Ran into a problem in prod?
Just generate a fake cloudflare error page and blame it on them - gives you time to fix.

github.com/donlon/cloudflare-e…

#foss #devops #cloudflare #infosec

GNOME.Asia 2025 is live in Tokyo, Japan! The two day event has a fantastic schedule of talks and workshops.

events.gnome.org/event/303/

If you can’t attend in person, the sessions can also be viewed remotely; head over to the online registration to sign up and follow along:

events.gnome.org/event/303/reg…

#GNOME #GNOMEAsia #GNOMEAsia2025 #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

GNOME Asia Summit 2025

GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop but also covers applications and platform development tools.

^{GNOME Events (Indico)}

Pleast boost for reach:
On the subject of Linux phone accessibility, the developer of AT-SPI wrote:
There's a long-standing issue that Joanie filed against at-spi2-core for
touch screen support:
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/at-spi2…

Ande I haven't taken the time to figure out how best to handle this. I'm
not sure if evdev would do what we need, or we might want to work with the
maintainers of mutter, KWin, etc. to create a protocol for
intercepting/manipulating gestures. We would also need code that can
detect gestures from touch screen presses. NVDA has code that we might be
able to use as a model.

All of this is theoretically on my list of things to do. Of course, help
would be welcome if anyone else was able to take it on.
end quote

For blind people to switch to Linux on phones, we need to use the touch screen. If anyone can help with this, it would allow the blind to take one step closer to being capable of creating our own accessibility, our own environments, in the way that helps us most. See NVDA as a great example of how that goes.
#accessibility #blind #foss #linux #phones #pinephone

Implement support for touch/gestures (#148) · Issues · GNOME / at-spi2-core · GitLab

Orca currently is able to register grabs for, be notified of, and consume keyboard events of interest. It should be able to do the same for touch/gestures.

^GitLab

Great software is free software.

Out of the many brilliant #FOSS tools out there, ZDNet’s Jack Wallen picks seven he considers so good he’d gladly “throw down some cash“.

And guess what? Nextcloud is one of them. Well, we wouldn’t settle for less 😉

zdnet.com/article/7-open-sourc…

7 open-source apps I'd easily pay money for because they're that good

These apps are free, but I'd be willing to throw down some cash for them. Here's why.

^{Jack Wallen (ZDNET)}

@alpinelinux @postmarketOS
@guardianproject

G is a gang of coercive, destructive, and abusive glassholes!

May #FOSS save us from bandroid's demon horde!

From the Blinux list, my thoughts below the quote:

"Hello to all.

This is partly a (re)introduction and some good news (news for definitely not all, but some) of you.

This message is actually send to two lists, as I have no clue how big intersection of the member lists there are (I suppose huge, but not complete), so sorry for double receiving, you who are in both lists.

And now, with the disclaimers out of the way... I started to be interested in Linux, say ten or twelve years ago (don't remember exactly). Through a set of happy coincidences, I managed to get a job at Red Hat in the desktop team, and because accessibility was in the times of the reorg an important thing, a tools and accessibility team actually was created. It is quite a small team, and the majority of people on it do not have work time to do anything with accessibility (we're maintaining some of the Gnome apps, we do RHEL packaging, testing etc.).

However, I am working on the accessibility related things every day, so don't be afraid to ask something, mention your issues, and such.

Personally, in terms of distributions, I use GNome on Arch (personal laptop) and Fedora (work laptop), so I have the most experience with these setups, but I definitely used Mate, and tried Kde for some time as well.

And, that's it for now. "

So, a small team, that barely has time to do what the team is about. This is really sad. This is what people with disabilities get from one of the biggest Linux companies there is.

#accessibility #blind #linux #foss #gnu

One week after we kicked off our year-end fundraiser, we’ve reached 800 #FriendsOfGNOME!

Our goal is a bit more ambitious, though: 1,500 by December 31. Help us out by joining today: donate.gnome.org

If you’ve already joined or are unable to right now, you can still help by sharing this post with friends and colleagues: blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…

Let's secure the future of GNOME together and enable us to do even more great work next year.

#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS

Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

🔗 itsfoss.com/news/german-state-…

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice

Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.

^{Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)}

We’re soooo close to 800 #FriendsOfGNOME; who is going to be the one to push us over that nice round number?? 👀

donate.gnome.org

#GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is all about XMPP.

Snikket (snikket.org/) is an easy-to-install, and easy-to-administer, XMPP server. It is designed for families and other small groups. The apps for Android and iOS (based on Conversations, I think) are great.

Dino (dino.im/) is my desktop XMPP client of choice.

Profanity (profanity-im.github.io/) is a terminal / console XMPP client, which is incredibly convenient.

Why not have a fun festive project of setting up an XMPP-based chat server for you and your family and friends?

#XMPP #FOSS #SelfHosting

Dino. Communicating happiness.

A privacy-friendly messaging app for the desktop. It uses the XMPP protocol and provides a clean UI with modern features.

^dino.im

This year brought great improvements to #accessibility in GNOME, including:

• Accessibility from the start on the login screen
• Full accessibility of GNOME Web
• Tons of improvements to Calendar
• Screen reader integration for Notifications
• Configure #Orca screen reader from Settings
• GTK apps integrated w/Windows & macOS accessibility

Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME so we can focus on accessibility even more in 2026!

donate.gnome.org

#a11y #GNOME #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

My talk at @FOSSBackstage got accepted.

