Wenn aus Gedanken etwas wächst, das bleibt!

Viele Menschen haben den Eindruck, dass sich der Blick verschoben hat. Erfolg wird häufig daran gemessen, wie schnell etwas wächst, wie viel Aufmerksamkeit es bekommt oder welchen Profit es erzeugt. In dieser Logik bleibt wenig Raum für das, was früher oft im Mittelpunkt stand, die Idee, gemeinsam etwas zu schaffen, das länger besteht als der eigene Vorteil.

Dabei waren viele der Dinge, die unsere Welt geprägt haben, nie nur aus persönlichem Gewinn entstanden. Sie wurden von Menschen getragen, die an eine Überzeugung glaubten – Menschen, die etwas entwickeln wollten, das anderen hilft, Wissen zugänglich macht oder eine Gemeinschaft stärkt. Der Antrieb war nicht nur Erfolg, sondern Bedeutung.

Vollständiger Beitrag:
https://writefreely.linuxat.de/h1-style-color-green-wenn-aus-gedanken-etwas-waechst-das-bleibt-h1

#Gemeinschaft #Menschlichkeit #Miteinander #Zusammenhalt #digitaleWelt
#Digitalisierung #echteBegegnung #HerzundSeele #WärmeundNähe #OpenSource #OpenSourceCommunity #Linux #freiheit #fediversum #fedi #fediverserecht #Foss #diday #BIGTECH #Datenschutz #Datenschutz #Daten #Sicherheit #Europa #Wirtschaft #Technologie

FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is now available.

The FreeBSD Project has announced the release of FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE, the fifth release from the stable/14 branch. FreeBSD 14.4-RELEASE is available for multiple architectures and can be installed via ISO, USB, VM images, cloud platforms, and OCI containers.
Download and release information:
https://www.freebsd.org/releases/14.4R/announce/

Thank you to the Release Engineering Team and the many contributors who make each release possible.
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #ReleaseEngineering

Relatable ? 🤣

#vim #opensource

How does a volunteer-run Linux distro comply with a $7,500 per-user fine? They can't. These "Age Assurance" bills are a death sentence for privacy-focused, open-source operating systems. Keep the OS neutral. 🐧✊ #OpenSource #Linux #DigitalRights

@GrapheneOS @attilax @LearnToLivePrivate @RustRaven @jmoupah @Yrrussaj @sebsauvage @jolla Hey Graphene OS folks.

First, it's really great that you guys have created a security focused deGoogled Android operating system.

Given the problems of American big tech, I applaud you for creating an alternative.

So full credit where credit is due.

That being said, constantly badmouthing every other non-Apple and non-Google smartphone maker and operating system is not a good look.

And jumping into any thread on Mastodon where there's a mention of another alternative smartphone maker or OS to badmouth them is not a good look.

You say Jolla is no good. SailfishOS is no good. Fairphone is no good. Murena is no good. CalyxOS is no good. Dumbphones are no good.

I'd imagine you'd probably win more people over if you talked more about why people should choose Graphene instead why they shouldn't choose one of the others.

Because right now, there are tradeoffs with every mobile OS.

That includes Graphene.

For example, there are people for whom limiting their exposure to Google and Apple is more important than choosing the most locked down option available.

For such people, needing to buy a Google Pixel phone to run Graphene is a massive negative.

That's even if the Google Pixel is the best hardware from a security perspective.

And in that case, yeah there are other options that may be a better fit for those people.

There's another issue.

There seems to be many Reddit threads and YouTube videos and blogs out there from people who were enthusiastic about Graphene, but have soured on it.

And the funny thing is there's a pattern to it. "Cult-like" and "toxic" seems to be phrases that tend to be used a lot.

I've also noticed a recurring pattern you put for why the other alternatives are bad is because people connected with those businesses or companies badmouth Graphene.

It seems to me like Graphene constantly bags those other projects. When anyone connected with those projects responds, that response is presented by you guys as evidence of bullying and harassment, without that context.

And the recurring line about how people should just stick with iOS or Google Android if they don't choose Graphene? Just shameful. And completely misses the point of why some people are looking for alternative platforms in the first place.

And the more people who choose an alternative OS, the more normal it becomes to do it, which ultimately leads to more people looking at alternatives like Graphene.

#Android #Jolla #SailfishOS #AOSP #Graphene #GrapheneOS #Murena #Calyx #CalyxOS #Linux #infosec #opensource

Wenn aus Gedanken etwas wächst, das bleibt!

Viele Menschen haben den Eindruck, dass sich der Blick verschoben hat. Erfolg wird häufig daran gemessen, wie schnell etwas wächst, wie viel Aufmerksamkeit es bekommt oder welchen Profit es erzeugt. In dieser Logik bleibt wenig Raum für das, was früher oft im Mittelpunkt stand, die Idee, gemeinsam etwas zu schaffen, das länger besteht als der eigene Vorteil.

Dabei waren viele der Dinge, die unsere Welt geprägt haben, nie nur aus persönlichem Gewinn entstanden. Sie wurden von Menschen getragen, die an eine Überzeugung glaubten – Menschen, die etwas entwickeln wollten, das anderen hilft, Wissen zugänglich macht oder eine Gemeinschaft stärkt. Der Antrieb war nicht nur Erfolg, sondern Bedeutung.

Vollständiger Beitrag:
https://writefreely.linuxat.de/h1-style-color-green-wenn-aus-gedanken-etwas-waechst-das-bleibt-h1

#Gemeinschaft #Menschlichkeit #Miteinander #Zusammenhalt #digitaleWelt
#Digitalisierung #echteBegegnung #HerzundSeele #WärmeundNähe #OpenSource #OpenSourceCommunity #Linux #freiheit #fediversum #fedi #fediverserecht #Foss #diday #BIGTECH #Datenschutz #Datenschutz #Daten #Sicherheit #Europa #Wirtschaft #Technologie

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/

#ai #vibecoding #opensource #linuxgaming

#SailShark v1.1 is out! - a native Wireshark frontend for Sailfish OS.

Live packet capture · Protocol tree · Hex dump · Follow TCP Stream · Save .pcapng · Interface picker · BPF filters

Built on Wireshark 3.6.24 + Qt 5.6/Silica QML. Because your phone runs Linux and should act like it.

https://build.sailfishos.org/package/show/home:nielnielsen/Sailshark

#SailfishOS #OpenSource #Networking #Linux

Available now in Mesa 26.0.2, the latest bug-fix release for the current main stable version of open source graphics drivers for Linux.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/mesa-26-0-2-arrives-with-more-bug-fixes-for-linux-graphics-drivers/

#OpenSource #Drivers #Mesa #Misc

I still have lot of unanswered questions about how I'd like to publish my game.

Make it #OpenSource is something I've already decided.

But I'm concerned someone could take the game to sell it on Steam. This is something I might do myself at some point (yet another unanswered question), but I clearly don't want someone who didn't work on it to get money from players (who could get the game for free instead but woudn't know or would be tricked into thinking they support devs)

#GameDev

Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/

#Lutris #AI #OpenSource #Linux

There's a bit of drama going on with the popular game manager Lutris right now, with users pointing out the developer using AI generated code via Claude.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/

#OpenSource #Apps #Misc #AI

Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2026: 28.–29. März – zwei Tage Open-Source-Praxis, Austausch und Inspiration. 
Besonders spannend: Unser Kollege Oliver Kautz mit seinem Vortrag „Seit 8 Jahren Infrastructure-as-Code – ein Erfahrungsbericht“. Sa., 17:00, Raum V1. 

Wenn du wissen willst, wie IaC nach Jahren Betrieb wirklich aussieht (Terraform/OpenTofu + GitOps, inklusive Lessons Learned), ist das ein Pflichttermin. 

#CLT2026 #OpenSource #Linux #IaC #Terraform #OpenTofu #GitOps #DevOps @clt_news

heise+ | Passbolt: Den europäischen Open-Source-Passwortmanager selbst hosten

Der Passwortmanager Passbolt ist Open Source und wird in Luxemburg entwickelt. Wir zeigen, wie man ihn auf eigener Hardware aus dem Heimnetz betreibt.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Passbolt-Den-europaeischen-Open-Source-Passwortmanager-selbst-hosten-11172920.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Passwörter #Security #news

If you want to do livestreaming or video recording on Linux, OBS Studio is easily the best free and open source app you can get for it and v32.1.0 is out now.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/obs-studio-32-1-0-arrives-with-webrtc-simulcast-support-and-a-new-audio-mixer/

#OpenSource #Apps #NewRelease #Misc

The D7VK project has expanded again in version 1.5 that's out now - adding in support for Direct3D 3.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/d7vk-version-1-5-brings-direct3d-3-support-via-vulkan-on-linux/

#OpenSource #Wine #Proton #Misc

Wenn aus Gedanken etwas wächst, das bleibt!

Viele Menschen haben den Eindruck, dass sich der Blick verschoben hat. Erfolg wird häufig daran gemessen, wie schnell etwas wächst, wie viel Aufmerksamkeit es bekommt oder welchen Profit es erzeugt. In dieser Logik bleibt wenig Raum für das, was früher oft im Mittelpunkt stand, die Idee, gemeinsam etwas zu schaffen, das länger besteht als der eigene Vorteil.

Dabei waren viele der Dinge, die unsere Welt geprägt haben, nie nur aus persönlichem Gewinn entstanden. Sie wurden von Menschen getragen, die an eine Überzeugung glaubten – Menschen, die etwas entwickeln wollten, das anderen hilft, Wissen zugänglich macht oder eine Gemeinschaft stärkt. Der Antrieb war nicht nur Erfolg, sondern Bedeutung.

