I said it before on Mastodon. I'm reposting this again. Comparing #DeltaChat and #Matrix together, if you want hassle free and consistent messenger for private #E2EE chats, don't go for Matrix. DeltaChat is way better.

However, if you want something like a public forum, or a public chatroom, don't go for DeltaChat. Matrix is way better suited for that. And DeltaChat does not support public groups at all. In DeltaChat groups, there is no admin or moderator and everyone have got permission to remove or add the others.

I think I have to write a longer post on my personal blog about these two, comparing them together.

PS: Another Matrix encryption bug few minutes ago triggered repost of this.

#Element #IM #Messenger #Email #FOSS #opensource #freesoftware #free_software #decentralization #decentralized

Jedna z věcí, co mám na Mastodonu fakt rád: filtrování obsahu.

Nechceš vidět nějaký hashtag, slovo nebo frázi?
Stačí si to přidat do filtrů v nastavení.
Bez algoritmů, bez cenzury – čistě podle toho, co si nastavíš ty.

Filtr můžeš nastavit jako dočasný (až na 7 dní) nebo trvalý (nikdy nevyprší).
A navíc si zvolíš, jestli se má příspěvek skrýt úplně, nebo označit varováním.

Typický příklad: nechceš vidět #eurovision nebo #ai? Není problém.
Na pár dní, nebo navždy – ty rozhoduješ.

Tohle je svoboda a kontrola nad obsahem, jak má být.

#mastodon #filtrování #tip #opensource #privacy #tip_mastodon

Meet our new Fedora Project Leader, Jef Spaleta!

As we're excited for Jef to support the community in this role, we also extend a big thank you to @mattdm (who is not leaving the Fedora community either!)

➡️ fedoramagazine.org/introducing…

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

Introducing Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta - Fedora Magazine

Hello everyone! Current Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller here, with some exciting news! A little while ago, I announced that it’s time for a change of hats. I’m going to be moving on to new things (still close to Fedora, of course).

^{Matthew Miller (Fedora Project)}

🚀 Cinny just got even better!

In our last few releases, we’ve:
✅ Fixed unknown rooms in space lobby & improved search
✅ Added image previews & spoiler during image uploads
✅ Redesigned space/room settings
✅ NEW **custom power levels** (with colors & emojis!)
✅ Added bulk emoji import & room upgrades options
✅ Option to stop sending typing and read receipt

🔗 [Get Cinny](app.cinny.in/) | [GitHub](github.com/ajbura/cinny/releas…)

#Matrix #Cinny #OpenSource #cinnyapp

The bird is out of the bag! We're introducing Thunderbird Pro (you already know Appointment!), a set of productivity AND privacy boosting services. And that includes...*drum roll*...an email service we're calling Thundermail. Find all the info in this excellent article:

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email

forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelh…

Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service

"Thundermail" will be part of a suite of Thunderbird Pro services, as the team behind the venerable Mozilla email client begins building a complete ecosystem.

^Forbes

Finally! Mozilla Thunderbird challenges Gmail with its own email service. And that's just the beginning...
forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelh…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email

Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service

"Thundermail" will be part of a suite of Thunderbird Pro services, as the team behind the venerable Mozilla email client begins building a complete ecosystem.

^Forbes

Have any of you used Codeberg static pages for your developer blog or for your Open Source project's homepage?

I would love to hear about some experiences or see your Git repositories. 🙂

codeberg.page/

CC @Codeberg @forgejo

#Codeberg #Forjeo #Git #Page #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

It's official! Registrations for #GUADEC2025 are now open!
🌐 events.gnome.org/event/259/
📅 24-29 July
📍 Università degli Studi di Brescia

Psst! We're still looking for sponsors 👀

@gnome
@vanillaos
@usebottles

#GNOME #GUADEC #Linux #OpenSource #UniBS

#Monocles Chat makes #XMPP experience better.

Help them by donating to their fundraiser for the awesome work they are doing startnext.com/en/monocles.

