Today I wrote over 5000 words of documentation, and with that, cl-sf3 is complete:

https://shirakumo.github.io/cl-sf3/

Hooray.

#opensource #lisp

Considering that both #XMPP and #Matrix re-invented #decentralized communication while #email was already there, makes #deltachat more interesting.

The fact that DC didn't invent a new protocol for #InstantMessaging and just used the protocol which was already there, and also that how far has it gone, is mind blowing.

At first when I was chatting with @treefit, I already was developing a Matrix client(#chooj) for #KaiOS and it was the only decentralized IM which I was using and investing resources into. I was skeptical but then I thought it would be a good idea to invest into DeltaChat, as well as Matrix. His argument, of course, wasn't good. He was arguing that we need multiple options in the case one of decentralized IMs fail. However this convinced me to give DC a try.

But now, I see that DC has very unique advantages no other messenger has. Their moto is "playing the long term" game. Unlike Matrix which suddenly exploded, DC moves very slowly. As an advantage, DC is much more consistent, hassle free, has less bugs(in my experience) and has better UI/UX than many Matrix clients. But it has got several disadvantages. Matrix has tons more features which DC hasn't got or has added them just recently such as editing messages and reactions. And it is not yet suitable for public groups, like the ones we've got in the Matrix network.

Overall, if you want secure chat with friends or family or other people you trust, DeltaChat is a very good option and the experience is very good. And I haven't seen something like #webxdc in any other IM. However if you want something like #Discord guilds for a community, Matrix is the way to go.

BTW, DC currently lacks funding, thanks to what #Trump did with #OpenTechnologyFund(#OTF). If you can help in anyway, financial or otherwise, it will be extra valuable at this point.

Edit:

BTW, here are websites of webxdc and DC:

https://delta.chat
https://webxdc.org/

Edit2: Make sure to check WebXDC, apps shared in #P2P deltachat groups or DMs.

#IM #FOSS #Messenger #MessagingApp #opensource #opensourceIM #freesoftware

CoMaps (Based on Organic Maps) has a stable release now (coming to fdroid and google play soon).

You can download it from
https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/releases/tag/2025.06.01-6-android

You can read more about the background for this fork at https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c

You can read more about the project at https://comaps.app or follow @CoMaps

#comaps #osm #FreeSoftware #OpenStreetMap #OrganicMaps #OpenSource

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A screenshot of comaps.app website

Whenever I see a door with PUSH sign. I PULL it first to avoid conflicts.

don't worry if you didn't GIT it.

#git #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #floss #foss

Second day of T-Dose, loads of WHY2025 swag and WHY-minded people there 🚀

Will we meet you there?

#hackers #hackercamp #opensource

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A sign that says: Where to hack? With a WHYlogo and a T-dose logo underneath

My grandpa finally moved from Ubuntu to Linux Mint. He says he 'upgraded to the greener version.' He genuinely thinks he's being tech-savvy (but I think he just wants to annoy me using words like 'Green Ubuntu'). I just nod and try not to correct him. LMAO. #LINUX #OpenSource #grandpa

I'm pretty sure someone using Raspberry PI to host Fediverse instance (like #Mastodon) and I approve their usage. #opensource

Time for this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News, a bit earlier than usual, but hey if I'm done working on it, might as well publish it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JjdXnal4Ms

Finally public! My new #opensource web-app to learn #esperanto!
Words in Esperanto are a bit like lego bricks! Put components that mean different things together to make a word!
So why not use that to learn new words?
Add your own word components to build your personal dictionary (eg. "Malgrandaj" -> "Mal" (the opposite of), "grand" (tall), "a" (Word is an adjective), "j" (Word is plural))
So if you have a good enough dictionary, you can infer the meaning of words by just looking at how they are build which is in my opinion the best way to learn!
Some cool features include :
- Import and export your dictionary as a file
- Smart search, will automatically find if it's a component or a word you're looking for!
- Install it as an app to be able to use #offline !
- Optimized to hold and work with large amounts of data! (For fast search)
Try now and give me some feedback!
https://vortkom.xn--3s8h30f.ws

esperanto@sopuli.xyz @novajxoj
(In english because targeted for learners (and I'm still one!))

