In this Q3 2026 FreeBSD Journal article, Sven Rüdiger explores how Sylve, a browser-based management interface for FreeBSD, can simplify home lab management by unifying virtual machines, jails, and ZFS storage.

Read the full article: https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/production-deployments/consolidating-a-home-lab-with-sylve/

#FreeBSD #FreeBSDJournal #OpenSource #Virtualization #ZFS

I think an issue with the discourse about #OpenSource software accepting or not accepting #AI code is that it's not hard to get code that's passable as human-written - more so if you consider the quality of human-written code that projects sometimes received before #LLM s got reasonably effective. Whether a project accepts AI code or not, it's near inevitable for AI-written code to be submitted and merged.

What do we do about that? I don't know. It feels like projects would need to start requiring license agreements for patches that effectively absolve them of any infringement claims and put it on the (potentially anonymous, otherwise) submitter or something.

I have no idea what I'm going to do with my own small projects (which have no PRs). It's something I've been thinking about though. I hope other projects are too.

Umfrage: Risiken in der Software-Lieferkette von deutschen Firmen

Red Hat befragte 1400 CIOs in 14 Ländern, darunter auch Deutschland, zur KI-Nutzung und zum KI-Risikomanagement in ihrem Unternehmen.

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/umfrage-risiken-in-der-software-lieferkette-von-deutschen-firmen/

#linux #opensource

@uba

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„Nur 33 % der deutschen Unternehmen überwachen kontinuierlich die von KI-Anbietern ausgehenden Risiken.“ Daneben ein Würfel aus weißen, grauen, roten und transparenten Blöcken; oben rechts das Red-Hat-Logo. Fußnote: „1.400 befragte CIOs in 14 Ländern der EMEA-Region“.

DuckDB 2.0.0: Neues LTS-Release bringt Performanceschub und KI-Agent-Erkennung

DuckDB 2.0.0 verbessert den Servermodus, unterstützt asynchrones I/O und SQL-Trigger, erkennt KI-Agenten und erhält Support bis Oktober 2027.

https://www.heise.de/news/DuckDB-2-0-0-Neues-LTS-Release-bringt-Performanceschub-und-KI-Agent-Erkennung-11501487.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Datenbanken #IT #MySQL #OpenSource #PostgreSQL #SQL #news

New blog post in my series about using the HumanWare BrailleNote Apex with #FreeBSD! This time, I explore USB communication in USB Client mode.

https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2026-10-26-freebsd-usb-apex.html

#FreeBSD #Accessibility #A11y #UNIX #OpenSource #Braille #DeviceDrivers #AssistiveTechnology

OpenSSL 4.1.0 unterstützt DTLS 1.3

Das OpenSSL-Projekt hat Version 4.1.0 seiner Verschlüsselungsbibliothek veröffentlicht.

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/openssl-4-1-0-unterstuetzt-dtls-1-3/

#linux #opensource #OpenSSL

@uba

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Logo „openSUSE Library“ auf weißem Hintergrund; „openSUSE“ in Dunkelrot und Schwarz, darunter „LIBRARY“ in grauen Großbuchstaben.

Stalwart: Der schnellste Mailserver der Welt?

Der Mailserver Stalwart erreicht Version 1.0: mit schnelleren Parsern, einer erweiterten Volltextsuche und Änderungen an Datenbank und OAuth.

https://www.heise.de/news/Stalwart-Der-schnellste-Mailserver-der-Welt-11501223.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#EMail #IMAP #IT #OpenSource #Rust #news

Portputer 0.1.0 is out. It controls a Mac or Windows computer from an Android phone or another computer, and works with TalkBack, VoiceOver and NVDA.

Every key of a physical keyboard goes to the computer, shortcuts included. Computer audio plays on the phone, the phone's microphone becomes a Mac input, and clipboards and files go both ways. It can even type at the Mac login window.

Open source:
https://github.com/aaron-gh/portputer

#Accessibility #Blind #ScreenReader #Android #macOS #Windows #OpenSource

Hello Fedora Linux 45! 🎉

Just upgraded my ThinkPad X1 Carbon from F44 to F45, and the upgrade went incredibly smoothly!

Yes, it's still pre-release software. Yes, I'm running it at my own risk. And so far? Absolutely rock solid!

Some highlights:
- Tighter security: ptrace restricted by default
- Fresh dev stack: Python 3.15, GCC 16.2 & Go 1.27
- kmscon replaces the legacy kernel console
- RPM package signatures enforced by default

Great work, @fedora team! ❤️

#Fedora #FedoraLinux #KDE #Linux #OpenSource

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Screenshot of Fedora Linux 45 KDE Plasma Desktop Edition running on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12. Two dark-themed windows are open against a blue wallpaper featuring mechanical gears. On the left, KDE System Settings displays Fedora 45, KDE Plasma 6.7.5, Linux kernel 7.2.11, and 32 GB RAM. On the right, a Konsole terminal running fastfetch shows the Fedora ASCII logo and system information, including the Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, Wayland desktop, and two connected displays. The KDE Plasma panel is visible along the bottom.

👩‍💻 Alle nutzen Open Source. Aber wer hat eine Strategie dafür?

«PHP2Shell» hat gezeigt: Wer nicht weiss, wo Open Source im Einsatz ist, kann im Ernstfall nicht reagieren. Der OSPO-Track an der DINAconCH zeigt in vier Sessions, wie Organisationen Open Source bewusst und strategisch nutzen.

In diesem Track finden folgende Sessions statt:

💡 Open Source als Säule der digitalen Souveränität in der Bundesverwaltung mit Bruno Schöb

💡Warum Open Source Teil jeder digitalen Strategie sein muss mit Lukas Grossar

💡Marktanforderungen und Open Source: Es fehlt nicht Code, es fehlt Struktur mit David Sommer

💡Open Source für Resilienz und digitale Unabhängigkeit mit Nina Müller

💡AI und das Open-Source-Ökosystem: Was OSPOs jetzt tun sollten mit Olivier Brian

Mehr Informationen zum Track: https://dinacon.ch/2026/10/27/um-was-geht-es-im-track-ospo/

🎟️ Zu den Tickets: https://eventfrog.ch/de/p/wissenschaft-technik/dinacon-2026-bern-7490308037581749165.html

#DINAcon2026 #CHOpen #OpenSource #OSPO #DigitaleSouveränität

Deutsche Jugendliche gewinnen Programmierwettbewerb der FSFE

Die Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) hat die Gewinner der fünften Ausgabe des europäischen Programmierwettbewerbs Youth Hacking 4 Freedom (YH4F) in Brüssel ausgezeichnet.

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/deutsche-jugendliche-gewinnen-programmierwettbewerb-der-fsfe/

#linux #opensource

@uba

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Acht junge Erwachsene stehen gestaffelt auf einer breiten Treppe hinter einem schwarz-goldenen, ornamental verzierten Geländer. Alle halten kleine Aufsteller mit Fotos verschiedener Personen.

🗳️ OWASP Board Election voting is OPEN!

3 Board seats are up for election. Make your voice heard and help shape OWASP’s future!

📩 Check your personal and OWASP email for your ballot.

⏰ Closes Oct 30, midnight UTC.

Vote now: https://owasp.org/board/elections/2026

#community #opensource #boardelections

Mark, Sean, and Kathrine co-signed and published the first #DelugeCommunity blog post. This is about the internal development dynamics of the #opensource #synthstromDeluge firmware development and #AI #LLM, besides some more observations on contsibutions.

https://delugecommunity.com/blog/2026-10-26-first-post/

Enjoy :)

We are inviting proposals for talks about “FOSS Office Software and Suites“ at FOSDEM 2027, which will take place on 30-31 January in Brussels: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10/26/foss-office-devroom-cfp/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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LibreOffice at FOSDEM banner

Denmark ends Collabora pilot testing across its public sector after formatting errors disrupted case workflows, securing a quiet victory for Microsoft.

#Denmark #Collabora #MicrosoftOffice #OpenSource #GovTech

https://securityonline.info/denmark-ends-collabora-pilot/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Yeah, I'm not too worried about "agent swarms".

Given where models get their training data, your swarms will be coordinating and cooperating like the open source community does.

so 'agents' seem just as likely to get into each other's way.

It's any piping of LLM output to the terminal of an internet-connected computer that's the issue.

#AI #Swarms #Agents #OpenSource #LLMs

Seit heute ist planetfoss.net offiziell am Start: ein Nachrichtensammler für Linux und Open Source im Magazin-Stil, auf Deutsch und Englisch. Die Seite übernimmt nur Vorschau und Anriss und verlinkt immer auf den Originalartikel. Sprachen und Themen könnt ihr selbst filtern. Das erste Feedback ist schon eingetrudelt und umgesetzt. Danke dafür, und gerne mehr davon.

