We're at half of #GUADEC2025 and it's been great so far. Here's some pics me and @ITzTravelInTime took with @federicomena, @tbernard, @ebassi, @niccolove, @pietrodc0.
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Zed can be made AI-free now.
I stumbled upon this interesting article regarding freeBSD installer
Installer Usability | FreeBSD Foundation
CALL FOR SPONSORS
Najstarsza konferencja o Linuksie i open source w Polsce szuka sponsorów.
Zeszłoroczna edycja przyciągnęła dziesiątki uczestników, a nagrania mają ponad 26 tys. wyświetleń.
W tym roku oferujemy m.in:
– stoisko w strefie networkingu
– rollup na sali wykładowej
– promocja na stronie i w social mediach
– i wiele więcej!
Sprawdź sponsor pack: https://jesien.org/2025/sponsor-pack-pl-2025.pdf
Przypominamy też o #CfP – zgłoś prelekcję i zgarnij darmowy bilet!
#JesieńLinuksowa #sponsorzy #OpenSource
Huge shoutouts to two amazing contributors from Korea's #OSSCA program who just made #Fedify even better!
First, @z9mb1 delivered PR #321, adding a handy -o/--output option to fedify lookup. Now you can save lookup results directly to files instead of just printing to terminal—a nice quality-of-life improvement for analysis and scripting workflows.
But the real showstopper is @joonnot's incredible PR #283, which introduces the brand new @fedify/testing package! This massive contribution (2,014 lines across 20 files) brings MockFederation and MockContext classes that completely transform how we test federated applications. No more complex setups or actual network requests—just clean, straightforward unit testing with activity tracking, inbox simulation, and queue-aware testing capabilities.
These contributions solve real pain points and showcase the amazing talent emerging from the OSSCA program. Both features will be available in the upcoming Fedify 1.8 release. The future of federated software development just got a lot brighter!
GitHubfeat(cli): Add --output option to fedify lookup to save results to a file by sij411 · Pull Request #321 · fedify-dev/fedify
Conheça Alguns Editores de Texto para Terminal 
Seja para edição rápida ou projetos complexos, o terminal Linux oferece opções incríveis de editores de texto. Conheça ferramentas como nano, vim e emacs, e descubra qual delas se adapta melhor ao seu fluxo de trabalho.
Confira no blog: https://nova.escolalinux.com.br/blog/conheca-alguns-editores-de-texto-para-terminal)?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#Linux #Terminal #EditoresDeTexto #OpenSource #Produtividade https://nova.escolalinux.com.br/blog/conheca-alguns-editores-de-texto-para-terminal?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Paulo OliveiraConheça alguns editores de texto para terminalDescubra alguns editores de texto para terminal e suas principais funções
Open source is "free"...until it isn't. ><
The WiX Toolset introduced an "Open Source Maintenance Fee" (OSMF) earlier this year. The idea: if your company generates revenue using WiX and wants access to official releases, GitHub issues, and other project conveniences, you need to pay [1]. The source remains fully open. You can build it yourself. But polished releases and direct project engagement now come with a price.
We've all seen this happen and many may feel outrage. Sometimes that outrage is deserved, but I believe that's rarely the case.
Conceptually, we need solutions like this. Small, medium, and massive organizations have built billion-dollar capabilities on the shoulders of open source code and maintainers, and most of that value never flows back to the people doing the maintenance. What often flows back are hostile, unreasonable, and entitled demands from developers and/or companies.
Some maintainers are fine with the status quo. You don't have to release your project open source and there are many flexible licenses in the middle. Others aren’t. They’re overwhelmed. Harassed. Burned out. We've seen it lead to depression. In some cases, we've lost amazing people.
Making changes like this triggers backlash. You can see it in the GitHub thread [2] and the Hacker News discussion [3]. But the underlying point remains: if we want open source to be sustainable, we need to support the humans behind it.
Execution is hard. No model is perfect. But the OSMF model is an important iteration on this critical issue.
What would this mean for your organization? What would it mean for the maintainers you depend on? Share your thoughts. We need better answers than we have today.
Ack to Chris Hughes for posting this. [4]
Image credit: https://xkcd.com/2347/
#OpenSource #cybersecurity #mentalhealth
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[1] https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2025/02/26/introducing-the-open-source-maintenance-fee/
[2] https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/discussions/7212
[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44669858
[4] https://www.linkedin.com/posts/resilientcyber_exploiting-ai-coding-tools-news-is-making-activity-7354480714756571136-fsMw
Are there any people out here who have successfully #degoogled their #smartphone and are now using operating systems like e/OS? https://e.foundation/e-os/
I would love to here more! I have an older Samsung phone at home that I could play with if it's fully unlockable. Unfortunately, I doubt I can do anything with my current Fairphone because I need plenty of Microsoft apps such as their Authenticator for work. #opensource #freeyourphone
e.foundation/e/OS - e Foundation - deGoogled unGoogled smartphone operating systems and online services - your data is your dataECOSYSTEMKEY FEATURESGET /E/OSNEED HELP /e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, mobile ecosystem /e/OS is an open-source mobile operating system paired with carefully selected applications. They form a privacy-enabled internal system for your smartphone. And it’s not just claims: open-source means auditable privacy. /e/OS has received academic recognition from researchers at…
Wishing everyone a great time at TDF4 by Chaostreff Tübingen (CTT) starting today in Westspitze Tübingen in #Tübingen, #Germany
Find out more on https://foss.events/2025/07-26-tdf4.html
Official account: @ctt
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@senficon @RecurringBloatware If this is a market failure, the solution isn’t philanthropy—it’s taxation. Let’s not pretend “pooling” is enough. A Sovereign EU fund should be funded by those who profit most: Big Tech. If OSS is so vital, why should EU taxpayers pay while U.S. firms like Amazon or Microsoft reap the benefits? Let’s stop hiding behind vague industry participation and call for real accountability.
