Nextcloud has ambitious growth goals for 2026. A lot of new remote positions are open now:
- Engineers (#PHP, #JS)
- Marketing
- Sales and Sales Engineers
- #HR (Germany)
➡️ Apply & share: nextcloud.com/jobs/
Boosts appreciated 🙏
#OpenSource #GetFediHired #FOSS #SoftwareDevelopment #Careers #Jobs #Hiring #Nextcloud #EU #WFH
#XMPP #Extensions and #Specifications ( #XEP )
Read about the new XMPP Extensions and Specifications changes and updates in December 2025:
xmpp.org/2026/01/the-xmpp-news…
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xeps #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging
In this issue: Pack your bags and get ready for the XMPP Summit 28, take part on any or all of the three XMPP events on Fosdem 26 and the other two on the RHL26. Learn about Monal IM internals. Last JMP newsletter of the year. Update your clients …xmpp.org
The XMPP Newsletter for December 2025 is out!
Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!
xmpp.org/2026/01/the-xmpp-news…
Enjoy reading! ☕
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter
In this issue: Pack your bags and get ready for the XMPP Summit 28, take part on any or all of the three XMPP events on Fosdem 26 and the other two on the RHL26. Learn about Monal IM internals. Last JMP newsletter of the year. Update your clients …xmpp.org
My 2026 resolution: renewing my monthly donations to the projects powering my life&work.
@eff
@internetarchive
@wikimediafoundation
@devuan
@thunderbird
@thephpf
@phpcs
And you? Can you pick just one project to back this year?
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #NewYearResolution
Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!Thunderbird
🚨 NEW VIDEO: The Windows Exodus Has Begun.
2025 was the breaking point. Forced hardware retirement and intrusive AI have sparked a mass migration to GNU/Linux. In this video, I explore:
📈 The data behind the 3.20% Steam high.
🇪🇺 How the EU is saving millions by ditching Microsoft.
🛡️ Why 2026 is the year of Digital Sovereignty.
Stop fighting your OS. Start owning it.
🔴 Full Video: youtube.com/watch?v=dLzdTgCXyR…
#TerminalTilt #WindowsExodus #Windows10 #Windows11 #Microsoft #WindowsEOL #Recall #Copilot #DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #DigitalPrivacy #NoAI #HumanMade #DeGoogle #EthicalTech #Autonomy #DataSovereignty #AntiSpyware #Telemetry #SurveillanceCapitalism #RightToPrivacy #Encryption #SoftwareFreedom #ExitWindows #Migration #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux #SteamDeck #Valve #Proton #Bazzite #SteamOS #HandheldGaming #PCGaming #ROGAlly #LegionGo #GamingCommunity #SteamHardwareSurvey #EWaste #Sustainability #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #CircularEconomy #GreenTech #SaveThePC #Hardware #Environment #EUtech #PublicMoneyPublicCode #OpenStandards #SchleswigHolstein #GermanyTech #GovernmentIT #DigitalRights #Linux #GNUlinux #Debian #Trixie #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #LibreOffice #Thunderbird #Nextcloud #SelfHosted #HomeLab #CLI #CommandLine #Terminal #Bash #FishShell #Dotfiles #SysAdmin #QueerTech #TransInTech #DisabledInTech #Accessibility #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HumanContent #ContentCreator #SmallYouTuber #SmallStreamer #YouTube #IndieCreator #SupportIndependent #LinuxUser #Tech #TechNews #OperatingSystems
For decades, “The Year of the Linux Desktop” was treated as a tech world punchline. But as we enter 2026, the data shows the laughter has stopped. Between th...YouTube
Liebes #Fediverse,
Zum ersten #DiDay 2026 möchte ich zum Austausch über offene #Videokonferenz-Tools einladen!
🗓️ 04.01.2026
🕔 17:00–18:00 MEZ
📍meet.opentalk.eu/room/e05f049b…
Ich stelle einen #OpenTalk-Raum zur Verfügung und möchte damit gleichzeitig einen Stresstest machen (bis zu 200 Teilnehmer:innen gehen rein, daher teilt und boostet, so viel ihr könnt)! Ihr braucht nur einen Browser – und Zeit.
To celebrate the first official Digital Independence Day - with some help of other #opensource enthusiasts - we convinced someone from my family:
✅ to install #Linux on their Mac computer,
✅ created a #Mastodon account for them,
✅ and assisted them in the transition.
