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LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) arrives in a few weeks! And it has lots of new features, including explanatory tooltips for items in the Expert Configuration box – thanks to Samuel Mehrbrodt at @allotropia wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re… #foss #opensource


LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) arrives in a few weeks! And it has lots of new features, including explanatory tooltips for items in the Expert Configuration box – thanks to Samuel Mehrbrodt @AllotropiaEN: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re… #foss #opensource


We're happy that we can support #opensource projects like yours (and many others). 😊

tuta.com/blog/tutanota-for-ope…

#FOSS


Hello #FOSS folks!

Outreachy is seeking #OpenSource and #OpenScience communities to mentor Outreachy interns in the May 2024 cohort.
Read more: outreachy.org/blog/2024-01-08/…

The application deadline for FOSS communities to apply is Feb. 15, 2024, at 4 p.m. UTC.

Do apply now: outreachy.org/communities/cfp/

#DiversityinTech #Outreachy #Community


We love #Linux! 😍

That's why we offer desktop clients for all major distros.πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»
πŸ‘‰ tuta.com/blog/desktop-clients-…

What's your favorite distro? Let us know in the comments! 🐧

#tux #foss #opensource #debian #Debian #archlinux

  • Ubuntu (34%, 155 votes)
  • Arch (33%, 150 votes)
  • OpenSuse (8%, 39 votes)
  • Fedora (24%, 109 votes)
453 voters. Poll end: 9 months ago


It's tantalisingly close! 😍 #LibreOffice 24.2 (with new "year.month" version scheme) is our next major update – due in February. And now the first release candidate is available for testing: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


Do you guys remember that @thunderbird funding campaign, well today we have one of the people who caused it happen on the show @ryanleesipes #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=3BZbrpMyXQ…

Audio: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…


#XMPP SUMMIT 26

We have released a new blogpost on the organisation: xmpp.org/2024/01/xmpp-summit-2…

Please read, update and sign-up if you are interested.

Meet us at #fosdem2024 the days after, too.

See you in #Brussels!

#jabber #chat #rtc #opensource #interoperability


LibreOffice documentation updates! Our Czech localisation community has finished translating the Impress Guide 7.5, covering the presentation component of the suite: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Congratulations on 25 years πŸ‘ Thanks for all your work on open, decentralized communications.

The world is better for having XMPP in it.

#ProtocolsNotPlatforms #OpenSource #OpenStandards #Interoperability


25 years ago Jeremie Miller made an announcement of what would become the initiation, development and propagation of the #XMPP protocol until today!

Join the journey!

slashdot.org/story/99/01/04/16…

Happy birthday,
XMPP!

:xmpp: :xmpp: :xmpp: :xmpp: :xmpp:

#chat #jabber #opensource


A bunch of comments requested an explanation on #Linux graphics drivers, so I decided to take a look at the topic, and explain Mesa, kernel drivers, the Nvidia drivers (Nouveau, NVK, the official #opensource modules, and the proprietary driver), as well as AMD drivers (with RadeonSI, RADV, AMDVLK and AMDGPU, plus AMDGPU-Pro), and Intel drivers (with i915, i965, ANV and the new Xe driver).

I hope it helps make things a bit clearer!

youtu.be/CW1CLcT83as


LibreOffice can open files in a wide range of formats – but its native one is the Open Document Format (ODF). And now there's an update to the ODF Toolkit, a set of Java modules for programmatic creation, scanning and manipulation of ODF files: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #libreoffice #standards #foss #OpenSource


Scribus 1.6.0 has landed! It is one of the first open-source tool updates of 2024!

news.itsfoss.com/scribus-1-6-r…

#opensource


LibreOffice's documentation is made by a worldwide community – and now, that community has an improved editor, to make their work simpler! blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource


Dlouho jsem pouΕΎΓ­val na #geocaching aplikaci #cgeo, ale Locus Map nevypadΓ‘ vΕ―bec Ε‘patnΔ›. Docela na aplikaci myslΓ­m zapracovali. LM sice nenΓ­ #opensource, ale aplikace je od českΓ½ch vΓ½vojΓ‘Ε™Ε―.
Budu muset pΓ‘r keΕ‘ek vyzkouΕ‘et.


2024 is here! But let's have a quick recap of #LibreOffice project and community updates in December 2023: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


πŸŽ‰ Happy New Year from Pixelfed! 🌟

This year, we promise to bring more features, enhance user experience, and continue to uphold the values of digital freedom and community collaboration.

Let's make 2024 a year of unforgettable memories, shared moments, and groundbreaking advancements in the world of decentralized social media.

