We took for granted that at least our tech bubble would understand what the Google Decree means for Android, #FLOSS and freedom. Unfortunately we never saw the uproar we were expecting and people just shrugged it off taking for granted that "nothing changes".

@marcprux great #FDroid post brought the issue into the light, waking up developers, users, media and (we hope) concerned authorities to the immense danger the newly proposed gatekeeping controls Google wants to add.

1/3

A new #DestinationLinux has hit the road!
😂❤️🐧🐧🐧
tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destin…

We Have a Wonderful Interview Exploring Design in Linux & Open Source with Máirín Duffy 🎉

#Linux #SwitchtoLinux
#FLOSS #RedHat

Thank you @SandflySecurity!
destinationlinux.net/sandfly

Itching to try GNOME 49 today? Developers and curious testers can try GNOME OS in a virtual machine or bare metal:

os.gnome.org/

Just remember that GNOME OS itself is considered pre-release software; bad things may happen if you use it in production. Happy testing!

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

GNOME OS Nightly

Try the latest and greatest GNOME software in a VM or on real hardware

^os.gnome.org

Thank you to everyone who helped make GNOME 49 a reality—especially every Friend of GNOME whose financial support sustains the GNOME Foundation!

If you'd like to join us on the road to GNOME 50, consider donating to become a Friend of GNOME today. With your help, we can continue to build a diverse and sustainable free software personal computing ecosystem to realize a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust.

donate.gnome.org/

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

GNOME 49 has been officially released! Head over to the release notes to discover all the new features and enhancements:

release.gnome.org/49

Many thanks to our community for your work over the past 6 months. You're amazing!

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

GNOME Release Notes

Discover what's new in GNOME, the distraction-free computing platform.

^{GNOME Release Notes}

Hey, Linux people: a LOT of folks are screaming off Windows right now.

Be. Kind. To. Them.

They don't know much yet, so they are going to ask really basic questions. If you're KIND, you might get some to give it a try and stick to it bc they know they can ask for help. If you're unkind, you're showing them using Linux will be *worse* than Windows. If you can't bring yourself to be kind, then SAY NOTHING. Let others pick up that slack.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Ubuntu #Debian #LinuxMint

It's here! The NVDA 2025.2 Release Candidate is available: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2r…

We encourage ALL users to try this before we declare it is stable. Please see tips on how to test without affecting your installed copy in this week's In-Process: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-4…

NVDA 2025.2 includes improvements in Windows 11, browse mode & Microsoft Word. Plus updates to eSpeak-NG & LibLouis, new device support & more!

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Release #Update #NewVersion #PreRelease #test #Testing #FOSS #FLOSS

NVDA 2025.2 Beta 5 is now available for testing!

Read more & Download at: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

Changes in Beta 5:
- Fixed a bug where supported languages were incorrectly being reported as unsupported.
- Updates to translations.

Please try Beta 5 and let us know what you think.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #NewVersion #Update #Beta #PreRelease #FOSS #FLOSS

Are you a developer looking to make a difference? NVDA is on GitHub with an enthusiastic community of people who report issues, test bugs & features & submit code to improve NVDA. Now is an exciting time to become involved in a not-for-profit. Use your skills to directly impact the lives of blind & vision impaired people around the world! Find out more, read the developer docs & join in at: github.com/nvaccess/nvda

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Community #Contribute #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

🚨 Keynote Announcement 🚨 - We are excited to announce our first keynote for the 20th FrOSCon presented by Daniel Stenberg

AI slop attacks on the curl project

Full abstract here programm.froscon.org/froscon20…

Further information at froscon.org

@bagder #floss #opensourcde #ai #aidriven #aislop

NVDA 2025.2 Beta 3 is now available for testing: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

Changes introduced in Beta 3:
- Added a WASAPI toggle to SAPI5.
- Added a confirmation dialog to update root certificates when downloading add-ons.
- When using NVDA Remote Access, speech from User Account Control screens on the remote computer now works reliably.
- Updates to translations.

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #PreRelease #News #Update #Software #FLOSS #FOSS

It's another End Of 10 Challenge 🖖

Supporters are invited to do a simple task to further the campaign goals.

This time's challenge … 🚀

Locate the bug tracker 🐞 of an app you use, and learn how to submit a bug report 🐝 for the developers.

BONUS ❤️ POINTS: Actually submit a bug report.

BONUS BONUS ❤️❤️ POINTS: Show a friend how to do it too!

