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What's your favourite #FreeSoftware that is #NotOnGitHub (or on other proprietary code forges like #GitLab.com)?
Let us know in the comments! Feel free to also share code from other #Forgejo instances, #Sourcehut or other platforms.
#FreeLibreSoftware #LibreSoftware #Opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #GiveUpGithub #GitHub
If FLOSS is built on the four freedoms, and FLOSS has created an environment that is brittle, then perhaps it’s time for FLOSS to similarly augment the four freedoms.
We have to address this in a fundamental way. The alternative may well be the (eventual) end of FLOSS as we know it.
interpeer.io/blog/2024/04/in-s…
#xz #FLOSS #FourFreedoms #sustainability #robots
In Search of Foundational FLOSS Freedom(s)
A few days ago, a vulnerability in xz-utils named CVE-2024-3094 was discovered, and since then the open source community as well as security pundits...Jens Finkhaeuser (Interpeer gUG)
Your attention please:
Maybe you've never heard about it but since 2020, the Next Generation Internet programs, a sub-branch of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe program, have been cascading funding (via @nlnet calls) open source software in Europe. The massive fundings have enabled a great deal of free software development in recent years, and all without too many constraints (with too few transparency and monitoring, though… which urgently needs to be improved). Unfortunately, these NGI programs seem to have been withdrawn from the next round of Horizon Europe fundings to give priority to AI bullshit.
As a result, we’ve been invited to contact the National Contact Points, Horizon Europe’s national representatives, to express our concern and the importance of maintaining public funding for free software. With this in mind, we wrote an open letter at Petites Singularités and thought it would make sense to fork it out with Hackstub and ARN in Strasbourg for the French NCP to get other French-speaking free software orgas to sign. I’m thinking in particular of the software that has benefited from this funding, such as Yunohost, but also of the Kittens that use this same software.
We can also announce that this topic will be part of the central theme of the next #OFFDEM in Brussels, on the first weekend of February 2025. There's not yet an exact title, but we’ll be discussing financing and community structuring for free software over the next few years.
If you want to sign the french-speaking version of this letter, there's a pad for it: pad.public.cat/lettre-NCP-NGI
The reason why we need a good #floss #fdo camera stack - and why we do all this work around #libcamera and #pipewire on #linuxmobile is not because we want to make beautiful pictures and videos. I almost never take pictures - do you?
The reason is that we need to be able to scan BSOD QR codes 🤷
New on // foss.events: The #Matrix #Conference by The Matrix.org Foundation on 19-22 September 2024 in Mitosis LAB in #Berlin, #Germany
foss.events/2024/09-19-the-mat…
Call for participation is running until 26.06.2024
#TheMatrixConference #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe
Really glad we finally get DRM lease (thus VR) on gnome wayland
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/…
Add Wayland DRM lease protocol support (!3746) · Merge requests · GNOME / mutter · GitLab
Add Wayland DRM lease protocol support. Based on the work byGitLab
"You have to understand, we’re responsible for taxpayer money here. We can’t just make a donation to your open source project."
— a national government who relies on #Matrix when being asked to support it financially
Read more about the problem and some initiatives that are responding to it:
matrix.org/blog/2024/04/open-s…
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #funding #xz #sustainability
Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service.
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsMatthew Hodgson (matrix.org)
Tomorrow's the official start of #30DayFOSSChallenge! We've got a few people chatting in the #matrix already: matrix.to/#/#30DayFOSSChalleng…
Feel free to join us. Don't know what I'm talking about? Look here: nullarch.com/30DayFOSSChalleng…
#foss #floss #opensource #freeculture #degoogle #indieweb
Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication
You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversationmatrix.to
Wishing everyone a great time at Gnome 46 Release Party by Volunteers starting today in Offline in #Berlin, #Germany
foss.events/2024/03-30-gnome-4…
@gnome
#gnome46 #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #gnome
Keep the momentum going for free open source projects in this week's Follow Friday by giving your support with contributions, boosts and follows.
adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-f…
- 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
Discover The Fediverse: Keep The Momentum Going
Find the momentum in your challenging life and in your community of free open source projects with these highlights in fediverse.Adam Douglas
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!
events.gnome.org/event/209/abs…
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!