Große Themen landen auch bei @planetfoss.

https://planetfoss.net

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource

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Nahaufnahme eines Computerbildschirms mit der Webseite planetfoss.net, die Nachrichten und Artikel zu Linux und Open-Source-Themen zeigt

https://planetfoss.net/

Sweden’s Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude. AI Itself Is Not Banned

Since October 26, 2026, Sweden’s Government Offices (Regeringskansliet) have blocked the web interface of ChatGPT and Claude on work computers.

https://vsx.global/sweden-government-offices-block-chatgpt-claude/

#infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

With a sleek beak and an elegant neck, this majestic animal has long been associated with our host city’s most scenic outlooks.

We are proud to reveal the Everything Open 2027 official tangram; only one bird would do. See you in Meanjin / Brisbane in January 2027!

https://2027.everythingopen.au/attend/tickets/

#EverythingOpen
#OpenSource
#EverythingOpen2027
#OpenTech
#TechCommunity
#Linux
#FOSS

TIL that the Apollo 11 source code is apparently on GitHub: https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11

#apollo11 #nasa #moonlanding #opensource #space #moon

What is KDE?

The story of free software

Hear it from the programmers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vyzla9mx4g

#KDE #DE #WM #programming #Linux #Android #no #TV #OpenSource

Same hard-coded values (5°, 7°, 25°), same variable and function names, same steps, in the same order.
On one side, FairScan (Kotlin, GPL v3). On the other, Ente Locker (Rust): no copyright notice, no mention of FairScan in the file.
And this is just one function. I found similar matches in multiple files.

I'm not a lawyer and may be missing something. If you read code, I'd like to know what you see.

https://fairscan.org/blog/did-ente-locker-copy-my-code-without-attribution/

#opensource #FOSS

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Two code listings side by side: FairScan (Kotlin) and Ente Locker (Rust) with identical hard-coded values and function names.

I wrote a blog that explains why why the new #curl security policy to not embargo low and medium vulnerabilities is a great idea and other open source projects should adopt this policy

https://opensourcesecurity.io/2026/10-embargo/

#OpenSourceSecurity #vulnerability #embargo #security #opensource

"The long story short, if your project uses AI, is made by AI, or is intended for AI, it's not welcome on r/opensource," moderator Wolvereness wrote. "AI, as it exists today, is incongruent to this Open Source community."

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/26/reddits-r/opensource-bans-ai-slop-and-quite-a-few-humans-for-good-measure/5305392

#opensource #reddit #ai #vibecoding

Mozilla has a new revenue stream that might actually work, GNOME OS gets closer to a stable release, Raspberry Pi OS for x86 machines returns, and Amazon has expensive new Android tablets that have the Play Store. Plus hacking old Echo Dots to work with Home Assistant, building ad blocking lists, and unbricking an M1 Mac with Linux in discoveries.

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-409/

#podcast #linux #opensource

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Late Night Linux artwork

Freshly written: Neat Finds #02: Small Webs, Old Protocols and Other Oddities

Issue two of Neat Finds: twenty open source projects with an old soul. A search engine for the weird web, IRC servers and bouncers, BBS art on the web, feed aggregators, the code that ran Slashdot, a SimCity 2000 remake and a bird that lives in your browser.

https://pablomurad.com/neat-finds-02-small-webs-old-protocols-and-other-oddities/

#NeatFinds #OpenSource #smallweb #terminal

"Open source is the foundation of modern software, and customers increasingly need to show, not just claim, that they manage it responsibly."

Alex Rybak, Sr. Director, Product Management at Anchore, on why we joined the OpenChain Partner Program (Vendor category).

https://anchore.com/blog/anchore-is-now-an-openchain-partner/

#OpenChain #OpenSource #SBOM

OBS Studio on FreeBSD now supports Browser Source.

I've ported the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF) to FreeBSD and got the obs-browser plugin working with it. That brings Browser Source and Custom Browser Docks to FreeBSD: web overlays, alerts, chat widgets and the rest of the things modern streaming depends on.

Code: [https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=299341] or [https://github.com/Martinfx/FreeBSD-Ports]

If you run OBS on FreeBSD, feedback and bug reports are very welcome.

#FreeBSD #OBSStudio #CEF #OpenSource

New.

"The vulnerability, CVE-2026-42589, allows an attacker to inject ExifTool arguments through unsanitized metadata keys. By inserting newlines into a JSON key, an attacker can inject the -if argument and execute arbitrary Perl code. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and was fixed in Gotenberg 8.31.0."

VulnCheck: Cache Me If You Can: Unpacking a Go Implant and Its Toolkit https://www.vulncheck.com/blog/cache-me-if-you-can @vulncheck #opensource #infosec #threatresearch

#jetzt #neu 🤯

🐧🎬 Linux, Bash & FFmpeg in Aktion!

Mein universelles Bash-Skript analysiert und konvertiert Videos direkt im Terminal. Im Screenshot: „Exodus – Götter und Könige“ mit HEVC/H.265, AAC, Full HD (1920 × 1080), 25 fps und CRF 18. ⚙️💻

Keine unnötige GUI – stattdessen volle Kontrolle, reproduzierbare Abläufe und Automatisierung per Shell! 🔥

#Linux #FFmpeg #Bash #ShellScripting #HEVC #H265 #OpenSource #VideoEncoding #Automation #LinuxDesktop 🐧

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Schwarzer Linux-Desktop mit einem Terminal oben links. Das Bash-Skript zeigt technische Videodaten zu „Exodus – Götter und Könige.mp4“. Rechts ist eine weiße ASCII-Grafik zu sehen, unten die Linux-Taskleiste.

mitmproxy v12.3.1 with security-related fixes released

https://secburg.com/posts/mitmproxy-v1231-released/

#mitmproxy #InfoSec #HTTPS #WebSecurity #OpenSource

Dänemark hat den Test mit der #OpenSource-Office-Suite #Collabora beendet und bleibt vorerst bei Microsoft Office. Die Kompatibilität mit Microsoft-Dokumenten erwies sich als Herausforderung. Die Entscheidung betrifft vorerst nur das Pilotprojekt, die langfristige Softwarestrategie der Behörden ist unklar. https://www.golem.de/news/keine-abloesung-von-microsoft-office-daenemark-beendet-collabora-test-2610-214483.html

🚀 Rick and Migraty v1.0.3 now available!
This release focuses on security and stability: ✅Drupal and #PHP 8.4 security updates and a more robust, observable, and maintainable migration workflow.
https://gitlab.com/davidjguru/rick-and-migraty/-/tags/1.0.3
#Drupal #Migration #PHP #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #DDEV

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The Rick and Migraty experience! (with Drupal)

CachyOS, Tag 3: Druckereinrichtung.
Mit CUPS fast ein Kinderspiel. Zugegeben, etwas weniger fancy als ein Windows-11-Installer-Fenster. Aber nach gerade mal vier Klicks war mein Epson eingerichtet und im Netzwerk erreichbar.
Manchmal muss es eben nicht schick aussehen Hauptsache, es funktioniert (-:
#CachyOS #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxDesktop

I do work today.

Just, not at 8am!

My shift isn't until 16:00.

Hahahahahahaha, ah well. I guess I could have stayed up later? Or slept in more? I already spent > 70+ minutes on the commute into the "office" how shall I burn the next 8ish hours until my shift actually begins?

Well, for starters, I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' Got (Game of Trees) to 0.130.1 -portable here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/36049

One of the GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK. The other one? Is queued.

Hopefully it will go smoothly?

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

#Got #GameOfTrees #MacPorts #OpenSource #VersionControl #Git

Fedora 45 verschiebt sich – erneut

Mehrere „Blocker-Bugs“ verhindern die Veröffentlichung der nächsten Fedora-Version, die eigentlich schon in dieser Woche hätte erscheinen sollen.

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/fedora-45-verschiebt-sich-erneut/

#linux #opensource #Distribution #Fedora

@timschuermann

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Blaues Fedora-Logo: ein abgerundetes, tropfenförmiges Zeichen mit weißem „f“ über dem blauen Schriftzug „fedora“ auf weißem Hintergrund.

Hey #Developers I research security and I use agents to do it. I prefer #FOSS and #opensource however the recent #antiai discussions in the community leave me with one question.

If I discover a #vulnerability of your #app with an #agent. Do you want me to disclose it to you before I take it public?

