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Arcticons 14.7.1 dropped.
🎉 163 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 1011 apps using existing icons.
🔥 14714 icons in total!
Out now on GitHub, soon in your app store of choice. :)
https://github.com/Arcticons-Team/Arcticons/releases/tag/14.7.1
Continuing with the development of the Open Risk initiative is difficult without support from people who appreciate what it produces: A wide range of #opensource tools and educational material to promote better #riskmanagement, more transparent and accessible #sustainablefinance
If you can, please contribute https://buy.stripe.com/fZe01M5QK2aY97q8ww
Your help will keep the lights on the flagship projects: the Open Risk Manual, the #elearning Academy, the many libraries and tools, and help reach the next level🙏
🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”
The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.
Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/
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#government #nhs #OpenSource #politics
Compared to other 3D printer laws proposed this year, California’s is the most troubling. It criminalizes open source, reduces consumer choice, and creates a new bureaucratic burden. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing #opensource #3dprinting #AB2047
Your browser could already be part of a botnet thanks to this dangerous Chrome flaw
Your browser may never act suspicious enough to raise concern.
https://www.androidauthority.com/chromium-browser-vulnerability-3669581/
#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #AndroidAuthority [Android Authority]
Guten Morgen! ☕
Wusstet ihr, dass `curl` dieses Jahr 26 wird? Das Tool läuft auf Kühlschränken, Raumsonden und vermutlich auch auf dem Server, den ihr gerade vergesst zu patchen. 🛸
Daniel Stenberg pflegt es quasi im Alleingang – und beantwortet noch dazu jeden Bug-Report persönlich. Wahre Helden tragen keine Umhänge, sondern tippen Changelogs. 🦸
I'm honoured to have been elected to the Board of Directors of @fdroidorg , the most well-known #opensource alternative to Google's Play Store. 
Imagine Microsoft deciding from now on what you can install on your laptop. No internet, you can only download things through the MS app store. Apps that MS has approved. Who wouldn't find that suffocating? Yet that is what Google wants to do on our Android phones (and what Apple already has - a closed ecosystem).
https://f-droid.org/en/2026/04/28/board-appointments-2026.html
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Oh fuck off Microsoft. I know which software is safe and unsafe. I do not need you to protect me.
Smart App Control blocked an app that may be unsafe.
C:\Program Files\Paperback\paperback.exe was blocked because we can’t confirm who wrote it and it’s not an app we’re familiar with.
If you think we made a mistake in blocking this app, select Send feedback to send us a copy of the app along with your comments to review.
Hmm, because it didn't come from your shitty ass store?
I know I can disable Smart App Control and I've done that, but this is how you train people to fear indie developers and it creams my corn!
If you all want a fantastic EBook program, go download Paperback by @TheQuinbox at https://github.com/trypsynth/paperback
Sighted people might need to get used to the interface but honestly I am sure it won't be hard for you sighted folk.
Little Bits: Issue #35 For March 2026
A brief reminder of the power each of us hold and how their is a positive side to the Internet through all these shiny new little bits.
Let's move all of our internal code, pipelines, secrets and tokens for external systems to someone. It's free and everyone does - it must be awesome. Welcome to 2026!
#git #security #vulnerability #github #opensource
I might have made something horrible.
https://blog.mempko.com/an-abject-horror/
I re-thought what and object oriented system could look like in the world of AI and came up with The Ask Portocol.
I then created a system to see how far I can take the idea. I would love to hear people's feedback. Also it's open source so you can contribute.
#tech #OpenSource #AI #CompSci #Software #project #philosophy
While California is at the forefront of print blocking, the impacts will be felt far outside of its borders. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing #AB2047 #opensource #3dprinting #DRM
NHS workers are being gagged from criticising the Palantir contract 🤐
We can't duck the hard truths that embedding US Big Tech in UK public services carries risks of outside political interference and waste from vendor lock-in.
The alternative is here: Digital Sovereignty with open source tech.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/14/nhs-staff-told-stop-criticising-palantir-or-lose-your-job/
#DigitalSovereignty #opensource #palantir #nhs #ukpolitics #ukpol
The Open Social Web’s kryptonite is the liability participants can face as intermediaries. Laws aiming to change Section 230 put decentralized projects in a uniquely precarious position. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/open-social-web-needs-section-230-survive #fediverse #opensource #section230
:gnome:Open source peeps: I want to see good examples of “get involved” or community pages for inspiration. Show me some of your favorites! 👀
Tomorrow (May 1st) is a holiday, which means free day to stream Budgie 11 dev! Work continues on wl_output support in #BudgieDesktop Services, which I've made good progress on generalizing interfaces for off-stream.
