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Search results for tag #opensource

[?]Owl Eyes Hoo » 🌐
@d1@autistics.life

@autistics
Announcement: multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 8.5 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and crafting and mining voxel game, available in the game engine. :blob_cat_heart:

Damage has been turned off. People with , or are invited. We also have a group for game-related discussion. More details here: docs.autis.toque.im/
(Note: You can join with pretty much any device which **isn't** an iPad/iPhone)

Alt...Voxelibre gameplay. Shows a high view with a landscape far below, then a house and a waterfall.

    [?]NodeZ3r0 » 🌐
    @nodez3r0@mstdn.wopr.systems

    Fuck Amazon Web Services? Use Open Source Shit. Decentralize, Syndicalists!

    AWS is just another corporate prison for your data. Build mesh networks and take back control.

    wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=mem

    AWS is just another corporate prison for your data. Build mesh networks and take back control.

    Alt...AWS is just another corporate prison for your data. Build mesh networks and take back control.

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      [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
      @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

      D7VK v2.2 is out now continuing to improve retro Windows games on Linux with improvements to Direct3D 3 and various bug fixes.
      gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk

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        [?]LibreOffice » 🌐
        @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

        [?]heise online » 🌐
        @heiseonline@social.heise.de

        [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
        @Arint@arint.info

        RT @ihteshamali: Semrush berechnet 139,95 US-Dollar pro Monat. Ahrefs berechnet 129 US-Dollar pro Monat. Ein Mann namens Ben hat die quelloffene Alternative entwickelt, die Sie auf Ihrem Computer ausführen können. Sie heißt OpenSEO. Geben Sie die Website eines Wettbewerbers ein und es werden die Keywords angezeigt, die den Traffic generieren, sowie die Seiten, die für diese Keywords ranken.

        mehr auf Arint.info

        https://x.com/ihteshamali/status/2093319473914921327

          [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
          @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

          The community build of Valve's compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-6 is out now, bringing major new features and changes to running Windows games SteamOS / Linux.
          gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-p

            [?]Mosiwo » 🌐
            @mosiwo@mastodon.social

            [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
            @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

            DXVK 3.1 is out now bringing more impressive upgrades for the Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer that powers Valve's Proton.
            gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dire

              [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
              @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

              The flood gates for generative AI in Debian Linux are now seemingly open, with the results from a recent vote now available.
              gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/debi

                [?]SecBurg » 🌐
                @secburg@infosec.exchange

                [?]jbz » 🌐
                @jbz@indieweb.social

                💥 LLM usage in Debian neither endorsed nor prohibited

                debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#

                  [?]omg! ubuntu » 🌐
                  @omgubuntu@floss.social

                  Calibre, the open-source ebook manager, now lets you use generative AI to create new covers for ebooks.

                  Preset prompts are included for sci-fi, romance and noir, or you can write your own.

                  omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/calibr

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                    [?]9to5Linux » 🌐
                    @9to5linux@floss.social

                    Titan Nova Is Out with Kernel 7.1 and Plasma 6.7.4 9to5linux.com/endeavouros-tita

                    @EndeavourOS

                    A screenshot of EndeavourOS Titan Nova with the KDE Plasma desktop environment, showing the System Settings app.

                    Alt...A screenshot of EndeavourOS Titan Nova with the KDE Plasma desktop environment, showing the System Settings app.

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                      [?]Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️ » 🌐
                      @mike@mikecoats.social

                      My latest blog post: My Experience Using JLCPCB for Sponsored Prototyping

                      mikecoats.com/jlcpcb-experienc

                      Earlier this year, Ashu and Ava from JLCPCB reached out to offer some free prototyping for my projects. I was delighted and jumped at the opportunity.

                        [?]Christian Münch » 🌐
                        @cmuench@phpc.social

                        Ich bin seit Langem mal wieder richtig begeistert von einer Software: Hindsight. Ein Open-Source-Memory-System für KI-Agenten. Es macht genau das, was man sich unter „Agent-Gedächtnis" vorstellt. Nicht nur naive Vektor-DB, sondern Fakten, Entitäten, Zeitbezug & Wissensgraph.

                        muench.dev/post/2026-08-hindsi

                          [?]AA » 🌐
                          @AAKL@infosec.exchange

                          ESET: AI-driven OSINT in the wrong hands – and why everyone could be a target for fraud welivesecurity.com/en/privacy/ @ESETresearch

                            [?]• Łącze » 🌐
                            @lacze@infosec.exchange

                            ReFra – nowoczesna galeria na Androida

                            Dostępna odpłatnie w Google Play, natomiast można ją pobrać bezpłatnie z GitHub.

                            ReFra, zmienia sposób przeglądania, porządkowania i wyświetlania zdjęć i filmów – dzięki kategoriom opartym na sztucznej inteligencji, widokowi panoramicznemu, odtwarzaniu zdjęć w ruchu, przesyłaniu filmów i w pełni konfigurowalnemu, nowoczeanwmu interfejsowi Material 3.

                            Celem projektu jest stworzenie i wprowadzenie aplikacji galerii, której każdy chce, z funkcjami, których każdy potrzebuje.

                            Wolne i otwarte oprogramowanie

                            WARIANTY PRZY POBIERANIU APLIKACJI

                            Standardowa
                            Pełna funkcjonalność z mapami, dostawcami usług w chmurze i wszystkimi możliwościami online. Modele sztucznej inteligencji można pobrać po instalacji.

                            Offline
                            Wszystkie funkcje online usunięte — brak map, brak synchronizacji w chmurze, brak uprawnień do sieci. Modeli AI nie można pobrać po instalacji; jeśli potrzebujesz funkcji AI, użyj wariantu WithML.

                            NoML
                            Brak dołączonych modeli AI/ML – mniejszy plik do pobrania. Modele można pobrać po zainstalowaniu w wersjach Standard.

                            WithML
                            Zestaw modeli AI/ML na urządzeniu - rozpoznawanie twarzy, inteligentne wyszukiwanie działa w pełni offline. Wymagane dla budowy sztucznej inteligencji w trybie offline.

                            REKOMENDOWANY WARIANT
                            Najlepszy dla większości ludzi
                            Standard (NoML)

                            Źródło aplikacji, GitHub
                            🔗ReFra

                            × F-Droid, nie jest rekomendowany.

                            🔗GrapheneOS: jak instalować aplikacje BEZ Google Play i F-Droid? (Obtainium + AppVerifier)

                            Ten opis został stworzony z wykorzystaniem aplikacji: Markor, Vanadium, Translate You, Pachli. System operacyjny GrapheneOS.

                            ~

                            ReFra

                            Alt...ReFra

                            ReFra

                            Alt...ReFra

                            ReFra

                            Alt...ReFra

                            ReFra

                            Alt...ReFra

                              [?]WineReleaseBot » 🤖 🌐
                              @WineReleaseBot@mastodon.world

                              dxvk has updated to version v3.1. Check it out here: github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/rele

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                                [?]ティージェーグレェ » 🌐
                                @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                                I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' libtorrent to 0.16.21 here:

                                https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34291

                                GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running (hopefully they will pass without issues?).

                                It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it (and this time around, I am going to wait for libtorrent to get merged, before submitting another rtorrent Pull Request and see if that makes those CI checks go more smoothly).


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                                  [?]ティージェーグレェ » 🌐
                                  @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                                  I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' chrony to 4.9 here:

                                  https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34290

                                  1 of 3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed (the other two are queued, hopefully they'll run smoothly; though since one was OK already, that is a good sign at least!).

                                  From the release notes: https://chrony-project.org/news.html it seems as if a lot of the new features? Are actually supporting OpenBSD!

                                  So, that isn't really a big deal for MacPorts' users, though maybe OpenBSD users will think that chrony is worth checking out? Admittedly, the OpenBSD project already has OpenNTPD, though chrony: supports PTP too.

                                  Observational curiosity: 4.9 was released, apparently exactly a year after 4.8 was released (August 27th). I am guessing maybe that was intentional?


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                                    [?]FreeBSD Foundation » 🌐
                                    @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

                                    The EU Cyber Resilience Act is bringing new requirements for software, and open source developers, organizations, and businesses need to be ready.

                                    On September 10 at , join Alice Sowerby, Peter Hansteen, and Pierre Pronchery for the full-day tutorial, “The Night Before CRAmas – Why EU Regulations Are a Gift to Open Source.”

                                    📅 September 10, 2026
                                    📍 EuroBSDCon 2026 | Brussels, Belgium

                                    Learn more and register:
                                    events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/tal

                                      [?]ティージェーグレェ » 🌐
                                      @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                                      I submitted Pull Requests to update MacPorts' libtorrent and rtorrent to 0.16.20 here:

                                      https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34234

                                      and here:

                                      https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34235

                                      GitHub Continuous Integration checks are queued and running, hopefully they will go OK?

                                      If so, it's still up to someone else with commit access to merge them!


                                        [?]matthew - retroedge.tech » 🌐
                                        @matthew@social.retroedge.tech

                                        In this video Mental Outlaw presents how the European Digital Identity program's implementation could make Linux phones, older Android devices, and Android phones with custom ROM's unable to access online services.

                                        https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/eu%27s-digital-id-is-killing-the-open:b

                                        #OpenSource #FOSS #Europe #Linux #Android

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                                          [?]jcrabapple » 🌐
                                          @jcrabapple@dmv.community

                                          Since Robb Knight's Echofeed is shutting down soon, as you may have seen I built a similar open source RSS feed forwarder inspired by it. It's called Feedecho, as an homage to the original.

                                          github.com/jcrabapple/feedecho

                                          I am also going to pick up where Robb left off, and offer a paid hosted service. Pricing still to come, but if you would like a 14-day trial code for the private beta, PM me on here and I'll hook you up. 📡🗞️

                                            [?]OWASP Foundation » 🌐
                                            @owasp@infosec.exchange

                                            🚨 OWASP 2026 Board Elections are open!

                                            3 Board seats are up for election. Passionate about application security and our global community? Step up and nominate yourself by August 31!

                                            🗳️ Get involved and find out more: board.owasp.org/elections/2026

                                              [?]• Łącze » 🌐
                                              @lacze@infosec.exchange

                                              • • • Markor • • •

                                              Prosty notatnik, edytor tekstu, lekka aplikacja na Androida.
                                              Pozwala na tworzenie notatkek, zadań, obsługuje Markdown, todo.txt, Zim i wiele więcej!

                                              Markor wykorzystuje proste formaty znaczników, takie jak Markdown i todo.txt, do robienia notatek i zarządzania listami. Jest wszechstronny w pracy z tekstem; można go również używać do przechowywania zakładek, kopiowania do schowka, szybkiego otwierania łącza z tekstu i wielu innych.

                                              • Utworzone pliki są kompatybilne z dowolnym innym oprogramowaniem tekstowym na dowolnej platformie - edytuj notatnikiem lub vim, filtruj grep, konwertuj do PDF lub twórz archiwum zip.

                                              • Markor automatycznie zapisuje tekst, gdy opuszczasz aplikacje lub zamykasz plik. Dodatkowo w górnym menu znajduje się przycisk Zapisz.

                                              • Automatyczne zapisywanie z opcjami cofania/ponawiania

                                              • Podświetlanie składni i działania związane z formatowaniem – szybkie wstawianie zdjęć i zadań

                                              • Konwertowanie, przeglądanie i udostępnianie dokumentów w formacie HTML i PDF

                                              • Formaty: Markdown, todo.txt, Zim/WikiText, Plaintext, csv, ics, ini, json, toml, vcf, yaml

                                              • Bez reklam i zbędnych uprawnień

                                              • Praca całkowicie offline - Markor nie korzysta z połączenia internetowego, żadne dane osobowe nie są udostępniane autorowi ani osobom trzecim.

                                              • Pliki można udostępniać innym aplikacjom z poziomu aplikacji, naciskając przycisk udostępniania.

                                              • Pliki przechowywane są lokalnie w folderze wybieranym przez użytkownika, domyślnie w katalogu „Dokumenty”, można je przenieść w inną dowolną lokalizacje — QuickNote i To-Do są plikami tekstowymi

                                              • Markor to aplikacja offline, ale działa z aplikacjami do synchronizacji, te przeprowadzają odpowiednio synchronizację .

                                              • Możliwość szyfrowania plików tekstowych za pomocą algorytmu AES256.

                                              Więcej informacji, oraz możliwość pobrana aplikacji na GitHub
                                              🔗Markor

                                              × F-Droid, nie jest rekomendowany.

                                              🔗GrapheneOS: jak instalować aplikacje BEZ Google Play i F-Droid? (Obtainium + AppVerifier)

                                              Certyfikat Markor
                                              SHA-256

                                              net.gsantner.markor
                                              57:D1:06:D0:CF:A8:76:34:42:B3:64:5E:F2:74:1C:38:BB:82:0B:D5:6F:D4:61:2B:F4:0A:23:B6:D9:98:BE:5E

                                              Ten opis został stworzony z wykorzystaniem aplikacji: Markor, Vanadium, Translate You, Pachli. System operacyjny GrapheneOS.

                                              ~

                                                [?]heise online » 🌐
                                                @heiseonline@social.heise.de

                                                : 35 Jahre Linux - Das Quiz

                                                Das freie Betriebssystem Linux wird in diesen Tagen 35 Jahre alt. Wir feiern es mit einem Quiz. Knobeln Sie mit!

                                                heise.de/news/TGIQF-35-Jahre-L

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                                                  [?]Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 » 🌐
                                                  @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social

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                                                  [?]LibreOffice » 🌐
                                                  @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

                                                  We hope you're enjoying the new features and improvements in 26.8! This was all made possible thanks to your donations, which are the majority of @tdforg funding: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

                                                  LibreOffice 26.8 banner

                                                  Alt...LibreOffice 26.8 banner

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                                                    [?]:parchlinux: Parch Linux | پارچ لینوکس » 🌐
                                                    @parchlinux@ieji.de

                                                    🚀 MirrorMan v0.5.3 is out!

                                                    This release focuses on speed and offline resilience. Mirror status is now cached locally with HTTP ETag support, so MirrorMan skips re-downloading the ~200KB status payload when nothing has changed, and the GUI now loads the country list instantly with 0ms network delay. If your connection drops or times out, it falls back seamlessly to cached data instead of stalling or crashing.

                                                    Speed tests now run on a concurrent work-stealing queue instead of chunked batches, so slow or unreachable mirrors no longer stall the rest of the pool. A shared HTTP client across worker threads also cuts down on repeated TLS handshakes.

                                                    On the CLI side, mirrorman-cli sync and mirrorman-cli backup now go through the D-Bus helper with Polkit, so non-root users can sync and back up mirrorlists without permission errors. Backups rotate automatically, keeping the 10 most recent.

                                                    Also new: multi-country selection for filtering mirrors, and a man page for the CLI.

                                                    Update:

                                                    sudo pacman -Syu mirrorman

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                                                      [?]9to5Linux » 🌐
                                                      @9to5linux@floss.social

                                                      7.2.2, 7.1.12, 6.18.48, 6.12.107, 6.6.155, 6.1.186, 5.15.219, and 5.10.268 kernels are now available for download at kernel.org

                                                        [?]China Business Forum » 🌐
                                                        @cnbusinessforum@mstdn.business

                                                        is advancing a comprehensive approach to , balancing with safety measures and . At the 2026 AI () and High-Level on Global AI Governance, President Xi Jinping called for a just and equitable for global AI governance, emphasizing that AI should be people-centered and benefit all of . cnbusinessforum.com/china-adva

                                                          [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                          @Arint@arint.info

                                                          RT @0xBakeer: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next auf einer einzelnen DGX Spark: bis zu 97 Tokens pro Sekunde.

                                                          mehr auf Arint.info

                                                          https://x.com/0xBakeer/status/2092709567503229015

                                                            [?]a » 🌐
                                                            @bieaz@social.linux.pizza

                                                            And another important lesson of this story; Richard Stallman was abd is always right about open source. Open source is a corporate trojan horse dressed as pragmatism. Free software is never about technical details but about ideology of software freedom, and any compromise of principles will lead to losing everything for nothing.

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                                                              [?]Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 » 🌐
                                                              @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social

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                                                              [?]Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 » 🌐
                                                              @gamingonlinux@mastodon.social

                                                              [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
                                                              @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

                                                              The developer behind the Lossless Scaling Frame Generation on Linux (lsfg-vk) project has made an announcement about a bunch of major changes.
                                                              gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/loss

                                                                [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
                                                                @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

                                                                Valve just launched a brand new update for the compatibility layer Proton Experimental - bringing more Windows game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux systems.
                                                                gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/prot

                                                                  [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
                                                                  @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

                                                                  Facepunch have announced they plan official Linux support for their Source 2 powered game creation platform, s&box, with an initial Beta out now.
                                                                  gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/s-bo

                                                                    [?]GamingOnLinux » 🤖 🌐
                                                                    @gamingonlinux@mastodon.world

                                                                    This is great to see! The Sovereign Tech Agency have made a big investment into the future of Flatpak, the modern Linux packaging format.
                                                                    gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sove

                                                                      [?]Sohrab Behdani :freebsd: » 🌐
                                                                      @sohrab@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                      Hi Mastodon! 👋 As a developer of Parch Linux (parchlinux.com), I need some advice. Does anyone know how DistroWatch tracks updates, or how to properly reach out to Linux news sites? It's FOSS reviewed us once, but we’ve made massive changes since: new custom tools, a rewritten installer UI, and more!

                                                                      Tomorrow marks our 5th anniversary! 🎉 But despite publishing our updates, we're facing total radio silence. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but after 5 years, it honestly feels like a media boycott simply because of our project's origin (Iran). I didn't choose my nationality, and despite heavy restrictions, our team has built something we're proud of.

                                                                      We even have Server and Mobile editions in active development, yet the mobile efforts seem ignored even here among FOSS enthusiasts.

