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
“If our DNSSEC expert leaves, we’d have no idea how to keep it running.”
When continuity depends on one person, that isn’t resilience — it’s fragility.
We interviewed sixteen TLDs about DNSSEC operations. Stay tuned to learn what keeps them up at night. Full report drops Tuesday, September 9.
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)
Come explore a large random selection of forever open source #TTRPG resources, from games to SRDs to art and more!
thoughtpunks.com/open-source-t…
#OpenSource #TabletopGames #IndieGames
Here's a collection of forever open licensed tabletop roleplaying games and resources. Borrowed from and inspired by the Forever Open Source RPG game jamRevCasey (Thought Punks)
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)
🍲 Novinka na Oscloudu: Mealie – sdílená kuchařka a plánovač jídelníčků!
Mealie je open-source aplikace, kde můžeš:
- ukládat a třídit recepty,
- plánovat jídelníčky,
- generovat nákupní seznamy,
- importovat recepty z webových stránek
- sdílet recepty s rodinou nebo komunitou.
🔑 Přihlášení je jednoduché přes Oscloud účet. Registrace probíhá jen na pozvánku nebo přímo zde:
👉 helpdesk.oscloud.cz/help/30202…
Více zde:
👉 docs.oscloud.cz/apps/mealie/
The EU needs a corporate “open source contribution tax” to fund open source maintainers
Open source, the thing that drives the world, the thing Harvard says has an economic value of 8.8 trillion dollars (also a big number). Most of it is one person. And I can promise you not one of those single person projects have the proper amount of resource
New Arcticons release!
🎉 226 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 640 apps using existing icons.
🔥 13460 icons in total!
This also might be the last release on GitHub; we're looking into moving to Codeberg. ⛰️
github.com/Arcticons-Team/Arct…
#Arcticons #iconpack #icons #design #OpenSource #androidapp
🎉 226 new and updated icons! 💡 Added support for 640 apps using existing icons. 🔥 13460 icons in total! ⛰️ We are planning on moving away from GitHub to Codeberg! What's Changed 13.2.4 by @Donnn...GitHub
Thunderbird 142.0 has a host of exciting features and bug fixes. From improving the PDF experience to better support for quiet time, learn what's just landed in our recap of the newest monthly release.
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/t…
Our latest monthly release makes resetting folder order easy, lets you sign PDFs, honors 'Do Not Disturb' in native notifications, and more!David Hathaway (The Thunderbird Blog)
“The vulnerability might be in the proof-of-concept”
This is a common pattern I see for reporters to open source projects, where the proof-of-concept itself contains the vulnerability, not the project.
👉 sethmlarson.dev/the-vulnerabil…
#security #opensource #oss #vulnerability
The Security Developer-in-Residence role at the Python Software Foundation is funded by Alpha-Omega. Thanks to Alpha-Omega for sponsoring security in the Python ecosystem. I'm on the...sethmlarson.dev
The slides from my first talk from earlier today at #OSSummit can be found below. Building a SolarPunk Web: Open Source for a Sustainable Digital Future
#SolarPunk #OpenSource #ClimateTech #WebSustainability #SustyWeb
docs.google.com/presentation/d…
Building a SolarPunk Web Open Source for a Sustainable Digital Future Mike Gifford, Open Source Summit Europe 2025 August 27, 2025 2:10-2:50pm CEST D202 (Elicium Level 2) Building a Solarpunk Web: Open Source for a Sustainable Digital Future - Mike G…Google Docs
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)
Great presentation today at #OSSummit Europe today by @zendis
So encouraging to see #Germany's leadership on deploying #OpenSource #SoverignDigital #government
Looking at how to manage both the technology but also the change. Amazing to see France & Holland also collaborating on this project!
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
This governance work by @pyladies is truly top notch. The evolution of their governance as the project grows and matures is exactly the way a #FOSS community should operate.
Apple: spaceship 🛸
Microsoft: glass tower 🏢
Linux: basement... still runs the internet 🐧😎
Root access > real estate.
Pic source: reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/commen…
📸👇
#Linux #Desktop #FOSS #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Microsoft #Windows #TechNews #CyberSecurity #UserFreedom #Freedom #Tech #Technology #AI #OS #MacOS #Meme #TechMeme
As of GNOME 49, GNOME Settings will feature a button for configuring the Orca screen reader!
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…
#GNOME #Accessibility #a11y #Orca #ScreenReader #ScreenReaders #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
I am pleased to be speaking at #OSSummit this afternoon in Amsterdam on Digital Public Goods - Incentivizing Collaboration
osseu2025.sched.com/event/28XF…
#DigitalPublicGoods #DPG #FOSS #OpenSource #OSS
Digital Public Goods are often celebrated as open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content.osseu2025.sched.com
Bottles devs give more info on their funding from NLnet gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/bott…
Recently the Bottles team announced they've been granted funding by NLnet NGI Zero Commons and now they've given more detail on what it means.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The first public release of Nitro adds another option to the world of init systems, offering a minimalist process supervisor for Linux environments.
linuxiac.com/nitro-is-a-new-in…
#linux #opensource #init
Hyped for Thunderbird Pro? The team has shared an update on what's planned, including Thundermail e-mail address, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe a bit more!
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/new-de…
#opensource #Thunderbird #email
Thunderbird Pro will offer Thundermail email service, appointment scheduling, file sharing, and maybe even AI features. Email will be hosted on German servers.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
Hi, The public share link has been removed with the 3.15 client version. Could it be possible to bring back this feature ? Below, a screen from a right click on a folder/file with the 3.14.3 client...SebjuFrab (GitHub)
New major update to the private, free and open source office suite! #LibreOffice 25.8 is now available, with:
📝 Navigator improvements in Writer
📊 Many new spreadsheet functions
🚀 Faster file loading
Learn more and download it: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware
The best open source office suite continues to evolve, while maintaining its focus on privacy and digital sovereignty Berlin, 20 August 2025 – The Document Foundation announces the release of LibreOffice 25.8.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
Curious about our progress on Thunderbird Pro? Our latest update, direct from Managing Director Ryan Sipes, keeps you in the know - and lets you know how to stay updated:
#Thunderbird #ThunderbirdPro #OpenSource
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/08/t…
Our team is hard at work on Thunderbird Pro. Get the latest developments on Thundermail, Appointment, and Send in our latest update.Ryan Sipes (The Thunderbird Blog)
LibreOffice does not include artificial intelligence (AI) out-of-the-box. But many users want AI features in the suite – so we encourage developers to make them available as optional extensions.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