Live 1500 EEST at https://youtube.com/live/MxAXGDTpQzg
Introducing Elefeed, a clean, privacy-first Mastodon client with organized, tidy feeds that runs entirely in your browser.
No servers. No tracking. Just your feeds, your way.
Available at: https://elefeed.app
Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stonedonkey.elefeed
Built for the fediverse.
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#Mastodon #Fediverse #OpenSource #Elefeed #mastodonapps #androidapps #pwa
Recently I got asked about my @BoxyBSD project, which offers free VPS instances of vary #BSD based systems for learning and educational purposes and I'm happy to share that this projects remains available. Several things could finally be clarified to continue this service to make sure people can learn and practice on real #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD systems to #RUNBSD. Also, BoxyBSD starts moving over to #Sylve on #bhyve.
But not only that! We could also get some more new resources and locations to scale and this also brings up another new project for #free Linux #VPS instances at https://boxedtux.com (Fedi: @BoxedTux) where people will be able to learn and practice on different #Linux based distributions (e.g., #Debian, #Ubuntu, #Rocky,...). BoxedTux utilizes #Proxmox clusters as a foundation.
Hope you like this small update... Over & out!
#freeVPS #VPS #VM #Hosting #education #learning #learningplatform #service #opensource #BoxedTux
petit rappel pour les amateurs de #ClavierMecanique #Keebs #MechanicalKeyboard #DIY #OpenSource sous #QMK que j'ai toujours des PCB (et tout le hardware qui va avec, y compris des trop belles boules de billard pour la #trackball ) pour Redox - un clavier split 70%, Peridot - un clavier de sténo, et la scroll ring trackball - qui est, comme son nom l'indique, une trackball avec un scroll ring.
Hésitez pas à me contacter pour en récupérer !
Presenting Fedora Linux 44!
This release brings @gnome 50, @kde Plasma 6.6, tweaks to the Anaconda installer, and more!
Thank you to all of the contributors for another successful release. We hope you enjoy it!
#XSF Announcement
Join the 29th #XMPP #Summit taking place online from 4th - 5th September 2026.
https://xmpp.org/2026/05/xmpp-summit-29/
#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #standards #xep #realtime
London Mayor Sadiq Khan shows Palantir the door 🚪
This decision recognises that Big Tech has been grifting the UK for years, by locking us into their exclusive products, jacking up the fees and exporting profits.
The future is open source, NOT shady US spyware companies.
It's time for Digital Sovereignty 🌱
#digitalsovereignty #palantir #opensource #sadiqkhan #metpolice #ukpolitics #ukpol
https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/32809
GitHub's Continuous Integration checks passed!
it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.
I also submitted a story to undeadly.org though I will let one of the other editors publish it after review as a sanity check. I think I corrected all my typos and HTML tags yet at least a second set of eyes is good idea.
#Got #GameOfTrees #MacPorts #VersionControl #OpenSource #Git
That's why, dear #OpenSource militants, people are reluctant to use alternatives. At least, some people.
One more post here said: "You should use LibreSpeed now, because SpeedTest is bought by some company, dealing with billionaires, something like that".
Okay, let's give it a try.
No main region — fine, at least there is heading level 1.
"Start" which should be a button, is… a piece of text. Nice? Nice.
then there is the server combo box, then ping, download speed, upload speed — all at zero, because we haven't started yet. Why is it showing at all? Question.
Okay, we are advanced peeps, we press space on Start and pray. Yes, it launches.
The results are not a region, no ARIA-driven announcements, no separate headings…
I mean, it's a dead simple service.
You might think I want to just bash LibreSpeed. No, I don't, at least, it's not my goal.
It's just an example. SpeedTest did it better — not perfect though, there are unlabeled elements, I want more headings, etc., but Start Test is a button, there are live ARIA announcements throughout. Hence I'll use SpeedTest. Because it's accessible. Because it's convenient. Because it's better UX.
And this is true for everything: operating systems, office suites, clouds (see my previous angry post about Nextcloud and inaccessible Copy Link dialog which Microsoft and Google managed to do accessibly).
We are roughly 15% of population. And also we have family, friends and people that listen to us.
Make this world accessible, and only then preach about bad billionaires, trackers and whatever else. You can repeat your mantras, but they won't get to my ears nor to my heart — I'm blind, and I need to work and to live in the digital world. And for that I need —
#Accessibility!