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.
New blog post: Interactive System Troubleshooting with AI using linux-mcp-server
Instead of copy-pasting command output into AI chats, your AI assistant can now directly query your Linux systems - checking services, logs, network ports, and resources in real-time.
The post includes a live demo diagnosing a RHEL 10 server running an Omada controller.
https://blog.hofstede.it/interactive-system-troubleshooting-with-ai-the-linux-mcp-server/
Nice!
I'm testing Claude Code using the linux-mcp-server to read system information directly from my local machine.
This is a huge enabler for LLM-assisted troubleshooting. It can read logs, check the journal, inspect systemd units, and pull hardware info in real-time.
Repo: https://github.com/rhel-lightspeed/linux-mcp-server
Great Fedora writeup: https://fedoramagazine.org/find-out-how-your-fedora-system-really-feels-with-the-linux-mcp-server/
#Linux #Fedora #LLM #AI #OpenSource #DevOps #ClaudeCode #MCP
https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-historic-private-donations
A big thank you to Open Source Job Hub for being a Media Sponsor of SCaLE 23x! Your commitment to connecting job seekers with opportunities in open source truly makes a difference. Check them out at https://opensourcejobhub.com/ #SCaLE23x #OpenSource #Linux undefined
RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@linuxnews/115637056139957137
Hach es ist aber auch ne tolle Doku... was ein Klassiker!
Ubuntu Pro für WSL bringt 15 Jahre Updates und Enterprise-Support
Canonical bietet Ubuntu Pro jetzt fürs Windows Subsystem for Linux an. Die Enterprise-Version umfasst 15 Jahre Updates und Integration in MS-Management-Tools.
#Canonical #IT #Linux #Microsoft #OpenSource #Security #Ubuntu #WSL #news
Hat zufällig jemand ne Idee wie ich die Upload-Funktion von Synology Photos mit #OpenSource-Mitteln im Zusammenspiel mit #OpenMediaVault abbilden kann?
Sprich automatischer Upload von #Android mit Ablage im Homeverzeichnis des Users auf dem NAS im Ordner Photos, mit dem korrekten Datei-Owner, idealerweise noch mit Einsortierung in Datums-Ordner.
Probleme bei bisherigen Ideen:
- Nextcloud: eigenes Datenverzeichnis für alle User mit gleichem owner
- Immich: siehe Nextcloud
- Syncthing-Instanz pro User: ist am Vielversprechendsten, hat aber bei der Android-App aktuell ein Geschmäckle. Und keine Sortierung in Ordner.
found this launcher last week and I’ve been playing with it since.

It still works with “muscle memory” but instead of placement, it’s the gesture (or direction) that triggers the action. With time it can become quicker and easier, i think, than lawnchair, eblan &c or search based launchers
#LinuxKernel: #Rust-Support offiziell abgesegnet | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Linux-Kernel-Rust-Support-offiziell-abgesegnet-11109733.html #Linux
#OpenSource
🚀 Excited to share my new project: nostr.lima.zone 🌐
A personal space for exploring Nostr, making NIP-05 services, and connecting the community. Just went live this Christmas! 🎄✨
Check it out & follow the journey!
#Nostr #Decentralization #Crypto #Web3 #Tech #OpenSource #NomadLife
👾17.12. 19 Uhr👾
Heute werden nicht nur #Likörchen installiert, sondern auch #Linux!
Um 20 Uhr gibts einen kleinen Input von @Krinfo_Halle zu Abhängigkeiten von Tech-Konzernen und warum #OpenSource nice ist.
Danach gehts darum, was Linux eigentlich ist.
Danach wird Linux installiert (oder ausprobiert).
⌨Fun, fun, fun!🖱
🖥17.12. ab 19 Uhr.💻
🪐 Lila Drache,
Rudolf-Breitscheid-Straße 6,
06110 Halle (Saale)
Warum Windows ein struktureller Fehler ist – und warum Open Source über digitale Freiheit entscheidet —> https://blog-demokratie.de/warum-windows-ein-struktureller-fehler-ist-und-warum-open-source-bei-linux-und-ki-ueber-freiheit-entscheidet/
Geschlossene, konzernkontrollierte Systeme schaffen Abhängigkeiten. Open Source, Linux und offene KI stehen für Transparenz, Sicherheit und demokratische Kontrolle. Digitale Souveränität ist keine Ideologie, sondern Selbstschutz.
#Heute und #Jetzt Überraschungssendung! ⛈️ 🔊
Wie immer mit #Livestream und #IRC Chat:
https://blog.binaergewitter.de/pages/live
#binaergewitter #livestream #nerdtalk #opensource #live #podcast #ServiceToot @makefu @madmas @ingo
#Linux #Technologie #OpenSource #AI #KI #FreeSoftware #NixOS #Rust
This #xmas I'm strapped for cash, so I offered #Copyparty access to a loved one as a gift. 🎄🎄🎄
#Christmas #OpenSource #Linux
Currently working on optimizing a Clippy lint that takes 320 million instructions, turns out that 18% of all Clippy is spent in the same function.
Yes, Clippy spends 18% of the Clippy-exclusive time on the same lint.
With #SVG and the tabbed user interface active, #libreOffice looks (at least) as pretty as #microsoft #office and probably runs a lot more stably (as has been my general experience; there is never any problem with #Linux, and it's always #windows that requires attention).
