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California’s attack on 3D printing is heading to the Senate. Here’s how it has changed, and why we still oppose it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/we-can-still-stop-californias-3d-printer-surveillance-scheme #privacy #opensource #3dprinting

💻 L'Open Source non è solo software: è collaborazione, condivisione della conoscenza e libertà di costruire tecnologie al servizio delle persone.

Abbiamo raccolto una parte importante di questa comunità nella nuova Collection #OpenSource di Mastodon:

https://mastodon.uno/collections/116786942144483189

Su #Mastodon esiste anche una comunità vivace fatta di divulgatori, progetti liberi e realtà che ogni giorno contribuiscono a rendere il mondo più aperto e libero, seguici nel gruppo @opensource

Some of you have been asking why the #EU digital policy account isn't on the #Fediverse..
Well, today they are! Go follow the official #DigitalEU account: @digitaleu for updates about #OpenSource, #Tech and #DigitalSovereignty, and much more!
Today is a good day for the open source community. Stay tuned for more announcements.

In case you missed it, I **FINALLY** published the #StateOfTheBird for April 2026!

I'm not sure why @news isn't showing up for me on @mastodon.social so I can't boost it, but here it is anyways. If anyone has any ideas on why that might be, please let me know!

https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-april-2026/388

#OpenSource #Pidgin #Gaim

Huh! I was today years old when I realised that the mighty @libreoffice has a great tool for generating QR. In a world where online QR code generators tend to re route via themselves this is an awesome tool to find! #opensource

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@digitaleu/116685519347209645

Welcome to Fediverse, @digitaleu! 💜🐘
Follow them for content about #DigitalSovereignty, #OpenSource, #Tech and much more!

Openfire 5.1.0 is out - our first feature release in nearly a year!

The highlights: SASL channel binding (with thanks to @nlnet for their support 💕), a round of crypto hardening, an O(n²) bug that was causing 2-hour startup times on large deployments (now seconds), Java 25, and new first-class support for #MariaDB, #Firebird and #CockroachDB.

Read all about this release in our blogpost! https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/openfire-5-1-0-release/96495

#XMPP #OpenSource #Java

Bear on abstract background. The background used to be a beach.

I really like the colors. It doesn't mean anything (could mean to someone) but yeah. I made this with gimp. Idk, just made it to try to show the state of my mind at the moment, but it's more like ever since this year started...

#gimp #freesoftware #opensource #bear #bears

In addition to platforms like Mastodon & PeerTube, we are exploring whether we can also use an #OpenSource platform for newsletters.

We are looking for something privacy-friendly, self-hostable and sustainable over the long term. Right now, Keila and Listmonk are on our list.

Have you used (either of) them or other alternatives? We'd love to hear about your experience: what worked well, what didn't and which one you'd recommend? Thanks!

#SelfHosting #FediVerse

*Update: PeerTube not Pixelfed

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 5.5 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/

Damage has been turned off, #Goose value turned on, so to speak. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited.

#luanti #game #gaming #games

Let's talk CLI/TUI and Developer Workflows!

I’m looking to refresh my local toolkit and I’m curious: what are the absolute "must-have" CLI or TUI programs in your current rotation?

Whether it's a specialized utility for a specific language, a terminal-based interface for a common service, or a workflow-changing alias, I want to hear about it. I’m especially interested in tools that prioritize keyboard-driven navigation and accessibility.

My Current Favorites:

To get the ball rolling, here are a few tools I’ve been leaning on lately:

uv — Fast, reliable Python package and project management.
fzf & ripgrep — The classic duo for fuzzy finding and searching.
tmux — For session management and persistent terminal workspaces.
jq / yq — Essential for wrangling JSON and YAML without leaving the prompt.

What about you?

What is one tool you've discovered recently that you can't live without?
Are there any TUI-based clients for web services (like Mastodon, GitHub, or RSS) that you recommend?
Do you have a favorite "hidden gem" script or small utility?

Mentions & Groups

@programming
@linux @terminal_u_i@lemmy.ml @selfhosted

Hashtags

#CLI #TUI #Terminal #OpenSource #FOSS #Programming #DevTools #Linux #SysAdmin #Workflow #Python #Backend #ArchLinux #KeyboardDriven #Accessibility #SoftwareDevelopment #TechTalk

first manual deepfry attempt on gimp. im missing a few emoj

aight imma deepfry sum salmon and sleep

#linux #nvidia #ai #archlinux #cachyos #ubuntu #debian #fedora #opensource #mastodon #gimp #freesoftware

My talk about #PegaProx for #Proxmox VE based clusters at the @FrOSCon conference has been accepted!

I'm happy to share some more insights about the project, development stages, integration of the ProxTools collection (like #ProxLB, #ProxPatch, #ProxSnap,...) and more! We'll end up in a live demo of PegaProx, orchestrating several Proxmox clusters, XCP-ng based ones and maybe I'll have already finished another great thing until that date 🙂

#opensource #pve #froscon #opensourceconference #conference #conferences #froscon2026 #xcpng #xcp #xen #incus #sylve #bhyve #virtualization

@autistics
Announcement: #Voxelibre multiplayer casual game today (Sat) for 4 hours in the late afternoon to evening (North America). That's in about 4.25 hours from now.

