jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
RFC 3168 adding Explicit Congestion Notification to the TCP protocol was published in September 2001 https://cromwell-intl.com/networking/protocols.html?s=mb #IPnetworking #OpenSource #Linux
Anthropic stellt Kommunikationsstandard für Hardware vor
Anthropic hat den "Model Hardware Standard" vorgestellt. Damit sollen KI-Agenten Hardware wie Laborgeräte, Roboterarme und Laser direkt ansteuern können.
#Anthropic #Claude #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Quantencomputer #RaspberryPi #Roboter #Wissenschaft #news
Django Developers Survey: KI-Boom trifft auf bewährten Framework-Kern
Solide und genau deshalb erfolgreich: Das Open-Source-Framework Django schafft laut Umfrage eine stabile und zuverlässige Basis für KI-Workflows.
#IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #PostgreSQL #Python #Softwareentwicklung #Webentwicklung #news
Know a second language? You can make GNOME speak your language! Check out Damned Lies, our translation platform for our desktop and various GNOME apps, at https://l10n.gnome.org/, and help make GNOME accessible to everyone in the world, not just English speakers.
FreeCORE 15.0-U1 is now stable, continuing the TrueNAS CORE lineage as an independently maintained FreeBSD- and OpenZFS-based NAS platform.
https://linuxiac.com/freecore-15-0-u1-keeps-truenas-core-alive-on-freebsd/
RFC 793 defining the TCP protocol was published in September 1981 https://cromwell-intl.com/networking/protocols.html?s=mb #IPnetworking #OpenSource #Linux
Digital #sovereignty can only be achieved with #FreeSoftware!
The "Germany Stack" will shape public administrations’ digital infrastructure, and whether people and businesses can interact with them on sovereign terms. Free Software must be its standard: proprietary software "Made in Europe" does not deliver sovereignty.
Revisit our FSFE submissions to both #GermanyStack consultations:
🔗 https://gitlab.opencode.de/dstack/d-stack-home/-/work_items/347
🔗 https://gitlab.opencode.de/dstack/d-stack-home/-/work_items/624
💬 xmpp-translate-bot — tradução em salas XMPP (MUC)!
Primo do translate-bot, mas pro mundo #XMPP e escrito em Go. Usa LibreTranslate self-hosted como backend e vem com observabilidade de verdade: métricas Prometheus, eventos no InfluxDB2, health checks e imagem Docker distroless e estática.
Porta de entrada ideal pra quem quer contribuir com um projeto Go bem estruturado e com deploy moderno. Vem codar! 🛠️
Debian allows AI contributions without mandatory labeling
The Debian project allows generative AI contributions. There is no obligation to disclose, transparency is merely recommended.
#Betriebssystem #Debian #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Softwareentwicklung #news
Zeno's arrow doesn't move — flawless logic, absurd conclusion. A closed system can be internally perfect and entirely false. Now look at the apps in your pocket.
The walled garden. The opaque interface. The LLM that narrates without ever consulting the world. Coherence without correspondence. Stories without ground.
Truth is not a property. It's a relation — between the mind and what is not the mind. Closing the hood isn't bad UX. It's a refusal of the other. And the refusal of the other is the refusal of ethics.
Newsletter: https://newsletter.nicolabaudo.fr/socrates-the-hodie-and-zenos-arrow/
Full version on the blog — Socrates vs. the sophists, falsification as the permanent opening to the world, and what it means to answer to the machine rather than command it: https://blog.nicolabaudo.fr/socrates-in-the-hoodie/
Multikernel-Linux: Erstes Release zum Testen verfügbar
Das quelloffene Multikernel-Linux mklinux v7.0-mk2 führt die Technik für eine performante Alternative zu Hypervisor und Container vor.
⚡ flask-confluent-kafka — Kafka no Flask sem complicação!
Extensão bem tipada e totalmente testada pra integrar produtores e consumidores do Confluent Kafka. Você configura tudo pelo app.config, produz e consome mensagens com uma API enxuta, registra múltiplos clientes nomeados e ganha SASL + type hints (PEP 561) de brinde.
Já está no PyPI e em estágio inicial — ótima hora pra entrar e ajudar a moldar a direção! 🤝
🍞 mongo_bakery — criar documentos MongoDB para testes sem dor de cabeça!
Inspirado no model-bakery (do mundo Django), ele preenche seus Documents do MongoEngine com dados fake realistas via Faker. Tem criação em massa, sequências, seeds reprodutíveis e vem como plugin do pytest com limpeza automática após cada teste.
Python puro, boa cobertura de testes e várias frentes abertas pra quem quiser colaborar. Bora? 🚀
Debian's AI policy vote picked "Responsible Use of Generative AI": AI is neither banned nor endorsed, with full accountability left to contributors.
#Debian #GenerativeAI #OpenSource #AIPolicy #LLM
http://securityonline.info/debian-ai-policy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
qms-cli privacy purge --confirm ! #righttopurge #data #freesoftware #opensource #ai #llm #GNU #Linux #BSD #MacOS #ios #android #Windows
The voxel #sandbox #game #Repixture version 3.21.0 has been released!
Highlights:
▶️ Effect juices: Boost your abilities with 6 new drinkable juices
▶️ Flint tools: Better than stone, worse than iron
▶️ Rotation stick that rotates blocs
▶️ Many items can now be placed
▶️ Cushion that reduces fall damage
▶️ Much more!
📜 Full changelog:
https://forum.luanti.org/viewtopic.php?p=452537#p452537
🌐 Website: https://wuzzy.codeberg.page/Repixture/
Attack path mapping for Active Directory, ADCS, SCCM, and MSSQL using BloodHound CE + OpenGraph data.