Since it's also free and does not "phone home", I'd recommend everyone to switch. #software #opensource #foss
We are grateful to everyone who has become a #FriendsOfGNOME. Your donations help us plan new programs for 2026 and strengthen the future of #GNOME. We also thank all our contributors across many roles, without whom our desktop would not be possible.
Happy Holidays!
Warum setzen die französische Polizei, die Bundeswehr und deutsche Verwaltungen auf Matrix?
In der neuen BuzzZoom-Folge sprechen Mario Hommel @DerMario und Dirk Deimeke @dde über föderierte Kommunikation – und warum offene Protokolle langfristig nachhaltiger sein können als zentrale Dienste.
Ein Blick auf die Vor- und Nachteile, Client-Empfehlungen und die Frage: Brauchen wir wirklich noch einen weiteren Messenger?
https://buzzzoom.de/123/
#Matrix #OpenSource #Linux #Messenger
We wish you all a happy holiday season and thank you all for a wonderful 2025!! 🎄🎁❄️ #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #GNU
🕵️♂️ "Cacher n'est pas effacer !"
Vous pensez qu'un simple rectangle noir protège vos secrets dans un PDF ? ❌ Grosse erreur !
Je vous montre comment un petit script Python de quelques lignes peut lire à travers vos masquages OnlyOffice ou LibreOffice comme s'ils n'existaient pas. La sécurité, ce n'est pas du coloriage ! 🎨💻
Apprenez à vraiment protéger vos données sensibles sur le Wiki : 👉 https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/securite-pdf-reveler-texte-masque-python
#BlablaLinux #Sécurité #PDF #Python #Debian #OpenSource #SysAdmin
🦣 Migrating burningboardnet Mastodon instance to a Multi-Jail FreeBSD Setup | Larvitz Blog
「 Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working on migrating our Mastodon instance burningboard.net from its current Linux host to a modular FreeBSD jail-based setup powered by BastilleBSD 」
Merry Christmas and happy holidays, folks. May your Christmas holiday be free of glitches and misadventures.
New:
Socket: 2025 Report: Destructive Malware in Open Source Packages https://socket.dev/blog/2025-report-destructive-malware-in-open-source-packages @SocketSecurity #infosec #malware #opensource
Firefox is adding a feature you'll actually want to use: Split View. It lets you see two websites side-by-side in a single tab.
It's still a WIP, but if you run Firefox 146 you can try it out.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/enable-firefox-split-view-feature?v1
A little holiday update for Proton Experimental from Valve to improve Windows games on Linux, Steam Deck / SteamOS systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/proton-experimental-brings-improvements-for-cod-black-ops-cold-war-farlight-84-chrono-trigger-and-more/
One thing that influenced my decision to use the iPhone with the Apple Watch as my main device instead of the Pixel with GrapheneOS for health reasons is this: I feel absolutely, ABSOLUTELY bad about it!
On the one hand, of course, because of the data protection issue, but since Trump, I also have the problem that most Europeans have: that you are becoming dependent on a big tech company from the US. A country that is clearly drifting toward fascism, where fundamental rights are being undermined by a mentally ill president with the cognitive development of a toddler, where freedom, an independent judiciary, and democracy are being thrown out the window to give free rein to his hubris.
The example of Microsoft and the chief prosecutor in The Hague showed how quickly one can be cut off from US digital services at the snap of the fascist dictator's fingers. Not to mention that these criminals then have access to all of our data as Europeans. Is that worth the accurate recording of my health data for my doctors and therapy? Because if I have this data, then so do the criminals in the US administration.
What's the point of using open source and free software on all your devices if you betray all that on the most personal device there is, the one you carry with you around the clock—your smartphone?
All of this has been keeping me awake at night for days, and I think I'm going to switch back to GrapheneOS. But I had to try it anyway, otherwise I couldn't make an objective decision.
btw: I liked the USA and Americans – but what Trump and MAGA have done to this wonderful country, to the great people there (but also to the rest of the world and former friends and allies) is a crime. Hate, incitement, persecution, megalomania, and lies. And no resistance to the tyrant anywhere. I can't understand it, no decent European understands it... Americans, take a leaf out of the brave Romanians' book in 1989!
#linux #opensource #freesoftware #grapheneos #apple #trump #usa #europe #fascism #privacy #dataprotection #bigtech
RedTeamCoin is a blockchain-based cryptocurrency mining pool implementation designed for authorized security testing (cryptomining attacks)🕵️♂️
Signature-Base is a YARA signature and IOC database for scanners like LOKI and THOR Lite🕵️♂️
https://github.com/Neo23x0/signature-base
#infosec #cybersecurity #dfir #threatintel #malware #opensource
linuxcommand.dev bietet dir eine spezialisierte Suchmaschine für über 1.500 Terminal-Kommandos. Du findest dort Syntax, kompakte Beschreibungen und praxisnahe Beispiele – plattformübergreifend und ohne Umwege. Unterstützt werden u. a. Ergänzend gibt es praktische Tools wie Hash-Berechnung und RSA-Key-Generierung direkt im Browser. Gedacht für
🎉 elementary OS 8.1 Is Out With Secure Session Now Default
https://linuxiac.com/elementary-os-8-1-is-out-with-secure-session-now-default/
🎁 最好的禮物,不用包裝紙,它藏在你的手機和電腦裡。
聖誕快樂!🎄 還在煩惱聖誕節禮物嗎?
