3-brings-Common-Package-Specification-and-build-profiling-11215962.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#CC #IT #OpenSource #Softwareentwicklung #news

Das Ende von Windows 10 treibt Nutzer zu Linux #linux #windows10 #ende #wechsel #opensource #ubuntu

iX-Workshop: Deep Dive in Helm – Kubernetes-Anwendungen effizient verwalten

Lernen Sie praxisnah, wie Sie Kubernetes-Applikationen mit Helm in modernen Containerumgebungen aktiv und effizient verwalten.

https://www.heise.de/news/iX-Workshop-Deep-Dive-in-Helm-Kubernetes-Anwendungen-effizient-verwalten-11203508.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Containerisierung #ContinuousDelivery #ContinuousIntegration #DevOps #IT #iXWorkshops #Kubernetes #OpenSource #news

Arch Linux #linux #archlinux #vielfalt #distro #distribution #freiheit #opensource #datenschutz #aur

Open Source AI conference: Keynote Imanol Schlag

Apertus – Democratizing the Foundation for Global Sovereign AI

📅 Wednesday, 20 May, 13:40
📍 Berner Fachhochschule, Bern
As part of the Open Source AI Conference 2026, Imanol Schlag, Research Scientist at the ETH AI Center and co-lead of the Apertus models developed by the Swiss AI Initiative, will present the talk: “Apertus – Democratizing the Foundation for Global Sovereign AI.”

The talk provides insights into the development of the Apertus models and discusses the broader role of Open Source AI for research, industry and public institutions.

👉 Discover the full programme and register now: https://www.ch-open.ch/open-source-ai-workshops/

#OpenSourceAI #Conference #AI #OpenSource #CHOpen

The trigger was a statement by Prabhat Agrawal, the EU Commission's lead Digital Services Act (DSA) enforcer, who told civil society groups in February that his colleagues had switched from email to Signal under US pressure, with messages set to auto-delete.

The Judiciary Committee states that its earlier subpoenas cover those auto-deleted messages as well, and demands full compliance.

This is why we have to choose #opensource, European alternatives. 🇪🇺

#eupolicy #digitalsovereignty #usfascism

Firefox bekommt Maskottchen Kit und kostenloses VPN

Mozilla gibt Firefox ein handgezeichnetes Maskottchen namens Kit. Zudem bringt Version 149 ein integriertes VPN und Split View.

https://www.heise.de/news/Firefox-bekommt-Maskottchen-Kit-und-kostenloses-VPN-11215226.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Browser #Firefox #IT #Mozilla #OpenSource #VPN #news

Private Packagist is a member of the @opensourcepledge & gave over $4k/FTE in 2025 to #opensource maintainers. Have your company join too! https://blog.packagist.com/private-packagist-2025-contributions-for-the-open-source-pledge/ - Reach out if you want to be a launch partner for our Composer&Packagist.org sponsorship program! #composerphp #php #phpc

There is a real cultural and generation gap in the US workplace between the generations, the genders, and the old and young.

I live in the PNW where there is not as much work here as there is in areas of NorCal and the Bay area.
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/03/17/2243219/ai-job-loss-research-ignores-how-ai-is-utterly-destroying-the-internet

I recently traveled through the heart of SF on my way to Lombard Street to stay the night and then the next morning cruised by 710 Ashbury to visit the old home where the Grateful Dead dwelt for a few years while playing at notable music venues such as the Fillmore West.

Salesforce's building itself is smaller than SF's other skyscraper but takes up a dominant position in downtown SF, in more ways than just its physical presence.

I've always especially disliked this company who had a small reputation back in the day for stealing other company's ideas and integrating them into Salesforce's own business models.

Now, AI is doing all of the intellectual property theft which Salesforce used to do a little just with people. The world now has AI scraping which must be mitigated. Digital mercenaries working for Chinese corporations such as Huawei and hackers in the North Korean military keep the pilfered contents that are our sweat and tears in the form of our digital work or shared output on their Cloud servers worldwide. Nobody likes China in this capacity. The Chinese businesses and their people are arrogant, their culture output suggests that they are a cloistered people or are perhaps isolated being a large swath of Asian cultures spread throughout eastern and western China, and these intellectually- and politically-inferior people think that passive resistance in the form of practicing international IP theft by using poor business models while working at companies such as Huawei is socking it to the Americans. What they really should be attempting now is to overthrow their own corrupt government.