Tell us about it in a post. Don't forget hashtag #EO10Challenges

#EndOf10 #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #GNULinux #Windows

It's a busy day! NVDA 2025.2 Beta 1 is now out: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-2b…

AND In-Process is also out: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3… - covering all about NVDA 2025.1, NV Access in the Forbes Accessibility 100, five quick things to try with NVDA 2025.1, and a small end of financial year request: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-3…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #Blog #News #NewVersion #PreRelease #Beta #FLOSS #FOSS

I just updated the list of weather stations used by #TinyWeatherForecastGermany , and it turns out my app now supports 6291 locations worldwide.

Time to update the advertising claim from "over 5000 locations worldwide" to > 6000 👍

#TinyWeatherForecastGermany delivers you a weather forecast on #android devices based on #opendata from the Germany's National Meteorological Service, @DeutscherWetterdienst .

It is a #floss app without any trackers.

It also includes weather warnings and a pollen forecast amongst other features.

You can get it at #IzzySoftRepo apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/ or at #fdroid .

You can visit the project homepage at #codeberg
codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

Are you a GitHub user who would like to support the great work NV Access does?

You can become a GitHub Sponsor!

Today, we'd like to give a shoutout to Nael-Accessvision, one of our GitHub sponsors.

You can sponsor NV Access here: github.com/sponsors/nvaccess

(Or through PayPal or bank transfer via the "Donate" link on our website)

*Donations in Australia are tax deductible*

#FOSS #FLOSS #Accessibility #NonProfit #NotForProfit #GoodCause #Donate #Donation

Exciting day for the #Fediverse! This morning at #UN #OpenSource Week, @haubles announced that @Mastodon has been named as a Digital Public Good for its work to empower communities, protect privacy, and foster authentic connections.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/06/…

#Mastodon #DPG #DigitalPublicGoods #UnitedNations #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

🗓️ There are 4 days left to contribute to the crowdfunding campaign for the #PeerTube mobile app and help us to reach the next goal!

Every contribution helps us build a world where everyone can use PeerTube from anywhere!

👉 support.joinpeertube.org

#crowdfunding #mobile #app #FLOSS #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

Soutenir PeerTube

Popularisons les vidéos partagées par les humain⋅es pour les humain⋅es !

^{support.joinpeertube.org}

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

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

🌟 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

Thorsten-Voice

Guude! (hi, nice to see you) 👋, i'm Thorsten 😊. You like open source, privacy aware and local running voice technology? Me too 😎. You'll find cooking recipe like tutorials on TTS, STT, Voice Assistants, AI, ML and way more cool stuff here.

^YouTube

#fdroid just successfully built #TinyWeatherForecastGermany version 0.62.9 .

This is a #floss #weather #forecast #app for #android devices based on #opendata from the German federal weather service "Deutscher Wetterdienst", the #dwd .

This app has no trackers included, does not need any proprietary services on your devices and has been developed to work well on de-g***led devices running #lineageos.

It also supports #tindie_wearables via the #gadgetbridge app.

You can get it at #fdroid, #izzyondroid and you can visit the project homepage at #codeberg

codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…

TinyWeatherForecastGermany

^Codeberg.org

If you contribute in some way to GNOME, are you already a GNOME Foundation member? If not, you should apply ASAP: foundation.gnome.org/membershi…

Once you do (or if you’re already a member), don’t 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

I think it's very telling that from all corners of the Fediverse, #FLOSS developers come screaming "I do it for free in my spare time, I can release whatever I want, and you can change it if you don't like it!"

As if that was the point.

I you release it as a broken hobby project, fine. Just don't call it a "fully functional" or "community driven" audio editor / encryption utility / mail server / file explorer / chat client if it's completely unusable to a reasonable part of the audience who just happens to be blind, or otherwise impaired.

#Accessibility #a11y

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/11…

#Linux #Accessibility #a11y #FLOSS

aaron

2025-05-10 10:56:42

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-w…

I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn

^{fireborn.mataroa.blog}

In a move that surprises absolutely noone, GitHub now requires users to login in order to browse public repositories (including open source projects). After a few (~10) requests, you get blocked (I can confirm). In order to fight AI scrapers, I guess.

So, GitHub decided to blanket-limit access to open source projects as a defense against the very scourge that they(r parent company) unleashed on the world.

I won't be hypocrite: it's a bit embarrassing, but undeniably satisfying to say "told you so". I moved away from GitHub long ago and I moved all my stuff to Codeberg instead. And so happy I did!