#AlpineLinux 3.22 Released with Support for #GNOME 48, #KDE Plasma 6.3, and #LXQt 2.2 Desktops, systemd-efistub, and More https://9to5linux.com/alpine-linux-3-22-released-with-gnome-48-kde-plasma-6-3-and-lxqt-2-2

#OpenSource #Linux

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Screenshot of the boot process of Alpine Linux 3.22

#EndOf10 "The Open Source alternative to forced obsolescence"

https://opensource.org/blog/end-of-10-the-open-source-alternative-to-forced-obsolescence

> Open Source isn’t just about code. It’s about community, sustainability, and autonomy. The “End of 10” campaign is a chance to show the world how powerful those values can be.

> We invite everyone—users, developers, educators, and advocates—to be part of this movement. Because the end of Windows 10 isn’t the end of the road. It’s a new beginning.

@osi

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Microsoft #FOSS

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Screenshot (modified) from the blog post. The OSI logo is on the top left next to the text "Open Source Initiative". Below this is the text: "May 28, 2025", "News", "Nick Vidal" The headline appears on the bottom of the screenshot: "End of 10: The Open Source alternative to forced obsolescence"

Some random photos from OSDay 2025. I gave a talk about the BSD family and why to use them in 2025.

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#OSDay #OSDay25 #OSDay2025 #Conference #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #OpenSource #OSS

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Me, standing up and presenting myself. "I solve problems"

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Me and my wife, smiling while listening to an interesting presentation

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One of the staff members asking me something about AI

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The trophy - I won :-)

Some random photos from OSDay 2025. I gave a talk about the BSD family and why to use them in 2025.

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#OSDay #OSDay25 #OSDay2025 #Conference #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #OpenSource #OSS

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Group photo of the OSDay staff and speakers

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My laptop, with the BSD Cafe sticker, is projecting the BSD Cafe logo

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Me, giving my opinion about the Evolution of Open Source

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Me, explaining why I think we lost the value of stability

🚀 Just released DNS-tester — is a scalable tool designed for enterprise environments to validate DNS cache consistency, monitor performance across distributed DNS infrastructure, and ensure reliable name resolution at scale.! Perfect for sysadmins and devs. 🛠️🌐

Check it out here 👉 https://github.com/dmachard/DNS-tester

#DNS #CLI #DevTools #Networking #OpenSource

SysctlTUI is Out!

The sysctl() system call can get or set the state of the system, the #FreeBSD kernel exposes the parameters for sysctl() as objects of a Management information Base (MIB).

sysctltui is a Text User Interface #sysctl #MIB explorer. It allow to view a parameter’s properties and get or set its value.

Link: https://alfonsosiciliano.gitlab.io/posts/2025-05-29-sysctltui.html

#UNIX #kernel #C #terminal #opensource

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A terminal window running SysctlTUI, a text-based user interface for navigating FreeBSD sysctl variables. The screen shows a tree-like menu structure, with the path security.bsd.stack_guard_page highlighted. Navigation, Properties, Set Value, and Quit options are shown at the bottom.

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A detailed view in SysctlTUI of the security.bsd.stack_guard_page sysctl variable. It displays metadata such as OID values, name, description ("Specifies the number of guard pages for a stack that grows"), flags (RD, WR, TUN, MPSAFE, NOFETCH), type (integer), format (I), handler (Defined), and current value (1). A [Close] button is shown at the bottom.

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SysctlTUI displaying a prompt to change the value of the kern.securelevel sysctl variable. The current value is -1, and an editable input field with the value "-1" is focused. Buttons for [Set Value] and [Cancel] are available below the input. The background shows part of the sysctl variable tree.

