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Recently, I had to contact the support teams for two software products that I pay for. I have to say that I have the utmost appreciation for #opensource projects now, because the support they provide to their users is, on average, far better than that provided by commercial end-user products.

Nowadays, if you want to report a bug in a commercial product, you usually have to deal with AI chatbots. Several exchanges are required to reach the first-line support team, and the person you speak to is often unhelpful. Ultimately, the effort is usually in vain.



Tired of software tracking you, and using your content to feed AI services? Switch to free and open source software – like #LibreOffice, which is backed by a non-profit (@tdforg) and has zero interest in your data: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #privacy


All open source projects can use more contributions, so here are some places where you can start for @rockylinux !

This page has a list of active Special Interest Groups, like the Cloud or Security SIGs. There's also a list of areas where you can lead the change in making a SIG for it, like for embedded systems or storage applications!
wiki.rockylinux.org/special_in…

#RockyLinux #FlockToFedora #FedoraFlockSponsor #Linux #OpenSource


Want to start a Repair Café in your area?

You can!

Repair Café International enables local groups around the world to start their own:

repaircafe.org/en/join/start-y…

@RepairCafeInternational supports #EndOf10 to prevent #eWaste!

#RCInternational #RepairCafe #RightToRepair #Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows #Win10



Calling all analog film photographers! 🎞️ I've been working on Filmbook, an open-source app to help you keep track of your film usage. It's built with Rust & GTK4/libadwaita for a smooth & modern experience – and it even runs on Linux phones like the Librem 5 and Pinephone Pro! 📱
The first version is ready for testing, and I'd love your input on what features would make it even better! Join the community & help shape Filmbook: codeberg.org/bjawebos/filmbook ✨ #filmphotography #analogphotography #rustlang #gtk #opensource #community #testing #featureideas #librem5 #pinephone #linuxphone


Your voice, our drive: We had the privilege of interviewing @tolgayenici a mechanical engineer residing in Canada, to find out why he chose Tuta Mail, how he became a privacy and open source enthusiast, and why privacy matters to him. 💬🔐

👉 Read the full interview: tuta.com/blog/tuta-user-interv…

#PrivacyMatters #TutaMail #OpenSource #MadeinGermany


Jeff Geerling got the brunt of YouTube wrath when he showed people how to host their own media {media that they legally own, which means that they either have the originals, or have paid for whatever digital version they have} with the power of Open Source tools
Jeff explicitly made sure that he never ever told people how to circumvent subscriptions or worse. Nothing that could harm YouTube bottomline was ever discussed in this video.

Yet for reasons obvious to Open Source people like me YouTube gave him his second strike.

3rd Strike and you're gone. This is how Google / this is how Alphabet is treating their Golden Geeze.

Creators like Jeff are very valuable both to the people who follow them and to YouTube. However Google seems to be at Super odds with Open Source, needing it to run their data centers but hating it because they have to share the code again that they've worked upon.

Google is a paradoxical Company which is being controlled by Alphabet, a schizophrenic Entity drunk on power Ads and control

To me you're a star @geerlingguy keep Shining

jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/sel…

#Media #Hosting #OpenSource #programming #POSIX #Pie #Raspberry #4K #Video #4KVideo




Hey Jamers! :ablobcool:

Did you miss Developer Update #13?

No stress! We’ve wrapped up all the key takeaways for you! 👇

Stay up to date with what’s happening behind the scenes.

📖 Read Dev Update #13 now: jami.net/de/dev-update-13/

#Jami #DevUpdate #PrivacyMatters #opensource #P2P #App



Want to know more about Thunderbird Pro, including Thundermail? Our latest Community Office Hours has you covered! We're discussing planned features, answering questions, and getting to know our new productivity suite before it hatches!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Productivity

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/06/v…


Time to grab your free sticker pack! The Month of #LibreOffice, May 2025 is over – and we're announcing the winners. (If you helped to promote the software here with the hashtag, you should be on the list.) Find out more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource






📣 Liberux NEXX is now live on crowdfunding! 🚀

After months of development and testing, we're introducing the most powerful Linux smartphone: RK3588S, 32 GB RAM, 5G, Debian 13 + GNOME Mobile, and total privacy with hardware killswitches. 🎉

🔼 Now upgraded to 512 GB of storage and European-made.
Support mobile freedom and reserve your unit in the next 30 days:

🔗 igg.me/at/liberux-nexx

#LiberuxNEXX #linuxphones #privacy #opensource


Nextcloud turns 9! 🎂

Here's to many more years of being a
🔐 100% #OpenSource cloud collaboration platform
🌐 Trusted provider for governments, universities, businesses, and individuals
✨ Dedicated to #DataPrivacy & #DigitalSovereignty

More importantly, we want to thank our community for their support.

➡️ To everyone who has joined our journey, from coders and designers to testers, translators, and users:

Thanks for being part of it! 💙


Heute 👇

#Digitalcourage, OG #München:
F-Droid und datenschutzfreundliche Apps

» In diesem Workshop zeigen wir Möglichkeiten, die Datensammlung auf #Android-#Smartphone|s einzuschränken. Neben allgemeinen Tipps (Abschalten der #Google Werbe-ID, Verwendung einer alternativen #Suchmaschine, Werbung über DNS- und/oder Firewall-Einstellungen reduzieren, …) wollen wir vor allem den #App-Store #FDroid vorstellen und uns über die dortigen Apps austauschen.

