New computer with Windows pre-installed? Want to install #Linux đ§ instead?
You pay for #Windows, even if you donât use it. Thatâs unfair and non-transparent.
#Refund4Freedom from @fsfe & @ItaLinuxSociety defends your right to get refunds for unused pre-installed software! đ
The campaign starts in #Italy đźđč but will later be extended.
FSFE & ILS support your right to choose your operating system. They also support #EndOf10 to prevent e-waste!
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_inâŠ
#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-yâŠ
@RepairCafeInternational supports #EndOf10 to prevent #eWaste!
#RCInternational #RepairCafe #RightToRepair #Linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows #Win10
Want to make a difference? Start your own Repair Café and become part of the global movement promoting repair and sustainability.Repaircafe
Who says you canât have #privacy and #security in an OS?
Meet PureOS â the #Linux OS that respects you.
No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps
PureOS supports Purismâs Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.
More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-aâŠ
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Thank you
@openSUSE
for being a Gold #sponsor of #GUADEC2025! đ
The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the worldâs best Linux distributions.
Visit their website to know more: opensuse.org
Discover Tumbleweed and get the newest Linux packages with our rolling release. Fast! Integrated! Stabilized! Tested!. Discover Leap and get the most complete Linux distribution with openSUSEâs latest regular-release version!openSUSE
Who says you canât have #privacy and #security in an OS? Meet PureOS â the #Linux OS that respects you.
No ads
No trackers No #surveillance
No terms of service traps
PureOS supports Purismâs Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.
More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-aâŠ
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
Thank you
@ubuntu for being a Gold sponsor of #GUADEC2025! đ
Ubuntu comes with everything you need to run your organization, school, home or enterprise.
Visit their website to know more: ubuntu.com
Ubuntu is the modern, open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise server, desktop, cloud, and IoT.Ubuntu
đŒïž "A study in reactive UI toolkits"
with Jan Fooken at #GUADEC2025
đ
24 July đ 09:40 CEST đ Brescia
đ§Ș Can GTK feel like React or SwiftUI? Letâs explore modern takes on building Linux UIs.
đ events.gnome.org/event/259/conâŠ
#GTK #Linux #Frontend #ReactiveUI
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME communityâs largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
The End (of Windows 10) is nigh!
On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.
This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.
Yours may be one of them!
But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?
Learn more: endof10.org/press
Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10
#Linux #GNU #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows
Thank you Google for being a Gold #sponsor of #GUADEC2025! đ
Google belives that open source is good for everyone. It enables and encourages collaboration and the development of technology.
Visit their website to know more: opensource.google
đŁ "Bridging Accessibility Barriers"
with LukĂĄĆĄ Tyrychtr ( @tyrylu ) at #GUADEC2025
đ
24 July đ 09:00 CEST đ Brescia
đ§âđŠŻMaking screen readers work on modern GNOME (Wayland + GTK 4) and pushing toward real accessibility.
đ events.gnome.org/event/259/conâŠ
Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME communityâs largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.GNOME Events (Indico)
As we are making good progress on #accessibility for GNOME Calendar lately (big thanks to @TheEvilSkeleton there) I have now rewritten and updated the description of this meta ticket to reflect the current status: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-câŠ
15 of 28 checklist items completed as of May 22nd, 2025, based on what issues I've been able to find so far.
#a11y #GNOMECalendar #GNOME #keyboardnavigation #screenreaders #Linux
GNOME Calendar is not known to be very accessible nor keyboard-friendly. This is a list of currently knownGitLab
If someone were to invest development resources into the Open Source ecosystem right now, improvements to which area would benefit the user experience across all device form factors (desktop, laptop, mobile etc.) the most? You can name both individual applications, libraries and subsystems as well as broader topics like e.g. "messaging".
#linuxmobile #linuxdesktop #opensource #mobilelinux #linux
Everyone knows that accessibility is really important but at the same time it's one of those problems that nobody has enough time to actually go and work on=...YouTube
Who says you canât have #privacy and #security in an OS?
Meet PureOS â the #Linux OS that respects you.
No ads
No trackers
No #surveillance
No terms of service traps
PureOS supports Purismâs Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.
More Info: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-aâŠ
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
If you contribute in some way to GNOME, are you already a GNOME Foundation member? If not, you should apply ASAP: foundation.gnome.org/membershiâŠ
Once you do (or if youâre already a member), donât forget to VOTE in the upcoming Foundation elections!
The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors is elected by Foundation members. If you want to influence how the Foundation is run, one of the most effective things you can do is to become a member and vote.
#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS
What do you get when you let (overwhelmingly white, overwhelmingly male) able-bodied developers build an operating system?