I'm happy to either way, I don't have emotional regulation issues with my or other people's choices in tooling and I'm happy to not if you want it, lmk. <3

October is Hacktober! In Nepal, the #LibreOffice community is present at hackfests, bringing new people into the project: https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/libreoffice-at-local-mlh-hackathons/13909 #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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LibreOffice banner, and students

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A new piece by Utku Sen explains how LLM-based penetration testing harnesses work and why the situation changed recently. The argument is that the shift is plumbing, not a new exploit class: what matters is what lets an LLM act on a live target.

The mechanics

An LLM is a text generator. Give it a task like pentest example.com, credentials in credentials.txt and it can only emit text describing intent, for example Read credentials.txt, open example.com. The harness is the code that parses that output, executes the requested actions, and returns results so the model can iterate. Without a harness, nothing happens.

The author's analogy comes from apartment buildings in Turkey: residents leave notes with errands, the janitor runs them without thinking and returns with results. The LLM is the resident, the harness is the janitor.

Claude Code as reference

The model (Opus/Sonnet) produces text only. Claude Code is the software that contains the harness: logic for reading and writing files, executing commands, spawning subagents, managing context windows, using skills, and interacting with MCP servers. Open-source harnesses like Opencode and Pi follow the same pattern and accept different models.

Why static analysis was always tolerated

LLMs have found vulnerabilities in codebases for a long time because nearly all guardrails allow it: static analysis only, no interaction with a live system, and there were already plenty of open-source harnesses and skills for that purpose. Frontier models also support dynamic testing on a live website, but only after confirming you own the target, and they refuse targets you cannot prove.

What changed

1. Per the author, open-source models, DeepSeek especially in its uncensored variant, are now good at finding vulnerabilities through dynamic testing, and they do not gate on target ownership. Presented as the author's assessment, not a benchmark.
2. Open-source dynamic pentest harnesses now exist, which was not the case before.
3. Combination: a refusal-free open model plus a ready-made harness removes the provider permission flow from the equation.

The named harnesses

The article analyzes three harnesses mentioned in media coverage of recent hacks: Artex and Cairn are Chinese-made, Strix is US-based. The text reviewed here ends before the per-harness deep dive, so concrete capabilities of each remain unconfirmed.

Caveats

The DeepSeek claims lack independent verification in the piece. Uncensored means refusal training removed, a policy change rather than added capability. Frontier ownership gates are likewise policy controls, so the meaningful change is procedural: dynamic agentic testing no longer depends on a provider signing off.

Operational takeaway for defenders: treat external-facing assets as reachable by automated agents running commodity tooling, and weight raw unauthenticated exposure higher.

🔹 AISecurity #LLM #Pentesting #Harness #OpenSource

🔗 Source: https://utkusen.substack.com/p/how-llm-based-penetration-testing

COOLFest: Collabora Online spricht jetzt fast vollständig Deutsch

Das COOLFest 2026 von Collabora Online führte zu mehr Übersetzungen und neuen GitHub-Beiträgen. Die deutsche Oberfläche ist fast fertig.

https://www.heise.de/news/COOLFest-Collabora-Online-spricht-jetzt-fast-vollstaendig-Deutsch-11500177.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#GitHub #IT #OpenSource #Software #news

heise+ | OpenCode 2.1: So funktioniert der Coding-Agent nach Baukastenprinzip

Mit Version 2 hat Anomaly den quelloffenen Coding-Agenten zur Plattform mit neuen Funktionen umgebaut. Dafür funktionieren alte Plug-ins nicht mehr.

https://www.heise.de/tests/OpenCode-2-1-So-funktioniert-der-Coding-Agent-nach-Baukastenprinzip-11498618.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Softwareentwicklung #news

CURL-SICHERHEITSMELDUNGEN: KLEINERE FÄLLE WECHSELN ZU GITHUB

https://gadgetchecks.de/curl-sicherheitsmeldungen-kleinere-faelle-wechseln-zu-github/

#technikaktuell #curl #opensource #cybersicherheit #software #gadgetchecks

Python schließt per Update kritische TLS-Lücke wegen eMudhra-Schlüsseln

Python 3.15.2, 3.14.10, 3.13.18, 3.12.16 und 3.11.18 beheben eine kritische Schwachstelle durch kompromittierte eMudhra-Zertifikate und weitere Lücken.

https://www.heise.de/news/Python-schliesst-per-Update-kritische-TLS-Luecke-wegen-eMudhra-Schluesseln-11499933.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Python #Sicherheitslücken #Updates #news

The impressive PlayStation 5 Linux project is continuing on, and recent updates to it have again expanded what it can support.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/playstation-5-linux-project-upgraded-to-support-ps5-pro-and-newer-firmware/

#OpenSource #Hardware #Misc #Sony

Die Landeshauptstadt München ist mit rund 1,5 Millionen Einwohnerinnen und Einwohnern und über 40'000 Beschäftigten die grösste Kommunalverwaltung Deutschlands. Für ihre Informatik ist das IT-Referat mit rund 1'400 Mitarbeitenden zuständig, dem der Eigenbetrieb it@M angehört. it@M betreibt rund 42'000 virtuelle Arbeitsplätze, ein Netzwerk für etwa 1'500 städtische Standorte sowie ein eigenes Rechenzentrum mit zahlreichen Fachanwendungen.

Die strategischen Vorgaben der Stadt sehen vor, Open Source Lösungen bevorzugt einzusetzen, wenn dies wirtschaftlich, technologisch oder strategisch sinnvoll ist. So sollen vor allem Abhängigkeiten von einzelnen Herstellern vermieden werden.

Quelle: https://www.ossdirectory.com/de/clients/details/stadt-muenchen

#linux #opensource #diday #did #münchen

🐧 10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Partitioning Tools

Disk partitioning is the means of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions.

📰 Source: LinuxLinks
🔗 Link: https://www.linuxlinks.com/partitioningtools/

#Linux #OpenSource

Canada’s Bill C-22 Is Now Before a Senate Committee. The Dispute Centers on Metadata and Encryption

Canada’s Bill C-22, officially titled the Lawful Access Act, 2026, has been before the Standing Senate Committee on National Security…

https://vsx.global/canada-bill-c-22-senate-committee/

#infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

🎮 SuperTuxKart (Linux' answer to Mario Kart) in trouble - wide PHP2 issue forced servers offline ❌

Want to help? Fundraiser is LIVE --the developers are rebuilding the server in Python (dropping PHP). AI won't be used to write the code.

Please, boost to increase consciousness and reach for this 🙏 free & open source SuperTuxKart is loved by millions.

👉 https://fund.supertuxkart.net

#SuperTuxKart #PHP2shell #fundraiser #servers #development #help #Linux #opensource #gaming #Python

KI und Open Source: Subreddit r/opensource sperrt KI-gestützte Projekte aus

In einem Subreddit zu Open-Source-Themen ist KI unerwünscht. Weil man KI-Unterstützung aber nicht so einfach erkennen kann, geht die Aussperrung viel weiter.

https://www.heise.de/news/KI-und-Open-Source-Subreddit-r-opensource-sperrt-KI-gestuetzte-Projekte-aus-11499587.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Reddit #Software #Softwareentwicklung #news

expectation: the language behind up to 70% of websites has a big security team

reality: "we have one full-time staff member (that's me)"

the php foundation's director to reuters, days after the PHP2Shell patches. 14 mostly part-time contractors, about $974K a year per its open collective page. if your business runs on PHP, maybe sponsor it

#PHP #OpenSource #InfoSec #WebDev

Using #opensource software doesn't automatically make you independent. Sometimes you've just traded one set of dependencies for another.

RT @Polymarket: EILMELDUNG: Reddit's r/opensource beginnt damit, jedes Projekt zu verbannen, das KI nutzt, mit KI erstellt wurde oder für KI-Tools konzipiert ist.

mehr auf Arint.info

#AIBans #Banning #KI #OpenSource #Reddit #TechNews #arint_info

https://x.com/Polymarket/status/2114373164444836318

Apache Camel fixes eight Apache Camel vulnerabilities, including XXE flaw CVE-2026-90885 and S3 injection CVE-2026-95664. Upgrade to 4.23.0.

#ApacheCamel #XXE #CVE202690885 #CVE202695664 #CVE202694386 #Java #OpenSource #CyberSecurity

https://securityonline.info/apache-camel-vulnerabilities-xxe-october-2026/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Meteorology

Current weather in Marienburg SR SA with magnifico power of wttr.in & le passion grace beauty & colours of lolcat(6) 🏳️‍🌈 wttr curl(1) & {ba{c{k{z{fi}}}}}sh

Background photograph is a nice Clouds in FL shades scene passionately composed with CIRC_POL 81A FL and UV filters stacked using a Nikon Analog SLR lens combo in my Negative film photography phase

log

$ curl -v wttr.in/marienburg_suriname|lolcat
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Host wttr.in:80 was resolved.

