Who needs bad April Fools' Day jokes when you have laptop lids! Today's lid is from @Unaccounted4
Things we are loving:
* Sweet, squishy mascots ๐ง
* Sound haberdashery ๐ฉ
* Science and swears ๐คฌ
Rating: 1100/1010 binary references
#OpenSource #Community #WeRateLaptopLids
Wishing everyone a great time at Gnome 46 Release Party by Volunteers starting today in Offline in #Berlin, #Germany
foss.events/2024/03-30-gnome-4โฆ
@gnome
#gnome46 #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #gnome
๐จ โ ๏ธ Emergency PSA: A critical security exploit was discovered in the xz package recently, used for compression and decompression on nearly all Linux distributions.
Rawhide users ARE impacted and should immediately STOP using Rawhide until the package update is fully rolled back. (1/3)
Security Advisory: redhat.com/en/blog/urgent-secuโฆ
#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Security #Privacy
Red Hat Information Risk and Security and Red Hat Product Security learned that the latest versions of the โxzโ tools and libraries contain malicious code that appears to be intended to allow unauthorized access., (Red Hat)
LibreOfficeโs localisation community translates the softwareโs user interface, along with its documentation and websites.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
In true open source, the software is open to everyone on the same, neutral terms. If you are in need of an #opensource in-memory, key-value data store, check out Valkey, a community-driven fork of the Redis codebase by the former community contributors.
linuxfoundation.org/press/linuโฆ
Community maintainers, contributors, and users will continue collaborative development of an open source, in-memory data store under the new Valkey name.The Linux Foundation
Berlin, 28 March 2024 โ Today the Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 24.2.2 Community [1] and LibreOffice 7.6.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
Thunderchat Alert! ๐จ
Community Office Hours start in ONE hour at 17:00 UTC! Today's format is Open Forum and FAQs, so bring your questions and comments and we'll bring the team! Find out how to join in the blog post: blog.thunderbird.net/2024/03/mโฆ
#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource
The March 2024 Thunderbird Community Office Hours invites questions from the community in an open forum format.Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
๐ก The last Wednesday of March can only mean one thing...
#DocumentFreedomDay โ๏ธ
Today we celebrate open standards: The ability for everyone to work and communicate using free software.
If you're using paid software that confines you see if any of the alternatives on my list of #opensource software can make life easier for you:
ethicalrevolution.co.uk/opt-opโฆ
Includes (but not limited to) @cryptpad @thegoodcloud @piefedadmin @libreoffice @thunderbird @Tutanota @protonprivacy @plausible @GIMP @inkscape @session @signalapp @delta @efoundation @MattermostFR @element
Any I've missed, let me know!
@dff
#FOSS #DFF #DFD #decentralize
Join me in taking step O, โOpt Opensourceโ, in the A-Z of steps to a better world: transparency, quality, reliability, flexibility +low cost.Sam (Ethical Revolution)
If you're an #opensource maintainer seeking a good task to give a less-skilled new contributor, ask them to do a discovery report on the project, such as:
Starting from scratch, try to get a local installation up and running, and note how long it took.
Take an hour to explore our documentation and fora, and tell us your impressions.
Given a demo install, try these common user tasks.
Examples:
diff.wikimedia.org/2014/03/25/โฆ
blog.linuxgrrl.com/2014/03/25/โฆ
blog.openhatch.org/2014/spinacโฆ
changeset.nyc/resources/instalโฆ
Arguably the largest photo contest on the African continent aimed at highlighting the richness, diversity and beauty of Africa which deserves to be visually celebrated [โฆ]\nDiff
It's time for our Community Office Hours this Wednesday March 27 at 17:00 UTC and the topics are up to you! We'll answer live questions, questions sent to officehours@thunderbird.net, and some of the questions we heard most at SCaLE! ๐ค ๐ง
Find out how to join us in the blog, and note the shift in day and in UTC! Silly spring time changes. ๐๏ธ โฐ
blog.thunderbird.net/2024/03/mโฆ
#Thunderbird #Community #OpenSource
The March 2024 Thunderbird Community Office Hours invites questions from the community in an open forum format.Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (363) ๐๐งโถ๏ธ tuxdigital.com/dl363
Check out #DestinationLinux 363: PipeWire Interview with Wim Taymans, Revolutionizing Audio & Video on Linux
#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech
Download as MP3 On this weekโs episode, we have a special guest joining us to discuss his work with making our lives better in Linux audio. Of course, this...TuxDigital
Zdenฤk Crhonek (aka โraalโ) from the Czech LibreOffice community writes: The Czech team has finished translating the LibrePffice Writer Guide 24.2. As usual it was a team effort, with translations by Petr Kubฤj, Radomรญr Strnad and Zdenฤk Crhonek.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Noch eine Woche: Bewerbt euch noch bis nรคchsten Sonntag, 31.03. um 23:59 Uhr auf 47.500โฌ Fรถrderung fรผr euer #OpenSource Softwareprojekt.