Everything that Spore could have been? A full evolution sim, Thrive, has a big new release out bringing in some brand new game mechanics.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/open-source-evolution-simulation-thrive-brings-multicellular-stage-advancements/
#Steam #IndieGame #OpenSource #Simulation #GodotEngine #NativeLinux
ReactOS 4.16: Small progress after a year and a half
The open-source ReactOS has released a new interim status after a year and a half. It shows some modernizations.
#Betriebssystem #IT #Journal #OpenSource #Updates #Windows #news
ReactOS 4.16: Kleine Fortschritte nach anderthalb Jahren
Das quelloffene ReactOS hat nach anderthalb Jahren einen neuen Zwischenstand vorgelegt. Es kann einige Modernisierungen vorweisen.
#Betriebssystem #IT #Journal #OpenSource #Updates #Windows #news
Spawned from GZDoom, the successor project UZDoom just had a massive new release with version 5.0 out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/gzdoom-successor-uzdoom-5-0-is-officially-out-now/
#OpenSource #FPS #Action #GameEngine #Retro #NewRelease #NativeLinux
If you talk about #AI in the #Federation, you’re quickly attacked.
Yesterday I mentioned #Omarchy #Linux—not to promote it. It represents the world we’re now entering. You can reject all this AI and #agent #coding, but it’s here to stay; it’s not going away.
Linux is the number one platform where this will take place—at a breathtaking speed. And I firmly believe that the classic #OpenSource scene, just like the rest of the world, needs to emancipate itself in this regard.
There are the #OpenWeights AI models; if we take off our blinders and stop being afraid all the time, we can build our own infrastructure. The last six months have changed the world. It’s a turning point in human #history that cannot be overstated. I don’t think the comparison to the invention of the steam engine—which is always brought up—is all that far off. No one can predict the #future, but it will be different from today—that much is certain. #oss
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is a true classic - one I remember excitedly reading magazine previews about and it continues to live on.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/opents-is-a-new-open-source-reconstruction-of-command-conquer-tiberian-sun/
California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/
Whew! Quite a big release for DOSBOX Staging, the popular modern continuation of DOSBox with release 0.83.0 officially out now with many advancements.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/dosbox-staging-0-83-brings-authentic-crt-colour-emulation-fmv-deinterlacer-disc-automounting-and-much-more/
The age verification bill in California AB-1856 has passed with the exemptions for open source left intact.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/california-bill-ab-1856-passes-exempting-open-source-from-age-verification/
Sovereign AI Base Camp at #MountainCamp2027 is the track for builders and policy makers at the intersection of AI and open source. Proposals welcome on Drupal AI, open models, data sovereignty, AI ethics and LLM deployment.
Submit a session: event.drupalmountaincamp.ch/mountain-camp-2027/cfp
California passes AB-1856, exempting open-source operating systems like Linux from the burdensome age verification mandates of the Digital Age Assurance Act.
#CaliforniaLaw #OpenSource #Linux #DigitalAgeAssurance #TechNews
Natron, the premier #foss video compositor for Linux, now will start using AI code. I'm unhappy seeing AI creeping in on almost all foss projects like that. That stuff is unmaintainable.
AI crawlers now burden git.kernel.org with 6M daily requests, burning more CPU rendering commits for scrapers than on all legitimate access combined.
#AICrawlers #LinuxKernel #Anubis #WebScraping #OpenSource
https://securityonline.info/ai-crawlers-git-kernel/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social
California exception: Not just Linux will no longer check IDs
As a result of a law, Linux distributions in California would have had to ask for users' ages starting in 2027. The legislature there has now averted this.
#Betriebssystem #IT #Linux #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #Recht #news
Jakich klientów mastodona używacie i dlaczego? Na Androida i przez przeglądarkę, najlepiej opensource. Jakie mają funkcję, których nie ma standardowa aplikacja Mastodona?
Jestem u Was od nie dawna i potrzebuję garści opinii :P
California’s Age Attestation Bill to Exclude #Linux and Open Source https://9to5linux.com/californias-age-attestation-bill-to-exclude-linux-and-all-open-source-oses
Ausnahme in Kalifornien: Nicht nur Linux soll Ausweise nicht mehr prüfen
Infolge eines Gesetzes hätten Linux-Distributionen in Kalifornien ab 2027 das Alter der User abfragen müssen. Das hat die Legislative dort jetzt abgewendet.
#Betriebssystem #IT #Linux #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #Recht #news
heise+ | Microsoft 365 und Google Workspace: Europäische Alternativen im Überblick
Ein Leben ohne Microsoft 365 oder Google Workspace? Was nach digitaler Askese klingt, ist dank Open Source und alternativer Anbieter längst eine Option.
#Datenschutz #DigitaleSouveränität #IT #ITInfrastruktur #Microsoft #Microsoft #MicrosoftOffice #Nextcloud #OpenSource #news
heise+ | Wie Behörden sich aus der Abhängigkeit von Microsoft befreien
Schleswig-Holstein war nur der Anfang: Immer mehr Behörden führen freie Office-Software ein, von kleinen Kommunen bis zu ganzen Landesverwaltungen.
#DigitaleSouveränität #LibreOffice #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #Nextcloud #news
#OpenShot 4.0 Open-Source Video Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/openshot-4-0-open-source-video-editor-officially-released-heres-whats-new
Given that I found an app to create slides in MarkDown: is there an open source solution, accessible to blind, to show those slides in a presentation (conference, office, etc.?
Better if it's self-hostable, but otherwise, decentralized anyways.
No idea if LibreOffice is still accessible, if it has a presentation tool - OnlyOffice is excluded, accessibility isn't optimized at all despite they speak about it. Already had a call with them but no news came since long.
