Given that I found an app to create slides in MarkDown: is there an open source solution, accessible to blind, to show those slides in a presentation (conference, office, etc.?
Better if it's self-hostable, but otherwise, decentralized anyways.

No idea if LibreOffice is still accessible, if it has a presentation tool - OnlyOffice is excluded, accessibility isn't optimized at all despite they speak about it. Already had a call with them but no news came since long.

#a11y #accessibility #askFedi #blind #FediHelp #markdown #opensource #selfhosting

Pablo's keynote from #PyConUS is finally available to watch! I cannot recommend this talk enough. It’s an incredible articulation of what makes #opensource so special and how rampant #AI use is eroding vital resources to the breaking point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8uozuvRf7g

Millions of automated requests are hitting Kernel.org daily, pushing maintainers to deploy increasingly aggressive defenses against AI crawlers.
https://linuxiac.com/kernel-org-battles-ai-crawlers-generating-millions-of-daily-requests/

#linux #kernel #opensource

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Millions of automated requests are hitting Kernel.org daily, pushing maintainers to deploy increasingly aggressive defenses against AI crawlers.

I should probably write more on this, but this topic just came up in a private chat and want to share it here.

This discourse over #AI in #OpenSource is just the old Proprietary vs Open Source debate from 20+ years ago.

Back then, the proprietary people would say stuff like "Microsoft is everywhere, you can't avoid it", "Linux is a toy OS, real work requires windows", "You're going to be left behind".

Does this sound familiar to anyone else?

#FuckAI

Got Nebula mesh? Secure your overlay network and give Big Tech a middle finger.

Nebula's mesh tech is open source, scalable, and runs on Docker with Caddy. Freedom at the edge!

#NebulaMesh #SelfHosting #OpenSource

https://wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=meme_woprsystems&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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Nebula's mesh tech is open source, scalable, and runs on Docker with Caddy. Freedom at the edge!

Reading on X:

dhh is creating some kind of cult, AI cringe art, monarchist memes everywhere.

He's basically funding all the aiart slop to his own image, using the omacon funds.

These are the fuckers that wanna lecture you about taste and normalcy.

#dhh #omarchy #opensource

Linus Torvalds Announces First #Linux Kernel 7.3 Release Candidate https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-3-release-candidate

#LinuxKernel #OpenSource

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Linux Kernel 7.3 Release Candidate

｢ What LLMs in Debian development will do, I fear, is eliminate any incentive to scrap boilerplate or reform policies that require a lot of other senseless human effort. If I had had access to LLMs 30 years ago, I might have just had them generate the rules files, replate with complexity. So they will make Debian even more firmly what it is, and ever less likely to explore what it could become ｣

https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/Debian_and_the_sirens/

#debian #llm #aislop #vibecoding #opensource

zizmor 1.30 is released!

this release comes with one new audit (self-repository) and a whole bunch of enhancements (including more pre-commit support) and bug fixes.

full release notes here:

https://docs.zizmor.sh/release-notes/#1300

#rust #opensource

📢 Erinnerung: Morgen (Montag, 31.08.2026) ist wieder Fediverse-Sprechstunde! 🌐

„Mach doch einfach ein Issue auf!“

Diesen Satz hat vielleicht der eine oder die andere schon einmal gehört. Aber … was ist eigentlich ein Issue? 🤔

🐞 Ich habe einen Fehler entdeckt – wie melde ich ihn richtig?
💡 Ich habe eine Idee – wo werde ich sie los?
🛠️ Ich wünsche mir eine Verbesserung – darf ich dafür ein Issue erstellen?
📝 Und was muss überhaupt hineingeschrieben werden, damit Entwickler damit etwas anfangen können?

Genau darum geht es morgen Abend in unserer nächsten Fediverse-Sprechstunde:

📅 Montag, 31.08.2026
🕢 19:30 Uhr
💻 Online

✨ Was sind Issues und wie erstelle ich welche?

