Just found the rudest possible way to interact with an open source project:

1. open an issue
2. put only a link to a commit in a fork hosted somewhere else in the issue description
3. refuse to elaborate

Don't do this. Ever.

#opensource #maintainers

August seems like it just flew by! Catch up on what the Thunderbird Desktop Team has been working on in our latest Developer's Digest. In it, we have:

more Rust! 🦀
updates on Exchange and the global database 🌐
news about the upcoming Calendar rebuild. 🗓️

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Development

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/t…

Oh, thank goodness not having a fully functional screen reader isn’t a blocker for Fedora 41. We wouldn’t want them to miss their 10th anniversary of shipping an operating system without a fully functional screen reader, after all.

ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-be…

#Fedora #RedHat #IBM #a11y #accessibility #screenReader #orca #linux #openSource #FOSS #ableism masto.ai/@phoronix/11307885166…

You are using #LibreOffice but don't want to create or modify a complex citation style for your needs?
Thanks to our #GSOC contributor, you can now choose from the vast amount of #CSL styles in JabRef and use them together with LibreOffice.

Check out our blog post for more details
blog.jabref.org/2024/08/26/GSo…

@libreoffice

#opensource #bibliograpy #javafx #java #JabRef #scholar #bibliograpy

Zase se nechala slyšet moje milá paní účetní, že bankovní výpisy v událostech #AbraFlexi jsou sice fayn, ale je to málo. Chce tam všechno ...

Oficiálně tedy vyhlašuji nový projekt abraflexi-isds pro synchronizaci datové schránky s událostmi v AbraFlexi.

Termín realizace zatím není určen ale velmi jej může také ovlivnit váš názor v komentářích.

Aplikace bude jak je mým dobrým zvykem zdarma a #OpenSource.

#ISDS #Datovka

ATTENTION THAI/ENGLISH BILINGUALS AND TRANSLATORS

GNOME Shell's Thai translation is in a very sad state right now, with only ~46% of all strings translated. The worst part is, the first dialogue you see on your first login is not even translated!

BUT YOU CAN HELP!

1/n

#gnome #linux #opensource #translation #l10n #i18n #thai #ไทย

It just occurred to me that none of the classic #InstantMessaging systems are still running. #ICQ, #AOLInstantMessenger, #YahooMessenger, and #MSNMessenger are all gone. I have lost contact with all my old friends there. I doubt I'll ever hear from them again.

The #OpenSource, #federated competitor to these protocols, #XMPP, remains in operation and has outlived them all. So did #IRC, the protocol that arguably inspired them.

Proprietary software and protocols come and go, but #FOSS endures.

This week in Plasma: inhibiting inhibitions and more!

pointieststick.com/2024/08/30/…

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
#KDE #Plasma #KDEPlasma #Linux #FOSS #OpenSource

I'm really enjoying #FairEmail app on my phone. It have been the smoothest SMTP/IMAP experience I've had on any operating system. Even Thunderbird is not as smooth and as customizable. I've been actively using it for some months now, and frankly, I'm impressed. The UI design takes few hours to get used to, but after that and with some personalization, it would look as trivial as an email client can get.

It is #OpenSource (GPLv3) btw:

email.faircode.eu/

#EmailClient #android

I'm writing a talk for an internal event about gracefully sunsetting your #opensource work.

If you have ever yeeted a project into the sun, ghosted anything you've built online, or been toasted for your splendid transition of a technical challenge to a new solution, I'd love to hear from you.

What have you learned about successfully ending work that you would want me to share (with accreditation)?

The coming EU Cyber Resilience Act will affect all Open Source projects. The Eclipse Foundation has created the Open Regulatory Compliance working group together with a list of other Open Source organisations to jointly develop best current practises and have a continuous dialog with regulatory bodies.

Mikael Barbero will present this important workgroup at the NSSS24!

Register today for the conference - nsss.se

@EclipseFdn @owasp @openssf
#EUCRA #CRA #OPENSOURCE

Tired of playing email tag to figure out a meeting time? We are too. Our newest project, Appointment, is coming to the rescue - and a closed beta! Find out more and get links to the waiting list and our GitHub repo in our announcement blog.

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Scheduling

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/p…

I've been working on a thing for a few weeks, and I'm hoping there are #Language / #FileFormat / #Markdown nerds and experts on Mastodon who can provide some input and sanity-check.

I looked for an existing markdown extension file format that would allow me to write a document in multiple languages, and I couldn't find anything that fit the bill.

