Konference pro začátečníky i odborníky o Linuxu, open-source a o všem, co s tím souvisí.installfest.cz
After being kneecapped by a #patents troll years ago, #Mozilla Location Services, the only somewhat trusted (non-Google/Apple) "Wi-Fi positioning system" (geolocation based on triangulating collected #WiFi SSIDs), is now shutting down: github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/iss…
MLS was how #GeoClue could get a meters-accurate location without a #GPS receiver / sky line-of-sight.
It was used by many #GNOME / #KDE apps to get instantaneous neighborhood-level location (for maps, local weather…) on #Linux laptops.
The accuracy of Mozilla Location Service (MLS) has steadily declined. With no plans to restart the stumbler program or increase investments to MLS we have made the decision to retire the service. I...GitHub
OBS Studio 30.1 Released with AV1 Support for VA-API, #PipeWire Camera Source, and Much More 9to5linux.com/obs-studio-30-1-…
@pipewire #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
OBS Studio 30.1 open-source screencasting and streaming app is now available for download with PipeWire Camera source and AV1 VA-API support.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
#KDE Plasma 6.0.2 Is Out Now to Improve Night Color, Discover, Plasma #Wayland, and More 9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-0-2…
@kde #Linux #OpenSource
KDE Plasma 6.0.2 is now available as a bugfix update to the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment addressing more bugs and crashes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
So @gnome is removing the x11 session, leaving just the Wayland one.
If this goes out before Orca, the GNOME screen reader, is fixed to work on Wayland, it will mean that people who rely on screen readers will have no way to use one on GNOME. And thus on the major Linux distributions.
So I’m hoping the plan is that this change will not land until GNOME has a working screen reader.
#accessibility #a11y #gnome #linux #openSource #foss #wayland #x11 #orca peoplemaking.games/@ailepet/11…
@noracodes@tenforward.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @zeorin@indieweb.social For now: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/merge_requests/99People Making Games
The #GUADEC2024 call for abstracts for those looking to be *sponsored* has passed (due to visa reqs & travel lead time), BUT the call for both in-person (if you don’t need sponsorship) and remote talks IS STILL OPEN!
events.gnome.org/event/209/abs…
If you’ve been working on something interesting in GNOME or GNOME-adjacent spaces and can present remotely or get yourself to Denver in July, you still have just over two weeks to propose a talk!
Sound alert hooks for the Smuxi IRC client. Contribute to destructatron/smuxi-sound-hooks development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Check out this recap of the work that Community Platform Engineering did in 2023! The CPE team is made up of the folks who manage Fedora infrastructure, Fedora release engineering, and @centos infrastructure.
Projects worked on or investigated:
* Making a @matrix native zodbot
* Moving our registry to quay.io
* Backend service for Fedora Badges
* And more!
➡️ communityblog.fedoraproject.or…
#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Matrix
This is a summary of the work done on initiatives by the Community Platform Engineering (CPE) Team. Every quarter, the CPE team works together with CentOS Project and Fedora Project community leaders and representatives to choose projects that will b…zlopez (Fedora Project)
Voici des nouvelles du développement de Thunderbird :
— travail en cours sur #Exchange avec du Rust
— la synchronisation de Thunderbird est presque prête à être testée #Sync
— comme avec Flatpak, le projet s’approprie le paquet #Linux Snap
blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/t…
source @thunderbird mastodon.online/@thunderbird/1…
Happy Friday Fediverse family! In case you missed it:
☑️ We're working on Exchange support
☑️ Thunderbird Sync is almost ready for testing
☑️ As we did with Flatpak, we're taking ownership of the Linux Snap package.Read the monthly update from Alex, Thunderbird’s Director of Product Engineering:
blog.thunderbird.net/2024/02/t…Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: February 2024
In this month's Development Digest, Alex shares exciting news about Thunderbird Sync, Exchange support, and the Thunderbird Snap on Linux.Alessandro Castellani (The Thunderbird Blog)
I just found out that in the past few months there has been work happening in @gnome to allow for encrypting user home directories using #systemd homed : thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/…
It appears as though this would put each home directory inside its own LUKS container that would be locked when the user logs out or the hardware suspends. This would be a major improvement to the security profile of #Linux on the desktop!
Currently, on most systems (including Linux) regular user data is only effectively protected by system encryption when the hardware is completely turned off, but not when it is suspended.
Jensen Huang believes coding languages are a thing of the pastBenedict Collins (TechRadar pro)
The KDE community proudly presents Plasma 6, Frameworks 6 and Gear 24.02KDE MegaRelease 6
While efficient video playback has long been possible in the embedded Linux world, desktop applications have been lagging behind other platforms. In the last...YouTube
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
Flathub's automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually.docs.flathub.org
TIL: #Wayland breaks most screen readers, as they are not not intended by design. (they need to interact with other apps)
Wayland is now the default in pretty much all gnome distros.