There is a state of disbelief among Generation X coders.

All of our work on open systems and Open Source is being neglected and manipulated in certain ways by the stewards and titans in business.

Only the volunteers in Open Source maintain and improve upon the building blocks and virtual bridges used in Open Source.

Still to this day in America, no one company has come forth and instituted Open Source as their main operating model aside from Google and the 16 (or 23) versions of the Android operation system that they've put out for non-iPhone smartphones based in part on Linux's fundamentals.

That tells my generation something about America. This tells me something about the future of software *in* America. Right now, this reality tells me that outside of major urban areas such as SF, the larger Bay area, and other well-to-do cities where almost all of the significant jobs are that there is not much of a future for true software development since the presence of AI has ruined people's takes on what good software should be.

And this bad situation with companies not supporting #OpenSource tells us and everyone else not writing code too that America's corporate boardrooms cannot be trusted any more than they can literally or physically be thrown with someone's arms — to coin an old seventies or eighties saying regarding the general uselessness of another person or a thing.

With crap software generated by AI and Generation Z flunkies or lackeys quite literally always working for "the boss man and his corporation" doing the absolute worst that they can do, just to get a paycheck...

...It has made a lot of Generation X and Millennials wonder what the fuck we are doing with our lives.

Like, who the hell wants to live in SF? The whole point of living in the city center is to get a job.

There is not much more of a commons in SF. And interesting there's not much left of the Haight-Ashbury scene (it has culturally dissipated for decades) which was the heart of counter culture in western America during the late sixties and seventiees. What has replaced the old SF is the same commercial corporate artifice in the form of urban gentrification that small town people such as myself find to be overbearing.

Most young people barely understand the meaning of commerce when it comes to just value and performance.

It takes time, grade, and experience working with others just to get to that point.

Many mid-level managers in I.T. are in denial. These ids know that if they do not toe the line with their assholes for bosses such as Marc Benioff at Salesforce then they will be let go. These ids feel that they need to go with the flow with using Dockerized containers and AWS to help push their massive amounts of AI bullshit on the American public. Their sales people call this making a profit. Marketing people do not even know what time it is, anymore. The demand is getting more decoupled from the supply. I personally feel that it's gotten to the point now where many young people are brainwashed with consumerism and all of the soft-core human titillation taking place in their private lives (this would be people fvcking their misery away every Friday night with their partners instead of trying to work for some real change that will be taking place around the corner) and so, they don't even understand the difference between virtual deliverables and the physical kind as much, anymore.

Or could it be still that the elegance of software rests with simpler is better? There is not a lot of agreement on this anymore between the individual, the business that individual works for, and most of American academia — whose own people won't even bother trying to institute open software standards or protocols anymore by pushing the envelope. Since social media, which I feel to be a real fame killer, has blunted the importance of everyone and everything, nobody gets cited in the mainstream press anymore for cool new software inventions. All of the online discussion is now reserved for AI, IoT, or continued development of the worst kind of desktop software which dominates bad operating systems such as Windows 11. Software such as OneDrive literally takes or uploads your private data without informing you. That is the default setting for OneDrive which is automatically installed to Windows 11. It is not much more than a virus which uploads your files without your consent. Welcome to America. Welcome to a fresh, new hell.

The billionaires sort of won in our country, in this so-called "land of the free." Everything in America is about making money and eliminating the competition. And lewd sites such as OnlyFans exacerbate this bad feeling with tawdry women and gay men modeling online. People are now commoditizing their bodies in full force with sites such as OnlyFans, and the establishment calls this routine or tries to look the other way. An entire class of online predators made up of creepy old people and semi-educated perverts all feed from this pornographic flotsam and jetsam. I do believe that AI porn is making the brunt of this servitude the same or worse — over time. Servitude means a state of subjection to an owner or master, something psychologists and the US media do not discuss in depth. They only frame the advent of sites such as OnlyFans in the light of addiction. They say there's more to online porn than just addiction. The adult models enable these online users while others watch. It's that clear-cut and leaves little to the imagination.

And what has happened is the managerial class has taken control over all the logistical and functional aspects of everything to do with the planning and execution of work (employment). They have used AI to turn jobs into emotive juggernauts for young urban professionals that sound a lot better in name only than they really are.