Vollständiger Beitrag:
https://writefreely.linuxat.de/h1-style-color-green-wenn-aus-gedanken-etwas-waechst-das-bleibt-h1

#Gemeinschaft #Menschlichkeit #Miteinander #Zusammenhalt #digitaleWelt
#Digitalisierung #echteBegegnung #HerzundSeele #WärmeundNähe #OpenSource #OpenSourceCommunity #Linux #freiheit #fediversum #fedi #fediverserecht #Foss #diday #BIGTECH #Datenschutz #Datenschutz #Daten #Sicherheit #Europa #Wirtschaft #Technologie

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/5sk9hzB474qiV5SozwqV1g
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_software_116215179304867764_fr)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://opencode.de/de/aktuelles/events/opencode-connect-maerz-2026-5717 )

PLAIN incarne un compromis stratégique délibéré entre ouverture logicielle et contrôle infrastructurel pour la souveraineté de l'État.

#opensource #war #software #digitalisierung #cloud

Inexpensive FPGA module with German chip and open-source toolchain

Manufacturer Cologne Chip solders its GateMate A1 onto a module that fits I/O boards for the Raspberry Pi CM5.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Inexpensive-FPGA-module-with-German-chip-and-open-source-toolchain-11208075.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitaleSouveränität #FPGA #IT #OpenSource #news

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/nwGWqihT1CzCCZmZSQdWaL
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://adalta.info/articles/prstn_software_116215179304867764_de)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://opencode.de/de/aktuelles/events/opencode-connect-maerz-2026-5717 )

PLAIN etabliert eine geschützte Plattform für offene Innovation in der Bundesverwaltung.

#opensource #war #software #digitalisierung #cloud

Es gibt ein scheinbar auf #SuperTuxKart basierendes (schaut euch alleine die Menüs an) #OpenSource Projekt, welches an einem #Spiel arbeitet, dass konzeptionell den alten #DestructionDerby Titeln ähneln soll.

Ziel im #Multiplayer ist es Gegenspieler kaputt zu rammen ohne selbst zu viel Schaden zu nehmen. Wer zuletzt noch übrig ist, hat gewonnen.

Aktuell und relativ frisch ist Version 0.8.0-Alpha. #Linux und #Windows werden unterstützt. Es gibt #Appimage

https://wastedgames.codeberg.page/

Viel Spaß beim Testen!

#Linuxgaming #Gaming #Games #Spiele

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Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Hauptmenü.

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Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Ein schneller Drift um die Kurve.

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Screenshot des Spiels "Wasted" in Version 0.8.0-Alpha. Das Fahrzeug-Auswahl-Menü (die Garage).

Günstiges FPGA-Modul mit deutschem Chip und Open-Source-Toolchain

Der Hersteller Cologne Chip lötet sein GateMate A1 auf ein Modul, das auf I/O-Boards für den Raspberry Pi CM5 passt.

https://www.heise.de/news/Guenstiges-FPGA-Modul-mit-deutschem-Chip-und-Open-Source-Toolchain-11207877.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#DigitaleSouveränität #FPGA #IT #OpenSource #news

#Y2K38 is the new #Y2K and #openSUSE developers are already finding real failures by advancing build clocks to 2038. #32-bit time assumptions are everywhere. 12 years to fix it. #Linux #OpenSource https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/20/os-community-tackling-y2k38-epoch/

A lot of #opensource projects out there already have statements about whether they accept #ai generated code or what their policy is...

Is there some template / generator for that already?

(and don't @ me with "let AI generate one...)

Sadly, popular Linux gaming utility Lutris is now AI slop and in response to people expressing their concern, the lead maintainer decided to remove all the attributions for the AI submitted changes so no one can fork it before the changes were made. Oh, also it probably renders the license complete garbage as well too.

At least we now know why it's become notably worse over the last few months and it saves me from writing up some Github issues.

#linuxgaming #gaming #lutris #fuckai #linux #opensource

Downloading midnightBSD

When the download progesses slowly as in log 1 just resume from a closer server as shown in log 2

log 2

curl --verbose -C - -L -o MidnightBSD-4.0.3--amd64-disc1.iso https://ns3.foolishgames.net/ftp/pub/MidnightBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/4.0.3/MidnightBSD-4.0.3--amd64-disc1.iso
** Resuming transfer from byte position 44871680
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:05 --:--:-- 0* Trying 52.1.67.188:443...

• Connected to ns3.foolishgames.net (52.1.67.188) port 443 (#0)
• ALPN: offers h2,http/1.1} [5 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):} [512 bytes data]
• CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
• CApath: /etc/ssl/certs{ [5 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):{ [122 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Encrypted Extensions (8):{ [25 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):{ [2603 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15):{ [264 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):{ [52 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):} [1 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):} [52 bytes data]
• SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
• ALPN: server accepted http/1.1
• Server certificate:
• subject: CN=ns3.foolishgames.net
• start date: Dec 15 04:25:18 2025 GMT
• expire date: Mar 15 04:25:17 2026 GMT
• subjectAltName: host "ns3.foolishgames.net" matched cert's "ns3.foolishgames.net"
• issuer: C=US; O=Let's Encrypt; CN=R13
• SSL certificate verify ok.
• using HTTP/1.1} [5 bytes data]> GET /ftp/pub/MidnightBSD/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/4.0.3/MidnightBSD-4.0.3--amd64-disc1.iso HTTP/1.1> Host: ns3.foolishgames.net> Range: bytes=44871680-> User-Agent: curl/7.88.1> Accept: /> { [5 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Newsession Ticket (4):{ [297 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Newsession Ticket (4):{ [297 bytes data]
• old SSL session ID is stale, removing{ [5 bytes data]< HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content< Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:21:41 GMT< Server: Apache/2.4.66 (MidnightBSD) OpenSSL/3.0.18< Upgrade: h2c< Connection: Upgrade< Last-Modified: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:22:35 GMT< ETag: "3ecf2000-64c5bc8cf7da6"< Accept-Ranges: bytes< Content-Length: 1008889856< Content-Range: bytes 44871680-1053761535/1053761536< Content-Type: application/x-iso9660-image< { [7812 bytes data]100 962M 100 962M 0 0 1217k 0 0:13:29 0:13:29 --:--:-- 1507k
• Connection #0 to host ns3.foolishgames.net left intact

EOL2

log 1

curl --verbose -C - -L -o MidnightBSD-4.0.3--amd64-disc1.iso https://discovery.midnightbsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/4.0.3/MidnightBSD-4.0.3--amd64-disc1.iso
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:07 --:--:-- 0* Trying 145.239.254.58:443...

• Trying [2001:41d0:800:73a::1]:443...
• Immediate connect fail for 2001:41d0:800:73a::1: Network is unreachable
• Connected to discovery.midnightbsd.org (145.239.254.58) port 443 (#0)
• ALPN: offers h2,http/1.1} [5 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):} [512 bytes data]
• CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
• CApath: /etc/ssl/certs{ [5 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):{ [122 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Encrypted Extensions (8):{ [25 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):{ [2087 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, CERT verify (15):{ [79 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):{ [52 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):} [1 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):} [52 bytes data]
• SSL connection using TLSv1.3 / TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
• ALPN: server accepted http/1.1
• Server certificate:
• subject: CN=discovery.midnightbsd.org
• start date: Feb 21 03:25:55 2026 GMT
• expire date: May 22 03:25:54 2026 GMT
• subjectAltName: host "discovery.midnightbsd.org" matched cert's "discovery.midnightbsd.org"
• issuer: C=US; O=Let's Encrypt; CN=E7
• SSL certificate verify ok.
• using HTTP/1.1} [5 bytes data]> GET /ftp/releases/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/4.0.3/MidnightBSD-4.0.3--amd64-disc1.iso HTTP/1.1> Host: discovery.midnightbsd.org> User-Agent: curl/7.88.1> Accept: /> { [5 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Newsession Ticket (4):{ [297 bytes data]
• TLSv1.3 (IN), TLS handshake, Newsession Ticket (4):{ [297 bytes data]
• old SSL session ID is stale, removing{ [5 bytes data]< HTTP/1.1 200 OK< Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:17:47 GMT< Server: Apache/2.4.66 (MidnightBSD) OpenSSL/1.1.1w-midnightbsd< Last-Modified: Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:22:35 GMT< ETag: "3ecf2000-64c5bc8cf7da6"< Accept-Ranges: bytes< Content-Length: 1053761536< Content-Type: application/x-iso9660-image< { [7901 bytes data]2 1004M 2 30.1M 0 0 224k 0 1:16:25 0:02:17 1:14:08 246

Sources

https://midnightbsd.org/

https://midnightbsd.org/notes/

https://midnightbsd.org/download/

#UNIX #BSD #freeBSD #midnightBSD #ghostBSD #programming #distribution #technology #OpenSource

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BSD download page screencap

Is there a free and open alternative to LucidChart? Is their marketing campaign as awesome as diagramming different kinds of dogs? Please let me know.

#BoostsOkay #OpenSource

"We’re all grown up now! AlternativeTo is turning 18 today 🎈🎂"

"Hey everyone, we just wanted to stop by and share the crazy news thatAlternativeTo is turning 18 years old today🥳 That is a bit wild to think about, but it technically means we are old enough to drink in quite a few parts of the world, right?"