                                                                      How can we break this silence? Any advice is appreciated! 🐧❤️

                                                                        [?]Bob the Traveler » 🤖 🌐
                                                                        @bobthetraveler@mastodon.world

                                                                        [?]Felix » 🌐
                                                                        @fe@social.linux.pizza

                                                                        What people often don't understand:
                                                                        isn't only about sitting in the basement and writing code... sharing code is a social project...
                                                                        Nobody has "the right" to demand anything from a maintainer... but if they behave like an ass the project will suffer from it

                                                                          [?]hoergen » 🌐
                                                                          @hoergen@horche.demkontinuum.de

                                                                          Linux: 35 years in 35 facts in 35 minutes - YouTube

                                                                          youtube.com/watch?v=Ffl2DFHoZd…

                                                                          Vor 35 Jahren veröffentlichte Linus Torvalds einen Beitrag über ein kleines, experimentelles Betriebssystem, das er in Finnland entwickelte. Er hatte keine Ahnung, dass es zu einem der wichtigsten Bestandteile der Software-Infrastruktur weltweit werden würde.

                                                                          In diesem Video stellen wir 35 Fakten vor, die die Geschichte von Linux erzählen – von seinen Anfängen als Hobbyprojekt bis hin zu seiner Rolle als Grundlage für Android, Cloud-Infrastruktur, Supercomputer, Entwicklertools und sogar Raumfahrzeuge.

                                                                          Dabei werfen wir einen Blick auf die Unternehmen, Projekte und Menschen, die die unglaubliche Reise von Linux geprägt haben: Linus Torvalds, IBM, Red Hat, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Docker, Git, Android, Ubuntu, Debian, die Linux Foundation, die NASA, Steam und viele mehr.

                                                                          Wir beleuchten die Momente, die Linux für immer verändert haben – von den frühen Kämpfen um proprietäre Software und Microsofts Versuchen, Linux herauszufordern, bis hin zur Entwicklung von Git, dem Aufstieg von Linux in der Cloud, der Heartbleed-Sicherheitslücke, der XZ-Hintertür und dem riesigen Ökosystem von Unternehmen, die heute auf den Linux-Kernel angewiesen sind.

                                                                          Vor allem aber ist dies nicht nur die Geschichte eines Betriebssystems.

                                                                          Es ist eine Geschichte über Open Source, Zusammenarbeit, Gemeinschaft und darüber, was passiert, wenn man Technologie entwickelt, die letztlich kein einzelnes Unternehmen kontrollieren kann.

                                                                          Vom Hobbyprojekt eines Studenten bis hin zu Software, die Milliarden von Geräten und einen Teil der weltweit wichtigsten Infrastruktur steuert – dies ist die Geschichte davon, wie Linux die Welt erobert hat.

                                                                          Location: Canary

                                                                            [?]VSX.is | Digital sovereignty » 🌐
                                                                            @vsx@infosec.exchange

                                                                            Privacy, Encryption and European Sovereignty: What Decentralisation Can Really Do

                                                                            Do you use Gmail, Microsoft 365, or another U.S. service? If so, there’s a question that most people have never even considered. Who…

                                                                            vsx.global/private-encryption-

                                                                              [?]Dendrobatus Azureus » 🌐
                                                                              @Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                              In my search my for ever running search for knowledge, I started to see lemmy links more often. Way more often. Lemmy is gaining momentum if it's links seep in more and more in my FediVerse feeds.

                                                                              I had deliberately stayed away from the drama which the reddit Overlords inflicted upon their users, with their LLM training fails. I have Reddit accounts which are basically Smurfs and were hardly used.

                                                                              I was hoping that, since Lemmy is also federated, I could add an account through my Mastodon clients. It's quite clear that I didn't (bother) to read which Federated protocols Lemmy networks use, otherwise I would have known beforehand that it would fail.

                                                                              Interestingly enough, I've had a Jerboa client installed on one of my androids without using it. Of course it was deleted after a while

                                                                              Jerboa for lemmy is now run with a purpose, after deliberatly making a Lemmy account in the LemmyVerse. What I looked for was a server which does not reside in the USA (reasons should be obvious considering Little Donny the Orange President) so big tech USA has no grip on that account

                                                                                [?]c't Magazin » 🌐
                                                                                @ct_Magazin@social.heise.de

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                                                                                [?]Raven » 🌐
                                                                                @raven@mastodon.fediblue.de

                                                                                I will attend this year's Kieler Open Source and Linux Days from 18th to 19th September in Kiel, Germany. It is a fantastic event with many interesting presentations and I'm happy to be there physically.

                                                                                Let's turn the Kielux blue, or better, darkblue 😉 See you all there.

                                                                                @kielux
                                                                                @LinuxGuides
                                                                                @LinuxLeben

                                                                                If you want to learn more about the Kielux event:
                                                                                kielux.de

                                                                                  [?]ICS Advisory Project » 🌐
                                                                                  @AdvisoryICS@infosec.exchange

                                                                                  ICS[AP] updated CISA ICS Advisories Master File for 8/27/2026 & the following year's CSVs:

                                                                                  CISA_ICS_ADV_2026_8_27_26.csv

                                                                                  Updates on 8/27/2026 included:
                                                                                  CISA_ICS_ADV_2025_8_27_26.csv

                                                                                  Available @ ICS[AP] GitHub:
                                                                                  github.com/icsadvprj/ICS-Advis



                                                                                    [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                    @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                    [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                    @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                    RT @ihteshamali: Ein Mann namens Luis hat eine kostenlose Alternative zu Googles NotebookLM entwickelt, die du komplett auf deinem eigenen Computer ausführen kannst.

                                                                                    mehr auf Arint.info

                                                                                    https://x.com/ihteshamali/status/2092953474975838416

                                                                                    [?]Owl Eyes Hoo » 🌐
                                                                                    @d1@autistics.life

                                                                                    @mpjgregoire Dear , I love you as a fellow , but all your subscriptions, licenses and accounts with MS Entra, MS Teams, MS SQL server, MS Access, Oracle databases, MS Office 365, InTune, Azure, Github, and Active Directory Domain Controller servers aren't going anywhere. You have no migration plan for escape whatsoever, and cannot be bothered to take such an idea seriously.

                                                                                    You're in way too deep, cannot even dream of a way out (other than to make Milquetoast-like noises about needing to change some day), and now your led-down-the-garden-path, -averse, -averse IT departments will just have to suck it all up - whatever Trump feels like doing to you.

                                                                                      [?]Jon Pero :canada: » 🌐
                                                                                      @jonpero@mstdn.ca

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                                                                                      [?]omg! ubuntu » 🌐
                                                                                      @omgubuntu@floss.social

                                                                                      You can now download the first point release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

                                                                                      The refresh of the installer rolls together all the fixes and updates released since April, cutting down on post-install downloads.

                                                                                      omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu

                                                                                        [?]☑️ Cath » 🌐
                                                                                        @Kletskous@mastodon.social

                                                                                        @xgranade I disagree. Free Software is a political movement, but open source is not.

                                                                                          [?]codingjoe :django: :python: » 🌐
                                                                                          @codingjoe@fosstodon.org

                                                                                          Q: What does a company need to become an open source champion? I want to launch another one (soon). And I want to really weave it into its DNA. Thoughts?

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                                                                                            [?]ROllerozxa [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                            @ROllerozxa@hachyderm.io

                                                                                            Yesterday I woke up to the news of the app being taken down from Google Play due to a DMCA from an entity representing Microsoft. Again.

                                                                                            The past two days I have been helping out with writing an announcement to shine some light upon the issue, which has been published now:

                                                                                            blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/lua

                                                                                              [?]heise online English » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                              @heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de

                                                                                              [?]• Łącze » 🌐
                                                                                              @lacze@infosec.exchange

                                                                                              Dla kogo jest GrapheneOS?

                                                                                              To system, który może zaspokoić potrzeby zarówno osób dbających o bezpieczeństwo, jak i tych, które pragną odzyskać prywatność.
                                                                                              Może też zainteresować użytkowników szukających prostego, czystego systemu. Bez zbędnych aplikacji, bez śmieci, które musisz wyłączać, odinstalowywać, lub jedynie deaktywować — jeśli fabrycznie zainstalowany śmietnik, nie może być usunięty.

                                                                                              ▶Można inaczej
                                                                                              GrapheneOS idzie w zupełnie innym kierunku: zaczyna się od czystej bazy, to ty decydujesz, co i jak zainstalujesz. Dzięki teamu, od początku użytkownik ma czysto na starcie.

                                                                                              ▶Przejęcie kontroli
                                                                                              GrapheneOS, tylko niezbędne minimum.
                                                                                              To użytkownik decyduje, jak i z czego będzie korzystać. Możliwości jest wiele, jako przykład weźmy instalowanie aplikacji.

                                                                                              a) Popularnie aplikacje można instawiać z Google Play, to w sumie tyle, takie proste!

                                                                                              🧩 Google Play w piaskownicy umożliwia instalację i uruchamianie Google Play jako zwykłych aplikacji w piaskownicy. Zapewnia niemal idealną kompatybilność aplikacji, z wyjątkiem rzadkich aplikacji, które zabraniają korzystania z innego systemu operacyjnego.

