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Search results for tag #opensource

Brian Greenberg »
@brian_greenberg@infosec.exchange

🌐 Beyond Bluesky: The Rise of Decentralized Social Apps

The AT Protocol (ATProto), the open foundation behind Bluesky, is becoming a launchpad for next-gen social apps.

Some standout innovations:
・Flashes: A photo/video-sharing platform reminiscent of classic Instagram
・Spark: A video-first app with livestreaming on the way
・Streamplace: Livestreaming built with cryptographic creator protections
・Graze: Build, customize, and monetize your own social feeds

This signals a shift toward user-owned, open social ecosystems—a strong contrast to walled-garden platforms. Developers, creators, and users alike are embracing interoperability, privacy, and creative freedom.

👉 techcrunch.com/2025/03/30/beyo

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    💓 EV∆ ∆ΠΠ∆ 💓 »
    @winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe

    Overheard on recent project meeting with app devs, a minor tragedy of 'slipped lips sink ships',

    > "We're shipping it for Lindows and Winux" 🤡

      Kris Freedain 🙏 🏋🏻 🍕 »
      @krisfreedain@fosstodon.org

      ✈️ PDX to SEA to LHR ✈️
      Time for +!
      Come say hello at the booth N241 😀

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        gyptazy »
        @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

        - an opensource & advanced VM loadbalancer for clusters. Including affinity & anti-affinity rules, maintenance mode (evacuating nodes) and more. I just published my slides about it.

        Project: github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
        Slides: cdn.gyptazy.com/files/talks/Pr

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          Linux Appp Summit (LAS) »
          @LAS@floss.social

          Join Jordan Petridis for ""Flathub: A Paradigm Shift for Distributing Applications"" at and explore the world of app distribution!

          Don’t forget to register: linuxappsummit.org/register/

          A banner describing LAS 2025 on the left, SPEAKER Day One | Track One on the right
Below is a picture of Jordan Petridis and the title of his talk "Flathub: A paradigm shift for distributing applications"

          Alt...A banner describing LAS 2025 on the left, SPEAKER Day One | Track One on the right Below is a picture of Jordan Petridis and the title of his talk "Flathub: A paradigm shift for distributing applications"

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            r1w1s1 »
            @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

            Exciting news for users!

            The Landrun tool is now available in SlackBuildsOrg!

            Landrun A lightweight, secure sandbox for running Linux processes using Landlock.
            Think firejail, but with kernel-level security and minimal overhead.

            Get it here:
            https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/network/landrun/


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              Simon Dassow »
              @simondassow@masto.ai

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              Ethan Sholly »
              @shollyethan@fosstodon.org

              This Week in Self-Hosted (28 March 2025)

              @stalwartlabs grants, software updates and launches, a spotlight on -- a poster management interface, and more in this week's self-hosted recap!

              selfh.st/newsletter/2025-03-28

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                John 🎵 »
                @johnoestmannmusic@mastodon.social

                Keeping copies of this for future explanations..

                Image shows how the Fediverse apps allow all users to connect with eachother, whereas commercial social media platforms keep their users isolated per platform

                Alt...Image shows how the Fediverse apps allow all users to connect with eachother, whereas commercial social media platforms keep their users isolated per platform

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                  XSF: XMPP Standards Foundation »
                  @xmpp@fosstodon.org

                  Announcement

                  Today the Standards Foundation publishes an Open Letter to urge to adopt XMPP for messaging .

                  It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.

                  xmpp.org/announcements/open-le


                  The XMPP Logo

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                    Andrew Woods »
                    @awoodsnet@phpc.social

                    Most applications (e.g. Firefox) have a feature where if the application crashes, it’ll asks you “Would you like to send the crash report to $companyName?”

                    What I'd like to know is: Does this really help the project? Is someone actually reading these reports? acting upon them? Are they useful, or is it just there to make us feel better?

                    It’d be great if someone like @thelinuxEXP @MichaelTunnell could do interviews to get some answers

                      🗳
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                      freespiritlinux :debian: »
                      @freespiritlinux@mast.linuxat.de

                      🌟 Umfrage zum Unterbau der Linux-Distributionen! 🌟

                      Hallo liebe Linux-Community!

                      Ich möchte mehr über die technischen Grundlagen erfahren, die hinter eurer bevorzugten Linux-Distributionen steht. Eure Antworten hilft mir, ein besseres Verständnis darüber zu bekommen, welche Unterbau-Architekturen in der Community am beliebtesten sind.

                      Die Frage lautet: Welchen Unterbau nutzt ihr für eure Linux-Umgebung?

