A public sector funding initiative should pick up #Mozilla #Firefox and drive it as a community browser indepedent of #Google funding.

A browser is by far the single most impactful gateway to computing resources for people nowadays. (Right after a mobile OS.)

It must not be allowed to fail.

zdnet.com/home-and-office/netw…

#OpenSource #OpenWeb #PublicSector #PublicMoneyPublicCode

Why Google's legal troubles could hasten Firefox's slide into irrelevance

Fewer people than ever use the once popular web browser, but Mozilla remains profitable thanks to Google. How long can that trend continue with the Department of Justice coming after Google?

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

#Slop is low-quality media - including writing and images - made using generative artificial intelligence technology.

Quelle: Wikipedia.

Open source projects have to deal with a growing number of low-quality vulnerability reports based on AI. See for example this comment from Daniel Stenberg, maintainer of #Curl:

I'm sorry you feel that way, but you need to realize your own role here. We receive AI slop like this regularly and at volume. You contribute to unnecessary load of curl maintainers and I refuse to take that lightly and I am determined to act swiftly against it. Now and going forward.

You submitted what seems to be an obvious AI slop "report" where you say there is a security problem, probably because an AI tricked you into believing this. You then waste our time by not telling us that an AI did this for you and you then continue the discussion with even more crap responses - seemingly also generated by AI.

Weiterlesen bei HackerOne: Buffer Overflow Risk in Curl_inet_ntop and inet_ntop4.

#opensource #AI #LLM #Spam

curl disclosed on HackerOne: Buffer Overflow Risk in Curl_inet_ntop...

*Curl is a software that I love and is an important tool for the world. * *If my report doesn't align, I apologize for that.* The `Curl_inet_ntop` function is designed to convert IP addresses from...

^HackerOne

Wishing everyone a great time at EmacsConf by EmacsConf team starting today in the Internet

foss.events/2024/12-07-emacsco…

#emacsconf #EmacsConf #EmacsConfteam #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

Have experience in open source program management, especially within the US legislative landscape? We’re seeking a contractor to help bootstrap Flathub into a self-sustaining entity.

Help us:

• Launch payment & donation systems
• Establish operational governance
• Coordinate financial & legal operations
• Ensure community engagement & transparency
discourse.flathub.org/t/reques…

#Flathub #FediHire #GetFediHired #Flatpak #job #JobAlert #OpenSource #Flatpak #Linux

Request for Proposals: Flathub Program Management

The GNOME Foundation is seeking a contractor to help with program management, financial/legal setup, and public outreach to bootstrap Flathub LLC. This work is funded by Endless. Project Overview The GNOME Foundation, in partnership with KDE e.V.

^{Flathub Discourse}

The Fedora Project is looking for a new git forge to move to, and right now the preference is toward @forgejo over GitLab. We're looking for feedback one more time from the community before the Fedora Council has a vote on it!

Learn more: fedoramagazine.org/fedora-move…

#Fedora #Forgejo #GitLab #OpenSource #Git

Fedora Moves Towards Forgejo - Fedora Magazine

Numerous factors were involved in the decision to move to Forgejo and this article will discuss them, present some background on the process, and invite one more chance for feedback.

^{Akashdeep Dhar (Fedora Project)}

I've noticed a concerning trend of "slop security reports" being sent to open source projects. Here are thoughts about what platforms, reporters, and maintainers can do to push back:

#oss #opensource #security

sethmlarson.dev/slop-security-…

New era of slop security reports for open source

I'm on the security report triage team for CPython, pip, urllib3, Requests, and a handful of other open source projects. I'm also in a trusted position such that I get "tagged in" to other open sou...

^{sethmlarson.dev}

Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video!

It's my birthday today, so I'll leave you to it and go enjoy some free time :)

youtube.com/watch?v=8JQGGQIVlx…

Steam Controller 2 design leak, bcacheFS ban, Wine + Wayland by default: Linux & Open Source News

Give a shot to proton VPN with their Black Friday deals (up to 70% off): https://protonvpn.com/TheLinuxEXPGrab a brand new laptop or desktop running Linux: h...

^YouTube

🎉 Představujeme Wallabag na OSCloud! 🧾
Máte rádi zajímavé články, ale nemáte čas si je přečíst hned? Wallabag je perfektní řešení! Umožňuje ukládat webové stránky, články nebo příspěvky a číst je později, bez rušivých reklam a v přehledném formátu.