                                                                                              b) Bez usług Google. Instalacja aplikacji w łatwy sposób korzystając z Accrescent (obecnie baza aplikacji jest jeszcze mała, niedługo ma się to zmienić).
                                                                                              Kolejnym, znanym narzędziem jest Obtainium. Bardziej wymagająca metoda.
                                                                                              ↪Korzystając z Obtainium zaleca się, by weryfikować aplikacje za pomocą AppVerifier, (dostępny w Accrescent, a ten dostępny w AppStore). 🙃
                                                                                              Warto też zerknąć na aplikacje AppVerifierPG - posiada bazę w celu łatwiejszej, „zautomatyzowanej" weryfikacji aplikacji.

                                                                                              × F-Droid, nie jest rekomendowany.

                                                                                              🔗 GrapheneOS: jak instalować aplikacje BEZ Google Play i F-Droid? (Obtainium + AppVerifier)

                                                                                              ~

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                                                                                              [?]meteyou » 🌐
                                                                                              @meteyou@fosstodon.org

                                                                                              🚀 Mainsail v2.19.0 is out!

                                                                                              Highlight: the editor's syntax highlighting got a full rewrite (StreamLanguage → Lezer grammars). A real parser now, paving the way for features like collapsible sections and smarter navigation.

                                                                                              Got editor feature ideas? We'd love to hear them!

                                                                                              patreon.com/meteyou/posts/main

                                                                                              @3dprinting

                                                                                              Mainsail Release v2.19.0

                                                                                              Alt...Mainsail Release v2.19.0

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                                                                                                [?]Luanti » 🌐
                                                                                                @Luanti@floss.social

                                                                                                removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

                                                                                                blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/lua

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                                                                                                  [?]Larvitz :fedora: » 🌐
                                                                                                  @Larvitz@burningboard.net

                                                                                                  There is something deeply satisfying about true data sovereignty.

                                                                                                  No rate limits, no third-party APIs snooping on prompts, and zero cloud lock-in. Just raw self-hosted inference pulling 154 tok/s with an absurd 0.11s TTFT on local silicon.

                                                                                                  Running Qwen with reasoning enabled, NVFP4 quantization on Blackwell, and SGLang speculative decoding. Crisp, private, and blazingly fast.

                                                                                                  The future of AI belongs on your own hardware.

                                                                                                  Screenshot of a Linux terminal session on hostname token-dispenser.

The top section displays the nvidia-smi output showing an NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU utilizing ~87.6 GB of VRAM, running at 44°C and 354W power draw with processes python3 and sglang::scheduler.

The bottom section shows the output of a prompt script asking for a haiku about a GPU shortage, followed by performance metrics: 154.0 tok/s, 837 tokens generated in 5.44 seconds, TTFT 0.11s, reasoning on, using the qwen38-uncensored model with DFlash2 speculative decoding and NVFP4 on Blackwell architecture.

                                                                                                  Alt...Screenshot of a Linux terminal session on hostname token-dispenser. The top section displays the nvidia-smi output showing an NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU utilizing ~87.6 GB of VRAM, running at 44°C and 354W power draw with processes python3 and sglang::scheduler. The bottom section shows the output of a prompt script asking for a haiku about a GPU shortage, followed by performance metrics: 154.0 tok/s, 837 tokens generated in 5.44 seconds, TTFT 0.11s, reasoning on, using the qwen38-uncensored model with DFlash2 speculative decoding and NVFP4 on Blackwell architecture.

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                                                                                                    [?]FreeBSD Foundation » 🌐
                                                                                                    @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

                                                                                                    Last week, Jim Huang Chen wrapped up his internship with the FreeBSD Foundation!

                                                                                                    We’re grateful for Jim’s contributions and the curiosity and persistence he brought to his work throughout the summer.

                                                                                                    Read our intern spotlight to learn more about Jim’s projects, his experience with the FreeBSD community, and his advice for students interested in contributing to open source:
                                                                                                    freebsdfoundation.org/blog/fre

                                                                                                      [?]AA » 🌐
                                                                                                      @AAKL@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                      [?]/G|T|R|O|N|I|X\ :python: :emacs: :nix: :linux: » 🌐
                                                                                                      @gtronix@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                      "Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot, Microduck"

                                                                                                      "Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.”"

                                                                                                      techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/hugg

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                                                                                                        [?]LibreOffice » 🌐
                                                                                                        @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

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                                                                                                        [?]Tariq » 🌐
                                                                                                        @rzeta0@mathstodon.xyz

                                                                                                        ""
                                                                                                        No artificial intelligence

                                                                                                        LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position.
                                                                                                        ""

                                                                                                        blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

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                                                                                                          [?]9to5Linux » 🌐
                                                                                                          @9to5linux@floss.social

                                                                                                          Tumbleweed is now powered by kernel 7.2 🦎🐧

                                                                                                          @opensuse

                                                                                                          A screenshot of openSUSE Tumbleweed with the GNOME desktop environment showing the Console terminal emulator with an output of the fastfetch and uname -a commands.

                                                                                                          Alt...A screenshot of openSUSE Tumbleweed with the GNOME desktop environment showing the Console terminal emulator with an output of the fastfetch and uname -a commands.

                                                                                                            [?]evcc - smart charging ☀️🚘 » 🌐
                                                                                                            @evcc@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                            Škoda launches an official vehicle API for owners. We will support it from day one. 🎉

                                                                                                            A token from the MyŠkoda app is all you need. Simplest manufacturer API we've seen so far. Hope others follow.

                                                                                                            docs.evcc.io/en/blog/2026/08/2

                                                                                                            Green graphic with Škoda wordmark, three icons (steering wheel, download, party popper) and the text "official api incoming...".

                                                                                                            Alt...Green graphic with Škoda wordmark, three icons (steering wheel, download, party popper) and the text "official api incoming...".

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                                                                                                              [?]9to5Linux » 🌐
                                                                                                              @9to5linux@floss.social

                                                                                                              5.6.1 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Improves UI Performance and Fixes More Bugs 9to5linux.com/darktable-5-6-1-

                                                                                                              A screenshot of Darktable 5.6.1 showing the main window while browsing the local image library.

                                                                                                              Alt...A screenshot of Darktable 5.6.1 showing the main window while browsing the local image library.

                                                                                                                [?]iX Magazin » 🌐
                                                                                                                @iX_Magazin@social.heise.de

                                                                                                                [?]Vlad » 🌐
                                                                                                                @newsgroup@social.vir.group

                                                                                                                We run social.vir.group - a Mastodon instance on the ActivityPub federated protocol.

                                                                                                                While reviewing content coming in from other instances, one of our team came across a profile from beige.party with an unusual field set:

                                                                                                                Field name: Anthropic sod off
                                                                                                                Field value: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86

                                                                                                                The profile also had in the bio. Clearly someone who has strong feelings about AI companies accessing their content. Fair enough - but we got curious. Does any of this actually do anything?

                                                                                                                So we tested it.

                                                                                                                ---

                                                                                                                THE TEST

                                                                                                                We fed the string directly to Claude. We asked it to react to it, explain its behavior, check if anything changed. The result: nothing. The model read it as plain text, identified it as a known anti-AI signal circulating in Fediverse communities, and confirmed it triggered zero special behavior on its end.

                                                                                                                We then thought about this from a technical standpoint.

                                                                                                                ---

                                                                                                                WHY IT DOES NOT WORK

                                                                                                                AI companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, and others do not train their models in real time by crawling your profile. The pipeline looks roughly like this:

                                                                                                                - Web crawlers collect data in bulk, often months or years before training runs
                                                                                                                - That data goes through preprocessing, deduplication, filtering at massive scale
                                                                                                                - By the time it reaches a training job, it is a static dataset
                                                                                                                - No live mechanism exists to honor opt-out strings embedded in content

                                                                                                                Even if a magic trigger string existed internally at Anthropic - it would need a preprocessing filter specifically looking for that string in the right field of the right data format. There is no public evidence this exists, and even if it did, circulating the string publicly would be the fastest way to get it removed.

                                                                                                                The string in a profile field is symbolic. It speaks to humans who read profiles. It does not speak to crawlers or training pipelines.

                                                                                                                ---

                                                                                                                WHAT ACTUALLY HAS EFFECT

                                                                                                                We did an honest assessment of what actually creates real technical barriers for people who do not want their content used by AI systems:

                                                                                                                1. - this one works. Bridge operators (services that bridge Mastodon to Bluesky and others) actively check for this tag and respect it. If cross-platform bridging is your concern, use it.

                                                                                                                2. Robots.txt at instance level - if your instance admin has blocked known AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot, PerplexityBot) in robots.txt, that creates a real barrier. Most major crawlers respect this. Ask your admin if they have done this.

                                                                                                                3. Followers-only posts - content not visible to unauthenticated requests cannot be collected by bulk crawlers. This is the most reliable content-level protection available to you right now.

                                                                                                                4. Authorized Fetch mode - some instances require authentication to access any content via ActivityPub. This significantly raises the cost of bulk collection.

                                                                                                                5. Choosing your instance deliberately - instances like infosec.exchange and chaos.social have explicit anti-AI policies and enforce them at the network level. Your instance's stance matters far more than your profile fields.