Cheers to a fantastic year ahead! πŸš€

#Pixelfed2024 #OpenSource #PrivacyMatters #Pixelfed #CommunityStrong


My personal thanks to everyone who's contributed to my favourite office suite.

It's a grand product. #opensource #openstandards #odf


As we wrap up 2023, we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who contributed to #LibreOffice in the last year! We really appreciate your support 😊 blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


In 2024, please switch to Firefox roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-202… #privacy #security #opensource #unix #linux #macos


This December, if there’s one tech New Year’s resolution I’d encourage you to have, it’s switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox’s market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switching is important.
A red panda (firefox) resting on a tree branch.β€œRed Panda” by Mathias Appel is marked with CC0 1.0.

1. Privacy


Firefox is the only major browser not built by a company that makes money from advertising and/or selling your personal data. There’s been a lot of talk about websites tracking users using cookies, fingerprinting and other nefarious technologies that hurt your privacy. But owning the browser puts Google, Apple and Microsoft in a position where they don’t even need those tricks. We need to use browsers that are independent, and right now that means Firefox.

2. Browser engine monopoly


Wikipedia lists four browser engines as being β€œactive”. Browser engines are the bits that take a web page’s code and display it on your screen. Ideally, they conform to the official W3C standards, and display all elements as it describes. If that’s the case, web developers can easily write sites that work on all browsers. No proprietary vendor lock-in nonsense, just glorious open standards at work.

It’s happened before


In the early 2000’s, Internet Explorer had a massive 95% market share. This meant that many sites were only developed for use with IE. They’d use experimental features that IE supported, in favor of things from the official HTML standard. This was a very bad situation, which hindered the development of the World Wide Web.

Currenty, Chrome, Safari and Edge all use variations of the closely related Webkit and Blink engines. If we want to avoid another browser engine monopoly, we need to support Firefox, and its β€œGecko” engine.

Firefox is actually really good


If Firefox would be a bad browser, I would not recommend you to switch. It’s fast, has a nice user interface, and feels every bit as modern and elegant as its competition. I’ve been using it as my main browser for a couple of years now, on Linux, Windows, MacOS and Android. As a web developer, I usually have at least three browsers open, but when I go look something up on the web, I pick Firefox.

So please, help save the web by using the best browser out there. It’s an easy thing to do, and it makes a big difference.

roytanck.com/2023/12/23/in-202…

#Firefox #privacy



Getting rid of #Telegram messaging app, a centralized commercial service that gives voice to terrorists.
Jabber/XMPP turned out to be a much better choice (regarding freedom & independence).
Good opensource apps:
▫️blabber on #AndroidOS
▫️gajim on #Linux
Both are lightweight and support OMEMO and PGP encryption.
More software here: xmpp.org/software/
You can also follow @xmpp
#opensource #messaging


Můžeő založit Pixelfed. Je to #opensource a je součÑstí #Fediverse.
pixelfed.cz


This Christmas, I've finally bitten the bullet and done some serious contributing to @openstreetmap (and also joined the OSM Foundation while I was at it). Honestly, I think it's one of the great wonders of the #OpenSource internet, so I wrote a blog post about why I'm contributing (and you should too)

andreasthinks.me/posts/OSM_for…

#GIS #openstreetmap #GeoSpatial #christmas #DataScience #data


LibreOffice is available in a huge number of languages, thanks to communities around the world! Check out the recent Localization Sprint 2023 in Nepal: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #libreoffice #foss #OpenSource


[Π±Π³] Π‘Π»Π΅Π΄ ΠΏΠΎΠ½Π΅ 10 Π³ΠΎΠ΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈ усилия Π½Π° ΠΌΠ½ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Ρ…ΠΎΡ€Π°, #Thunderbird Π²Π΅Ρ‡Π΅ Π΅ 100% ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π²Π΅Π΄Π΅Π½ ΠΈ Π»ΠΎΠΊΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡ€Π°Π½ Π½Π° Π±ΡŠΠ»Π³Π°Ρ€ΡΠΊΠΈ.

Въй ΠΊΠ°Ρ‚ΠΎ Π² ΠΏΡ€Π΅Π²Π΅ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π½ ΠΎΡ‚ доста Ρ…ΠΎΡ€Π°, Π΅Π»Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚ΠΈΡ‚Π΅ ΠΈΠΌΠ°Ρ‚ Π½ΡƒΠΆΠ΄Π° ΠΎΡ‚ ΠΈΠ·Π³Π»Π°ΠΆΠ΄Π°Π½Π΅.