• IPv6: (none)
• IPv4: 5.9.243.187
• Trying 5.9.243.187:80...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0* Connected to wttr.in (5.9.243.187) port 80
• using HTTP/1.x> GET /marienburg_suriname HTTP/1.1> Host: wttr.in> User-Agent: curl/8.14.1> Accept: />
• Request completely sent off< HTTP/1.1 200 OK< Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *< Cache-Control: public, max-age=600< Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8< Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:24:27 GMT< Transfer-Encoding: chunked< { [8707 bytes data]100 8694 0 8694 0 0 4724 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 4722

• Connection #0 to host wttr.in left intact
  Weather report: marienburg_suriname

  \ / Clear
  .-. +27(30) °C
  ― ( ) ― ↙ 12 km/h
  `-’ 10 km
  / \ 0.0 mm

Location: Mariënburg, Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname [5.8780943,-55.0441162]

Note:

Remember to repeat the request with an interval of 9 then 27 secs when the server sends and empty response to curl, watch the LOG!

API

https://wttr.in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell)

https://gnu.org

https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Bash

https://curl.se/

https://github.com/busyloop/lolcat

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#Weather #wttr #lolcat #curl #bash #csk #ksh #zsh #sh #fish #meteorology #environment #Physics #Chemistry #Mathematics #Lineair #algebra #technology #OpenSource #programming #POSIX

It's sad that a modern desktop can't run well on 4 GB RAM. Tonight we visited a woman who studies on a university online; I had put together a 4 GB RAM #Linux laptop for her last year (optimized #linuxmint takes 1 GB of RAM on a cold boot). She's constantly swapping with #LibreOffice, browser, and 1-2 more apps. Everything crawls, even if things were actually worse when it was running Win10. I just wish devs optimized more in general. 4 GB should have been enough.

#opensource #foss

Using #inkscape and #kdenlive to edit outreach videos for https://www.jordboere.dk/ !
#noai #opensource

I asked AI: “What do you know about me?” 🤖

Some answers were accurate. Others were completely wrong. It made me think about AI memory, privacy, and how much AI really knows about us.

Read my latest blog post 👇https://ecency.com/@rubenstorm/what-does-ai-actually-know-about-me

#AI #Privacy #DigitalFreedom #OpenSource #freedom #digitalsouveranity

edgie.me Statistics:

👤 Users: 9 (Since yesterday: 0 ➡️)
👥 Remote Accounts: 318.921 (Since yesterday: 617 ↗️)

😀 Local Emojis: 270 (Since yesterday: 0 ➡️)
🙃 Remote Emojis: 19.064 (Since yesterday: 39 ↗️)

📡 Instances: 10.619 (Since yesterday: 10 ↗️)

📝 Local Statuses: 25.775 (Since yesterday: 51 ↗️)
❤️️ Likes of local Statuses: 1.264 (Since yesterday: 11 ↗️)
🔁 Boosts of local Statuses: 180 (Since yesterday: -9 ↘️)

🗒️ Remote Statuses: 750.221 (Since yesterday: -17.902 ↘️)

🏷️ Hashtags: 193.807 (Since yesterday: 80 ↗️)

🚫 Blocks:
   - Domain Blocks: 24 (Since yesterday: 1 ↗️)
   - Remote User Blocks: 169.265 (Since yesterday: 43 ↗️)
   - Local User Blocks: 34 (Since yesterday: 0 ➡️)

📡 Top 10 Remote Instances:
   - mastodon.social: 434 posts
   - flipboard.com: 200 posts
   - tomkahe.com: 114 posts
   - troet.cafe: 97 posts
   - infosec.exchange: 58 posts
   - zug.network: 56 posts
   - chaos.social: 52 posts
   - derstandard.at: 48 posts
   - mstdn.social: 41 posts
   - mastodon.online: 38 posts

🏷️ Top 10 Hashtags:
   - #steam: 33 posts
   - #nowtrawelling: 19 posts
   - #fotovorschlag: 16 posts
   - #news: 16 posts
   - #statistics: 16 posts
   - #indie: 15 posts
   - #photography: 14 posts
   - #action: 13 posts
   - #gaming: 12 posts
   - #opensource: 12 posts

#ServerStatistics #Statistics #GoToSocial

Just realized I never did an #introduction,

I'm Extra Long Division. A #maker of questionably useful things and haver of equally questionable opinions. I'm mostly interested in #opensource, especially #opensourcehardware. My contributions are usually on the #electricalengineering and #mechanicalengineering side of things. I guess you could say I'm an #electronics #contentcreator (🤢) too.

🎉 Linux Day Valdelsa 2026: Che giornata! 🐧✨

Grazie a tutti per la partecipazione! Un ringraziamento speciale a @penguin86 per il suo seguitissimo angolo demo dedicato ai sistemi mobile liberi (Nura, UBports, Debian, LineageOS, SailfishOS) e soluzioni self-hosted! 📱🔓

📺 Nei prossimi giorni pubblicheremo le registrazioni degli interventi online!

ℹ️ https://linuxday.elsaglug.org

@linux @opensource @ItaLinuxSociety @linux@diggita.com @flug

#LinuxDay #UBports #Nura #SoftwareLibero #OpenSource #Poggibonsi

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Banco demo a Linux Day Valdelsa con laptop e telefoni

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Banco demo a Linux Day Valdelsa con laptop e telefoni

Der Erfinder des Windows Task Managers hat einen neuen gebaut: TMOG läuft nativ auf macOS, Windows und Linux.

Mein Deep Dive behandelt Flight Recorder, Pro Funktionen, powercap unter Linux, Winamp Skins, Datenschutz und warum ich mir einen offenen Messkern wünsche.

https://rueegger.me/tmog-task-manager-deep-dive/

#TMOG #TaskManager #macOS #Windows #OpenSource #Linux

Artikelreihe: Der Umstieg von TUXEDO OS auf Debian Testing

Damit du den Überblick behältst, findest du hier alle Artikel zu TUXEDO OS, die wir bisher veröffentlicht haben.

Viel Spaß beim Lesen!

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/Infos/News.tuxedo?tuxpage=1&tuxsort=false,true#2296,12591

Übrigens: Du bist gefragt, denn deine Meinung zu TUXEDO OS hilft uns und den Nutzenden. Ein Feedback zur Open Beta ist noch bis Ende November möglich!

https://gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/development/tuxedo_os/tuxedo-os-debian-open-beta

#TUXEDO #Linux #Debian #OpenSource

Softwareentwicklung im Wandel durch KI
https://linuxnews.de/softwareentwicklung-im-wandel-durch-ki/ #ki #llm #opensource #linux #linuxnews

There are so many ways to contribute to open source and so many ways you can benefit from it.

@CodenameTim has written a brilliant blog post about Django community.

https://www.better-simple.com/django/2026/04/06/contributing-to-the-django-community/

#OpenSource #Django #Python

RE: https://sfba.social/@drahardja/117500530771409166

Imagine if more of our so-called #FOSS "leaders" had the backbone to stand up and lead like this.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #noAI

AodeRelay boosted

Dave Rahardja (temporarily spooky) » 🌐 2026-10-25
@drahardja@sfba.social

“I am proud to say that as part of our new union contract, Current Affairs recently adopted one of the strictest anti-AI policies in the publishing industry. No text that is AI-generated may be published in our magazine. No AI-generated art may be used as a Current Affairs illustration. When you read Current Affairs, you are going to be reading the thoughts of a human, and seeing the results of human artistry.”

#ai #noAI #magazine

“Why We’re Banning AI”

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-were-banning-ai

Episode 40 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e40.php

#darkblueweekly #darkblueproject #sparkyos #sparkylinux #siduction #keepassxc #duxshell #dankmaterialshell #debian #archlinux #linux #opensource #freesoftware

Second week of @djangonaut picked up the speed after the first one. I got my first contributions merged in and as a team, we made great progress towards bringing the project and its development environment to modern day.

https://hamatti.org/posts/djangonaut-log-2-leaving-the-atmosphere-and-first-merged-contributions/

#DjangonautSpace #Django #Python #OpenSource #DjangoGirls

Sonntag, 07:34: Kunde meldet sich über Whatsapp (jaaa bleibt entspannt, Matrix nutzen Zivilisten nicht)

Meine Frage: Welchen Sonntagszuschlag berechnet ihr?

Und gibt es einen Bonus nach besonders harten Wochen _ mit gaaaanz vielen Tickets?

Sonnigen Sonntag euch 💆

#web #it #freelancer #opensource #linux #wordpress #php

The PHP Foundation funding crisis threatens global web security. Discover how one full-time employee and AI tools protect 70% of the internet from hackers.

