As a non-tech person who hangs on by my fingernails at "just beyond conumer-level" tech stuff, I have to say there is an important rule when you're trying to learn something new in this area: Do Not Start With Documents Written By The People Who Made The Thing.

Those are useful later. IDK what the fundamental factors are, but I imagine one is that the skills required to build really cool stuff have little overlap with the skills required to explain it to general audiences.

#tech #learning #documents #rtfm #docker #nextcloud #linux #libreoffice

"According to Nextcloud, more than half of the improvements to Calendar, Mail, and Contacts in this release come from the community”

Read an overview of #Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer release by heise:

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Euro-Office-receives-desktop-app-11456099.html

If you use #Google Drive desktop, starting in July, it's been moving files to trash in the cloud.

#Nextcloud or bust, baby!

From Google:
"What happened

Due to a recent technical issue active from approximately July 16, 2026 until August 17, 2026, Drive for desktop may have incorrectly moved some files on the cloud to Drive Trash.

If you were impacted, please be assured that this issue did not impact files on your local computer. Any impacted file you previously saved locally remains on your local computer.

How this was fixed it

We fixed the technical issue on the same day it was discovered.

We restored the affected files for any users who were active on Drive for Desktop and ensured that files would automatically restore for any inactive users once they ran the app again.

What to do

To ensure your files are properly synced and to retain secondary data, please take the following steps as soon as possible:

Wait to Empty your Drive Trash: Emptying your trash before running Drive for desktop could cause files to become unrecoverable.

Run the Drive for desktop application: Ensure you run (or keep running) the Drive for desktop client, as soon as possible. The application will automatically find impacted files and reupload them to the cloud. Please note that these reuploaded files will be assigned new URLs.

Inspect your Drive Trash: While running the app will automatically restore affected files, secondary data such as sharing permissions, approvals, and document comments may be missing. If you’d like to recover this data, you should manually restore the affected files directly from your Drive Trash as a copy by December 20, 2026. If your Drive Trash does not contain unexpected items, you’re likely unimpacted."

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We're writing to let you know about a technical issue discovered in Google Drive for desktop. Drive for desktop may have incorrectly moved some of your files on the cloud to Drive Trash. This issue is now resolved, but there are steps you may need to take to ensure your files remain available. What happened

I visited the @nextcloud Developer Conference 2026 in Berlin today 🔥 Lots of cool stuff happening, and I got to hang out with @jospoortvliet and @fabricemous 🔥

#nextcloud #openproject #opensource

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The Nextcloud Developer room. Lots of tables where people are working behind laptops.

It's wise to create a disk image of your Nextcloud server periodically, but even better to see if you can actually restore your server from a saved image.

https://theprivacydad.com/check-you-can-restore-your-nextcloud-server-from-a-saved-disk-image/

#nextcloud #clonezilla #backup #data #privacy @nextcloud @sourceforge

In these-a-days of eh aye bots and vibe hacking and whatnot that all the kids are gettin' up to, are there extra recommendations for hardening security on a #Nextcloud AIO installation on my home network, accessible by me from the outside?

I'm not a dev or sysadmin, but I can (slowly) work through guides, tutorials, etc. I've run Nextcloud for a few years from shared hosting (which is a pain in my whole entire bottom), so I know more or less how that process goes.

#recommendations #infosec #security #selfhosted

How European Schools and Universities Are Replacing Google Workspace with Nextcloud

https://massivegrid.com/blog/nextcloud-education-schools-universities-google-alternative/

Found this a bit late, but a 2026 article.

#nextcloud #opensource #europe #education

Ya know, I really really like #nextcloud, but I wonder if not offering email is stopping them from getting really wide adoption.

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Zed v1.20 adds Markdown previews and custom window titles:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/zed-v1-20-adds-markdown-previews-and-custom-window-titles/

Rune (IDE with AI capabilities) Goes Open Source, Looks to Share Revenue With Contributors:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17462499/rune-open-source-ide

Microsoft’s open-source CLI text editor adds syntax highlighting:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/microsoft-edit-2-0-update

Java 27 brings major post-quantum security leap, G1 garbage collector by default, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/java-27-brings-major-post-quantum-security-leap-g1-garbage-collector-by-default-and-more/

Swift 6.4 brings better interoperability, faster performance, and Swift Build by default:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/swift-6-4-brings-better-interoperability-faster-performance-and-swift-build-by-default/