當你 push 了開源的程式碼
當你用 CC 授權釋出作品
當你在討論區無私回答新手發問
👉 這其實就是全世界最大規模的「交換禮物」派對。
開源的精神,和聖誕節很像,都是關於「分享」與「給予」。開放分享的善意,構築了我們每天使用的便利科技,讓知識得以自由流動。
開放文化基金會的角色,就像是聖誕節的馴鹿?🦌 我們努力維護環境、守護隱私,確保每一份「開放的禮物」都能安全地送到需要的人手中,無論是公民團體、工程師,還是每一個數位公民。
❄️ 今年冬天,風有點大,資金有點冷。
為了讓這台載滿開放理念的雪橇能繼續在 2026 年平穩飛行,我們需要徵求幾位「聖誕老人」加入我們的行列。
如果你也認同「開放」的價值,邀請你用一杯熱紅酒的錢,成為我們的燃料。🍷
給未來的數位世界一份禮物,請支援收銀(誤)支援 OCF
距離第一階段目標 50 萬,還差 50%!
您的支持,將變成:
🛡️ 更安全的數位防線
🤖 更開放的 AI 資料
🌱 更強壯的開源社群
讓我們一起,把這份「開放」的心意傳遞下去! Merry Christmas & Happy Hacking! 💻✨
https://neti.cc/Zn912YW
2025.12.1 release of #Overte is ready. Thank you to all the contributors and #NLnet foundation for making this happen!
It brings amazing new features such entity fade effects, scriptable canvas entities and a lot more. This release is not network-compatible with previous ones, so make sure to update your servers and clients. #foss #opensource #vr
👉 Retrouve les configurations pour mes 15 services (WordPress, Mastodon, Gitea...) ici : 🔗 https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/gestion-centralisee-robots-txt-nginx-proxy-manager
C'est cadeau, c'est du partage, et c'est sur le Wiki ! 🐧🚀
#BlablaLinux #SysAdmin #SelfHosted #NPM #RobotsTxt #OpenSource #LogicielLibre
At December's Community Call, Benjamin demoed zeek-websocket-rs, the new Rust-based WebSocket bindings for Zeek with support for Python, C++, and Node.js.
Watch the demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP2b9lQAZl8&t=426s #Zeek #NetworkSecurity
We’ve published our 2025 report outlining the Foundation’s software development and infrastructure efforts. This year, 62% of our budget supported development work that improved wireless networking, graphics, power management, debugging tools, and broader hardware compatibility, including progress on Framework laptops.
Read the full report:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2025-software-development-and-infrastructure-support/
As you review the update, is there a particular area of development that stood out to you?
#FreeBSD #OpenSource
🚀 LinkWarden v2.13 est en ligne !
Mise à jour effectuée sur mon instance. Au menu : tags imbriqués et archivage au top ! 🐧💻
🔗 L'instance : https://linkwarden.blablalinux.be 📖 L'annonce : https://linkwarden.app/blog/releases/2.13
@licho @nextcloud If govts use OSS they will still share your data with corporations I hate to break it to you but the state exists to protect property rights for capitalists and increasingly personal data is considered a property right for capitalists because they make a lot of money from it, a good chunk of which goes back into the state apparatuse to legitimise that theft with "laws"
Just changing the software from google software to libreoffice isnt going to change that fundamental relationship
Der erste Schritt: Kalter Entzug 🚫
Jahrelang war ich im Microsoft-Käfig (Win11, Office365 Familienabo). Bequem, aber fremdbestimmt. Mein Ziel: Echte digitale Souveränität. Also: Kündigung. Alles. Sofort. ✂️
Mein erster Reflex war Ubuntu. Lief gut, fühlte sich "frei" an. Doch die Ernüchterung folgte schnell: Hinter Canonical stecken zu starke US-Einflüsse. Ich wollte keine andere Abhängigkeit, sondern Unabhängigkeit. 🇺🇸❌
Nach tieferer Recherche fiel die Wahl auf openSUSE Tumbleweed. 🦎 Rolling Release, transparent, community-getrieben. Keine US-Cloud-Agenda im Nacken.
Es war ein steiniger Weg, aber ich sage euch: Ich gehe nicht zurück. Die frische Luft schmeckt zu gut.
Fortsetzung folgt...
#Linux #OpenSource #openSUSE #Tumbleweed #DigitalSovereignty #DigitaleSouveränität #Microsoft #Ubuntu #Privacy #ByeByeBigTech #SwitchToLinux #FOSS
Teil 4: Mobile Unabhängigkeit 📱🔓
Nachdem der Desktop befreit war, ging es an das schwierigste Thema, das Smartphone mit Google Android 🚫
Die Hardware-Wahl überrascht viele: Ein Google Pixel 8 Pro.
Warum? Weil es (paradoxerweise) die einzige Hardware ist, die uns erlaubt, den Hersteller komplett auszusperren.
Das Zauberwort heißt GrapheneOS. 🛡️
Die Installation: Web-Installer, USB-Kabel, 10 Minuten Angstschweiß, fertig. Kein Hexenwerk.
Der Alltag: Kein Google-Konto Zwang. Kein Tracking im Hintergrund. Keine Spyware funkt.
Die Apps: F-Droid für FOSS, Aurora Store für den Rest. Und wenn eine App zickt (Banking), läuft sie in einer Sandbox ohne Rechte.
Es ist mein Gerät. Meine Daten. Mein Pixel gehört endlich mir.
Fortsetzung folgt...
#GrapheneOS #Pixel8Pro #Privacy #Android #DeGoogle #OpenSource #MobileSecurity #DigitaleSouveränität #FOSS
New to @elementary ? Or already a fan?
