After a great week for Linux, with the releases of Fedora 40 and today Ubuntu 24.04, I would be interested to know which operating system the Fediverse in my "bubble" uses? Linux? Windows? Or macOS or even a BSD? More than one?

Please write in the comments which distribution or version! Thanks for participating and SHARING!

#linux #unix #opensource #freesoftware #windows #microsoft #apple #macos #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #debian #fedora #ubuntu #linuxmint #archlinux #opensuse #gnome #kde

• Linux - Which one? (71%, 50 votes)
• Windows 10/11 (15%, 11 votes)
• macOS (20%, 14 votes)
• FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD (30%, 21 votes)

You don't need a new computer for up-to-date software ... just the right software!

Come to #Umweltfestival 2024 in #Berlin to learn about the role of independent #FreeSoftware in the sustainable use of hardware.

🗓️ Sunday 28 April, 11-19h
📍 Straße des 17. Juni (Brandenburg Gate)

#KDEEco together with #FSFE (@fsfe) and Bits & Bäume (@bitsundbaeume_berlin) will be there! Some in the #GNOME and #postmarketOS community may be joining as well :)

@kde

#KDE #BMUV #UBA #GermanEnvAgency #OpenSource

#Movim 0.24, codename Mueller is out. Let's dive in all the new exciting things that you can find in this new release!

https://mov.im/node/pubsub.movim.eu/Movim/007843a5-5a44-4710-86a1-70ad7e18bd84

Congratulations, @edhelas!

#Jabber #XMPP #freeSoftware #fediverse #socialNetwork

Communities • Movim 0.24 Mueller

Movim 0.24, codename Mueller is out. Let's dive in all the new exciting things that you can find…

^mov.im

Congratulations to the entire @fedora community on the release of F40!

And this is awesome: The "Slimbook Fedora 2" laptop looks like a great way to get more people up and running with #FreeSoftware and best of all, they donate 3% of the proceeds to @gnome.

#Fedora #GNOME #OpenSource #Slimbook

https://fedoramagazine.org/slimbook-fedora-2-new-ultrabooks-for-fedora-linux-40/

Slimbook Fedora 2: New Ultrabooks for Fedora Linux 40 - Fedora Magazine

Check out the new Fedora Slimbook 2 Ultrabook with Fedora Linux 40 installed! Fourteen inch and sixteen inch versions are available.

^{Joseph Gayoso (Fedora Project)}

Today more companies are announcing their support of the Valkey community (the group that includes committed developers previously working on the OSS version of the core Redis engine): Aiven, Alibaba Cloud, Chainguard, Heroku, Huawei, Percona, and Verizon.

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkey #Community #LinuxFoundation

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/valkey-community-announces-release-candidate-amid-growing-support-for-open-source-data-store

Valkey Community Announces Release Candidate Amid Growing Support for Open Source Data Store

Valkey community welcomes new partners, including Aiven, Alibaba Cloud, Chainguard, Heroku, Huawei, Percona, and Verizon.

^{The Linux Foundation}

Now on stage for the morning #OSSummit keynotes, core team member Madelyn Olson to speak about the new Valkey community effort.

The walk-on music: "We are never ever getting back together" by Taylor Swift. 🤣

Love it!

#OSSummit #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #OSS #Redis #Valkey #Community #LinuxFoundation

🇪🇺 #EUelections are getting closer! Get active and make your voice be heard about #SoftwareFreedom!

🤔 How?

💡 For example, you can use our share-pic generator and share why you support our “Public Money? Public Code!” campaign. Post your share-pic on social media and encourage others to do the same! 🚀

#PublicCode #PMPC #FreeSoftware

More ideas here: https://fsfe.org/activities/publiccode/get-active.html

Get active during electoral campaigns - FSFE

A guide to make an impact by getting in touch with political representatives during electoral campaigns

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

We are part of the #ZOOOMProject consortium, a #HorizonEU project with the purpose of promoting open technologies. 🚀

💡 Recently, the #FSFE legal team produced 4 chapters in 2 comprehensive reports, dealing with many topics, and providing empirical data on #FreeSoftware topics in 🇪🇺 in relation to critical technologies, such as AI.