#a11y #accessibility #askFedi #blind #FediHelp #markdown #opensource #selfhosting
Pablo's keynote from #PyConUS is finally available to watch! I cannot recommend this talk enough. It’s an incredible articulation of what makes #opensource so special and how rampant #AI use is eroding vital resources to the breaking point.
Millions of automated requests are hitting Kernel.org daily, pushing maintainers to deploy increasingly aggressive defenses against AI crawlers.
https://linuxiac.com/kernel-org-battles-ai-crawlers-generating-millions-of-daily-requests/
I should probably write more on this, but this topic just came up in a private chat and want to share it here.
This discourse over #AI in #OpenSource is just the old Proprietary vs Open Source debate from 20+ years ago.
Back then, the proprietary people would say stuff like "Microsoft is everywhere, you can't avoid it", "Linux is a toy OS, real work requires windows", "You're going to be left behind".
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
Got Nebula mesh? Secure your overlay network and give Big Tech a middle finger.
Nebula's mesh tech is open source, scalable, and runs on Docker with Caddy. Freedom at the edge!
#NebulaMesh #SelfHosting #OpenSource
https://wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=meme_woprsystems&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon
Reading on X:
dhh is creating some kind of cult, AI cringe art, monarchist memes everywhere.
He's basically funding all the aiart slop to his own image, using the omacon funds.
These are the fuckers that wanna lecture you about taste and normalcy.
Linus Torvalds Announces First #Linux Kernel 7.3 Release Candidate https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-3-release-candidate
「 What LLMs in Debian development will do, I fear, is eliminate any incentive to scrap boilerplate or reform policies that require a lot of other senseless human effort. If I had had access to LLMs 30 years ago, I might have just had them generate the rules files, replate with complexity. So they will make Debian even more firmly what it is, and ever less likely to explore what it could become 」
zizmor 1.30 is released!
this release comes with one new audit (self-repository) and a whole bunch of enhancements (including more pre-commit support) and bug fixes.
full release notes here:
📢 Erinnerung: Morgen (Montag, 31.08.2026) ist wieder Fediverse-Sprechstunde! 🌐
„Mach doch einfach ein Issue auf!“
Diesen Satz hat vielleicht der eine oder die andere schon einmal gehört. Aber … was ist eigentlich ein Issue? 🤔
🐞 Ich habe einen Fehler entdeckt – wie melde ich ihn richtig?
💡 Ich habe eine Idee – wo werde ich sie los?
🛠️ Ich wünsche mir eine Verbesserung – darf ich dafür ein Issue erstellen?
📝 Und was muss überhaupt hineingeschrieben werden, damit Entwickler damit etwas anfangen können?
Genau darum geht es morgen Abend in unserer nächsten Fediverse-Sprechstunde:
📅 Montag, 31.08.2026
🕢 19:30 Uhr
💻 Online
Durch den Abend führt uns Jens @qbi , den einige vielleicht noch von unserer Fediverse-Sprechstunde zum Thema BookWyrm kennen.
Als Administrator und Entwickler kennt Jens Issues aus der Praxis und wird uns zeigen, wie sie funktionieren und wie wir selbst gute und hilfreiche Issues erstellen können.
Und keine Sorge: Ihr müsst weder programmieren können noch Entwickler sein! 😊
Gerade das soll ein Thema für uns alle sein. Denn Open-Source-Projekte und damit auch viele Anwendungen im Fediverse leben davon, dass Nutzer Fehler melden, Ideen einbringen und Rückmeldungen geben.
Vielleicht verlieren wir morgen gemeinsam auch ein bisschen die Scheu vor GitHub, Codeberg & Co. 😉
Wie immer gilt bei unserer Sprechstunde:
💬 Fragen ausdrücklich erwünscht!
🤝 Erfahrungen dürfen geteilt werden.
🌱 Einsteiger sind genauso willkommen wie erfahrene Nutzer, Admins und Entwickler.
Denn das Fediverse lebt nicht nur von seiner Technik, sondern vor allem von den Menschen, die gemeinsam daran arbeiten, es ein kleines Stück besser zu machen.
Mehr Miteinander statt Gegeneinander. 💜
👉 Morgen, Montag, 31.08.2026 um 19:30 Uhr
💻 Konferenzraum:
campus.ws-12.de/rooms/8p9-mvy-…
Kommt einfach vorbei – wir freuen uns auf euch! 😊
📢 Weitersagen und Teilen sehr gern erwünscht.
#Fediverse #FediverseSprechstunde #OpenSource #Issues #Friendica #Mastodon #Hubzilla #BookWyrm #Codeberg #GitHub
I am glad that more projects are trying to boost their progress and possibly enhance quality using AI, nice to see #Debian on that side, even tho I am long time RHEL-family distros user.
I wonder what all those raging ppl around would feel, if for example Linus Torvalds used AI for Linux development...
Oh wait
Sauerteig ist eigentlich das älteste Open-Source-Projekt der Welt: geforkt, weitergereicht, jede Instanz läuft ein bisschen anders. Meiner braucht nur leider mehr Pflege als mein halbes Homelab. Na und, dafür gibt es Brot. 🍞
#sauerteig #opensource #foss #homelab #schicksalsjahreeineskaisers
If y'all haven't already now would be a good time to abandon all #Meta products.
Go #Linux
Go #opensource
Go the kinder, more caring, #internet
D7VK v2.2 for playing retro Windows games on Linux improves Direct3D 3 support https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-v2-2-for-playing-retro-windows-games-on-linux-improves-direct3d-3-support/
Reading “Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software”
I am in these paragraphs and I don’t like it.
🚀 leapt/im-bundle v6.1.0 is out!
