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Join the #LibreOffice Team as a Paid Developer focusing on the Base database application, preferably full-time, remote: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware #jobs


More and more governments and organisations are freeing themselves from vendor lock-in! The Austrian military has moved 16,000 PCs to #LibreOffice – getting vital digital sovereignty in the process: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware




Help wanted, please!

If you have *first hand experience* of improving the diversity of a governance board of (currently all men) volunteers, I'd love to hear how you went about it, or resources which helped you, please.

What did you find helped make the role more attractive to a wider range of applicants to join?

(This is in the context of a Free software project, but broader contexts are welcome.)

#Diversity #inclusion #FOSS #FreeSoftware


Last Saturday was Software Freedom Day! #LibreOffice's Liaison in Nepal gave a talk about the importance of open formats: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #openstandards


Are you working on Free & Open Source technologies that benefit other people too? Consider to apply for funding in our open calls.

  • You can ask for between 5k - 50k euro
  • Anyone can apply: individuals, SMEs, institutions, collectives, etc.
  • There is little administrative overhead: no reporting-the project is the proof of work. And the application form is simple & straightforward.
    The next deadline for the rolling open call is October 1
    nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250801-ca…
    #FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #fossfunding


There'll be #LibreOffice-focused talks at the Open Source Conference 2025 in Luxembourg, on October 1: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


My Hero of the Day is @valadaptive@github.com, who came out of nowhere and, just like that, deleted 11K lines of FontForge legacy code.

After the initial shock and dismay, the rather conservative board eventually agreed, and today her PR was merged 🚀

github.com/fontforge/fontforge…

#FontForge #FOSS #opensource




Itching to try GNOME 49 today? Developers and curious testers can try GNOME OS in a virtual machine or bare metal:

os.gnome.org/

Just remember that GNOME OS itself is considered pre-release software; bad things may happen if you use it in production. Happy testing!

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux


Thank you to everyone who helped make GNOME 49 a reality—especially every Friend of GNOME whose financial support sustains the GNOME Foundation!

If you'd like to join us on the road to GNOME 50, consider donating to become a Friend of GNOME today. With your help, we can continue to build a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem to realize a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust.

donate.gnome.org/

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux



At last, all the accessibility improvements on GNOME Calendar are finally available as a stable release. Get it on Flathub while it's hot!!!

flathub.org/en/apps/org.gnome.…

#Accessibility #GNOME #GTK #GTK4 #libadwaita #a11y #calendar #GNOMECalendar #Linux #GNU #OpenSource #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OSS




Welches lokal und datenschutzfreundlich nutzbare #LLM möchte man denn installieren, um das #Foto #Archiv mit #Bildbeschreibungen zu versehen.

Daraus möchte ich eine eigene #Datenbank bauen.

Und nein, ich möchte keine Fotoverwaltungssoftware installieren.

#OpenSource #FOSS


In August, #LibreOffice's developer community worked on many new features, and resolved hundreds of bug reports. Learn more: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #qa #OpenSource




💡 Governments play a crucial role to support the #DigitalCommons.

@ChristopherWilson (from @MyDataglobal) highlights their vital role and emphasises that the design challenge is also a key consideration.

Let’s build systems that serve people, not platforms.
commons.ngi.eu/videos/

#FOSS #PublicTech #Interoperability #Data #DigitalCommons

@martelinnovate @OpenForumEurope @openfuture @cnrs @linuxfoundation @ngi


Fingerprint reader functionality under #Linux sucks.

1. Every few reboots/updates/whatever-triggers it, the fingerprint functionality GETS DISABLED all by itself. The bug is there in BOTH Ubuntu and Arch Linux ( #gnome ).

2. GDM won't let me choose between pass & fingerprint reading. This has repercussions for gnome's keyring.

3. Because the keyring is not unlocked, launching things like Chrome requires you to type a password! Again!

Overall, abysmal.

#fprint #fingerprint #foss #opensource



LibreOffice has extensive documentation, thanks to volunteers around the world! And there are translations in many languages too. The Czech community just finished translating the LibreOffice Calc Guide 25.2: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


We have some new LibreOffice Expert magazines from @linuxmagazine to give away! We want to get them to schools, libraries and local communities, especially in remote places where internet access isn't easily available: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Libervia CLI tip 6:

Most commands have an `-O, --output` option to format the output. By default, the output is pretty formatted for humans, but you can output in JSON, XML, or other formats.