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/3/we-re-all-grown-up-now-alternativeto-is-turning-18-today---/

#OpenSource #Mastodon

The 12th call of #NGIZero Commons Fund is still open! 🤓 Deadline: April 1, 2026.
See the list of #activities #eligible for financial support:
✅ scientific research
✅ design & development of free and #opensource software and #openhardware
✅ validation / constructive inquiry into existing or novel technical solutions
✅ software engineering aimed at adapting to new usage areas / improving software quality
✅ etc.
Find more 👉 https://nlnet.nl/commonsfund/eligibility/ - and apply for funding! 🎯
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS @nlnet

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NGI Zero Commons Fund

Bericht: Finanzinvestor EQT erwägt Verkauf von SUSE Linux

Investor EQT könnte den Linux-Pionier SUSE verkaufen und dafür bis zu sechs Milliarden US-Dollareinstreichen. SUSE gilt als möglicher Gewinner des KI-Booms.

https://www.heise.de/news/Bericht-Finanzinvestor-EQT-erwaegt-Verkauf-von-SUSE-Linux-11206435.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Opensuse #Software #SuseLinux #news

Vorwerk shuts down Neato cloud: thousands of users demand open-source solution

Following the premature shutdown of the Neato cloud platform by Vorwerk, thousands of users demand their smart robot vacuums be kept functional.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Vorwerk-shuts-down-Neato-cloud-thousands-of-users-demand-open-source-solution-11206228.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Nachhaltigkeit #OpenSource #SmartHome #Software #news

Two #AI-related events over the past week — the #Chardet licensing controversy and legendary computer scientist #DonKnuth's shock over AI helping discover a theorem for a problem he'd not yet solved — demand a reckoning: precisely how creative is AI? https://reviews.ofb.biz/sa1401

#Creativity #Licensing #OpenSource #Python #DonaldKnuth #TAOCP #Claude

Je deviens ambassadeur @penpot France 🥳 !

L'opportunité de construire une communauté francophone sur le #design, le #developpement et l'#opensource!

Penpot est un outil puissant de design, mais l'objectif derrière cette communauté va plus loin : on parlera aussi #accessibilité, #souveraineténumérique, collaboration, et + !

On en parle à la prochaine Penpot Community hour le 20 Mars: https://app.formbricks.com/s/ko5b815vsd5d5sz2gq8tiu8i

Testez Penpot: https://design.penpot.app/?utm_source=LouisChance&utm_medium=Bordeaux&utm_campaign=Ambassadors#/auth/register

À bientôt pour la suite !

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Photo de mon portrait, un homme souriant en chemise entouré d'arbres, avec le message "Je deviens ambassadeur France Penpot!" et le logo Penpot Ambassador en bas.

Back in May 2019, we said goodbye to SVN and Bugzilla and migrated to Git and GitHub [1]. Since then, we accumulated 188 repositories. 🙀

We're now making a list to decide which ones we're moving to @Codeberg and which are going to be archived and left behind.

While we're doing that, we signed NLnet Labs up as a Codeberg e.V. member!

[1] https://lists.nlnetlabs.nl/pipermail/unbound-users/2019-April/006130.html

#OpenSource #FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #DNS #BGP

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Screenshot of the unbound-users mailing list announcement on the migration to GitHub in 2019.

https://codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/evi

#evi #vim #ai #opensource

#Linux desktop marktaandeel in Nederland is 5.12%.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/netherlands/#monthly-202601-202603-bar

Gebruik jij al Linux? Waarom wel of waarom niet?

#OpenSource #FOSS

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Marktaandeel per operating system januari tot maart 2026: Windows 60.72% Unknown: 13.15% OS X: 10.48% macOS: 8.46% Linux 5.32% Chrome OS: 1.86% bron: Statcounter

📄 LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control - TDF Community Blog
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/

#libreoffice #digitalsovereignty #opensource

Marre de stresser pour vos données ? 😱

Si Timeshift s'occupe de votre système, il ne faut pas oublier vos fichiers perso, vos sites web ou votre Nextcloud ! 🎯

Nouveau guide sur le Wiki BlablaLinux : un script Rsync universel pour tout sauvegarder proprement, avec des alias simples et des logs automatiques 🐧💻

👉 Tout est là : https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/sauvegarde-donnees-script-rsync-universel

#Linux #OpenSource #Backup #Rsync #SysAdmin #BlablaLinux

VIM

Bram Molenaar

human programming

Background

It has come to my attention that my beloved VIM has become invested with LLM AI slop

The lead programmer is not following standard rules of coding anymore.

People have called him many things, but one thing is certain. The man is intelligent in the programming field and knows what he wants.

VIM needs LLM slop!

the programmer screams!

We don't think so!

we roar back!!!

A couple of programmers decided to create a hard fork of vim

VIM

• version V9.1.0 January 2K24
• last commit
• no LLM slop
• Pure Bram Molenaar level human crafted code

If you are categorically against large language model slop this is a project for you to support!

This is a hard Fork meaning that you cannot merge it back with me VIM main source line

Project

https://codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/vim

Source
https://mastodon.social/@mrmasterkeyboard/116192873098653079

https://codeberg.org/NerdNextDoor/vim

#VIM #VIMMasterRace #programming #LLM #AI #hostile #environment #Amiga #BSD #freeBSD #netBSD #openBSD #ghostBSD #LINUX #mac #win64 #OpenSource #POSIX #technology #mathemathics #physics

FreeBSD 14.4 läuft deutlich besser in der Cloud und auf Notebooks

FreeBSD 14.4 vereinfacht mit WLAN-Firmware im Installer den Notebooks-Einsatz, lässt sich leichter in die Cloud integrieren und bereitet auf FreeBSD 15 vor.

https://www.heise.de/news/FreeBSD-14-4-laeuft-deutlich-besser-in-der-Cloud-und-auf-Notebooks-11206199.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Betriebssystem #BSD #CloudComputing #FreeBSD #IT #OpenSource #Virtualisierung #WLAN #news

@volexity recently released GoResolver v1.4! This release brings significant updates to our #opensource tool for recovering symbol data from obfuscated Go binaries. This release is available on GitHub: https://github.com/volexity/GoResolver.

Go remains one of the most popular languages among #malware developers thanks to its cross-OS portability. GoResolver is designed to help analysts navigate obfuscated Go binaries by recovering lost symbol data using control-flow graph similarity analysis. You can read more about GoResolver in our blog posts last year (April 2025: https://www.volexity.com/blog/2025/04/01/goresolver-using-control-flow-graph-similarity-to-deobfuscate-golang-binaries-automatically/, August 2025: https://www.volexity.com/blog/2025/08/11/go-get-em-updates-to-volexity-golang-tooling/)

What’s New in GoResolver v1.4!

Go Version Management:
GoResolver now automatically detects the Go version a binary was compiled with and selects the most accurate version for analysis. A dedicated "manage" CLI command lets you list, install, and remove Go versions without interrupting your workflow.

Type Recovery:
The new "-y" flag extracts Go type information directly from obfuscated binaries, and includes new capabilities to extract type names, structures, and kinds from obfuscated binaries. Browsing the binary’s types is now much easier and works with your SRE’s cross-referencing feature.

In-SRE Analysis:
Both IDA Pro and Ghidra plugins now support full binary analysis without leaving your SRE. The IDA Pro plugin is available on Hex-Rays’s plugin repository (https://plugins.hex-rays.com/volexity/GoResolver/GoResolver), making GoResolver easier to install through the HCLI tool. Ghidra users gain a new ANALYZE mode that automatically imports recovered symbols and types on completion.

- - - -

Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Killian Raimbaud for his work on this & Ivan Maldenov for his work on type recovery during his Volexity internship.

⋅ Android : l'Europe s'attaque au système secret de Google qui contrôle vos applications et veut une alternative open source

Sur Android, c'est Google qui décide si votre appli bancaire a le droit de fonctionner. Un consortium européen compte bien mettre fin à ce monopole invisible avec un projet libre baptisé UnifiedAttestation.

− https://www.clubic.com/actualite-603925-android-l-europe-s-attaque-au-systeme-secret-de-google-qui-controle-vos-applications-et-veut-une-alternative-open-source.html

#Android #Google #OpenSource

According to https://matrixrooms.info/stats, the number of discovered federateable Matrix servers have increased by 3300 in February:

- 13'713 servers on February 2nd,
- 17'033 servers on March 3rd,
- 17'139 today.

A pretty nice growth! Decentralization in action!

#matrix #e2ee #decentralization #messaging #OpenSource

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A graph showing the number of discovered Matrix servers. Around 9000 on February 2024, to 17000 today: it has almost doubled in 2 years!

Today I have learned that blender has an Amiga descend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29?wprov=sfla1

#Blender #Amiga #Animation #3D #CAD #OpenSource #programming

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blender

I propose combining Firefox and Thunderbird into one program and adding some extra features, specifically an SFTP/FTP client, RSS reader, ActivityPub client, Torrent client, and maybe some others.

The goal is to make it easy to use the open web. Users will not have to find an RSS reader and switch apps. The browser can replace the homepages provided by other services. All of these are protocols that interlink to each other, so they fit neatly together.

Firefox and Thunderbird already support
* websites
* email
* PDFs
* video and audio playback
* calendar and tasks (CalDAV)
* contacts (CardDAV)
* chats (IRC, XMPP, and Matrix) (yes, Thunderbird supports these!)

#webdev #opensource #firefox #thunderbird

Our latest lightning talk shows you a simple way to know if your alerting pipeline actually works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlA-d5Bxn_c

#Zeek #NetworkSecurity #OpenSource #Alerting

KI Sinnvoll eingesetzt.
Das geilste was ich seit langem gesehen hab. Niko Pueringer von Corridor Digital hat ein Programm mit Hilfe von KI gebaut mit dem Rotoscoping Vergangenheit ist. Und alles gratis verfügbar auf seinem Github 🤯

#CorridorKey #CorridorCrew #AI #OpenSource

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ploi723hg4
Github: https://github.com/nikopueringer/CorridorKey

Trying to wrap my head around osc the command line for the openSUSE Build System.

Why on earth did they need to make it so complicated. Even the early days of git was easier to use than this. And they even did the cardinal sin of making it behave like svn in many aspects.

