Op 29 maart is er een #OpenStreetMap #meetup in #gent
Idereen met interesse in digitale #kaarten, #cartografie #gps-applicaties (zoals bv. #Komoot, #RouteYou, #OsmAnd, ...) is welkom om meer te weten te komen over dit #OpenSource platform.

Alle info op mobilizon.openstreetmap.fr/eve…

Meetup Gent

(English below) Een gezellig samenkomen voor iedereen die interesse heeft in OpenStreetMap en digitale kaarten - van totale beginner tot expert.

^{mobilizon.openstreetmap.fr}

I've been an open source advocate for a long time, and use it daily. One of my favourite GNOME apps is Paper (flathub.org/apps/io.posidon.Pa…) however the author no longer has time to support it and it is in desperate need of updating.

So I've decided to fork it and update it, you can now find Folio on Github (github.com/toolstack/Folio) and Flathub (flathub.org/apps/com.toolstack…).

#apps #opensource #GNOME

Install Folio on Linux | Flathub

Take notes in Markdown

^Flathub

Get started writing that #app in your favourite programming language!

developer.gnome.org/documentat…

Then start working on those features, with tutorials for #Blueprint, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust and #Vala 🚀

apps.gnome.org/Workbench/

#GNOME #Workbench #Opensource #FOSS

Workbench – Apps for GNOME

Learn and prototype with GNOME technologies – Workbench lets you experiment with GNOME technologies, no matter if tinkering for the first time or building and testing a GTK user interface. Among other things, Workbench comes with Live GTK/CSS pre...

^{apps.gnome.org}

OpenCollective seems to be shutting down? Not great 😕

daniel-lange.com/archives/186-…

#OpenCollective #opensource

New Changeset newsletter is out:

buttondown.email/Changeset/arc…

Guides on #opensource project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.

#Python #maintainership #FLOSS #burnout #sustainability #management

Retaining contributors, extending trust, & more maintainer tips

Guides on open source project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.

^{buttondown.email}

The popular DJ software @mixxx is now official on Flathub

Announcement: mixxx.org/news/2024-02-21-offi…

Get Mixxx on Flathub: flathub.org/apps/org.mixxx.Mix…

#Mixxx #Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #dj #audio #DigitalAudio

“Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream” by @barthalion

Heads up to app developers: Flathub’s automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually. There’s a chance that if your app has been passing continuous integration checks previously, it will fail now; here’s why, and what to do about it:

docs.flathub.org/blog/improved…

#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS

Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream | Flathub Documentation

Flathub's automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually.

^{docs.flathub.org}

This is your friendly reminder for our monthly Community Office Hours this Thursday at 18:00 UTC! Team Thunderbird will be joined by John Bieling, who will be talking to us and answering your questions about Add-ons and Add-on development.

Find out how to join live and more on the blog post: blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/f…

#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource

February 2024 Community Office Hours: All About Add-Ons!

Sr. Software Engineer John Bieling joins us to talk about Thunderbird Add-ons in the February Thunderbird Community Office Hours! Learn about what they can do and how to get involved.

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

Hey Fedi! We're hosting a panel at SCALE 21x with some of the major players in the Linux desktop ecosystem to discuss where we go from here, any big ideas you want us to discuss?

Here's our list as of now: outline.fyralabs.com/s/8f1ce88…

And the abstract: socallinuxexpo.org/scale/21x/p…

Post your ideas in the replies!

#foss #linux #oss #opensource #gnome #kde #stardustxr #stardust #vanillaos #xdg #scale21x

The next beta version of #Signal will be version 7.0.0.
There's a good reason for the round number. This will be the first version where usernames and phone number privacy are available outside of the staging environment.
From this version on, you'll be able to talk to people on Signal without revealing your phone number, and also, you may use Signal without revealing to people who have your number saved that you do.
This is huge.
github.com/signalapp/Signal-An…

#Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #PNP

Comparing v6.47.4...v7.0.0 · signalapp/Signal-Android

A private messenger for Android. Contribute to signalapp/Signal-Android development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

#Mixxx 2.4 Open-Source and Free DJ Software Released with Major Changes, Here's What's New 9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-4-open-s…

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

We are bowled over by your support! We're up to 162 Individual Members, 114 of which are new, and we've doubled the number of organizational members 🥳

This is encouraging, though we still have a long way to go to fill the gap in our budget.

If you believe in open source, open standards, privacy, and decentralization: this is your call to action.

Help us secure the future of Matrix by joining today: matrix.org/support/

#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #Privacy #Decentralization #FOSS

Support Matrix

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^matrix.org

Are you a Matrix managed services provider? Are you listed on the Matrix.org website yet?

If not, we'd love to add you! We encourage managed services providers, as well as other participants in the Matrix ecosystem, to submit pull requests to list themselves in the Ecosystem section of our website.

We're up to 7 managed services providers and we know there are more out there!

Check them out: matrix.org/ecosystem/hosting/

#Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS

Hosting

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^matrix.org

nginx (by F5) forked as freenginx by long time core developer Maxim Dounin 👀

freenginx.org/pipermail/nginx/…

phoronix.com/news/Nginx-Forked…

#freenginx #nginx #webdev #selfhosting #opensource

Matrix wouldn't be where it is today without the vibrant ecosystem of FOSS clients, bots, bridges, servers, SDKs, and more!