This release fixes shell command injection vulnerabilities in the image resize route and the cache-clear command, plus AssetMapper support. If you use this bundle, upgrade now! 🔒
The growing divide between AI hype and software engineering reality
It is widely accepted that there is an AI bubble in the financial markets at the moment. The moderate opinion is however that LLMs are constantly improving and will eventually take over more and more tasks from humans and increase productivity. But are LLMs actually getting smarter, or just better at fooling us?
— by @ottok
📃 https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/why-open-source-projects-ban-ai/
#opensource #aihype #LLMs #aibubble #ai #software #development #smart #aislop
Question: In the age of vibe-coding and AI slop, is it time to start creating AI-free/handcrafted forks of open source software projects?
There was a time when the free & open source software movement stood in opposition to big tech.
It's become a cliché now, but when Microsoft found a new way to enshittify Windows, the natural response was "install Linux", because open source stood in opposition to bug tech.
Yet with the emergence of LLMs, there's a significant number of open source projects that gladly accept Claude-generated code. Some maintainers are open advocates.
So is it time for a fork, when an explicitly open and AI-free software movement separates from FOSS projects that openly embrace AI?
#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Claude #tech #askFedi #askingfedi #KDE #gnome
🤔 I'm old enough to remember when we used to have Free Software institutions that took a moral/ethical stance on things that mattered.
They are gone. All of them.
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #SoftwareFreedom #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #noAI
What are you guys using for #streaming #music? I need a new source of tunes for while I work, and YouTube has too damn many ads. I'm up for anything that isn't big tech, #OpenSource is ideal.
One Inbox for Everything? Matrix Bridges, Beeper and the Price of Convenience
Today, the average user communicates via three to five different apps. WhatsApp with family, Messenger with colleagues from a previous job, Telegram…
#openSUSE.Asia Summit 2026 kicks off Oct 3-4! Two days packed with talks on #security, #containers, #AI, and #community. Who's ready? #openSUSEAsia #OpenSource https://events.opensuse.org/conferences/oSAS26
FreeCORE TrueNAS Core – Continued
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494856
#HackerNews #FreeCORE #TrueNAS #Core #TrueNAS #OpenSource #Storage #NASCommunity
#China is advancing a comprehensive approach to #global #AI #governance, balancing #OpenSource #innovation with safety measures and #international #cooperation. At the 2026 #World AI #Conference (#WAIC) and High-Level #Meeting on Global AI Governance, President Xi Jinping called for a just and equitable #system for global AI governance, emphasizing that AI should be people-centered and benefit all of #humanity. https://cnbusinessforum.com/china-advances-global-ai-governance-with-open-source-models-and-new-international-body/
i will definitely be using this website https://isitreallyfoss.com
for example, whenever someone suggests that one proprietary keyboard i can just https://isitreallyfoss.com/projects/futo-keyboard/
In Kürze erscheint die erste Beta von MusicCurator 🎶 MusicCurator ist Open Source. Wer meine Arbeit und laufende Serverkosten unterstützen möchte: PayPal oder BuyMeACoffee – natürlich völlig freiwillig.
Die Idee entstand, weil mir für #Nextcloud ein Werkzeug fehlte, das Musik sauber erkennt, Metadaten & Cover ergänzt, Alben/Playlists ordnet und .m3u8-Playlists verwaltet – selbstgehostet und unter eigener Kontrolle.https://github.com/Happyfeet01/musiccurator/releases/tag/v0.2.15
https://www.paypal.me/LarsM1980
https://buymeacoffee.com/sly5ir9ov #nextcloud #Opensource #Development #Linux
🤖 UpgradePilot: open-source autonomous vulnerability response agent. Investigates CVEs, proves exploitability in a sandbox, generates and verifies patches, then requests human approval before opening a remediation PR. New project, interesting direction for automated patching.
🔗 https://github.com/oussamaelfig/UpgradePilot
#CyberSec #AI #CVE #OpenSource
Microduck: The duck robot from France
The French robot manufacturer Pollen Robotics has developed an electronic duck for 440 euros. The big question: Who needs Microduck?
#IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Python #Roboter #Wissenschaft #news
🚀 Chronivaro 0.2.0 has been released!
Chronivaro is an open-source working time, absence tracking, and monthly period closing system.
📦 Release notes & downloads:
https://github.com/eitch/Chronivaro/releases/tag/v0.2.0
RE: https://mstdn.ro/@linuxwebzine/117180381966175352
I ran Manjaro Openbox edition for a little while years ago following the death of Crunchbang Linux - The project was still in its infancy then. The project later got spun off into Mabox. Glad to see they're still around.
Just catching up on the Debian AI debate. The project has had a voting window over the past two weeks which just concluded.
Results are in and Debian maintainers voted to allow AI contributions with encouraged disclosure.
The winning proposal will hold the human contributor who uses AI accountable for the content they submit to the project.
https://linuxiac.com/debian-says-yes-to-generative-ai-but-keeps-humans-accountable/
🤖🐧 **Debian** توافق على استخدام الأكواد المولدة بالذكاء الاصطناعي! القرار يسمح للمطورين بقبول مساهمات أنشأها AI، لكن المسؤولية النهائية عن الكود تقع على عاتق الشخص الذي يقدمه، بما في ذلك التحقق من الجودة والترخيص.
📖 https://www.masdarx.com/posts/debian-vote-ai-code-allowed-submitters-responsible-schulze/
'Responsible Use ' for #Debian policy seems to be purely focused on output.
"standards of quality, correctness, maintainability, and legal compliance'
Sad to see big projects missing the opportunity to influence (and lead) standards of responsibility like openness of model, #environment impact any* stake that places responsibility back to builders (not just users).