You can now explore it on our systems with the latest version pre-installed.
Pimp my Mastodon ! 🎨🐧
Le bleu par défaut, c'est sympa, mais aux couleurs de Blabla Linux, c'est mieux ! J'ai sorti le pinceau (et surtout le CSS) pour harmoniser mon instance avec le blog et le wiki 🖌️
Envie de faire pareil sur la vôtre ? Je vous ai mâché le travail (avec code, capture et GIF à l'appui) sur le Wiki :
👉 https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/personnaliser-css-mastodon
On se retrouve là-bas pour voir la vie en Vert & Orange ! 🚀
#Mastodon #CSS #SelfHosted #Linux #OpenSource #BlablaLinux #SysAdmin
#LabPlot is under continuous #development.
We’ve just introduced a new option to define the y-offset for curves to quickly create #StackedLinePlot in #LabPlot.
🎅 🎄
@labplot@lemmy.kde.social
@opensource
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #DataViz #DataViz #DataAnalysis #Plots #Chart #KDE #Statistics
Online-Kurse auf Admindocs.de: Linux-Administration 🚀 Egal ob du gerade erst mit Jedes Kapitel hat echte Beispiele, die du direkt nutzen kannst, um Effizienz und Sicherheit in Enterprise-Umgebungen hochzuziehen.
#Server #SelfHosting #EnterpriseIT #LinuxLearning #foss
Treffen sich ein griechischer und ein deutscher #OpenSource-Nerd auf dem Chaos Communication Congress: „Was machst Du so?“, fragt der eine. „Ich arbeite an einem Open-Source-Projekt, das mit #Satelliten zu tun hat, die mit der #Ariane 6 ins All geschossen werden“, antwortet der andere. „So ein Zufall, ich auch!“ ... „Hier seht ihr ein Foto, wie wir in Kourou einen 30-Tonnen-Kran benutzen, um einen 150-Gramm-Satelliten an seinen Platz zu hieven.“ https://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2025/03/esa-und-oss/?mc_cid=f4deacbd13&mc_eid=305dc2676c
@EUCommission Hey EU Commission! Can you throw some of our tax euros at #Fediverse open source development projects?
Our combined GDP is more than 21 trillion euros. I’m pretty sure @Framasoft @Mastodon @IceCubesApp @ivory @Tusky etcetera could use a small amount of that?
We’ve got the products you want right here. Just support the people building them!!
So... in the end, I switched to the iPhone as my primary device after already having to use it as a secondary device alongside my Pixel 9 with GrapheneOS.
Before you stone me, let me say first and foremost that I love GrapheneOS and its almost perfect privacy features! But certain circumstances made a switch more or less necessary.
On the one hand, I don't want to constantly carry around two smartphones – especially when I don't want to lug around an extra backpack, wallet, and/or other bags, but just my keys and phone. Then there's the issue of two phone numbers.
On the other hand, I use “ID Austria,” Austria's digital government service (they can only dream of such technical achievements in Germany, muahaha!), and like my banking, it doesn't work, or only works poorly, without Play Services installed. The same goes for digital tickets for public transportation.
And finally, there's the logging of my health data with Apple Watch, as I have a heart condition, among other things, and Apple Health records all these values very well and perfectly prepares and presents all the relevant data for my doctors. In the end, my health is a little more important to me than data protection. At least I can convince myself that Apple is a little better and more trustworthy here than the data octopus Google.
And: the symbiosis between Linux and Apple now works very well. The iCloud calendar can be easily integrated into GNOME or KDE calendars, and that's what my entire daily organization revolves around. That was the most important point for me. And with Localsend, I have a perfect Airdrop alternative for data exchange, and Nextcloud also works smoothly on both platforms. So, apart from my health, I'm currently more than satisfied with how things are going!
#linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #grapheneos #apple #privacy #health
Immich — Self-hosted photo and video management solution
Easily back up, organize, and manage your photos on your own server. Immich helps you browse, search and organize your photos and videos with ease, without sacrificing your privacy.
#photo #Immich #opensource #video #apps #tool #foto #management #privacy #tools #app #ImmichApp #organize #selfhosting
Und ein neues #ThinkPad T14 ist auf dem Weg zu mir, dass ich endlich mein Homeoffice komplett auf Linux umstellen kann.
Habe nun 5 Jahre daran gearbeitet, alle zusätzlichen Programme auf #OpenSource Software umzustellen, habe getestet und verglichen, installiert und wieder deinstalliert, freudig getanzt und alles verflucht.
Bis Ende Jahr ist dieser Umstellungsakt vollzogen. Man, was bin ich happy!
heise+ | Stellarium: Was, wo, wann am Nachthimmel zu finden ist
Manchmal ist es gar nicht so leicht, sich am Nachthimmel zurechtzufinden. Die Astronomie-App Stellarium hilft beim Orientieren.
A new Arcticons release, we've reached 14k icons!
🎉 254 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 305 apps using existing icons.
🔥 14007 icons in total!
🐋 Fixed Material You colors not refreshing properly on certain launchers.
https://github.com/Arcticons-Team/Arcticons/releases/tag/14.0.0
Everything you love, made even better. OS 8.1 improves the Secure Session and Dock, enhances accessibility, improves support for your devices, and addresses your feedback with over 1,100 issue reports fixed
"With the desktop, though, we saw, and still see, endless incompatibilities."
