More good news! Another government is freeing itself from tech giants and vendor lock-in. The Danish Ministry of Digitalisation is dropping Microsoft Office/365 and moving to #LibreOffice, to get back control: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/07/08/danish-ministry-switching-from-microsoft-office-365-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware

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Danish flag and text "Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice"

🚀 Das FrOSCon 2025 Programm ist da! Die Free and Open Source Software Conference bringt am 16.–17. August wieder Open‑Source‑Begeisterte aus ganz Europa an der Hochschule Bonn‑Rhein‑Sieg zusammen – und online!

👉 https://froscon.org/programm/

🎤 2 Tage, 7 Vortragsslots + 2 Workshops parallel, Live‑Streams, Social Event & mehr.
... und das Beste: der Eintritt ist frei!

In den nächsten Tagen präsentieren wir euch ein paar der Talks hier.

#floss #opensource #software #community

We’ve successfully upgraded our Mastodon server to:

- v4.4.0 (stable) + mementomods-2025-07-08
- Mastodon Bird UI 2.3.0 (stable)

This update includes the latest build, so everything should be as current as possible. The branches are synced and up to date.

As always, if you notice anything strange or buggy, please let me or any of the other admins know.

Enjoy your time here! Feel free to message me if you have any questions or thoughts.

#MementoMoriSocial #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #OpenSource

I'm having a "special" day today so I'll break the cycle and just spread some love.

Someone in my feed said thanks to #foss #developers and I enjoy that sentiment.

Thank you to all who make #opensource software and make this world a little bit better. You are doing important work.

I know money would be great but a sincere thank you is all I have atm.

To everyone using foss software. Maybe spread some love as well. :)

#fosslove #thankfoss

The same people who stomp their feet, shake their fists, and shout "pay the maintainers" are the ones who think it's "ironic" that my two books about #OpenSource cost money. 🙄

You can find (and hopefully buy) those books here: https://fossbooks.com

CoMaps has been officially launched!

https://news.itsfoss.com/comaps-launch/

#opensource #comaps

Just been to see #JurassicWorld at the flicks, super awesome to see #OpenSource getting so much prominence!

Internet traffic, visualized with a opensource app which comfortably monitor your Internet traffic. It is a cross-platform and reliable app for your needs https://github.com/GyulyVGC/sniffnet

#opensource #security

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A screenshot of sniffnet Application to comfortably monitor your Internet traffic.

From the Leanpub Blog: Welcome to the Leanpub Launch video for Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools by Qiusheng Wu!

https://leanpub.com/blog/leanpub-book-launch-introduction-to-gis-programming-a-practical-python-guide-to-open-source-geospatial-tools-by-qiusheng-wu

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #GIS #Python #OpenSource #Geospatial #RemoteSensing #DataScience #EarthEngine #geemap #leafmap #LeanpubPodcast

Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools by Qiusheng Wu

Watch here:

https://youtu.be/UFGSXOJ4nrE

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #GIS #Python #OpenSource #Geospatial #RemoteSensing #DataScience #EarthEngine #geemap #leafmap #LeanpubPodcast

From the Leanpub Blog: The Leanpub Podcast 🎙️ Feat. Qiusheng Wu, author of Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools

https://leanpub.com/blog/the-leanpub-podcast-feat-qiusheng-wu-author-of-introduction-to-gis-programming-a-practical-python-guide-to-open-source-geospatial-tools

#books #ebooks #GIS #Python #OpenSource #Geospatial #RemoteSensing #DataScience #EarthEngine #geemap #leafmap #LeanpubPodcast

NEW! The Leanpub Podcast 🎙️ Feat. Qiusheng Wu, Author of Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools

Watch here:

https://youtu.be/NgKYwGW2oYw

#books #ebooks #GIS #Python #OpenSource #Geospatial #RemoteSensing #DataScience #EarthEngine #geemap #leafmap #LeanpubPodcast

A critical Linux vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in Sudo lets any local unprivileged user gain root via the --chroot (-R) option

🔒 Affects default configs on Ubuntu, Fedora & others — no Sudo rules needed
🛠️ Fix: Update to Sudo 1.9.17p1+ (no workarounds)
👀 CVSS: 9.8 (Critical)

Highlights persistent risks in open-source privilege handling 🧩

https://cybersecuritynews.com/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability/

#Linux #Sudo #FOSS #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #OpenSource #Vulnerability #Root #Exploit #SysAdmin #DevSecOps #Tech @TechNews

As the week wraps up, we’d love to celebrate your progress with you.
What’s something you accomplished or learned while working with FreeBSD this week?

Whether you solved a tricky configuration issue, tried out a new tool, or helped someone in the community, every win counts. Let’s inspire and support each other by sharing what worked well.

👉 Check out this video for more FreeBSD inspiration: learn how to launch FreeBSD on AWS in under a minute!
https://youtu.be/V9-5QC6vLHY?si=wWSCrUXH2fIarlCi
#FreeBSD #OpenSource

Why is security work unlike any other contribution to an open source project?

We need to re-think the tight association between maintainers and security work if we want sustainable open source security.

Read more: https://sethmlarson.dev/security-work-isnt-special

#opensource #oss #security #supplychain

Want cool logo for CLI just for fun or profit? Try this tool to show giant ASCII-art logos with colorful gradients in your terminal. 😎 https://github.com/shinshin86/oh-my-logo

#opensource

@nina_kali_nina I've been using #XMPP for the last year or so, wondering if the halcyon ICQ days of yore are still to be had.

