I would just

• fetch a microcontroller
• program it
• add a micro led display matrix
• add CR2032 batteries, or
• dedicated small lipo rechargeable
• 3D print a enclosure
• get a custom made wrist band

...slap it on my wrist,  depending on the power requirements of the microcontroller

Much more niche, totally unique no need for a factory produced Gizmo

There are countless Open Source  Projects for something like this readily available

@rl_dane

#Watch #binary #micro #controller #led #matrix #programming #OpenSource

"Dezentral or Centralized? Wikipedia and the Fediverse" - a panel. I just handed in this talk/idea for #Wikicon2026 in beautiful #Regensburg!

#followerpower, do you think this is great idea? Like I do? :-) Spread the word about Wikicon!

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiCon_2026

Any input welcome, let's hope the committee likes the concept.

@evan
@RichardHeigl @chillicampari
#opensource #fediverse @FediVariety
https://pretalx.wikimedia.de/wikicon-2026/talk/review/NFE3XDSTSFPG9NBGKDEYQZZW7N3FAWQC

Improvements are coming to #LibreOffice's tabbed user interface, in our next major update, due in August! Big thanks to our Design community for working on them. (Of course, the menu+toolbar interface option isn't going away 😉) #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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Screenshot of tabbed user interface, with colours

#runsnac #snac2 #fediverse #alternatives #opensource
CC: @VasiliWz@hachyderm.io

GentleOS: A Hobby Operating System for Vintage PCs

Relive the nostalgia or discover for the first time the joy of a vintage computing using GentleOS for 16-bit and 32-bit Personal Computers (PCs).

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gentleos-vintage-pc-operating-system/

#blog #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #OpenSource #FOSS

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A vintage Zenith TurbosPORT 386 laptop folded open with keyboard visible and on the screen displaying GentleOS. Next to the laptop sits bold white title of 'GentleOS' with a subtitle of 'Vintage Hobby Operating System' and '8086+ 16-bit / i396 32-bit' all against a brown wood grain background.

BSDCan 2026 is today!

Live streams are available for each track.

DMS 1110: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/stream1.html
DMS 1120: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/stream2.html
DMS 1160: https://www.bsdcan.org/2026/stream3.html

Happy hacking!

#BSD #BSDCan #OpenSource

"But what if it's good? You can't ban AI submissions completely because what if some of them are good?"

Respectfully, I think a number of AI fans have lost the plot with that argument.

For some people, the point of banning AI submissions is that there's been a deluge of slop submissions. The fact that AI bug reports or whatever are improving *may* turn them around on allowing them at some point. But, you know, let them come around on it on their own, mmmkay?

For many others, though, the point is that they don't want AI submissions, period, end of story. The quality could be excellent, but it does not matter. The point is that it's from an LLM and they object to that on principle. Whether one agrees with that or not, respect it, ok?

It's like arguing with a person who's a vegetarian or vegan, "But this tastes excellent! And the chicken was free-range and well-cared for right up until the moment it was killed. Didn't even see it coming. Joe Pecky thought he was going to a party, and then he got a quick one in the back of the head."

It's still chicken. And some people don't eat animals. Respect that, too.

I'm not going to lecture other people on their use of LLMs, etc., here. But please, stop lobbying everybody else to just give up and accept it, especially in open source.

The thing that makes open source special, when it is, is the human factor. It's building a community that cares about a project. Talking to other humans and working with them on problems. It's OK if that moves more slowly. What's the damn rush anyway?

Sure, the project itself is important, but so is the surrounding community. When that just becomes a bunch of prompt fondling and button pressing to unleash whatever the LLM spat out into a CI/CD pipeline to make its way into another CI/CD pipeline... what even is the point?

#LLMs #OpenSource

In a policy statement¹, @conservancy said:
> “#FOSS projects should not shun contributors who choose to use LLM-gen-AI systems.”

@dalias' reply:
>> “LOL WTF NOPE. 🤡”

While it was surely unintentional, your reply is quite similar to the cruelty of traditional #FreeSoftware rhetoric — wherein we shunned people for *using* #Apple & #Microsoft. Such users deserve sympathy and help toward more software freedom.

Same goes for #LLM-backed generative #AI users.

¹ https://sfconservancy.org/llm-gen-ai/llm-backed-generative-ai-recommendations.html

#OpenSource

Find an open source
alternative to anything.

https://opensource.builders/
#opensource #builders

Thx to AI Linux will soon stop being a platform for retrocomputing hardware. Old hw support is getting deprecated to reduce the attack surface.

Meanwhile the Linux Foundation is creating its nth AI/crypto related group.

#opensource #linux #ai #cybersecurity #retrocomputing #retrogaming

@jbz

I think #linux was already heading in that direction, but I guess with #ai it will speed it up. From my perspective #linux is owned by large corporations and regular users are a very low priority.

There is always #NetBSD :) I am on 11.0 RC5 on a #T430 and it is working great, granted you have to pay attention to the hardware you use/find/but. Plus #NetBSD seems to be dedicated to keeping old hardware out of landfills.

#opensource #cybersecurity #retrocomputing #retrogaming

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!

This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected!

My full article - with a great analysis by @aral:

🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/

#FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

Sharing a sneak peak of the new upcoming interface which takes place as another alternative frontend design to make it it more modern.

#sneakpeak #PVE #opensource #XCP #Xen

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The new upcoming cloud control panel in PegaProx for Proxmox & XCPng based cluster management

The curl project will not accept or otherwise handle any vulnerability reports during the month of July 2026. We call it the curl summer of bliss. https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/06/15/curl-summer-of-bliss/

#curl #opensource