New Changeset newsletter is out:
buttondown.email/Changeset/arc…
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
Retaining contributors, extending trust, & more maintainer tips
Guides on open source project management, caregiving and persuasion, arguing responsibly, and asking more effective questions. And: celebrating Beautiful Soup's 20th anniversary.buttondown.email
The popular DJ software @mixxx is now official on Flathub 
Announcement: mixxx.org/news/2024-02-21-offi…
Get Mixxx on Flathub: flathub.org/apps/org.mixxx.Mix…
#Mixxx #Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #dj #audio #DigitalAudio
“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:
docs.flathub.org/blog/improved…
#Flathub #Flatpak #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS
Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream | Flathub Documentation
Flathub's automatic build validation is more thorough now, and includes checks for issues we previously would have only flagged manually.docs.flathub.org
Danke für #FreeSoftware - mein Arbeits Alltag wäre nicht der gleiche ohne #OpenSource
Ganz besonders Dankbar bin ich für #LibreOffice, #Firefox, #Thunderbird, #Nextcloud, #Wordpress & #KDEnlive und so viele weitere Projekte wie #Signal
#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS #FLOSS
@fsfe mastodon.social/@fsfe/11192840…
#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.
docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-…
#Flathub #Flatpak #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #introduction
New post: harihareswara.net/posts/2024/t… 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
Whether And How To Trust A New Maintainer
How should we think about trust when it comes to adding new maintainers to a project? Another way of saying that is: if I'm an existing project maintainer, considering whether to entrust you with co-maintainership, … | Cogito, Ergo Sumana | Blog by S…Cogito, Ergo Sumana
« Opening up communication silos with Matrix 2.0 & the EU Digital Markets Act »
› fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event… [ @fosdem talk by @matthew ]
#Matrix Foundation (@matrix) need our support ! 💰
› matrix.org/membership/ [ Support ]
Version 0.62.0 is out!
This is an #android #floss #app showing you #weather #forecasts based on #open #data from the Deutscher Wetterdienst ( @DeutscherWetterdienst ).
See the changelog for what's new:
codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…
Get it on #fdroid:
f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffee…
Visit the project at #codeberg:
codeberg.org/Starfish/TinyWeat…
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 → events.gnome.org/event/209/pag…
#Denver #DenverCO #Colorado #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GNOME #GUADEC #GUADEC2024 #Linux
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.
foundation.gnome.org/2024/01/1…
#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #GetFediHired #OpenPosition #hiring
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 : weblate.tusky.app/engage/tusky…
Yeah, we need contributors from Finland 😉
#Tusky #Translation #l10n #i18n #localization #FLOSS
Get involved in Tusky!
Tusky is being translated into 64 languages using Weblate. Join the translation or start translating your own project.Weblate
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.
op.europa.eu/en/publication-de…
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.
Analysis of the requirements for the Open Source infrastructure of the Open Research Europe Publishing Platform.
Open Research Europe (ORE) is the peer-reviewed open-access publishing platform of the European Commission. It follows the post-publication peer review model to promote scientific transparency and reuse.Publications Office of the EU
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
opensourcestories.org/stories/…
Rethinking the meaning of governance with Shauna Gordon-McKeon
In a conversation looking at multiple meanings of open source governance and project health, Shauna Gordon-McKeon shares with Open Source Stories views of how investing in project culture can build virtuous cycles of inclusion and contribution.Open Source Stories
New blog post: harihareswara.net/posts/2023/s… 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
Set Contributor Expectations To Reduce Ghosting
Let's say you're a maintainer who's just received a new contribution. A new contributor has submitted a patch/pull request.Cogito, Ergo Sumana
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!
#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 
➡️ invent.kde.org/education/labpl…
#LibreOffice #DataViz #Plotting #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource
#DataScience #Spreadsheet #Calc #ODS
Ods import support (!369) · Merge requests · Education / LabPlot · GitLab
Description Support importing ODS (Open Document Standard) files produced by Calc, etc. ConformityGitLab
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.
cassidyjames.com/blog/privacy-…
#Privacy #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS
Privacy and elementary OS ⋅ Cassidy James Blaede
How we protect your data from ourselves and otherscassidyjames.com
Read my colleague @wjt’s post covering the privacy-first system we have built into @EndlessOS, how it fits together, and why it exists.
blogs.gnome.org/wjjt/2023/07/0…
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.
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.
abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…
Get the software here on @github github.com/nvaccess/nvda
#a11y
How friendship between NVDA founders Mick Curran and Jamie Teh is changing lives for thousands of blind people
Mick and Jamie have been mates for almost three decades and have worked on a project with one goal in mind — to ensure everyone can use a computer.Kristine Taylor (ABC News)
This is your irregular reminder #Adobe are fucking dicks:
vice.com/en/article/a3xk3p/ado…
> 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.
Adobe Tells Users They Can Get Sued for Using Old Versions of Photoshop
"You are no longer licensed to use the software," Adobe told them.Karl Bode (VICE)
Alex Hollender's retrospective on a recent Wikipedia redesign
alexhollender.com/wikipedia-20…
reminded me of a post I wrote in 2019: Design, and Friction Preventing Design Improvement, in Open Tech
harihareswara.net/posts/2019/d…
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!
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
