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

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. 💙

#Outreachy #FOSS #OpenSource

🔐 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

Tuta introduces key verification | Tuta

Key verification makes your encrypted mailbox even more secure, enabling you to prevent monster-in-the-middle attacks.

^Tuta

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. 🤞

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

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.

pyladies.com/blog/A-New-Era-of…

#OpenSource #Python

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 - Incentivizing Collaboration - Mike Gifford, CivicActions

Digital Public Goods are often celebrated as open-source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content.

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This week's In-Process is out. Featuring all the news on NVDA 2025.2, info on the upcoming NVDA 2025.3, a recap on restarting after updating (no we're not about to enforce that!) and a look into the namesake feature of Microsoft Windows... and just how complicated ARE the Windows+arrow key commands? (Very, but we break it down for you!) All that and more, available now: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Accessibility #Windows #Desktop #NewVersion #NewRelease #FOSS #News #Newsletter

Does anyone know why Matrix doesn't notify you when a picture message is received? It's super annoying. And I say Matrix instead of naming a client because every single client refuses to notify for it so I imagine it's something in the spec.

#Matrix #MatrixChat #Element #ElementChat #SchildiChat #FOSS

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

As you might be aware some of our services (AUR, Forums, main
website) are currently affected by a DDoS attack. We are aware of
the issue and are actively working on mitigation efforts. We are working
with our data center operator and various network security providers,
and we are aware of the community offers to help.

We appreciate your patience and will provide periodic updates while keeping technical
detail internal for security reasons.

#archlinux #linux #foss

And it will encourage more people to seek out alternatives, including #AutonomiDweb

This can't be censored and is end to end encrypted so you don't need a VPN.

Using dweb you can publish websites to Autonomi and view them in a standard browser. This includes dynamic apps storing and fetching data directly on Autonomi.

This will give vulnerable people, including children access to vital information and safe spaces.

codeberg.org/happybeing/dweb/s…

#privacy #p2p #censorship #foss

dweb

Publish and view websites on the decentralised web of the Autonomi peer-to-peer network

^Codeberg.org

😲🤬 re: what's happened to @Codeberg today.
The AI ballyhoo *is* a real DDoS against one of the few code hosting sites that takes a stand against slurping #FOSS code into LLM training sets — in violation of #copyleft.

Deregulation/lack-of-regulation will bring more of this. ∃ plenty of blame to go around, but #Microsoft & #GitHub deserve the bulk of it; they trailblazed the idea that FOSS code-hosting sites are lucrative targets.

giveupgithub.org

#GiveUpGitHub #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Hey, Linux people: a LOT of folks are screaming off Windows right now.

Be. Kind. To. Them.

They don't know much yet, so they are going to ask really basic questions. If you're KIND, you might get some to give it a try and stick to it bc they know they can ask for help. If you're unkind, you're showing them using Linux will be *worse* than Windows. If you can't bring yourself to be kind, then SAY NOTHING. Let others pick up that slack.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Ubuntu #Debian #LinuxMint

We've now hit 100 projects reviewed on isitreallyfoss 🎉

isitreallyfoss.com/

#OpenSource #freesoftware #licensing #foss

Any plans for @Tutanota to move away from #github to a better source repository that isn't US-based?

#tutamail #NoAI #foss

New #blog post:

"'Here's what I do' versus 'You should'"

A bit of a gripe about people who tell others what they *should* do.

neilzone.co.uk/2025/08/heres-w…

#fedimeta #Linux #FOSS

'Here's what I do' versus 'You should'

Outside the confines of my professional work, I try not to give advice, or tell people what they should do.

^{neilzone.co.uk}

It's here! The NVDA 2025.2 Release Candidate is available: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2r…

We encourage ALL users to try this before we declare it is stable. Please see tips on how to test without affecting your installed copy in this week's In-Process: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-4…

NVDA 2025.2 includes improvements in Windows 11, browse mode & Microsoft Word. Plus updates to eSpeak-NG & LibLouis, new device support & more!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Release #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease #test #Testing #FOSS #FLOSS

Excited to share that Bottles has been selected by the NLnet Foundation as part of the February 2025 NGI0 Commons Fund. One of only 40 projects supported in this round. Full announcement here: nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250804-an…

#linux #windows #opensource #FundingNews #gaming #FOSS #NLNet

Another post on the Arch Linux development blog:

"Introducing pkgctl license"

devblog.archlinux.page/2025/pk…

#ArchLinux #linux #blog #reuse #licensing #foss

Introducing pkgctl license

pkgctl learned a new subcommand: license

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@dpgalliance I would recommend adding #DigitalPublicGoods to help you show up mastodon.social/deck/search?q=…

#OpenSource #FOSS #SDG might also be good.

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