The Register: What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/what_linux_desktop_really_needs/ @theregister @sjvn #Linux #opensource
Ever wanted to know which CPU type is the maximum supported in your Proxmox cluster, when not being able to set type host? ProxCLMC evaluates all nodes within the cluster and checks for the maxmimum supported type to make sure live migrations can perform without any issues. ProxCLMC is fully opensource and entirely written in Rust.
More in my blog post:
#Proxmox #PVE #OpenSource #LiveMigration #Homelab #Enterprise #coding #opensource #Rust #Rustlang #CPU #KVM #CPUType #HowTo
Gerade habe ich #Debian #Trixie mit #KDEPlasma auf einem #MacBookPro13 (Mid 2012) installiert.
Ganz geil, wie das einfach funktioniert 👍🏻.
Einzig den WIFI-Treiber für Broadcom musste ich zusätzlich installieren.
Anonymisierendes #Linux
#Tails 7.3.1 pflegt Kern-Programme | Security https://www.heise.de/news/Anonymisierendes-Linux-Tails-7-3-1-aktualisiert-Kernkomponenten-11111948.html #OpenSource #Datenschutz #privacy
Größe schützt nicht.
Allianzen auch nicht.
Und devotes Wohlverhalten schon gar nicht.
Egal, ob Du Airbus, SAP, Capgemini, Max Planck, Fraunhofer, Helmmholtz, Amadeus, Publicis oder wie auch immer heisst.
Alle sind erpressbar, wenn sie von Hyperscalern abhängig sind.
Digitale Souveränität ist kein Abo. Man muss sie bauen.
https://www.pandolin.io/digitale-souveraenitaet-allianzen-appeasement/
#DigitaleSouveränität #Digitalpolitik #OpenSource #ALASCA #OSBA #Airbus #BigTech #BeAVoice #CloudrebelAlliance #Pandolin #FOSS #Linux
Widelands continues to grow as a great free and open source Settlers-like strategy game, with a brand new holiday release out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/free-and-open-source-settlers-like-widelands-v1-3-is-out-with-market-trading-and-new-maps/
proton-ge-custom has updated to version GE-Proton10-27. Check it out here: https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton10-27
#foss #OpenSource #linuxGaming
Just in time for the holidays, we are happy to announce a new version of the fheroes2 engine for Heroes of Might and Magic 2 on modern systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-13-has-been-released/
A slew of PeerTube upgrades bring some long-requested refinements.
Gamer-#Linux
Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS mit neuer Cosmic-Desktop-Umgebung | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Gamer-Linux-Pop-OS-24-04-LTS-mit-neuer-Cosmic-Desktop-Umgebung-11108147.html #Ubuntu
#OpenSource
🎓💻 Boost Your Learning with Free Tech!
Discover the Top 10 Open-Source Apps for Students Worldwide — powerful, secure and completely free tools to study smarter, collaborate better and build future-ready skills. 🚀
👉 Read now:
https://techreflector25.blogspot.com/2025/12/top-10-open-source-apps-for-students_15.html
#OpenSource #StudentLife #EdTech #FreeTools #SmartLearning #TechForStudents #DigitalEducation #TechReflector
The #libxml2 situation is a sad one. It sucks that big tech companies refuse to fund a library that is so critical to their products.
Let it be known that I support Nick, the now-former, original maintainer of the project.
I think I'm close to giving up on #ProtonMail's email "application" for Linux since it's not responding to clicks of various kinds, and it's just a webapp anyway. I really should have checked how little Linux support they actually have before paying for a year of their service.
And I just realized this is yet another #ADHD thing I do sometimes. Ugh.
i am looking at things like#SailfishOS & #GrapheneOS & others to replace #Android. but honestly, most of what i read is over my head. i'll need to keep learning or just hire someone. i'd like to learn bc i understand it goes far beyond my phone's OS
i thought i was so advanced when i was learning pascal & fortran in the early '80s, but then i just let the tech companies start handling everything. i feel like i'm starting over. #opensource #breaktheoligarchy
Jean Jannon, who died OTD in 1658, was a printer, type designer, punchcutter, and typefounder who may have developed the Garamond #font https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/font-config-warnings.html?s=mb #OpenSource #Linux
"Parsing SQL queries provide superpowers for monitoring data health. This post elaborates on how to get started with parsing SQL for data observability."
Have you ever wanted to have Theo de Raadt give you his fortune in your GNU Emacs session? I made a package some time ago which serves exactly this purpose. You can find the package, as well as it's history on Codeberg with the following link. It is currently my only Emacs package, but I plan to make more when it becomes useful to.
https://codeberg.org/amadaluzia/theo.el
Appending to the history after the package was published onto Codeberg, I ended up in a call where me and @izder456 were talking about theo.el. I believe in that call, it was also reposted in the OpenBSD room on Matrix. I also remember being suggested to put it on MELPA, so that is exactly what I did.
After creating the pull request and fixing all of the issues that stopped it from being pushed into MELPA, it couldn't make it on as it was a pretty repetitive package, and there were about 5 other `fortune`-esque packages with much more customisability. However, I now have a better package because of MELPA's guidelines, and I believe that I can still give attention to the package, even if not through MELPA.
That's why I wanted to talk about it here, because maybe you are interested in having a fortune package for your GNU Emacs. If so, and assuming you have straight.el, you can simply copy the following snippet into your init.el. After that, you should have it installed.
https://gist.github.com/amadaluzia/be96e325326a9d66619543af410e4bf4
Let me know how the package goes for you. I would love to improve the GNU Emacs ecosystem further, as a GNU Emacs user.