26.foss-backstage.de/session/d…

#foss

Disobey: FOSS tools to fight back and their adoption.

**Everyone** is trying to control your communication. The reasons vary from simple curiosity to pure commercial interest, all the way to using it to control one's thoughts.

^{FOSS Backstage 2026}

Supporting the GNOME Foundation directly enables us to take on more initiatives like this, paying community members to deliver impactful work. Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME before the end of the year by donating today: donate.gnome.org

What features or initiatives would YOU like to see the GNOME Foundation take on in the coming year?

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #GNOMEFoundation

This year we delivered new Digital Wellbeing features for GNOME including Screen Time history and limits, break reminders for movement and eye health, and improved parental controls with Screen Time integration.

This work was coordinated by the GNOME Foundation thanks to a grant from Endless, and implemented by valued community developers @pwithnall and @ignapk with support from design team member @snwh.

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #DigitalWellbeing #FOSS #friendsOfGNOME

Since we’re gonna be around all day to read, respond, and boost stuff on the fediverse… what are YOUR favorite things about GNOME? 👀

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

We’re 50% of the way to our goal for the end of the year! 🎉

Have you joined #FriendsOfGNOME yet? If not, this is your sign to join 750 other amazing supporters:

donate.gnome.org

If so, help us keep up the momentum by sharing with your friends, especially those outside of the typical contributor community. Let’s end the year strong!

#FriendsOfGNOME #GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

We’re launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME. And we need your help!

blogs.gnome.org/foundation/202…

This week we’ll also be sharing and celebrating accomplishments of GNOME over the past year here on the fediverse; be sure to follow #FriendsOfGNOME!

Finally, if you’re already a Friend of GNOME or join this month, please join us in posting with #FriendsOfGNOME as well so that we can thank you. 😊

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #GivingTuesday

Join Friends of GNOME

This post was contributed by the Fundraising Committee from the GNOME Foundation. This week we are launching an end-of-year fundraising campaign with a simple goal: to reach 1,500 Friends of GNOME...

^{mariamaj (GNOME Foundation)}

Nexus Client

Hi, around two weeks ago I started making Nexus, a Matrix client.

In these two weeks, I've made great progress, as you can see in the progress list.

However, I'd love some help implementing some features, or help with UI design, as it takes me quite a while to design a UI.

If you're interested, please reply!
Boosts appreciated! ❤️

#Flutter #FOSS #Help #OpenSource #Matrix #Design

Petition in Germany to recognize unpaid contribution to free and open source software projects as 'society-beneficial volunteering' (ehrenamt)!

This will give volunteering for e.g. @postmarketOS , @freifunk , @kde , @nextcloud , @Mastodon and other libre projects the same legal status as taking care of an elderly family member, which provides tax benefits and relaxes requirements for receiving unemployment benefits.

openpetition.de/petition/onlin…

English language version (only sign one version): openpetition.de/petition/onlin…

If you're not a resident of Germany, go ahead and use this thread to organize similar initiatives in your country of residence.

#deutchland #foss #floss #volunteer #ehrenamt #freiwilligkeit #openSource #freeSoftware

Are you ready for my talk at #Prague's monthly #DevOps meetup? My #dog is :)

#foss

We’re also thankful for all of our Friends of GNOME who help keep the GNOME Foundation sustainable! The next time you see one of these 720+ outstanding individuals, join us in thanking them for directly supporting our vision of a world where everyone is empowered by technology they can trust:

donate.gnome.org/#friends-of-g…

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

Today we are thankful for each and every contributor to the Free and Open Source software that makes GNOME possible. ❤️ And of course, we’re extra grateful for the contributors to GNOME projects, tirelessly working to build and improve our diverse and sustainable personal computing ecosystem.

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

What if the main thing your #FOSS project needed was that you work less on it?

I wrote up a few reasons to do so:
antonin.delpeuch.eu/posts/too-…

Curious to hear what you think of it :)

Hey all,

just a reminder that the CfP for #FOSDEM presentations officially ends on the 1st of December, and that applies to our Music Production devroom too. If you have cool stuff to talk about (and I know you do!) please do consider submitting!

music.lminiero.it/fosdem/

Please boost for reach! No idea if I'm using enough hashtags to reach everyone, but feel free to add more if you can think of others 😁

#fosdem2026 #foss #music #production #musicproduction #opensource

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Telegram, the cloud-based freemium chat, has now implemented strict rate limiting for users of alternative clients, VPNs and virtual phone numbers.
Clients like Nekogram, Nagram, Cherrygram and Unigram may show transmission delays or errors.
If your client had recently become slower, disable the VPN and use a real number.

#telegram #android #windows #linux #software #opensource #foss #cloud #im #chat #vpn

@kolev I love #XMPP but not having a single cross-platform fully-featured client makes onboarding normies much more difficult, hindering adoption greatly.

Nothing wrong with being the #Ubuntu or #LinuxMint of decentralised #FOSS messengers... people who need the Archlinuxes and BSDs will find them in time.

I have managed to onboard lots of people to cross-platform messengers like #DeltaChat, #ElementMessenger and #SignalApp, but not a single person to XMPP. Cross platform apps also make switching OSes eaiser, e.g. migrating from Windows to Linux, or Android to LinuxMobile.