MariaDB 13.0.2 Now Stable: DuckDB Engine and What Changes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mariadb-1302-now-stable-duckdb-engine-and-what-changes/

Laravel MCP 1.0 brings searchable tools to agents:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/laravel-mcp-1-0-brings-searchable-tools-to-agents/

Mojo 1.1 Released, Now Accepting Community Contributions To The Compiler:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mojo-1.1-Released

Rust Issues Warning Over Key Developers Being Targeted For Compromise:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Developers-Targeted

Rustls 0.23.45 Released To Fix Two Year Old Security Issue:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rustls-0.23.45-Released

NGINX 1.30.5 and 1.31.6 Released: Patch for HTTP/3 Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-90439):
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nginx-1305-and-1316-released-patch-for-http-3-buffer-overflow-cve202690439/

Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer adds Teams workspaces and brings Euro-Office to desktop:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/nextcloud-hub-26-summer-adds-teams-workspaces-and-brings-euro-office-to-desktop/

GrapheneOS Isn't Happy With Google Over Pixel's Widening Head Start:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17466072/grapheneos-android-17-qpr1-fiasco

VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel:
https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-18-released-with-linux-7-3-fixes-support-for-rhel-10-3-kernel

Valve Quietly Open-Sources Its Android Compatibility Layer:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17465915/valve-lepton

SDL3 Ported To HarmonyOS / OpenHarmony:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL3-Ported--To-HarmonyOS

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Zed #RuneIDE #IDE #TextEditor #Java #Swift #MariaDB #Laravel #LaravelMCP #Mojo #Rust #Rustls #NGINX #Nextcloud #NextcloudHub #GrapheneOS #VirtualBox #Lepton #SDL #SDL3 #HarmonyOS #OpenHarmony #Programming #Development #Coding #ProgrammingLanguage #CustomRom #OS #Dev #FosseryTech

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Zed v1.20 adds Markdown previews and custom window titles:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/zed-v1-20-adds-markdown-previews-and-custom-window-titles/

Rune (IDE with AI capabilities) Goes Open Source, Looks to Share Revenue With Contributors:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17462499/rune-open-source-ide

Microsoft’s open-source CLI text editor adds syntax highlighting:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/microsoft-edit-2-0-update

Java 27 brings major post-quantum security leap, G1 garbage collector by default, and more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/java-27-brings-major-post-quantum-security-leap-g1-garbage-collector-by-default-and-more/

Swift 6.4 brings better interoperability, faster performance, and Swift Build by default:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/swift-6-4-brings-better-interoperability-faster-performance-and-swift-build-by-default/

MariaDB 13.0.2 Now Stable: DuckDB Engine and What Changes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/mariadb-1302-now-stable-duckdb-engine-and-what-changes/

Laravel MCP 1.0 brings searchable tools to agents:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/laravel-mcp-1-0-brings-searchable-tools-to-agents/

Mojo 1.1 Released, Now Accepting Community Contributions To The Compiler:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mojo-1.1-Released

Rust Issues Warning Over Key Developers Being Targeted For Compromise:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Developers-Targeted

Rustls 0.23.45 Released To Fix Two Year Old Security Issue:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rustls-0.23.45-Released

NGINX 1.30.5 and 1.31.6 Released: Patch for HTTP/3 Buffer Overflow (CVE-2026-90439):
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nginx-1305-and-1316-released-patch-for-http-3-buffer-overflow-cve202690439/

Nextcloud Hub 26 Summer adds Teams workspaces and brings Euro-Office to desktop:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/9/nextcloud-hub-26-summer-adds-teams-workspaces-and-brings-euro-office-to-desktop/

GrapheneOS Isn't Happy With Google Over Pixel's Widening Head Start:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17466072/grapheneos-android-17-qpr1-fiasco

VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel:
https://9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-2-18-released-with-linux-7-3-fixes-support-for-rhel-10-3-kernel

Valve Quietly Open-Sources Its Android Compatibility Layer:
https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17465915/valve-lepton

SDL3 Ported To HarmonyOS / OpenHarmony:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SDL3-Ported--To-HarmonyOS

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Zed #RuneIDE #IDE #TextEditor #Java #Swift #MariaDB #Laravel #LaravelMCP #Mojo #Rust #Rustls #NGINX #Nextcloud #NextcloudHub #GrapheneOS #VirtualBox #Lepton #SDL #SDL3 #HarmonyOS #OpenHarmony #Programming #Development #Coding #ProgrammingLanguage #CustomRom #OS #Dev #FosseryTech