If you’re wondering what the Internet has become, Cloudflare Radar offers a good overview. In the top 10, there’s nothing outside the large conglomerates. I hope we can change this trend over the next 10 years.
#internet #openinternet #diversity #opensource
https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025#internet-services
Announcing the winners in the Month of #LibreOffice, November 2025! If you contributed to our projects last month, claim your free sticker pack: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/08/winners-in-the-month-of-libreoffice-november-2025-grab-your-free-sticker-pack-%f0%9f%98%8a/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Just discovered a new (new to me at least) Wayland tiling window manager last night.
https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc
Played around with it a little last night and so far I think I like it.
Anybody aware if the is any controversy or drama around this project I should be aware of before spending more time with it? Getting tired of starting to use something only to find out there's some big problem with a projects community or maintainer.
„Ihr kommt immer zurück. Wir warten auf Euch.“ Mit dieser Antwort reagierte Microsoft auf Verhandlungsversuche von Airbus. Die Quittung? Ein gescheiterter Wechsel und die Erkenntnis: Ein US-Hyperscaler ist keine Alternative zum anderen.
Digitale Souveränität ist kein Wunschkonzert, sondern Markthygiene! Airbus greift jetzt zu Open Source für die Kernsysteme.
Ein Weckruf gegen die Stockholm-Abhängigkeit.
-> https://www.pandolin.io/digitale-souveraenitaet-airbus-open-source/
The Art of Pivoting - Techniques for Intelligence Analysts to Discover New Relationships in a Complex World
This open source book explores how intelligence and cyber-security analysts can uncover hidden links between threat actor infrastructure and ongoing investigations by pivoting on both classic and unconventional indicators — many of which are often overlooked. The material is grounded in empirical, field-tested strategies used in cyber-security, digital forensics, cyber threat intelligence, and intelligence analysis more broadly.
I released the first version of this book following the @firstdotorg CTI Conference 2025 in Berlin, where the initial idea for the project emerged.
🔗 Source of the book in Markdown https://github.com/adulau/the-art-of-pivoting (if you want to contribute ;-)
#cti #threatintelligence #pivoting #pivot #intelligence #intelligencecommunity #cybersecurity #book #openbook #investigation #opensource
It's a bit sad that completely free and open browsers aren't very user-friendly to install.
Here are the verified installation instructions:
Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S ungoogled-chromium-bin
Flatpak (any Linux)
flatpak install flathub com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.ungoogled_software.ungoogled_chromium
Linux (AppImage/Portable)
Download from: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/
Windows (winget)
winget install -e eloston.ungoogled-chromium
Windows (Chocolatey)
choco install ungoogled-chromium
https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/ungoogled-chromium
Windows (manual)
Download from: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/
macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask ungoogled-chromium
https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/ungoogled-chromium
Official links:
GitHub: https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium
Binaries: https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-binaries/
133 Mio $ an Mitgliedsbeiträgen und Spenden sind wirklich viel.
Besonders wenn die kleinen Familienunternehmen wie
- Meta
- Google
- Microsoft
- IBM
- AWS
und viele andere sich das vom Munde abgespart haben.
Wohltätigkeit, denn dieses Linux-Ding nutzt denen ja direkt nichts.
Ist ja nicht so, dass deren Clouds und Produkte vollgestopft mit Opensource-Code sind.
Da kann man schon "großzügig" sein.
Immerhin gibt die LF 180 Mio $ für "Project Support" aus.
Was immer das heißt.
Die direkte Bezahlung wie bei Torvalds und Kroah-Hartman ist es sehr selten.
Emotionaler Support?
An den Ausgaben kann ich höchstens 16 Mio $ für Events kritisieren.
Für mich sind die Einnahmen das große Problem.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Foundation-2025-Report
#LinuxFoundation #Linux #foss #opensource #bigtech #fundfoss
How to Support FreeBSD on Your Cloud
A recent post from Colin Percival outlines practical steps and considerations that can help cloud providers deliver a smooth FreeBSD experience.
Some of the areas highlighted include image publishing workflows, testing practices, and establishing communication channels that make it easier to surface issues and share updates.
Read the full post: https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2025-11-08-How-to-support-FreeBSD-on-your-cloud.html
#FreeBSD #Cloud #OpenSource #Infrastructure #FreeBSDCommunity
"Watch Out Elasticsearch! Tiger Data's PostgreSQL BM25 Search Extension Goes Open Source"
"Previously proprietary PostgreSQL extension is now freely available on GitHub."
Getting qemu for the SBC to do some emulated environment boots of Raspberry Pi distributions
#qemu #Raspberry #Pi5 #SBC #technology #ARM #OpenSource #programming
"Docker Makes Enterprise-Grade Hardened Images Free for All Developers"
"Previously enterprise-only hardened images go open source under Apache License 2.0."
https://itsfoss.com/news/docker-hardened-images-open-sourced/
Si votre OS était un arbre, ce serait un bonsaï tristounet 🌳
Le nôtre ? Une forêt luxuriante en constante expansion !
La "Linux Timeline" va vous filer la fierté du libre et l'envie de tester.
Qui ose la liberté ? 😉
#OpenSource #Debian #Tux
https://blablalinux.be/b/4Ep?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
"Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode"
"The open source YouTube alternative offers some welcome updates for content creators."
