foss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5UeSj2F-yc
https://github.com/slovjinika/jwm-themes
#FOSS #Unix #WM #WindowManager
Just discovered a new (new to me at least) Wayland tiling window manager last night.
https://github.com/DreamMaoMao/mangowc
Played around with it a little last night and so far I think I like it.
Anybody aware if the is any controversy or drama around this project I should be aware of before spending more time with it? Getting tired of starting to use something only to find out there's some big problem with a projects community or maintainer.
Some of us at NLnet will be going to #39c3 \o/. We hope to see you there! Together with @PrototypeFund and @sovtechfund will be doing a self-organized session, just like previous years. Join us on Day 3 for the Meet the Funders session where you can ask anything about Free and Open Source funding
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/meet-the-funders-sovereign-tech-agency-nlnet-proto
Hope to see you at Congress!
New post:
"A newbie's guide to self-hosting with #YunoHost. Part 2: installation & setup"
with a special shout-out to @shollyethan and @ilja who, a year ago, encouraged me to try self-hosting. And of course immense gratitude to the @yunohost team for making all this possible ❤️
I hope this guide may inspire others to try it, too. The path to digital independence and empowerment is easier than you thought...
I think I will probably end my NetBSD journey at this point.
#FOSS #Unix #BSD #RunBSD
https://www.fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-receives-historic-private-donations
#FOSS #FSF #Donations #Funding #OpenSource
We are running an Inclusive Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2025!
If you want to speak about anything related to privacy, accessibility, localization, and inclusivity in web, please submit a talk. Check https://github.com/Inclusive-Web-Devroom/fosdem-2025/blob/main/CFP.md for more details regarding CFP
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! 💙
👁️ #SX focus shift..
Attn: This is now an 🫂 outreach channel of Social coding commons, under custodianship and tender care of humane tech community gardeners.
Specifically this a 🪵 #dreamlog..
My personal account has moved (temporarily) to @humanetech in a custodianship (janitoring) 🎩
With my support by @nlnet ending, how I continue to foster and nourish my work, depends on 🌱 sustenance I manage to find, as I am out of money totally.
I have an old chromebook that I want to de-google. I need the friendliest easiest OS that will just fucking work (my issue with using anything Linux in the past has been inability to get it to connect to wifi or printers, and like dudes, I need that basic computer function!). Not a coder. Dont want to deal with command lines or writing things into kernels or whatever the lingo is.
So, dude-bros and sassy- lasses of Linux, what do I use? Talk to me like Im your 80 year old grandma trying to do this on her own. And if you cant reply kindly then fuckoff because Im not dealing with meangirls. (I know theres plenty of kind folk in these spaces but the rude as goose people sure talk over everyone else!! My banhammer is ready!)
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
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.
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from Open Source, or if you're simply interested in questions about digital sovereignty, please visit https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en for details on how to contribute.
@pluralistic The EU Commission has launched a Call for Evidence regarding how to break the dependency of US tech and to promote #OpenSource. It seems they got part of your memo! #foss https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=intcom%3AAres%282026%2969111
So uhhh... KDE 1 on Slackware 15, anyone?
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So I guess it's time for an #introduction. Well, I'm a 30 something #Black #queer woman. I love to read #books. I love the #NYKnicks. I like #bicycles even though, it's not my primary mode of transportation. I like refurbishing and upgrading old electronics, specifically #iPods and #laptops. #TV and music have kept me going more than anything else. I'm branching into #Linux and getting more familiar with #FOSS. I am a #blogger and I have linked my blog in my bio.
Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.
You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.
AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.
Reject this future. 
Keep your hardware local.
Run #Linux. 
Own your data.
The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.
#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich
@schmaker and MakerTube are streaming selected rooms from FOSDEM to the Fediverse this weekend! Here are the playlists to the available streams:
➡️ https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW
➡️ https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG
Are you missing any room in particular? Please reach out, I'm thinking of adding one or two rooms to the list.
If you are a Peertube admin you can follow these channel handles to promote them on your instance:
➡️ @fosdem
➡️ @fosdem@vhsky.cz
#fosdem #peertube #makertube #fediverse #opensource #foss #live
Right in the process of changing my Desktop Environment from KDE/Plasma to LXQT on my main laptop .
Main: "Tionisla - Dell Latitude e6540
Kernel: 15.0-RELEASE amd64
Operating System: FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p1
Desktop: LXQT 2.3.0
Windowmanager: XFWM4
Qt Version: 6.10.1
Graphics Platform: X11
Styling:
gtk2/3/QT/XFWM: Greybird
LXQT: Sombre-et-Rond
Icons: Qogir
Wallpaper: "Sonnenuntergang_im_Schilf" (Sunset in the reeds) by @orbite lamba
https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=7e1c664559
#lxqt #xfwm4 #freebsd #runBSD #screenshot #desktop #unix #foss
I think that's a no-brainer right now that Europe should pursue digital sovereignty aggressively.
It's not about MS Office vs Libre Office, it's about banking apps, cloud services, your phone, your daily life. Which is a way bigger leverage #Trump has about your daily life. #FOSS is security.
I... 👉👈 I made an Open Source. 🤭
It's a C# front-end for #GodotEngine
🦮 
(for libgodot, to be specific)
Sill very early, and quite janky. Fun! Take the sad blue robot for walkies!
https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2163
https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2008
https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/2273
#SearX #SearXNG #SearchEngines #AlternateSearchEngines #MetaSearchEngines #web #dev #tech #FOSS #OpenSource #AI #AIPoisoning #AISlop #AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #LLM #ChatGPT #Claude #Perplexity
🚀 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/