The workforce is an awful, centralized system with a bad income inequality problem which will take decades to change.

Enabling GPS on OnePlus 6/6T on PMOS

https://youtu.be/ssMWjA1Hkbk?si=IISH6OFNd0FaGKkB

#linuxmobile #linuxphone #postmarketos #hacking #foss #opensource #linux

I've been using #vscode for a long time now, both at work and in private. I remember switching to it felt weird and lightweight and it took me a bit to get used to. But ever since I've had the feeling on depending on #ms which I battled with "oh well it's #opensource so if ms ruins it, there will be forks".

Lately however they went all in #ai being the primary focus. That made me realise that sooner or later they are gonna gate keep with that "bonus AI features" that you can't get otherwise or you already pay for.
So I started looking for alternatives and initially landed on the #Zed text editor. That works great and is astonishingly fast!
But zed also started the same play as ms, put as many AI features as possible as a monetization strategy.

So when I found out that neovim also has mouse supprt, I finally got to setup #neovim via #lazyvim and I was pleasantly surprised how good it is. Even the supoort for #flutter is better the on zed. It's basically same as on the officially supported vscode! Looking forward to a new journey with #opensource

I’m happy to introduce Boutronique! 🌊🎹

It is a simple, lightweight utility designed for musicians and audio makers to identify and extract perfect loops from audio files without the complexity of a full DAW.

Built with the KISS principle in mind, it’s all about speed and focus.

✨ Key Features:

* Precision waveform looping & instant preview.
* Automatic BPM detection & manual adjustment.
* Optimized for the Torso Electronics S-4 (48kHz/32-bit export + auto-BPM naming).
* Open Source (Qt6/C++).

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

🔗 Website & Download: https://boutronique.jmfavreau.info/

🖥️ Source Code: https://forge.chapril.org/jmtrivial/boutronique

#Boutronique #MusicProduction #AudioMaker #OpenSource #TorsoS4 #GranularSynthesis #Qt6 #Looping #SoundDesign

Wichtige Frage an die #linux Bubble: Welche Linux-Distribution eignet sich am besten für ein Touchtablet mit Active Pen? Am wichtigsten sind mir Stiftunterstützung und Geschwindigkeit? Mein Gerät ist ein Dell Latitude 12 5285 2-in-1 mit einem i5-7300U Intel Prozessor und 8 GB Ram und einer 256 SSD. #tablet #pen #opensource

One of my takeaways from @FOSSBackstage was @andrewnez saying relative download stats for packages closely resemble stats of open source dependents, so closed source dependency use matches open source dependency use: We can distribute funding fairly w/o analyzing closed source use. That makes tools like thanks.dev or Tidelift or funds.ecosyste.ms so much easier

#opensource #funding #sustainability

We're starting to see increasing maintainer burden in one of our (smallish) open source projects due to GenAI / LLM code and comment "contributions" (or rather: encumbrances)

As a result we want to ban those altogether. Any tips on how, specifically, to do this? Is there some metadata we can put on our repo? Do we just put it in the readme and in the contributing guidelines? Do we add an issue template / PR template? All of the above?

#LLM #AI #Slop #OpenSource #GitHub

Just read more about #NetBird and excited there is a totally #opensource alternative to #Tailscale. I think I need to wait for Tailscale to do something stupid before switching though. Need that outrage energy to rebuild everything with a new system.
https://netbird.io/knowledge-hub/tailscale-vs-netbird
#selfhosting #homelab

KI-Slop vs. Open Source: KI-Branche will mit 12,5 Millionen US-Dollar helfen

Open-Source-Projekte leiden unter einer Flut von KI-generierten Änderungswünschen für den Code. Mit Geld aus der KI-Branche will die Linux Foundation helfen.

https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Slop-vs-Open-Source-KI-Branche-will-mit-12-5-Millionen-US-Dollar-helfen-11214917.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Cybersecurity #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Security #Wirtschaft #news

ICS[AP] updated CISA ICS Advisories Master File for 3/17/26 & the following year's CSVs:

CISA_ICS_ADV_2026_3_17.csv
CISA_ICS_ADV_2025_3_17_26.csv

Available @ ICS[AP] GitHub:
https://github.com/icsadvprj/ICS-Advisory-Project/tree/main

#opensource
#vulnerabilitymanagement
#icssecurity

proton-ge-custom has updated to version GE-Proton10-33. Check it out here: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton10-33
#foss #OpenSource #linuxGaming

OmniMem v2.1.1 is out, and the 2.x branch is all about one thing: spending fewer tokens.