People having their own #selfhosting music streaming service, what do you use these days ? #navidrome ?

#selfhosted #opensource #floss #music

#RTFM is great and all but when a project's #docs are riddled with incorrect / outdated config field names and other stuff, it's a huge waste of time.

Please check the accuracy of your docs! Do a fresh install of your project and follow your own steps and copy paste your own example configs if you can.

Remember that many users will not file an issue, and simply assume your project is hopeless, especially if it doesn't have a big following.

#opensource

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 🔐

als PDF Datei:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/8os68Lk8YMPfPi1UvHYtTTQI/

#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #OpenAndroidInstaller
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

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Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann

How can #OpenSource and #security be interconnected?
What will be the future of funding the open source-dependent public digital infrastructure?

These and many other questions will guide the discussion of our panelists:
🔸@bagder from #cURL
🔸@melanierieback from @ros
🔸Matteo Mole from @EuropeanCyber SecurityOrganisation
🔸Nicholas Gates from @OpenForumEurope
🔸Mirko Boehm from #TheLinuxFoundation

Join the webinar : https://europeanopensource.academy/form/webinar-open-source-and-cybersec

How I'd describe being a tech lead:

#agile #tech #development #opensource #programming

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A diagram showing different groups with their own focus and area focused perspective, fighting over your attention while stating their work is important. All this as various things like bugs, unidentified code objects, missing items and automations go unnoticed.

A #reboot is a solution to many tech problems. But if you are on #Linux, did you know you need to reboot only if your kernel has changed? Otherwise you can do a "soft reboot" and get the same thing. You need to kill the init process and make it respawn. It varies from distro to distro but on #systemd ones, you can do systemctl soft-reboot and it'll do the job for you.

Also if you have problem with your graphical shell, you can simply restart your graphical stuff. Not even a soft reboot is needed. For instance if your display manager is lightdm like me, simply do systemctl restart lightdm.

I think this applies to other #unixlike operating systems with the similar kernel and system architecture as Linux. Maybe #BSD people can share their experience?

#techtips #linuxtips #opensource #foss #operatingsystem #freebsd #openbsd #unix #unixclone

The End (of Windows 10) is nigh!

On 14 October, #Microsoft will end support for #Win10.

This will turn hundreds of millions of computers that cannot upgrade to #Win11 into security risks and #eWaste.

Yours may be one of them!

But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?

Learn more: https://endof10.org/press

Saved a device from the bin? Tell the world with the hashtag: #EndOf10

#Linux #GNU #GNUlinux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows

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4 blue boxes, with one falling off the top.

GNUstep (left) looks so nice.

Openstep (right) from the mid 90s.

So much changed since that time. I think I still like older version. What about you?

GNUstep https://www.gnustep.org/

Openstep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStep

#unix #llinux #opensource

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Openstep screeenshot

In my presentation on our #DNSSEC signer Nameshed at the CENTR Jamboree, I emphasized the cross-pollination of experience and code between teams and projects, allowing us to make fast progress with battle tested code.

So when @terts opened the Nameshed #DNS project, he came across his ‘roto’ code - the scripting language he developed for our #BGP engine Rotonda. #OpenSource #rustlang

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Code snipped showing Roto code in Nameshed.

Just a reminder that I have free office hours for any #opensource project that wants #UX help. Please feel free to sign up here: https://cal.com/scottjenson/exchange

NEW VIDEO - Setting Up Jenkins CI on FreeBSD Was WAY Simpler Than I Thought!