Durch den Abend führt uns Jens @qbi , den einige vielleicht noch von unserer Fediverse-Sprechstunde zum Thema BookWyrm kennen.

Als Administrator und Entwickler kennt Jens Issues aus der Praxis und wird uns zeigen, wie sie funktionieren und wie wir selbst gute und hilfreiche Issues erstellen können.

Und keine Sorge: Ihr müsst weder programmieren können noch Entwickler sein! 😊

Gerade das soll ein Thema für uns alle sein. Denn Open-Source-Projekte und damit auch viele Anwendungen im Fediverse leben davon, dass Nutzer Fehler melden, Ideen einbringen und Rückmeldungen geben.

Vielleicht verlieren wir morgen gemeinsam auch ein bisschen die Scheu vor GitHub, Codeberg & Co. 😉

Wie immer gilt bei unserer Sprechstunde:

💬 Fragen ausdrücklich erwünscht!
🤝 Erfahrungen dürfen geteilt werden.
🌱 Einsteiger sind genauso willkommen wie erfahrene Nutzer, Admins und Entwickler.

Denn das Fediverse lebt nicht nur von seiner Technik, sondern vor allem von den Menschen, die gemeinsam daran arbeiten, es ein kleines Stück besser zu machen.

Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander. 💜

👉 Morgen, Montag, 31.08.2026 um 19:30 Uhr

💻 Konferenzraum:
campus.ws-12.de/rooms/8p9-mvy-…

Kommt einfach vorbei – wir freuen uns auf euch! 😊

📢 Weitersagen und Teilen sehr gern erwünscht.

#Fediverse #FediverseSprechstunde #OpenSource #Issues #Friendica #Mastodon #Hubzilla #BookWyrm #Codeberg #GitHub

I am glad that more projects are trying to boost their progress and possibly enhance quality using AI, nice to see #Debian on that side, even tho I am long time RHEL-family distros user.

I wonder what all those raging ppl around would feel, if for example Linus Torvalds used AI for Linux development...
Oh wait

#linux #opensource #ai

Sauerteig ist eigentlich das älteste Open-Source-Projekt der Welt: geforkt, weitergereicht, jede Instanz läuft ein bisschen anders. Meiner braucht nur leider mehr Pflege als mein halbes Homelab. Na und, dafür gibt es Brot. 🍞

#sauerteig #opensource #foss #homelab #schicksalsjahreeineskaisers

@QasimRashid

If y'all haven't already now would be a good time to abandon all #Meta products.
Go #Linux
Go #opensource
Go the kinder, more caring, #internet

D7VK v2.2 for playing retro Windows games on Linux improves Direct3D 3 support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-v2-2-for-playing-retro-windows-games-on-linux-improves-direct3d-3-support/

#Proton #OpenSource #D7VK

#OpenSource Ecology

https://www.opensourceecology.org/

Reading “Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software”

I am in these paragraphs and I don’t like it.

#opensource

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of contributors doesn't [sic] know how to resolve a merge conflict."56 A few years later, he followed up with more observations: • Almost no one writes a good pull request title • More than half don't know about the 'Fixes #112' syntax • ~30% don't run tests locally before submitting a PR • ~40% don't include docs/tests57 l've also noticed that the general PR quality has gone considerably down in the past few years. I guess it's a result of GitHub's increased popularity. "\("/) /~58 It's not the fault of new developers. They don't know how open source works, and they've been told that they're doing the right thing by asking questions. "Don't let this be a deterrent for you to contribute though," Sorhus himself added.59 "Just keep in mind that my time is finite and if I have to go back and forth on your PR for stuff you could have caught yourself with a second look, you take time away from other PRs."60 Open source maintainers have become the de facto teachers for developers who are learning how to contribute. In the past, this made sense when new developers were trying to join a project's community. Today, rehashing the basics to a revolving door of strangers can be fatiguing: death by a thousand paper cuts. Developer Nolan Lawson describes his experience as a perverse effect where, the more successful you are, the more you get 'punished' with GitHub notifications."61

🚀 leapt/im-bundle v6.1.0 is out!

