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Happy to see this European Declaration of Digital Independence:

apell.info/2025/11/17/declarat…

Thanks #APELL #OpenSource #FOSS


Happy to see this European Declaration of Digital Independence:

apell.info/2025/11/17/declarat…

Thanks #APELL #OpenSource #FOSS


219 people have already won sticker packs in the Month of #LibreOffice! But there are still almost two more weeks to go – so join in: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource #freesoftware


Hello #FOSDEM crowd. If you know someone attending 2026 who creates some form of an #openart - under a free license, let them know that there could be a small community gathering for them. Theater producers, visual artists, actors, musicians, painters, photographers and more and more are welcomed.

codeberg.org/bogomil/FOSSArt

#Foss



I just donate to the @gnome project / foundation. This time I could only manage 10USD! But please if you can spare some money! Support one or more #opensource projects! It does actually make a difference!

#gnome #foss #moneyinopensource


Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing.

blog.muni.town/open-source-pow…

I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink, more so here on the fediverse than anywhere else.

But I'm scared and tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.

#OpenSource #foss #licensing


So last night, I tried Fedora 43. Fedora-Workstation-Live-43-1.6.x86_64.iso. The installer is now web based, making it really nice to use, even with just Tab and Shift + Tab. I was able to install it with no problem.

Now, first time setup had just one big issue, the timezone selector. It's keyboard accessible, and works like this: you start typing a city name, like Chicago, and then down arrow through suggestions and press Enter on the one you want. But Orca doesn't speak that there are suggestions available, and does not read which suggestion you select until you press Enter.

Other than that, Gnome desktop looks pretty good these days! The settings are much better, and that's about all I had time to test so far. Orca starts if you hit Alt Windows S at the installer and first setup, then starts after first setup is complete. The overview panel where you type to search doesn't read when it opens, but basically you just hit the Windows key and start typing what you want, and Orca reads what you hand on, and you can arrow through results. Notifications read too, and I'm thankful Gnome supports notifications.

#accessibility #blind #fedora #linux #foss @fedora


There's lots of talk about "digital sovereignty" – but what does that exactly mean? Well, avoiding vendor lock-in and economic dependency for starters. Learn how the Open Document Format (ODF) helps here: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource #freesoftware #openstandards


LibreOffice 25.8.3 is now available! All users are recommended to update, to get the latest bugfixes and compatibility improvements: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource #freesoftware



# "Using LibreOffice and other Free software for documents as a lawyer"

I was asked recently about how I get on using LibreOffice for document-related legal work, and I promised to write down some thoughts.

The short answer is that I use a mix of LibreOffice and other FOSS tools, and I’m very positive about it, with no particular concerns.

If you have questions, please do ask!

neilzone.co.uk/2025/11/using-l…

#LibreOffice #Linux #FOSS #lawfedi #vim #git #Markdown


Just donated $5 to the GNOME Foundation.

Open source software powers so much of what we do - often built by volunteers.

If you use and love a project, consider giving back - even a few dollars or a thank-you matters.

#opensource #FOSS #Linux #GNOME


Die @joplinapp@mastodon.social nutze ich in Verbindung mit #Nextcloud schon einige Jahre. Sie ist zu meinem wichtigsten Arbeitsmittel geworden.

Aber erst vor Kurzem habe ich festgestellt, wie genial der dazugeörige #WebClipper ist, um Inhalte aus Webseiten in #Markdown zu speichern:

addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/…
#OpenSource #FOSS #digitalSouverän #Workflow


What will the world be like in 10 years? Or 50? We don't know – but we all need to think about long-term data storage. Don't get locked out 🔒 of your own documents – instead, choose a format designed for long-term archiving: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #openSource #freesoftware #openstandards




just putting a quick feeler out...are you a product person who's interested in helping out with some open source stuff? Specifically, foss designed to help artists/creatives/etc? I'm not doing a full call for folks rn but I'm wondering if I've got moots or other folks this might reach who are like 👀

Boosts Welcome™️

#IndieWeb #FOSS #ProductManagement #product


So ...there's various situations where .NET UI #accessibility just isn't as automatic as it should be. Loads of times I see perfectly good label texts within buttons, listItems, etc. that for whatever internal reason isn't actually the button's #accessible name. This has been a problem for close to twenty years now and I doubt #microsoft is ever going to fix it, so I had a crack at it. All the disclaimers apply, this is mostly just a thing I wrote for myself and I figured it might be helpful to some: github.com/zersiax/dotnet_fix
If you have to use .NET apps that seemingly have a bunch of unlabeled buttons, but object navigation reveals text inside, this might help some. No guarantees, and if it breaks you get to keep both pieces :P #foss #NVDA #screenReader #blind


Ubiquiti is using mongodb 3.6 in its installation instructions for self-hosting the UniFi controller.

Support for mongodb 3.6 ended in April 2021, as far as I can tell.

So while I've got an up to date UniFi installation, the database behind it is *very* old.

Updating mongodb to something more modern (e.g. 7) is painful.

Very painful.