📃 Check them out!
🔸 https://zooom4u.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Document_Licensing-Framework_final_PUB.pdf
🔹 https://zooom4u.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ZOOOM-D1.1-Licensing-Framework_submitted.pdf

⚠ NGI Zero Commons Fund 2nd call ⚠

Are you developing or contributing to #FreeSoftware that contributes to the vision of the Next Generation Internet?

💥 You might be eligible for the @nlnetlabs funds!

💡 Find out more information and how to apply here: ⤵️

https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20240401-call.html

Elections for the #EUParliament take place 6-9 June 2024.

Get active and ensure #SoftwareFreedom is part of the larger political debate!

Spread the word about #FreeSoftware among candidates running for the 🇪🇺 elections!

https://fsfe.org/activities/publiccode/get-active.html

Get active during electoral campaigns - FSFE

A guide to make an impact by getting in touch with political representatives during electoral campaigns

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

"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:

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/04/open-source-publicly-funded-service/

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #funding #xz #sustainability

Open Source Infrastructure must be a publicly funded service.

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Matthew Hodgson (matrix.org)}

Wishing everyone a great time at Gnome 46 Release Party by Volunteers starting today in Offline in #Berlin, #Germany

https://foss.events/2024/03-30-gnome-46-release-party.html

@gnome
#gnome46 #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe #gnome

💥 Elections in the 🇪🇺 European Union are getting closer and closer! 👀

ℹ️ As candidates are busy with electoral campaigns, NOW is the moment to get active and question them about their position on #FreeSoftware 🤔

💡 We have created a reference guide to make it easier for you to contact them ‼️

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240321-01.html

Let’s advocate together for Free Software in the European Elections - FSFE

European citizens will hit the ballot boxes from 6 to 9 June 2024 to choose their next representatives in the European Parliament. As the campaign heats up...

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

How it started: "This change has zero effect on the Redis core license, which is and will always be licensed under the 3-Clause-BSD."

How it's going: "Beginning today, all future versions of Redis will be released with source-available licenses. Starting with Redis 7.4, Redis will be dual-licensed under the Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and Server Side Public License (SSPLv1)."

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #OSS #FOSS #Redis

What is #FreeSoftware ⁉️

💡️ Advocating for #SoftwareFreedom starts from understanding its basic concepts and its fundamental values: the freedoms of using, understanding, sharing, and adapting the code. 🚀️

🤔️ Learn more by watching our video, translated in 14 languages! 💕️

https://media.fsfe.org/w/p/9gYSyoEYggsqBExLWjRejL

What is Free Software?

Four Freedoms explained in under 3 minutes. Free Software guarantees you the essential four freedoms to use, study, share, and improve the software. These rights, that define software freedom, help...

^FSFE-Tube

The #fossnorth 2024 schedule is now available! https://foss-north.se/2024/schedule.html

Don't miss out and make sure to get your tickets now!

#opensource #freesoftware #conference #gbgtech

OBS Studio 30.1 Released with AV1 Support for VA-API, #PipeWire Camera Source, and Much More https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-30-1-released-with-av1-support-for-va-api-pipewire-camera-source

@pipewire #Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Do you thank everyone who makes your software project a success?

Take the time today and explicitly send appreciations to those who don't send you code patches, but help with #design, #localization, user support, defining priorities, community management and so much more!

#NonCodeContributions #FreeSoftware

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

💡 Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as #FreeSoftware?

If it is public money, it should be public code as well.

https://media.fsfe.org/w/7cH6EATpmPwaMsEZN8vfyj

Help us to share this message! And do not forget to 🖋️ sign our open letter: “Public Money? Public Code!”

https://publiccode.eu

#PMPC #SoftwareFreedom

Public Money? Public Code!

Why software financed with public money should be released as Free Software. Read more: https://publiccode.eu/

^FSFE-Tube

@fossnorth 2024 will take place on April 15 - 16🚀 in Gothenburg

This #FreeSoftware conference brings together Nordic Free Software communities!!

⚠The call for papers is open until March 12! https://foss-north.se/2024/contribute.html#papers

#SoftwareFreedom

📢 GStreamer 1.24 is out - a new major feature release of your favourite multimedia framework! 🕺🏼💃🏼🎉

Check out the release notes for details of all the exciting new features and improvements we have been working on:

https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/releases/1.24/

Enjoy!