This release fixes shell command injection vulnerabilities in the image resize route and the cache-clear command, plus AssetMapper support. If you use this bundle, upgrade now! 🔒

https://github.com/leapt/im-bundle/releases/tag/v6.1.0

#PHP #Symfony #OpenSource

The growing divide between AI hype and software engineering reality

It is widely accepted that there is an AI bubble in the financial markets at the moment. The moderate opinion is however that LLMs are constantly improving and will eventually take over more and more tasks from humans and increase productivity. But are LLMs actually getting smarter, or just better at fooling us?
— by @ottok

📃 https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/why-open-source-projects-ban-ai/

#opensource #aihype #LLMs #aibubble #ai #software #development #smart #aislop

Question: In the age of vibe-coding and AI slop, is it time to start creating AI-free/handcrafted forks of open source software projects?

There was a time when the free & open source software movement stood in opposition to big tech.

It's become a cliché now, but when Microsoft found a new way to enshittify Windows, the natural response was "install Linux", because open source stood in opposition to bug tech.

Yet with the emergence of LLMs, there's a significant number of open source projects that gladly accept Claude-generated code. Some maintainers are open advocates.

So is it time for a fork, when an explicitly open and AI-free software movement separates from FOSS projects that openly embrace AI?

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Claude #tech #askFedi #askingfedi #KDE #gnome

🤔 I'm old enough to remember when we used to have Free Software institutions that took a moral/ethical stance on things that mattered.

They are gone. All of them.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #SoftwareFreedom #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #noAI

☁️ #Floci is a free, #opensource local #AWS emulator built with #Quarkus Native — AWS-compatible services on your machine with no AWS account, no auth token and no paid feature gates #devops #testing 🧵👇

What are you guys using for #streaming #music? I need a new source of tunes for while I work, and YouTube has too damn many ads. I'm up for anything that isn't big tech, #OpenSource is ideal.

One Inbox for Everything? Matrix Bridges, Beeper and the Price of Convenience

Today, the average user communicates via three to five different apps. WhatsApp with family, Messenger with colleagues from a previous job, Telegram…

https://vsx.global/one-inbox-for-everything-matrix-bridges-beeper-and-a-price-thats-worth-the-convenience/

#infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

#openSUSE.Asia Summit 2026 kicks off Oct 3-4! Two days packed with talks on #security, #containers, #AI, and #community. Who's ready? #openSUSEAsia #OpenSource https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSAS26

FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued

https://freecore.org/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494856

#HackerNews #FreeCORE #TrueNAS #Core #TrueNAS #OpenSource #Storage #NASCommunity

#China is advancing a comprehensive approach to #global #AI #governance, balancing #OpenSource #innovation with safety measures and #international #cooperation. At the 2026 #World AI #Conference (#WAIC) and High-Level #Meeting on Global AI Governance, President Xi Jinping called for a just and equitable #system for global AI governance, emphasizing that AI should be people-centered and benefit all of #humanity. https://cnbusinessforum.com/china-advances-global-ai-governance-with-open-source-models-and-new-international-body/

i will definitely be using this website https://isitreallyfoss.com

for example, whenever someone suggests that one proprietary keyboard i can just https://isitreallyfoss.com/projects/futo-keyboard/

#FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

In Kürze erscheint die erste Beta von MusicCurator 🎶
Die Idee entstand, weil mir für #Nextcloud ein Werkzeug fehlte, das Musik sauber erkennt, Metadaten & Cover ergänzt, Alben/Playlists ordnet und .m3u8-Playlists verwaltet – selbstgehostet und unter eigener Kontrolle.

https://github.com/Happyfeet01/musiccurator/releases/tag/v0.2.15

MusicCurator ist Open Source. Wer meine Arbeit und laufende Serverkosten unterstützen möchte: PayPal oder BuyMeACoffee – natürlich völlig freiwillig. ❤️
https://www.paypal.me/LarsM1980
https://buymeacoffee.com/sly5ir9ov #nextcloud #Opensource #Development #Linux

🤖 UpgradePilot: open-source autonomous vulnerability response agent. Investigates CVEs, proves exploitability in a sandbox, generates and verifies patches, then requests human approval before opening a remediation PR. New project, interesting direction for automated patching.