Keine Sorge: Fรผr unseren Bewerbungsprozess braucht ihr kein Jurastudium, sondern mรผsst nur elf einfache Fragen beantworten.
Los gehts!
prototypefund.de/jetzt-bewerbeโฆ
Es geht wieder los: Die 16. Runde Prototype Fund steht an. Bewerbt euch jetzt!Paul (Prototype Fund)
๐บ๏ธ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐๐ข๐ฑ 3๐ ๐ง
Zoom in to street level to see the 3D features.
#map #maps #OpenStreetMap #3D #topography #world #WorldMap #cities #landscape #environment #data #tools #OpenSource #FOSS
F4 Map is a WebGL 3D Map Viewer based on OpenStreetMap dataF4map Demo - Interactive 3D map
Apache Pekko has left the incubator phase and is now a top-level project.
lists.apache.org/thread/grl5h0โฆ
That's great news! Pekko was created as a Fork of Akka 2.6, right after Lightbend chose to pull a bait-and-switch by relicensing Akka to a non-FOSS license.
I have already switched to Pekko a few months ago, it went very smooth, and I am grateful to everybody involved in making this happen.
#opensource #pekko #akka #scala #java #licensing #apache #foss
#GNOME 46 "Kathmandu" Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What's New 9to5linux.com/gnome-46-kathmanโฆ
@gnome #Linux #OpenSource
GNOME 46 desktop environment is here with headless remote desktop support, variable refresh rate support, improved notifications, and more.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Cheers to two decades of innovation, collaboration, and community. Join us in celebrating our community's journey by looking back at a few of the big moments...YouTube
Today weโre talking to Dione Maddern, who helps out in LibreOfficeโs documentation teamโฆ Tell us a bit about yourself! Iโm 44. Originally from Brisbane, Australia but I currently live in Baltimore, on the East Coast of the USA.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
#SCaLE21x, it's almost time to say goodbye, but it's been a blast. Thank you everyone who came by our booth to share your stories, heard @linuxflower talk about Thunderbird for Android, and made our first time here a great one. ๐ง ๐
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community
The #fossnorth 2024 schedule is now available! foss-north.se/2024/schedule.htโฆ
Don't miss out and make sure to get your tickets now!
Sam Thursfield, a software engineer at Codethink, recently led a project for Outreachy covering improving end-to-end testing for #GNOME.
Outreachy is an organisation that provides paid open source internships to people who are subject to systematic bias and underrepresentation.
You can read about how the project went and the outcomes here: buff.ly/3PkufkA
#opensource #outreachy #careers #DiversityinTech #careerbuilding
buff.lyOutreachy is an organisation providing open source internships to people who are subject to systemic bias and underrepresentation. Find out about the project we helped to run:
Today's tip is all about getting help.
Our official community support site where amazing contributors offer advice is Mozilla Support, aka SUMO: support.mozilla.org/en-US/quesโฆ.'
Here's our top 5 tips for getting the most from SUMO.
1. Search for your issue - maybe there's already a solution!
2. Be detailed! Include your OS, TB version, and other info.
3. Answer follow up questions.
4. Mark solutions to help future readers!
5. Be patient - it's a global community!
Whoa! TIL just how widespread Matrix is at universities in Germany.
This, on top of adoption by their national healthcare system and other corners of their public sector.