With `template` output you can use Jinja templates, either built-in ones (the ones used in the web frontend), or your own; useful to build static HTML pages/sites, or reformat the data the way you want.

Use `--help` to see available outputs

libervia.org/__b/doc/backend/l…

#Libervia #CLI #li #tips #XMPP #FOSS


I have been pushing for #Inkscape to remove/decommission it's Twitter account. But I didn't want to do it unilaterally, bossing people about, but through reasoned policy that can be applied to other captured banana-pants social media platforms.

So I've drafted a policy, which I'm interested in having more people look at as it's going to be one of those gnarly things that's important to get right:

lists.inkscape.org/hyperkitty/…

What do you think? Worth while approach for a #foss project?


Featured Job: @tdforg is seeking a remote @libreoffice developer to improve the user interface. Application deadline is September 12. Learn more on #OSJH
opensourcejobhub.com/job/26232…
#LibreOffice #OpenSource #developer #RemoteWork #macOS #FOSS


Hi everyone,

The NVDA 2025.3 Release Candidate is now available for testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2025.3 release.

This release includes improvements to Remote Access, SAPI5 voices, braille and the Add-on Store.

Full details and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3r…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease #FOSS #Update #News #Accessibility


The #Google playstore bias against #FOSS apps should end, @daniel. I'm so sorry you face this.

Never would software freedom activists like myself, in 2005, imagined that 20 years later the most common computers that most users have would forbid users from installing FOSS, *AND* impede small FOSS businesses from operating boutique shops that provide useful FOSS apps to their users.

The computing world quickly slouches toward dystopia.


Hello world! 👋 Greetings from the #LibreOffice Conference in Budapest. Of course, this is just one part of the wider LibreOffice community that makes the software – consisting of hundreds of people around the world. Join them! #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


CoMaps is now on IzzyOnDroid!

IzzyOnDroid is an Android store for Free & Open Source Software. The apps are free (as in „free beer“ and as in „free speech“) and Open Source.

Builds for IzzyOnDroid are directly from developers and signed by developers. This enables very fast publishing (whereas F-Droid re-builds apps from source).

There are several ways to install and update CoMaps via IzzyOnDroid:
apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…

#IzzyOnDroid #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSSCommunity #LibreApps





Poll: How many screens do you work with? 🖥️

Vote + Boost 🔁 = ❤️

(Feel free to reply with how this setup helps you 👇)

#Linux #Arch #LinuxMint #Fedora #Debian #Ubuntu #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #Tech #Technology #Apple #OS #iOS #MacOS #OperatingSystem #Monitor #Monitors #Screen #Screens #TV #OLED #2k #4k #HD #Job #Work #Productivity #Multitasking #Dev #DevOps #Development #Developers #DevLife #SysAdmin #TechCommunity

  • 🧍 Just 1 screen (0 votes)
  • 🧑‍💻 Dual setup (2) (0 votes)
  • 🧠 Triple or more (0 votes)
Poll end: 1 month ago


In my quest to replace all my day-to-day apps with #FOSS alternatives, I installed @thunderbird tonight. Pretty impressively efficient startup, it just brought over all the Outlook data (kind of wish it asked before it did) *except* it REFUSES to sync my outlook.com email. Will need to check on that when it's not late o'clock.
#opensource



Big News! The completely #opensource #LLM #Apertus 🇨🇭 has been released today:

📰 swisscom.ch/en/about/news/2025…

🤝 The model supports over 1000 languages [EDIT: an earlier version claimed over 1800] and respects opt-out consent of data owners.

▶ This is great for #publicAI and #transparentAI. If you want to test it for yourself, head over to: publicai.co/

🤗 And if you want to download weights, datasets & FULL TRAINING DETAILS, you can find them here:
huggingface.co/collections/swi…

🔧 Tech report: huggingface.co/swiss-ai/Apertu…

After #Teuken7b and #Olmo2, Apertus is the next big jump in capabilities and performance of #FOSS #LLMs, while also improving #epistemicresilience and #epistemicautonomy with its multilingual approach.

I believe that especially for sensitive areas like #education, #healthcare, or #academia, there is no alternative to fully open #AI models. Everybody should start building upon them and improving them.

#KIMündigkeit #SovereignAI #FOSS #ethicalAI #swissai #LernenmitKI