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Keep the momentum going for free open source projects in this week's Follow Friday by giving your support with contributions, boosts and follows.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-keep-momentum/

- LÖVR @lovr
A framework for rapidly building immersive 3D experiences.
- NV Access @NVAccess
A screen reader.
- BiznisBox @biznisbox
A web app for managing invoices, clients, & payments.
- BookStack @bookstack
Documentation system.

#FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ff #oss #foss #floss


I just realized Workbench is 2 years old 🎂

The first release just had a buggy GTK XML preview

It's a good reminder that

• Alone, I wouldn't have accomplished a 1/4 of what it is today
• The maintainer role is as much social as it is technical

• Making impactful things is a marathon, not a sprint
• Building software is an iterative process

#FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #GNOME


The #GUADEC2024 call for abstracts for those looking to be *sponsored* has passed (due to visa reqs & travel lead time), BUT the call for both in-person (if you don’t need sponsorship) and remote talks IS STILL OPEN!

https://events.gnome.org/event/209/abstracts/

If you’ve been working on something interesting in GNOME or GNOME-adjacent spaces and can present remotely or get yourself to Denver in July, you still have just over two weeks to propose a talk!

#GNOME #GUADEC #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS


New Changeset newsletter is out:

https://buttondown.email/Changeset/archive/2024-02-retaining-contributors-extending-trust-care-tips/

Guides on #opensource project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.

#Python #maintainership #FLOSS #burnout #sustainability #management


"Free Software" is ambiguous
"Open Source" is not enough

Both terms also carry negative history.

I noticed "libre" is becoming more common and is well understood in several languages.

Maybe it's time for a renaissance with #LibreSoftware

#SoftwareLibre #LogicielLibre #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #foss #OpenSource #FreeSoftware


Is the term libre as in "libre software" understood in English ?

#FreeSoftware #askFedi #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS


“Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream” by @barthalion

Heads up to app developers: Flathub’s automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually. There’s a chance that if your app has been passing continuous integration checks previously, it will fail now; here’s why, and what to do about it:

https://docs.flathub.org/blog/improved-build-validation

#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS


#TinyWeatherForecastGermany version 0.62.0 just was built successfully at #fdroid ! 🎈 🎉 ✨

This version comes with overhauled home screen #widgets and new options to better customize data syncs.

You can choose the data categories that should be kept updated automatically, and specify intervals for weather forecasts and weather warnings.

This version also launches significantly faster on #legacy #devices .

This is a #floss #weather #app using #opendata from the #dwd .

Get it at #fdroid !


Hello, world! 👋 It’s your friendly neighborhood Linux app store here on the Fediverse! Check our profile, we’re verified. 😎

Speaking of which… if you’re an app developer and want to get your app verified on Flathub, check the docs! If you need any help, give us a shout here.

https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/verification

#Flathub #Flatpak #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #introduction


New post: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2024/trust-new-maintainer/ Whether And How To Trust A New Maintainer

What kind of trust does a project #maintainer need to have in a new co-maintainer? To get better at #opensource #sustainability, we need to improve at recruiting, training, & promoting new leaders.

I cover attributes to check for.

I mine 4 comparable situations for assessment ideas, & explain how to reduce how much trust you NEED to give by promoting someone.

&: 3 options if you're low on time

#maintainership #FLOSS


Am I weird that I want to put together a #FOSDEM2024 “TV Show” on my Plex server, then organize the rooms into “seasons” to catch up on interesting ones I missed? 😅

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM24 #Plex #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS


« Opening up communication silos with Matrix 2.0 & the EU Digital Markets Act »
https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3345-opening-up-communication-silos-with-matrix-2-0-and-the-eu-digital-markets-act/ [ @fosdem talk by @matthew ]

#Matrix Foundation (@matrix) need our support ! 💰
https://matrix.org/membership/ [ Support ]

#Funding #FLOSS


Did you that calDAV has a journal feature? I use it to keep meeting notes stored alongside my calendar; no need to go hunting for notes when you can just click on the date the meeting took place in your email / calendar client! I've been using KDE's Kontact for this on my GNU/Linux PC, and I just discovered @jtx for Android which I use alongside @davx5app.