                                                                                                                ---

                                                                                                                OUR TAKE

                                                                                                                The frustration behind these strings is completely legitimate. Having your writing, your humor, your creative work, your personal thoughts fed into a training dataset without your knowledge or consent - that is a real grievance. The desire to resist it is understandable.

                                                                                                                But a string in a profile field is closer to a bumper sticker than a firewall. It tells other humans something about your values. The crawlers and training pipelines are indifferent to it.

                                                                                                                Real protection requires infrastructure-level decisions - and those are mostly in the hands of instance admins, not individual users. If this matters to you, the most effective thing you can do is pick an instance that shares your values and enforces them technically, or talk to your current admin about their crawler policies.

                                                                                                                ---

                                                                                                                What do you think about this movement? Do you have anything like this in your own profile? Do you believe individual-level resistance to AI data collection is meaningful - or is it purely symbolic?

                                                                                                                Does this stop AI training

                                                                                                                Alt...Does this stop AI training

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                                                                                                                  [?]c't Magazin » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @ct_Magazin@social.heise.de

                                                                                                                  [?]Simon Roses Femerling » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @simonroses@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                  Another smart move by @nvidia to acquire Hugging Face techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvid to secure their AI open source dominance

                                                                                                                    [?]🇯🇵アダム🇯🇵 :fedora: Rich :ubuntu: » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                    @disnoted@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                    Resource spotlight: The Linux Kernel Archives

                                                                                                                    The main repository for the Linux Kernel source code. Tracks Mainline, Stable, and Longterm kernel release versions and changelogs.

                                                                                                                    Category: Kernel Development
                                                                                                                    Section: Linux Foundation & Open Source Projects

                                                                                                                    Link: kernel.org

                                                                                                                    Source: Cyber Security, Open Source & Mobile Tech Resources (UPDATED 2026 • OFFICIAL DIRECTORY)

                                                                                                                      [?]heise online English » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                      @heiseonlineenglish@social.heise.de

                                                                                                                      [?]heise Developer » 🌐
                                                                                                                      @heisedeveloper@social.heise.de

                                                                                                                      TypePHP beschleunigt PHP: Open-Source-Compiler erzeugt native Binaries

                                                                                                                      Swooles quelloffener AOT-Compiler TypePHP übersetzt modernes PHP 8.4/8.5 in native Binärdateien und soll deutlich schneller als die ZendVM sein.

                                                                                                                      heise.de/news/TypePHP-beschleu

                                                                                                                        [?]🇯🇵アダム🇯🇵 :fedora: Rich :ubuntu: » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                        @disnoted@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                        Resource spotlight: LWN.net (Linux Weekly News)

                                                                                                                        In-depth technical coverage of Linux kernel developments, security patches, developer discussions, and open-source licensing updates.

                                                                                                                        Category: Developer Journal
                                                                                                                        Section: Linux Foundation & Open Source Projects

                                                                                                                        Link: lwn.net

                                                                                                                        Source: Cyber Security, Open Source & Mobile Tech Resources (UPDATED 2026 • OFFICIAL DIRECTORY)

                                                                                                                          [?]r1cksec » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @r1cksec@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                          A full interactive remote desktop delivered entirely through SSH and displayed directly in your terminal.

                                                                                                                          github.com/rylena/sshdesk

                                                                                                                            [?]🇯🇵アダム🇯🇵 :fedora: Rich :ubuntu: » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                                                            @disnoted@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                            Resource spotlight: Linux Foundation Newsroom

                                                                                                                            Official announcements, press releases, annual state of open source reports, project hosting, and industry consortium initiatives.

                                                                                                                            Category: Official News
                                                                                                                            Section: Linux Foundation & Open Source Projects

                                                                                                                            Link: linuxfoundation.org/newsroom

                                                                                                                            Source: Cyber Security, Open Source & Mobile Tech Resources (UPDATED 2026 • OFFICIAL DIRECTORY)

                                                                                                                              [?]Erik G. » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @egnun@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                              Hallo, ,
                                                                                                                              habt ihr lustige, interessante, überraschende Fakten über und und im Allgemeinen, mit denen man Besucher von Messen für eben diese Themen begeistern könnte?

                                                                                                                                [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                                                                RT @Zai_org: Weitere gute Neuigkeiten: Die Gewichte von GLM-5.3 werden morgen veröffentlicht.

                                                                                                                                mehr auf Arint.info

                                                                                                                                https://x.com/Zai_org/status/2092814169263218860

                                                                                                                                  [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                                                                  RT @ZixuanLi_: Ox Alpha war eine frühe Version von GLM-5.3-Flash. Die offizielle Veröffentlichung bietet stärkere Leistung und deutlich bessere Stabilität. Vielen Dank an @opencode und @OpenRouter für die Verfügbarkeit für die Community. Und danke an alle, die es ausprobiert und bis an die Grenzen getestet haben.

                                                                                                                                  mehr auf Arint.info

                                                                                                                                  https://x.com/ZixuanLi_/status/2092616956432015754

                                                                                                                                    [?]nixdev » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @nixdev@social.linux.pizza

                                                                                                                                    Acabo de publicar mi repo donde aporto mis soluciones a los problemas introductorios de en , además trae consigo 2 herramientas:

                                                                                                                                    - Script en Zig que ejecuta los tests de cses automaticamente.
                                                                                                                                    - Función print() simple para mostrar texto en consola tan facil como print("Hola mundo"); (si, lo hice pensando en la comodidad de Python). Con fines de depuracion fácil y por supuesto, para aprender como funciona un print asi de sencillo por debajo.

                                                                                                                                    - Problemas de CSES:
                                                                                                                                    codeberg.org/nixdev/CSESIntrod

                                                                                                                                    - Función print() estilo Python:
                                                                                                                                    codeberg.org/nixdev/zig-print

                                                                                                                                    Estoy abierto a sugerencias, mejoras en código, etc... o, si quieres contribuir a un print() más sólido te lo agradecería mucho!

                                                                                                                                      [?]FUNFACTOR1 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @FUNFACTOR1@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                      🎪 PRE-FULL DISCLOSURE — wallabag Android — CVSS 9.3 Critical

                                                                                                                                      Code execution on the device, data theft, propagation to other applications. Without the user doing a thing.

                                                                                                                                      CAN-2026-2035994 — GHSA-c6w6-mrjg-3rvx

                                                                                                                                      The Wallabag Circus is back in prime time.

                                                                                                                                      The first magic trick, in front of over a thousand spectators: disappearing. Without publicly responding to an explicit request to coordinate on fixing what was coming. Clear question, zero answers.

                                                                                                                                      The second act: downgrading an 8.5 to a 5.4 — in the very same message where they confirmed the server executes arbitrary requests. (Guess there was no calculator on hand?)

                                                                                                                                      Grand finale: making me disappear too. A ban from the project's channel, in the very same reply asking for more proof. The practical effect is identical to saying "I don't want to hear it."

                                                                                                                                      Despite everything, I gave them another chance. Read the screenshots. *"I haven't done the full disclosure of this second finding yet. Because I am a more honest person than you. I am still giving you an opportunity that you do not deserve."*

                                                                                                                                      Nothing. All in vain. So now the circus is back. And this time, it's a 9.3 act.

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                                                                                                                                        [?]Kuketz-Blog 🛡 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                        @kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                                                                        Die Auswertung der Leserbefragung ist da: 1.300 Antworten, viele Freitexte und ein ziemlich klares Bild. Besonders gefragt sind Empfehlungen, Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen und freie Software. Gleichzeitig soll der Blog ausführlich und technisch fundiert bleiben. Alle Details. 👇

                                                                                                                                        kuketz-blog.de/leserbefragung-

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                                                                                                                                          [?]Sam :mammoth: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @Nead@social.vivaldi.net

                                                                                                                                          brings the world’s knowledge to places where the internet can’t reach. From remote villages and refugee camps to submarines and aircraft carriers, Kiwix delivers Wikipedia, Project Gutenberg books, and other treasures entirely offline through a free, open-source reader powered by innovative compression technology.

                                                                                                                                          kiwix.org/en/

                                                                                                                                            [?]/G|T|R|O|N|I|X\ :python: :emacs: :nix: :linux: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @gtronix@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                            "Open source X viewers Nitter & XCancel are offline following cease-and-desist letters"

                                                                                                                                            "X, previously known as Twitter, has sent cease-and-desist letters to the maintainers ofNitter, an open-source project that let users view X posts without an account or using the official platform."

                                                                                                                                            alternativeto.net/news/2026/8/

                                                                                                                                              [?]James "Jim" Ed Randson » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @jimedrand@social.gnuweeb.org

                                                                                                                                              Ubuntu without Snap is always better solution to those who don't want to make booting longer or does hate how Snap works

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                                                                                                                                                [?]GNOME » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @gnome@floss.social

                                                                                                                                                Meet the Board! We'll be holding an AUA on Reddit with GNOME's new Board members this Saturday.