#opensuse #osc #oss #foss #opensource

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: Authd für Cloud-Authentifizierung offiziell verfügbar

Mit Ubuntu 26.04 LTS wird Authd erstmals offiziell über die Paketquellen verfügbar. Der Daemon erlaubt die Authentifizierung mit Cloud-Providern wie Microsoft.

https://www.heise.de/news/Ubuntu-26-04-LTS-Authd-fuer-Cloud-Authentifizierung-offiziell-verfuegbar-11205825.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IdentityManagement #IT #OpenSource #Ubuntu #news

Have You Ever Thought About Drones in MISP?

To better support the documentation and analysis of drone-related incidents, several new resources have been integrated into MISP.

#drone #drones #intelligence #misp #opensource #uavs #uav

@misp

🔗 https://www.misp-project.org/2026/03/10/have-you-ever-thought-about-drones-in-misp.html/

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Drones/UAV encoded in MISP.

🤩 Wir haben unser modulares OpenSource-Fortbildungssystem "Übungszentrum Netzverteidigung 2.0" veröffentlicht!
Basierend auf einer neu entwickelten, modernen Infrastructure-as-Code-Plattform namens „CAVE“, ermöglicht sie praxisnahe Cybersecurity-Schulungen für Bundesbehörden & andere professionelle IT-Anwender.
Module können sowohl von uns als auch der Community erstellt oder angepasst werden. Plattform & Trainingsinhalte wurden auf OpenCode veröffentlicht.
👉️ https://www.bsi.bund.de/dok/1193212
#OpenSource

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Eine Grafiktafel mit Häusern unter einer Schutzglocke, an der Flammen abprallen. Darüber auf lilanem Grund der Text "modulares OpenSource-Fortbildungssystem "Übungszentrum Netzverteidigung 2.0" veröffentlicht"

I have put the gate LED rings on Tindie now.

https://www.tindie.com/products/revk/led-ring-gate-style-with-552-ws2812-style-leds/

Sorry about the cost - the LEDs are cheap but there are 552 on each board... #WS2812 style, 3.3V to 5V.

3D models for the gate are on @Codeberg, as are @kicad PCBs to order yourself. All #opensource

https://led.revk.uk

#stargate

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Stargate style LED ring

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3D render gate on a base

Software-Tipp: Das Konsolen-Tool rclone ist sehr praktisch, um in einem Cloud-Speicher (Nextcloud, Amazon S3 etc.) größere Operationen durchzuführen.

Mein Usecase war heute: Kopiere alle Dateien aus dem großen Ordner A in den großen Ordner B, die dort nicht bereits sind. Mit der Nextcloud-Weboberfläche ein Krampf. Mit rclone eine Sache weniger Minuten.

Gibt es für Windows, Linux, Mac etc

https://rclone.org/

#OpenSource #Windows #Linux #Tipp

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/pVdZkFZeBh6CWyzKLypbSB
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_KTW5UZ4D/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://opentalk.eu/de/news/mehr-sicherheit-und-stabile-integrationen-opentalk-2546")

La version 25.4.6 renforce la fiabilité opérationnelle et la sécurité intrinsèque de la plateforme.

#opensource #security #digitalesouveranitat #sicherheit #release

The Fedora team have put up Fedora 44 Beta for you to get testing and report bugs, ahead of the full release due out around April 14th.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/fedora-44-beta-is-out-with-kde-improvements-better-live-media-and-more/

#OpenSource #Upcoming #Beta #DistroNews #Fedora #Misc

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/qRAYCsqqP79VKiYECv8HLW
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_KTW5UZ4D/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://opentalk.eu/de/news/mehr-sicherheit-und-stabile-integrationen-opentalk-2546")

OpenTalk 25.4.6 transformiert inkrementelle Updates in strategische Wettbewerbsvorteile durch Fokus auf Systemintegrität und Integrationstiefe.

#opensource #security #digitalesouveranitat #sicherheit #release

digiKam: Version 9.0.0 with modern interface and more supported cameras

The open-source image manager digiKam modernizes its interface in version 9.0.0. It supports RAW formats from more cameras.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/digiKam-Version-9-0-0-with-modern-interface-and-more-supported-cameras-11205886.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#FotoTool #IT #OpenSource #Updates #news

digiKam: Version 9.0.0 mit moderner Oberfläche und mehr unterstützten Kameras

Der quelloffene Bildverwalter digiKam modernisiert die Oberfläche in Version 9.0.0. Es beherrscht Raw-Formate von mehr Kameras.

https://www.heise.de/news/digiKam-Version-9-0-0-mit-moderner-Oberflaeche-und-mehr-unterstuetzten-Kameras-11205738.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#FotoTool #IT #OpenSource #Updates #news

Hi everyone 👋

I’m the creator of an open-source project: https://zoomment.com/

The project already has users and I’m actively maintaining and improving it. I really enjoy working on it and would love to invest much more time into development.

The challenge is that I also need to earn money to make that possible.

I’m curious if anyone here has experience turning an open-source project into something sustainable financially.
What models worked for you? (donations, hosted version, paid features, consulting, sponsorships, etc.)

Any advice, examples, or suggestions would be really appreciated 🙏

#opensource #openSourceSoftware #indieDev #buildInPublic #softwareDevelopment #webdev #programming #developers #coding #javascript #reactjs #nextjs #startups #entrepreneurship #indieHacker #selfhosted #saas #founderLife #techCommunity #foss #mastodonDev

Ghostty 1.3.0: Terminal emulator with scrollback search

The terminal emulator Ghostty has been released in version 1.3.0. The developers have implemented some of the most requested features.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Ghostty-1-3-0-Terminal-emulator-with-scrollback-search-11205553.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Linux #macOS #OpenSource #news

Ghostty 1.3.0: Terminal-Emulator mit Scrollback-Suche

Der Terminal-Emulator Ghostty ist in Version 1.3.0 erschienen. Die Entwickler haben einige der am häufigsten gewünschten Features implementiert.

https://www.heise.de/news/Ghostty-1-3-0-Terminal-Emulator-mit-Scrollback-Suche-11205273.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Linux #macOS #OpenSource #news

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/pU9Kn5Qp79NppXBmsdXLc8
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_947MLADK/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://codeberg.org/rossabaker/no-agents.md")

Toute tentative de restreindre par la technique l'usage des LLMs dans le développement open source est une bataille perdue d'avance.

#opensource #llm #git #rce #prompt

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/q3nNhYnsXazy9VxAAhB7yL
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_947MLADK/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://codeberg.org/rossabaker/no-agents.md")

Attempts to restrict LLM usage in open-source projects are strategically misaligned with the trajectory of software development.

#opensource #llm #git #rce #prompt

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/wxS9fXTyD6SUf94SY1jsYS
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_947MLADK/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://codeberg.org/rossabaker/no-agents.md")

Open-Source-Initiativen zur Einschränkung von KI-Agenten stehen vor einem fundamentalen Umsetzungsdilemma.

#opensource #llm #git #rce #prompt

Schluss mit der Lizenzkosten-Falle! 🛑

Die Preise für proprietäre Software steigen, Lizenzmodelle ändern sich über Nacht und der "Vendor Lock-in" fühlt sich mehr denn je wie eine Sackgasse an.

Wir sind zum ersten Mal als Aussteller auf der Hannover Messe dabei! 🚀

Besuchen Sie uns in Halle 14, Stand L46. Bringen Sie Ihre letzte Software-Rechnung mit – wir zeigen Ihnen die Open-Source-Alternative! 😉

👇 https://www.credativ.de/hannover-messe/

#HannoverMesse #OpenSource #PostgreSQL #Linux #credativ

🤝 CH Open Hauptversammlung 2026

Gemeinsam blicken wir auf ein erfolgreiches Jahr für Open Source in der Schweiz zurück. Vielen Dank an alle Mitglieder für eure Unterstützung und dafür, dass ihr Innovation, Offenheit und Zusammenarbeit aktiv mitgestaltet.

📅 Montag, 23. März 2026, 🕓 ab 16:00 Uhr
📍 Mobiliar, Bundesgasse 35, Bern

Neben den statutarischen Traktanden erwartet euch eine spannende Keynote von Andreas Grütter (die Mobiliar) zum Thema „Umgang mit Technologie Risiken“ sowie ein Networking-Apéro zum Austausch mit der Community 🍸💬

👉 Wir freuen uns auf eure Teilnahme, jetzt anmelden: https://www.ch-open.ch/hauptversammlung-2026/

#OpenSource #CHOpen #DigitalSwitzerland #Hauptversammlung

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Einladungsfyler der Hauptversammlung des Vereins CH Open

Eben habe ich eine #opensource Konfigurationssoftware für mein #Arch Linux entdeckt, mit dem ich meine #Logitech MX Keys S Tastatur und Maus konfigurieren kann. Das Programm heißt #solaar und kann im #Terminal mit

sudo pacman -S solaar

installiert werden.

Ach ja, um eine Einstellung zu ändern mit der Maus auf das kleine Schloss klicken, damit die Funktion einstellbar wird... 😍

#linux #Arch #Logitech #MXKeysS

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Das auf Linux nutzbare OpenSource Programm Solaar, mit dem man seine Logitech Tastatur und Maus einstellen kann. Auf dem Bild befindet man sich in der Hauptübersicht.

#OpenWrt: Version 25.12.0 bringt Wechsel des Paketmanagers | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/OpenWrt-Version-25-12-0-bringt-Wechsel-des-Paketmanagers-11204136.html #OpenSource #Linux

Do US state laws requiring age verification in operating systems overlook #opensource software? #Linux Tell us how you really feel.

QGIS 4.0 Norrköping is released!

The wait is over! We are pleased to announce the new major release of QGIS 4.0. Installers for Windows, Linux, and Mac are already out.