So, I decided to create my own. 🤷‍♂️

github.com/OmenApps/PolyglotMa…

#PolyglotMarkdown #Languages #OpenSource #LanguageTools #Translation #Multilingual

1/2

GitHub - OmenApps/PolyglotMarkdown: A versatile Markdown extension designed to manage and display multilingual content within a single document, offering powerful features like language-specific content inclusion, multi-language metadata support, and vers

A versatile Markdown extension designed to manage and display multilingual content within a single document, offering powerful features like language-specific content inclusion, multi-language meta...

^GitHub

Warum ist Barrierefreiheit in der Frontend-Entwicklung entscheidend? Oleksii (Aljoscha) Sukhodolskyi gibt Einblicke und teilt seine Expertise im neuen Blogbeitrag.

Jetzt lesen 👉 opentalk.eu/de/news/5-fragen-z…

#Barrierefreiheit #FrontendEntwicklung #DigitaleInklusion #Accessibility #OpenSource

There are some amazing people who provide all kinds of support about Thunderbird, whether it's here or in our official Mozilla Support (SUMO) site! If you've ever wondered how to get involved there, or are just curious how it works, our most recent Office Hours shows you the ins and outs of tackling community questions. You don't need a cape to be a Thunderbird superhero (also, no capes!), just skill, knowledge, and time!

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/08/v…

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

VIDEO: How to Answer Thunderbird Questions on Mozilla Support

In this first of a two-part series, the Thunderbird Team discusses how to get involved with providing Thunderbird support.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

New major release! #LibreOffice 24.8 is the private, free office suite which includes:

✅ Handy "Quick find" deck in the Sidebar
✅ New spreadsheet functions, including XLOOKUP
✅ Better presentation templates

...plus many other new features, fixes and compatibility improvements. Find out more and download it: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #news

Maybe?

#GNOME #OpenSource #GNOMEdesign #Flatpak #Flathub

9th graders learn Linux for the environment!

Last week in #Hannover, #KDEEco joined Akademie der Spiele, an event for 200+ students with 20+ career/cultural workshops.

Students salvaged dozens of computers with #OpenSource #FreeSoftware.

They learned about the #environmental costs of #eWaste and device production.

They presented their work to peers and teachers!

Some even played games🚀

We're proud of our students - congrats for all you achieved in only 5 days!

@kde

#KDE #FOSS #OptGreen

Reminder! Registration for #LAS2024 is open. Join us for a deep dive into Linux applications. Register now: conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/…

#KDE #GNOME #OpenSource

Are you involved in funding #OpenSource software at your company? We are looking to better understand why some projects receive funding and why others do not. If you are interested in participating in a short interview, please use this link to schedule some time with our researchers: bit.ly/oss-funding-interview

This research is approved under IRBNet #: 2205239-1

Open Source Funding Research Interview | julia ferraioli | Cal.com

Open Source Funding Research Interview

^Cal.com

Only a few days left to submit your #LAS2024 talk! Make sure to submit your proposal by Aug 21: conf.linuxappsummit.org/event/…

#KDE #GNOME #opensource #Linux

I won a contest @libreoffice held, and I got all this KILLER LibreOffice swag from them.

I've used LibreOffice for so many years, from back in the mid 2000s when it was OpenOffice. It's better than Microsoft Office. It's totally free and open source, and you don't have to be logged in like you do now with Office.

Try it out if you haven't, you won't regret it.

libreoffice.org

#LibreOffice #OpenSource #FOSS

Are you into Rust, Python, JavaScript, or CSS? Why not get paid to work on a web browser engine?

Servo is participating in Outreachy, a three-month paid (7000 USD) remote internship program that runs twice a year.

Apply before 21 August at 16:00 UTC → outreachy.org/apply/eligibilit…

#outreachy #internships #opensource

makeuseof.com/libreoffice-why-…

Some great reasons to use LibreOffice instead of Microsoft 365

- It's Free
- It Works With Microsoft Office Files
- It Has Lots of Features
- It Is Cross-Platform
- It Keeps My Information Private
- You Can Sync Files With LibreOffice if You Want To

I personally have been using it for years, I love it. This article does a great job of outlining some of the reasons why.
@libreoffice

#opensource #LibreOffice #software

Why I Use LibreOffice Instead of Microsoft 365

LibreOffice is more than just a good substitute; it’s a worthy replacement in its own right.

^{David Delony (MakeUseOf)}