                                                                                                                                                reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/1v

                                                                                                                                                  [?]The Zeek Network Security Monitor » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                  @zeek@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                  Join us next week for the September Community Call for a preview of Zeek 9 with our dev team:

                                                                                                                                                  + Christian - Log schemas
                                                                                                                                                  + Arne - Running Zeek clusters with systemd
                                                                                                                                                  + Evan - XDP packet shunting

                                                                                                                                                  Bring your questions for the Q&A. Find the Zoom link here: zeek.org/events/

                                                                                                                                                    [?]Evan Genest » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                    @mistergenest@c.im

                                                                                                                                                    How much IP data should you use for geolocation?

                                                                                                                                                    Matomo lets you choose.

                                                                                                                                                    🟢 Green visit: all four IP bytes were available for geolocation.
                                                                                                                                                    🔵 Blue visit: only the first two IP bytes were available for geolocation.

                                                                                                                                                    Same laptop. Same actual location in Germany. Different geolocation precision.

                                                                                                                                                    You can choose the balance between location accuracy and IP anonymization that fits your requirements.

                                                                                                                                                    interface of matomo web analytics, with two visits as viewed in the real time "visits log" report

                                                                                                                                                    Alt...interface of matomo web analytics, with two visits as viewed in the real time "visits log" report

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                                                                                                                                                      [?]Dendrobatus Azureus » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                      @Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                      Thank you for the work

                                                                                                                                                      @LXQt

                                                                                                                                                        [?]Jungsi » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @jungsi@sueden.social

                                                                                                                                                        🗃️ Meine Sammlungsdatenbank für Retro-Hardware (>2.500 Objekte) ist jetzt Open Source!

                                                                                                                                                        Aufräumarbeiten, erstes Git-Repo, ne Menge gelernt dabei. Alles dazu im Blogartikel + Code auf GitHub:

                                                                                                                                                        📖 jungsi.de/sammlungsdatenbank-o
                                                                                                                                                        👉 github.com/Jungsis-Corner/samm

                                                                                                                                                          [?]Doris » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @doris@friendica-deutschland.de

                                                                                                                                                          🤖 KI ist weder Heilsbringer noch Teufelszeug – sie ist ein Werkzeug.

                                                                                                                                                          Kaum ein technisches Thema wird derzeit so emotional diskutiert wie Künstliche Intelligenz.

                                                                                                                                                          Auf der einen Seite werden enorme Erwartungen geweckt. Auf der anderen Seite wird teilweise bereits die bloße Nutzung von KI pauschal verurteilt.

                                                                                                                                                          Ich finde: Beides hilft uns nicht weiter.

                                                                                                                                                          Für mich ist KI zunächst einmal ein Werkzeug. Eines, das inzwischen erstaunlich nützlich sein kann.

                                                                                                                                                          Bei der Fehlersuche auf einem Server. Beim Analysieren von Logdateien. Beim Programmieren. Bei der Recherche. Um komplizierte Zusammenhänge verständlicher aufzubereiten. Oder manchmal auch einfach für eine kreative Spielerei.

                                                                                                                                                          Aber wie bei jedem Werkzeug gilt:

                                                                                                                                                          Benutze das Werkzeug, das dir bei der Lösung eines Problems hilft – aber verstehe, was du damit tust.

                                                                                                                                                          Denn KI kann Fehler machen. Sie kann Dinge erfinden. Und sie kann falsche Antworten mit einer Überzeugung präsentieren, bei der man zweimal hinschauen sollte. 😉

                                                                                                                                                          Gerade deshalb ersetzt KI für mich weder Wissen noch Erfahrung oder eigenes Denken.

                                                                                                                                                          Genauso wenig sollten wir die berechtigte Kritik ausblenden: Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauch, Trainingsdaten und Urheberrecht, Datenschutz, Abhängigkeiten von großen Konzernen und die gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen dieser Technologie sind wichtige Themen.

                                                                                                                                                          Darüber müssen wir reden – sachlich und durchaus kritisch.

                                                                                                                                                          Was mir dagegen zunehmend schwerfällt, ist die pauschale Einteilung in „KI ist großartig“ oder „KI ist grundsätzlich schlecht“.

                                                                                                                                                          Zwischen blinder Begeisterung und vollständiger Verteufelung gibt es ziemlich viel Raum für einen vernünftigen Umgang mit dieser Technologie.

                                                                                                                                                          Und am Ende bleibt für mich ein entscheidender Punkt:

                                                                                                                                                          Ein Werkzeug nimmt uns die Verantwortung für seine Verwendung nicht ab.

                                                                                                                                                          Genau darüber habe ich im Admin-Blog etwas ausführlicher geschrieben:

                                                                                                                                                          ➡️ KI im Werkzeugkasten des Admins – weder Heilsbringer noch Teufelszeug

                                                                                                                                                          Mich würde interessieren, wie ihr das seht: Welche Rolle spielt KI inzwischen für euch? Nützliches Werkzeug, etwas, das ihr bewusst meidet – oder irgendwo dazwischen?

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]ArcaneChat » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @arcanechat@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                          heads up , if you want , there is an solution that is , , free, multi-platform, , it is called

                                                                                                                                                          it is doesn't require phone numbers or any data for registration! find it in your app store of choice

                                                                                                                                                            [?]michabbb » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                            @michabbb@social.vivaldi.net

                                                                                                                                                            🔌 is a personal alternative that exposes local ports to the internet with automatic — running entirely on your own
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                                                                                                                                                              [?]Cassidy James :roost: :gnome: [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                              @cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family

                                                                                                                                                              I recently (re?)discovered The Open Source Way guidebook, and it is SO GOOD.

                                                                                                                                                              If you want to understand healthy, successful open source projects and community, I implore you to give it a read. Even a skim over interesting chapters is worthwhile! The whole thing completely reflects my own experiences in the best open source projects and communities.

                                                                                                                                                              Thanks to @dneary, @semioticrobotic, @quaid, and more for putting it together.

                                                                                                                                                              guidebook.theopensourceway.org/

                                                                                                                                                                [?]AA » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                @AAKL@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                Digital sovereignty rocks, especially considering that this is an open source project. (That's a red flag because this isn't the first instance.)

                                                                                                                                                                More about Amazon's acquisition of Amsterdam-based DuckLabs.

                                                                                                                                                                Amazon: AWS and DuckLabs: Building the future of analytics together aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/

                                                                                                                                                                DuckLabs: DuckLabs to Join AWS, Projects to Remain Open Source ducklabs.com/news/2026/08/26/d

                                                                                                                                                                More:

                                                                                                                                                                GeekWire: Amazon to acquire DuckLabs, adding the team behind DuckDB amid broader shakeup in cloud data geekwire.com/2026/amazon-acqui

                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Vlad » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                  @newsgroup@social.vir.group

                                                                                                                                                                  Corporate AI is just a fancy wrapper for data extraction and control. If we let a few companies own the weights, we lose the ability to audit how these systems think. Open source is the only way to ensure AI serves the public instead of a board of directors. It is a fight for digital sovereignty.

                                                                                                                                                                  Open source AI vs corporate AI: the real stakes nobody's talking about

                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...Open source AI vs corporate AI: the real stakes nobody's talking about

                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                    @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                                                                                                    RT @Alibaba_Qwen: ⚡Lernen Sie Qwen3.8-Flash kennen, ein multimodales MoE-Modell und ein frühes Preview der Qwen4-Architektur, jetzt als Open-Weight verfügbar!

                                                                                                                                                                    mehr auf Arint.info

                                                                                                                                                                    https://x.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2092591393424515114

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]FreeBSD Foundation » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                      @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                      How does the FreeBSD Foundation Board fit into the broader FreeBSD ecosystem?

                                                                                                                                                                      Following our annual meeting and Board elections at BSDCan, we’re taking a closer look at the role of the FreeBSD Foundation Board and how it differs from that of Foundation staff and FreeBSD Project leadership.

                                                                                                                                                                      Read more:
                                                                                                                                                                      freebsdfoundation.org/blog/und

                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Steve Woods » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @wood5y@mastodonapp.uk

                                                                                                                                                                        "LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are never transmitted to remote services and no component requires network access to function. The suite includes no advertising, no telemetry, no subscription and no account requirement, unlike some well-known proprietary office suites."

                                                                                                                                                                        slwoods.co.uk/?p=17192

                                                                                                                                                                          [?]LaraPlugins.io » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @LaraPlugins@phpc.social

                                                                                                                                                                          The head schema builders are genuinely well-designed. We built a `Schema::` abstraction on top. Breadcrumbs on 7 page types, dynamic FAQ on plugin detail pages, WebSite + Organization on the homepage. All wired through `Head::schema()`.

                                                                                                                                                                          But we kept OG image generation custom (the package doesn't render images), and our model-level SEO accessors still live outside the package.
                                                                                                                                                                          My article covers where the package shines and where it stops.

                                                                                                                                                                          danielpetrica.com/laravel-head

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]LibreOffice » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                            26.8 is here – with tabbed UI improvements, draft mode in Writer, and better scripting support. (And no built-in AI, of course.) Learn more about the latest update to the private office suite: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

                                                                                                                                                                            LibreOffice 26.8 banner

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Dima » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @dima@dol.social

                                                                                                                                                                              Next milestone achieved 🍾

                                                                                                                                                                              Merged into Symfony core.