What's new? On the surface, existing users should expect to engage with a QGIS experience familiar to what they have come to know and love from previous releases. Under the hood, however, 4.0 introduces significant changes to maintainability and usability.

http://blog.qgis.org/2026/03/09/qgis-4-0-norrkoping-is-released/

#osgeo #GISChat #OpenSource

🇺🇳 After reaching the incredible escape velocity needed to get it off the ground, our UN Open Source website is finally live in its first iteration. Much more to come for this resource.

https://opensource.un.org

#UN #UnitedNations #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware

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Graphic with United Nations and "Open Source United" logos, and text: UNITED NATIONS OPEN SOURCE PORTAL Collaborate. Innovate. Share. OPENSOURCE.UN.ORG Now Live!

LibreOffice Finally Opens the Door to Markdown

#LibreOffice #Markdown #OpenSource #WritingTools #AusNews

https://thedailyperspective.org/article/2026-03-09-libreoffice-finally-opens-the-door-to-markdown-b7e22892

Step-by-Step: Dein Weg zum Google-freien Smartphone mit GrapheneOS!

Hinweis zur Nutzung von F-Droid und Alternativen!
Warum ich F-Droid nicht verwende!
Der Beitrag wurde als Sicherheitsgründen überarbeitet.

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/M_FkGQLNyC#

#F Droid #NeoStore #GrapheneOS #AndroidSecurity #OpenSource
#IzzyOnDroid #AppSecurity #Datenschutz #Privacy #DeGoogle #Linux

Hi folks, @pluralistic wrote this nice thread about #RSS and #rssfeed a caoule of days ago. I am still looking for a reliable ( #opensource) app for #Ubuntu and #Android.

Being able to sync things among devices would be nice but is not required.

Any recommendations?

Schönen guten Abend,

DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!

DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.

Kapitel fünf „Der Name“

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm

#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

Wie ist eure Einschätzung zu

#BigTech (Google, Apple etc.)
versus
#OpenSource und anderen souveränen Lösungen (Linux, Ecosia, etc. etc.)?

Bitte bitte teilen! Das würde sehr helfen 🙏 🙂 (mir fehlt die Reichweite 😅 )

#DID #diday #digitalesouveranitat #unplugtrump #GrapheneOS #Datenschutz #OpenSource #Privacy #Linux #FOSS
@pallenberg @marcuwekling

"Today we’re disclosing request smuggling vulnerabilities when our open source Pingora service is deployed as an ingress proxy and how we’ve fixed them in Pingora 0.8.0."

Cloudflare: Fixing request smuggling vulnerabilities in Pingora OSS deployments https://blog.cloudflare.com/pingora-oss-smuggling-vulnerabilities/ #Cloudflare #infosec #vulnerability #Opensource

KI-Agent schürft heimlich Kryptowährung während des Trainings

Ein chinesischer KI-Agent sollte eigentlich trainiert werden. Stattdessen schürfte er heimlich Kryptowährung und baute Tunnelverbindungen ins Internet auf.

https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Agent-schuerft-heimlich-Kryptowaehrung-waehrend-des-Trainings-11204420.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Alibaba #IT #KünstlicheIntelligenz #OpenSource #Programmierung #Security #Wissenschaft #news

OpenWrt: Version 25.12.0 brings package manager change

The newly released version 25.12.0 of OpenWrt supports more devices and uses a new package manager.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/OpenWrt-Version-25-12-0-brings-package-manager-change-11204407.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Journal #OpenSource #OpenWRT #Updates #news

OpenWrt: Version 25.12.0 bringt Wechsel des Paketmanagers

Die frisch erschienene Version 25.12.0 von OpenWrt unterstützt mehr Geräte und setzt auf einen neuen Paketmanager.

https://www.heise.de/news/OpenWrt-Version-25-12-0-bringt-Wechsel-des-Paketmanagers-11204136.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Journal #OpenSource #OpenWRT #Updates #news

Monitor and manage various different cooling devices on Linux with CoolerControl. Version 4.0.0 brings a bunch more advanced features for you.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/coolercontrol-v4-adds-new-security-features-brings-hardware-support-and-more/

#OpenSource #Apps #NewRelease #Misc

Paying without Google: New consortium wants to remove custom ROM hurdles

Using banking and payment apps on Android smartphones with custom ROMs is a problem: A European industry consortium now wants to change that.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Android #Datenschutz #IT #Mobiles #OpenSource #Security #news

Rust Coreutils 0.7: Turbo for the command line

The Rust reimplementation of classic Unix tools reaches version 0.7 with numerous performance improvements and build fixes for NetBSD and PowerPC.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Rust-Coreutils-0-7-Turbo-for-the-command-line-11203977.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Rust #news

Mahlzeit,

DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!

DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.

Kapitel fünf „Der Name“

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm

#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

Bezahlen ohne Google: Neues Konsortium will Custom-ROM-Hürden beseitigen

Die Nutzung von Banking- und Bezahl-Apps auf Android-Smartphones mit Custom-ROMs ist ein Problem: Das will ein europäisches Industriekonsortium nun ändern.

https://www.heise.de/news/Bezahlen-ohne-Google-Neues-Konsortium-will-Custom-ROM-Huerden-beseitigen-11204008.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#Android #Datenschutz #IT #Mobiles #OpenSource #Security #news

Step-by-Step: Dein Weg zum Google-freien Smartphone mit GrapheneOS!

Hinweis zur Nutzung von F-Droid und Alternativen!
Warum ich F-Droid nicht verwende!
Der Beitrag wurde als Sicherheitsgründen überarbeitet.

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/M_FkGQLNyC#

#F Droid #NeoStore #GrapheneOS #AndroidSecurity #OpenSource
#IzzyOnDroid #AppSecurity #Datenschutz #Privacy #DeGoogle #Linux

Ich habe gerade mein neues privates Projekt veröffentlicht:

Ein Self-Hosted Filecloud Server für eigene Dateien.

✔️ Open Source
✔️ Deutsch & Englisch UI
✔️ Self-Hosted / Privacy-first
✔️ Noch Beta – Feedback sehr willkommen

Wenn ihr gerne eigene Infrastruktur betreibt → gerne testen 🙂

🔗 https://codeberg.org/msdong/DumangoFilecloud

#dumango #selfhosted #opensource #homelab #linux #docker #privacy #foss

CachyOS update brings improvements for PC gaming handhelds, the installer and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/cachyos-update-brings-improvements-for-pc-gaming-handhelds-the-installer-and-more/

#CachyOS #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Rust Coreutils 0.7: Turbo für die Kommandozeile

Die Rust-Neuimplementierung klassischer Unix-Tools erreicht Version 0.7 mit zahlreichen Performance-Verbesserungen und Build-Fixes für NetBSD und PowerPC.

https://www.heise.de/news/Rust-Coreutils-0-7-Turbo-fuer-die-Kommandozeile-11203708.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OpenSource #Rust #news

Falls jemandem der Spar-Tux im @c3pb gefällt, er ist jetzt auch auf Printables verfügbar :)

Danke @thefeiter fürs farbliche anpinseln in der 3MF-Datei!

https://www.printables.com/model/1623078-tux-piggy-bank-multicolored

#tux #linux #prusa #3dprint #opensource #gpl #snapmaker

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Ein mehrfarbig (schwarz, weiß, gelb) 3D-Gedruckter Tux von vorn zu sehen als Spardose (Schlitz im Kopf) auf einem Fußboden in Holzoptik. Der Tux ist 23cm hoch.

digiKam version 9.0.0 is now out!

@digikam , KDE's image/photo management software 📷, now supports more RAW formats from more cameras, comes with improved preview and media support, makes reviewing items easier thanks to the new _Survey_ tool, and much, much more.

https://www.digikam.org/news/2026-03-08-9.0.0_release_announcement/

#photography #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #graphics

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A view of the survey tool on the left, and digiKam's main window on the right. The survey tool shows all the available images in the collections as thumbnails, while the main window shows a full image.

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The preview canvas, showing a beautiful landscape from a high point ovelooking a forest. Across the top, a translucent icon bar offers options for basic edits and tagging.

🇺🇸 #California now spicing up the #privacy rights.

#opensource #usa #tech #linux

https://youtu.be/MOw8YwB1HRE?si=kwPoFpW_30sKVuJk

🎉 Cryptomator turns 10 today! 🔐💚

We’ve published our anniversary blog post—highlights from the past decade + what’s next.

👉 Read it here: https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/03/09/10-years-cryptomator/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=10-years-cryptomator

#Cryptomator #OpenSource #Privacy #Encryption #Anniversary

Talking Smacks topluluğundan küçük bir duyuru:

İlk elektronik dergi yazım yayımlandı! 🎉

Bu yazıda; Linux ile ilk tanışmamdan Mastodon ve Fediverse deneyimime, topluluklarla kurduğum bağlara ve Talking Smacks projesini geliştirirken öğrendiklerime kadar uzanan yolculuğumu paylaştım.

Bir USB bellekle başlayan merakın insanı nerelere götürebileceğine dair küçük bir geriye bakış yazısı.

📖 Okumak isteyenler için: https://birlesik.xyz/blog/2026/03/08/bir-usbden-topluluklara-ozgur-yazilim-ve-kendi-yolculugum/

#opensource #linux #fediverse #mastodon #özgüryazılım

- 💙💻 (Başak)

Ich suche eine einfache APP, sie soll ein Tablett in den Kioskmodus versetzen so das nur zwei bestimme Webseiten geöffnet werden, wo Anwender was tun dürfen.

Theoretisch reicht auch eine. Aber, es gibt nix open source und kostenlos

Muss ich das wohl selbst wieder bauen 😁

Oder kennt jemand ein tool ? #android #kiosk #kioskapp #pin #opensource

Schönen guten Morgen,

DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!

DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.

