#Core_ #foss #opensource

''Overhauled the Gnumeric import filter to fix bugs and add missing features''

Although, I am not in need for this feature, it is great to know since the #gnumeric development appears a bit stalled. L

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

tuta.com/blog/tutanota-for-ope…

#FOSS

Tutanota for Open Source Projects.

Giving back to open source teams with free Tutanota accounts.

^Tutanota

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.🧑‍💻
👉 tuta.com/blog/desktop-clients-…

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

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

Why the Tutanota desktop clients are best for productivity and security!

Benefits of our desktop clients for Linux, Windows and macOS.

^Tutanota

• Ubuntu (34%, 155 votes)
• Arch (33%, 150 votes)
• OpenSuse (8%, 39 votes)
• Fedora (24%, 109 votes)

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…

#201 Reviving Thunderbird From Near Destruction | Ryan Sipes

Today we have Ryan Sipes the Business Development & Community Manager of Thunderbird on the show who was crucial to the recent funding increases seen by the ...

^YouTube

#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

Congratulations on 25 years 👏 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!

#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

Linux Graphics Drivers explained: AMD, NVIDIA, INTEL, Open Source and Proprietary

Head to https://squarespace.com/thelinuxexperiment to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code thelinuxexperimentGrab a brand new l...

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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

Scribus 1.6.0 Release is a Massive Upgrade With New Features

Scribus 1.6.0 update is a good way to start the new year!

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)}

🎉 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! 🚀

#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

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

Roy Tanck

2023-12-23 19:26:13

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.
“Red 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 “active”. 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 “Gecko” 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

Red Panda

Explore Mathias Appel's 24217 photos on Flickr!

^Flickr

#XMPP Community

Find XMPP folks at the Chaos Communication Congress #37c3
in the ChaosZone.

Yes, they got stickers!

37c3.c3nav.de/l/c:0:126.93:123…

#jabber #standards #chat #CCC #protocol #federation #xep
#decentralization #interoperability #OpenSource

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

Andreas Varotsis - Why I’m Contributing to OpenStreetMap for Christmas…

…and maybe you should too!

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[бг] След поне 10 години усилия на много хора, #Thunderbird вече е 100% преведен и локализиран на български.

Тъй като в превеждан от доста хора, елементите имат нужда от изглаждане.

Включете се в тази акция за да ни помогнете да го направим разбираем за употреба. Към момента българската версия се използва от повече от 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

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

– we're #hiring a Contract Manager at Ferrous Systems 👉

ferrous-systems.com/blog/contr…

#NowHiring #contractlaw #opensource #rustlang

Contract Manager, remote

Ferrous Systems is looking for a Contract Manager to support our strategic and everyday operations.

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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 😐 🇺🇦

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

When Will Thunderbird For Android Be Released?

It's not a simple answer, but we'll do our best to explain why Thunderbird for Android developments is taking longer than expected.

^{cketti (The Thunderbird Blog)}

»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 an«

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

💾 golem.de/news/epic-urteil-goog…

I donated to @mozilla @thunderbird today to #freetheinbox ⚡ 🐦

support communication privacy: thunderbird.net/donate

#Thunderbird #Email #Privacy #OpenSource #Donation #Mozilla #Datenschutz #MZLA

Give to Thunderbird

^Thunderbird

Version 0.4.0 (Codename „All Engines Running“) 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.)

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

Give to Thunderbird

^Thunderbird

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

File:Baling Small Square Bales with Accumulator.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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