What are some of your favorite YouTube channels that are not related to gaming, particularly those that are smaller or less well known? I am looking to expand my knowledge and diversify my FreeTube feed.

#Fediverse #YouTube #Recommendation #NewPipe #FreeTube #Invidious #PeerTube #Technology #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #Unix #GNU #Debian #ArchLinux #Fedora #BSD #Privacy #Security #SelfHosting #Decentralization #Freedom #Nature #ClimateChange #Climate #Science #History #Culture #Education #Politics #Philosophy #Anarchism #Anarchy #AntiCapitalism #Economics #DigitalRights

Microsofts Versprechen „GitHub bleibt unabhängig & offen“? Geschichte.
2025 ist GitHub nur noch Rohstoff für Copilot & Konzernstrategie.

👉 Zeit für Alternativen: GitLab & dezentrale Open Source.
-> @heiseonline Zeit für einen Wechsel :-)

🔗 https://www.pandolin.io/die-chronologie-eines-wortbruchs-oder-warum-gitlab-besser-ist-als-github/

#OpenSource #GitLab #Giithub #DigitaleSouveranitat #EthicalIT #DevOps #FOSS

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Drei Figuren stehen nebeneinander. Links eine nervös dreinblickende Person (GitHub) mit einem halb zerrissenen Schriftstück ‚Versprechen‘. In der Mitte ein grinsender Mann im Anzug (Microsoft), der das Dokument weiter zerreißt. Rechts eine entschlossene, kämpferisch blickende Person (GitLab) mit geballter Faust. Darüber der Titel ‚Die Chronologie eines Wortbruchs – GitLab vs. GitHub‘.“

So, any ideas on an exit strategy for when Linux fully embraces AI? Do we fork the kernel? Switch to BSD? Once Linux becomes AI slop, where does that leave us?

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-AI-Docs-Rules

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-is-creeping-into-the-linux-kernel-and-official-policy-is-needed-asap/

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/07/25/1950226/linux-kernel-could-soon-expose-every-line-ai-helps-write

#Linux #FLOSS #FOSS #FreeBSD #GPL #AI #AIslop #AIart #Nvidia #Microsoft #Google #illumos

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An AI image of Tux the penguin Linux mascot. The image is distorted with the white of the penguin's belly forming a question mark across it's face, eyebrows up and far away from the eyes, and the eyes and beak lowered onto the penguin's chest and belly.

Salut,

Je cherche une solution pour m'aider à exprimer par écrit

C'est variable, c'est pas stable

parfois c'est le clavier qui est difficile (dysphasie et/ou neuropathie), parfois c'est la diction (même raison)

Sur desktop #Linux ou #Android stock sans Google. Offline.

Connaissez vous des solutions #foss (prêt à soutenir) : clavier et pointer hw, logiciel assistant l'écriture, speech to text (aimerait essayer bcp essayer).

Merci 🙇‍♂️

#handicap
#communication

Repouet 🥰🙇‍♂️

Discover The Fediverse: Together United

Understand how businesses have shifted and how the community united together will protect user rights by using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-together-united/

@powerampache @davx5app @moememos @k9mail

#blog #FollowFriday #Fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

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A group of four people are united together working on building a multicoloured puzzle next to text the reads 'Discover The Fediverse: Together United'.

Team disagreements saw progress on SuperTuxKart hit the skids, but with new leadership in the driving seat, the iconic FOSS racer is getting back on track.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/supertuxkarts-stable-release-pitstop-opens-up-potential?v1

#opensource #foss #gaming

Ähm, Selbständige und/oder Nerds, was nutzt ihr denn für Buchhaltungssoftware?

Ich brauche:
- Datenübertragung zu Datev
- API (gern auch mit Doku...)
- Unix-fähig (nativ)
- DSGVO-konform
- GOBD-konform

#SevDesk zerlegt sich leider zunehmend mehr.

#FOSS wäre ein Träumchen

#LibreOffice 25.8.1, the first minor release of the free office suite for personal productivity, is available at https://www.libreoffice.org/download/ for Windows, MacOS and Linux. Almost 100 bugs have been solved, including the UI related crash.
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/29/announcement-of-libreoffice-25-8-1/
#foss #opensource #freesoftware

I submitted some talks to @linuxdays and @openalt_konference.

One of them is about #Thunderbird from community perspective.

The second one is about how to use #foss tools to protect your communication. I hope I'll see you there!

Join us on Thursday, September 4, 2025 at @cbase for the Kdenlive meet up.

- Community Hangout
- Q&A Session with the team
- Video Editing Workshop
- Live Stream

🕑 2 PM – 6 PM (local time)
📍 c-base - Rungestrasse 20 10179 Berlin

💻 Bring your computer for the workshop

#kdenlive #kde #berlin #floss #videoediting #hackerspace #foss #opensource

@kde

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Kdenlive Meetup, Thursday, September 4, 2025 at c-base: - Community hangout - Q&A with the team - Video editing workshop - Live Stream Starts 2 PM till 6 PM local time. Bring your computer.

What's an open-source tool you literally can't live without?
Drop it below. 👇

Remember to boost 🔁 so we get more hidden gems. 🧵🔥

#Linux #Arch #LinuxMint #Fedora #Debian #Ubuntu #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #Tech #Technology #Apple #OS #iOS #MacOS #OperatingSystem

The more I read about Google's proposed(?) changes to Android, the more I feel I need to invest time in @postmarketOS, to see what I would need to do to use it as my main mobile device.

Given how I use my phone, I suspect that this could be a bit of a challenge (or at least require quite a lot of compromises on my part, through no fault of the pmOS team), but perhaps a fun one(?)...

#Linux #FOSS #postmarketOS

⚠️ News/Changes:

BoxyBSD will bring in a feature for more advanced users for our free boxes. Instead of only selecting a set of pre-defined BSD based images, you'll soon also be able to create your install simply from scratch with full remote access to your box. This lets you perform custom installations of #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, #DragonflyBSD, #MidnightBSD but also of some other niche systems like #illumos

Unfortunately, this might still take some time and fully relies on the spare time of @gyptazy.

#freeVPS #VPS #BSD #Box #BoxyBSD #gyptazy #opensource #education #community #foss #runbsd #hosting #freehosting #learning #ipv6

📣 Hello! We've formally sent a proposal to the GNOME Foundation and KDE e.V. leadership for a unified Linux App Summit (LAS) that would merge GUADEC, Akademy, and the current LAS into a single event.

We're sharing it with you as an open letter. Our goal is to create a more efficient, cost-effective, and impactful conference for everyone. We invite you to read the full proposal and share your thoughts.

🔗 https://href.tf/LAS2026

#Linux #GNOME #KDE #FOSS #OpenSource #LAS2026 #GUADEC #Akademy

We have a new job opening for Tech Assessor.
As assessor, you have a critical role at the cutting edge of free and open source software & hardware. Together with your fellow assessors you curate our project portfolio, and actively keep it awesome and coherent by helping to select the right efforts — and support the teams involved throughout the project lifecycle.

If this is something you might be interested in check out the job description: https://nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/assessor.html

#FOSS #getfedihired

@protonprivacy suspended my account as soon as I purchased the unlimited plan and sent an email asking how to change the recovery email as I no longer have access to it. I ended up losing both money and account along with all the data. This is outrageous!

Ticket ID: 3936861

Boosts would be appreciated 🚀

Edit: I'm yet to hear back from Proton. I reached out to them in every way possible.

#proton #privacy #opensource #foss #helpme #protonmail

ONE HOUR: I'm presenting https://StickTock.com @hopeconf with the @ivycyber crew #HOPE2025 #privacy #opensource #foss

Stream link below 👇

cc @pluralistic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZeN53mKhbE

📊 Poll of the Day — Multi-choice! Restarted 🔁
You asked for it — now you can pick all the OSes you use daily! 💻📱

We know Mastodon leans techy... let’s see how that shows up in your OS mix 👀

Which OS(es), grouped for coverage, do you use daily?💻
Reply with why you use it too 👇

Vote + Boost 🔁 = ❤️

#Linux #Arch #LinuxMint #Fedora #Debian #Ubuntu #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #Tech #Technology #Apple #OS #iOS #MacOS #OperatingSystem

So I've got #LineageOS flashed on my internet phone. I'm trying to degoogle myself and figured this would be a good testbed. I'll post updates on this thread.

I can already tell the OS is much snappier without all the google play services running in the background.

#android #linux #foss

One week to go, until the #LibreOffice Conference 2025 begins: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/27/one-week-to-the-libreoffice-conference-in-budapest/ #foss #OpenSource

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Conference logo, depicting a bridge

Our #LibreOffice Conference 2025 is coming up in Budapest from 4 – 6 September: https://conference.libreoffice.org/2025/ – But there are many other #FOSS events around the world, like UbuCon India from November 15 – 16: https://events.canonical.com/event/136/abstracts/ #OpenSource

Want to contribute to open source? Spoiler: it’s not just about dropping code & disappearing.