#PHP #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #OpenAI #Cloudflare

https://dailytechnow.com/php-foundation-funding-crisis/

Mastodon v5 alpha with Mastodon Bird UI v5 alpha and additional sidebar content in the test/dev environment for our Mastodon fork, mementomori.social.

It's coming together nicely.

#UI #CSS #Experimental #MastodonBirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MementomoriSocial #OpenSource

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Mastodon v5 with Mastodon Bird UI, screenshot of profile page of Rolle

🗳️ OWASP Board Election voting is OPEN!

3 Board seats are up for election. Make your voice heard and help shape OWASP’s future!

📩 Check your personal and OWASP email for your ballot.

⏰ Closes Oct 30, midnight UTC.

Vote now: https://owasp.org/board/elections/2026

#community #opensource #boardelections

"When I started doing open-source, it was fun. And it kind of still is. But the environment has shifted. Open-source sometimes feels like exploitation. What I would like to see is to find a new model where people working on open-source would be awarded for their work and the hours and hours they put into it from the people who most benefit from their work. I would like companies to realize that this is exploitation. Any exploitation is not sustainable. And it will end up badly if this continues, because the people doing the open-source will stop being motivated to actually do anything in the end."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/man-who-saved-internet-php-vulnerability/689123/?gift=cg1XdqsyWjCIPVWKLR2XUysMbJcy_FaoHrOMktAVupk

@fingolas

#php #opensource #itsecurity #security

🇫🇷 Frankreich will die Rechner von 2,5 Mio. Beamt:innen von Windows auf Linux umstellen. Kein Einzelfall: Dänemarks Digitalministerium setzt auf Linux & LibreOffice, Schleswig-Holstein hat 80 % der Landesarbeitsplätze auf Open Source umgestellt und spart über 15 Mio. € Lizenzkosten.

Digitale Souveränität wird in Europa gerade Verwaltungsalltag. Ich finde: genau der richtige Weg. 🐧

https://tuta.com/de/blog/countries-ditching-microsoft-choosing-linux-digital-sovereignty

#DigitaleSouveränität #Linux #OpenSource

Does anyone know of a #Linux #Email programme that's suitable for #Gnome and fully interacts with #labels?

As in, it has the option of applying multiple labels to a message (rather than converting labels to folders)?

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Computers #tech #technology

Digital Sovereignty in Asia: Seven Countries, Seven Different Paths

On September 26, 2025, a fire broke out at a government data center in Daejeon, South Korea.

https://vsx.global/digital-sovereignty-asia/

#infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 brings faster project building:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017-brings-faster-project-building/

Meta launches Muse Spark Open, an 816B open-weight AI model for Macs requiring 1TB of RAM:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/meta-launches-muse-spark-open-an-816b-open-weight-ai-model-for-macs-requiring-1tb-of-ram/

FLUX 3 Image Klein adds 4K image editing on 8GB GPUs:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/flux-3-image-klein-adds-4k-image-editing-on-8gb-gpus/

Strata 0.2.1 Released: Vision, Benchmarks, Fixes, and Docker Images:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/strata-021-released-vision-benchmarks-fixes-and-docker-images/

Strata 0.2.2 Released With Memory-Light Gyro Variant:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/strata-022-released-with-memorylight-gyro-variant/

Strata 0.2.3 Adds Intel Arc Support and Strix Halo Speed Bump to 125B-Parameter PC Model:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/strata-023-adds-intel-arc-support-and-strix-halo-speed-bump-to-125bparameter-pc-model/

Strata 0.2.4 Released: Run a 763-Billion-Parameter AI Model Locally on Your Gaming PC:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/strata-024-released-run-a-763billionparameter-ai-model-locally-on-your-gaming-pc/

Microsoft’s AI Coding Agent Testing Tool Has Been Open-Sourced:
https://itsfoss.com/news/microsoft-scope-self-hosted-agent-testing/

You Can Reserve This Small-Factor, De-Googled Phone for $30:
https://itsfoss.com/news/brax-wink-pre-order/
(Pretty good option for Blackberry fans I guess)

VirtualBox 7.2.22 Releases with Security Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/virtualbox-7222-releases-with-security-fixes/

OpenBSD 8.0 brings Clang/LLVM 22 base compiler, 64 VCPUs VM & Intel Arc A-Series support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/openbsd-8-0-brings-clang-llvm-22-base-compiler-64-vcpus-vm-and-intel-arc-a-series-support/

Red Hat Funded a Report That Found a Quarter of Incoming Pull Requests May Be AI Slop:
https://itsfoss.com/news/red-hat-lf-research-ai-slop-report/

FFmpeg 9.1 Preps For Release With APV Vulkan Encoder, NVIDIA Optical Flow FRUC:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-9.1-Releasing

Vulkan 1.4.366 Released With SMPTE ST 2094-50 HDR Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.366

(Post 7/7)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #DeepSeek #Muse #MuseSpark #FLUX #Strata #AI #AIAgent #AgenticAI #BraxWinkModularSmartphone #BraxWink #VirtualBox #OpenBSD #OpenBSD8 #FFmpeg #Vulkan #FosseryTech

PHP patches critical AI-discovered PHP2Shell vulnerabilities affecting millions of sites:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/php-patches-critical-ai-discovered-php2shell-vulnerabilities-affecting-millions-of-sites/

Node.js October 2026 Security Update: 10 Vulnerabilities Patched Across 3 Release Lines:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/nodejs-october-2026-security-update-10-vulnerabilities-patched-across-3-release-lines/

Python Releases Emergency Update to Block Broken eMudhra Certificate Authority:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/python-releases-emergency-update-to-block-broken-emudhra-certificate-authority/

Zed 1.25.2 Release: 33% Smaller Binaries and Safer AI Agents Now Available:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/zed-1252-release-smaller-binaries-and-safer-ai-agents-now-available/

Apache NetBeans IDE 32 RC2 Ships as Small Pre-Release Ahead of November GA:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/apache-netbeans-ide-32-rc2-ships-as-small-prerelease-ahead-of-november-ga/

React Native 0.88 brings web-based event dispatching & variable fonts; no breaking changes:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/react-native-0-88-brings-web-based-event-dispatching-and-variable-fonts-no-breaking-changes/

Forgejo 17.0 adds workflow webhooks and job summaries:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/forgejo-17-0-adds-workflow-webhooks-and-job-summaries/

Gitea releases gt CLI with JSON output and Actions support:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/gitea-releases-gt-cli-with-json-output-and-actions-support/

Save Upto 40% on Kubernetes Security Certifications From the Linux Foundation:
https://itsfoss.com/news/lf-cyber-security-26/

DuckDB's major 2.0 release turns the database management system into a full-fledged server:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/duckdb-s-major-2-0-release-turns-the-database-management-system-into-a-full-fledged-server/

Matomo 5.14.2 Released: Vulnerable PHP Check and Certificate Hardening:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/matomo-5142-released-vulnerable-php-check-and-certificate-hardening/

OpenSSL 4.1 Released with Support for DTLS 1.3, IKEV2 KDF, and GREASE:
https://9to5linux.com/openssl-4-1-released-with-support-for-dtls-1-3-ikev2-kdf-and-grease

LibreSSL 4.4 Released With Faster SHA3, Bug Fixes:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/LibreSSL-4.4-Released

Stremio 2.1 brings Calendar and Discover previews to Apple:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/stremio-2-1-brings-calendar-and-discover-previews-to-apple/

Roundcube 1.6.20 and 1.7.5 Ship 20 Security Fixes:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/roundcube-1620-and-175-ship-20-security-fixes/

Pi-hole updates FTL v6.8, Web v6.6.1 and Core v6.5:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/pi-hole-updates-ftl-v6-8-web-v6-6-1-and-core-v6-5/

(Post 6/7)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #PHP #PHP2Shell #NodeJS #Python #eMudhra #Zed #NetBeans #ReactNative #Forgejo #Gitea #Kubernetes #DuckDB #Matomo #OpenSSL #LibreSSL #Stremio #Roundcube #PiHole #Programming #Coding #Dev #Security #Cybersecurity #SelfHosting #IDE #AI #FosseryTech

FOSS NEWS

OBS Studio 33 Officially Released with Many New Features and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-33-officially-released-with-many-new-features-and-improvements

Lumo can now turn your ideas into creations:
https://proton.me/blog/lumo-creations
(This is actually a really nice feature, I had that scrooling problem they describe, when solving some programming problems. I wish local AI chat apps had this too, I'm about to switch to local AI)

Firefox 158.0.1 is out with important security fixes:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/firefox-fixes-emudhra-secuity-issue

