It took more than a year, but I finally managed to move all of my contacts from centralised platforms onto the secure, private and decentralised SimpleX. It is now the only instant messenger installed on my devices. 🕺🏻

@simplex #SimpleX #Foss

Hey Techis - und damit meine ich liebevoll alle Menschen, die sich zu folgender Fragestellung besser auskennen als ich -,

ich suche eine Alternative zum geteilten Kalender von Gmail. Anforderungen:

- mehrere verschiedene Kalender (themenbezogen)
- synchronisierbar auf PC und Smartphone
- abonnierbar mit zeitl. Beschränkung bzw. Abonnement kann von Betreiberseite gekündigt werden
- und am wichtigsten: datenschutzkonform

Wie betreibt der moderne Mensch denn heutzutage sein Kalendermanagement? Hat sich da in den letzten 13 Jahren was geändert?

Danke für eure Hilfe!

Bitte 🔄!

#foss #kalender #it #gmail #sharedcalendar #terminkalender #digital

Dear FOSS maintainers,

here’s a list of funding programs currently accepting proposals for maintenance work:

Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/mechko/awesome-maintainer-funding

GitHub: https://github.com/mechko/awesome-maintainer-funding

Thanks to everyone who helped crowdsource it! I’ll keep it updated, issues and PRs are very welcome :)

#opensource #funding #maintenance #foss

🚀 I just published my
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone"

I’ve curated over 111 accounts focusing on European Digital Sovereignty. It includes distros, software, and services produced or maintained right here in Europe.

I hope this helps someone in their open source journey! 🐧
If I missed any great EU-based FOSS accounts or services, please let me know in the replies!

"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone" 👇️️
https://fedidevs.com/s/OTA2/

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Europe #DigitalSovereignty #StarterPack #EuropeanDigitalSovereignty #EUdistros #EUsoftware #EUservices #Fediverse #Privacy #SelfHosted
#DigitalPrivacy #Decentralize #GDPR
#OpenWeb #LinuxCommunity #FreeSoftware #Tech #DataProtection #OpenSourceEU #TechEU

Ghost or Cat:
https://itsfoss.com/comparison/ghostty-vs-kitty/
Personally I love Kitty.
#foss #unix #linux #terminal

#FOSS #documentation #hosting #golang

To solve a pain-point at work I created an app for hosting versioned plain HTML documentations.

As there are many of those floating around, like docat/hostthedocs/readthedocs/...whatnot...
Here some main features:
- Minimalism (Golang backend, HTML/CSS, JS only where necessary)
- Authentication/Authorization with built-in/LDAP/Oauth2 (something none of the other apps has), configurable global and per documentation project
- Full text search in all documentations available for the user (also a feature missing in all others, i know of)
- Diff documentation version differences within the UI (green/red text background, similar to git) as also no other app could provide this

Regarding the use of AI:
Yes, I used AI to work on this, see AI policy in the repository. Keep any AI opinion out of the thread please, if you do not like that fact, do not use it.

Here the link to the codeberg.org repository, which is a mirror from my own forgejo instance:
https://codeberg.org/qwc/asiakirjat

Trabajar duro para producir el mejor programa de redacción HTML jamás diseñado. https://dckim.com/hdub/w_web/es/articles/En-una-misión.html #opensource #toronto #news #technology #meta #art #FOSS

#Peazip sigue mejorando. Es un señor programón para trabajar con archivos comprimidos y cifrados. Si seguís usando #WinRAR notaréis mucha diferencia. Si ya veníais de usar #7zip quizá no notéis inmediatamente muchas funciones adicionales (que las hay) pero sí una mayor facilidad de uso e interfaz más agradable.

https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/2/peazip-10-9-released-with-improved-file-manager-overhauled-text-and-image-viewers-and-more/

#Actualizacion #Actualizaciones #FOSS

For me, Linux isn't just an operating system; it's a philosophy of collaborative freedom that I've lived by since Grade 10. 🐧
From my first install to now running Manjaro for my Software Engineering degree at OUSL, the core FOSS principles of transparency and community-driven innovation have shaped my path as a researcher and developer.
I've documented my full journey and why the "Open" in Open Source matters here: https://mayura-andrew.github.io/posts/my-story
#LinuxChallenge @edunet_lk#LEARN #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource

Bin seit neustem mit Molly unterwegs. Funktioniert hervorragend. Muss aber noch ein wenig damit spielen. Überlege, auch gleich einen eigenen Push-Server einzurichten. #GraphenOS #FOSS #Signal #Fork

New on // foss.events: Open Transport Community Conference 2026 by Volunteers on 06-09 October 2026 in SBB headquaters in #Bern, #Switzerland

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/10-06-open-transport-community-conference-2026.html

Connect via official hashtag(s): #OpenTransport2026

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

New in #LibreOffice 26.2: Writer now displays a more visible grid, and the "Snap to Grid" feature now more accurately aligns objects with the grid. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#Writer #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Linux News: Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026 https://9to5linux.com/linux-7-0-kernel-confirmed-by-linus-torvalds-expected-in-mid-april-2026 #news #FOSS #linux

Jetzt sind die Stationen an der @zlb_berlin alle durch. Das ging so schnell und war sehr lehrreich. Ein kleines Projekt wartet noch auf den Abschluss.
Am @IBI_HU haben wir am Freitag die letzte Klausur geschrieben. Masterarbeitszeit folgt nun - mit Betreuung durch @maria .

Ich hab ein paar Fotos/Videos der Stationen/des Jahres. Kann jemand ein FOSS-Tool empfehlen um die auf dem Handy direkt zu kombinieren zu einem Video?

#foss #bibliotheksreferendariat #library

What does the Fediverse know about FUTO?

I came across an interesting talk about FreeNet on YouTube, and noticed that it was from the FUTO channel. I don't know why, but my Spidey "this is evil" senses were already tingling, despite my enthusiasm for the talk.

The other videos were all by male-coded ppl when I browsed the channel. Red flag, maybe.

Frequently Asked Questions
https://futo.org/about/futo-faq/

This isn't FOSS 🚩. It has one owner 🚩. How bad is this?

#FUTO #Dudes #OneOwner #Corrupt #FOSS

New on // foss.events: OpenChain and Friends 2026 by OpenChain Project on 24-26 March 2026 in Robert Bosch GmbH – Service and Supply Chain Campus (SCC) Feuerbach, Bregenzer Str. 26A, 70469 Stuttgart in #Stuttgart, #Germany

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/03-24-openchain-and-friends-2026.html

Connect via official hashtag(s): #openchainandfriends

Call for participation is running until 13.02.2026

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Working hard to produce the best HTML drafting program ever devised. https://dckim.com/hdub/w_web/en/articles/On-a-mission.html #opensource #toronto #news #technology #meta #art #FOSS

Try Ubuntu Cinnamon they said, It's better than Ubuntu Standard they said...

It doesn't even have RDP as standard. Argh.

Tempted to nuke it from orbit and go back to plain old Ubuntu. On a crappy keyboard and a VGA screen cos my DVI cable rusted (yarly) I cannot be bothered with all this

apt install xrdp -y
echo "cinnamon" > ~/.Xclients
chmod +x ~/.Xclients*

Shit. Grr. This is why normal people hate FOSS....

*this is apparently wrong as well, all the advice out there is BS, but the later advice (see below) doesn't work either....

Really?

EDIT - before anyone goes 'you're doing it wrong' -read below.

Been using Ubuntu for my servers for over a decade, and Ubuntu desktop since the 00's on and off...not a n00b. - I go back to 12 or 16? Maybe earlier?

But even I am perplexed at this...

#linux #ubuntu #cinnamon #cinnamonubuntu #foss

ual news: ual is getting cual

The good news is that apart from the embedded systems targeted through TinyGo, the ual programming language is getting a tiny C backend called cual that allows us to target small machines, notably the Z80, with support for some of its most popular platforms: the ZX Spectrum and CP/M to get started with.

The bad news is that the weekend was too short and it's going to take me a while longer to release ual 0.7.6 the way I'd like.

#ual #programming #forth #rustlang #golang #foss #opensource #compsci #cpm #z80 #retrocomputing #zxspectrum #speccy #spectrum

@Shine_McShine
¡Nosotras hemos montado una #GameJam de software y cultura libre para dentro de muy poquitos días!

https://itch.io/jam/lliurejam

#SoftwareLibre #LibreSoftware #GameDev #FOSS #FLOSS