🔗 https://github.com/oussamaelfig/UpgradePilot
#CyberSec #AI #CVE #OpenSource

Microduck: The duck robot from France

The French robot manufacturer Pollen Robotics has developed an electronic duck for 440 euros. The big question: Who needs Microduck?

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Microduck-The-duck-robot-from-France-11434364.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Python #Roboter #Wissenschaft #news

🚀 Chronivaro 0.2.0 has been released!

Chronivaro is an open-source working time, absence tracking, and monthly period closing system.

📦 Release notes & downloads:
https://github.com/eitch/Chronivaro/releases/tag/v0.2.0

#Chronivaro #Strolch #Java #OpenSource #TimeTracking

RE: https://mstdn.ro/@linuxwebzine/117180381966175352

I ran Manjaro Openbox edition for a little while years ago following the death of Crunchbang Linux - The project was still in its infancy then. The project later got spun off into Mabox. Glad to see they're still around.

#Linux #OpenSource #Manjaro

Just catching up on the Debian AI debate. The project has had a voting window over the past two weeks which just concluded.

Results are in and Debian maintainers voted to allow AI contributions with encouraged disclosure.

The winning proposal will hold the human contributor who uses AI accountable for the content they submit to the project.

https://linuxiac.com/debian-says-yes-to-generative-ai-but-keeps-humans-accountable/

#Debian #AI #Linux #OpenSource

🤖🐧 **Debian** توافق على استخدام الأكواد المولدة بالذكاء الاصطناعي! القرار يسمح للمطورين بقبول مساهمات أنشأها AI، لكن المسؤولية النهائية عن الكود تقع على عاتق الشخص الذي يقدمه، بما في ذلك التحقق من الجودة والترخيص.

📖 https://www.masdarx.com/posts/debian-vote-ai-code-allowed-submitters-responsible-schulze/

#Debian #Linux #AI #OpenSource #Programming

'Responsible Use ' for #Debian policy seems to be purely focused on output.

"standards of quality, correctness, maintainability, and legal compliance'

Sad to see big projects missing the opportunity to influence (and lead) standards of responsibility like openness of model, #environment impact any* stake that places responsibility back to builders (not just users).

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use

#AI #OpenSource #ResponsibleAI

📋 #CrabTrap by #Brex is an #opensource HTTP/HTTPS proxy that sits between #AI agents and external APIs, evaluating every outbound request against security policies before it reaches the internet #AIsecurity #golang
🧵👇

https://catima.app/

Stability is not about being outdated. It is about reliability and trust. The Debian social contract proves that community values matter more than corporate speed. That commitment to free software is why it remains a gold standard.

#debian #linux #opensource

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debian The importance of stability and the social contract in community-driven operating systems

I’ve been a long-time Kubuntu user, currently on 26.04 LTS.

Mostly because I want Debian-ish stability, KDE, reasonably current software, and something that will happily run on moderately elderly hardware without demanding a blood sacrifice to the upgrade gods.

And I increasingly want to escape the Canonical Slop™.

So I’ve been thinking: Debian Testing? 🤔

Except then I went looking into Debian’s current position on generative AI and -

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, DEBIAN?

So apparently Debian is having an enormous philosophical argument about whether the robot should be allowed into the kitchen while I am standing outside trying to find an operating system that doesn't make me want to scream.