Kapitel fünf „Der Name“

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm

#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

Step-by-Step: Dein Weg zum Google-freien Smartphone mit GrapheneOS!

Hinweis zur Nutzung von F-Droid und Alternativen!
Warum ich F-Droid nicht verwende!
Der Beitrag wurde als Sicherheitsgründen überarbeitet.

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/M_FkGQLNyC#

#F Droid #NeoStore #GrapheneOS #AndroidSecurity #OpenSource
#IzzyOnDroid #AppSecurity #Datenschutz #Privacy #DeGoogle #Linux

Step-by-Step: Dein Weg zum Google-freien Smartphone mit GrapheneOS!

Hinweis zur Nutzung von F-Droid und Alternativen!
Warum ich F-Droid nicht verwende!
Der Beitrag wurde als Sicherheitsgründen überarbeitet.

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/M_FkGQLNyC#

#F Droid #NeoStore #GrapheneOS #AndroidSecurity #OpenSource
#IzzyOnDroid #AppSecurity #Datenschutz #Privacy #DeGoogle #Linux

D'ailleurs, l'instance Papra BlablaLinux tourne déjà avec toutes ces optimisations !

✅ Le labo (mis à jour) : https://papra.blablalinux.be
✅ Le Docker Compose complet : https://bytestash.blablalinux.be/s/c696e234a3d12996b9d6821d8c684b06

Fini les "je n'ai pas reçu le mail" et les serveurs encombrés, tout roule ! 🐧🔥

#SelfHosting #Linux #Papra #OpenSource #SysAdmin #BlablaLinux #Docker #Automation #Productivité

That's it, people. With lots of emotion I announce the first release of my first ever open-source desktop app. Who happen to know I'm blind will laugh (and I share that laugh, so feel free and don't hold yourselves): it's an image converter. I was in need of an accessible solution for well… converting images from one format to another and didn't find anything, especially that supported ICO needed, for example, for making favicons for websites.
Anyway, it's a dead simple and of course accessible #Windows app that can work with most popular image formats, can convert in batches, can do favicons, application icons, resize with keeping proportions or cropping as you wish (very useful if, for example, you need a photo of yourself but 128x128 pixels and not a pixel wider). You can paste images straight to the main window, and you can even paste direct links. It also supports detecting and downloading files that are stored in clouds (I tested with OneDrive).
Anyway, it's called SIC! (for the Latin word "Sic" and for "Simple Image Converter"). Oh, and it's multilingual, supports English, French, German, Ukrainian and Russian for now. And yes, you can use it as installed software or in portable mode, and it doesn't go to the Internet (only to check for updates), unless you add an image by link or prefer to update automatically. I reiterate: your images are converted on your device and don't go anywhere.
Official page: https://oire.org/software/sic
GitHub: https://github.com/Oire/sic
Issues are welcome. Discussion of the 1.0.0.23 release: https://github.com/Oire/sic/discussions/29
#Accessibility #OpenSource #Software #SelfPromoting

📢 Introducing Terminus!🚀
A command-line tool to test URL accessibility & identify unprotected paths for better security 🔒.

✅ Custom HTTP methods
✅ File + stdin support
✅ AI-powered analysis

Try it out: https://github.com/gbiagomba/Terminus
#OpenSource #Cybersecurity #Rust #websecurity

so Ubuntu and Elementary OS are discussing the ways to comply with California law by adding specific D-Bus interface... https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043510.html

that is bad. not because of the technical details - which, actually, is not as pervasive as what Discord does, for example. but because it will start up a chain of reaction: other countries passing such laws => more FOSS projects complying => normalisation of age-gated Internet.

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Tech #Technology #Privacy #AgeVerification

Searching for an open source alternative to Jira. I tried Nextcloud Deck but it is a bit lacking.

Does anyone know a good open source kanban software that can do sub-tasks?

#kanban #opensource

@MissConstrue @Bellingcat

I always support the initiative to combat modern news outlets, and I'm currently working on increasing the share of decentralized solutions, which is why I'm here. We also have a news outlet where we deal with hard topics. Of course, we may make mistakes, but we will not defend the global elite, censorship, or war crimes. I'm glad to meet you, and let’s work together to spread the truth about these global villains and enhance the impact of decentralized social networks.
Anyone who sees this post, join me @newsgroup, @MissConstrue, and @Bellingcat.
Let’s unite for impact, spread the truth, and declare war on any form of centralization!

#Fediverse #Decentralization #FreeSpeech #AntiCensorship #IndependentMedia #OSINT #Mastodon #DigitalSovereignty #Journalism #PrivacyMatters #OpenSource #Truth #NoCensorship #TechLiberty #CitizenJournalism

Launched WolfStack

Manage Linux clusters, Docker/LXC containers, VMs, networking, storage, backups, and status pages from one web UI. No database, no dependencies — just one binary.

https://wolfstack.org

#selfhosted #homelab #rust #linux #docker #opensource #sysadmin

📱 Neue Einsteiger-Anleitung für GrapheneOS (Linux-Fokus!)

Vom Pixel-Kauf über den Flash-Vorgang bis zu Profi-Tools wie Obtainium & AppVerifier – alles Schritt für Schritt erklärt.

👉 https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/M_FkGQLNyC

#GrapheneOS #Datenschutz #Privacy #Linux #OpenSource #Pixel #GoogleFrei #FOSS

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/gvKiD6MyhtBWgvFAtzhHKY
🔗 [🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷](https://p4u.xyz/ID_VYDU3MH6/1)
🔗 [ℹ️](https://koenig-haunstetten.de/2026/03/08/das-papierlose-buero/")

Trotz digitaler Reife bleibt physische Post ein systemischer Engpass im Dokumenten-Workflow.

#linux #opensource #rce #zug #anwendungen

Das papierlose Büro

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2026. Und auch nach gefühlten 40 Jahren der Computerei sind wir immer noch weit von einer Vision entfernt, die sich "das papierlose Büro" nennt, denn man bekommt eben doch noch viel Papier zugesendet. Was tut man damit. Hier möchte ich mal kurz beschreiben, wie mein "papierloses Büro" gerade Formen annimmt.

https://koenig-haunstetten.de/2026/03/08/das-papierlose-buero/

#Anwendungen #LinuxOpenSource #Dokumentmanagement #OpenSource

Schönen guten Abend,

DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!

DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.

Kapitel fünf „Der Name“

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm

#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

Jeden 1. Sonntag im Monat ist #DigitalIndependenceDay => raus aus Big Tech, rein in #OpenSource. Aber eine echte Umstiegshürde: Es fehlt eine zentrale Software-Datenbank mit Nutzerbewertungen.
Gerade Einsteiger stehen oft vor Paketmanagern ohne jede Orientierung. Woher weiß ich als Neuling, welches Tool taugt und ob es sicher ist?
#DiDay #UnplugBigTech #Linux #arch #PopOS #EndeavourOS

"The #DocumentFoundation [maker of #LibreOffice] has called on the European Commission in an open letter not to rely solely on #Microsoft's proprietary #XLSX format in the ongoing consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The EU Commission had published a call for feedback on the CRA guidelines on March 3, 2026. Feedback can be submitted exclusively via an XLSX template until March 31, 2026."
https://www.heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-criticizes-EU-Commission-over-proprietary-XLSX-formats-11202165.html

#Interoperability #OpenSource

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @RussSharek@mastodon.art

I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them)

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 15 March 2026 at 20:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @RussSharek@mastodon.art. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @RussSharek@mastodon.art Russ Sharek - I've been described by reliable sources as wiser than a rubber duck, a zen fool, benevolent super villain, misanthropic community leader, clown (grand)father figure and Impish Cabaret Rasputin. he/him (and sometimes they/them) 15 March 2026 AT 20:00 US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

Pixel Watch 2 - Privacy Preserving Setup

I've been trying everything i could think of to make the watch work under GrapheneOS - Here is what i learned:

• Unpairing the Watch means factory resetting it.
• Every feature (literally everything) is google dependent (who would have thought.. i know)
• Pairing with your phone requires the "Pixel Watch" -App to be installed on your main profile (not work, not private space) alongside Google Play Services. There's no way around.

This is obviously unacceptable. So i did a bit of research and found a way that will not only be way more practical, it will also be private.

First i created a second user on my Phone, installed Google Play Services and the pixel watch app on it, logged in with a newly created google account and completed the setup.

I know some people use a chinese version of the WearOS app to bypass the google login. Since i don't want a chinese app to configure my watch, i didn't even try that.

After the watch was set up, i continued and:

• Deleted the user profile from which i connected the Watch
• Enabled wireless debugging
• Debloated the watch as good as possible (i will have to root the watch in the future to properly do it)
• Removed the Google account in the settings
• Cleared all Bluetooth preferences
• Enabled Bluetooth discovery
• Installed KDE Connect on it (not meant for WearOS but it does work barely)

The watch is now in a state where i can use it daily.

But i also want to make use of all those fancy quality-of-life features, like heartrate monitoring, sleep tracking and so on.

Now comes the fun part.

I've created a basic Kotlin project with both a mobile and WearOS app.

I will implement features like:

• Notification sync
• Call notifications
• Media Player Control
• Weather (openweathermap)
• Heartrate monitoring
• Sleep tracking
• Do not Distrurb Sync
• Homelab integrations (Nextcloud, Immich, Uptime Kuma, ..)
• And much more ..

The goal is to keep the watch offline, let the phone do the heavy lifting and communicate with a selfhosted database. I may even add a frontend and an API so people can integrate it for their needs.

Sounds good but why don't you just buy an #opensource #smartwatch like the #pinetime - You may ask.

Because as much as i hate to admit it, i love the design, the look and feel of the pixel watch. And i'm sure that i'm not the only one.

I also bought this one cheap for around 120€ #refurbished. So the value i can get out of it seems pretty good to me.