Source: doc.matrix.tu-dresden.de/why/
#Matrix #OpenSource #OpenStandards #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS
OBS Studio 30.1 Released with AV1 Support for VA-API, #PipeWire Camera Source, and Much More 9to5linux.com/obs-studio-30-1-โฆ
@pipewire #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
OBS Studio 30.1 open-source screencasting and streaming app is now available for download with PipeWire Camera source and AV1 VA-API support.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
The LibreOffice Community Documentation Team is happy to announce the immediate release of the latest Writer and Calc guides for the new LibreOffice 24.2 office suite. The two books are updates of the respective LibreOffice 7.Olivier Hallot (The Document Foundation)
#KDE Plasma 6.0.2 Is Out Now to Improve Night Color, Discover, Plasma #Wayland, and More 9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-0-2โฆ
@kde #Linux #OpenSource
KDE Plasma 6.0.2 is now available as a bugfix update to the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment addressing more bugs and crashes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
It is really terrific to hear about the great work on #OpenSource being done by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. It was terrific to learn about the work of @jakerella work & about the adoption of #OSS in #DigitalGovernment.
Great to see government agencies setting up Open Source Program Office #OSPO & beginning to change the culture around buying, building and sharing code. All this helps broader goals towards government transparency and #OpenGovernment.
medium.com/@DigitalServicesCoaโฆ
Adopting open source policies, initiatives, and laws is more than a technological shift โ itโs a commitment to transparency, security, and collaboration. As the Digital Service Coalition (DSC), weโฆDigital Services Coalition (Medium)
It's SCaLE21x week! We're dragging out our suitcases and making our packing lists - can't forget the stickers! We'll be at Booth 215 Friday through Sunday, and we hope you come visit us. It's our first year at SCaLE and we can hardly wait. ๐ง ๐ด
And in a completely, totally, honestly unrelated question, we've been thinking about the kinds of Easter Eggs you can't eat. What are YOUR favorite hidden surprises? Any media counts! ๐ฃ ๐
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #SCaLE21x
So @gnome is removing the x11 session, leaving just the Wayland one.
If this goes out before Orca, the GNOME screen reader, is fixed to work on Wayland, it will mean that people who rely on screen readers will have no way to use one on GNOME. And thus on the major Linux distributions.
So Iโm hoping the plan is that this change will not land until GNOME has a working screen reader.
#accessibility #a11y #gnome #linux #openSource #foss #wayland #x11 #orca peoplemaking.games/@ailepet/11โฆ
@noracodes@tenforward.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al @zeorin@indieweb.social For now: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-session/-/merge_requests/99People Making Games
Itโs fair to say that most governments donโt choose to use open source by default. Despite efforts over the past two decades to make open source solutions a ...YouTube
I finally got around to fixing bikehero.io
Use it to find and add bicycle repair stations to @openstreetmap
Basemap now powered by @protomaps
#OpenStreetMap #opensource #opendata #BikeTooter
Keep the momentum going for free open source projects in this week's Follow Friday by giving your support with contributions, boosts and follows.
adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fโฆ
- LรVR @lovr
A framework for rapidly building immersive 3D experiences.
- NV Access @NVAccess
A screen reader.
- BiznisBox @biznisbox
A web app for managing invoices, clients, & payments.
- BookStack @bookstack
Documentation system.
#FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ff #oss #foss #floss
Find the momentum in your challenging life and in your community of free open source projects with these highlights in fediverse.Adam Douglas
The #GUADEC2024 call for abstracts for those looking to be *sponsored* has passed (due to visa reqs & travel lead time), BUT the call for both in-person (if you donโt need sponsorship) and remote talks IS STILL OPEN!
events.gnome.org/event/209/absโฆ
If youโve been working on something interesting in GNOME or GNOME-adjacent spaces and can present remotely or get yourself to Denver in July, you still have just over two weeks to propose a talk!
Suraj Bhattarai, our Nepalese LibreOffice Community Liaison, writes: We shared some positive words around the LibreOffice project, among students of IOE Purwanchal Campus enrolled in CS50x Nepal.Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
Check out this recap of the work that Community Platform Engineering did in 2023! The CPE team is made up of the folks who manage Fedora infrastructure, Fedora release engineering, and @centos infrastructure.
Projects worked on or investigated:
* Making a @matrix native zodbot
* Moving our registry to quay.io
* Backend service for Fedora Badges
* And more!
โก๏ธ communityblog.fedoraproject.orโฆ
#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #Matrix
This is a summary of the work done on initiatives by the Community Platform Engineering (CPE) Team. Every quarter, the CPE team works together with CentOS Project and Fedora Project community leaders and representatives to choose projects that will bโฆzlopez (Fedora Project)
Berlin, 31 January 2024 โ LibreOffice 24.2 Community, the new major release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite and the first to use the new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M), is now available at https://www.libreoffice.Italo Vignoli (The Document Foundation)