Next step: radicle.xyz maybe?

github.com/orgs/community/disc…

#github #microsoft #openai #codeberg #ai #ml #llm #enshittification #foss #floss #opensource #radicle

NVDA 2025.1 Beta 3 is now available for testing. As well as all the NVDA 2025.1 updates, beta3 adds:
- Updates to translations
- Disallow new Remote Access session in Secure Mode
- Update Remote Access interface
- Add unassigned command for Remote Access settings
- SAPI 4 bug fixes

Read the full release notes (including all the 2025.1 features & fixes) & download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #Beta #FLOSS #FOSS #PreRelease #News #Testing #Test #FreeSoftware #ScreenReader

NVDA 2025.1beta3 available for testing

Beta3 of NVDA 2025.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…

^{NV Access}

NVDA 2025.1 Beta 2 is now available for testing. As well as all the amazing updates in NVDA 2025.1 (from Beta 1), this new beta includes updates to some translations, as well as a minor bug fix for SAPI 5 voices using rate boost. Read the full release notes (including all the 2025.1 features & fixes) and download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…

#NVDA #NVDAsr #Update #Beta #FLOSS #FOSS #PreRelease #News #Testing #Test #FreeSoftware #ScreenReader

NVDA 2025.1beta2 available for testing

Beta2 of NVDA 2025.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…

^{NV Access}

📢 Connaissez-vous le dépôt d'applis #Android nommé #FDroid 📦 et son appli éponyme ?

💡 Ajoutez-y le dépôt #IzzyOnDroid 📦 (apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/) ! Il enrichira votre catalogue.

ℹ️ Certaines applis sont présentes dans les 2 dépôts. Celles d'IzzyOnDroid sont en principe dans des versions plus récentes. IzzyOnDroid fournit les APK les plus récents ⚠️🐞 tandis que F-Droid compile lui-même les sources après contrôles 🔎🛡️

#️⃣ #OpenSource #LogicielsLibres #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #LibreTips #smartphone

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

NVDA 2025.1 beta 1 is now available for testing! 2025.1 includes NVDA Remote, OneCore & SAPI 4 & 5 improvements, OCR, Microsoft & LibreOffice improvements, Add-on store improvements, Braille updates & new tables plus heaps more! Download from: nvaccess.org/post/nvda-2025-1b…

Please note the "What's new" link doesn't currently work, we're fixing it, but in the meantime, run the installer & open what's new from the NVDA menu.
#NVDA #NVDAsr #Beta #News #Update #PreRelease #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource

NVDA 2025.1beta1 available for testing

Beta1 of NVDA 2025.1 is now available for download and testing. For anyone who is interested in trying out what the next version of NVDA has to offer before it is officially released, we welcome yo…

^{NV Access}

In-Process is now available, featuring all the info on CSUN ATC 2025, Thorium Reader, how the NVDA 2025.1 Update is going, Open-Source software and a new RH Voice Update! Read it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2… and don't forget to subscribe via email: eepurl.com/iuVyjo

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #CSUNATC #CSUNATC25 #CSUN #Thorium #RHVoice #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #News #Newsletter #Update

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.

#boostsAppreciated - spread the word!

unite.un.org/news/fifteen-orga…

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #UN #UnitedNations

**Google Summer of Code 2025, Get Googled, Get Mixxx-ed, Get Involved**

Google Summer of Code is a program that enables students to work on open-source projects over the summer, typically lasting between 3 to 12 weeks. Participants are matched with mentoring organizations like Mixxx, where they collaborate on various projects under the guidance of experienced mentors.

Apply now! Check out our wiki for more details: github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/wiki/…

#Mixxx #GSOC #GSoC2025 #Floss

GSOC 2025 Ideas

Mixxx is Free DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes. - mixxxdj/mixxx

^GitHub

🤔 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?

#boostsAppreciated

unv.org/become-online-voluntee…

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #volunteering

Become an Online Volunteer

Why volunteer online? Through Online Volunteering, you can contribute your skills and expertise towards achieving sustainable human development efforts of organizations around the world.

^www.unv.org

• Very likely (28%, 4 votes)
• Somewhat likely (57%, 8 votes)
• Somewhat unlikely (0%, 0 votes)
• Very unlikely (14%, 2 votes)

🇺🇳 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:

undp.org/digital/blog/open-sou…

#UN #UNDP #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #GovTech

Open Source Programme Offices (OSPOs): Greater collaboration for more sustainable impact

^UNDP

RIP #GNOME logo ... we barely knew ya. 1997-2025

gnome.org

#BrandEquity #logo #branding #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

Going thru the stands at fosdem ran into immich.app as a photographier I was interested so asked a few questions :
- what's your biz model?
- none yet, but probably hosted services
- how do you compare to #flickr or #pixelfed?
- pixelwhat? We are providing a replacement photo - no direct answer for flickr
- do you support activitypub?
- actiwhat?
- do you run on any OS?
- of course we do, we provide docker images

#fosdem2025 #floss #selhosting #photography

@accrescent Sounds great. I am looking forward to it. Thanks for #Accrescent and contributing to the #FLOSS community. I greatly appreciate that.

Adding an info whether an app is FLOSS is helpful.