Open-Source brings so many benefits. NV Access is proud to be part of the community, from welcoming code contributions, to decreasing cost for users around the world. It's easy to see why "Open-Source First" is a popular policy for governments & companies everywhere.
(*At least in Florence, Italy - a quick search found several dates this year - Open Source not only brings innovation, but also choice!)
Ready to become a real Linux user? In this video, I break down the funniest and most stereotypical traits of a Linux enthusiast – from growing a beard to minimizing RAM usage (even when you have 32GB!). Whether you’re a Linux newbie or a veteran, this guide will have you laughing at the quirks of the Linux community.
(I may or may not be guilty of all of the mentioned traits)
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@libreoffice wrote: With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware
LibreOffice 25.2 is our new major stable release, with many new features. This video which shows a few of them (also available on PeerTube) is in English but has subtitle translations in 17 languages, thanks to our awesome localisation communities! (…
Announcing the first 15 endorsers of the United Nations #OpenSource Principles" – 8 practical ways for groups around the world to promote global digital cooperation through free and open source software.
✍️ Like software freedom itself, these principles are for everyone, everywhere - and the orgs you support can join a list of endorsers today.
The United Nations Open Source community is proud to announce that 16 leading organizations have the UN Open Source Principles, following the initial endorsement by the Open Source Initiative (OSI), bringing the total to 17.
Would you like to represent NGI Zero in your region? NGI0 partner Brno University of Technology is looking for regional representatives in specific regions. It's a part-time, paid role where you'll be encouraging people to apply for funding, build a community and promote free and open source.
Note that only certain regions are eligible and you need to be based in the region of your choice. (See the list of regions at the bottom of the page).
Sometimes the smallest changes make a big difference. In future #LibreOffice versions, you can choose a currency from the drop-down with a direct click – no need to also click "OK". Learn more what our QA and Dev communities are doing: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource
The LibreOffice Conference 2024, held in Luxembourg, welcomed also many speakers that are involved in creating, supporting and promoting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in several countries.
LibreOffice communities around the world help people to use the suite more effectively. Here's our Nepalese community training students on making CVs: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
The Nepalese community mentored CS50 students in Nepal create their very first resume for securing internships! Our Nepalese community writes… LibreOffice is a powerful open source office suite for many users worldwide.
LibreOffice 25.2.1 is now available – the first minor release in our new branch of the suite. All users are recommended to update: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
With videos describing new features on YouTube and PeerTube Berlin, 27 February 2025 – LibreOffice 25.2.1, the first minor release of the new LibreOffice 25.
🤔 If you wanted to contribute to an #OpenSource project working on various types of social goods, and contribution opportunities were curated through the global UN Volunteers* Programme, how likely would you be to pursue that option?
Why volunteer online? Through Online Volunteering, you can contribute your skills and expertise towards achieving sustainable human development efforts of organizations around the world.
I don't think Linux pros are ready to support the many people that will flood Linux once Windows 10 is end of life. Especially the blind Linux community which, for some, require users to go through what they went through in order to become "good" at Linux. That, of course, involves burning themselves on distributions that don't come with Orca, or learning which desktop environment works well with Orca, which ones work enough for a specific user to use the subset of it that works for them, all that. Oh and finding accessible apps. And games. And voices. And all the weird commands, like Control + Tab instead of F6 in some situations, like the language picker in the Fedora installer.
Also there honestly aren't enough blind Linux users to support everyone that will inevitably come to Linux from the BT Speak, or Windows 10, or the continuing entropy of Windows 11. I just hope we can be patient with newcomers and not expect them to know Linux before they've learned it. Oh and RTFM? There barely is a manual to read. But there is this:
Whether or not you use LibreOffice, it's very wise to save your documents in a free and open format – so that you don't get locked out of them in future! Learn more on Document Freedom Day, coming up on March 26: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource
In one month, on March 26, we will celebrate Document Freedom Day 2025. For the first time in a while, the LibreOffice project will play a major role in organizing the event.
Vor einigen Jahren wurde #Mapillary an #Meta verkauft. Und auch #Google StreetView möchte vielleicht nicht jeder nutzen.
Mit Panoramax gibt es nun eine #FOSS Alternative. Sie soll dezentral organisiert werden. Dies ist meines Wissens die erste Instanz:
panoramax.openstreetmap.fr Kleiner Tipp: Falls man das AdOn #ClearURLs verwendet, kommt man eventuell über die Animation wegen Blockierung von ETags nicht hinaus. Deshalb nutze ich Panoramax als #Firefox-PWA am Desktop.
🚀 We finally released the very first version of the FOSS Public Alert Server. Version 0.1.0 includes the most essential features and is a good step toward the first stable release.
@matrix has gone from $0 to $561K in recurring revenue in just 2 years. But our expenses run $1.2M/yr.
We've burned through reserves and are at a crossroads.
It's the classic FOSS funding problem: use and adoption are at an all-time high, wealthy companies and countries use it, and secure decentralized comms have never been more important. And yet we can't pay our bills.
Berlin, 20 February 2025 – LibreOffice 24.8.5, the fifth minor release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family of the free open source, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), MacOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux, is available on our d…
Tell us a bit about yourself! I live in Lagos, Nigeria, and I spend my time dabbling into user experience design with research, although these days, I’m diving deeper into research. I’m a big fan of books, especially well-written fiction.
The world needs secure communication more than ever, as a bulwark against the surveillance, authoritarianism, and oppression increasingly enabled by Big Tech. Matrix seeks to meet that need, as an open source, decentralised, encrypted comms protocol.
But Trust & Safety is more difficult in a decentralised environment. How are we building a safer Matrix?
New in #LibreOffice 25.2, our latest major update: A status bar icon indicates when Data ▸ Calculate ▸ AutoCalculate is switched off. #foss #opensource
🇺🇳 Some folks have asked how our efforts are going helping governments be good open source citizens as they leverage free software to provide public services.
🎉 The answer is: Things are going very well, and they're getting better every week.
📋 With 4 months until UN Open Source week, here's a current update from our UNDP team:
Despite not having a lot of money we are yearly subscribed to give 300eur to the #foss #forgejo platform of @Codeberg who are currently suffering sustained network and abuse attacks social.anoxinon.de/@Codeberg/1…
Some of our #webxdc developments takes place on Codeberg. Thanks for persevering! #hugops
One week ago, we announced LibreOffice 25.2, our brand new major release. It’s packed with new features, and has many improvements to compatibility and performance too.
Its "latest and greatest" are: - tags in post headers in your timeline (if that post is included due to you following one orore hashtags); - new post detail layout which makes it easier to view relationships between posts and replies and load more replies on demand.
The initial depth of nesting (higher values imply loading will be less performant, lower values imply you'll see more often the "load more replies" button due to threads being partially downloaded).
It is the best I can do with the current Mastodon APIs but it looks ok-ish and, which is more important to the user who asked for this feature I guess, it makes it easier to follow conversations.
Let me know what you think, and if I accidentally broke anything and in the meantime, as usual, #livefasteattrash
Announcing the first 15 endorsers of the United Nations #OpenSource Principles" – 8 practical ways for groups around the world to promote global digital cooperation through free and open source software.
#boostsAppreciated - spread the word!
Some folks have asked how our efforts are going helping governments be good open source citizens as they leverage free software to provide public services.
RIP #GNOME logo ... we barely knew ya. 1997-2025