Π’ΠΊΠ»ΡŽΡ‡Π΅Ρ‚Π΅ сС Π² Ρ‚Π°Π·ΠΈ акция Π·Π° Π΄Π° Π½ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³Π½Π΅Ρ‚Π΅ Π΄Π° Π³ΠΎ Π½Π°ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²ΠΈΠΌ Ρ€Π°Π·Π±ΠΈΡ€Π°Π΅ΠΌ Π·Π° ΡƒΠΏΠΎΡ‚Ρ€Π΅Π±Π°. Към ΠΌΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π° Π±ΡŠΠ»Π³Π°Ρ€ΡΠΊΠ°Ρ‚Π° вСрсия сС ΠΈΠ·ΠΏΠΎΠ»Π·Π²Π° ΠΎΡ‚ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅Ρ‡Π΅ ΠΎΡ‚ 20 000 устройства.

opensource-bulgaria.org/%d0%bf…

#L10n #help #opensource


Another article on #OpenSource, this time written by Richard Pope, who was one of the founding members of the UK’s #GDS. There is just so much for which governments can benefit by engaging with the open source communities that they use. Furthermore, the government contributing their work back to the public #GitHub or #GitLab repositories makes the code more secure and drives down the costs for #DigitalGovernment.

digitalpublicgoods.xyz/behave


If you are a #jobseeker with an

βœ…eye for detail,
βœ…a background in business legalese,
βœ…speak english und auch gut deutsch

– we're #hiring a Contract Manager at Ferrous Systems πŸ‘‰

ferrous-systems.com/blog/contr…

#NowHiring #contractlaw #opensource #rustlang


In my talks and discussions about the role of Open Source maintainers, I usually list a number of reasons why maintainers might quit or otherwise reduce their involvement.

"The Russian army destroyed my house" hasn't been on that list yet 😐 πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Source: github.com/wasm3/wasm3

#OpenSource #maintainer #freesoftware #FOSS #ukraine #StandWithUkraine


We've got a Thunderbird for Android "Two for Tuesday!" Play two songs from your favorite band while you read our latest progress report (blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/t…). There's lots of news, updates, and community contributions to end 2023!

While we hoped to release Thunderbird for Android by now, we realized you deserve the best mobile e-mail we can give you. Read about our decision to let the newest Thunderbird take its time to hatch:
blog.thunderbird.net/2023/12/w…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Android


Β»Epic-Urteil – Googles Play Store ist ein illegales Appstore-Monopol:
Nach der Niederlage gegen Apple hat Epic Games nun einen Sieg errungen: Eine Jury sieht Googles wettbewerbswiedriges Verhalten als bewiesen anΒ«

Sicherlich mMn ein guter Entscheid, obwohl #Epic wie #Google ein monopolistischen #Unternehmen ist. Klar ist deren KerngeschΓ€ft ein klein diferent aber doch beide #Monopolist'en. Ich nutze zufrieden @fdroidorg fΓΌr #OpenSource #Android Tools zu installieren.

πŸ’Ύ golem.de/news/epic-urteil-goog…


Our next big update is #LibreOffice 24.2 in February (with new "year.month" version scheme). And here's one of the new features: extra description text in the Special Characters dropdown menu, added by Jim Raykowski: wiki.documentfoundation.org/Re… #foss #OpenSource


Version 0.4.0 (Codename β€žAll Engines Runningβ€œ) of Ltt.rs not only brings support for #UnifiedPush but also a UI refresh. The e-mail client for Android now supports Material U / dynamic colors.

#autocrypt #opensource #email #Lttrs

Note that Ltt.rs requires an e-mail server that supports #JMAP. (There aren’t many providers that support it so Ltt.rs is currently more for the adventurous / self hosting type user.)


Did you know? You can add new features to #LibreOffice using Python, and make extensions! Our development blog explains all: dev.blog.documentfoundation.or… #foss #OpenSource


Coming up in February: #LibreOffice 24.2, our next big update, with many new features! (And a new "year.month" version scheme, to make it clear when it was released.) The first Beta version is now available for testing: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


Walled gardens might be OK for plants, but not for email. Did you know our average donation in 2023 so far is $17.44? For the price of a bouquet, you can donate to help liberate email from corporate walled gardens, and help privacy bloom. 🌻 Rest assured, ANY donation amount makes a difference! mzla.link/eoy23_masto

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email #Privacy


I am forever grateful to the people who contribute images to Wikimedia Commons and make them available under CC0 licenses. It's a tremendous resource for open-source projects, where typically you don't have the funding to pay for the rights to use a stock image from one of the commercial services.

Today I wanted an image of a baler (a farm machine that makes bales of hay) for use in a new software project, and found a nice one by Glendon Kuhns.

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

#OpenSource #Wikimedia


iOS accessibility techniques and sample app from CVS

#opensource #a11y #iOS

linkedin.com/pulse/announcing-…

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