Contributing means understanding pull requests, etiquette, and collaborating with a global community. It’s part skills, part teamwork, and a lot of learning.

Check out our guide 👉 https://scatool.com/resources/open-source-governance-explained/contributing-to-open-source-projects/

#OpenSource #FOSS #Developers

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Illustration of diverse hands assembling puzzle pieces with code snippets, symbolizing collaboration in open source contributions beyond just coding

In light of recent (again and again) shenanigans with Apple iOS and Google Android, I'm looking into Linux native smart phones yet again.

Linux phone operating systems have come a loooong way. Examples like PostmarketOS ( @postmarketOS ), PureOS ( @purism ) and Ubuntu Touch / UBPorts ( @ubports ) offering a solid choice, the big issue is linux native apps, but those have come a long way as well.

First, many apps have fully functional mobile web sites and web apps that are, by nature, cross platform and available on linux through web browsers or as a Progressive Web App (PWA).

Second there are many native linux apps that work well on a mobile screen as well or apps specific to phones, etc.

Lastly, there are - for lack of a better word - emulators that let you load and run android apps, for example.

Linux Phones are not as polished as iOS or Android phones, but the control and privacy is there.

Ironically the biggest thing that've needed is Signal Messenger (@signalapp ) on Linux. Almost everything else I need is there, including GPS maps and web app / PWA versions of transit apps and banking apps. Even Signal, I might break with as most of my chat groups might hop over to another end to end encrypted messaging service that runs on Linux.

What would you need to use a Linux Phone as your daily driver?

#linux #FOSS #solarPunk #iOS #android #Google #Apple

A really great post on about how governments should be funding the free open source software that our governments and societies rely on.

https://dri.es/funding-open-source-like-public-infrastructure

#FOSS #FreeSoftware #funding #government #sustainability #DigitalSovereignity #EU #SovereignTechFund

Reason 7 To Choose Linux 😍

You decide when to install updates and reboot your computer!

Security updates are critical. They should be done early and often to keep your computer safe.

But you don't want your device to force an update - and then reboot - while you're working.

With #Linux, the decision when to update is yours.

/7

#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GNULinux #Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

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Screenshot of a Windows update. Text on a blue background says: “Working on updates. 91% complete. Don’t turn off your computer.” Image published under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (askleo.com).

Looks like it's time to properly de-Google my phone (with upcoming changes to sideloading).

I spent some time with a (non-Pro) PinePhone as a daily driver. Really the only thing I couldn't live with was the camera; I have children I want to be able to take photos and especially videos of.

Seriously considering something like an MNT Pocket Reform w/ a SIM. Do away with a "phone" altogether and go with an open hardware device that can do VOIP. I'd miss Maps, but could make do with OSM.

The kids are still on Android (Lineage) but I can probably manage that, until they're of age, with a cheapo WiFi-only burner.

Anyone have experiences / recommendations (for or against) they'd care to share?

My tolerance for shenanigans is high (witness using a PinePhone as a daily driver for months).

#degoogling #foss #phones #android

Uhh the #andriod #foss #app #opencamera le's one directly clear the #metadata #exifdata of #pictures under the i ① #icon sweet ✅ 💡 Quick additional hint alternatively one could use a upload a picture into signal to automatically remove #metada 💡 ✅

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.sourceforge.opencamera/

https://opencamera.org.uk/

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera

Now we are at 100%. I am not sure when and how this will get into beta, but I'd love some help from you if you are #Bulgarian to validate the translation when this happens. Please reach out!

#foss #Thunderbird #Bulgaria

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Check this out – PyPos3DLO, an app based on LibreOffice to create mechanical characters, edit and optimize Poser files, and manipulate WaveFront files: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/26/pypos3dlo-python-3d-app-based-on-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource

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PyPos3DLO screenshot, showing model of an aeroplane

If you run a linux phone, how do you handle android specific apps? Like, for instance, my banking app, or my government ID app that only run on android.

Also open to hearing which linux phone you like best, or if you just use a random device as your phone, what is it, and what do you run on it?

I've been considering using the pilet as my daily driver phone going forward when it finally ships, but I wanted to know, how do I handle the "sometimes I still need an android app" side of things, and even if I didn't get the pilet, I'd still want a linux phone, as android feels less and less like it will remain open forever.