And it's the people who make it all possible.

Please join us in spreading the love on this #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay and give a shoutout to your favorite projects! 💞

#Matrix #FOSS #OpenSource #OpenStandards #ILoveFS

If Thunderbird was a cake, then its Add-ons would be the amazingly delicious frosting on top! Join the Thunderbird Team on February 22 at 18:00 UTC as we chat with Sr. Software Engineer John Bieling about Add-on development and how you can help out!

Find out how to join and more about our office hours here: blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/f…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Development

February 2024 Community Office Hours: All About Add-Ons!

Sr. Software Engineer John Bieling joins us to talk about Thunderbird Add-ons in the February Thunderbird Community Office Hours! Learn about what they can do and how to get involved.

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

Danke für #FreeSoftware - mein Arbeits Alltag wäre nicht der gleiche ohne #OpenSource

Ganz besonders Dankbar bin ich für #LibreOffice, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Nextcloud, #Wordpress & #KDEnlive und so viele weitere Projekte wie #Signal

#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS #FLOSS

@fsfe mastodon.social/@fsfe/11192840…

❤️ It's #ILoveFreeSoftware Day! ❤️

Celebrate with us and say thank you to these awesome #opensource projects:

➡️ #Mithril
➡️ #SystemJS
➡️ #Flow
➡️ #Babel
➡️ #DOMPurify

And many, many more!
➡️ tuta.com/blog/posts/love-free-…

Before we get too far into 2024, we wanted to think about everything that went well - and the things that didn't go so great - for Thunderbird in 2023. Don't get us wrong, while we think some amazing things happened last year, we also want to admit what we could have done differently. 🙂 😐 😕

As always, we'd love to know your thoughts on where - and how - we can improve! 💙

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/t…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

Thunderbird In 2023: The Milestones and The Lessons We Learned

We're listening, and we're learning from your feedback. Here's where Thunderbird succeeded in 2023, and the lessons we learned along the way.

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Talking about MRepo: for those of you feeling it important that their #Magisk #Modules, too, are #OpenSource you can add the IzzyOnDroid Magisk Repo to MRepo:

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

It currently holds 102 modules, all of them under a #FOSS license and with their source code transparently available.

IzzyOnDroid Magisk Repository

This is a repository of open-source Magisk modules run by IzzyOnDroid.

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

#XMPP #messaging isn't dead, it's actually more alive than ever 🤖 #opensource

interactive #webgl browser animation: xmppnetwork.goodbytes.im/webgl…

Hello, world! 👋 It’s your friendly neighborhood Linux app store here on the Fediverse! Check our profile, we’re verified. 😎

Speaking of which… if you’re an app developer and want to get your app verified on Flathub, check the docs! If you need any help, give us a shout here.

docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-…

#Flathub #Flatpak #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #introduction

Verification | Flathub Documentation

What is verification?

^{docs.flathub.org}

If you missed @diacritica 's talk at @fosdem about Penpot 2.0, don't worry, because here we bring it to you!

youtu.be/kQzQ_8CsCao

#opensource #design #developer

Penpot 2.0 is (almost) here! - FOSDEM'24 talk by Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz

Penpot, the Open Source Design Tool for Design and Code Collaboration, is about to release 2.0, a massive leap forward. We've got a new UI, a revamped design...

^YouTube

We are positively overwhelmed with the outpouring of support 🚀

People are responding to our call for help! We've also had a number of smaller organizations show up and begin the process of becoming supporting members.

This is encouraging progress, though we still have a lot of work to do to hit our fundraising goals.

Join us in securing the future of open, private, decentralized communications with Matrix: matrix.org/blog/2024/01/2024-r…

#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #FOSS #Interoperability

A roadmap and appeal for help from The Matrix.org Foundation

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Josh Simmons (matrix.org)}

New post: harihareswara.net/posts/2024/t… Whether And How To Trust A New Maintainer

What kind of trust does a project #maintainer need to have in a new co-maintainer? To get better at #opensource #sustainability, we need to improve at recruiting, training, & promoting new leaders.

I cover attributes to check for.

I mine 4 comparable situations for assessment ideas, & explain how to reduce how much trust you NEED to give by promoting someone.

&: 3 options if you're low on time

#maintainership #FLOSS

2024 is the year to drop Big Tech for good. Let's start with #gmail !

👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-delete-gm…

#NewYearsResolution #BigTech #opensource

I expected something like this after Apple's October #OpenSource AI effort. The potential #accessibility implications are pretty significant here.

Apple partners with University of California researchers to release open-source #AI model #MGIE, which can edit images based on natural language instructions

Apple releases ‘MGIE’, a revolutionary AI model for instruction-based image editing

venturebeat.com/ai/apple-relea…

#GenAI #photos #photography

Apple releases ‘MGIE’, a revolutionary AI model for instruction-based image editing

Apple’s MGIE is a revolutionary AI model that can edit images based on natural language instructions, using multimodal large language models to generate expressive and imaginative edits.

^{Michael Nuñez (VentureBeat)}

#LibreOffice 24.2 is here! It's our latest major update, with a new "year.month" version scheme.

✅ Styles for comments
✅ Row/column highlighting in Calc
✅ A search field in the options dialog

...and many other new features: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource