This looks interesting

"Journiv is a self-hosted private journal. It features comprehensive journaling capabilities including mood tracking, prompt-based journaling, media uploads, analytics, and advanced search with a clean and minimal UI." https://journiv.com/

#OpenSource

#Digitalisierung #Verwaltung #OpenSource #Bayern - Milliardenauftrag an Microsoft ohne Ausschreibung - "Vertreter der bayerischen IT-Wirtschaft und der Open-Source-Szene warnen zudem in einem offenen Brief vor einem Abfluss von Steuergeldern ohne regionale Wertschöpfung und der Ausschaltung des Wettbewerbs. Sie rügen einen 'Irrweg'. Das Vorhaben widerspreche dem EU-Trend und entziehe der heimischen IT-Wirtschaft Gelder. Es drohten mit Blick etwa auf Fälle beim Internationalen Strafgerichtshof eklatante Risiken nicht nur rund um den Datenschutz. Die Unterzeichner fordern stattdessen 'Eigenbau in Transparenz' und die konsequente Nutzung europäischer Open-Source-Alternativen." - von Stefan Krempl - Eventl. € https://www.heise.de/news/Cloud-Zoff-in-Bayern-wegen-Milliardenauftrag-an-Microsoft-ohne-Ausschreibung-11114453.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Well uh, guess I'm uninstalling LibreWolf now and using Vivaldi exclusively as the only browser to make a #NoAI commitment to my knowledge?
#FOSS #opensource

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On Thursday, @gyptazy provided a talk about #BoxyBSD at the "Virtualization Gathering" at @credativde.

@gyptazy provided some more information about the BoxyBSD project, but also about the history and infrastructure including the switches of #FreeBSD #Jails, #bhyve and #Proxmox (#kvm). Afterwards, additional information about the #Sylve project were shared and why this is so important and interesting and could make BoxyBSD return to bhyve based #virtualization.

Slides: https://cdn.gyptazy.com/talks/BoxyBSD_Virtualization_Hypervisor_bhyve_Proxmox_credativ_gyptazy.pdf
Recording: https://peertube.gyptazy.com/w/2HtUv9HFBNEU4sEw52bD8H

#meetup #talk #talks #conference #opensource #hosting #ipv6

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BoxyBSD - Slides of gyptazy's talk

GNOME.Asia 2025 is live in Tokyo, Japan! The two day event has a fantastic schedule of talks and workshops.

https://events.gnome.org/event/303/

If you can’t attend in person, the sessions can also be viewed remotely; head over to the online registration to sign up and follow along:

https://events.gnome.org/event/303/registrations/294/

#GNOME #GNOMEAsia #GNOMEAsia2025 #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

Problem: I wanted to share music library between a work and personal laptops without storing the collection on a pay-per-month cloud service.

Solution: I installed Navidrome on my home Linux server, then installed Supersonic app for Linux to access it. Success! Whole process took less then 30 minutes.

https://www.navidrome.org/

https://github.com/dweymouth/supersonic

#linux #opensource

I’ll say it again — #Mozilla had the opportunity to add decentralised / #P2P networking to #Firefox when they were the no.1 browser and force the hand of Microsoft, Google and Apple to follow suit and instead they removed #RSS.

The weakness of #opensource isn’t technology or software, it’s governance. This has become all too clear with many open source projects getting infected by the #AI scam and end-users being pretty powerless to stop it

RE: https://social.overheid.nl/@BZKopensource/115707406717596430

* Cloudbeleid aanscherpen: veilige opslag van overheidsdata onder Europees recht.
* IT-inkoop bundelen: als 1 overheid betere voorwaarden afdwingen bij leveranciers.
* Open standaarden en #opensource stimuleren om lock-ins te voorkomen.
* Versnellen van modernisering van verouderde systemen om risico’s te verkleinen.
* Investeren in digitaal vakmanschap om onze kennis en capaciteit te vergroten.
* Binnen Europa samenwerken aan het bouwen aan veilige, betrouwbare Europese alternatieven.
#overheid

Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 12:

Gwenview

For this list, I've been trying to focus not so much on the most exciting applications as the ones I use so often I forget they exist -- and Gwenview definitely fits in that category. I literally use it every day.

It's an image/multimedia browsing utility. Ostensibly for KDE, although I routinely use it in XFCE.

In any case, it's very low-maintenance and the fastest way for me to check out a tree of images -- whether they're PR collections or a series of frames in a PNG stream. Helps a lot when I'm looking for an image and can't quite remember what I called the file.