#linux #linuxphone #android #phones #foss

Oh! This is cool.
You can use Zenodo to generate a DOI for your Open Source Software!

Here's one of mine:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16944286

#DOI #Academia #FOSS #OSS

As of GNOME 49, GNOME Settings will feature a button for configuring the Orca screen reader!

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/3215

#GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #Orca #ScreenReader #ScreenReaders #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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A screenshot of the screen reader section, with a "Screen Reader" switch row and "Configure" button

What a nice and #foss service for anonymous email forwarding with #openpgpg support.

https://addy.io/

Last week, we released #LibreOffice 25.8. But it's not just a major update of the free office suite – it's a strategic asset for organisations, governments and enterprises focused on digital sovereignty and #privacy: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/25/libreoffice-25-8-backgrounder/ #foss #open #freesoftware

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LibreOffice 25.8 banner, with "smarter, faster and more reliable"

@nixCraft

Historical, indeed.
...and thanks Stallman for #GNU:

Without GNU there'd be nothing open for Linus to start with or contribute to in the first place.

Imagine where we'd be at without those decisions back then?

Forced to either choose Windows or ... ? oh. Without #FOSS/GNU and #Linux, Apple would not exist anymore - and there'd be no Google too.

Wow. Thanks everyone doing GPL to provide choice and hope for all of us!

Folks, @micr0 is the creator and maintainer of altbot@fuzzies.wtf and tldr@fuzzies.wtf, arguably two of the most useful #Fediverse bots I've ever seen, utilizing a locally run, low-power #LLM server operated with #privacy and #transparency primarily in mind.

If I wasn't already living off of charity, I would gladly donate to this cause. So instead, I'm asking everyone who is willing and able, please visit the post below and consider donating to help micr0 continue to provide two immensely powerful and helpful services for #inclusion and #accessibility. They deserve to at least break even on their bills for such (imho) important work.

Additionally, I encourage everyone to follow one or both bots (I'm not tagging them in the post to avoid triggering another loop like I did the last time) if you are overly-verbose like myself and need a concise, abridged version of my babblings, or don't have the spoons to write alt text for images AND videos.

#AltText #Solidarity #FOSS

https://wetdry.world/@micr0/115028873660699240

#Linux Weekly Roundup for August 24th, 2025: #LibreOffice 25.8, #FFmpeg 8.0, #Firefox 142, Linux 6.15 EOL, #Thunderbird 142, #Calibre 8.9, #CachyOS release for August 2025, Firefox 143 beta, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-august-24th-2025

#OpenSource #FOSS

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 24th, 2025

What can we do to protect ourselves against ##chatcontrol? Politicians and governments will not solve this.Theu are all about #control. Must it be a technological change. What do we do? More #foss? More #encryption? A new #internet? How can we help?

I've had a bit more time to play with @postmarketOS.

It is a joy.

I must look at how I can contribute, as this is a massively useful project, which I can see liberating numerous devices from outdated OSs in the future.

#postmarketOS #pmOS #Linux #FOSS

LibreOffice 25.8 released with PDF 2.0 export, major performance improvements (up to 30% faster file opening), and lots more!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/libreoffice-25-8-released-pdf-2-performance-boost?v2

#opensource #libreoffice #foss

… I was quoted in *The Register*:
> “The problems w/ #GitHub have been growing for some time. We at #SFC have always been concerned about the issue of using proprietary software to write #FOSS. However, the integration w/ #Copilot so deeply into the platform, and #Microsoft's flagrant use of content hosted on GitHub to train their own LLMs makes a departure from GitHub urgent for all FOSS developers.”
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/
I hope it inspires you to #GiveUpGitHub! https://giveupgithub.org
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GitHub so-called “Octocat” logo/mascot in one tentacle holds 💰. Six other tentacles form a cage for the words “USER RIGHTS” — which are set in blue stone, but are crumbling under the force of the tentacles. The final tentacle reaches out with an open palm — presuambly to collect even more rights & money from its users.

*The Register* entitled
“#Codeberg beset by #AI bots that now bypass Anubis tarpit”…
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/
… has *The Register*'s usual click-bait sensationalism title, but the article itself is excellent. I'm glad these attacks on @Codeberg are getting some press coverage. *The Register* asked me for comment; I include my quotes below, but definitely click-through the article — at least to thank *The Register* for covering this important issue that few would cover.
(1/3)
#OpenSource #FOSS