Zen Browser 1.23.4b Ships With eMudhra Certificate Fix and Firefox 158.0.1:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/zen-browser-1234b-ships-with-emudhra-certificate-fix-and-firefox-15801/

Servo Gets CSS Grid Working, Threadboost Offering Big Speed-Ups:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.6-Changes

Calibre 9.17 release brings faster ebook conversions:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/calibre-9-17-faster-conversion

PeaZip 11.4.0 strengthens security and file navigation:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/10/peazip-11-4-0-strengthens-security-and-file-navigation/

Audacious 4.6.2 fills the last gaps in its Qt Winamp mode:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/audacious-update-qt-winamp-skins

Bitwarden mobile apps and binaries on their website become proprietary, some features might not make it to the FOSS version:
https://community.bitwarden.com/t/published-version-update-in-app-stores/102750

MKVToolNix 103 “The Darkness” MKV Manipulation Tool Brings New Features:
https://9to5linux.com/mkvtoolnix-103-the-darkness-mkv-manipulation-tool-brings-new-features

BleachBit 6.0.6 released with fixes for admin cleaning on Linux:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/bleachbit-606-update-speed-boost

Transmission 4.1.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/transmission-4-1-4-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-with-various-fixes

qBittorrent 5.3 BitTorrent Client Is Out as a Major Update, Here’s What’s New:
https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-3-bittorrent-client-is-out-as-a-major-update-heres-whats-new

KeePassXC 2.8 released with Qt6, support for Wayland auto-type:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/keepassxc-2-8-auto-type-wayland

Wireshark 5.0.0rc1 Released: New Features, Dropped Qt 5, and What's Changed:
https://www.linuxcompatible.org/story/wireshark-500rc1-released-new-features-dropped-qt-5-and-whats-changed/

PHP2Shell scare sees SuperTuxKart pull its online server:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/10/supertuxkart-goes-offline-php2shell

(Post 5/7)

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #OBS #OBSStudio #Lumo #LumoAI #Firefox #ZenBrowser #Servo #Calibre #PeaZip #Audacious #Bitwarden #MKVToolNix #BleachBit #Transmission #qBittorrent #KeePassXC #Wireshark #SuperTuxKart #ContentCreation #Multimedia #Browser #Bittorrent #Torrent #FosseryTech

The "Educating to Be Human" #podcast did an episode with me: "#SoftwareFreedom and the Case for Open" (in a series with other great guests):

"Matthias reflects on the deeply human desire to explore, experiment, tinker, share knowledge, and build on one another's ideas – making clear why #openSource #software is much more than just code, and why the ability to have #digitalautonomy and #decentralized access is still extremely relevant today."

https://educatingtobehuman.org/software-freedom-and-the-case-for-open-with-matthias-kirschner

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portrait picture of person and text: Software Freedom and the Case for Open with Matthias Kirschner at the bottom: Educating to be Human

RT @deepseek_ai: 🚀 Wir stellen DeepInfer vor, unser hauseigenes Inferenz-Framework, das jetzt vollständig Open Source ist!

mehr auf Arint.info

#AI #DeepLearning #DeepSeek #Inference #MachineLearning #OpenSource #arint_info

https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/2112476496283775135

Still maintaining legacy PHP apps?

I built php2shell-migration, an open-source AI agent skill that helps modernize outdated PHP applications. It plans migrations, applies upgrades on a separate Git branch, runs tests, and writes a report showing what was actually verified.

Supports 20+ frameworks (Laravel, Symfony, WordPress, Drupal, Magento, Joomla...). Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode.

https://github.com/Ademking/php2shell-migration

#PHP #Laravel #WordPress #OpenSource

@benlockwood IMHO the next ten years will be a big migration away from all the ruined products and platforms we have become dependent on, and a journey of discovery to new alternatives for communicating with one another. It will be refreshing and I'm quite looking forward to it 😀
#byebyebillionaires #facetoface #opensource

If you are looking for detection rules for recent vulnerabilities, you can use rulezet

https://rulezet.org/vulnerability/CVE-2026-109618

It's pretty nifty.

#rulezet #opensource #opendata #cybersecurity #detectionengineering

Die neuen Platinen für meinen #Linux #Treiber #Workshop 2027 sind da 🎉

Nächstes Jahr entwickeln wir einen Treiber für dieses einfache #USB Gerät, das es uns erlaubt, eine RGB LED anzusteuern und einen Taster auszulesen. Auf der Platine ist ein neuer AVR Mikrocontroller, auf dem #tinyUSB läuft.

Die Platinen erleichtern mein Reisegepäck, da ich dann keine Raspberry Pis mehr mitschleppen muss. Allerdings müssen die Teilnehmenden dann etwas Zeit in die Vorbereitung stecken und ihren Laptop entsprechend einrichten. Die Anleitungen dafür erstelle ich später 😉

Auf den #CLT2027 wird mein Workshop voraussichtlich das erste Mal 2027 angeboten. Ich freue mich drauf 🐧

#EmbeddedLinux
#RaspberryPi
#OpenSource
#Workshop

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Ein USB Gerät bestehend aus einer kleinen Platine, einen AVR16DU14 Mikrocontroller, einer RGB LED und einem Taster steckt in einem USB Port eines Thinkpad X230 mit GNU Aufkleber.

RT @NovaXCode: 🚨 Unzensierte Modelle verschwinden leise von Hugging Face.

mehr auf Arint.info

#AIModels #DataScience #HuggingFace #MachineLearning #OpenSource #TechNews #arint_info

https://x.com/NovaXCode/status/2113543585421468155

Hinter den Kulissen wächst die Infrastruktur: Wir integrieren aktuell weitere Container-Dienste, um die Systemarchitektur modularer und skalierbarer aufzusetzen. Die Weichen für die nächsten Schritte sind gestellt.

#Infrastructure #Linux #OpenSource #Tech #Schweiz

Es gibt offenbar keine einfach zu bedienende Desktop-GUI-Anwendung für OCRmyPDF. Wir haben daher eine GUI für OCRmyPDF mit Python und QT entworfen:

https://codeberg.org/nabu-jena/OCRmyPDF-GUI

Gern einmal testen und Feedback geben. Die fertigen Builds für macOS laden wir noch hoch, Windows dauert noch etwas mit bauen, da haben wir keinen Rechner auf Vorrat. Und Linux muss noch mal in einer VM gebaut werden.

#ocrmypdf #foos #codeberg #opensource #ocr #nabu #jena #python #qt

Omicron is now listed on @alternativeto

https://alternativeto.net/software/omicron/about/

#Omicron #Fediverse #OpenSource

OpenSSL 4.1 released with major updates including DTLS 1.3 support, GREASE mechanism, and crucial performance optimizations for diverse architectures.

#OpenSSL #CyberSecurity #Cryptography #Linux #OpenSource

https://dailytechnow.com/openssl-4-1-released/

Stable release 3.11.0 of the #Python programming language came out OTD in 2022 https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/python-social-media-automation/python-program.html?s=mb #FreeBSD #Linux #OpenSource

Anwendertipp:

In dem Kreisdiagramm sind viele Opensource Multimedia Alternativen zu (fast) allen Anwendungsgebieten zusammengefasst und übersichtlich dargestellt.

Für einen schnellen Überblick sehr hilfreich.

Bild: Netzfund, Quelle: Dan Nanni

#linux #opensource #lpd #nürnberg

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Bild: In diesem Kreisdiagramm von Dan Nanni sind viele Opensource Multimedia Alternativen zu den bekannten proprietären Programmen des Fenstersystems aufgeführt.

Stable release 3.11.0 of the #Python programming language came out OTD in 2022 https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/python-social-media-automation/mastodon-twitter-app.html?s=mb #FreeBSD #Linux #OpenSource

Aus DankMaterialShell wird Dux Shell 🐧

Version 2.0 „Heisenberg“ bringt ein Material-3-Expressive-Redesign, einen anpassbaren Lockscreen, den Dateimanager Dux Files und über 380 Plugins. Die Quickshell-basierte Shell läuft u. a. auf niri, Hyprland und Sway.

Das will ich demnächst ausprobieren: ein moderner Wayland-Desktop, MIT-lizenziert und mit dem Compositor meiner Wahl kombinierbar – so sieht für mich Wahlfreiheit aus.

#Linux #OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität

https://www.heise.de/news/Linux-Desktop-DMS-2-0-Aus-DankMaterialShell-wird-Dux-Shell-11497532.html

It was about a week ago I posted about e-petition 7686, calling on the government to enforce the Canada Health Act and improve public health care in Canada. At that point there were 346 signatures, but signatures had slowed to a trickle. In the time left, it seemed it would not reach the 500 signature mark required for it to certified (which allows for it to be presented in Parliament, obligating the government to answer it in writing).