Well, you get an insightful display of structural #ableism.
As a developer, I feel ashamed about this state of affairs, reading the excellent blog series by @fireborn . We can do better, and we deeply need to.
dragonscave.space/@fireborn/11âŠ
#Linux #Accessibility #a11y #FLOSS
The state of Linux accessibility in 2025. This started out as a rant but became a series. Please feel free to leave feedback, comments, and subscribe via rss or email for more stuff as I release it. fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-wâŠ
I can't tell y'all how much I love #Emacs. It was the first interface that really intrigued me. It was the first interface where I felt like there was so much I could learn about. And Emacspeak brought it to life for me. Headings spoken by a deeper voice. Italics spoken by a higher, rather fuzzy voice. Bold spoken by a deep voice, almost like headings. Because headings are bold, and large. A calendar where I could move around the actual calendar, not just a list of events. Want to know what date next Friday is? Find Friday of this week, and simply press Down arrow. Or C-n if you're really into Emacs. And there it is. Oh and Nov-mode (nov.el). I can't say enough about that package. An EPUB reader that doesn't choke on a huge book. And Markdown-mode and Org-mode, and even HTML-mode. With Emacspeak, I could hear the syntax highlighting. That way, I knew if I didn't close a bracket pair, or quotes, not only by the punctuation itself, but how the voice sounds.
And now Emacspeak hasn't been updated in a year. Luckily, I think T.V. Raman has made fixes up to Emacs 30. But beyond that, I don't know. I hope it's not abandoned forever. I maybe could use Emacs through Orca, or BRLTTY, or maybe Speechd-el, if I can figure out how it's supposed to be set up and used well. But it feels like such a pail imitation of Emacspeak. But then, unconfigured Emacs doesn't feel all that special either.
Embedded Recipes 2025 heads to Nice, France with talks, workshops, and a PipeWire hackfest, all bookended by the Linux Media Summit and the GStreamer Spring Hackfest!Collabora | Open Source Consulting
If youâre like me and enjoy watching streams or listening to multiple audio sources, check out my newly updated @pipewire based script! It makes muting or unmuting sound from different sources really easy.
Find it here:
github.com/zikusooka/toggle-pwâŠ
Context: joseph.zikusooka.com/?p=2637
#ZikTIPs #Linux #PipeWire #Multimedia
Toggle volume between several pipewire ports. Contribute to zikusooka/toggle-pw-volumes development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Who says you canât have #privacy and #security in an OS?
Meet PureOS â the #Linux OS that respects you.
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No trackers
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No #surveillance
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No terms of service traps
Run it on Purismâs Librem 5 & Liberty Phone.
Link - What is #PureOS?: puri.sm/posts/what-is-pureos-aâŠ
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.Purism SPC
I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn't Love Me Back
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-wâŠ
Discussions: discu.eu/q/fireborn.mataroa.blâŠ
Discussions and related articles for «I Want to Love Linux. It Doesnât Love Me Back: Post 1 â Built for Control, But Not for People â fireborn»discu.eu
I Want to Love Linux. It Doesnât Love Me Back
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-wâŠ
by @fireborn
Read this article! I promise this is not another âIâve tried Linux but it is too hardâ post but a very insightful and well-written piece on accessibility across the Linux landscape.
I strongly suggest reading this well-written blog post about experiences of a blind longtime #Linux user:
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-wâŠ
Accessibility is not an optional "feature" in GUI. It is a must. We all should feel responsible to make the GUI accessible. Period!
This post on the #accessibility of #Linux is heartbreaking.
So sad seeing systems going from good (or even just okay) to absolutely non-functional because of neglect in the name of progress.
If youâre leaving people behind, itâs not progress. Itâs exclusion.
âLinux âjust worksâ â if you can see.
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This isnât a bug.
This is neglect.â
â @fireborn
fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-wâŠ
(And its ableist culture will sooner make you the villain for criticising it rather than acknowledging the failing and fixing the status quo. ar.al/2024/06/23/fedora-has-be⊠Thereâs a reason Iâm back on Mac after six years on Linux. As a developer, it was impacting my ability to make what Iâm building accessible. And I reject the unspoken premise that the source being open is somehow more important than the human right to universal access. Ethical technology requires more than just the âfour freedomsâ web.archive.org/web/2025041809⊠This is why inclusivity is a core Small Technology principle. small-tech.org/about/#small-teâŠ)
#accessibility #inclusivity #universalAccess #a11y #linux #FOSS #openSource #freeSoftware #freedom
Weâre a tiny and independent two-person not-for-profit based in Ireland. Weâre working on building the Small Web.Small Technology Foundation