OmniMem is my open-source MCP server that gives Claude Code persistent memory across sessions, projects, and machines. Every time the agent calls a tool, the descriptions and response payloads eat into your context window. 25+ tools adds up fast, so v2.x.x changes this and reduces usage of tokens.

Repo: https://codeberg.org/ric/omnimem
Website: https://omnimem.org

#MCP #ClaudeCode #AI #OpenSource #SelfHosted

Always beware of #cybersecurity issues with #supplychain hacks. It is not clear if the #hosting service was insecure and who was fully in control of the #servers Normally with proper security this type of #attack should not be too easy to pull off.

Sticking with #opensource software from #signed #linux #repos keeps you safe from these types of #malicious #update and #supplychain attacks.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/chinese-hackers-hit-notepad-plus-plus-to-serve-malicious-update

This is having a huge impact on the #cybersecurity industry with ripple effects being felt around the world with #china increasing #security. The only way to be secure is to use #opensource since with #cots solutions you can never be sure what the hardware/asic/firmware is really doing. #finance #business #investing #cloud

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/beijing-tells-chinese-firms-stop-using-us-israeli-cybersecurity-software-sources-2026-01-14/

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

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

Special Guest: @hongminhee@hollo.social

An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.

Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live to be alerted when we go live! So don't miss it!

It will happen on 06 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @hongminhee@hollo.social. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @hongminhee@hollo.social Hong Minhee :nonbinary: - An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them. 06 April 2026 AT 08:30 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

An excellent read and an impressive year! Equinox’s 2025 Year In Review https://www.equinoxoli.org/equinoxs-2025-year-in-review/

Particularly the section about Equinox's Open Source Grant recipients and the difference Koha has made for the recipients (page 14).

#KohaILS #OpenSource #Libraries

We’ve just published the first monthly report for our Cyber Resilience Act Readiness project, part of our 2026 effort to prepare the FreeBSD community for the European Union’s landmark cybersecurity regulation.

This update provides a transparent look at our progress across key workstreams, including security and vulnerability handling, SBOM tooling, public documentation, and community engagement.

Read the report:
https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/all-projects/blob/main/Cyber%20Resilience%20Act%20Readiness/monthly-updates/2026-02.md

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Security #CyberResilienceAct #CRA

Recently, I added #ProxSnap to #PegaProx which allows you to quickly find snapshots of your VMs and Containers. You can also filter them by date to quickly identify older or even outdated ones and clean them up at a central point!

ProxSnap: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxSnap
PegaProx: https://pegaprox.com
Blog Post: https://gyptazy.com/blog/pegaprox-real-datacenter-manager-proxmox-clusters/

#pve #prox #homelab #virtualization #vmware #alternatives #opensource #enterprise #python3 #coding #development #foss #devops

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PegaProx with ProxSnap integration for Proxmox VE Clusters

«Linux soll Ausweise prüfen — Wie die Community sich dagegen wehrt:
Mehrere US-Bundesstaaten erzwingen künftig eine Altersverifikation für Nutzer. Wie sollen und können Linux-Distributionen darauf reagieren?»

Dass die Sicherheit der Befölkerung abnimmt wenn die Überwachung steigt, sollte eigentlich bekannt sein. Doch viele wollen dadurch ihre diktatorische Macht erhöhen.

🐧 https://www.heise.de/news/Think-of-the-children-Linux-Community-gegen-die-Altersverifikation-11211944.html

#uberwachung #linux #opensource #usa #diktatur #freiheit #distro #uspol #community #sicherheit

What is the new phrase for tune in, turn on, and drop out?

#Unplug #connect #mindfulness #solarpunk #peace #vegan #equality #freedom #learning #sharing #opensource #science #education #responsible #humanrights #dignit #compassion #humility #independence

It's ridiculous that we basically have two mobile 'options', both with restrictive, proprietary app stores (see also https://keepandroidopen.org/).