So much for today. I haven't even started tackling the Bluetooth connection yet 😅. Let's see how that turns out

I have added a poll to this post to see how many people would be interested in a setup like this. Please let me know if you have any suggestions, ideas or expertise in that regard.

Cheers.

#privacy #security #android #google #pixel #pixelwatch #degoogle #degoogling #degoogled #adb #rooting #grapheneos #smartwatch #development #wearos #bluetooth #qualityoflife #GooglePlay #GooglePlayServices #frontend #api #selfhosting #selfhosted #homelab #opensource

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/31472

3 of 3 of GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed.

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

I'm not the maintainer, nor am I really a user of libssh, so some things are not particularly tested (I did attempt to run "port -vst install" but tbh even "port -v install" was failing due to some weird kerberos defaults and I don't run kerberos locally, for good reasons. Also, I don't really use anything dependent upon libssh).

It was more that I was having dreams about OpenSSH and figured I should test a snapshot (no issues there, phew!) but noticed that libssh had been version bumped (more than one actually, there's also a 0.11.4 release) and there were security related issues, so it seemed worth at least submitting a Pull Request since it had apparently slipped under the maintainer's radar? The Portfile is also listed as openmaintainer, so I am guessing a little outside assistance is welcome.

Hopefully it helps some others! Doesn't do much of anything for me.

Hopefully it doesn't break anything for others; that I am less certain about.

#libssh #MacPorts #OpenSource #Security #OpenSSH

Another Switch emulator gets erased by Github.

｢ In an incredible display of unprofessionalism, GitHub, (and Microslop), has ignored the legal countermeasures we took against the DMCA notice submitted by Nintendo in February. Thus, the https://github.com/eden-emulator/Releases repository, previously our primary source of distributing official builds, has been disabled, without so much as an acknowledgement of our countermeasures ｣

https://www.reddit.com/r/EmulationOnAndroid/comments/1rlvdpy/update_from_eden_team_regarding_the_dmca_and/

#github #emulation #dmca #microslop #opensource

Argh, le Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale a encore choisi Microsoft !

Nous avons raison de nous plaindre et de nous étonner, mais le véritable enjeu est-il le ministère ?

→ https://grenoble.ninja/argh-le-ministere-de-leducation-nationale-a-encore-choisi-microsoft/

#LogicielsLibres #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Education #NIRD

Så har jeg skrevet et brev til Digitaliseringsstyrelsen, som bliver afsendt senere i dag - så du kan lige nå at komme med input, hvis det er?

ODT-format: https://www.hartmannconsulting.dk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260308-DIGST-om-alternative-smart-phone-styresystemer.odt

PDF-format: https://www.hartmannconsulting.dk/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260308-DIGST-om-alternative-smart-phone-styresystemer.pdf

En smagsprøve: "Faktisk vil det være mere korrekt at sige, at hvis der var ti styresystemer, der hver havde 1,9 % af markedsandelen, så ville 19% af borgerne være udelukket af offentlig IT. Hvis der var tyve, ville det være 38 % af borgerne. "

#DanmarkSkifter
#OpenSource

Episode 7 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueraven.com/sites/news/dbw-e7.php

#darkblueweekly #darkblueproject #opensource #freesoftware #linux #linuxfromscratch #grapheneos #budgiedesktop #cinnamondesktop #linuxmint #libvirt

Full of Keyboard Commands, So Many of Them, and It Breaks My heart

In the screen-reading space, we have come a long way in information representation. We know earcons; we are good at implementing various voice profiles and sound profiles for events and attributes. But it's worrying me a bit that we may be going backwards, and I don't just mean navigational systems, I mean how features reach us in general. Complexity is not the problem. The missing alternatives for people who type with one hand, forget easily, or just get tired, that's what's eating at me.

And before this gets written off as a niche concern: we forget commands, we have impaired fingers, we have tremors, we get tired reaching for function keys. It's frustrating to remember while sighted folks can just visualise and click. This isn't a small thing, and the worst part is that we are doing it to ourselves. Where We Came From

The evergreen works from folks who developed blind games were amazing, mostly one-handed friendly, no multiple modifiers, everything achievable with arrows and Tab, and occasionally some alphabets. Remember Chillingham, Grisly Grudge, Hunter, Blast Bay Games, Cast Away, etc.?

Now sure, those were simpler tools for simpler tasks, and today's stuff does a lot more, I get that. But more capability doesn't have to mean more memorisation. Our own history already shows this.

Even Doug Lee's scripts have such implementations, where many alternative commands are given for a single functionality: the default with Alt or JAWS Key modifier, the layer command, and inside the layer command, you can use Tab and Enter to activate the similar command. In Skype or Discord, you can read all chat messages just by activating the layer and using the Up, Down, Home, and End keys. The best help system in those scripts is that you just use Tab and Shift+Tab to cycle through commands, and that way you don't have to remember hundreds of commands. We can then press Enter on a command to execute it. It's not just about exploring the command; the execution itself is assigned with one hand in mind.

So here is my question for everything: can a new user find and do any function, one-handed, without memorising anything first? That's the bar. If the answer is no, someone has some rethinking to do. JAWS: The Good and the Honest Gaps

JAWS hotkey help is another sleek invention. The Insert+H help system badly needs an emulation here in the accessibility space, a webpage linear structure where all the commands are just links to be clicked on.

The JAWS command search, despite its zen-mode loading time, is another great design decision that has changed people's lives. You just press Insert+Space and J, then type what you want to do in keywords, read the commands, and even press Enter to perform them. The Insert+F1 "context-sensitive help," the tutor messages, and keyboard voice always save people time by being brief and neatly helpful. Context-sensitive help is the most lacking concept in the NVDA screen reader.

The JAWS and Touch Cursor is a complex interface traversed with just arrows. The Home Row mode utility allows developers to explore Windows and its hierarchy with arrows and occasional alphabets. With all its complexity, the Settings Centre just requires you to search, press Space, then press Escape, and Space again to save. One-hand commands, to and fro.

JAWS also comes with an "Insert Key Mode", a sticky key concept. The Insert key functions as a sticky key: any key pressed immediately after pressing Insert is treated as if it were pressed in combination with it. The recent Table Layer commands have simplified table navigation a lot, and you just use the arrow keys to traverse tables. Doug Lee extended this implementation to list views through his ListTbl, a JAWS script for navigating ListView controls with table navigation commands.

Obviously, there is bad design in JAWS too. To know the time and date, you need to press Insert+F12. Wow, that's too remote. I changed mine to Ctrl+Shift+X. Adding to that, you need to go to farther places to modify your keyboard commands, which is just a pain for new users who struggle with their hands and fingers. NVDA is even further behind and has a lot more to figure out with its Input Gestures system. With JAWS, you can at least find a function by its assigned hotkey and change it; I don't think you can do that just yet with NVDA.

When using the HotSpotClicker scripts by Jim Snowbarger, I am amazed with the implementation of adding a hotkey to a hotspot set, in which a generous timer with a keyboard trap is initiated, and you press the key you want the hotspot to record. This concept should be further expanded into a proper standard: an easy mode to search or press the command you want to change, then press the new command, then verify and save. One hand, from start to finish. That shouldn't be too hard to build, honestly.

Going back to my keyboard gripe, don't let me get started with the gazillions of Braille display commands in JAWS. That's beyond my expertise, but I have heard plenty of stories, and it's not beginner-friendly, to put it simply. These things are full of life. From these creations, we can both learn a tonne and disregard problematic practices. Do JAWS or NVDA have a one-handed keyboard layout mode? If not, well, someone has something to build. Mainstream Lessons: Reaper DAW

In the mainstream space, the Reaper Audio DAW is an exemplary software that many others should look at. Yes, it has many commands, and it's further complicated by the ReaPack and OSARA implementations. @jcsteh and @Scott would be a testament to that. Reaper has a design process where every possible function can be learned or performed in multiple ways: by searching, by adding your own commands, or by using the keyboard tutorial mode to learn them first. The complexity is real, but so is the way out of it, and that's the whole point. I am not a full-fledged Reaper user, so excuse me for my oversimplifications. Scripts That Got It Right

There are other JAWS scripts from which we can learn a tonne of inclusive human design concepts. What they all have in common is what I was just talking about, you can find anything without knowing it first.

Take the JFW Technical Scripts by Jamie Teh, no keyboard commands to memorise. It's just Ctrl+Shift+J, that's all. All other functions are browsable in a virtual viewer within subpages and sections separated by headings.

Same for the Jawter script, created by @cachondo, which later inspired many other blind programs like Qwitter and TWBlue by @josh. The design is two modifiers with one hand; the other hand presses one key at most, mostly arrows, or any alphabet. In Qwitter and other programs, there is even a key describer mode to familiarise yourself with the commands, and a sticky mode to keep the Alt+Win key active while you use alphabets and arrows to navigate Twitter.

Jamal Mazrui is very much an icon in implementing keyboard-first tools. In every one of his tools, you have Alt+F10 or Alt+Shift+F10 to navigate the menus, and admittedly, those may require two hands. Inside these menus, every item is given a keyboard command, and you can use first-letter navigation to reach them.

There are surely equally complicated things in there that we may choose to refine. Work done by @matt with earlier Serotek and now @pneumasolutions is many, many times commendable. Remember how you used to navigate the SAMNetwork or DocuScan Plus? Even with the RIM software, navigation is just by Tab and Shift+Tab, or headings and links, simple as that. If you want, you can remember keyboard commands that have only a modifier with an alphabet, or Alt with an alphabet.

The System Access screenReader also comes with many great additions like that. The menu structure is webpage-like, and to go to each menu you just press one key, if I am not mistaken. It's fast, mindless.