But people here began boosting the post and signing the petition, surpassing the 500 signature mark in a week. Fabulous.

This shows the power of Mastodon. In the past I've tried posting stuff like this to non-free networks like Facebook or Reddit or Twitter. And the response was never as great as it was here. This shows the power of a community that is not controlled by algorithms.

So, I extend a big thank you to everyone who took part. Our desire for universal public health care will be communicated to the government. And if we don't like their answer, we'll then decide upon our next steps.

https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7686

#canada #healthcare #cdnpoli #canpoli #opensource #Mastodon #activism #grassroots

Valve just released SteamOS 3.9.5 as stable for all users across all supported systems, bringing with it many exciting enhancements for Linux gaming.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/steamos-3-9-5-released-with-plasma-6-7-linux-7-2-security-fixes-better-steam-frame-wireless-adapter-support/

#Steam #OpenSource #SteamOS #Valve #DistroNews #Misc #SteamDeck #SteamFrame #SteamMachine

Stable release 3.11.0 of the #Python programming language came out OTD in 2022 https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/python-social-media-automation/?s=mb #FreeBSD #Linux #OpenSource

Comme toujours sur mes services auto-hébergés via Listmonk : c'est libre, garanti sans tracking et c'est toi qui gardes le contrôle sur ce que tu reçois ! 🐧👌

#Linux #OpenSource #LogicielLibre #Listmonk #BlablaLinux

New: todoist-takeout 0.1.0 🎉

A CLI tool that keeps a complete local backup of your Todoist account, including every task you ever completed.

📄 Plain, documented JSON
⚡ Incremental after the first run
🔍 Browse and search it with Datasette

uv tool install todoist-takeout

https://github.com/sercxanto/todoist-takeout

#Todoist #Backup #Python #OpenSource

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Datasette in a web browser showing a demo account's open tasks as a table, with filters by project, priority, overdue and recurring.

October 2026 snapshot of trending open source AI projects on GitHub, grouped by job: assistants, memory, RAG, local inference, builders, and gateways.

#OpenSource #AI #GitHub #LLM #AIAgents #RAG

https://www.glukhov.org/developer-tools/comparisons/trending-open-source-ai-projects/

New cheatsheets pushed

https://github.com/r1cksec/cheatsheets

#infosec #cybersecurity #redteam #pentest #threatintel #malware #dfir #bugbounty #opensource

Do you want us to cut down your forest for a data centre to power our chatbot?
- Yes
- Maybe later

If you’re angry (but not surprised) that the people with zero understanding of consent may be guilty of illegal logging, here’s a list of alternative services to help chop down their bottom line:

#bigtech #nobigtech #GAFAM #deletegafam #proton #tuta #microslop #capitalism #anticapitalism #socialism #surveillance #foss #opensource #noai #digitalsovereignty #techalternatives #fediverse #finland #consent #nature #forest #ecosystem #conservation

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This image lists alternatives to various Google services like search, gmail and YouTube.

If Linux shut down forever tomorrow, what OS are you switching to?

#Linux #OpenSource #OperatingSystems

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource news video, in which the ensloppification is everywhere, Bitwarden makes some licensing changes, LibreOffice breaks download records, and more !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR5HmB53C7k

The #synthstromDeluge has an unfounded bad rap for "its deluge sound". This is a common mistake spawned by the default kts and presets that used to come with the original SD card content.

Nothing could be further from the truth. While not massively powerful and somewhat limited in comparson to dedicated hardware for each type of synthesis and effects, the Deluge has multiple type of synthesis (add, sub, wt, fm, ring) and effects (delay, reverb, chorus, warble, etc..). Not to mention the powerful sampling.

YOU can make it sound however YOU like! Make of it what you want.

YOUR SOUND IS THE DELUGE SOUND.

Thanks to the amazing #delugeCommunity the Deluge is constantly improving with its #opensource firmware. The v1.3 release (codenamed Derbyshire after #deliaderbyshire) is imminent!

https://youtu.be/Uqm2MIQIEJs

Okay, the discussions lately have convinced me that my thinking is a bit off.

On the one hand, rejecting Fedora Linux because it’s now owned by IBM via Red Hat - which is a U.S. Big Tech company -and on the other hand, installing Windows on a computer for that very reason... the anger over Trump and the omnipotence of U.S. tech companies (and Trump’s political abuse of them) really does make my brain short-circuit sometimes... So moving forward: less hyperventilating, more fresh air into the brain.

At the end of the day, it’s still a thousand times better to go with Fedora than with Microsoft. That’s why I’ll be using Fedora again - also because, with version 45, my 5G modem finally works in my ThinkPad, something that hadn’t worked on any Linux distribution before. And as a dual-boot system on my NUC 16 PRO, where Fedora is also the only Linux distribution that runs without any issues.

The other two mini-PCs will stick with Debian Testing, which works wonderfully on them given their age.

And then there’s also my ThinkPad P51 running FreeBSD.

If you've lost track of which system I'm currently using on which computer, you can check my website for details.

Even during my time away from Fedora, I always believed that Fedora is by far simply the best Linux distribution. No other distribution is quite as trouble-free and advanced - the perfect mix of up-to-date features and stability.

As a Red Hat Linux user since 1997 and then on board since Fedora Core 1, I regretted - from a technical standpoint - having to switch to another, non-U.S.-based system for political reasons.

#linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #debian #fedora #microsoft #windows #thinkpad #minipc #trump #usa #bigtech #surveillance

https://youtu.be/yPWdl38wfE4

🧙‍♂️ Going on an adventure: booting Windows from a ZFS root 💾

Windows 10 booting to a desktop with its C: drive on a ZFS pool, on OpenZFS on Windows. It's a proof of concept (very much held together with duct tape 🩹), so it's not ready for public use. This is the story of the crashes along the way and how it finally came up. Made for the OpenZFS Developer Summit 2026.

#OpenZFS #ZFS #Windows #UEFI #FreeBSD #Quibble #BootLoader #OpenSource #FileSystems

Linux: Kernel-Schwachstellen wurden versehentlich öffentlich gemacht https://share.google/jRWs87NWBlvE7mUS1
#Linux #opensource

heise+ | Mehr digitale Souveränität: Open Source im Unternehmen einsetzen

Open-Source-Software ist zentraler Baustein für mehr digitale Souveränität. Wer sie erfolgreich im Unternehmen einsetzen will, muss ein paar Punkte beachten.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Mehr-digitale-Souveraenitaet-Open-Source-im-Unternehmen-einsetzen-11498660.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitaleSouveränität #IT #ITInfrastruktur #Migration #Netzpolitik #OpenSource #Wirtschaft #news

Buongiorno ,
Ho pubblicato in pre-release questo tool per l' installazione di driver USB.
Normalmente usavo Zadig.
Questo lavoro nasce dall' esigenza di avere un tool simile ma a linea di comando in modo da poterlo integrare.
La GUI è stata aggiunta per completezza.
Spero possa essere utile per la community

https://github.com/PyLuke73/fili
#claude #claudecode #usb #opensource

@autistics Massive revamp to the "Wrong Planet" Forum. Uses #Discourse now! So much better on mobile!
https://discourse.wrongplanet.net
#OpenSource

My Android app project Blitzortung Lightning Monitor is about to pass 2 million installs — 14 years of a mostly one-person side project. No ads, no tracking, no business model. Just lightning.

https://wuerl.net/post/blitzortung/14-years-and-2-million-installs-later/

#AndroidDev #OpenSource #Kotlin #Blitzortung

svg-sanitize rebuilds untrusted SVG as static vector graphics only. It does not simply search and replace script tags. It parses XML with defusedxml, checks resource limits, and constructs an entirely new XML tree from a small, explicit allowlist of elements, attributes, and valid values.

Thanks to @wachizungu for the initial idea at the @hack_lu hackathon and also @therealsaumil to trigger me again about SVG at the 20th edition hack.lu ;-)

It's a prototype and maybe utterly broken.

🔗 https://github.com/adulau/svg-sanitize

#svg #cybersecurity #hacklu #opensource

💬 „Mein Tipp: Einfach machen!“

Wie erlebt Inge Kloepfer Linux im Alltag? 🐧💻 Was hat sie beim Wechsel zu Open Source überrascht?