Which leaves me with the obvious question:

If I want KDE, stability, reasonably current packages, decent support for older hardware, no Canonical nonsense, AND a Free Software project that is taking the whole GenAI mess seriously… WHAT THE FUCK DO I RUN?

Debian Testing was looking so promising, too. 😭

Linux distro hopping has become a personality crisis.

🐧💀

#Linux #KDE #Kubuntu #Debian #DebianTesting #FreeSoftware #FOSS #GenAI #OpenSource #LinuxDesktop

@nuintari I think its a bit alpha, but https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils

For more AAA BSD gaming, one has to buy a PS5 :P

#BSD #FOSS #Steam #openSource

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre 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 #OpenSource crafting and mining voxel game, available in the #luanti game engine.

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

#game #gaming #games

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.

#OpenSource #MeshNetworks #DataSovereignty

https://wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=meme_nodez3r0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

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

D7VK v2.2 is out now continuing to improve retro Windows games on Linux with improvements to Direct3D 3 and various bug fixes.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-v2-2-for-playing-retro-windows-games-on-linux-improves-direct3d-3-support/

#OpenSource #Wine #Proton #Misc

Check out some of the new features in #LibreOffice 26.8, in this video: https://peertube.opencloud.lu/w/tmoPX76YriNTk2RaULPJsw #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Microduck: Der Entenroboter aus Frankreich

Der französische Roboterhersteller Pollen Robotics hat eine elektronische Ente für 440 Euro entwickelt. Die große Frage: Wer braucht Microduck?

https://www.heise.de/news/Microduck-Der-Entenroboter-aus-Frankreich-11434210.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Python #Roboter #Wissenschaft #news

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

#Ahrefs #CompetitorAnalysis #DigitalMarketing #OpenSource #Semrush #SEO #arint_info

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

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.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-6-released-with-updates-for-wayland-ps5-controllers-and-more-upgrades/

#OpenSource #Proton #Misc #GEProton

75.000 #Microsoft #MS365 Lizenzen für die Katz gekauft.

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Wind-of-Change-Wie-Hannover-sich-an-75-000-M365-Lizenzen-die-Finger-verbrannte-11432195.html

#libreoffice #openoffice #didit #didid #dutgemacht #unplugbigtech #linux #office #opensource

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.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/direct3d-8-9-10-11-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-3-1-brings-improvements-for-game-launchers-older-frostbite-engine-and-more/

#OpenSource #Wine #Valve #Proton #DXVK

The flood gates for generative AI in Debian Linux are now seemingly open, with the results from a recent vote now available.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/debian-linux-developers-vote-to-allow-responsible-use-of-generative-ai/

#OpenSource #DistroNews #Misc #AI #Debian

Opengrep (open-source Semgrep) in v1.29.0 released

https://secburg.com/posts/opengrep-v1290-released/

#Opengrep #SAST #AppSec #DevSecOps #OpenSource

💥 LLM usage in Debian neither endorsed nor prohibited

https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002#texte

#debian #llm #ai #vibecoding #opensource

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.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/calibre-ebook-ai-covers?v1

#linux #foss #opensource

#EndeavourOS Titan Nova Is Out with #Linux Kernel 7.1 and #KDE Plasma 6.7.4 https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-nova-is-out-with-linux-kernel-7-1-and-kde-plasma-6-7-4

@EndeavourOS #ArchLinux #OpenSource

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

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

https://mikecoats.com/jlcpcb-experience/

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.

#ad #electronics #openHardware #openSource #sponsored

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.

https://muench.dev/post/2026-08-hindsight-ein-agent-memory-system-das-mich-begeistert-hat

#KI #Memory #OpenSource

ESET: AI-driven OSINT in the wrong hands – and why everyone could be a target for fraud https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/privacy/ai-powered-osint-why-everyone-viable-target-fraud/ @ESETresearch #infosec #opensource #cybercrime

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.