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Votes-Responsible-AI-Use
📋 #CrabTrap by #Brex is an #opensource HTTP/HTTPS proxy that sits between #AI agents and external APIs, evaluating every outbound request against security policies before it reaches the internet #AIsecurity #golang
🧵👇
Stability is not about being outdated. It is about reliability and trust. The Debian social contract proves that community values matter more than corporate speed. That commitment to free software is why it remains a gold standard.
ThePurpleOctopus 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇪🇺🇹🇼 [they, their | she, her] » 🌐
@thepurpleoctopus@lgbtqia.space
I’ve been a long-time Kubuntu user, currently on 26.04 LTS.
Mostly because I want Debian-ish stability, KDE, reasonably current software, and something that will happily run on moderately elderly hardware without demanding a blood sacrifice to the upgrade gods.
And I increasingly want to escape the Canonical Slop™.
So I’ve been thinking: Debian Testing? 🤔
Except then I went looking into Debian’s current position on generative AI and -
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, DEBIAN?
So apparently Debian is having an enormous philosophical argument about whether the robot should be allowed into the kitchen while I am standing outside trying to find an operating system that doesn't make me want to scream.
Which leaves me with the obvious question:
If I want KDE, stability, reasonably current packages, decent support for older hardware, no Canonical nonsense, AND a Free Software project that is taking the whole GenAI mess seriously… WHAT THE FUCK DO I RUN?
Debian Testing was looking so promising, too. 😭
Linux distro hopping has become a personality crisis.
🐧💀
#Linux #KDE #Kubuntu #Debian #DebianTesting #FreeSoftware #FOSS #GenAI #OpenSource #LinuxDesktop
@nuintari I think its a bit alpha, but https://github.com/shkhln/linuxulator-steam-utils
For more AAA BSD gaming, one has to buy a PS5 :P
@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 8.5 hours from now.
Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource crafting and mining voxel game, available in the #luanti game engine.
Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited. We also have a #Deltachat group for game-related discussion. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/
(Note: You can join with pretty much any device which **isn't** an iPad/iPhone)
Fuck Amazon Web Services? Use Open Source Shit. Decentralize, Syndicalists!
AWS is just another corporate prison for your data. Build mesh networks and take back control.
#OpenSource #MeshNetworks #DataSovereignty
https://wopr.systems/?utm_campaign=meme_nodez3r0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon
D7VK v2.2 is out now continuing to improve retro Windows games on Linux with improvements to Direct3D 3 and various bug fixes.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-v2-2-for-playing-retro-windows-games-on-linux-improves-direct3d-3-support/
Check out some of the new features in #LibreOffice 26.8, in this video: https://peertube.opencloud.lu/w/tmoPX76YriNTk2RaULPJsw #foss #openSource #freesoftware
Microduck: Der Entenroboter aus Frankreich
Der französische Roboterhersteller Pollen Robotics hat eine elektronische Ente für 440 Euro entwickelt. Die große Frage: Wer braucht Microduck?
#IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Python #Roboter #Wissenschaft #news
RT @ihteshamali: Semrush berechnet 139,95 US-Dollar pro Monat. Ahrefs berechnet 129 US-Dollar pro Monat. Ein Mann namens Ben hat die quelloffene Alternative entwickelt, die Sie auf Ihrem Computer ausführen können. Sie heißt OpenSEO. Geben Sie die Website eines Wettbewerbers ein und es werden die Keywords angezeigt, die den Traffic generieren, sowie die Seiten, die für diese Keywords ranken.
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#Ahrefs #CompetitorAnalysis #DigitalMarketing #OpenSource #Semrush #SEO #arint_info
The community build of Valve's compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-6 is out now, bringing major new features and changes to running Windows games SteamOS / Linux.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/ge-proton-11-6-released-with-updates-for-wayland-ps5-controllers-and-more-upgrades/
DXVK 3.1 is out now bringing more impressive upgrades for the Direct3D 8/9/10/11 to Vulkan translation layer that powers Valve's Proton.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/direct3d-8-9-10-11-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-3-1-brings-improvements-for-game-launchers-older-frostbite-engine-and-more/
The flood gates for generative AI in Debian Linux are now seemingly open, with the results from a recent vote now available.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/debian-linux-developers-vote-to-allow-responsible-use-of-generative-ai/
Opengrep (open-source Semgrep) in v1.29.0 released
💥 LLM usage in Debian neither endorsed nor prohibited
Calibre, the open-source ebook manager, now lets you use generative AI to create new covers for ebooks.
Preset prompts are included for sci-fi, romance and noir, or you can write your own.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/calibre-ebook-ai-covers?v1
#EndeavourOS Titan Nova Is Out with #Linux Kernel 7.1 and #KDE Plasma 6.7.4 https://9to5linux.com/endeavouros-titan-nova-is-out-with-linux-kernel-7-1-and-kde-plasma-6-7-4
My latest blog post: My Experience Using JLCPCB for Sponsored Prototyping
https://mikecoats.com/jlcpcb-experience/
Earlier this year, Ashu and Ava from JLCPCB reached out to offer some free prototyping for my projects. I was delighted and jumped at the opportunity.
Ich bin seit Langem mal wieder richtig begeistert von einer Software: Hindsight. Ein Open-Source-Memory-System für KI-Agenten. Es macht genau das, was man sich unter „Agent-Gedächtnis" vorstellt. Nicht nur naive Vektor-DB, sondern Fakten, Entitäten, Zeitbezug & Wissensgraph.
https://muench.dev/post/2026-08-hindsight-ein-agent-memory-system-das-mich-begeistert-hat
ESET: AI-driven OSINT in the wrong hands – and why everyone could be a target for fraud https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/privacy/ai-powered-osint-why-everyone-viable-target-fraud/ @ESETresearch #infosec #opensource #cybercrime
ReFra – nowoczesna galeria na Androida
Dostępna odpłatnie w Google Play, natomiast można ją pobrać bezpłatnie z GitHub.