I've tried some other image browsing apps, but this is the one I keep coming back to.

https://apps.kde.org/gwenview/

#FreeSoftwareAdvent #Gwenview #Images #Graphics #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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Screen capture of Gwenview, with a folder full of images opened up (mostly test renders from Lunatics, and a few screen captures). The images are displayed in a grid. There's a sidebar with details for the currently selected image.

If you are in a technical or non-technical #opensource role, @osjobhub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI) want to hear from you 🫵

Answer 8 quick questions in the 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey, and let employers know what matters most for your job satisfaction.

Share your voice: https://lpi.org/ox6w

#freesoftware #Linux #developers #admins #BSD #Mozilla #Canonical #LPI #OSJobhub #FOSSjobs #techcareers #techsurvey

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Open Source Job Survey from Open Source JobHub and LPI is here!

Dear Fediverse,

after some ups and downs over the past months and my departure from @sovtechfund, I’ve decided to move into freelance IT consulting. I even created a website 😅: https://swillus.eu.

I'm offering support around Open Source (as in OSPOs, policies, programm management), Supply Chain Security (also in terms of CRA readiness) and Engineering Management.

Let me know if you know someone who needs support. Thanks! ❤️

#opensource #fedihire #getfedihired #getfedihired_de

The first article in one of our national newspapers this morning about the launch of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#EDIC) today 🍾🇪🇺

Title: "Europe takes first step towards digital independence. Four European countries are taking on the American tech giants, taking the lead in developing European software." 🇳🇱🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy #opensource

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Article in Dutch newspaper Trouw about the launch the EDIC

@pluralistic Just want to say your talk today at the #WebSummit was brilliant.

The most honest and relevant in a nauseating overload of big tech brown-nosing, FOMO-inducing speakers and "AI at all cost" ambassadors.

Just want to say thanks. Your voice, important leadership and message is valued, being heard and heeded by many!

#OpenStandards #OpenSource #ResistBigTech #PrivacyMatters #HumanRightsMatter

Leanpub Book LAUNCH 🚀 Code, Chips and Control: The Security Posture of Digital Isolation by Sal Kimmich

Through the lens of the top 100 hacks since 1985, learn cybersecurity through real-world examples of what went wrong to convince us of “best practices".

Watch on our blog here:

https://leanpub.com/blog/leanpub-book-launch-code-chips-and-control-the-security-posture-of-digital-isolation-by-sal-kimmich

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #cybersecurity #infosec #securityarchitecture #supplychainsecurity #opensource #devsecops #hardwaresecurity #softwaresecurity #zerotrust

Leanpub book LAUNCH 🚀 Code, Chips and Control: The Security Posture of Digital Isolation by Sal Kimmich

Watch here: https://youtu.be/KCURt43Rqhg

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #booklaunch #cybersecurity #infosec #securityarchitecture #supplychainsecurity #opensource #devsecops #hardwaresecurity #softwaresecurity #zerotrust #leanpubpodcast

In this episode of the Leanpub Podcast, Sal Kimmich offers a deep technical look at the evolving security landscape across hardware, software, and open-source ecosystems.

Watch & read on our blog here:

https://leanpub.com/blog/the-leanpub-podcast-feat-sal-kimmich-author-of-code-chips-and-control-the-security-posture-of-digital-isolation

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #cybersecurity #infosec #securityarchitecture #supplychainsecurity #opensource #devsecops #hardwaresecurity #softwaresecurity #zerotrust #leanpubpodcast

NEW! A Leanpub Podcast Interview with Sal Kimmich, Author of Code, Chips and Control: The Security Posture of Digital Isolation

Watch here: https://youtu.be/kfeJVv7boNs

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #cybersecurity #infosec #securityarchitecture #supplychainsecurity #opensource #devsecops #hardwaresecurity #softwaresecurity #zerotrust #leanpubpodcast

Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 9:

YunoHost

This is technically more of a distribution than an individual software. There's a portal, and a large volunteer packaging effort to create apps for it. And a large catalog of applications already packaged.

I definitely rely on it. So I'm counting it.

YunoHost is how I have Wordpress (which I've already mentioned) installed -- along with other software I haven't got to yet.

It is based on Debian Linux: a particular install with applications already configured to work on it, pretty close to "plug and play". It's like the packaging systems for Linux desktop systems -- but for the Internet.

It makes managing a web application site SO much easier. I decided to adopt it as the basis of my "virtual studio" instead of trying to write something new.

https://yunohost.org/

https://apps.yunohost.org/

#FreeSoftwareAdvent #YunoHost #Debian #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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YunoHost through-web management interface, with access to "Users", "Groups and Permissions", "Domains", "Applications", "Updates", "Tools", "Diagnosis", and "Backup".

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YunoHost "applications" interface, showing "Pixelfed", "Misskey", "PeerTube", "Wordpress" applications installed, along with a customized static site and a couple of utility applications.

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Regular logged-in portal interface for YunoHost, showing five apps: Misskey, Peertube, Pixelfed, Wordpress, and a custom website app.

We're hosting our German #OpenDesk and French #LaSuite colleagues at the Dutch Ministry of Interior today to exchange experiences with our #MijnBureau team 🇩🇪🇫🇷

This is in preparation of the official European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) launch tomorrow in The Hague. 🍾

The #EDIC will be a consortium of several EU member states to fund, support and build more #opensource EU alternatives together, like the sovereign workspaces replacing Microsoft.

#digitalsovereignty #eupolicy

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One of the workshops with several Dutch, German and French colleagues, where currently BlockNote and Yjs is being presented

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One of the slides of BlockNote and Yjs

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Acknowledgement of support from the German, French and Dutch government on the powerpoint

Calibre has got some new AI superpowers.

https://itsfoss.com/news/calibre-lm-studio-support/

#opensource #calibre #ebook

@tastapod As the maintainer of #PHPUnit and as a board member of @thephpf, but not only wearing those hats, funding of #OpenSource is a topic that sometimes keeps me awake at night.

Last time I was not able to sleep because I was thinking about this, I wrote https://phpunit.expert/articles/open-source-blackout.html?ref=mastodon.

I like the simplicity of your solution, but I fear that not enough companies will voluntarily pay for something that in their minds is free.

“We will see a resurgence in open source software in journalism — but with new models for support and ongoing development.” I was privileged to contribute to @niemanlab's predictions for journalism this year: https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-year-journalism-stops-outsourcing-its-independence/

#journalism #opensource

Always good to see my friend @erioldoesdesign 😀 #opensource #ossummit

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Are there any software projects that people would be willing to pay a small weekly or monthly contribution to support me while I develop it? I need a way to feed my family, and I don't like asking for handouts.

Please respond with ideas of things you'd like to see exist, that you'd maybe be willing to contribute an ongoing nonzero amount towards, and boost for reach. If you don't have idea of your own, that's fine. Boosting will still help!

#FediHired
#OpenSource
#Python
#MachineLearning
#Data
#Reporting
#BackendDeveloper

🚨 Why XWiki supports an EU Sovereign Tech Fund

@OpenForum Europe has led the charge, calling for an EU Sovereign Tech Fund, and for the EU to invest a minimum of €350M to secure Europe's digital infrastructure.

When open-source infrastructure is underfunded, security suffers, supply chains weaken, and vendor lock-in become harder to escape.

📄 Read the full letter: https://eu-stf.openforumeurope.org/

#DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #EUPolicy

What's going on with Syncthing for Android?
It seems like the project suddenly disappeared and the maintainer has set his profile on github to privat.

However, it seems like another github account has taken over the project. There has been no communication why the project has been handed over. This is worrying, since the new account has access to the signing keys of the app and at least theoretically it could be possible to add malicious code to this widely used app.

I would like to keep thinking that Syncthing is still trustworthy, but to be honest, as long as we don't know what's going on, I'm not sure.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Key-handover-in-the-dark-Syncthing-fork-community-raises-alarm-11107337.html

#syncthing #takeover #opensource

How to Support FreeBSD on Your Cloud

A recent post from Colin Percival outlines practical steps and considerations that can help cloud providers deliver a smooth FreeBSD experience.

Some of the areas highlighted include image publishing workflows, testing practices, and establishing communication channels that make it easier to surface issues and share updates.

Read the full post: https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2025-11-08-How-to-support-FreeBSD-on-your-cloud.html
#FreeBSD #Cloud #OpenSource #Infrastructure #FreeBSDCommunity

Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶

About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩

@libreoffice

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/german-state-ditch-microsoft/

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice

The BastilleBSD team has been busy working on more improvements for you!

1) We've got a PR pending (PR 1325) for a new `monitor` subcommand. This will monitor jailed services and restart as needed.

2) We've got a PR pending with massive updates to the man pages.

We'd appreciate any feedback you have on the pending PRs.

#FreeBSD #BastilleBSD #Community #OpenSource

Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 7:

ImageMagick

This is actually a small suite of tools that can be used from the command line, although it also has a GUI interface. Pretty old school software; been around for ages; still very handy.

Not as powerful as Gimp or Krita for manipulating a single image, but with ImageMagick and a bash script you can make changes en masse ("convert" and "mogrify" -- which does the job in place). You can quickly check the format and size of images from the command line ("identify") or simply pop up the image with "display".

Finally, with "compose" you can make an image combining multiple images in many different ways, including making a grid with or without labels.