📦 Binary packages for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android are now available at https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/

#GStreamer #Release #opensource #FreeSoftware #Multimedia

On 14 February, we joined many #FreeSoftware communities in celebrating I Love Free Software Day 💕, an opportunity to share gratitude and appreciation with those who make #FreeSoftware possible! 🚀

We have collected the stories and great 📸 pictures you sent us, and summarised this year's celebrations in this news item and accompanying report. 💭

Check it out!

https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20240226-01.html

#SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS24 #ILoveFS

"I Love Free Software Day" 2024: Forging the future with Free Software - FSFE

Together with hundreds of people and several organisations, we have celebrated another "I Love Free Software Day" on 14 February! On this day, we reached o...

^{FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe}

When the creator of #nginx calls for the #freenginx fork, the question is not whether he's right or wrong, but rather: how does the rest of the free software community facilitates following the fork rather than the brand? It's a matter of community agency vs. corporate agency.

In the last five years there have been many occurrences of corporate intrusion in #freesoftware community Commons (not to say "Business", because it is not) that were overlooked as 'normal'. They are not.

#FollowTheFork

February was #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay ❤️

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#FreeSoftware #FOSS

We should just go with Hungarian here, that's understood by less people than Latin, but at least "Szabad Szoftver" sounds good.

#FreeSoftware

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html

#FLOSS #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OSS #OpenSource

"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

#Mixxx 2.4 Open-Source and Free DJ Software Released with Major Changes, Here's What's New https://9to5linux.com/mixxx-2-4-open-source-dj-software-released-with-major-changes

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

Wow! I Love Free Software Day 2024 in Bergamo has been great 💕
@dario had the pleasure to talk with @kenobit about #SoftwareFredoom and younger generations, the Fediverse and much more.

Thank you @bglug for hosting us and thanks to all of you who made this a special day for #FreeSoftware 🚀
#ilovefs

We have been running an #FDroid-compatible repository since 2012! Since then, the free software ecosystem on Android has blossomed, meaning @fdroidorg can be properly strict about #FreeSoftware. A couple of our apps still have a couple #proprietary blobs that are requirements. F-Droid no longer includes any third party repos by default, that means our repo is no longer there by default. It is still easy and safe to add it! Read on for more info:

https://guardianproject.info/2024/02/24/the-future-of-our-fdroid-compatible-app-repository/

The future of our fdroid-compatible app repository

Guardian Project has been running its own fdroid-compatible app repository since 2012. Up until now, we worked to ensure that our repository had the same standards of free software as the official F-Droid repository.

^{eighthave (https://guardianproject.info)}

#ILoveFreeSoftware, you love #FreeSoftware. Let's get that down. Most of the time you don't even notice that you're using a device running a #Linux kernel, #GNUtils or services like #ApacheWebserver, #Matrix etc. as they just work and don't get in your way; don't bother you reading ancient 📜 #EULA; don't track you ...

But have you ever said thank you to all the contributors supporting the projects and sustaining #SoftwareFreedom?! If not, then today's your lucky day.

Create a sharepic via @fsfe's https://sharepic.fsfe.org/#ilovefs tool and use the #ILoveFS hashtag to show your appreciation. Additionally, spend some time looking up the #Fediverse handle of your favorite projects and mentioned them.

Happy I 🧡 Free Software Day!

Today is the #ILoveFreeSoftwareDay ! I would like to thank the free softwares I use and that I found on the Fediverse.

The main #FreeSoftware I use is my OS. Thanks to #Manjaro and to @archlinux on which Manjaro is based. And to the @linuxfoundation , @gnome and the #Linux ecosystem.

Thanks @mozilla especially for #Firefox and @thunderbird !

Thanks @zaclys which give me access to @nextcloud , which I thank too.

Thanks also (without order) @keepassxc , @lutris , @Mastodon , @voyagerapp , @Tusky , @fdroidorg , @libreoffice , @GIMP , @lagrange , @termux , @element , @matrix , and others I forgot.

All these projects are wonderful projects maintained by wonderful people. Without you, my everyday life would be harder and less interesting. Love you ❤️!

#ILoveFS

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 https://mastodon.social/@fsfe/111928405423174259