If Europe values digital sovereignty, then it needs to invest more in open hardware, open source OS's, and alternative app stores. 🇪🇺

@Fairphone
@jolla
@LineageOS
@sailfishosnews
@ubports
@GrapheneOS
@postmarketOS
@e_mydata
@murena
@fdroidorg
@IzzyOnDroid

#opensource #digitalsovereignty #foss

#Linux soll Ausweise prüfen: Wie die Community sich dagegen wehrt | iX Magazin https://www.heise.de/news/Think-of-the-children-Linux-Community-gegen-die-Altersverifikation-11211944.html #OpenSource #Datenschutz #privacy

Wazuh v4.14.4 released

https://secburg.com/posts/wazuh-4144-released/

#opensource #xdr #siem

Most Java CLI tools stop at mvn compile exec:java.

That works locally. It doesn’t scale.

In this guide I show how to:
- build a fat JAR
- automate GitHub releases
- publish a JBang catalog
- install with one command

No cloning. No Maven required.

Full tutorial:
https://www.the-main-thread.com/p/ship-java-cli-jreleaser-jbang-github-release

#Java #JReleaser #JBang #Maven #OpenSource

A good day at #OpenSearchCon - followed by dinner with great new friends @cybette & @philnash
#opensource #travel #Shanghai

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Out to dinner with new friends

My #Linux hack for today:

alias bake='make'

Mmmmmmmm... baking assembler... (assembler crumble cake?)

#Programming #Coding #NoAI #Assembler #RetroProgramming #RetroComputing #FOSS #OpenSource #Baking #Cooking #gcc #ca65 #cc65 #make

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Meme showing old Ben Kenobi. Above his picture it reads: "When you read some incredibly bad code, thinking "What moron wrote this...", but halfway through it starts to become familiar." The caption under Ben Kenobi says "Well, of course I know him. He's me."

Coming up in #GNOME 50 there is new #accessibility option — reduced motion! It allows to reduce animations across desktop and apps.

Thank you to many contributors who made this happen❤️

#linux #opensource

The Arch-based Linux distribution EndeavourOS Titan is out now, bringing with it plenty of nice sounding upgrades and some comments on age verification.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/endeavouros-titan-released-devs-comment-on-age-verification-laws/

#OpenSource #DistroNews #EndeavourOS #Misc #ArchLinux

GPU-Z is a popular Windows app to give you a simple readout of your graphics card, and a new Linux alternative GPU-T was announced recently.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/if-you-miss-gpu-z-on-linux-check-out-the-new-gpu-t/

#OpenSource #Apps #NewRelease #Misc

"Enthusiast reverse engineers world’s smallest HDD to access data with help from an old Nokia N91 and OpenClaw — open source USB bridge unlocks 0.85-inch mechanical Toshiba drive from 2004"

"Maker Will Whang designed the MK4001MTD USB Bridge to facilitate the use of the world’s smallest (0.85-inch) mechanical hard drives, originally released by Toshiba in 2004."

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/enthusiast-reverse-engineers-worlds-smallest-hdd-to-access-data-with-help-from-an-old-nokia-n91-and-openclaw-open-source-usb-bridge-unlocks-0-85-inch-mechanical-toshiba-from-2004

#OpenSource

Trump threatens allies with retribution for not bending the knee.

UK digital infrastructure can be used as leverage or disrupted on his say so.

We need interoperable open-source systems, so we're not locked in to services owned and controlled by foreign tech firms.

Sign the petition for #DigitalSovereignty ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-trump-s-kill-switch-secure-our-digital-sovereignty

#Trump #nato #starmer #ukpolitics #ukpol #petition #opensource

PHP team votes on recognized open-source licenses

The vote in the core PHP team on new open-source licenses has begun. These are intended to create a uniform regulation.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/PHP-team-votes-on-recognized-open-source-licenses-11213392.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #PHP #Programmierung #Softwareentwicklung #news

PHP-Team stimmt über anerkannte Open-Source-Lizenzen ab

Die Abstimmung im engeren PHP-Team über neue Open-Source-Lizenzen hat begonnen. Diese sollen eine einheitliche Regelung schaffen.

https://www.heise.de/news/PHP-Team-stimmt-ueber-anerkannte-Open-Source-Lizenzen-ab-11212419.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #PHP #Programmierung #Softwareentwicklung #news

A trillion dollars wiped from software stocks. cURL forced to shut down its bug bounty over AI slop. Proxmox replacing VMware at enterprise scale.