I don't use it as much as I used to, but it is still the simplest way to check image content from the command line. And it's really the only option when you need to change a whole lot of images at once.

Also often used on server back ends to manipulate images for display in web applications.

#FreeSoftwareAdvent #ImageMagick #Graphics #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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Demo of ImageMagick tools: terminal with output from "identify" showing filenames, format, size, and other details. Also "display" has been used to pop up a window, with a simple editor menu. The ImageMagick logo, a wizard holding a wand with the words "Image Magick" in red.

Free Software that I rely on. One per day.

Day 8:

Blender

This one's a gimme. Blender is the single most important free software tool in my project toolbox.

Weirdly, I still use Blender 2.79, because I built my project on the "Blender Internal" render which they removed in 2.8 (more about that in a comment). Meanwhile Blender is on at least v4 now.

I'm sure you've heard of it, but you may not realize Blender's full scope. It is designed to be a complete 3D animation suite in one package:

* 3D surface modeler
* Materials editor, shader, rendering engine
* 3D armature & shape key animation
* 2D annotations
* 2D "grease pencil" animation tool
* video clip editor with rotoscoping and tracking for VFX work
* video sequence editor for editing clips together

It is pretty complete, and many people have made animated films entirely in Blender, although it can also be integrated into a pipeline with other tools, as I've done on Lunatics Project.

It's popular with indy film makers and Hollywood alike.

https://blender.org

#FreeSoftwareAdvent #Blender3D #Blender #Animation #FreeSoftware #OpenSource

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A shot from "Lunatics!" loaded in Blender. A window with a rendered image is in front. Behind we can see a bit of the 3D view, the node-based compositor (left), the properties panel (right), two outliner panels (top and upper right, and dope sheet and timeline (bottom).

I think #FOSDEM might be a perfectly good slot to provide people BSD based systems for free again.

#opensource #learning #education #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #bsd #freevm #freevps #hosting #ipv6 #homelab

We're coming even closer to you again with our new locations which will be available soon for deployments:

* UK, London
* Norway, Sandefjord
* Sweden, Stockholm
* Canada, Toronto
* US, Kansas

#BSD #RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #VM #VPS #FreeVPS #FreeVM #education #opensource #homelab #learning #ipv6 @gyptazy

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BoxyBSD logo with a globe - creating new locations across the globe

Often a big bottleneck for progress in #OpenSource projects isn't getting contributions so much as it's getting _reviewers_ for those contribs.

Has your project tried anything to decrease the time a contribution waits for review? What's worked for you? What hasn't?

#AskFedi #FOSS

This year brought great improvements to #accessibility in GNOME, including:

• Accessibility from the start on the login screen
• Full accessibility of GNOME Web
• Tons of improvements to Calendar
• Screen reader integration for Notifications
• Configure #Orca screen reader from Settings
• GTK apps integrated w/Windows & macOS accessibility

Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME so we can focus on accessibility even more in 2026!

https://donate.gnome.org

#a11y #GNOME #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

New features
Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"
AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu
AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally

Calibre is one of those pieces of software that I use from time to time but don't follow closely. I wasn't aware they'd been sipping from the poisoned chalice.

#calibre #FOSS #OpenSource #books #eBooks #eBookManager #AIPoisoning #InformationOilSpill

#fossjobs internship alert! The DAWO team, who is building the Digitally Autonomous Workspace for the Dutch national government, is looking for an intern!

It's a really cool and important team and you'll get to work with #opensource alternatives for big tech! 🔥

#thenetherlands #digitalsovereignty #internship #fedihire

https://www.werkenvoornederland.nl/vacatures/afstudeer-stage-opensource-dawo-SSCI-2025-4409

FreeBSD 15: Why You’ll Want It

Following this week’s 15.0 release, we took a closer look at the features that stand out in the new version.

Key updates include a production-ready pkgbase system for more flexible installations and upgrades, enhancements to desktop and laptop usability, significant performance gains in AWS, and refinements to FreeBSD’s privilege and security model.

Read the full overview: https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-15-why-youll-want-it/

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #FreeBSD15

hello vous avez installé #grapheneos sur quel téléphone ? (+avis?) merciiii #opensource

Do you Patch machines regularly? Even when your bandwidth is constrained take the time to patch them and be safe.

In this example I photographed the patching of one of the micro SD Cards of the SBC.

I've patched all of them.

For the X86 machines the Os on the main 2280 SSD is patched. Other SSD and HDD will follow. The BSD HDDs need patch Love 💕 too. They will get it

#Raspberry #Pi5 #SBC #technology #ARM #X86 #patching #Linux #OpenSource #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #programming