Im Interview erzählt sie von ihren Erfahrungen mit ihrem TUXEDO-Notebook. 🇪🇺

👉 https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/de/Aufklappen-loslegen-passt-Eine-FAZ-Autorin-ueber-ihr-TUXEDO-Notebook.tuxedo

#Linux #OpenSource #TUXEDOComputers

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Lächelndes, entspanntes Porträt einer Frau mittleren Alters mit blonden Haaren in weißer Bluse, das Wärme, Vertrauen und Zugänglichkeit vermittelt.

kept working on the resistor tool. Now you give it an input voltage and an output voltage and it prints all the possible resistors combinations that you could have with the precision and their consumption.

It does it with a list of all the availabe (at this time) resistors i could find on LCSC. So every combinations **should** be somewhat realistic.

It is slow as hell, and kind of useless... but i like it... it has some 90' vibe i enjoy.

i am starting to like the tcl/tk language!

#hardware #opensource #electronics #embedded #tcl #tcl9 #tclk

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tool i wrote in tcl/tk that prints a table of all the possible combination of resistors you could have to create a votage divider.

DietPi v10.8 vereinfacht WireGuard-Management

Die schlanke Server-Distribution DietPi umfasst ein neues Werkzeug, mit dem sich VPN-Verbindungen über das WireGuard-Protokoll recht einfach verwalten und einrichten lassen.

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/dietpi-v10-8-vereinfacht-wireguard-management/

#linux #opensource #DietPi #Distribution #Server

@timschuermann

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Stilisiertes schwarzes Raspberry-Pi-Kopflogo mit zwei grünen Blättern und leuchtenden Augen. Darunter steht „DietPi“, gefolgt von „#LightweightJustice for your SBC“.

@dianea @anyia Somewhere at Oracle HQ, a lawyer just whispered:
“Did somebody say unclear copyright ownership?”
*Boss music starts playing* 😁
#Linux #OpenSource #GPL

Agama 25 und Myrlyn 1.1 kommen Anwendern entgegen

Die vor allem unter Suse-Distributionen genutzte Softwareverwaltung Myrlyn und der Installationsassistent Agama liegen in neuen Versionen vor.

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/agama-25-und-myrlyn-1-1-kommen-anwendern-entgegen/

#linux #opensource #Agama #Installer #Myrlyn #Opensuse #Suse

@timschuermann

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Illustration eines bärtigen Zauberers im Profil mit blauem, gebogenem Spitzhut und grünem Umhang. Auf seiner ausgestreckten Hand steht ein orangefarbenes Geschenk mit Schleife und Anhänger.

Spotted a few dark mode styling issues on @laravelnews reported them, and they're all fixed now! 🎉

Thanks @ericlbarnes for the quick fixes!

https://github.com/laravelnews/site-bugs/issues/39

#php #laravel #ui #opensource #gituhb

🥱 Microsoft has announced “digital sovereignty”. Again.

Every time, it’s new terms that mean little when a foreign government can still demand your data or cut off your services.

The stack, licensing, updates and rules stay under Microsoft’s control, not yours. That’s sovereignty-washing.

We go into more detail in our latest article on the topic: 👉 https://nextcloud.com/blog/sovereignty-washing-microsoft-cloud

#DigitalSovereignty #SovereigntyWashing #Microsoft #Azure #OpenSource

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On the left: the header image for Microsoft's blog post about its "sovereign cloud". On the right, the Nextcloud logo it resembles.

@AAKL @Futurism

HOW TO KILL META!
=================

The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents against Meta's abusive behavior.

Meta does harmful things, apologizes, pays a pittance, and still comes out ahead financially.

Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, and influenced the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"
Because of the math, he still came out ahead.

I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.

People who are not savvy, are locked into the Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )

Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.

Here's a plan of action:

1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of the #Fediverse
( https://Fediverse.info/ )

1.1) Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.

1.2) A community owned, open social media platform.

1.3) Based on Free Software, auditable by all.

2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.

3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right #Mastodon instance.

4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a semi random Mastodon instance for them.

5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.

6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.

7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. Like a reunion in Heaven with your loved ones. ☺️

Migration Details:
===============

1. Set up a website to facilitate the exodus out of Facebook/Twitter.
For example:
Facebook2Fedi.org / Twitter2Fedi.org

2. The websites can be publicized through word of mouth, or any number of other means, not just through ads on Facebook / Twitter / X

3. It's a week's worth of work for an experienced programmer. So the requirements break down as:

3.1 A programmer's pay for 1 week ( or volunteer hackers ).

3.2 Two internet domains.

3.3 managed web hosting costs for 1 year.

3.4 customer support hotline number.

A lot of these costs can probably be covered by existing Free Software projects, which may offer free hosting. We might find enough Fediverse volunteers to operate the hotlines.

Technical Details:
===============

1) The User clicks on a link to go to FB2Fedi.org ( working title )

2) The website guides them on how to get FB to release their data to them.

3) The user jumps through the FB hoops, and downloads an archive of their FB data. This might take a day or two.

4) The website ( FB2Fedi.org ) guides them through setting up a Fediverse account.

5) The website optionally helps them upload their contacts file to the registry hosted by the site ( infosec details to be hashed out ).

6) The website helps them upload their posts and photos etc to their Fediverse account. This might require some parsing scripts, for ETL ( Extract, Transform & Load ).

7) The user's data pretty much stays in their control. Their social network is mostly the data a user entrusts the migration registry with.
Using some cryptography primitives, it might be possible to limit this exposure, and mitigate the risk.

[Part 1/2]

#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #Twitter #X #Musk #Zuckerberg #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#EatTheRich #NoBillionaires
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
#EqualRights #Justice #Truth
#Freedom #Liberty
#Law #USA

@AAKL @Futurism

HOW TO KILL META!
=================

[Part 2/2]

That's it, in a nutshell. Some details need to be worked out, and that's why I am seeking your help.

A Free Software project might be able to provide the compute resources to host the site.

As for the culture shock of transitioning from FB ( where an evil billionaires algorithm holds your hand, and censors...ahem...curates your feed ) I am not too worried. People will adapt, to yet another new thing.

Maybe we should start new users with a relatively private Fediverse setting, so that only their network can reply to their posts. Rawdogging voices from the whole Internet, without a billionaire's insular algorithm, can be a bit harsh. We will never hear the end of complaints about that bogeyman of the Fediverse — the "reply guy".

"On FB, I didn't get replies from people I didn't know!!!"
( Welcome to the discomforts and joys of the Free World )

Thoughts?

#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #Twitter #X #Musk #Zuckerberg #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#EatTheRich #NoBillionaires
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
#EqualRights #Justice #Truth
#Freedom #Liberty
#Law #USA

#Fwupd 2.1.9 #Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features and Bug Fixes https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-1-9-linux-firmware-updater-released-with-new-features

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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Fwupd logo

@karenit I don't know much about this, but is the #php thing (and the certs thing) going to disproportionally affect #opensource projects?
Perhaps if #devs have left a project on ice, or struggle for time to patch stuff?

#Tails 7.15.1 is out as an emergency release to remove a compromised certificate authority https://tails.net/news/version_7.15.1/

#Linux #Debian #OpenSource

Kritische PHP-Schwachstellen waren seit Jahren bekannt

In einem ungewöhnlich offenen Statement räumt die PHP Foundation auf ihrer Webseite ein, dass die Schwachstellen hinter “PHP2Shell” bereits seit einem Audit im Jahr 2024 bekannt…

https://www.linux-magazin.de/news/kritische-php-schwachstellen-waren-seit-jahren-bekannt/

#linux #opensource #Exploit #PHP #PHP2Shell #Security

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Schwarzer, kursiver Schriftzug „php“ mit weißer Kontur in einer blauvioletten ovalen Fläche.

heise+ | Fensterverwaltung niri vorgestellt

Der Wayland-Compositor niri ist ein dynamischer Fenstermanager. Er ordnet Fenster über Scrollable Tiling horizontal an, durch welche die User scrollen können.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Fensterverwaltung-niri-vorgestellt-11484720.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Software #Wayland #news

Android Auto without Google Play Services: an open-source alternative worth watching.

AARE is an open-source project aiming to reimplement the smartphone side of Android Auto, allowing apps to appear on your car’s display without relying on Google’s official solution.

Here’s what it offers:
🔹 Navigation with apps like CoMaps and Organic Maps
🔹 Music, podcasts and radio, including support for Navidrome
🔹 Messaging: Signal, WhatsApp and SMS, with message readout and replies while stopped
🔹 An alternative voice assistant
🔹 USB or wireless connectivity

The goal is to give users more freedom in their choice of apps while reducing their dependence on Google’s ecosystem.

One caveat: the project is still at an early stage of development. Compatibility and real-world performance in a car remain to be verified.

https://github.com/prototux/AARE

Would you choose AARE or Gearslip to move away from Android Auto and reduce your dependence on Google?

#Android #OpenSource #DeGoogle #Privacy