One good feature #Marginalia has is that it tells you before hand about "anti features" of a website.
Like in the attached screenshot, this website has got Tracking, Javascript and Ads.
It also has features to remove results which have got ads or Javascript. These features come very handy in the "modern" world wide web.
I really appreciate the developer's efforts. I hope #FOSS #SearchEngines could one day excel. And I hope support for languages other than English will be added soon enough.
Here's the thing: https://marginalia-search.com/
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@fdroidorg the founder of #simplex is an absolute nogo. So it is an ethical and humanitarian question. For me: No way to only think about simplex!
The Mynd is a commercial open source Bluetooth speaker from the German company Teufel Audio. It's a true #opensource product, no false ads, the firmware is under MIT license and the native CAD files for the mechanics and electronics are available 
Firmware files: https://github.com/teufelaudio/mynd-firmware
Hardware files: https://github.com/teufelaudio/mynd-hardware
Product page: https://lu.teufelaudio.com/mynd-107002004
How to Install and Run #ArchiveBox on #Ubuntu #VPS Server in 5 Minutes (Quick Start Guide)
This article provides a guide for how to install and run ArchiveBox on Ubuntu VPS server.
What is ArchiveBox?
ArchiveBox is a powerful, self-hosted internet archiving solution to collect, save, and view websites offline. Without active preservation effort, everything on the internet eventually ...
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RadWeb, LLC · How To Install And Run ArchiveBox On Ubuntu VPS Server In 5 Minutes (Quick Start Guide) - VPS Hosting Blog | Dedicated Servers | Reseller HostingThis article provides a guide for how to install and run ArchiveBox on Ubuntu VPS server.
Users can now choose their own shell on CachyOS
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/CachyOS-Now-Lets-Users-Choose-Their-Shell?utm_source=mlm
#CachyOS #Linux #FOSS #shell #fish #Zsh #Bash #OpenSource #distro
Is it to much to ask for people to say "thank you" for the support they receive from an open source project before they start questioning the motives and share their "opinions" about the way the project is being run?
Tails 6.18 Released with WebTunnel Bridges and Updated Tor Browser
https://linuxiac.com/tails-6-18-released-with-webtunnel-bridges/
Linuxiac · Tails 6.18 Released with WebTunnel Bridges and Updated Tor BrowserTails 6.18, a privacy-focused Linux distro, adds WebTunnel bridges, making it easier to bypass censorship.
Our Community Office Hours is back, and this month we've taken a deep dive into our latest yearly Extended Support Release, Thunderbird 140.0 ESR "Eclipse." We're talking with our Sr. Manager of Desktop Engineering (and introducing our new Manager of Community Programs) and talking about its new features, what didn't make the cut, and why you should give our new Monthly Release a try.
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/video-thunderbird-140-0-esr-eclipse/
The Thunderbird Blog · VIDEO: Thunderbird 140.0 ESR "Eclipse"In our latest Office Hours, we're covering what's in (and out) of our latest Extended Support Release, Thunderbird 140.0 ESR "Eclipse"!
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After two weeks of writing, revising, and trying to make everything as digestible as possible, I finally published "GNOME Calendar: A New Era of Accessibility Achieved in 90 Days", where I explain in detail the steps we took to turn GNOME Calendar from an app that was literally unusable with a keyboard and screen reader to an app that is (finally) accessible to keyboard and screen reader users as of GNOME 49!
https://tesk.page/2025/07/25/gnome-calendar-a-new-era-of-accessibility-achieved-in-90-days/
TheEvilSkeleton · GNOME Calendar: A New Era of Accessibility Achieved in 90 DaysThere is no calendaring app that I love more than GNOME Calendar. The design is slick, it works extremely well, it is touchpad friendly, and best of all, the community around it is just full of wonderful developers, designers, and contributors worth collaborating with, especially with the recent community growth and engagement over the past few years. Georges Stavracas and Jeff Fortin Tam are some of the best maintainers I have ever worked with, especially Jeff’s underappreciated superhuman capabilities to voluntarily coordinate huge initiatives and issue trackers. One of many Jeff’s initiatives is gnome-calendar#1036: the accessibility initiative. It is a big and detailed list of issues related to accessibility, and regularly gets updated. The upcoming release of GNOME, 49, will feature the biggest update GNOME Calendar has ever received (excluding the initial release). It will also be the accessibility update, where we managed to turn GNOME Calendar from an app that was literally unusable with a keyboard and assistive technology, to an app that is actually functional with a keyboard and screen reader in about three months. This article will explain in details about the fundamental issues that held back accessibility in GNOME Calendar since the very beginning of its existence, the progress we have made with accessibility as well as our thought process in achieving it, and the now and future of accessibility in GNOME Calendar.