ReFra, zmienia sposób przeglądania, porządkowania i wyświetlania zdjęć i filmów – dzięki kategoriom opartym na sztucznej inteligencji, widokowi panoramicznemu, odtwarzaniu zdjęć w ruchu, przesyłaniu filmów i w pełni konfigurowalnemu, nowoczeanwmu interfejsowi Material 3.
Celem projektu jest stworzenie i wprowadzenie aplikacji galerii, której każdy chce, z funkcjami, których każdy potrzebuje.
Wolne i otwarte oprogramowanie
WARIANTY PRZY POBIERANIU APLIKACJI
Standardowa
Pełna funkcjonalność z mapami, dostawcami usług w chmurze i wszystkimi możliwościami online. Modele sztucznej inteligencji można pobrać po instalacji.
Offline
Wszystkie funkcje online usunięte — brak map, brak synchronizacji w chmurze, brak uprawnień do sieci. Modeli AI nie można pobrać po instalacji; jeśli potrzebujesz funkcji AI, użyj wariantu WithML.
NoML
Brak dołączonych modeli AI/ML – mniejszy plik do pobrania. Modele można pobrać po zainstalowaniu w wersjach Standard.
WithML
Zestaw modeli AI/ML na urządzeniu - rozpoznawanie twarzy, inteligentne wyszukiwanie działa w pełni offline. Wymagane dla budowy sztucznej inteligencji w trybie offline.
REKOMENDOWANY WARIANT
Najlepszy dla większości ludzi
Standard (NoML)
Źródło aplikacji, GitHub
🔗ReFra
× F-Droid, nie jest rekomendowany.
🔗GrapheneOS: jak instalować aplikacje BEZ Google Play i F-Droid? (Obtainium + AppVerifier)
Ten opis został stworzony z wykorzystaniem aplikacji: Markor, Vanadium, Translate You, Pachli. System operacyjny GrapheneOS.
dxvk has updated to version v3.1. Check it out here: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases/tag/v3.1
#foss #OpenSource #linuxGaming
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34291
GitHub Continuous Integration checks are running (hopefully they will pass without issues?).
It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it (and this time around, I am going to wait for libtorrent to get merged, before submitting another rtorrent Pull Request and see if that makes those CI checks go more smoothly).
#libtorrent #MacPorts #OpenSource #torrent #BitTorrent #TUI #ncurses
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34290
1 of 3 GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed (the other two are queued, hopefully they'll run smoothly; though since one was OK already, that is a good sign at least!).
From the release notes: https://chrony-project.org/news.html it seems as if a lot of the new features? Are actually supporting OpenBSD!
So, that isn't really a big deal for MacPorts' users, though maybe OpenBSD users will think that chrony is worth checking out? Admittedly, the OpenBSD project already has OpenNTPD, though chrony: supports PTP too.
Observational curiosity: 4.9 was released, apparently exactly a year after 4.8 was released (August 27th). I am guessing maybe that was intentional?
The EU Cyber Resilience Act is bringing new requirements for software, and open source developers, organizations, and businesses need to be ready.
On September 10 at #EuroBSDCon2026, join Alice Sowerby, Peter Hansteen, and Pierre Pronchery for the full-day tutorial, “The Night Before CRAmas – Why EU Regulations Are a Gift to Open Source.”
📅 September 10, 2026
📍 EuroBSDCon 2026 | Brussels, Belgium
Learn more and register:
https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/talk/RER8UZ/
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34234
and here:
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/34235
GitHub Continuous Integration checks are queued and running, hopefully they will go OK?
If so, it's still up to someone else with commit access to merge them!
#libtorrent #rtorrent #MacPorts #OpenSource #torrents #BitTorrents #TUI #ncurses
https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/eu%27s-digital-id-is-killing-the-open:b
Since Robb Knight's Echofeed is shutting down soon, as you may have seen I built a similar open source RSS feed forwarder inspired by it. It's called Feedecho, as an homage to the original.
https://github.com/jcrabapple/feedecho
I am also going to pick up where Robb left off, and offer a paid hosted service. Pricing still to come, but if you would like a 14-day trial code for the private beta, PM me on here and I'll hook you up. 📡🗞️
🚨 OWASP 2026 Board Elections are open!
3 Board seats are up for election. Passionate about application security and our global community? Step up and nominate yourself by August 31!
🗳️ Get involved and find out more: https://board.owasp.org/elections/2026_elections
• • • Markor • • •
Prosty notatnik, edytor tekstu, lekka aplikacja na Androida.
Pozwala na tworzenie notatkek, zadań, obsługuje Markdown, todo.txt, Zim i wiele więcej!
Markor wykorzystuje proste formaty znaczników, takie jak Markdown i todo.txt, do robienia notatek i zarządzania listami. Jest wszechstronny w pracy z tekstem; można go również używać do przechowywania zakładek, kopiowania do schowka, szybkiego otwierania łącza z tekstu i wielu innych.
• Utworzone pliki są kompatybilne z dowolnym innym oprogramowaniem tekstowym na dowolnej platformie - edytuj notatnikiem lub vim, filtruj grep, konwertuj do PDF lub twórz archiwum zip.
• Markor automatycznie zapisuje tekst, gdy opuszczasz aplikacje lub zamykasz plik. Dodatkowo w górnym menu znajduje się przycisk Zapisz.