Naše instance je dostupná na adrese: read.oscloud.cz 📚

Co Wallabag umí?
✅ Ukládat články jedním kliknutím.
✅ Přistupovat k obsahu z mobilu, tabletu nebo počítače.
✅ Stahovat články offline a číst je bez internetu.
✅ Otevřený a bezpečný – vaše data jsou jen vaše!

Vyzkoušejte Wallabag ještě dnes a mějte své oblíbené články vždy po ruce! 🚀
Více informací zatím jen na docs.oscloud.cz/apps/wallabag/

#Wallabag #OSCloud #OpenSource #ReadItLater

#Joplin soll für blinde Menschen besser nutzbar werden.

Wer helfen möchte, hier entlang:
discourse.joplinapp.org/t/call…
@joplinapp@mastodon.social
#a11y #blind #Barrierefrei #Test #Software #OpenSource

Calling visually impaired users: help us improve accessibility!

Over the past months, we’ve been improving the accessibility of both our desktop and mobile apps, in particular to better support visually impaired users.

^{Joplin Forum}

@RaccoonForFriendica version 0.3.1 has been released!

Here is a summary of the changes:
- feat: add profile recovery screen;
- fix: review inline content alternate text;
- fix: strip off HTML before editing posts;
- enhancement: improve timeline a11y;
- enhancement: add friendica.myportal.social to default instances;
- chore: add unit tests for content pagination and repositories;
- chore: dependency updates.

This is mostly a bugfix release dealing with the most annoying issues you reported (e.g. the lack of management for expired tokens, accessibility issues, post editing with markup). Plus, since I've been adding a lot of unit tests, some minor bugs (e.g. direct messages pagination) were resolved too.

I'll keep populating the backlog with what you report and I'll continue to add tests to increase coverage.

Remember to #livefasteattrash!

#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #raccoonforfriendica #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #procyonproject

@RaccoonForFriendica version 0.3.0 has been released!

I summarize the changelogs of 0.3.0 and 0.2.1 (because maybe you missed that patch):

* feat: possibility received text and images from other apps and create post;
* feat: add possibility to change system status/navigation bar theme;
* feat: add support for announcements (Mastodon);
* fix: settings load for anonymous users;
* fix: notification type serialization for filtering and push subscription;
* fix: poll footer layout;
* fix: make user names/handles clickable;
* enhancement: change “Send" button position in post creation;
* enhancement: change open circle/list in circle management screen;
* enhancement: make legacy login less visible;
* chore: add description for non-textual UI elements;
* chore: add new l10ns (ua, fi);
* chore: add more unit tests and coverage report;
* chore: update dependencies.

Hope you are having fun on Friendica (or Mastodon) and as always #livefasteattrash

#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #opensource #foss #procyonproject

📣 Attention all custom ROM users and advocates for digital rights! 📣

Google's Play Integrity is limiting access to certain functionalities and applications for those using custom operating systems. This is a direct attack on the open-source community and a step towards further consolidating Google's monopoly in the mobile ecosystem.

The European Commission is aware of the situation, but has deemed it a low priority: europarl.europa.eu/doceo/docum…

It's time for us to take action and show Google and the EU how much we care about this issue! 💥

Sign the petition now to stop Google from limiting access to custom ROMs: change.org/p/stop-google-from-…

#StopGoogleMonopoly #CustomROMs #DigitalRights #OpenSource #PlayIntegrity #Google #deGoogle #privacy #right2repair #rightorepair #r2r #EU

Let's unite and fight for our right to use and develop custom operating systems! 💪

Had to explain to another user why asking a volunteer project to fix an issue is inappropriate.

And I get that's it's a really subtle point here between saying "I also have this problem" (fine) and "Please fix this issue" (not ok)

i.e. You can only ask people you have a relationship with to do work for you. You can NOT ask strangers to labour for you for free, even if you think it's important, or appropriate.

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #PayForFreeSoftware

Black Weeks at @Tutanota Save 62% On Our Legend Plan! 💎 tuta.com/blog/black-weeks-at-t…

#Encrypt #privacy #BlackFriday #Email #Calendar #FLOSS #OSS #OpenSource

Not endorsing the #degoogle hashtag here just because a hell of a lot of spackle is needed for a comparable experience, but if you're interested in #cloud email servoces, this is one of the better ones in this space.

