The “industry standard” modules used in digital braille displays are custom piezoelectric devices, costing around $100 per “letter,” making such displays impractically expensive for most applications.

I just learned about this hackaday prize winner, who has designed digital, refreshable #braille modules that cost less than $1 each, using teeny-tiny magnets and 3D printed parts.

youtu.be/BXi1tG78AW4
#OpenSource #accessibility technologies FTW!

Electromechanical Refreshable Braille Module : HackadayPrize 2023

The big drawback to refreshable braille devices has always been their cost. The loose rule of estimation applied to these products has translated into someth...

^YouTube

The focus on Freedom and taking control of your data is also imperative to #LabPlot, an open source Data Analysis and Visualization software.

It supports multiple file formats and the ODS import support will be added in the next release

➡️ invent.kde.org/education/labpl…

#LibreOffice #DataViz #Plotting #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource
#DataScience #Spreadsheet #Calc #ODS

Ods import support (!369) · Merge requests · Education / LabPlot · GitLab

Description Support importing ODS (Open Document Standard) files produced by Calc, etc. Conformity

^GitLab

GNOME Project’s Unexpected CEO Choice: A Bold Move or Misstep?
linuxiac.com/gnome-projects-un…

Holly Million, new to software, now leads GNOME. It is a curious choice for one of the biggest open-source projects, wouldn’t you say?

#linux #opensource #gnome

We’re excited to welcome Holly Million as Executive Director of the #GNOME Foundation! 🎉

Holly comes to us with valuable experience in nonprofit management and has served as executive director and board member for numerous organizations. foundation.gnome.org/2023/10/1…

#opensource #FOSS

And today we have more mock-ups and improvements to share with you!

Read our newest post from Elizabeth about changes coming to the Message Context menu, and give us your feedback on the mailing list:

thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…

#Development #OpenSource #Thunderbird

We're not done with Thunderbird Supernova!

As promised, we will continue to improve the UI and functionality of message threads and Cards view.

We outline the upcoming changes in our Thunderbird UX mailing list here: thunderbird.topicbox.com/group…

A mockup with developer comments is also available from the link.

💡 If you have valuable feedback to offer about this, please reply to the mailing list so our developers & community see it!

#Thunderbird #Email #OpenSource

For those who think that #OpenSource is primarily about technical quality, may I recommend Uncurled by @bagder? After decades maintaining curl + other projects, his advice keeps circling back to pragmatic tips about working with people.

mastodon.social/@bagder/111144…

Turns out the most important skills in the long run are to stay motivated, encourage contributors, + support users. Compared to that, taking care of the code is much more straightforward.

daniel:// stenberg://

2023-09-28 21:13:00

Uncurled – everything I know and learned about running and maintaining Open Source projects for three decades.

I hope you did not miss this work of mine, as I'm quite happy with it.

un.curl.dev/

README - Uncurled

^un.curl.dev

Máte Nextcloud? A znáte aplikaci Music? Pomocí ní můžete vaši hudební sbírku (nebo sbírku podcastů) přehrávat přímo z Nextcloudu (přes web) nebo publikovat Subsonic protokolem. Na mobilu pak můžete mít třeba přehrávač Ultrasonic (najdete na F-droidu). #opensource #nextcloud

apps.nextcloud.com/apps/music

Hi!
For the past few weeks, I worked on a new #XMPP project: #1999 !
1999 aims to be an XMPP client that is:
1. #free and #opensource
2. cross-platform (mobile and desktop)
3. modern looking, with a uniform look across platforms
4. user-friendly
5. secure

The goal is to have an xmpp client that has the same name, ui and features on every platform, which I believe is what xmpp lacks right now.

I am not a programmer so this is only a UI at the moment!

More info: 1999.robotfumeur.fr/

Reminder for #Outreachy applicants, the contribution phase has begun and we're looking for 3 interns for our project Implementing end-to-end tests for GNOME OS using openQA! Get started contributing through your Outreachy dashboard: outreachy.org/apply/project-se…

#GNOMEOS #Internship #opensource

Outreachy | Internships Supporting Diversity in Tech

An internship program that supports diversity in free and open source software. Learn more by visiting our website!

^{www.outreachy.org}

Some exciting news: Over the past few months I have been working on founding a new organization: Blodeuwedd Labs (@blodeuweddlabs)

We are now in a position to offer subsidized security assessments (and other services) for open source projects.