• Automatyczne zapisywanie z opcjami cofania/ponawiania
• Podświetlanie składni i działania związane z formatowaniem – szybkie wstawianie zdjęć i zadań
• Konwertowanie, przeglądanie i udostępnianie dokumentów w formacie HTML i PDF
• Formaty: Markdown, todo.txt, Zim/WikiText, Plaintext, csv, ics, ini, json, toml, vcf, yaml
• Bez reklam i zbędnych uprawnień
• Praca całkowicie offline - Markor nie korzysta z połączenia internetowego, żadne dane osobowe nie są udostępniane autorowi ani osobom trzecim.
• Pliki można udostępniać innym aplikacjom z poziomu aplikacji, naciskając przycisk udostępniania.
• Pliki przechowywane są lokalnie w folderze wybieranym przez użytkownika, domyślnie w katalogu „Dokumenty”, można je przenieść w inną dowolną lokalizacje — QuickNote i To-Do są plikami tekstowymi
• Markor to aplikacja offline, ale działa z aplikacjami do synchronizacji, te przeprowadzają odpowiednio synchronizację .
• Możliwość szyfrowania plików tekstowych za pomocą algorytmu AES256.
Więcej informacji, oraz możliwość pobrana aplikacji na GitHub
🔗Markor
× F-Droid, nie jest rekomendowany.
🔗GrapheneOS: jak instalować aplikacje BEZ Google Play i F-Droid? (Obtainium + AppVerifier)
Certyfikat Markor
SHA-256
net.gsantner.markor
57:D1:06:D0:CF:A8:76:34:42:B3:64:5E:F2:74:1C:38:BB:82:0B:D5:6F:D4:61:2B:F4:0A:23:B6:D9:98:BE:5E
Ten opis został stworzony z wykorzystaniem aplikacji: Markor, Vanadium, Translate You, Pachli. System operacyjny GrapheneOS.
#TGIQF: 35 Jahre Linux - Das Quiz
Das freie Betriebssystem Linux wird in diesen Tagen 35 Jahre alt. Wir feiern es mit einem Quiz. Knobeln Sie mit!
#Quiz #Journal #LinusTorvalds #Linux #OpenSource #Netzpolitik #news
Lossless Scaling Frame Generation on Linux lsfg-vk moves away from GitHub, changes license due to AI slop forks https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-on-linux-lsfg-vk-moves-away-from-github-changes-license-due-to-ai-slop-forks/
We hope you're enjoying the new features and improvements in #LibreOffice 26.8! This was all made possible thanks to your donations, which are the majority of @tdforg funding: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08/28/how-libreoffice-is-funded/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware
🚀 MirrorMan v0.5.3 is out!
This release focuses on speed and offline resilience. Mirror status is now cached locally with HTTP ETag support, so MirrorMan skips re-downloading the ~200KB status payload when nothing has changed, and the GUI now loads the country list instantly with 0ms network delay. If your connection drops or times out, it falls back seamlessly to cached data instead of stalling or crashing.
Speed tests now run on a concurrent work-stealing queue instead of chunked batches, so slow or unreachable mirrors no longer stall the rest of the pool. A shared HTTP client across worker threads also cuts down on repeated TLS handshakes.
On the CLI side, mirrorman-cli sync and mirrorman-cli backup now go through the D-Bus helper with Polkit, so non-root users can sync and back up mirrorlists without permission errors. Backups rotate automatically, keeping the 10 most recent.
Also new: multi-country selection for filtering mirrors, and a man page for the CLI.
Update:
sudo pacman -Syu mirrorman
#Linux 7.2.2, 7.1.12, 6.18.48, 6.12.107, 6.6.155, 6.1.186, 5.15.219, and 5.10.268 kernels are now available for download at https://www.kernel.org
#China is advancing a comprehensive approach to #global #AI #governance, balancing #OpenSource #innovation with safety measures and #international #cooperation. At the 2026 #World AI #Conference (#WAIC) and High-Level #Meeting on Global AI Governance, President Xi Jinping called for a just and equitable #system for global AI governance, emphasizing that AI should be people-centered and benefit all of #humanity. https://cnbusinessforum.com/china-advances-global-ai-governance-with-open-source-models-and-new-international-body/
RT @0xBakeer: Qwen3.8-Flash-Next auf einer einzelnen DGX Spark: bis zu 97 Tokens pro Sekunde.
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#AI #DGXSpark #MachineLearning #NLP #OpenSource #Qwen3 #arint_info
And another important lesson of this story; Richard Stallman was abd is always right about open source. Open source is a corporate trojan horse dressed as pragmatism. Free software is never about technical details but about ideology of software freedom, and any compromise of principles will lead to losing everything for nothing. #freesoftware #opensource #rms
Sovereign Tech Agency makes a big investment into Flatpak https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/
s&box, the game creation platform from Facepunch now has a Linux Beta https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/s-box-the-game-creation-platform-from-facepunch-now-has-a-linux-beta/
The developer behind the Lossless Scaling Frame Generation on Linux (lsfg-vk) project has made an announcement about a bunch of major changes.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/lossless-scaling-frame-generation-on-linux-lsfg-vk-moves-away-from-github-changes-license-due-to-ai-slop-forks/
Valve just launched a brand new update for the compatibility layer Proton Experimental - bringing more Windows game compatibility to SteamOS / Linux systems.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-dragon-age-inquisition-far-cry-warhammer-vermintide-2/
#Steam #OpenSource #SteamOS #Valve #Proton #SteamDeck #SteamMachine
Facepunch have announced they plan official Linux support for their Source 2 powered game creation platform, s&box, with an initial Beta out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/s-box-the-game-creation-platform-from-facepunch-now-has-a-linux-beta/
This is great to see! The Sovereign Tech Agency have made a big investment into the future of Flatpak, the modern Linux packaging format.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/sovereign-tech-agency-makes-a-big-investment-into-flatpak/
Hi Mastodon! 👋 As a developer of Parch Linux (https://parchlinux.com), I need some advice. Does anyone know how DistroWatch tracks updates, or how to properly reach out to Linux news sites? It's FOSS reviewed us once, but we’ve made massive changes since: new custom tools, a rewritten installer UI, and more!