Black Weeks at Tuta: Save 62% On Our Legend Plan! 💎 | Tuta

Get the deal from November 15 to December 4, 2024.

^Tuta

#Catima 2.33.0 is out!

This release contains some minor tweaks and some user-contributed features and fixes, most notably the ability to choose the amount of columns to display in the home screen and a fix to retain the search state when rotating the screen or opening a card.

Coming soon to an app store near you :)

catima.app

#Android #OpenSource #IzzyOnDroid

@RaccoonForFriendica a new version 0.2.0 has been released.

Changelog:
🦝 feat: add support for MastodonRedirect;
🦝 feat: export/import app settings to/from JSON;
🦝 feat: export contact list from profile;
🦝 feat: allow changing markup mode in post creation;
🦝 fix: retain scrolling state after navigation;
🦝 fix: newlines after titles in Markdown preview;
🦝 fix: avoid self mention when replying;
🦝 fix: retrieve source to edit post;
🦝 enhancement: populate current app icon value in settings;
🦝 chore: update manual and project documentation;
🦝 chore: typo in Fastlane metadata.

For those who have lost it, there has been a 0.1.1 in the meantime, which was mainly due to a metadata issue which blocked the submission on F-Droid, but it also included:
🦝 feat: add support for alternate (classic) and monochrome app icon;
🦝 fix: rendering images of different heights in carousels;
🦝 fix: rendering GIFs (or images with unbound constraints).

After the app gets published on the stores, we're going to move towards a more predictable release cycle (e.g. monthly stable versions and weekly betas).

Hope you are having fun on Friendica (or Mastodon) and as always #livefasteattrash

#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #opensource #foss #procyonproject

It’s been just over a week and we’ve gotten lots of great feedback so far.

If you’re an app developer and haven’t had a chance to chime in, check out @cassidy’s summary of the current points, and leave a comment on the forum if you have anything important that hasn’t been mentioned:

discourse.flathub.org/t/app-de…

We look forward to continued feedback, and are excited to get more apps featured on Flathub!

#Flathub #Linux #LinuxApps #OpenSource #Flatpak #FOSS

App developer feedback about quality guidelines

Hey everyone, checking back in after a bit over a week of feedback and discussion. Thank you so much to everyone who has chimed in so far! This sort of conversation is enlightening and healthy.

^{Flathub Discourse}

Linux app developers, we want your feedback!

If you have an app on Flathub (or are planning to), please share your thoughts on the optional quality guidelines—especially if your app doesn't currently meet the guidelines.

discourse.flathub.org/t/app-de…

#Flathub #Flatpak #LinuxApps #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

App developer feedback about quality guidelines

Hey app developers! I’m a volunteer working with Flathub, and I’d like to open up a discussion to better understand some things around the Flathub Quality Guidelines.

^{Flathub Discourse}

Another Thunderbird Live Development sessions is happening soon!
Come hang out to watch some behind the scene coding, ask questions, yell at the world, and bond through trauma.

youtube.com/live/XJGOkjwF9fI?f…

#thunderbird #live #coding #javascript #opensource #foss

Thunderbird Development #7 - Customizable Shortcuts (Coding Session - Part 4)

Come alongside the journey of implementing a new feature inside Thunderbird.From the initial idea and definition of the scope of work, to design mock-ups and...

^YouTube

To all my writer friends that use MS Word - Microsoft has turned their AI bits and bots on to automatically go through anything done via Word.

Here's how to turn it off.

> Programs > Programs and Features > Uninstall Microsoft Office > Open browser > go to libreoffice.org > download @libreoffice

Then install LibreOffice on your computer and use Writer instead of Word.

#OpenSource #libreoffice #MicrosoftOffice #MicrosoftWord

Markdown export will be available in wallabag 2.7.0.

github.com/wallabag/wallabag/p…

#markdown #opensource #wallabag

Add Markdown export by nicosomb · Pull Request #7799 · wallabag/wallabag

Q A Bug fix? no New feature? yes BC breaks? no Deprecations? no Tests pass? yes Documentation no Translation no CHANGELOG.md no License MIT Should fix #4243

^GitHub

Wooooow… It’s been so long. Still love you, @thunderbird!

updates.thunderbird.net/en-GB/…

#email #thunderbird #foss #openSource

20 Years of Thunderbird!

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

^Thunderbird