#KDE #GNU #Linux #CalDAV #FOSS #FLOSS


One trick to make your life much better as a maintainer and help contributors

Have a Makefile directive to run everything that runs on CI

`make x` is all it should take to verify the changes pass automated tests

Linter, formatter, sorter, unit tests, etc

If tooling is needed then add a `make setup` directive that takes care of installing it

#offlinefirst #ci #development #git #GitHub #GitLab #Codeberg #dx #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #developerExperience #developer


I think I have spent more time listening to #podcasts than watching Netflix or Youtube during 2023, and I believe I'm not alone in this entertainment style.

I think we [collectively] really need to support #FLOSS tools that are used in consumption (and production and hosting) of podcasts. We really lack on that front.

The only good Podcast player I know is @AntennaPod , the best podcast hosting I know is @funkwhale .

Let me know if you know other FLOSS tools in this domain.


Hey Denver peeps/companies: want to sponsor an international conference that's coming to Denver, CO with potentially hundreds of open source developers, maintainers, designers, and community folks?

Check it out → https://events.gnome.org/event/209/page/334-sponsors

#Denver #DenverCO #Colorado #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2024 #Linux


Remember to share positive posts, memes, etc. about open source things you use and like. A simple “I like this” or “thanks for working on this” can go a long way!

Happy people carry on using things quietly while negativity gets shared, memed, and shoved in front of folks who work on your favorite projects. One negative comment too often outweighs ten positive ones, because human brains are dumb.

Spread positivity, save someone from burnout.

#OpenSource #GNOME #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware


Do you work on GNOME or adjacent stuff? Do you want to help improve the GNOME desktop around usability, reliability, safety, digital well-being?

GET PAID TO DO IT!

The @gnome Foundation is offering a one-year contract (with potential to extend) to work on the above on behalf of the Foundation. You’d probably interact with me, the GNOME design team, and core maintainers of GNOME components.

https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/01/12/application-open-for-gnome-foundation-software-engineer/

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GetFediHired #OpenPosition #hiring


I’ll be at #FOSDEM2024 in a month! It’s my first time attending after many, many years of people telling me I need to go. If you’re one of those folks, you’ll be attending #GUADEC2024 in Denver, CO, USA, right‽ 😜

#FOSDEM #GUADEC #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GNOME


Tusky : some stats 📜

- App overall translation : 63%
- Being translated to : 64 languages
- Some quick numbers on the attached media, provided by Weblate.

You are welcome 🤗 if you want to contribute to translate Tusky : https://weblate.tusky.app/engage/tusky/

Yeah, we need contributors from Finland 😉

#Tusky #Translation #l10n #i18n #localization #FLOSS


The #EuropeanCommission is finally considering whether "#OpenSource software (#OSS)…can be used as a foundation for developing the new #publishing platform" for EC-funded #OpenAccess research.
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/cc087fd8-82b3-11ee-99ba-01aa75ed71a1/language-en

Unfortunately, the new software would merely "underpin" #OpenResearchEurope (#ORE), not replace it. ORE is proprietary software owned by #TaylorAndFrancis. When the EC called for bids on ORE, it did not require open code despite many calls to do so.

#FLOSS #OpenInfrastructure


How do open source projects get things done? How do they retain contributors, attract users, and make technical decisions? All this (and more!) falls under the auspice of "governance". Shauna Gordon-McKeon explores the power and potential in being thoughtful your project's governance, and how expanding your view of what governance entails can create a virtuous cycle.

#OpenSource #FLOSS #Governance

https://www.opensourcestories.org/stories/2023/shauna-gordon-mckeon-governance/


New blog post: https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2023/set-contributor-expectations-to-reduce-ghosting/ Set Contributor Expectations To Reduce Ghosting

It's frustrating when a new #opensource contributor vanishes. You can reduce how frequently that happens:
* Understand why they ghost
* Articulate your vision
* Set expectations in the contributors' guide, & in auto-replies/boilerplate replies
* Prioritize quick first-level reviews
* Follow up with "resources if you're stuck" checkins
* Build safeguards against cookie-licking

#maintainers #FLOSS #maintenance


It looks like Fedora 39 torrents are live a bit early. 👀 It seems like a good choice for my father-in-law's recently-liberated EOL Chromebook!