The SaaS apocalypse is real, but it's not the end of software. It's the beginning of OpenSource's biggest era.

I wrote about what FOSDEM 2026 revealed, why maintainers need to embrace AI tools or risk being forked, and how even niche projects like https://www.thefreelantern.com now exist because creation costs collapsed.

https://hackernoon.com/the-saas-apocalypse-is-opensources-greatest-opportunity

#OpenSource #Linux #FOSDEM #SaaS #AI #FreeSoftware

Would you like to test a small measurement tool feature for #inkscape ?

If you've got a second you could download this development build and use the measurement tool to measure your curves, angles and those kinds of things.

https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/7812

And let me know your thoughts on the User Experience, how comfortable it feels, etc inside GitLab if you can, or here if you can't.

#testing #ux #vector #measurement #editor #foss #opensource

The free and open source PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 is getting easier to use with Steam, with the devs announcing a useful new feature.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-gets-easier-to-use-with-steam/

#OpenSource #Emulation #Misc #Sony

En god nyhed: Unified Attestation - et Google Play Integrity API alternativ er under udvikling, iniativ fra @volla og med deltagelse af blandt andet @murena!

https://uattest.net/

Brug det i din app, og fortæl din bank, mobliepay, digitaliseringsstyrelsen og alle mulige andre om det :-)

#engodting #opensource #alternative

For #GNOME 50 X11 session was finally removed, making #Wayland the only available session.

This opened doors for many clean-ups and improvements, with more in the future! Thank you for everyone involved♥️

#linux #opensource

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.

The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

https://uattest.net/

#Volla #VollaOS #OpenSource #software #hardware #Privacy #Security #DeGoogle

#openSUSE just released Cavil-Qwen3.5-4B; an #opensource AI model that automates #legal compliance checks for #software licenses and copyright notices. Runs on modest hardware thanks to #GGUF #quantization. #AI #Linux https://news.opensuse.org/2026/03/16/os-releases-updated-legal-classification-model/

Introducing 'Sightlines' - three simple tools for thinking more clearly about complex situations.

Each takes around five minutes, they flow in sequence, and you don't need any systems thinking background to use them.

It's v0.1, AGPL-licensed, and open source. I want to know if it's already useful to you.

👉 https://blog.dougbelshaw.com/introducing-sightlines/

#SystemsThinking #Complexity #OpenSource

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Sightlines screenshot

#OpenSource #SourceForge #GitHub

RT: https://toot.cat/users/plexus/statuses/116239689140063230

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Arne Brasseur » 🌐 2026-03-16
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I know there are still legitimate projects on SourceForge, but the site design just screams *this is a scam*

Downloading a pre-built binary off a github releases page? Feels totally normal. Downloading a tarball off of SourceForge? My brain is convinced I'm joining a botnet and handing over all credentials on my computer.

We love seeing community members share why FreeBSD matters to them.

Community member Stefano shares his experience and what keeps him choosing FreeBSD, from performance and reliability to the project’s philosophy.

Read his full post here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/

Tell us in the comments: what makes FreeBSD your platform of choice?

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #BSD #Community

Why I Love freeBSD

freeBSD

Processing

I've only skimmed this nice post.
Thorough reading will follow later

Some highlights which resonate with me *as flageolets on a string instrument* are captured here in screenshots I've made on an Android

• Many tools still work exactly as they did (decades ago)

• The feeBSD handbook taught me an enormous ammount, more than many of my University courses, including things that had nothing to do with freeBSD specifically

• This is vital

• The handbook taught me the right approach

  understand first, act second

This is a principle I use since I've been a peuter (NL).

• Analyze what occured
• understand why it occured
• find out under what circumstances it can occur
• close or limit those conditions
• fix the problem by repairing, cooling, modifying the break
• analyse the proposed fix before implementing
• Only replace when all other methods fail or repair is more expensive than replacement

Sources

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/

#freeBSD #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis

This week, you get the #Linux and #OpenSource News earlier, because I have yet another #Warhammer tournament to get to tomorrow!