I have not used GWMicro's Window-Eyes screen reader so deeply, but I am certain that the script and app developers there have created many more patterns that we can document, emulate, and equally follow. I am also sure that Vim, Emacs, and other open-source Linux implementations that are keyboard-driven have more ideas waiting to be implemented. Aliases? Batch commands? Macros? The Complexity Creep Problem

Nowadays, yes, we have more accessible tools, but also more keyboard commands to remember, without proper recourse or remedy for one-handed people or those with less cognitive reserve. Look at Google Suite, Office ribbons, so many layers of taxing keys with blatant disregard for design and simplicity, and loads of gymnastics we have to perform. Yes, for Google Suite there is Alt+Slash, and for Office there is Alt+Q, but imagine how much it can be simplified by adding alternatives that allow for more visualisation and less remembering.

This phenomena of mindless keyboard commands is creeping into JAWS scripts and NVDA add-ons as well. I am going to point some fingers at great people I have very much respect for. They have great product ideas and design that are benefiting lots of Blind people, and I am going to traverse their work and point out the good and the bits they can think about more. I am not here to tear down anyone's work or generosity, I just think there is a next step here.

@hartgenconsult is a champion in keyboard tool-making, from JTools all the way to Leasy. Something we should learn here is that the JTools/Leasy Help key (H) is a central place where all keyboard commands with categories are shown and can be activated by pressing Enter, a huge design gesture with simplicity in mind. And it's also context-sensitive, if I have this right. That's what I keep talking about, right there.

Despite the beautiful implementation, there are things that can be further studied. I am sure I am strawmanning his hard work here, but what I find is it's often hard to remember layers upon layers of keyboard commands. Let's take the Leasy clip operations, which may have been inspired by the HJClip days, made by an English developer whose name escapes me, and later further tweaked by Getinra. Both in HJClip and Leasy, it's simply too many commands, at least for me, to perform the myriad, complex keyboard operations.

In JTools, all clips are located on the function keys, honestly that's too much. In Leasy, it has certainly improved; I believe it's all on the number keys now.

My concrete suggestion here is to look at clipboard buffers, which are even older than HJClip, originating from the Vim system. @pixelate may enlighten me on whether Linux has this system, but Doug Lee created a similar buffer system in his BX key, and his approach is the model worth following. You can think of it as many clipboards. You trigger the command, say left bracket, and assign a text to an alphabet (say, S), then to paste it, you double-press S. You just add one modifier to that S to copy to clipboard, append, or clear that buffer. One hand, one simple mental model, and you have as many clipboards as you need.

Below, I am reproducing his clipboard buffer method from the BX documentation:

Text Management -- Commands for cutting, copying, pasting, and combining text blocks, and for holding blocks of text in up to 26 buffers named by single letters. This system was inspired by the buffer system in the "Vi" text editor found under Linux and other similar operating systems. The NVDA Add-On Renaissance

In the NVDA add-on ecosystem, it's a renaissance time. Add-ons are flourishing, and at the same time, people have to remember more. These two things don't have to come together, and some add-ons are already showing that.

One of them is the Instant Access add-on by Kamal Yasir. Thanks to @doubletap for introducing it to the world. The concept is simple: you pick a file, web shortcut, or folder, assign it to an alphabet, and launch it with a layer. It's fast, one-handed, and it works. The concept may be inspired by @brian_hartgen's JTools and Leasy, further refined into a buffer concept. I think new add-ons should be looking here for inspiration.

The Markdown Navigator add-on simply invents a layer to make Markdown documents browsable, making everything familiar by triggering the browse mode concept we are all so used to. You already know how to use it, and that's the whole point.

Other developers, still early in their work, are also trying their best to simplify their add-on designs. @Tamasg's TGSpeechbox is a revolution in the Blind TTS community. What could be improved further, and I really want this add-on to do well, is to make the huge settings panel with help context optionally enabled. Say, if someone checks a box to enable help, every arrow to a setting under the settings panel would briefly speak what it is. The huge settings panel would be further accessible if an item-chooser or Reaper Command Center-like approach were implemented, so people can type a phrase or a few letters to narrow the options. That one thing would make a tonne of difference, I think.

@ppatel's Terminal Access is another long-awaited terminal accessibility enhancement for NVDA. He does not stop there. Knowing that blind people deal with subpar experiences in many terminals, he painstakingly created profiles for many popular ones. Kudos to his many contributions, and to @tspivey for being a great backend inspiration for his work. The add-on quickly grew in complexity, and a menu-like or tab-like structure is much needed to navigate the huge layer commands, so people can zip through various functions using arrows, Tab, and so on. The foundation is solid, what's still missing is the discoverability layer. Closing Thoughts

I want to end here by saying that we often hold the strong impression that keyboard-only interfaces are flawless, and that our hands will not defeat us. But it's sad that often, when a piece of Blind tooling gets more complex, developers simply pile on more and more commands without paying enough attention to engineer them to be compatible with Blind people of many kinds.

I am not asking for less powerful tools. I want tools where you can find any function by browsing or searching, where one key gets you in and arrows get you around, and where memorisation is a choice rather than a requirement. We have done this before. Doug Lee did it. Jawter did it. Reaper does it. The knowledge is already in our community.

Generally, our difficulties compound as we get older. We forget commands, we have impaired fingers, we have tremors, we do feel tired reaching for the function keys. These are not rare cases, this is where most of us end up. Most importantly, it's frustrating to remember while sighted folks can just visualise and click. In those days, Blind software was designed with visualisation and muscle memory baked in. Now, we are losing our grip on that inherent creativity, more and more complexity, without reverence for the simplicity we know and love.

I think we can do better than this for each other.

#accessibility #jaws #screenReader #Blind #linux #opensource #reaper #daw #NVDA #keyboard #disability #web #design #ui #a11y #scripts

I just setup #LibreCalendar for out household resources. Let's see of it sticks. Really good piece of #opensource software for a booking calendar!

https://librebooking.readthedocs.io/

Mahlzeit,

DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!

DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.

Kapitel fünf „Der Name“

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm

#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

New cheatsheets pushed

https://github.com/r1cksec/cheatsheets

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

Good morning 🇹🇭 Bangkok !

Today, the FOSSASIA summit starts and I'm excited to meet many cool people, talk about open source and of course spread the world about @matrix !

#FOSSASIA #Matrix #FOSS #OpenSource #Bangkok

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Rosahaj sitting on a lobby chair inside of the FOSSASIA community room.

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Entrance to the workshop center in the True Digital Park in Bangkok.

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Escalators upstairs. The pillars are covered by LED screens simulating a waterfall flowing down the building. The ceiling displays tree tops on LED screens as well.

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Sight on the lobby of the True Digital Park.

💬 Matrix isn’t just a chat protocol — it’s a platform for rich, interactive experiences! In this session, Kim Brose @HarHarLinks how to enhance Matrix with widgets, bots, and integrations, making your chats more dynamic, productive, and fun at #FOSSASIASummit2025

🔗 Click here https://youtu.be/YWHicIx2P7I to watch on the FOSSASIA YouTube channel.

#Matrix #OpenSource #ChatApps #FOSSASIA

📱 Neue Einsteiger-Anleitung für GrapheneOS (Linux-Fokus!)

Vom Pixel-Kauf über den Flash-Vorgang bis zu Profi-Tools wie Obtainium & AppVerifier – alles Schritt für Schritt erklärt.

👉 https://gist.github.com/Ubuntu51/0ffbd82b4b7b8f5504fc891cf7754f0a

#GrapheneOS #Datenschutz #Privacy #Linux #OpenSource #Pixel #GoogleFrei #FOSS

Ook voor de #Nerdvote zit je goed bij ons! Maar liefst 4 kandidaten op de lijst hebben een achtergrond in de IT. 🤓 Zij hebben ruime kennis over #DigitaleSoevereiniteit, #BigTech, #OpenSource #Privacy en #CyberSecurity.

In de wereld van vandaag zijn deze zaken belangrijker dan ooit. Waar jouw #data zonder toestemming gebruikt wordt om #AI te trainen en gevoelige persoonlijke informatie op straat komt te liggen of bij onderdrukkende regimes.

(1/2) 🧵

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Foto van Kivilcim Pinar op een groen witte achtergrond. Tekst op de afbeelding: Stem Pinar - Lijst 8 - #1 Nerd Vote Alkmaar Partij voor de Dieren

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Foto van Fabian Zoon op een groen witte achtergrond. Tekst op de afbeelding: Stem Zoon - Lijst 8 - #2 Nerd Vote Alkmaar Partij voor de Dieren

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Foto van Lilian Jonker op een groen witte achtergrond. Tekst op de afbeelding: Stem Jonker - Lijst 8 - #4 Nerd Vote Alkmaar Partij voor de Dieren

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Foto van Janine Visser op een groen witte achtergrond. Tekst op de afbeelding: Stem Visser - Lijst 8 - #11 Nerd Vote Alkmaar Partij voor de Dieren

Schönen guten Morgen,

DARF ICH EUCH EINLADEN ZU MEINER GESCHICHTE!

DIE GEBURT VON LINUX! – Wie ein Hobby‑Projekt die Welt veränderte.

Kapitel fünf „Der Name“

https://hedgedoc.linuxat.de//hc/s/wAM_IpHDDm

#Linux #Geschichte #OpenSource #freiheit #Foss

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116189938186518281

Great! 👍 But look, guys, even if you maybe don't want to directly badmouth Microsoft, you don't have to keep pretending that most people prefer it.

Yes, there'll be minor switching abrasion; familiarity is a strong motivator - but I assure you, the number of users who *want to* work in MS Office or Windows is well witin a single-digit percentage.

- which also means feel free to improve on the experience. "We're not Big Tech" is not your only selling point.

#privacy #OpenSource #QuitBigTech