It worked out!
Thank you to the anonymous supporter! ;)
#unplugtrump #didit #diday #dutgemacht #foss
I’ve just created a new Django starter pack on FediDevs 👀
It collects non-human accounts only: Django projects, conferences, podcasts, news, and community initiatives.
No personal accounts, just things you may want to follow once and forget.
If you know other Django-related project accounts on the Fediverse, please reply and suggest them.
Happy to keep improving this together 💚
Please reboot 🙏
#Django #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSource #FediDevs
CC @fedidevs
We're finally addressing a behavior that has been driving some of us crazy with how floating windows transition from/to the overview on GNOME Shell
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-s…
#GNOME #Shell #JavaScript #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource
I suggest you support Standard Ebooks 📚
“Standard Ebooks is a volunteer-driven project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, free of … copyright restrictions, and free of cost.” ⚖️
See what’s free to read on January 1 👇
standardebooks.org/blog/public…
Please boost 🙏
#StandardEbooks #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Copyright #Ebooks #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Python
CC @standardebooks
DI-Day im #c3d2
Der @c3d2 lädt zu mehr digitaler Unabhängigkeit ein und wir kommen mit vorbei.
Ihr habt Fragen zu freien Messengern wie #Matrix oder #XMPP, #Linux, dem #Fediverse oder anderen #OpenSource-Themen? Dann kommt gern am Sonntag den 4. Januar ab 14:00 Uhr in die Räume des c3d2, Riesaer Str. 32, #Dresden.
#DIDay #DIDayHelpdesk #DIDAySprechstunde
# Thank You to Our Global Community
None of this progress would be possible without our contributors, volunteers, organizers, and users, including developers, designers, translators, mentors, and advocates.
Your passion and commitment to free software continue to drive GNOME forward.
Here’s to an even more innovative and inclusive 2026!
#GNOME #OpenSource #Community #GNOME49 #GUADEC2025 #GNOMEAsia #GNOMELatam #YearInReview
FLOSS #MaintainerLife public service advisory:
If you're filing a potential bug upstream in #GNOME, particularly on rapidly-improving apps like GNOME Calendar, please test the latest version, unmodified by third-parties. #Flatpak helps.
Don't come at me with a 4-years-old version cowboy-patched against our will by #Linux distros like Mint; I will send you downstream, like this: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-c…
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #QA #bugreporting #LinuxMint #Debian #Ubuntu #LTS #GNOMECalendar
Affected version: 41.2 on Linux Mint 22 (Wilma) Bug summary A calendar event with...GitLab
Alternatives européennes et open source aux GAFAM
En 2025, plusieurs alternatives européennes et open source aux GAFAM se distinguent, notamment pour répondre aux enjeux de souveraineté numérique, de respect de la vie privée et de conformité au RGPD.
https://www.mapao.net/actualites-web/982-alternatives-européennes-et-open-source-aux-gafam.html
Recently, for Digital Wellbeing we merged notification improvements. Other feature work that will allow parents to better set their kids screen time by not allowing kids to unlock the screen and allow parents to extend screen time as needed is under review.
Digital Wellbeing helps parents encourage safe and healthy habits for their kids. These are features that are funded by the GNOME Foundation. #DigitalWellbeing #FriendsofGNOME
#FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #GNOME
#XSF Announcement
We are considering to participate the #Google Summer of Code 2026!
If you are interested as a contributor or mentoring #XMPP project start reading here: wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summe…
#GSoC #ccc #chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource #interoperability #operators #rtc
#XMPP Community
The XMPP assembly at #39C3 in the space is inside the Critical #Decentralization Cluster #habitat.
Come by and have a chat on federated chat 
#Chaos #Communication #Congress #Hamburg #ccc #chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource #interoperability #operators #rtc
#GNOME Foundation supports the infrastructure for a lot of foundational technologies that are widely used.
If you are a company or individual, consider donating to the GNOME Foundation so we can help make the infrastructure sustainable of this software. donate.gnome.org/
#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS
Work for a U.S. based corporation?
Some of them will match donations program! Consider joining their match program and donate to the #GNOME Foundation.
Become a #FriendofGNOME at
#XMPP Community
Find XMPP assembly at #39C3 in the space is inside the Critical #Decentralization Cluster #habitat.