Montag, 26.05.2025
19:00 bis 21:00 Uhr
Jugendinformationszentrum (#JIZ)
Sendlinger Str. 7 (Innenhof)
80331 München

digitalcourage.de/treffen-vor-…

Anmeldung erwünscht: ortsgruppe@muenchen.digitalcourage.de

Gerät mitbringen!

F-Droid möglichst vorinstallieren (digitalcourage.de/digitale-sel…)

#datenschutz #digitaleselbstverteidigung #opensource #foss


Lots happened in the #LibreOffice project in May! We had updates to the software, event reports, news about the upcoming conference and more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


We ❤️ #opensource & we ❤️ being #GoogleFree

Break free from Big Tech tracking and go secure with Tuta! 💪 🔒

🔗 tuta.com/blog/open-source-emai…

#Foss #FDroid #Android #Email #Calendar #TutaMail


Shiny new features and UI improvements came to #LibreOffice last year, thanks to our Design community – such as styles for comments. Learn more: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


How does the Open Document Format (ODF) – as used in LibreOffice and other apps – compare to Microsoft's .docx, .xlsx and .pptx formats? Find out here: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #standards


💬 Matrix na Oscloudu je tu pro každého!

✅ Stačí jeden účet na Oscloud – žádné další registrace.
👉 V dashboardu najdeš novou aplikaci **Element**, stačí kliknout.

🔐 Přihlášení je jednoduché – klikni na **„Pokračovat s Oscloud Login“**
a jsi okamžitě v chatu!

📢 A máme i oficiální místnost Oscloud:
#oscloudcz:mxchat.cz

Ještě nikdy nebylo jednodušší začít používat Matrix. Fakt.

#Oscloud #matrix #OpenSource #Element #MXChat


How can #OpenSource and #security be interconnected?
What will be the future of funding the open source-dependent public digital infrastructure?

These and many other questions will guide the discussion of our panelists:
🔸@bagder from #cURL
🔸@melanierieback from @ros
🔸Matteo Mole from @EuropeanCyber SecurityOrganisation
🔸Nicholas Gates from @OpenForumEurope
🔸Mirko Boehm from #TheLinuxFoundation

Join the webinar : europeanopensource.academy/for…


Einfach ist manchmal schwer!

Welche Kriterien gelten für barrierefreie Apps und wie gestaltet man eine solche?

Charlotte Voß und Michael Ahlf sprachen über ihre Vorgehensweise für die #Deutschlandfunk #App.

Die Frage, ob #Code im Sinne von #PublicMoneyPublicCode als #OpenSource bereitgestellt wird, konnte leider nicht beantwortet werden.

Das wäre bestimmt eine Möglichkeit best practice weiteren App Projekten zugänglich zu machen.

#rp25 #Inklusion #a11y #ÖRR #RePublica




#LibreOffice #foss #OpenSource
I love #Libreoffice because it gives you the choice of which interface to use. Because you never have the feeling that someone is constantly looking over your shoulder. And because ODF documents are much more efficient than Microsoft files.
I have been using #Libreoffice for many years. I bought my first version in Munich, when it was still StarOffice version 5.2. That was quite a long time ago.


I love #LibreOffice as I believe in #opensource and all of our #ToolChain should be free for everyone - just like our #data should belong to ourselves. We want free Tools! We need them more than ever! - Besides that #LibreOffice is the Nr. 1 Open Source Tool I use besides @inkscape and @GIMP - Thanks for keeping up these Options! It is a lot of work - but so important to all of us! Thank you! #opentools for Free People! #democracy


Do you want these stickers? Of course you do! And you can get them by just posting here why you love #LibreOffice (with the hashtag), as part of our Month of LibreOffice campaign: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


LibreOffice is available in 120 languages – which may be a record for such a large piece of software! And this is all thanks to our Native Language Communities, who translate the suite's interface and help content. Here's what they did last year: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


🛠️ "Breaking the spell: how to fix GObject"
with Emmanuele Bassi at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 09:00 CEST 📍 Brescia

After 25 years of GObject, it’s time for a new direction.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#GNOME #GTK #OpenSource


How can Europe better secure the open #digitalinfrastructure that underpins its public services, or #digitaleconomy?

We are delighted to announce the next #EOSA Webinar, #OpenSource for #Cybersecurity: Securing and Maintaining Europe's Open Source Dependencies.
This webinar looks at how Europe's cybersecurity and digital policy agendas are increasingly intertwined.

Learn more and register today: tinyurl.com/yf7xyadr


🌟 Excited to share Thorsten-Voice's YouTube channel! 🎥 🗣️🔊 ♿ 💬

Thorsten presents innovative TTS solutions and a variety of voice technologies, making it an excellent starting point for anyone interested in open-source text-to-speech. Whether you're a developer, accessibility advocate, or tech enthusiast, his channel offers valuable insights and resources. Don't miss out on this fantastic content! 🎬

follow hem here: @thorstenvoice
or on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThorstenMueller YouTube channel!

#Accessibility #FLOSS #TTS #ParlerTTS #OpenSource #VoiceTech #TextToSpeech #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #MachineLearning #AccessibilityMatters #FLOSS #TTS #OpenSource #Inclusivity #FOSS #Coqui #AI #CoquiAI #VoiceAssistant #Sprachassistent #VoiceTechnology #KünstlicheStimme #MachineLearning #Python #Rhasspy #TextToSpeech #VoiceTech #STT #SpeechSynthesis #SpeechRecognition #Sprachsynthese #ArtificialVoice #VoiceCloning #Spracherkennung #CoquiTTS #voice #a11y #ScreenReader