XMPP network needs you because we don't have VC funding or corporate donors.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Jabber #fundraiser

monocles - Privacy is not a feature. It is a right.

Secure communication, fair cloud, ethical hardware - monocles offers a digital solution without tracking, without surveillance, without compromise.

^{startnext.com}

Chromium now has initial, experimental support for the xdg-session-management #wayland protocol, which will start shipping in canary channel in the coming days. I've implemented and tested it against Mutter 48, the only compositor supporting it atm - also experimentally - since version 47.

Quick demo at youtu.be/OG9ZLXzlwkQ

#chromium #wayland #linux #gnome #opensource #foss

Čas vyzkoušet nové prostředí – #GNOME48 na #ArchLinux 🎉
#i3 zůstává mým hlavním prostředím pro každodenní práci, ale musím říct, že GNOME 48 vypadá skvěle.

#Linux #Wayland #DesktopLinux #AMD #opensource

📣Jami team is pleased to introduce the new version of Jami: Εἰρήνη.☮️

As you'll discover, this release brings remarkable advances from months of silent work, sure to delight loyal Jami users and newcomers after the announcement of Skype's shutdown.

We invite you to update and try the latest version of Jami! 🙇

👀 Want to know more about Εἰρήνη? Read our article : jami.net/eirene-to-make-new-us…

#Jami #opensource #P2P #App #PrivacyMatters

#XSF Announcement

Today the #XMPP Standards Foundation publishes an Open Letter to urge #Meta to adopt XMPP for messaging #interoperability.

It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.

xmpp.org/announcements/open-le…

#jabber #chat #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard #dma

If you're interested in joining the @thunderbird open discussion forum called State of the Thunder, make sure to join our public mailing list as we will share messages with dates and links for each session: thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource

Meet us at our stall at #LucknowFOSS on the 12th of April.

Event details 👉 fossunited.org/c/lucknow/2025

Thanks to @FOSS United

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #XMPP #Prav

How can you get started in the Fedora community? You can introduce yourself on our forum at Fedora Discussion! We love to meet new people and help them find a place within the project.

➡️ discussion.fedoraproject.org/t…

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

#introductions topics

Say hello!

^{Fedora Discussion}

This is neat: the United Nations have adopted a new set of 8 #OpenSource prinicples:

🔶 The UN Open Source Principles 🔶

1. Open by default: Making Open Source the standard approach for projects

2. Contribute back: Encouraging active participation in the Open Source ecosystem

3. Secure by design: Making security a priority in all software projects

4. Foster inclusive participation and community building: Enabling and facilitating diverse and inclusive contributions

5. Design for reusability: Designing projects to be interoperable across various platforms and ecosystems

6. Provide documentation: Providing thorough documentation for end-users, integrators and developers

7. RISE (recognize, incentivize, support and empower): Empowering individuals and communities to actively participate

8. Sustain and scale: Supporting the development of solutions that meet the evolving needs of the UN system and beyond.

Source: unite.un.org/news/osi-first-en…

Yes, "Buy #European" is trending but it also sucks. A lot.

Hear me out: I understand and also feel the urge for tech #independence, particularly from the US, right now.

But just because something is European doesn't make it good or ethical.

@Tutanota People shouldn't trust you because you're "from Europe" or German or whatever. But because you have an #ethical business model, employ good people, care about your users, respect #humanrights and build free and #opensource software.

In-Process is now available, featuring all the info on CSUN ATC 2025, Thorium Reader, how the NVDA 2025.1 Update is going, Open-Source software and a new RH Voice Update! Read it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2… and don't forget to subscribe via email: eepurl.com/iuVyjo

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #CSUNATC #CSUNATC25 #CSUN #Thorium #RHVoice #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #News #Newsletter #Update

This New Open-Source Alternative to Google Docs and Notion Is Backed by France and Germany

Docs is an web-based collaborative text editor that is the result of a joint effort led by the French 🇫🇷🥖 (DINUM) and German 🇩🇪🥨 governments (ZenDiS).