#FreeBSD #Unix #Opensource #jenkins #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/Xeg5WvRXJ2A?si=D9-uA10rpdyd1wHd via @YouTube

📽️ Karakeep + Tailscale = your own private, secure bookmark archive. 🔒✨ Learn how to self-host Karakeep (the ultimate bookmark hoarder app) and use Tailscale to access it from anywhere in the world. Watch now: youtu.be/cCC3PSBCkqk #Homelab #Tailscale #OpenSource

Do you want these stickers? Of course you do! And you can get them by just posting here why you love #LibreOffice (with the hashtag), as part of our Month of LibreOffice campaign: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/05/16/month-of-libreoffice-may-2025-half-way-point/ #foss #OpenSource

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Photo of LibreOffice and Document Liberation Project stickers

Join us for the Fedora 42 release party this Thu, May 29!

This is an opportunity for you to hear directly from the contributors who build Fedora - what they did in Fedora 42, what they want to do next, and how they do it.

Be sure to register so you can join us for the free, virtual event. :)

Learn more: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/announcing-the-fedora-42-release-party-may-29-2025/

#Fedora #FedoraReleaseParty #Linux #OpenSource

What's a command-line tool to hard-wrap a file but preserve #indentation ?

(No, I'd never hard-wrap anything willingly, but sometimes you have to bow to evil in order to achieve greater good.)

#wrapping #linux #opensource #terminal

Are screen sharing (and capture) problems resolved when you go 100% Wayland?

#linux #opensource

How can Europe better secure the open #digitalinfrastructure that underpins its public services, or #digitaleconomy?

We are delighted to announce the next #EOSA Webinar, #OpenSource for #Cybersecurity: Securing and Maintaining Europe's Open Source Dependencies.
This webinar looks at how Europe's cybersecurity and digital policy agendas are increasingly intertwined.

Learn more and register today: https://tinyurl.com/yf7xyadr

Back in the day there was an account on the bird site that would add “…in mice" to breathless media reports of scientific discoveries.

I feel like this story needs something like that, but “…on GitHub”.

https://thenewstack.io/open-source-projects-hit-1-billion-contributions-whats-next/

#OpenSource

I don't know why, but #FreeBSD users love TUIs. I've received several requests for a #TUI version of #sysctl. The project is in progress, ideas and suggestions are welcome!

#coding #kernel #UNIX #terminal #opensource

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A window (text user interface) in a terminal show the FreeBSD sysctl nodes like a navigable tree.

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A window (text user interface) in a terminal shows the description of the FreeBSD sysct node, name: security.bsd.allow_read_dir, description: "Enable read(2) of directory by root for filesystems that support it".

Some of the best things in life are free, such as #openbsd

Case in point: "You Have Installed OpenBSD. Now For The Daily Tasks." https://nxdomain.no/~peter/openbsd_installed_now_for_the_daily_tasks.html #opensource #libresoftware #networking #security #sanecomputing #sovereigntech

So, what do people think of #Elegoo going #OpenSource with their #RFID solution for filament tracking?

https://www.elegoo.com/blogs/news/elegoo-rfid-ecosystem-feedback-solicitation

#3DPrinting

So someone here did a poll so we can have some numbers about people who know about #BSD and their age:

https://fosstodon.org/@linux_mclinuxface/114356643693779995

It seems most BSD people are old. 71% have chosen "over 35 and know about BSD".

But a another good poll could be that how many #Linux users know about BSD. Maybe I should do one?

PS: I'm under 35 myself.

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #FOSS #OS #OperatingSystem #opensource #freesoftware #opensourceOS #poll

Proxmox in Enterprises: I'm often asked, 'Can we use our Active Directory, LDAP, or OIDC with Proxmox?' Yes, you can!

Let's have quick dive into installing and configuring Authentik and configure Proxmox VE to use OIDC as an additional authentication realm.

#Proxmox #ProxmoxVE #opensource #Authentik #OpenID #OpenIDConnect #OIDC #EntraID #enterprise #homelab

https://gyptazy.com/proxmox-authentik-oidc-install-configure-and-connect-authentik-to-proxmox-ve/

RockyLinux Official Support for RISC-V in RL10! https://rockylinux.org/news/rockylinux-support-for-riscv

#linux #opensource