(In addition to a whole array of analysis, development, and custom research offerings for everyone else)

Announcement (and more info): blodeuweddlabs.com/news/open-s…

#infosec #security #appsec #canada #opensource

Launching our Open Source Review Scheme | Blodeuwedd Labs

To celebrate the founding of Blodeuwedd Labs we are excited to announce Subsidized Assessments for open source projects as part of our commitment to continually give back to the open source Community.

^{blodeuweddlabs.com}

Communal Bonfires; creating space for group-scale discourse on top of @matrix

blog.erlend.sh/communal-bonfir…

Today we're pre-releasing Commune, our first foundational step towards a community platform built specifically for alignment with digital gardens.

Cyber-ecological messaging anyone?!

It's an evolving piece of software serving as the primary bonfire component of the overarching Community OS concept.

github.com/commune-os/commune-…

#fediverse #opensource #threadiverse #community #matrix

GitHub - commune-os/commune-server: Build communities on Matrix

Build communities on Matrix. Contribute to commune-os/commune-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

GStreamer Conference 2023 - the Call for Papers is open!

Submit your talk proposals now!

gstreamer.freedesktop.org/conf…

See you 25-26 September in A Coruña, Spain!

#GStreamer #Conference #GstConf #opensource #FreeSoftware #Multimedia

We're excited to host #GNOMEAsia2023 in Kathmandu, Nepal! This year's summit will take place Dec 1-3. Find more details about the city and our venue here:
foundation.gnome.org/2023/07/1…

CfP and registration opening soon!

#GNOMEAsia #GNOME #opensource

We're ready for #FOSSY! Stop by the #GNOME table to pick up some stickers or purchase a t-shirt - if you're quick you might grab our very last hoodie (size L)!

#opensource #freesoftware

Please indulge me for a moment while I extend some enthusiastic appreciation to @ryangorley and @freehive.

I worked with FreeHive for several months on the new @thunderbird home page (check it out at thunderbird.net), and the final result far exceeded my expectations.

This is why I'm going to work with them to redesign the entire site over the next several months.

Ryan, you and your team make #opensource look GREAT!

Thunderbird — Free Your Inbox.

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!

^Thunderbird

THUNDERBIRD 115 SUPERNOVA IS HERE! 🎉🍾

With this year’s version, we’re delivering much more than just another yearly release. Supernova represents a modernized overhaul of the software – both visually and technically – while retaining the familiarity and flexibility you expect.

It's your first step into the future of Thunderbird.

Get the details here:
blog.thunderbird.net/2023/07/o…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email #Supernova

Our Fastest, Most Beautiful Release Ever: Thunderbird 115 "Supernova" Is Here!

More than just a yearly release, Supernova is a modernized overhaul of Thunderbird, but still feels comfortable and familiar.

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

#GUADEC2023 is only 2 weeks away! Have you registered yet? There's still time, let us know you're attending, in-person or remotely, by signing up here: events.gnome.org/event/101/

#GNOME #GUADEC #opensource

I don't know if anyone actually does #webdevelopment testing with #GNOME #Web (Epiphany) on #Linux, but if you've found the web inspector to be infuriatingly clunky everytime you open it, these fresh tickets are for you:

* bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i…
* bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i…
* bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?i…

#webdev #debugging #performance #opensource

The combination of rapidly-improving technologies like GNOME, Flatpak, Wayland, and Portals also means our active privacy protections are also better than ever before.

I went on to write:

>If and when we are able to develop an open, peer reviewed, industry-respected method of responsible and privacy-first telemetry, we may consider doing so.

While that post was in the context of elementary OS, I believe every word I wrote.

#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #GNOME #Flatpak

I’ve spent a long, long time thinking about ethical software, the challenges we *necessarily* give ourselves compared to closed competitors, and crucially, how to overcome those challenges.

Four and a half years ago, I wrote:

>respecting your privacy is the ethical thing to do; users have a fundamental right to the utmost privacy, even from companies and products they trust.

That’s as true as ever.

cassidyjames.com/blog/privacy-…

#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

Privacy and elementary OS ⋅ Cassidy James Blaede

How we protect your data from ourselves and others

^{cassidyjames.com}

Read my colleague @wjt’s post covering the privacy-first system we have built into @EndlessOS, how it fits together, and why it exists.

blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2023/07/0…

I hope this can serve as the beginning of the ecosystem coming together to solve this unique challenge in a way that is objectively superior than any proprietary system—all with privacy as the fundamental principle.

#EndlessOS #GNOME #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

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