~
#grapheneos #apps #opensource #foss #android

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dxvk has updated to version v3.1. Check it out here: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v3.1
#foss #OpenSource #linuxGaming

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).

#libtorrent #MacPorts #OpenSource #torrent #BitTorrent #TUI #ncurses

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?

#chrony #NTP #PTP #MacPorts #OpenSource #OpenBSD

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 #EuroBSDCon2026, 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:
https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/RER8UZ/

#FreeBSD #OpenSource

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!

#libtorrent #rtorrent #MacPorts #OpenSource #torrents #BitTorrents #TUI #ncurses

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

#OpenSource #FOSS #Europe #Linux #Android

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.

https://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. 📡🗞️

#opensource #selfhosted #RSS

🚨 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: https://board.owasp.org/elections/2026_elections

#OWASP #AppSec #CyberSecurity #elections #opensource

• • • 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.

~
#markdown #android #foss #opensource #notes

#TGIQF: 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!

https://www.heise.de/news/TGIQF-35-Jahre-Linux-Das-Quiz-11433268.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Quiz #Journal #LinusTorvalds #Linux #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #news

Lossless Scaling Frame Generation on Linux lsfg-vk moves away from GitHub, changes license due to AI slop forks https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-on-linux-lsfg-vk-moves-away-from-github-changes-license-due-to-ai-slop-forks/

#OpenSource #LosslessScaling #GenAI #AI #Linux #LinuxGaming

We hope you're enjoying the new features and improvements in #LibreOffice 26.8! This was all made possible thanks to your donations, which are the majority of @tdforg funding: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/28/how-libreoffice-is-funded/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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🚀 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

#ArchLinux #ParchLinux #OpenSource #Linux

#Linux 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 https://www.kernel.org

#OpenSource #LinuxKernel

#China is advancing a comprehensive approach to #global #AI #governance, balancing #OpenSource #innovation with safety measures and #international #cooperation. At the 2026 #World AI #Conference (#WAIC) and High-Level #Meeting on Global AI Governance, President Xi Jinping called for a just and equitable #system for global AI governance, emphasizing that AI should be people-centered and benefit all of #humanity. https://cnbusinessforum.com/china-advances-global-ai-governance-with-open-source-models-and-new-international-body/

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

mehr auf Arint.info

#AI #DGXSpark #MachineLearning #NLP #OpenSource #Qwen3 #arint_info

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

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. #freesoftware #opensource #rms

Sovereign Tech Agency makes a big investment into Flatpak https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/

#Flatpak #OpenSource #Linux

s&box, the game creation platform from Facepunch now has a Linux Beta https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/s-box-the-game-creation-platform-from-facepunch-now-has-a-linux-beta/

#Linux #OpenSource #Facepunch #s&box

The developer behind the Lossless Scaling Frame Generation on Linux (lsfg-vk) project has made an announcement about a bunch of major changes.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-on-linux-lsfg-vk-moves-away-from-github-changes-license-due-to-ai-slop-forks/

#OpenSource #Misc

Valve just launched a brand new update for the compatibility layer Proton Experimental - bringing more Windows game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-dragon-age-inquisition-far-cry-warhammer-vermintide-2/

#Steam #OpenSource #SteamOS #Valve #Proton #SteamDeck #SteamMachine

Facepunch have announced they plan official Linux support for their Source 2 powered game creation platform, s&box, with an initial Beta out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/s-box-the-game-creation-platform-from-facepunch-now-has-a-linux-beta/

#Steam #OpenSource #Sandbox #Beta #Casual #NativeLinux

This is great to see! The Sovereign Tech Agency have made a big investment into the future of Flatpak, the modern Linux packaging format.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/

#OpenSource #Misc #Flatpak

Hi Mastodon! 👋 As a developer of Parch Linux (https://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! 🐧❤️

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #LinuxMobile #LinuxDistro #TechNews #TechJournalism #ParchLinux

Here's how to automatically post to Mastodon: https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/python-social-media-automation/?s=mb #OpenSource #Python #TwitterMigration

What people often don't understand:
#OpenSource 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

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

youtube.com/watch?v=Ffl2DFHoZd…
#Linux #LinusTorvalds #OpenSource #LinuxFoundation #Android #Ubuntu #Debian

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.