Yes, there are stickers 📌
#Chaos #Communication #Congress #Hamburg #ccc #chat #messaging #jabber #standards #opensource #interoperability #operators
⌨ FUTO klávesnice pro Android se naučila přidat obrázek do pozadí
infoek.cz/futo-klavesnice-pro-…
⌨ FUTO keyboard for Android has learned to add a background image
infoek-cz.translate.goog/futo-…
#FUTO #Opensource #Android #Mobileapps #Privacy
Softwarových klávesnic pro mobily existuje několik, ale drtivá většina uživatelů používá ty přednastavené výrobcem. Takové klávesnice jsou sice kvalitní a d ...Adolf Pupík (Infoek.cz)
Donate, donation, donations, funding, help, support, LibreOfficewww.libreoffice.org
Did you know that #Abbott caused the deaths of seven diabetics this year?
Some of Abbott's continuous glucose monitors (ironically named the #FreeStyle #Libre 3 Plus) incorrectly reported low blood sugar — a grave & dangerous error for insulin-dependent #diabetes. I fortunately wasn't injured, but Abbott's refusal to allow public examination the technical details of their devices is tantamount to a cover-up.
More here: sfconservancy.org/blog/2025/de…
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #SoftwareFreedom
I wrote last month about my diabetes diagnosis this year and my difficult choice to wear a proprietary device (called a CGM) on my arm 24/7 to continuously monitor my glucose levels. Like my friend and colleague, Karen M.Software Freedom Conservancy
We are grateful to everyone who has become a #FriendsOfGNOME. Your donations help us plan new programs for 2026 and strengthen the future of #GNOME. We also thank all our contributors across many roles, without whom our desktop would not be possible.
Happy Holidays!
Ubuntu-based elementary OS 8.1 is now available with the Wayland-based Secure Session set as the default and fixes over 1,100 reported issues.
linuxiac.com/elementary-os-8-1…
#linux #opensource #elementaryos
We love hearing from you and take pride in a tight feedback loop where we push updates in weeks not years. Since the release of OS 8, we’ve been able to address over 1,100 of the reports you filed!
~72% of them were fixed bugs—unexpected or disruptive software behaviors
~18% were new features or enhancements that you requested
The last 10% were things like project management tasks, tech debt, and code cleanup
Everything you love, made even better. OS 8.1 improves the Secure Session and Dock, enhances accessibility, improves support for your devices, and addresses your feedback with over 1,100 issue reports fixed
OSCloud je komunitní, open-source a bez reklam.
Běží díky lidem, kteří chtějí svobodné a soukromí respektující služby.
🎄 Vánoce jsou dobrá chvíle zastavit se a podpořit projekty, které dávají smysl.
👉 Pokud vám OSCloud dává smysl, zvažte finanční podporu.
Pomůžete udržet infrastrukturu a rozvoj služeb pro všechny.
oscloud.cz/co-to-bude-stat/
#oscloud #opensource
By the way, what also helped a bit with the switch is, that all podcasts started to monetize, thus on spotify there is always only a short preview version of the podcast. Full one is usally available as a user specific rss link. This pushed me to find separate podcast solution and I am much happier with the solution I found:
#NextCloud + Gpodder sync plugin as synchronization server NextCloud + Podcasts plugin for web browser listening on desktop
#AntennaPod for on the go listening on Android
It's #selfHosted, it's #openSource and that's what I like.
As an Open Source developer in Germany, I'd greatly benefit if our work was officially recognized as voluntary service (Ehrenamt).
If you are located in Germany, please help by signing this petition: openpetition.de/petition/blog/…
Thank you for your support! (Please do not sign if you are not living in Germany.)
💵 Acabo de hacer mi donación anual a @thunderbird para contribuir a su mantenimiento. No lo dejes para más tarde.
updates.thunderbird.net/es-ES/…
#Thunderbird #Email #OpenSource #Donate
Thunderbird es una aplicación de correo gratuita fácil de configurar y personalizar, ¡y con muchas características geniales!Thunderbird
We can't put enough gratitude in the character limit for everything our community has helped us do this year, so we wrote a recap blog. Thank you everyone who made this all happen! 💙 🙌
blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/t…
No year-end judging of your music or video habits here. Just what Thunderbird donors, contributors, and team members made possible in 2025!Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
Berlin, 18 December 2025 – LibreOffice 25.8.4, the fourth minor update to the free office suite developed by volunteers for personal productivity in office environments on Windows, MacOS and Linux, is now available from the download page.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