It's a good alternative to popular services like Notion, Google Docs and Outline.

The platform offers real-time collaboration capabilities, a sleek minimalist interface, and all the essential features you could possibly need.

Best of all, Docs is open-source on GitHub and can be self-hosted, making it a viable option for local agencies and companies.

You can test Docs on your browser by visiting this page:

impress-preprod.beta.numerique…

using the login:

email: test.docs@yopmail.com
password: I'd<3ToTestDocs

howtogeek.com/docs-alternative…

You can also volunteer to help translating Docs to other languages here: crowdin.com/project/lasuite-do…

#europe #europeanalternatives #germany #france #opensource #BuyFromEU

#Prav stall at #BiharFOSS, IIT Patna.

#XMPP #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Guys use hashtags!

#Libreoffice #OpenSource #Freedom #Privacy #Sovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Happy Open-Source Day!*

Open-Source brings so many benefits. NV Access is proud to be part of the community, from welcoming code contributions, to decreasing cost for users around the world. It's easy to see why "Open-Source First" is a popular policy for governments & companies everywhere.

(*At least in Florence, Italy - a quick search found several dates this year - Open Source not only brings innovation, but also choice!)

#NVDA #NVDAsr #OpenSource #FOSS #OpenSourceDay2025 #Community

"Retain users with convenience, honesty, and kindness."
This is at the core of what we do at @thunderbird and it drives our features implementation.
Sometimes we fail at that, we're aware of it, but we're human and we always try to do better.

Check the whole open session about our roadmap process here:
youtube.com/watch?v=2xfUO9C_6t…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

State of the Thunder: Volume 1

In our inaugural State of the Thunder, Alessandro Castellani, Director of Desktop and Mobile apps, leads a discussion on the 2025 desktop roadmap with membe...

^YouTube

Our inaugural State of the Thunder is live on TILvids! Director of desktop and mobile apps @alecaddd leads a discussion on our upcoming desktop roadmap, our values, and how we can work more in the open.

(We'd like to further open these discussions, so stay tuned for how you can join future SotTs!)

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

tilvids.com/w/o3SjjuRFxovcabDa…

The beginning of Mozilla, for those of you who haven't ever seen this before, it's a snapshot of a really interesting moment in the history of #opensource software.

youtu.be/4Q7FTjhvZ7Y?si=YNpxy-…

Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary

Code Rush is a documentary following the lives of a group of Netscape engineers in Silicon Valley. It covers Netscape's last year as an independent company, ...

^YouTube

Great to be able to make @OpenForumEurope earlier this year. I couldn’t attend all the talks, so it is terrific that the videos are now available online.

Very encouraging to see so many #government leaders working with #OpenSource leaders collaborating together.

youtube.com/channel/UCqvR7OChI…

OpenForum Europe

OpenForum Europe (OFE) is a not-for-profit, Brussels-based independent think tank which explains the merits of openness in computing to policy makers and communities across Europe.

^YouTube

In our latest office hours, we chat with Design Manager Laurel Terlesky to talk about the cross-platform design system she and her team are building. If you're curious about Open Source design and/or the look and feel of Thunderbird, check it out!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Design

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/03/v…

VIDEO: The Thunderbird Design System

The Office Hours Team chat with Design Manager Laurel Terlesky about moving from 28 shades of blue to the new Thunderbird Design System.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

🎉 Le site est en ligne depuis 48 heures, et 60 responsables informatiques de collectivités ont d'ores et déjà rejoint France Numérique Libre.

Merci à toutes et tous ! ❤️

→ france-numerique-libre.org/ins…

#LogicielsLibres #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Collter #Colter #Collterr

One more variation of #UnplugTrump!

@libreoffice wrote:
With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware

Updates on Schleswig-Holstein moving to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Nearly a year ago, we posted about the German state of Schleswig-Holstein’s plan to move 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice.

^{Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)}