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…

https://vsx.global/private-encryption-and-european-sovereignty-what-decentralization-can-really-achieve/

#infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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

#Federated #lemmy #jerboa #programming #OpenSource #technology #social #networks #FediVerse #CA #overlords #reddit

heise+ | Comeback einer Kultuhr: Smartwatch Pebble Time 2 im Test

Die Pebble Time 2 ist keine gewöhnliche Smartwatch. Wir haben sie getestet und herausgefunden, warum man sie liebt oder hasst.

https://www.heise.de/tests/Comeback-einer-Kultuhr-Smartwatch-Pebble-Time-2-im-Test-11395792.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Datenschutz #FitnessTracker #Mobiles #OpenSource #Pebble #Smartwatch #Wearables #news

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:
https://kielux.de

#kielux #linux #opensource

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:
https://github.com/icsadvprj/ICS-Advisory-Project/tree/main

#opensource
#vulnerabilitymanagement
#icssecurity

RT @inco_ai: GLM-5.3-Flash ist schnell. DFlash 2 macht es noch schneller!

mehr auf Arint.info

#DFlash2 #GLM53Flash #HuggingFace #KI #MaschinellesLernen #OpenSource #arint_info

https://x.com/inco_ai/status/2093112577194885121

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

#Alternative #GitHub #KünstlicheIntelligenz #NotebookLM #OpenNotebook #OpenSource #arint_info

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

@mpjgregoire Dear #Canada, I love you as a fellow #Canadian, 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, #OpenSource-averse, #DataSovereignty-averse IT departments will just have to suck it all up - whatever Trump feels like doing to you.

Open source TIE Fighter engine remake
https://github.com/elyosh/OpenTIE #starwars #tiefighter #opensource

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.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-26041-lts-point-release-download

#Ubuntu #Linux #OpenSource

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

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

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?

#openSource #django #python #free #foss #funding

Yesterday I woke up to the news of the #Luanti #Android 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:

https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/

#foss #opensource #gaming

Omarchy Linux: Desktop Overhaul and $10 Million for Foundation

Omarchy 4.0 replaces large parts of the previous desktop environment. At the same time, the project receives a foundation funded with ten million US dollars.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Omarchy-Linux-Desktop-Overhaul-and-10-Million-for-Foundation-11432304.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#ArchLinux #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Linux #OpenSource #Wayland #news

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)

~
#grapheneos #prywatność #opensource #foss

🚀 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!

https://www.patreon.com/meteyou/posts/mainsail-v2-19-0-167865039

#3DPrinting #Klipper #Mainsail #OpenSource @3dprinting

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Mainsail Release v2.19.0

#Luanti removed from Google Play due to baseless AI copyright notice

https://blog.luanti.org/2026/08/27/luanti-dmca-tracer-ai/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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.

#SelfHosted #LocalAI #DataSovereignty #OpenSource #MachineLearning #SGLang #Blackwell #Linux #AI

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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.

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:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-intern-jim-huang-chen-on-raspberry-pi-support-and-open-source/

#OpenSource #RaspberryPi #SoftwareEngineering #Internship

The Register: Omarchy distro gains serious backing https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/08/27/omarchy-distro-gains-serious-backing/5293026 @theregister @lproven #opensource

"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.”"

https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/hugging-face-is-selling-a-cute-399-open-source-duck-robot-microduck/

#OpenSource

Why #ODF is the only document format compatible with digital sovereignty: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/27/why-odf-is-the-only-document-format-compatible-with-digital-sovereignty/ #openSource #foss #freesoftware

""
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.
""

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/26/libreoffice-26-8/

#tech #opensource #libreoffice #AI

#openSUSE Tumbleweed is now powered by #Linux kernel 7.2 🦎🐧

@opensuse #OpenSource #LinuxKernel

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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.