Valve put up a Release Candidate for testing Proton 10.0-4, what will become the main version of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux / SteamOS.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-put-up-a-release-candidate-for-proton-10-0-4-with-lots-more-linux-steamos-gaming-fixes/
FreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap — Year One Update
We’ve published a Year One update on the Foundation’s ongoing work to improve laptop and desktop support in FreeBSD. The article highlights progress in hardware enablement, driver development, installer changes, and the roadmap for continued improvements in 2026.
Read the update:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-closes-the-laptop-gap-year-one-project-update/
Wine has updated to version wine-11.0-rc3. Check it out here: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-11.0-rc3
#linux #foss #OpenSource
Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode
“PeerTube is a free and open source video hosting platform that serves as an alternative to YouTube. Unlike centralized platforms, it allows anyone to create their own video hosting instance while connecting with others through federation. It is dev ...continues
See https://gadgeteer.co.za/decentralized-youtube-alternative-peertube-adds-creator-mode/
"Next.js 16.1 released with Turbopack file system caching, Next.js bundle analyzer and more"
"Developers will benefit from notable improvements toTurbopackand project tooling. Next.js16.1 has launched as the latest update to the popular open sourceReactframework, with a focus on faster development workflows and greater stability."
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I was fortunate enough to learn the Control L shortcut way in the beginning of the alpha versions of Linux, when distributions were not even a figment of the imagination.
It has saved me hundreds of thousands of keystrokes
#sh #csh #ksh #zsh #ash #bash #programming #OpenSource #technology #Linux
We Run On Linux is now live on Spotify.
Thanks for the kind reactions earlier - this is meant as a small year-end thank-you to the people quietly keeping things running.
https://open.spotify.com/track/1fzLiIJiEbD4twkTCPILDP
Also available on other streaming services - or as a free download if you ask.
A small year-end tribute to the people quietly keeping open systems running.
A teaser of 'We Run on Linux'.
Share the Linux love!
🎉 A huge thank you to TiDB for being a Silver Sponsor of SCaLE 23x! Your support helps us celebrate the power of open source technology! Learn more about TiDB's cutting-edge distributed SQL database at http://www.pingcap.com. See you in Pasadena! #SCaLE23x #OpenSource undefined
Patching the different distributions on my single board computer.
It is more involved since the micro SD cards need to be swapped before you can patch it
The photographs look empty on the right without the Dashboard notebook. I will need to acquire another display just so I can have a balanced view again
#Hardware #IPS #LED #Panel #Raspberry #Pi5 #SBC #technology #ARM #OpenSource #programming
The #NetBSD 🚩community is amazing! 🔥
Let's come together to reach the foundation's $50,000 year-end goal. Your contribution directly drives the project's future and innovation. Every donation helps!
https://netbsd.org/donations/
#NetBSD #OpenSource #FOSS #Donate
#outreach
Auch 2025 standen #Linux, #OpenSource und das große Ziel von mehr digitaler Souveränität für Deutschland und Europa bei uns im Mittelpunkt unserer Services und Projekte.
Wir nehmen euch mit auf einen kurzen Rückblick: Welche Entwicklungen gab es im vergangenen Jahr bei Heinlein Support, aber auch in unserer gesamten Heinlein Gruppe und bei unseren Marken @mailbox_org @OpenTalkMeeting und @OpenCloud
Ein großes Dankeschön an alle, die 2025 dabei waren!
👉 https://www.heinlein-support.de/news/rueckblick-2025-meilensteine-heinlein
Self-Host Weekly #150: Watchtower No More
The #Watchtower project is officially archived, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #Jellify -- a cross-platform #Jellyfin #music client, and more in this week's #selfhosted recap!
https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-12-19/
#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #foss #homelab #sysadmin #devops #privacy #security #newsletter #fediverse #software #app #apps #update #updates #launch
FreeBSD-Abkömmling MidnightBSD 4.0: Veraltet bei Release
MidnightBSD 4.0 ist erschienen. Das Desktop-System bringt neue Funktionen, hinkt der Entwicklung aber massiv hinterher.
#Betriebssystem #BSD #FreeBSD #IT #OpenSource #Unix #Xfce #news
grep is a very important command. grep is considered complex by many for no well funded reason.
Why this bold statement?
There are not only man pages available, for all POSIX Operating Systems, but also very good tutorials, even in de Linux documentation project.
Don't think that you'll be able to learn high level grepping in just two, to five minutes. grep is a tool great at doing one thing in a great manner, pure Unix wise.
However
ls -R ~/your_dir | grep string
is already a simple level of grep usage
#grep #BSD #freeBSD #Linux #programming #OpenSource #technology #man
Innovative and almost completely open-source: Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano
Most recently, successful, more transparent AI language models came from Chinese developers. With Nemotron 3 Nano, Nvidia is now following suit.
#Sprachverarbeitung #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Nvidia #OpenSource #news
New cheatsheets pushed🕵️♂️
https://github.com/r1cksec/cheatsheets
#infosec #cybersecurity #redteam #pentest #malware #osint #cloud #hacking #opensource
Linus Torvalds hat Linux geschaffen. Ohne Linux gäbe es das Internet, wie wir es kennen, nicht. Server, Router und Smartphones laufen damit. Freie Software hält unsere digitale Welt am Laufen. #Linux #OpenSource #DigitaleFreiheit #EinfacheSprache
Enjoy your pre-holiday weekend!
I'm sure I will be doing homework toward to my Cybersecurity Master's degree.
