foss

The kids wanted to play Minecraft together and I nearly flipped tables after dealing with the launcher/ M$ account shit etc. for 2 minutes. 🤯 Just NO. But.. It took me 5 minutes to learn Minetest / Luanti exists, download and run two copies, create a LAN game on one notebook and join it on another. Great experience.. zero bullshit - just a folder with the game files, a client.exe - Zen! 😌 Thanks to @Luanti and all the people working on this! 💙

#minecraft #minetest #luanti #foss #gaming

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Hey fedi,
I look for a self hosted music streaming server

allowing downloads
allowing uploads by users
shared playlists and private playlists
usable when offline

#selfhosted #music #playlists #foss #fossalternative

Some hot takes (not my opinions per se)

#FOSS ..

- software has eaten the world
- is input for corporations to thrive
- helps keep capitalism going strong

From perspective of creators, FOSS ..

- is inherently unsustainable
- is for hobbyists and privileged folks
- is for people who sacrifice themself
- is for volunteers, not for income
- is for burnout by lack of timely help

FOSS open ecosystem collab ..

- what happens happens 🤷

Commons-owned open standards ..

- fire, explode, repeat

I think my basic RSS feed creator is feature complete, only supports Linux for now.

I uh, just need to figure out where to put the source code. I don't like the idea of using Microsoft's Github but I'm worried if I put projects on some other place, no one would find them.

I'm a hobbyist who has only done gamedev before, so if anyone wants to chime in on where is best place for putting source code, plz help.

#foss #opensource #git

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🚀 LiberaForms version 3.5.0 is here! 🎉

This release brings smoother form sharing, improved collaboration options, and a series of bug fixes to make your experience even better.

Explore what’s new and why it matters: https://blog.liberaforms.org/2024/12/27/version-350/

#OpenSource #FOSS #WebForms #LibreSoftware

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📢 The UK Online Safety Act claims another victim: Haiku OS community forums

From March 2025, UK users will lose access to Haiku's forums due to the unsustainable legal requirements of the new Online Safety Act. Small open-source communities shouldn't have to choose between legal risks and serving their users.

Read more about this concerning development and its implications for open source communities:
https://www.desktoponfire.com/haiku_inc/701/open-source-under-pressure-haiku-forums-exit-uk-over-safety-act/

#OpenSource #HaikuOS #DigitalRights #OnlineSafetyAct #UK #FOSS

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

"My Year of Fediverse explorations"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/my-year-of-fediverse-explorations/

with shout-outs to @pixelfed @dansup @pfefferle @gotosocial @yunohost @phanpy

#tech #Fediverse #BigTech #socialmedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #GoToSocial #YunoHost #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Wordpress

Come get your #HEX stickers! We have a record 300 unique designs and brought 200.000 of them. Come over and hex up on your favorite #FOSS projects.
Just use the hex flag as a beacon to #FOSDEM K-building Level 2.
#NGI0

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New day, new post 🚀

Today we bring you the best, and most useful #Plasma Widget ever, in our opinion. #Apdatifier. Making #Arch updates a breeze.

https://xerolinux.xyz/posts/apdatifier-widget/

#FOSS #Linux #OpenSource

#coding --> #socialcoding
#community --> #movement
#users --> #fedizens

and

#technosphere --> #sociosphere
#fediverse --> #peopleverse
#foss --> #soss

and

#socialmedia --> #socialnetworking
#socialgraph --> #socialfabric
#techstack --> #socialstack
#app --> #solution #service
#product --> #socialexperience

and

#dx #ux #ui --> #sx
#project --> #fsdl
#projects --> #ecosystem
#development --> #cocreation
#forge --> #forging
#contributor --> #peer
#contributing --> #peerproduction

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Does anyone know of a #FOSS payment processor like PayPal or Venmo? It would be nice to run a small online business without having to use proprietary software for payments. #FreeSoftware #Software

🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

"Supporting the Fediverse, one small act at a time"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/supporting-the-fediverse-one-small-act-at-a-time/

with shout-outs to: @elduvelle @nacly @nclm @thek3nger @docpop @angie_marie2 @frank @dansup

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #FLOSS #blog

✅ Mastodon är nu iordningställt så att jag kan rikta om till att använda som bra integrerad del i mitt flöde.

Jag har två konton, detta för allt som inte har med nörda i #FOSS och annat om hur #OpenSource fungerar. Se profilen för mer om det.

För mig är det en bra uppdelning. Tänk utifrån här fokuserar jag på att sambubbla tillsammans med er, medan på det andra mer samgrubbla om utveckla för kunna skapa än smartare användbarhet. En för mig bra uppdelning som underlättar för två så olika fokus.

30,000 PCs are moving from Microsoft Office to #LibreOffice in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. At the recent Univention Summit 2025, we met the people handling the migration: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/05/libreoffice-at-the-univention-summit-2025/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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LibreOffice 25.2.1 is now available – the first minor release in our new branch of the suite. All users are recommended to update: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/02/27/announcement-of-libreoffice-25-2-1/ #foss #OpenSource

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🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 76 ✨

Monday morning, which means: backing up my #YunoHost setup.

I see that #GoToSocial has an update available but I'm too scared to upgrade it. Having my 4th cup of espresso and working up the courage to do it (I hear it takes a looong time). Hoping I don't break anything 😅​

In other news, I am LOVING my #LinkStack and having a glimpse into the links that are the most popular (LinkStack offers you a ranking in reverse order of the most clicked links when you log into their dashboard). Is anyone interested in me writing about it? For reference, here is what the front end looks like: https://elena.social

Off I go update my #GoToSocial, wish me luck!

#MySoCalledSudoLife #FOSS

Discover The Fediverse: Love Your Neighbour

A thought provoking message on our similarities, power of our words and community along with sharing open source highlights found in the Fediverse.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-love-your-neighbour/

- TileOS @tile_os
Linux with tiling Wayland compositors.
- GNU Taler @Taler
Privacy-friendly payment system.
- tldr-pages @tldr_pages
Console cheat sheets.
- Tangent Notes @tangentnotes
A note writing app.

#blog #FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #foss

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Drupal.community is a Mastodon server focused on Drupal, free and open source software and web development, but any content is welcome as long as it adheres to the Drupal Code of Conduct.

https://drupal.community

Find out more at https://drupal.community/about or contact the admin @pcambra

#FeaturedServer #Drupal #WebDev #WebDevelopment #CMS #FOSS #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

👋🤓 Tschüss Mastodon!

🚨 Ich ZIEHE heute UM mit diesem Account nach #Sharkey 🦈 zu plasmatrap.com mit 👉 @caos

Dort geht es dann auch u.a. um 🎸 #Musik (#Punk #Rock #Metal #Indie #Darkwave) + #Köln #Wuppertal 🚟 #NRW + #Sport #Tischtennis 🏓 + #Verkehrswende #ÖPNV 🚋

Weiter gibt es caos auf #Friendica mit @caos@anonsys.net :
Schwerpunkte dort sind u.a. #FOSS #Datenschutz #Fediverse #Linux #OpenStreetMap #CustomROM #DeGoogle #FDroid

🙏 vielen Dank an @thomas !! Die metalhead-Instanz ist top 👍 , nur für mich passt Mastodon nicht so richtig gut. Rock on 🤘

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🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩‍🚀

#PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 1: first impressions)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/peertube-the-fediverses-decentralized-video-platform-part-1-first-impressions/

mentioning @Framasoft @peertube @fedihost @fedihost@video.fedihost.co @paige @veronicaexplains @ewen @docpop @hikingdude

P.S.: this is the 20th article for The Future is Federated 🤗

#tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog #ActivityPub #video

Sometimes I get frustrated with my open source choice. Some days I'm like "yeah let's make X work" and others I'm like "I just want to do X and not make X work". I'm sure I'm not alone, but man sometimes... yeesh.

#opensource #foss #tech

#Pipelight typescript issue fixed.

It was a nasty bug that slide in with #deno 2.2.

Fixed by replacing external #UUID library with bultins uuid library.

This type of heartful message is what keeps me sharing my best code with you. ☺

#opensource #foss #cicd

https://github.com/pipelight/pipelight/issues/35

Luanti Videos makes videos all about Luanti (formerly known as Minetest). It's basically a free open source alternative to Minecraft but far more flexible and designed for modding. You can follow at:

➡️ @nathansalapat

There are already 100 videos uploaded, if they haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at https://share.tube/a/nathansalapat/videos

You can find out more about Luanti at https://www.luanti.org

#FeaturedPeerTube #Luanti #Minetest #Minecraft #FOSS #PeerTube #PeerTubers

Today we are very proud to announce that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad Form for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles: https://unite.un.org/news/sixteen-organizations-endorse-un-open-source-principles

CryptPad Form is a full-fledged application allowing you to build privacy-preserving questionnaires for your respondents.

Try it for free, without even registering an account, on our CryptPad.fr flagship instance!

#UnitedNations #UN #Privacy #OpenSource #Forms #Studies #FOSS

It's probably a good idea to do another #introduction since people change over time, ideally.

I'm haui. I help people & build things that help people. Big #foss enthusiast, #sysadmin by day and #hacktivist at night.

I think all people (and animals) are born equal and should stay that way.

I oppose #capitalism and embrace alternative systems. I dont care about #corporatedemocracy and manipulated "free speech".

I want thirst, hunger and homelessness gone, for everyone, by any means necessary.