Want to start a Repair Café in your area?

You can!

Repair Café International enables local groups around the world to start their own:

https://www.repaircafe.org/en/join/start-your-own/

@RepairCafeInternational supports #EndOf10 to prevent #eWaste!

#RCInternational #RepairCafe #RightToRepair #Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows #Win10

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🌏 "How a GNOME Community is Shaping the Open Source Future of a Nation"
with Aaditya Singh at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 10:25 CEST 📍 Brescia

GNOME Nepal grew from a small group to a national FOSS leader. Learn how they did it.

🔗 https://events.gnome.org/event/259/contributions/1207/
#FOSS #Nepal

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If you're a fan of the Audacious music player there's a new beta build out for testing with new features, fixes and a pair of cool WinAMP-style skins!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/audacious-4-5-beta-improvements

#audacious #opensource #foss

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I run through a bunch of smaller (but still noteworthy) Linux app releases from last month - from a flashy MPD frontend to an offline, AI-powered image enhancer.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/linux-app-release-roundup-may-2025

#opensource #linux #foss

#Linux Weekly Roundup for June 1st, 2025: #GNU Linux-libre 6.15 kernel, #AlpineLinux 3.22, #Firefox 139, #Armbian 25.5, #AlmaLinux OS 10, KaOS 2025.05, #Thunderbird 139, #ArchLinux installer adding support for Btrfs snapshots, #TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 laptop, PanVK now #Vulkan 1.2 conformant, #GStreamer 1.26.2, #PorteuX 2.1, CachyOS ISO snapshot for May 2025, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-june-1st-2025

#OpenSource #FOSS

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Thank you
@ubuntu for being a Gold sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🌟

Ubuntu comes with everything you need to run your organization, school, home or enterprise.

Visit their website to know more: https://ubuntu.com

#sponsor #foss #linux

The End (of Windows 10) is nigh!

On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.

This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.

Yours may be one of them!

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Learn more: https://endof10.org/press

Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10

#Linux #GNU #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows

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Thank you Google for being a Gold #sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🌟

Google belives that open source is good for everyone. It enables and encourages collaboration and the development of technology.

Visit their website to know more: https://opensource.google

#foss #linux

Linux 6.15 kernel is out with a sizeable set of improvements across the stack, including expanded hardware support, performance tweaks and a controversial new feature or two!

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/linux-6-15-kernel-released

#linux #foss #opensource

#Linux Weekly Roundup for May 25th, 2025: Linux kernel 6.15, #RHEL 10, #AlmaLinux OS 9.6, #NixOS 25.05, #PipeWire 1.4.3, #fwupd 2.0.10, #Fedora to remove X11 support from #GNOME #Wayland session, #KDE's Karton VM manager, new #Steam Client release, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-may-25th-2025

#OpenSource #FOSS

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for May 25th, 2025

GrapheneOS: Where Licenses Matter More Than People

GrapheneOS could have shipped real accessibility support. They had a screen reader. They had a libre speech engine — one they requested a feature from. They got that feature.

And then they said no.
Because the license was GPLv3.

They’ll ship sandboxed Google Play Services.
They’ll let you install GPLv3 software from their app store.
But a working screen reader for blind users?
Blocked. On principle.

This isn’t a technical limitation.
This is not a matter of priorities.
This is cruelty by ideology — and they’re proud of it.

So here it is. My full public dissection of the excuses, the hypocrisy, and the sheer contempt they’ve shown to the people who need privacy and security most: the disabled.

They chose licensing purity over basic humanity.
I chose to write this.

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/grapheneos-where-licenses-matter-more-than-people/

#GrapheneOS #Accessibility #FOSS #Blind #DisabilityTech #Inclusion #GPLv3 #espeak #a11y #Security #FreeSoftware #DisabilityRights #Android #Rant #TechShame

How to Choose an Open Source Project for the Long Term

Many of us face the challenge of selecting open source projects for long-term use. This could involve choosing dependencies for your own open source project, or simply selecting software you plan to run and rely on over time.

📖 https://www.foo.be/2025/05/choose-an-open-source-project-for-the-long-term

#opensource #freesoftware #software #oss #floss #foss

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I'm at the Digital Autonomy Unconference 2025 in #Amsterdam today! 🔥 Organized by @opensource

Nice to see some familiar faces from the #foss community.

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Aw man, I'll miss #Pocket :(

Do we have any #foss alternatives?

I'm firmly of the view that self-hosting is not for everyone.

I'm also firmly of the view that, if I want reliable service with longevity, less liable to rug pulls and flouncing, selecting and self-hosting a Free software solution is generally worth my time and effort.

Sure, I can't guarantee that it will always be developed, fixed etc., but at least it is under my control.

#FOSS #selfhosting #Linux

I really like @libreoffice’s “dark mode” setting.

It’s configurability makes it a real pleasure to use on a darkened screen, which I find ideal if I am going to be staring at documents all day.

#FOSS #DarkMode

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GNOME's plan to jettison X11 sessions would be "very disruptive" for Ubuntu, which planned to support Xorg—likely for the final time—in its next LTS, out next year.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/gnome-dropping-x11-support-ubuntu-impact

#Ubuntu #Linux #FOSS

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 156 (busy bee edition) 🐝

Hello Fedi friends!

Sorry I've been a little quiet over here but any minute of free time I have (aka when my 4-year-old is in pre-school) I spend working on:

1) a promotional video for the Fediverse with my two amazing interns -> #EleFediVideos

2) a presentation about how I use #YunoHost for digital sovereignty - at an upcoming #FOSS conference

I just realized - oh the horror - that it's the first time in 5 months I've been skipping my Monday morning routine of #YunoHost manual backups. So this week I'll be doing it on a Thursday, aka right now 😅​

The Fediverse video is coming together really nicely and I cannot wait to share it on here (actually, on my self-hosted #PeerTube).

I'm infinitely grateful to the Fediverse for getting me back to filmmaking and motion graphics after a long hiatus. It feels amazing.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

#MySoCalledSudoLife

If you're a TIDAL music subscriber and using Linux, there's no reason to not use High Tide, a slick GTK4/libadwaita client - now supporting more TIDAL features https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/high-tide-linux-tidal-client-updates

#linux #foss #tidal

Btw does anyone know what happened to the push for #FOSS in #Barcelona? I remember posts about the city moving from Windows to #Linux.

https://itsfoss.com/barcelona-open-source/

#Linux Weekly Roundup for May 18th, 2025: #Debian 12.11, #GIMP 3.0.4, #KDE Plasma 6.4 beta, #Shotcut 25.05, #Inkscape 1.4.2, #IPFire 2.29 Core Update 194, Archinstall 3.0.5, #Ubuntu 24.10 upgrades now open, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-may-18th-2025

#FOSS #OpenSource

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for May 18th, 2025

Upgrades to Ubuntu 25.04 have been re-enabled, now that issues resulting in broken desktops and unintended package removals have been fixed. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-04-upgrades-resume-after-bug-fixes

#ubuntu #linux #foss