Voxelibre is a free and #OpenSource #Minecraft clone. More details here: https://docs.autis.toque.im/

Damage has been turned off. People with #Autism, #ADHD or #AuDHD are invited.

#luanti #game #gaming #games

Open source game engine Godot will no longer accept AI-authored code contributions: 'We can't trust heavy users of AI to understand their code enough to fix it'

At risk of drowning in AI slop code, @godotengine is firming up its contribution requirements.

🎮 https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/open-source-game-engine-godot-will-no-longer-accept-ai-authored-code-contributions-we-cant-trust-heavy-users-of-ai-to-understand-their-code-enough-to-fix-it/
🎮 https://godotengine.org/article/contribution-policy-2026/

#gamedev #aicoding #godot #opensource #godotgameengine #dev #aicoding #oss #games #aislop #gameengine #article

My first solo iPhone app, Blankie, is live!

Blankie is a FREE and #OpenSource ambient sound mixer for iPhone, iPad and Mac with no ugly ads, no sneaky business model and no compromises for your privacy.

It’s also, possibly, the first ambient sound app with #CarPlay support!

https://blankie.rest

What are you missing for an unified, centralized #Proxmox cluster management?

When managing multiple PVE clusters, what are you currently missing? What would make your life easier? Let me know to fill those gaps with #opensource...

#enterprise #virtualization #proxmox #pve #pegaprox #datacenter #vsphere #alternative #opensource

I did some thinking about #FreeSoftware, #OpenSource and #ConvivialSoftware. Then I wrote some of my thoughts down:

https://iooioio.xyz/convivial-software.html

AI assisted pen testing, coding and arising secvulns. Are we humans still good enough?

the last weeks we saw more and more security issues coming up. Let's talk!

Sorry, a pretty long blog post about this...

https://gyptazy.com/blog/coding-after-ai-are-humans-still-good-enough/

#ai #aicoding #coding #opensource #foss #security #infosec #vulns #developer #devops #engineer #ops #fedi #philosophy

I think #SelfHosting is an important skill to learn, for anyone with the aptitude for it. I think the internet can't really be made a better place, until people learn to use those same skills to "staple the internet to real life". Like start from a place in one's real-world existence and look around. There are real-world organizations, and various community groups.

These groups should ideally roll their own self-hosted services: forums, group chats, file-sharing, etc. That's what I mean by "stapling": real world regional orgs aligning to the services they self-host. It's the opposite of using Big Tech forums: the Facebooks, Instagrams, etc of the world, where the platforms can't be trusted, and are totally certain to enshittify. In this way, #DataSovereignty is gained.

Yes, people will need a password manager to manage all those passwords. Or perhaps regional SSO servers - run by a city or province/state - can unify these accounts somewhat. Password management and backing up the password database (eg. .kdbx file) should be taught in school.

People actually visiting over coffee/tea (or meals), are the right time to help someone less technically inclined (in person) to install a new #OpenSource friendly app, like Signal or #DeltaChat

Yes, it won't be easy, *but I don't see an alternative*. There's pretty much no escape from the Tech Bro billionaires otherwise.

Development of my personal FreeBSD installer keeps moving forward!

Lots of new ideas and features are currently in the works: the out-of-the-box GUI experience, completion of the Simple and Expert installation modes, automatic hardware detection and configuration (now also GPU support as well).

I'll be publishing a new blog post soon with more details. Stay tuned! 😄

#FreeBSD #BSD #OpenSource #FOSS #UNIX #Coding #Programming #SysAdmin #DevOps #DesktopBSD #Tech #OSS #Lua

What is up my fellow beings. I'm super excited to say that my journal article and software package have now been officially published in the Journal of Open Source Software!!

Thanks to the editor, editor-in-chief and the excellent reviewers

#lsl #labstreaminglayer #dart #foss #oss #opensource #flutter

@joss https://fosstodon.org/@joss/116679854665450430

The "walled garden" highlighted at #wwdc26 is designed to make migration feel impossible. They want your muscle memory trapped.

We solved that. Our repository houses two distinct desktop paradigms:
🪟 #lucentOS for traditional, familiar workflows.
🍏 #fijiOS for fluid, sleek floating layouts.
Same private core, your choice of style.

Star us on GitHub: https://github.com/dixon-team-tech/lucentOS

#Design #TechMigration #Linux #OpenSource

👋 Hello! We are the team behind lucentOS and fijiOS.

We believe your operating system should be a private digital vault, not a corporate surveillance terminal. No telemetry and no forced cloud lock-in. Just clean, premium desktop environments built on a hardened Fedora foundation with absolute user autonomy.

💻 Our codebase is completely open and auditable.
🚀 Launching November 2026.

Check out ourrepository:
https://github.com/dixon-team-tech/lucentOS

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Fedora #Privacy #Introduction

I have never really put down the rates I have for software development contracting work and seeing as I'm back being fully self-employed due to getting laid off last year I thought I should finally do that. (I offer a 50% discount for any work done on open source projects!)

More info here: https://blog.phoenix616.dev/posts/contracting (I am also open for more long term contracts, ideally in the open source or gaming industry.)

If you want to just support my open-source work then you can also do that through a direct tip here: https://phoenix616.dev/tip

#getfedihired #contracting #opensource #java #minecraft #webdevelopment