Orca has workarounds, but they are not merged and not fully working. (And a blind user can't built it without a working screen reader)
I'm not entirely sure if I got this correct, but it seems to me like the #Linux community once again booted the #blind.
wiki.gnome.org/Accessibility/W…
wayland-devel.freedesktop.nark…
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
Most of the questions in the document will not be covered. The questions are meant to serve as discussion starters for each topic to be used as the conversation permits.outline.fyralabs.com
#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
Mixxx 2.4 open-source, free, and cross-platform DJ software is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Pandoc, extensible swiss tool for markup document conversion, has a major new release 3.0
pandoc.org/releases.html#pando…
Discussions: discu.eu/q/pandoc.org/releases…
Monthly report: Arch Linux in January 2024
monthly-reports.archlinux.page…
lists.archlinux.org/hyperkitty…
#archlinux #linux #monthlyreport
Arch Linux in January 2024 # Staff # We would like to welcome Vladimir LAVALLADE (Erus Iluvatar) to their new role as ArchWiki Administrator.monthly-reports.archlinux.page
Alright I think I'm finally happy with the Workbench 46 demo for AdwDialog 🛠️
It's such a cool primitive for building adaptive apps. I hope the blob cat will make some people smile 😄
#GNOME #GTK #libadwaita #Linux #development
Dedicated to @alice and @tbernard 🎁
Yey GNOME SDK 46 will have an API for gamepads 
❤️ 🎮
Thanks @alice for the fix
Thanks @halfmexican for this Workbench demo I could test it with
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-b…
#GNOME #development #GTK #Flatpak #Linux
The GNOME community is working hard on GNOME 46!
Do you have experience profiling on Linux? 
We are looking for help debugging and profiling an issue with GTK on @AsahiLinux
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/i…
#GNOME #GTK #Asahi #AsahiLinux #Linux
Looks like the new GL renderer is extremely slow with Apple ARM macbooks and the Asahi GPU driver. The issue is appearing in all gtk4 apps from gnome-nightly...GitLab
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
Version 1.2.1 of the xdg-utils is out!
With two of the most obvious bugs fixed. 
Thanks to the people who helped finding and fixing! 
#freedesktop #xdg #xdgUtils #xdg_utils #linux
xdg-utils 1.2.1 contains three bugfixes found following the 1.2.0 release: xdg-icon-resource: Fix for incorrect syntax documentation: Proper quoting of _MANUALPAGE and _USAGE sections....GitLab
WebKit GTK4 is now fully accessible. Shipping in GNOME 46
Funded by @sovtechfund and @igalia ❤️
Completed by Georges Stavracas at Igalia 🎩
Thanks to everyone involved !
• gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/m…
• github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/…
#GNOME #WebKitGTK #accessibility #a11y #Linux #GTK
da96990 [GTK] Implement GTK4 accessibility https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227528 Reviewed by Carlos Garcia Campos. WebKit maintains a complete AT-SPI accessible tree within the web proce...GitHub
Use #Linux and @thunderbird
Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows - gHacks Tech News
ghacks.net/2024/02/02/microsof…
The new Outlook email application for Windows displays ads disguised as regular emails to users. The classic Mail app did not.Martin Brinkmann (Ghacks Technology News)
Do you, or have you ever, used a graphical user interface? If you use #Windows, #macOS, or any version of #Linux with a window manager or desktop environment, you can thank Dr. Clarence "Skip" Ellis.
Dr. Ellis worked at Xerox PARC, the research organization that developed the modern GUI. Icons, windows, the mouse, Ethernet-based networking, laser printing - all of these (and more) came out of PARC. Dr. Ellis led the team that created Officetalk, the first program to use icons and the Internet. He got his start at 15 years old showing a local tech company how to reuse punch cards, which was a game-changer back in 1958.
Oh, and he was also the first black man to earn a PhD in Computer Science.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #ComputerScience @blackmastodon
elective.collegeboard.org/clar…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence…
redhat.com/en/command-line-her…
It’s not easy to learn how to use computers when you can’t actually touch them. But that’s how Dr. Clarence Ellis started his career of invention—which would ultimately lead to reimagining how we all worked with computers and each other.www.redhat.com
Version 1.2.0 of the xdg-utils is out! 
Please test them! (But don't deploy yet)
Thank you to everyone else who contributed and thanks to Simon for the trust and maintainer work! 
We need more eyes on that code! 
The xdg-utils are children of their time, shellscripts that by large don’t follow a “modern” scripting style …
… which means that there is a lot of work to catch up on and any changes should be reviewed by more people than they currently are.
In case you want to help:
Just pick something that seems interesting and doable for you and open an issue/merge request.
Things that need to be done:
#freedesktop #xdg #xdgUtils #xdg_utils #linux
And while I’m at it i might also hijack #fosdem for this. 
xdg-utils 1.2.0 contains contributions from over 20 people (thankyou) some of the highlights are listed below. better support for Plasma6, Deepin, LXQt partial...GitLab
There are 12 talks from Fedora community members happening at @fosdem this weekend!
Learn more: fedoraproject.org/wiki/FOSDEM_…
#FOSDEM #Fedora #Linux #OpenSource
Following the release of OBS Studio 30.0 last November, OBS Studio 30.1 Beta 1 was released today as what will be the next feature release for this open-source software that is popular with livestreamers and other game streaming / desktop recording p…www.phoronix.com
