libresoftware

Pretty good article on the state of the libre software ecosystem today: https://paragraph.com/@holonic-horizons/the-stallman-paradox-how-web3-became-the-ultimate-open-source-theater

It does a stellar job pointing out the problems (first 2/3), but less so the solutions. Some good points even there, though.
#lang_en #freesoftware #freesociety #opensource #libresoftware #linux #gnu

Why you shouldn't use a lax license for your next free software program, by Krzysztof Siewicz

#FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #Copyleft #softwareLicenses #programming

🎁 Guia para presentear eticamente com tecnologia (em inglês), com ideias de itens que tendem a respeitar as liberdades digitais essenciais das pessoas e de como evitar o contrário:

https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/

#recomendo #dicas #tecnologia #presentes #SoftwareLivre #LibreSoftware

Happy #GNU Year with all four essential freedoms for everybody! 🗓️ 🎉

#NewYear #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLivre #LibreSoftware #SoftwareLibre

OpenBGPD 9.2 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260807061435 #openbsd #openbgpd #bgp #routing #networking #development #infrastructure #devops #libresoftware #freesoftware

🚀 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

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' Got to 0.122 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/31141

GitHub Continuous Integration checks passed OK.

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it!

#Got #GameOfTrees #MacPorts #VersionControl #OpenBSD #Git #Development #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware

Game of Trees 0.122 released https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260211061627 #openbsd #got #git #gameoftrees #versioncontrol #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

💌 I love free software, the one that respects all users' essential freedoms.

Yay, everyone agrees? Not so much.

Let's stand for free software and not "open source", nor "FOSS", "FLOSS", or whatever people say trying to be neutral, or really missing the point.

#ILoveFreeSoftwareDay #ILoveFS #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #SoftwareLivre #SoftwareFreedom

🇧🇷🇵🇹💭 Eis um belo exemplo de confusão de sentidos de "free" em inglês. Não entendo por que brasileiros insistem em usar esse termo sem pensar no significado se nossa língua portuguesa, como outras derivadas do latim, possui vocabulário muito mais específico para expressarmos exatamente o que queremos dizer sem gerar dúvida: livre x grátis.

Descrição da imagem da ligação abaixo: trata-se de um quadrinho em formato de mangá com personagens aparentemente femininos, interagindo por telefone móvel em situação que fica cômica pela ambiguidade de "free". Segue uma tentativa de adaptação do diálogo. A primeira pessoa pergunta: "Você está free amanhã?" e a outra responde: "não, eu custo caro pra caramba todo dia".

É uma pena que o uso indiscriminado do anglicismo "free" misturado ao português, na TI, tenha acabado por importar a ambiguidade até para o termo "livre" que, a princípio, não seria ambíguo. Ao tratarmos especialmente da computação, poderíamos distinguir melhor liberdade de custo.

https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/114521223500078860

#FreeAsInFreedom #SoftwareLivre #SoftwareLibre #LibreSoftware

Ah, we've been Lobstered! https://lobste.rs/s/qmvgke/opensmtpd_is_mail_server_for_future #opensmtpd #openbsd #saneemail #email #freesofware #libresoftware

#askFedi Do you know of speech-to-text live transcription models that:
1. perform OK for lightly technical English speech, in near-real-time,
2. have available (ideally libre/open-source) training data, libre/open-source training code, libre/open-source inference code, and/or libre/open-source weights (ideally some amount of freedom to use/study/modify/distribute; e.g. the Open Source AI Definition)

Glanced at:
april-asr: probably best candidate so far; somewhat below quality expectations on my laptop (tested with https://flathub.org/en/apps/net.sapples.LiveCaptions; quality/performance is configurable; maybe I should run it on a more powerful server and check if it's better?)
OpenAI Whisper: no training data/code
Vosk official model: not sure about training data/code, not sure about weights
Mozilla DeepSpeech: Archived
CoquiSTT: Looks abandoned

#Transcription #NeuralNetworks #NN #MachineLearning #ML #SpeechToText #STT #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OSAID #OpenSourceAI #CommonVoice

Linux Day Napoli 2026

Il #NaLUG vi aspetta sabato 24 ottobre, a partire dalle ore 9:00 presso il DIETI della Federico II in Via Claudio 21. L'evento è ad ingresso gratuito, basta ottenere un biglietto gratuito dal link qua sotto.

Informazioni e programma: https://www.nalug.tech/linux-day-napoli-2026/
Biglietti gratuiti: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2003720980391/

Locandina creata con #Inkscape.

@linux @napoli

#LinuxDay #LinuxDay2026 #Napoli #Linux #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #OpenHardware #GNU #GNULinux #UnoLinux

The current landscape of #libreSoftware development and the effects of #machineLearning on it make me question if I want to keep doing this.

I have made some friends by making #Liblast for these 6 years.

I have contributed substantially by reporting bugs to #Godot 4 engine's pre-alpha development.

I have made a lot of code, art and designs that I'm proud of.

I have made some unforgettable memories playing Liblast with friends.

But...

Maybe it's just time to move on?

- unfa