Never stop learning.
merry christmas everyone 🧑🎄
dear santa,
can i get a free and open source advent of code this year? 🎁
if i was extra good, put some nostr/fediverse integration in my stocking 🧦
and santa, don't forget to give coal to that proprietary website 👎
@jwcph
hvad er det for noget med at "nøjes" med "billigere" regneark?
hvis de har en indbilsk ide om at højere pris nødvendgvis betyder højere kvalitet, så kommer jeg hellere end gerne og installerer den dobbelt så gode #libreofficecalc for 200% af prisen for hvad de hidtil har betalt #microsoft for #excel.
det må jeg i øvrigt godt, for det er okay at sælge fri og #opensource software.
Foswiki 2.1.10 can now be downloaded - landing right before Christmas, a full year since the last version dropped. Please be advised that this release includes several security fixes that require your attention.
Innovativ und fast vollständig Open-Source: Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano
Zuletzt kamen die erfolgreichen, transparenteren KI-Sprachmodelle von chinesischen Entwicklern. Mit Nemotron 3 Nano legt Nvidia jetzt nach.
#Sprachverarbeitung #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Nvidia #OpenSource #news
Was Thunderbird-Nutzer 2026 erwartet: Datenbank-Umbau und iOS-App
Das Thunderbird-Team resümiert 2025 mit wichtigen Neuerungen wie Exchange-Support und kündigt für 2026 grundlegende Verbesserungen an.
#Android #Datenschutz #DSGVO #EMail #IMAP #iOS #IT #MozillaThunderbird #OpenSource #news
ICS[AP] updated CISA ICS Advisories Master File for 12/18/25 & the following year's CSVs:
CISA_ICS_ADV_2025_12_18.csv
CISA_ICS_ADV_2024_12_18_25.csv
Available @ ICS[AP] GitHub: https://github.com/icsadvprj/ICS-Advisory-Project/tree/main
@EugeneMcParland
Good for #Europe 💙
As an American, I'm 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 happy to hear this. Europe is doing great work in the #OpenSource area
I already switched from the #fascist app #whatsapp to #wire, but now I'm hearing about #threema (tho they sound the same to me)
i just don't want to give my data to fascist sycophants who i know would happily give my data to #palantir then toss me into a gas chamber to power it
RE: https://social.edu.nl/@MishaVelthuis/115741743617628873
Not only does @bookwyrm provide a much more ethical alternative to the Amazon-owned #Goodreads, but the developer, @tripofmice, works on making it better exclusively through user donations. Devoid of corporate and anti-consumer profit incentives, free and ethical #software can only succeed with collective support!
BW’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm
BW’s OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/bookwyrm
#reading #books #bookstodon #opensource #freesoftware #foss #fediverse #libre
zizmor 1.19 is released!
this release includes a new archived-uses audit, plus numerous span enhancements and a huge performance enhancement (over 100x) to the impostor-commit audit, as well as some bug fixes.
full notes here:
"[...] #Excel rules the world [...]"Interesting choice of words — sadly, it sounds like praise for malware. The publication is called OSNews, where "OS" supposedly means #OpenSource. They do not seem to care much about what we actually value.
#Firefox Will Ship with an “AI Kill Switch” to Completely Disable all AI Features https://9to5linux.com/firefox-will-ship-with-an-ai-kill-switch-to-completely-disable-all-ai-features
Update time! #LibreOffice 25.8.4 is now available, with 70 fixes and improvements to compatibility: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/18/libreoffice-25-8-4/ #foss #openSource
Testing Linux Kernel 6.18 (from Fedora Koji) on my ThinkPad. Everything working suuuper smoothly 🙂 Amazing new release with lots of improvements
- eDP ALPM support
- VRR (Variable Rate Refresh) fixes
- Backlight controll of my OLED works fine again
- Suspend improvements
I am satisfied with that state 🙂
The Mesa team have released Mesa 25.3.2 as the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable branch of open source Linux graphics drivers.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-3-2-brings-more-bug-fixes-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/
Nvidia’s acquisition of SchedMD, the company behind Slurm, is a strategic move that goes far beyond GPUs.
Slurm (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) is the de facto open-source workload manager for large-scale GPU clusters, widely used in supercomputing centers, AI labs, hyperscalers, and cloud GPU operators. It plays a critical role in ...
#NVIDIA #AIInfrastructure #OpenSource #Slurm #HPC #GPUs #AITraining #CloudComputing #tech #DataCenters
Die Ankündigung vom Raspberry Pi 5 mit nur 1 GB RAM hat mich sehr stutzig gemacht 🤨. In der Berichterstattung hat sich auch niemand tiefer damit beschäftigt, warum dieser Pi ausgerechnet im vollen Formfaktor kommt. Also habe ich etwas recherchiert und herausgefunden dass dieser Pi 5 genau richtig dimensioniert ist, er soll nämlich gar nicht verkauft werden.
👉 Mein Artikel beim Linux-Magazin @redaktion https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/raspi-5-mit-1-gbyte-ram-zwischen-marktdruck-und-markenrecht/
#RaspberryPi #OpenSource #Linux
"Politics" isn't only about institutions. It's about organizing large numbers of people to do something they wouldn't otherwise do. Corporations organize large numbers of people to do things they probably wouldn't do if they weren't paid and/or didn't need the money to live. 10,000 people wouldn't spontaneously get together and spend the best hours of their days for months building a commercial jet airliner if there weren't corporate structures in place and a society that keeps them close enough to deprivation that they will do this in exchange for money.
#FOSS #OSS #OpenSource #software #OpenSourceSoftware #tech #dev #SoftwareDevelopment #politics #economics #corporations