                      Debian-Basierte:7
                      Red Hat-Basierte:2
                      Arch-Basierte:4
                      Slackware-Basierte:0
                      Sonstige (bitte in den Kommentaren angeben!):0

                      Closes in 9:43:56

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                        CryptPad »
                        @cryptpad@fosstodon.org

                        Today we are very proud to announce that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad Form for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles: unite.un.org/news/sixteen-orga

                        CryptPad Form is a full-fledged application allowing you to build privacy-preserving questionnaires for your respondents.

                        Try it for free, without even registering an account, on our CryptPad.fr flagship instance!

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                          Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷 »
                          @larsmb@mastodon.online

                          We need a free/libre fork of for the public commons. Google cannot be trusted.

                          Maybe that could be or , but given that they build on top of Android rather than driving the core development, I'm not certain they would be enough as it stands.

                          9to5google.com/2025/03/26/goog

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                            jbz »
                            @jbz@indieweb.social

                            🤔 Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025
                            @stefano

                            「 Yes, Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes are better than closed source solutions. But when everyone uses the same tools, freedom dies. We use them because "everyone does" rather than because they're the best tool for our specific needs 」

                            it-notes.dragas.net/2025/03/23

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                              flo »
                              @fasnix@iceshrimp.de

                              "While politics shift and trade alliances fray, the open-source movement remains one of the most stable, borderless, and collaborative human endeavors on the planet."

                              Interesting read from openSUSE!

                              "Freedom Does Not Come From One Vendor"

                              news.opensuse.org/2025/03/26/freedom-is-not-one-vender/

                                LibreOffice »
                                @libreoffice@fosstodon.org

                                Stay up-to-date! 25.2.2 is now available, and there's also an update to our previous major release: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl

                                LibreOffice 25.2 banner

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                                  Andreas Gohr »
                                  @splitbrain@fedi.splitbrain.org

                                  remember when I asked for a replacement for #disqus and then ranted about how none of the available solutions would also integrate with #mastodon?

                                  Well shit. I did it again and scratched my own itch and barfed out another open source project.

                                  Introducing: Meh..

                                  https://www.splitbrain.org/blog/2025-03/26-meh_another_comment_system

                                  * single install serves as many sites as you want
                                  * can be used in static websites (it's lightweight web components in the frontend)
                                  * imports Disqus
                                  * fetches Mastodon replies as comments
                                  * supports different languages (so far en, fr, es, de)
                                  * probably has bugs

                                  #opensource #opensourcesoftware #comments

                                  The logo of Meh. A somewhat bored looking smiley that is also a chat bubble.

The text says "Meh… another comment system"

                                  Alt...The logo of Meh. A somewhat bored looking smiley that is also a chat bubble. The text says "Meh… another comment system"

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                                    Linuxiac »
                                    @linuxiac@mastodon.social

                                    KDE developers propose a new Plasma Login Manager to replace SDDM, aiming for deeper integration and a more feature-rich, modern login experience.
                                    linuxiac.com/kde-proposes-new-

                                    KDE developers propose a new Plasma Login Manager to replace SDDM, aiming for deeper integration and a more feature-rich, modern login experience.

                                    Alt...KDE developers propose a new Plasma Login Manager to replace SDDM, aiming for deeper integration and a more feature-rich, modern login experience.

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                                      nixCraft 🐧 »
                                      @nixCraft@mastodon.social

                                      Quick tip! You can actually see the changelog details for Debian/Ubuntu packages, which includes security info, CVEs, package urgency, and a short description. Super helpful for figuring out if you need to patch right away or schedule downtime, especially if you're working with clusters. For example, here is how to see info about the nginx:

                                      apt changelog nginx

                                      See cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubunt for more info.

                                      `apt changelog nginx` command output showing  the changelog of a package and displays  it via default pager on Debian and friends.

                                      Alt...`apt changelog nginx` command output showing the changelog of a package and displays it via default pager on Debian and friends.

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                                        Seán Fobbe »
                                        @seanfobbe@fediscience.org

                                        This is neat: the United Nations have adopted a new set of 8 prinicples:

                                        🔶 The UN Open Source Principles 🔶

                                        1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects

                                        2. Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem

                                        3. Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects

                                        4. Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions

                                        5. Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems

                                        6. Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers

                                        7. RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate

                                        8. Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.

                                        Source: unite.un.org/news/osi-first-en

                                        Screenshot of a part of the linked page, showing the 8 UN open source principles.

                                        Alt...Screenshot of a part of the linked page, showing the 8 UN open source principles.

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                                          Sean O'Brien »
                                          @profdiggity@privacysafe.social

                                          🕹️ Do buttons do what they say? Google was caught tracking users even when location history was off.
                                          A hard lesson in deceptive UI, and why trust in tech needs real transparency.

                                          Slide

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                                            MoZes »
                                            @mozes@fosstodon.org

                                            Slackware AArch64 within VMWare Fusion on macOS (paravirtualized, Apple Silicon) installation guide is now available!

                                            docs.slackware.com/slackwarear

                                            It all looks good to me - I didn't experiment with the accelerated graphics support yet though.

                                            Let me know how it goes!

                                              Farooq | فاروق »
                                              @farooqkz@cr8r.gg

                                              Dear users,

                                              What shell(as in text shell in the Terminal) do you use?

                                              Best Regards,
                                              Farooq the Chickenkiller.

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                                                nixCraft 🐧 »
                                                @nixCraft@mastodon.social

                                                How to force kill process in Linux using kill and killall - cyberciti.biz/faq/how-force-ki

                                                A two-panel meme. The top panel shows Agnes from Despicable Me  representing Windows asking a process to terminate nicely. The bottom panel shows Gru from Despicable Me holding a gun, representing Linux forcing a process to terminate.

                                                Alt...A two-panel meme. The top panel shows Agnes from Despicable Me representing Windows asking a process to terminate nicely. The bottom panel shows Gru from Despicable Me holding a gun, representing Linux forcing a process to terminate.

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                                                  Mia Quagliarello »
                                                  @miaq@flipboard.social

                                                  I just had such a lovely conversation with "barista" @stefano about building community here. What a nice way to start the week -- by being reminded that there are thoughtful humans who care about genuine connection.

                                                  Thank you to @_elena and others who recommended him.

                                                  Now I want more fedi friends! 😃 Anyone? Anyone?

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                                                    Fedora Project »
                                                    @fedora@fosstodon.org

                                                    Jan »
                                                    @escuco@pixelfed.cafe

                                                    [DE] Pixelfed.cafe wurde auf Version v0.12.5 aktualisiert 🚀
                                                    [EN] Finished upgrade to release v0.12.5

                                                    Alle weiteren Infos hier:
                                                    https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.5

                                                    Danke an alle Beteiligten!

                                                    Have fun!

                                                    #pixelfed #upgrade #selfhosting #opensource

                                                    Condescending Wonka meme with the text "AN UPGRADE YOU SAY"

                                                    Alt...Condescending Wonka meme with the text "AN UPGRADE YOU SAY"

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                                                      Next Generation Internet »
                                                      @EC_NGI@ec.social-network.europa.eu

                                                      NLnet team just announced a round of funding for 56 sovereign commons across the whole internet stack: nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-ca
                                                      This is the result from the 8th and last open call of EU 11.5M€ NGI0 Core project that awarded 250+ open source projects over 3 years.

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                                                        gyptazy »
                                                        @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

                                                        The is growing and we're welcoming more and more new single user instances but can become challenging.

                                                        With instances, single user and smaller instances can quickly become federated and grow which is supported by many Fediverse applications like etc.

                                                        More information at:
                                                        fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

                                                          Hans-Cees 🌳🌳🤢🦋🐈🐈🍋🍋🐝🐜 »
                                                          @hanscees@ieji.de

                                                          2. how does moving vm's within clusters work? Does this presuppose the nodes share the same filesystem with vm's on them?

                                                          Thanks for the wonderful stuff you are making. (2/2)

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                                                            BoxyBSD »
                                                            @BoxyBSD@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                            ⚠️Oh @gyptazy added some new locations to . 🥳We're soon also serving your free based VPS instances from:

                                                            - Sydney, Australia
                                                            - Singapore (WIP)
                                                            - Milan, Italy

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                                                              gyptazy »
                                                              @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

                                                              No April Fools' joke - the new release is scheduled for the 1st of April! Stay tuned!

                                                              ProxLB is an advanced for clusters that brings in features like (known from ), mode and (anti-)#affinity groups.

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                                                                gyptazy »
                                                                @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

                                                                What do you miss in or ?

                                                                My customers often told me, that when migrating from based setups, they would miss something like . As a result I published as a load balancer. Now, I do the same for and also some other things. What do you miss or what stops you or your business from switching to Proxmox or XCPng?

                                                                  ティージェーグレェ »
                                                                  @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                                  I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.74 here:

                                                                  https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27956

                                                                  3/3 of GitHub Continuous Integration checks completed successfully!

                                                                  Thanks to you (and gnemmi, pmjv, daltux, inz, Popolon, sn4il, mistivia, zen, Menel, uhuru, anzu, violette, and rozenglass; hopefully I didn't miss anyone?) for the continued improvements!

                                                                  As with previous PRs I have submitted, I am abstaining from commit access until I have less chaos in my life to be able to take on more responsibilities, so it's up to someone else to merge it.