Tomorrow marks our 5th anniversary! 🎉 But despite publishing our updates, we're facing total radio silence. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but after 5 years, it honestly feels like a media boycott simply because of our project's origin (Iran). I didn't choose my nationality, and despite heavy restrictions, our team has built something we're proud of.
We even have Server and Mobile editions in active development, yet the mobile efforts seem ignored even here among FOSS enthusiasts.
How can we break this silence? Any advice is appreciated! 🐧❤️
#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #LinuxMobile #LinuxDistro #TechNews #TechJournalism #ParchLinux
Here's how to automatically post to Mastodon: https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/python-social-media-automation/?s=mb #OpenSource #Python #TwitterMigration
What people often don't understand:
#OpenSource isn't only about sitting in the basement and writing code... sharing code is a social project...
Nobody has "the right" to demand anything from a maintainer... but if they behave like an ass the project will suffer from it
Linux: 35 years in 35 facts in 35 minutes - YouTube
youtube.com/watch?v=Ffl2DFHoZd…
#Linux #LinusTorvalds #OpenSource #LinuxFoundation #Android #Ubuntu #Debian
Vor 35 Jahren veröffentlichte Linus Torvalds einen Beitrag über ein kleines, experimentelles Betriebssystem, das er in Finnland entwickelte. Er hatte keine Ahnung, dass es zu einem der wichtigsten Bestandteile der Software-Infrastruktur weltweit werden würde.
In diesem Video stellen wir 35 Fakten vor, die die Geschichte von Linux erzählen – von seinen Anfängen als Hobbyprojekt bis hin zu seiner Rolle als Grundlage für Android, Cloud-Infrastruktur, Supercomputer, Entwicklertools und sogar Raumfahrzeuge.
Dabei werfen wir einen Blick auf die Unternehmen, Projekte und Menschen, die die unglaubliche Reise von Linux geprägt haben: Linus Torvalds, IBM, Red Hat, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Docker, Git, Android, Ubuntu, Debian, die Linux Foundation, die NASA, Steam und viele mehr.
Wir beleuchten die Momente, die Linux für immer verändert haben – von den frühen Kämpfen um proprietäre Software und Microsofts Versuchen, Linux herauszufordern, bis hin zur Entwicklung von Git, dem Aufstieg von Linux in der Cloud, der Heartbleed-Sicherheitslücke, der XZ-Hintertür und dem riesigen Ökosystem von Unternehmen, die heute auf den Linux-Kernel angewiesen sind.
Vor allem aber ist dies nicht nur die Geschichte eines Betriebssystems.
Es ist eine Geschichte über Open Source, Zusammenarbeit, Gemeinschaft und darüber, was passiert, wenn man Technologie entwickelt, die letztlich kein einzelnes Unternehmen kontrollieren kann.
Vom Hobbyprojekt eines Studenten bis hin zu Software, die Milliarden von Geräten und einen Teil der weltweit wichtigsten Infrastruktur steuert – dies ist die Geschichte davon, wie Linux die Welt erobert hat.
Location: Canary
Privacy, Encryption and European Sovereignty: What Decentralisation Can Really Do
Do you use Gmail, Microsoft 365, or another U.S. service? If so, there’s a question that most people have never even considered. Who…
In my search my for ever running search for knowledge, I started to see lemmy links more often. Way more often. Lemmy is gaining momentum if it's links seep in more and more in my FediVerse feeds.
I had deliberately stayed away from the drama which the reddit Overlords inflicted upon their users, with their LLM training fails. I have Reddit accounts which are basically Smurfs and were hardly used.
I was hoping that, since Lemmy is also federated, I could add an account through my Mastodon clients. It's quite clear that I didn't (bother) to read which Federated protocols Lemmy networks use, otherwise I would have known beforehand that it would fail.
Interestingly enough, I've had a Jerboa client installed on one of my androids without using it. Of course it was deleted after a while
Jerboa for lemmy is now run with a purpose, after deliberatly making a Lemmy account in the LemmyVerse. What I looked for was a server which does not reside in the USA (reasons should be obvious considering Little Donny the Orange President) so big tech USA has no grip on that account
#Federated #lemmy #jerboa #programming #OpenSource #technology #social #networks #FediVerse #CA #overlords #reddit
heise+ | Comeback einer Kultuhr: Smartwatch Pebble Time 2 im Test
Die Pebble Time 2 ist keine gewöhnliche Smartwatch. Wir haben sie getestet und herausgefunden, warum man sie liebt oder hasst.
#Datenschutz #FitnessTracker #Mobiles #OpenSource #Pebble #Smartwatch #Wearables #news
I will attend this year's Kieler Open Source and Linux Days from 18th to 19th September in Kiel, Germany. It is a fantastic event with many interesting presentations and I'm happy to be there physically.
Let's turn the Kielux blue, or better, darkblue 😉 See you all there.
@kielux
@LinuxGuides
@LinuxLeben
If you want to learn more about the Kielux event:
https://kielux.de
ICS[AP] updated CISA ICS Advisories Master File for 8/27/2026 & the following year's CSVs:
CISA_ICS_ADV_2026_8_27_26.csv
Updates on 8/27/2026 included:
CISA_ICS_ADV_2025_8_27_26.csv
Available @ ICS[AP] GitHub:
https://github.com/icsadvprj/ICS-Advisory-Project/tree/main