Fortunately - with lots of backups - uninstalling mongodb 3.6 and purging unifi, then installing mongodb 7 and reinstalling unifi, then restoring unifi from backup, worked.

#Linux #FOSS #selfhosting


Tech people talk about tech too much.

I really really REALLY want to use all the awesome privacy friendly FOSS (and similar) stuff, but I am not a techie person! I don't know how to program, nor do I want to.

And every SINGLE time I try to find out even what thing (OS, program, app, service, etc) to use, let alone how, and I search for it... I get techie-focused answers.

It's complete gibberish to me! Absolutely useless. It makes me feel actively unwelcome even though I really care about using alternatives to Windows, Meta, X and other dystopic nonsense.

For example: I'm like "How do I start a non-enshittified group chat to talk about a thing?" and all the results are technobabble to me. I don't even know if the words they use are supposed to be normal english words or if they refer to orgs or groups or apps or some weird coding wizardry.

I am so lost, every single time.

I stick with it though. But like. I wonder if the tech people realise that this is happening???? Because they probably understand what they're talking about. And they seem to not realise that not everyone does.

I'm not trying to blame or shame anyone or even complaining as such (a little bit complaining, ngl), mostly just giving feedback. This is not an issue with a singe thing but with ALL of it as a whole! Including #GNU #Linux the #Fediverse #Matrix and most #FOSS apps.

My sincere wish: Give non-techie people an EASY TO FIND and easy to read and easy to understand and easy to implement guide about how to use the things as an alternative to using big corporation services, ie, "I just want it to work" and not have to worry about the technical side of things. (examples in thread)


Want cool #LibreOffice merch? And to expand your skillset? Join us this month: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


Hey @delta! Reading this delta.chat/en/2025-05-22-brows… got me thinking. I live in Firefox but miss Chrome’s one-click “Install PWA as app”. What about a Tauri-based helper + a Firefox extension that wraps a PWA into a desktop app in one step? Hosting stays light: the PWA is cached; relays/self-hosted instances can serve the client. Keeps control with admins. Interested? 👍🏻

#Firefox #PWA #Tauri #DeltaChat #FOSS #OpenSource #SelfHosting #WebExtensions


Many things happening in #LibreOffice right now! Markdown support is coming, we've had events in Italy, Cuba and the Czech Republic, and the software is being updated: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


Today we're releasing LibreOffice 25.2.7. This is the final update in the 25.2 branch – all users are then recommended to update to 25.8, the newest stable branch:: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource




It’s been a period of transformation for the Foundation, and the support of every Friend of GNOME truly makes a difference by enabling us to:

• Maintain and improve our infrastructure including GitLab hosting and build pipelines we freely provide to Core, Circle, and World projects

• Provide services for members like blog hosting, chat, and video conferencing

• Support the development of Flathub

#GNOME #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOMEfoundation #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Flathub




Ciao! Earlier this month, #LibreOffice community members got together at the LibreItalia Conference 2025 in Gradisca d’Isonzo: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


Independent fromme fromme this or intially, a good start for institutions still hanging in MS365 or so can start with LibreOffice free file formats, so that there is an overall interoperability in data exchange.

Thats mainly replacements for Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

#LibreOffice #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware


News for developers! As a result of some awesome cross-project collaboration, Flathub now has improved tooling to make license compliance easier for you.

tl;dr app developers, ensure you’re using up-to-date runtimes and verify that licenses and copyright notices are properly included; distros, ensure your OS images have been built with updated runtimes from Flathub.

docs.flathub.org/blog/enhanced…

#Flathub #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS


Earlier this month, we had the sixth edition of the Latin American #LibreOffice Congress – here's what we did: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware


Great Intelligence2 episode with @pluralistic

open.spotify.com/episode/2DoEu…

I loved his call for #DigitalSovereignty. It is great how #FOSS provides countries to provide a viable alternative. Interoperability & being able to reverse engineer the products is key.

open.spotify.com/episode/2DoEu…

This would do so much for innovation, too. The whole focus on printer ink is such a great example, as is the nursing one. Monopolies are anti-capitalist & anti-innovation. Lots I hadn't considered for #privacy


Markdown support is coming to #LibreOffice! And a new dialog to edit table styles, Python and BASIC code auto-completion, Rust UNO language bindings, and more - all thanks to participants in the Google Summer of Code: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #OpenSource


(2/3) For those curious about the technical side: we are using #MkDocs to build the website inside #WoodpeckerCI on #Codeberg and push the resulting HTML to #Grebedoc.

We want to thank all the developers of these tools and we want to thank @Codeberg and @whitequark for the hosting of code and website.

As always in this #FOSS world: we build on the work of others to get much further much faster than we could have gone alone and we are so grateful for the FOSS community for making this possible!


Small improvements can make a big difference. Our next major update to #LibreOffice (due early next year) will show page ranges under headings in the Navigator. Find out what else the developer and QA communities are working on: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #OpenSource


"Today, another mad dictator is threatening the world's infrastructure. For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from American tech – not just Russian gas."

As you might have come to expect and astute as ever, @pluralistic laying down the facts on American tech subservience.

pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/pos…

#tech #technology #FOSS #policy