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.
#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux
GNOME 49 has been officially released! Head over to the release notes to discover all the new features and enhancements:
Many thanks to our community for your work over the past 6 months. You're amazing!
#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux
Discover what's new in GNOME, the distraction-free computing platform.GNOME Release Notes
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
There is no calendaring app that I love more than GNOME Calendar. The design is slick, it works extremely well, it is touchpad friendly, and best of all, the community around it is just full of wonderful developers, designers, and contributors worth …TheEvilSkeleton
Companies around the world use LibreOffice to reduce costs, improve their privacy, and free themselves from dependence on single vendors.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
This week's bumper In-Process is out! Featuring:
- NVDA 2025.3 Released
- Using Chromium with the mouse issue
- We've been to WBU AND Something Digital
- and using Single Letter Navigation with web apps.
All that and more at: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…
And don't forget to subscribe to receive future posts by email: nvaccess.org/newsletter
#NVDA #NVDAsr #News #Blog #Newsletter #NewVersion #Chrome #Chromium #WBU #WBU25 #SomethingDigital #Tips #FOSS
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.
General Activities LibreOffice 25.8.0 and LibreOffice 25.8.1 were announced on August 20 and August 29 respectively Olivier Hallot (TDF) updated help for the option to load printer settings with document, sorting blocks of cells in Calc, hyphenation,…x1sc0 (LibreOffice QA Blog)
The Annual Report of The Document Foundation describes the foundation’s activities and projects, especially in regard to LibreOffice and the Document Liberation Project.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
NV Access are very pleased to announce the release of NVDA 2025.3!
This release includes improvements to Remote Access, SAPI5 voices, braille and the Add-on Store.
For full details and to download, please visit: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-3/
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #NewVersion #FOSS #OpenSource #New #News #Software #Blind
💡 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.
Zdeněk Crhonek (aka “raal”) from the Czech LibreOffice community writes: The Czech translation of the LibreOffice Calc Guide 25.2 is now available, thanks to the endless efforts of our team. It was translated by Petr Kuběj, Radomír Strnad and me.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
A few weeks ago, Linux New Media released an updated version of its “LibreOffice Expert” magazine, which contains tutorials, tips and tricks about the office suite.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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
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?
Love LibreOffice development? Want to turn your passion into a paid job? We are The Document Foundation (TDF), the non-profit entity behind LibreOffice.Open Source JobHub
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
Looking to leave GitHub?
Try Codeberg — it's Git, but based in Germany (Europe), without all of Microsoft's nonsense. They're also on the Fediverse: @Codeberg.
But wait — it gets better!
Codeberg is open source, and you can even host your own instance. The software is called Forgejo, built by the same folks behind Codeberg, and they're on the Fediverse too: @forgejo.
#GitHub #GitLab #Git #FOSS #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Microsoft
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.
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
Easy map navigation - Discover more of your journey - Powered by the communityIzzyOnDroid Repo Browser
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
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
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.huggingface.co
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in the last four weeks – click the links to learn more… Every six months – in February and August – we release a new major update to LibreOffice.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Upscaler just reached 200 thousand downloads 🥳
flathub.org/apps/io.gitlab.the…
#Upscaler #Upscaling #GNOME #libadwaita #GTK #GTK4 #FOSS #OpenSource #OSS #FreeSoftware #Linux #GNU
Discover The Fediverse: Together United
Understand how businesses have shifted and how the community united together will protect user rights by using Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-f…
@powerampache @davx5app @moememos @k9mail
#blog #FollowFriday #Fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS
Today, we celebrate the close of the June 2025 Outreachy Internship round!
Congratulations to our interns on their amazing contributions and growth.
We sincerely thank and appreciate our mentors + community coordinators for their support and collaboration.
This isn’t the end, it’s the start of many more contributions to the open source ecosystem. Together, we continue to build a more inclusive tech future. 💙
🔐 Tuta Mail introduces key verification to strengthen end-to-end encryption and defend against MITM attacks 👥
Users can now verify contacts’ public keys via QR code or manual comparison.
If skipped, Tuta defaults to TOFU (Trust On First Use) for seamless encryption 🧩
@Tutanota
🔗 tuta.com/blog/key-verification
#Encryption #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Tuta #Tutanota #TutaMail #EmailSecurity #OpenSource #FOSS #E2EE #PGP #Email #Mail #TechNews #DataProtection #Crypto #DigitalRights #OnlinePrivacy
Key verification makes your encrypted mailbox even more secure, enabling you to prevent monster-in-the-middle attacks.Tuta
Berlin, 29 August 2025 – LibreOffice 25.8.1, the first minor release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite for personal productivity in office environments, is now available at https://www.libreoffice.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
Here is what is missing in the popular #OSM based #FOSS apps (#OsmAnd, @CoMaps & @organicmaps) from being a potential replacement for GMaps.
1. Photos & Reviews are two most important things that are missing right now. @mangroveReviews and @lib_reviews are here to fill the reviews gap. #WikimediaCommons, @panoramax are here to fill the photos gap.
2. Crowdsourced Real time Traffic data. I couldn't find any #opendata platform yet. Though I saw an empty repo created under the CoMaps project. 🤞
The LibreOffice Conference will start in a week from today with the Community Meeting, at the Faculty of Informatics of ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University) in Pázmány Péter stny. 1/C, 1117 Budapest.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
The UbuCon India UbuCon India is the first-ever UbuCon by the India LoCo dedicated to the Ubuntu ecosystem and the broader Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community in India.Canonical / Ubuntu Events (Indico)
Today we’re talking to Olivier Dufailly, who’s working on PyPos3DLO, an app based on LibreOffice to create mechanical characters, edit and optimize Poser files, and manipulate WaveFront files: Tell us a bit about yourself! I live in Toulouse (France)…Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Initial applications are now open for the December 2025 Outreachy internships!
Outreachy provides remote, paid internships in open source & open science, supporting applicants from any background or identity who are impacted by underrepresentation, systemic bias, or discrimination.
📅 Deadline: Sept 1, 2025
🔎 Read important information and apply: outreachy.org/blog/2025-08-25/…
Some helpful guide: diode.zone/w/p/9VoMGSJWQEhxiaq…
#Outreachy #FOSS #OpenSource #Internship
An internship program that supports diversity in free and open source software. Learn more by visiting our website!www.outreachy.org