After testing it with several friends connecting to my own self-hosted #Prosody server, here's what I found:

- Yes it all works, on all XMPP clients. But MacOS/iPadOS/iOS clients are not all that mature at this time. The #Linux (#Gajim, despite no video or audio calls) and #Android (#Conversations) XMPP clients are the best, IMHO. Always favor those, I say, and they are confidently installable and reliable today.
- Yes, use OMEMO encryption on personal chats. But when it comes to group chats, OMEMO is not necessarily the right move.
- If you don't need privacy in an XMPP group, then don't create a private group, but rather a _public_ group (the safer choice for reliability of message delivery). No OMEMO is possible in a public group, and the messages propagating around will be reliable, even to clients who vanish and re-appear after prolonged absences.
- If you really need OMEMO encryption in a group chat, create a _private_ group, not a public group. **Clients who vanish from the group for prolonged periods may miss out on some of the messages when they return (say, a few weeks later)**.
- I kept a wiki with several more quirks noted, which came up, and felt confusing and frustrating to my (non-geek) friends using XMPP.

As to your Apple-ecosystem-confined friends, at this moment in time, maybe talk to them 1:1 in #Fluffychat/Matrix, which affords encryption, and is all #OpenSource, like everything above. (Groups in #Matrix have a track record of failing for everybody in them very badly every 2 or 3 years or so.)

NEW VIDEO - Here's my thoughts on the XLibre vs. X11 thing!

#opensource #unix #linux #XLibre #x11 #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/sAjtQMVjqpw?si=SqTvu5TIB4rlnPCe via @YouTube

"Liberation that excludes people is just gatekeeping with a mask. If you want to call it freedom, then build a system that doesn’t slam the door on the people who need it most."

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine/

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #UX #Accessibility #disability

🎉 Welcome John Baldwin to the FreeBSD Foundation Board!

Long-time contributor John Baldwin was elected to the Board during the June 10, 2025 Annual Meeting. With decades of experience in core, release engineering, and the FreeBSD Journal, John will help strengthen connections between the developer community and the Foundation.

👏 Join us in welcoming him!
📖 Learn more : https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-welcomes-new-board-member-john-baldwin/

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Leadership #FreeBSDFoundation

Talking of awesome KDE apps, digiKam 8.7.0 has just been released!

KDE's full-featured image and photo managing software enhances its face detection and recognition feature, improves support for GPU actions, and updates its RAW decoder, G'MIC plugin, and more.

https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-06-30-8.7.0_release_announcement/

#photography #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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A view of digiKam's main screen, with a beautiful picture of a view in the central pane, a map indicating where the photo was taken on the left, and the file's metadata on the right.

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Another cool screencap of digiKam with a picture of a rose, and all the different RAW decoders in a list on the left.

The Godot Community Poll for 2025 is live!

If you use Godot Engine or interact in the wider Godot community in any way, please consider taking 5 mins to fill it out and help the project. :)

https://godotengine.org/article/godot-community-poll-2025/

#godot #GodotEngine #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #OpenSource

2 weeks until BastilleBSD 1.0 lands—on Bastille Day (July 14)! Watch this space for release features, upgrade info, and celebrations. #BastilleBSD #FreeBSD #opensource

✈️ EuroBSDCon 2025 Travel Grant Applications Now Open!

The FreeBSD Foundation is pleased to announce that travel grant applications are now open for EuroBSDCon 2025, taking place September 25–28 in Zagreb, Croatia.

If you are a FreeBSD developer or advocate who could use financial assistance to attend, we encourage you to apply.

📅 Application deadline: August 5, 2025
Learn more about eligibility, guidelines, and how to apply:
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/eurobsdcon-2025-travel-grant-application-now-open/

#FreeBSD #EuroBSDCon2025 #OpenSource

Building Your Own PKI with Step-CA – From Root CA to Proxmox Integration with ACME!

In this #HowTo we create an own, decentralized PKE with #stepca, enable #ACME and integrate a #Proxmox node to obtain a certificate.

#proxmox #stepca #opensource #howto #homelab #enterprise #pki #security #decentralized #x509 #certificates

https://gyptazy.com/building-your-own-pki-with-step-ca-from-root-ca-to-proxmox-integration-with-acme/

I’ve talked before about how I think NetBSD is “boring”, and that it’s among the highest forms of praise I can give tech as a sysadmin and architect. But I’ve never elaborated why that is. Boring tech is mature, not old https://rubenerd.com/boring-tech-is-mature-not-old/

#unix #netbsd #opensource

F-Droid 1.23 released with Material Design 3 redesign, new repository sites, Logcat file export option

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md

#fdroid #android #opensource #freesoftware

Oh, wow! The German IT Planning Council decided yesterday to consolidate a bunch of disparate communication tools into a unified system based on Matrix and MLS.

Here's the record of their decision and the other options they considered: https://gitlab.opencode.de/it-planungsrat/fit-ab/zapuk/-/blob/main/Zielarchitektur/Architekturentscheidungen/ADR-0011-Kommunikationsschicht.md

#Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS #ProtocolsNotPlatforms #DPI #DPG

In the past two months I’ve caught up on sleep, made my yearly pilgrimage to Montreal, hosted guests, and done a little work for the fantastic folks at Open Robotics. I’m feeling much better following my months at Semios and can once again turn my mind to all things #strategy, #operations, #business, and #OpenSource.

https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2025/06/on-with-the-show

#FediHire #GetFediHired #plsBoost