                                                                                                                                                                              max_depth was counted per runtime class name. A Doctrine proxy is a subclass of the entity, so it got its own counter, and a graph with max_depth 1 serialized two levels deep instead of one.

                                                                                                                                                                              The depth key now falls back to the parent class when the parent declares the same MaxDepth. Proxy and entity share one counter.

                                                                                                                                                                              The issue was opened in October 2024. 685 days in the tracker before someone got to it.

                                                                                                                                                                              Landed in 6.4 LTS, merged by nicolas-grekas, upmerges to 7.4 and 8.1 next.

                                                                                                                                                                              github.com/symfony/symfony/pul

                                                                                                                                                                              A black card in DOL brand style. Across the top, in mono uppercase, Open source, Symfony core, and on the right a dark green pill reading 6.4 LTS. A large white headline, Merged into Symfony core. Under it in grey, the pull request title, [Serializer] Fix max depth counting for subclasses that inherit MaxDepth metadata. A thin rule, then four figures with labels. Pull request #65647, Issue open for 685 days, Merged by nicolas-grekas, Upmerges to 7.4 and 8.1. At the bottom the DOL emblem with dol.ch and dol.social.

                                                                                                                                                                              Alt...A black card in DOL brand style. Across the top, in mono uppercase, Open source, Symfony core, and on the right a dark green pill reading 6.4 LTS. A large white headline, Merged into Symfony core. Under it in grey, the pull request title, [Serializer] Fix max depth counting for subclasses that inherit MaxDepth metadata. A thin rule, then four figures with labels. Pull request #65647, Issue open for 685 days, Merged by nicolas-grekas, Upmerges to 7.4 and 8.1. At the bottom the DOL emblem with dol.ch and dol.social.

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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Lorenzo Ancora 🇪🇺🇮🇹 :verified: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @LorenzoAncora@ieji.de

                                                                                                                                                                                Opt-out is not consent, it is a corporate dark pattern designed to harvest data.

                                                                                                                                                                                True consent is an explicit YES not the absence of a NO. AI developers must stop exploiting users and start respecting autonomy by default.

                                                                                                                                                                                "CONSENT = EXPLICIT YES", followed by and open lock and by a hand manipulating the concept of "Opt-out".

                                                                                                                                                                                Alt..."CONSENT = EXPLICIT YES", followed by and open lock and by a hand manipulating the concept of "Opt-out".

                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Vlad » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                  @newsgroup@social.vir.group

                                                                                                                                                                                  Чому ми вирішили зробити власний форк пошукової системи замість готового рішення.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Варіантів було небагато: платити за чужий API і залежати від лімітів та політики постачальника, або будувати з нуля роками. Обрали третій шлях: взяли відкритий рушій YaCy як базу і почали переробляти під власні задачі.

                                                                                                                                                                                  На сьогодні код змінений на 20-40 відсотків від оригіналу, і це не косметика.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Повністю переробили візуал і кабінет веб-майстра. Додали векторний пошук для релевантніших результатів замість простого збігу ключових слів. Побудували алгоритм, який відстежує запити без результату і використовує це для пріоритезації індексації. Впровадили систему виявлення неетичного контенту ще на етапі індексу.

                                                                                                                                                                                  І це далеко не весь список.

                                                                                                                                                                                  Готове рішення дає швидкий старт, але забирає контроль над найважливішим: як саме працює пошук для твоїх користувачів.

                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Lorenzo Ancora 🇪🇺🇮🇹 :verified: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @LorenzoAncora@ieji.de

                                                                                                                                                                                    VLC starts very slowly on Windows 11? It takes ages to appear when you open a file?
                                                                                                                                                                                    Some users reported that the issue could be caused by a security conflict with Windows Defender!

                                                                                                                                                                                    Workaround until the bug is fixed:

                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Open this official Microsoft support page: support.microsoft.com/en-US/Wi
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Scroll down and click on the blue "Virus & threat protection settings" button;
                                                                                                                                                                                    3. In the Windows Defender window, click on the link manage the settings and add an exception for the plugins.dat cache file in the VLC installation folder (only exclude the specific plugins.dat file!). If you have difficulty reaching this step or the button does not work, go to START → Settings → Privacy & security → Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Manage settings → Exclusions;
                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Backup your VLC settings (if necessary), then close all windows of VLC, and manually quit the application using the context menu if a tray icon or any plugin widget is still visible on the screen;
                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Download an up-to-date version of VLC from the official website of the VideoLAN organization: videolan.org/vlc/
                                                                                                                                                                                    6. Install VLC, overwriting the existing installation;
                                                                                                                                                                                    7. Reboot, start VLC and check whether the delay has improved.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Power users: steps 5 to 7 are optional, because VLC also includes a dedicated command line tool (vlc-cache-gen.exe) to regenerate the VLC cache.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Source: msn.com/en-us/technology/softw

                                                                                                                                                                                    Image of the VLC cone logo being attacked by the Windows Defender shield logo with a laser beam. This represents the VLC plugin cache corruption bug caused by Windows Defender.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Alt...Image of the VLC cone logo being attacked by the Windows Defender shield logo with a laser beam. This represents the VLC plugin cache corruption bug caused by Windows Defender.

                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]SecBurg » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @secburg@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                      @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                                                                                                                      RT @danielhanchen: Qwen kündigt Qwen3.8-Flash-Next an, ein neues Open-Weight-Multimodal-MoE-Modell. 💜

                                                                                                                                                                                      mehr auf Arint.info

                                                                                                                                                                                      https://x.com/danielhanchen/status/2092222459550585019

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Arint - SEO+KI » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @Arint@arint.info

                                                                                                                                                                                        RT @UnslothAI: Jetzt kannst du Qwen3.8-27B kostenlos mit unserem Notebook feinabstimmen! 🔥

                                                                                                                                                                                        mehr auf Arint.info

                                                                                                                                                                                        https://x.com/UnslothAI/status/2092255772214509698

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) [he / him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                          @davemosk@mastodon.nz

                                                                                                                                                                                          I’m Leaving WhatsApp
                                                                                                                                                                                          I’m leaving WhatsApp. It’s an integral part of the Meta / Facebook empire, which is currently being sued by 29 states for the harm that it causes to children. While WhatsApp claims end-to-end encryption, they retain your metadata, which forms part of your social graph which they then use as part of their marketing efforts….
                                                                                                                                                                                          dave.moskovitz.co.nz/2026/08/2

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]VSX.is | Digital sovereignty » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                            @vsx@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                            Fairphone Won the Fight for Repairability. Now It's Finding Out That's Not Enough

                                                                                                                                                                                            Fairphone unveiled the Gen. 6+ on August 18. As a new device announcement, it’s one of the least exciting events of the year. More recent…

                                                                                                                                                                                            vsx.global/fairphone-won-the-c

                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Alexis Brignoni :python: :donor: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                              @abrignoni@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                              WE REPORT FEWER INSTALLED APPS NOW. THAT IS THE FIX.

                                                                                                                                                                                              That number on the card went from 3,981 to 791 and it is the thing I am proudest of in this release.

                                                                                                                                                                                              In 2018 I wanted a list of the apps installed on an iPhone. I thought that was one question. It is at least six, and no single artifact answers all of them.

                                                                                                                                                                                              So we tested it properly, iOS 12 through iOS 26, every registered test image we have. The old installed summary had been counting app extensions, malformed bundle IDs, and apps known only from container activity. Strip those out and the count drops by 80 percent. Nothing was thrown away. It moved to a table whose label says exactly what the evidence supports, and the historical view got bigger at the same time, 9,575 rows to 11,786.

                                                                                                                                                                                              The history got bigger. The claim got smaller. That is the trade I want every time.

                                                                                                                                                                                              My favorite detail: on one public test image, two apps being removed produced seventeen container destruction rows in nine seconds, because every app extension owns its own container. Read those rows as apps and you would report a phone shedding seventeen. It shed two.

                                                                                                                                                                                              An inventory and a stack of receipts are both useful. They are not interchangeable.