In this one, we talk about the age verification law thing, KDE dropping X11 sooner than expected, and Graphene OS getting a new hardware partner!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Y-t6AwAtI

The bazaar hosts a babble of languages. Learn to speak to all the merchants so you can haggle for the packages you desire. Perhaps even antiquities from the #Solaris shop, from a time before the oceans drowned Atlantis. #Linux #FreeBSD #OpenSource https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/package-management.html?s=mc

Manjaro Linux looks like it's in trouble with the release of the "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/manjaro-linux-looks-like-its-in-trouble-with-the-release-of-the-manjaro-2-0-manifesto/

#Manjaro #Linux #LinuxGaming #OpenSource #ManjaroLinux

Over the past few days and weeks, I’ve decided to downsize my digital and tech collection. I own so many computers, laptops, smartphones, smartwatches, accessories, and so on—I can never really use it all. I bought a lot of it just to own the latest “hot stuff.”

That’s why I’ve gotten rid of most of it—either giving it away or selling it for very little. And I’ve kept only the bare essentials. Often not even the newest or best.

For example: I now only use my Peladn Mini-PC with an old Ryzen 5 5500U as my computer; I don’t even use the newer, faster ones to their full potential, so I gave them away. I’ve now reinstalled Debian Stable on it, with an absolute minimum of programs—just the bare essentials: browser, LibreOffice, Tuta, Signal, VLC, Nextcloud, Localsend, Rustdesk.

I’ve moved away from Fedora because: Fedora = Red Hat = IBM = US Big Tech = US MAGA fascists.

I’m also saying goodbye to Proton and will only use Tuta and Posteo from now on.

All my new smartphones like the S25 Ultra, Pixel 10 Pro XL, etc., are gone; I’ve kept the cute Pixel 8a in beautiful blue, very compact, running GrapheneOS. That’s more than enough—it lasts almost 3 days, and here too, I’ve installed only the absolute essentials.

#linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #debian #bigtech #surveillance #grapheneos #minimalism #digitaldetox #digitalminimalism #usa #trump #fedora #redhat #tuta #proton

Think of the children: Linux community against age verification

Several US states will soon require age verification for users. How should and can Linux distributions react to this?

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Think-of-the-children-Linux-community-against-age-verification-11212220.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Datenschutz #IT #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #Security #news

Endlich hab ich nen Mastodon Sticker 😍

#fossbackstage #fossback26 #foss #opensource

Stickers, Stickers, Stickers ... 🤩

#fossbackstage #fossback26 #foss #opensource

Der Pfad zur Digitalen Souveränität in Schweizer Verwaltungen: ein Rückblick auf das Swiss eGovernment Forum

https://www.ossdirectory.com/de/topnews/details/556ec3d2-a797-413a-8e88-e121d0d0e265

#egov #digitalesouveränität #opensource #schweiz

Why I love FreeBSD

A personal reflection on my first encounter with FreeBSD in 2002, how it shaped the way I design and run systems, and why its philosophy, stability, and community still matter to me more than twenty years later.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/

#FreeBSD #ITNotes #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin #OS #OpenSource

"Und jetzt kommt Linux" 💪🐧

https://www.golem.de/news/digital-souveraen-in-schleswig-holstein-die-muehen-der-digitalen-ebene-2603-206255.html

#linux #schleswigholstein #digitalesouveranität #openSource #OpeneXchange #libreoffice #thunderbird #nextcloud #voip

c't lädt zu einem hilfreichen Webinar „Linux für Ein- und Umsteiger“ ein! 💻🐧 Lernt Installation, Praxis-Tipps und Alltagsnutzung – perfekt für Windows-Wechsler. Einfach und modern erklärt. Jetzt anmelden: https://www.heise.de/news/c-t-Webinar-Linux-fuer-Ein-und-Umsteiger-Installation-Praxis-Alltag-11207371.html #Linux #Umsteiger #c_t #OpenSource

Hey #fediverse #activitypub #mastodon #opensource who else is in beautiful #Amsterdam this week? Love to meet you there! @FediVariety #NOAW
@chillicampari @vn
https://www.fedivariety.org/unconference

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

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

Special Guest: @matttutt@mastodon.social

I am a reluctant SEO. I am starting the No To Big Tech movement - notobigtech.org. If you want to help us shift off Big Tech - please join us!

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 25 March 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

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

Special Guest: @rileytestut@mastodon.social from @altstore@fosstodon.org

Building emulators and app stores for iPhone with shanegill.io

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 19 March 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance #altStore #iOS #iPhone #appStores #phone #smartPhone

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