After downloading, I've already seeded to a 1:1 ratio; if you have some spare bandwidth, you can join in, too!

https://torrent.fedoraproject.org/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS


The focus on Freedom and taking control of your data is also imperative to #LabPlot, an open source Data Analysis and Visualization software.

It supports multiple file formats and the ODS import support will be added in the next release :-)

➡️ https://invent.kde.org/education/labplot/-/merge_requests/369

#LibreOffice #DataViz #Plotting #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource
#DataScience #Spreadsheet #Calc #ODS


The combination of rapidly-improving technologies like GNOME, Flatpak, Wayland, and Portals also means our active privacy protections are also better than ever before.

I went on to write:

>If and when we are able to develop an open, peer reviewed, industry-respected method of responsible and privacy-first telemetry, we may consider doing so.

While that post was in the context of elementary OS, I believe every word I wrote.

#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #GNOME #Flatpak


I’ve spent a long, long time thinking about ethical software, the challenges we *necessarily* give ourselves compared to closed competitors, and crucially, how to overcome those challenges.

Four and a half years ago, I wrote:

>respecting your privacy is the ethical thing to do; users have a fundamental right to the utmost privacy, even from companies and products they trust.

That’s as true as ever.

https://cassidyjames.com/blog/privacy-and-elementary-os/

#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS


Read my colleague @wjt’s post covering the privacy-first system we have built into @EndlessOS, how it fits together, and why it exists.

https://blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2023/07/05/endless-oss-privacy-preserving-metrics-system/

I hope this can serve as the beginning of the ecosystem coming together to solve this unique challenge in a way that is objectively superior than any proprietary system—all with privacy as the fundamental principle.

#EndlessOS #GNOME #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS


What a beautiful story of #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #software from #ABC news from Kristine Taylor and Susan Chenery - @kristineataylor@twitter.com and @chenery3@twitter.com - Jamie Teh - @jcsteh and Mick Curran - @md_curran@twitter.com, who both live with #blindness, created #NVDA software which is a desktop #ScreenReader - and continue to give it away for free.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mick-curran-jamie-teh-changing-lives-of-the-blind-with-nvda/101768788

Get the software here on @github https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda

#a11y


This is your irregular reminder #Adobe are fucking dicks:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/adobe-tells-users-they-can-get-sued-for-using-old-versions-of-photoshop

> Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop

We need #FLOSS tools to get to the point where they can replace Adobe tools. Open alternatives are great, but they are sadly not there yet to replace Adobe tools for professionals.

And won't be unless projects like @inkscape get enough funding to develop to a point of being viable alternatives.

Yes, it is in no small part about the money.


Alex Hollender's retrospective on a recent Wikipedia redesign

https://alexhollender.com/wikipedia-2023-redesign

reminded me of a post I wrote in 2019: Design, and Friction Preventing Design Improvement, in Open Tech

https://www.harihareswara.net/posts/2019/design-and-friction-preventing-design-improvement-in-open-tech/

On:

those exceptional #FLOSS projects that aren't developer tools, and are robust, & have high-quality user experience

problems & approaches in product management + #UX #design in #opensource, and people already working on it

Wikimedia & design pushback specifically


Hello Fediverse 😀
We are starting this account for Qt Project related communication, events, and many more things.

Did you know that there is a simple page that gives you the instructions to contribute to Qt? and also you can get some nice plots to see the activity on all the repositories!

https://contribute.qt-project.org

#qt #oss #qtproject #floss


Heard about #commonvoice (https://commonvoice.mozilla.org/)? This is an easy way to contribute to #FLOSS. Such projects need contributors (e.g. people who give data samples or review data).
We used this for teaching statistics (#rstats). Students should find out if there are gender differences by counting male vs. female contributors. There were significantly more men in our sample. Bad for unbiased #AI! If more use such projects, we can also grow the open datasets faster and fairer. #genderinequality


Alright, my open sourcerors and glitch witches: I need your help :boost_rainbow:

@tidelift – my employer whose rallying cry is Pay The Maintainers! – has launched its second ever Open Source Maintainer Survey.

If you're a maintainer, can you boost and take a few minutes to complete the ~15min survey?

If you're maintainer-adjacent, boosts appreciated!
https://blog.tidelift.com/take-the-2023-open-source-maintainer-survey #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #PayTheMaintainers #Maintainers