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.

https://docs.evcc.io/en/blog/2026/08/27/skoda-vehicle-api/

#evcc #skoda #opensource #evcharging #opendata

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

#Darktable 5.6.1 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Improves UI Performance and Fixes More Bugs https://9to5linux.com/darktable-5-6-1-raw-image-editor-improves-ui-performance-and-fixes-more-bugs

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

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

Omarchy Linux: Desktop-Umbau und 10 Millionen Dollar für Stiftung

Omarchy 4.0 ersetzt große Teile der bisherigen Desktop-Umgebung. Gleichzeitig erhält das Projekt eine mit zehn Millionen US-Dollar finanzierte Stiftung.

https://www.heise.de/news/Omarchy-Linux-Desktop-Umbau-und-10-Millionen-Dollar-fuer-Stiftung-11432090.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#ArchLinux #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Linux #OpenSource #Wayland #news

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 #nobridge 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.

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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.

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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.

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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. #nobridge - 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.

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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.

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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?

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #AIethics #nobridge #privacy #Mastodon #OpenSource #LLM #dataPrivacy #socialVirGroup

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Does this stop AI training

Wind of Change: Wie Hannover sich an 75.000 M365-Lizenzen die Finger verbrannte

Hannovers Schulen sollten mit Microsoft 365 digital durchstarten. Ein Jahr später kann niemand erklären, wozu diese das Software-Abo überhaupt brauchen.

https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Wind-of-Change-Wie-Hannover-sich-an-75-000-M365-Lizenzen-die-Finger-verbrannte-11432195.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Bildung #Datenschutz #Digitalisierung #DSGVO #IT #Microsoft #Microsoft #Netzpolitik #OpenSource #news

Another smart move by @nvidia to acquire Hugging Face https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/ to secure their AI open source dominance #AI #opensource #nvidia #huggingFace

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: https://kernel.org

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

#linux #opensource #foss

LibreOffice 26.8 improves typography and fonts

LibreOffice 26.8 improves justified text, variable fonts, and chart exchange with Microsoft Office – and deliberately omits generative AI.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-26-8-improves-typography-and-fonts-11431660.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #LibreOffice #MicrosoftOffice #OfficeSuite #OpenSource #news

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.

https://www.heise.de/news/TypePHP-beschleunigt-PHP-Open-Source-Compiler-erzeugt-native-Binaries-11431443.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Compiler #IT #OpenSource #PHP #Programmierung #Softwareentwicklung #Webentwicklung #news

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: https://lwn.net

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

#linux #opensource #foss

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

https://github.com/rylena/sshdesk

#infosec #cybersecurity #redteam #pentest #opensource

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: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/newsroom

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

#linux #opensource #foss

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

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

mehr auf Arint.info

#AI #GLM53 #HuggingFace #MachineLearning #OpenSource #WeightsRelease #arint_info

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

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

#AI #GLM53Flash #MachineLearning #OpenSource #OxAlpha #TechCommunity #arint_info

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

Acabo de publicar mi repo donde aporto mis soluciones a los problemas introductorios de #cses en #zig, 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:
https://codeberg.org/nixdev/CSESIntroductorySetProblemsInZig

- Función print() estilo Python:
https://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!

#zig #ziglang #opensource #code #codeberg

🎪 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.

#infosec #cybersecurity #vulnerability #XSS #RCE #Android #zeroday #bugbounty #CVE #opensource #appsec #websecurity #responsibleDisclosure #coordDisclosure

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. 👇

https://www.kuketz-blog.de/leserbefragung-2026-was-ihr-euch-wuenscht-und-was-wir-daraus-machen/

#KuketzBlog #Datenschutz #OpenSource

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