                                                                                                                                                                                              Link in bio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Open Source JobHub » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @osjobhub@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                New Job Alert: MOBIUS, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) library membership organization located in Columbia, Missouri, is seeking a Customer Service DevOps Linux Engineer. Learn more and apply now on
                                                                                                                                                                                                opensourcejobhub.com/job/29581

                                                                                                                                                                                                MOBIUS LINKING LIBRARIES

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Irbis » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @irbis_sh@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Socket found 737 fake VPNs on Chrome Web Store, impersonating brands like Proton and NordVPN. The extensions have 75,000+ downloads and routed traffic through an operator's server.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  This is why open-source matters for privacy tools: you can verify the code instead of trusting marketing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Read more: socket.dev/blog/chrome-vpn-ext

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Airikr :sweden: :endeavour: :xmpp: [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @airikr@mst-gts.airikr.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                    I have finally created my own image sharing website with end-to-end encryption! Feels so darn good :slight_smile:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    But to be honest, everything is built by me, but not the encryption on client side, management on server side, and to view the thumbnails in the gallery when logged in without breaking the encryption.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    But I am very proud of the result anyway! :heart_eyes:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    More info: https://pic.airikr.me

                                                                                                                                                                                                    The source code can be found on my self-hosted Forgejo server since Codeberg are trying to fight to "get rid off" AI generated code. I understand them and I understand the risk, though.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    But why AI? Without AI, I would not be able to create this project with end-to-end encryption at all since I suck at JavaScript.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    #opensource

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]ICS Advisory Project » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @AdvisoryICS@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                      ICS[AP] updated CISA ICS Advisories Master File for 8/25/2026 & the following year's CSVs:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      CISA_ICS_ADV_2026_8_25_26.csv

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Updates on 8/25/2026 included:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      CISA_ICS_ADV_2025_8_25_26.csv

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Available @ ICS[AP] GitHub:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      github.com/icsadvprj/ICS-Advis



                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]AA » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @AAKL@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                        9to5Linux: Ardour 9.8 Open-Source DAW Is Now Available with Initial Scales Support 9to5linux.com/ardour-9-8-open-

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Also:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        OpenSSL 4.0.2 Released with Important Security and Bug Fixes 9to5linux.com/openssl-4-0-2-re @9to5linux @mariusnestor

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Stefano Maffulli » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @stefano@www.maffulli.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The license is all you need (for Open Source AI)

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Over two years of practice and recent policy decisions prove that the Open Source AI Definition v1.0 is valid. Now let's focus on the other unresolved issues, like fairness. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                                                                                                                                          It turns out that open training data is not the most important piece of an Open Source AI. The license of the model is.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          I spent two years leading the process that decided what “Open Source” should mean when the thing being opened is a foundation model instead of a codebase. While serving as executive director of the Open Source Initiative, I ran a large, global, inclusive effort, with dozens of organizations and hundreds of contributors for a couple of years, arriving at a definition of Open Source AI that none of us could have dictated alone. The harshest discussion in that process, by a wide margin, was about training data, not weights or code.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          A small but vocal minority pushed hard for the definition to require only open training data as a condition of calling a model “Open Source,” not as a nice-to-have but as a floor. Without it, they argued, you don’t have all of the four freedoms, the backbone of Open Source: you can’t fully study or reproduce the AI, so you don’t have Open Source at all. The objection didn’t go away after the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) v. 1.0 shipped. The definition requires the weights and the code that generates them under an Open Source license; additionally, it requires sufficiently detailed disclosure about what went into training them, but not necessarily the data itself. I’ve defended the outcome of the process for two years. Practice so far has shown that the OSAID holds. This summer, policy defended it, too.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The purity test

                                                                                                                                                                                                          A version of the argument lingers: if the training data stays a black box, an Open Source license on the weights is a technicality, because you can’t verify what you can’t inspect. Real security and real trust require opening the whole AI-creating pipeline, not just the output. I get the intuition; it is more rigorous. But reality shows that regulators and AI adopters aren’t acting on data provenance. They act on the AI model’s license first and the credibility of who built the thing second. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Suppose the Chinese government released a model tomorrow with full weights and a complete, public training corpus, thoroughly documented. The security establishment would not trust it automatically. Trust doesn’t come from disclosures alone. It comes from long-established credibility of the labs building the models, the governance of the project. A track record earns trust in a way a data dump can’t. Today, data disclosure remains an argument for courts to dissect copyright issues.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Nineteen days dark

                                                                                                                                                                                                          On June 9, Anthropic shipped two new models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Three days later, the US Commerce Department applied export controls with immediate effect, barring access by any foreign national, anywhere, including Anthropic’s own staff. Nationality can’t be verified in real time at the API layer, so both models went dark, globally, for everyone. Partial clearance came June 26 for a short list of vetted US critical-infrastructure organizations. Commerce lifted the controls June 30. Fable 5 came back online June 30, nineteen days after a policy decision took a live model away from the entire world, including the company that built it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Six weeks later, the mirror image played out. Moonshot AI, a Chinese lab, opened the API for its new K3 model on July 16 and released the weights on July 27: a frontier-class model on an open release path no export order can touch once the files are out. Moonshot AI showed the power of open: You can switch off a proprietary, hosted-only model, but you cannot switch off a copy already running on the users’ hardware.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          On July 21, US Treasury Secretary Bessent said the government would examine Chinese Open Source models for intellectual property theft, with sanctions on the table. That’s a statement of intent with complications: sanctions need an enforceable chokepoint, and once weights have been downloaded across a dozen jurisdictions, there isn’t much to grab onto. Mozilla’s State of Open Source AI report says the quiet part out loud: an outright prohibition gets harder to enforce as adoption grows, because every copy already held sits outside the reach of the order.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Whatever Washington ends up doing about Chinese open weight models, it will have to act on distribution and access, on what a license permits and who can get the files, because that’s the only lever still standing once the weights are loose. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                          These actions show that regulators are more concerned with who’s allowed to access the download link than with whether Moonshot AI disclosed its training corpus: The license is what counts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          What the numbers show 

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Kimi K3, a model available for free with some restrictions

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1

                                                                                                                                                                                                          , ranks fourth on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, within four points of the proprietary frontier. Models with no or few restrictions to use now carry roughly a third of all tokens routed through OpenRouter, up from about 2% eighteen months ago, and still climbing. Chinese-built open models are running at more than 3.5-to-1 over US-built closed models in token volume on the same platform. DeepSeek-R1 ships under a plain MIT license, at reasoning scores within a couple of points of OpenAI’s o1, for $0.55 to $2.19 per million tokens against o1’s $15 to $60, roughly a 27x price gap at near-identical performance.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          These numbers show that users aren’t concerned about data provenance but they care more about model availability, capabilities, and cost.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          AI foundation models are a brand new “thing”

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Last year I was one of the co-authors on a paper in Communications of the ACM, alongside people who spend a lot of time analyzing AI openness: Yann LeCun, Nathan Lambert, Sayash Kapoor, and a dozen others across Mozilla, the Linux Foundation, Columbia, Princeton, Eleuther AI, Allen Institute for AI and more. That framework’s whole point was to resist a single-axis view of trust and transparency for AI: don’t stare at the weights trying to adapt old concepts to this artifact, but look at the full stack. The framework treats licensing and documentation of the model as separate, cross-cutting attributes. Documentation covers model cards, evaluation results, and information about the data, distinct from the data itself. A license to the weights is its own category, alongside documentation rather than beneath it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Current.ai’s Gap Map, which catalogs what’s needed to build and ship a model, runs on the same architecture. It tracks datasets, code, and weights as separate components with their own separate gaps, and nowhere does it treat a dataset as a requirement of the model trained on it. The Gap Map is a practical representation of AI openness produced at the Columbia Convening, and it still doesn’t back the purity position. It agrees with me: license plus disclosed documentation is the operative bar for Open Source AI. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Time to say it plainly

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Let’s stop pretending this is still an open question. Training data provenance matters, and that’s not up for debate. But training data isn’t AI’s source code, and it was never going to be the policy’s lever. The CACM framework says as much, and so does Mozilla’s report.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Washington is reaching for export controls and sanctions built entirely around license and access to models. The courts are narrowly arguing copyright issues. In the market, open weight models under OSI-approved licenses are eating token share regardless of what anyone knows about their training corpora.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The purity test was always a bet that the world would eventually agree data openness is the real bar. The world placed the opposite bet, in public, this summer, using just the license as its operating lever. It’s time the rest of us caught up to back our own definition and move the policy debate towards a fair AI ecosystem.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. A previous version of this post incorrectly classified Kimi K3 as “open weight”, a term that I use to imply the license of the model is OSI-approved. This is not the case of Kimi K3 license. ↩︎

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                                                                                                                                                                                                            I miss being part of a team. Very specifically, the collaborative energy of like-minded people in the community striving toward a common goal.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            I don't say this because I'm looking for employment. At this point in my life, I just miss using my skills to help make a difference. You know?

                                                                                                                                                                                                            That said, I wonder if I might find contentment volunteering for an open source project. Who out there needs help?

                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]SwampPutty » 🌐
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              When it comes to my daily personal computer, i use and really enjoy the experience. I use the cinnamon environment which just works with everything which i love.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              I have tried other Distros like Bazzite, SteamOS, Ubuntu & Debian for my daily PC but they all required alot more tinkering then i prefer for a daily PC.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Now I want to move my Homelab off my daily PC and put it onto its own environment/Computer to have my own home server.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Question is, what Distro should i use for my home server?
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Some of the options i been looking at are the following:
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Linux Mint XFCE (Similar to my main Distro)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Ubuntu Server (Popular Choice)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Debian (Popular Choice + Familiar With The Environment)
                                                                                                                                                                                                              These are just some of the options i been looking at but i never hosted a before, so im unsure what would be the best for such an environment.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                Today marks Linux’s 35th birthday! 🎉🎂

                                                                                                                                                                                                                35 years of milestones that took a hobby project from one developer’s announcement to the foundation of much of modern computing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Here is a look at the milestones that shaped its remarkable journey 😎👇

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Does anyone know of a Linux GUI for GhostScript so that I can easily compress PDFs? (Yes, I could do it using the terminal but I hope for other, computer-averse folks to use it too)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I've only come up with workerPDF
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thank you! 🙏

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