I woke up to a comment so smug, so perfectly soaked in gatekeeping and faux-righteous posturing, it earned its own blog post.
You want freedom? You want GNU/Linux to mean something?
Then maybe start by not telling disabled users to go fuck themselves with a smile.
This commenter thought they were defending "software freedom." What they were really doing was kicking people out of the room. Dismissing accessibility. Mocking effort. Pretending that cruelty is some kind of rite of passage. They quoted Stallman like it was scripture, ignored real-world experience like it was noise, and wrapped it all in condescension dressed as virtue.
I’ve spent over a decade in this ecosystem. Writing patches. Rebuilding broken stacks. Helping blind users boot systems upstream doesn’t even test. I didn’t "just install Arch and whine about the terminal." I lived in it. I survived it. I held it together when maintainers disappeared and no one else gave a damn.
But apparently, because I didn’t call it GNU/Linux™ and because I dared to talk about how this OS chews people up and spits them out, I’m lazy. I’m weak. I should "get a dog."
So I wrote a response. Line by line. No mercy. No euphemisms.
This isn’t just about one comment. This is about every time someone’s been told they don’t belong because they couldn’t learn fast enough, code well enough, or survive long enough. It’s about everyone who was pushed out while the gatekeepers patted themselves on the back for "preserving the spirit of free software."
You want a free system? Start by making it livable. Because freedom that demands you crawl bleeding through a broken bootloader isn’t freedom. It’s abandonment dressed in ideology.
And if this kind of gatekeeping is your idea of community?
You can keep it.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/you-dont-own-the-word-freedom-a-full-burn-response-to-the-gnulinux-comment-that-tried-to-gatekeep-me-off-my-own-machine/
#Linux #GNU #FOSS #Accessibility #BlindTech #FreeSoftware #Gatekeeping #DisabilityInTech #OpenSource #Orca #ScreenReaders #ArchLinux #BurnItDown #blogpost
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Desde hace un par de días, @phanpy hace que las barras superior e inferior se muestren con esos colores en Android 14, utilizándolo como aplicación progresiva (pwa) en Firefox, cuando hasta ahora,vdichas barras, respetaban el tema negro elegido. ¿Algún fallo en la interface, que hace que Android las muestre así, @cheeaun?.
He probado con otros teléfonos con Android 12 y Android 11 y ocurre lo mismo. 🤔
#bug #Phanpy #PanphySocial #Firefox #Android #Mastodon #SoftwareLibre #opensource #ayuda
TIL: The European Union Public License.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Public_Licence
Looks pretty decent actually!
• OSI and FSF approved
• copyleft
• SaaS clause (like the AGPL)
• explicitly compatible with several copyleft licenses to allow EUPL code to be integrated into GPL, AGPL, LGPL, OSL, MPL etc. projects
• based on European law
• available in 23 languages, all with the same validity
#EUPL #EuropeanUnion #software #license #FLOSS #OpenSource #licensing
Hello again, World! An #Introduction
I'm JBQ, 50-ish, he/him, French-born, currently moving from Spokane, WA, USA to Preveza, Greece.
I have worked on operating systems, browsers, SDKs, and similar tech, mostly for mobile. Most visibly, I managed the Open-Source aspects of Android from 2009 (1.6) to 2013 (4.3).
I am currently active in the Atari ST #OpenSource #DemoScene, as Djaybee from the MegaBuSTers.
My strongest languages are C and assembly (especially 68k). I've touched many more.
📢 SensioLabs recrute !
#Dev senior, lead developer, formateur (H/F) : rejoignez le créateur de #Symfony
Développez vos compétences avec des projets innovants, le partage avec l'équipe & grâce à un accès privilégié à l'open source 📖
📌 En savoir plus 👉 https://bit.ly/3E78hiR
Friction 1.0.0 RC 2 is now available 🥳
https://friction.graphics/releases/friction-100-rc2.html
#motiongraphics #motiondesign #mograph #animation #svg #vector #libregraphics #artWithOpenSource #opensource #linux #skia #friction
Just wrapped up our Google Summer of Code 2025 kickoff meeting!
Big thanks to all the contributors, mentors & admins who joined. Now let’s make this summer count! 💻✨
We’re excited to introduce our Google Summer of Code 2025 contributors!
These amazing folks will be working on impactful projects that will shape Django’s future.
Meet the contributors 👇
🧵 (1/5)
#Django #GSoC2025 #OpenSource #Python
A farewell to the ArcoLinux University https://www.arcolinux.info/a-farewell-to-the-arcolinux-university/ Thank you for all your hard work.
From Linux to AI, Jim Zemlin explains how the Linux Foundation helps build the future of tech openly, collaboratively, and sustainably.
A great read via @TechCrunch from Paul Sawers → https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/13/jim-zemlin-on-taking-a-portfolio-approach-to-linux-foundation-projects/ #OpenSource #TechInnovation
pw-videomix v0.3.0
A lot of new features were added within the last year. Not all are finished. The reason, why I hesitated to release a new version. But the next step needs to be taken. So the motto of 0.3.0 is:
"Half Baked"
new:
- Saving and loading project files.
- New nodes (kaleidoscope, video source, encoder sink for video files, control nodes).
- MIDI devices to control values.
- Removed binaries from the source repository. The Linux binary will be updated regularly now. There won't be a Windows binary in the near future.
- Connections update their resolution automatically. No reconnects needed anymore.
... more in the changelog
Try it out here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/AdeptVeritatis/pw-videomix
#rust #rustlang #vulkan #egui #winit #opensource #freesoftware #creativecoding #art
Our motto is »#Linux #OpenSource News & #KnowHow for #Office Tasks.«
Our posts are for #solopreneurs, #trainers, #facilitators, and everybody else who tackles their office tasks using open source software under Linux.
While we appreciate #portability, we're strictly Linux-only. With respect to other operating systems: no bashing, no praise, no comparisons. We've already made our choice.
Formerly @social.tchncs.de, 2021-09-01 to 2024-06-15; then @mastodon.de until 2025-04-17
🚀 Gitea 1.23.8 is out!
This release includes critical bug fixes and a Go version upgrade addressing important security issues. We strongly recommend all users update ASAP.
👋 Hey, I’m Jorijn Schrijvershof, a freelance DevOps engineer from the Netherlands.
Driven by open-source and automation, I work on projects from Kubernetes clusters to self-hosted tools.
Outside tech, I'm a sports enthusiast who is into running, Krav Maga, and weightlifting. Proud dad, husband, and cat dad to two Maine Coons. 🐾
I'll mostly post about #technology, #opensource, #running, and spending time outdoors, either by foot or on the #motorcycle. 🏍️
Freed a chromebook (Acer 14 CB3-431) from Google. Got it used for 65€. Still has the power for 5 hours of movie (full hd/h265) or 6-7 hours of working with LibreOffice.
#chromebook #linux #linuxmint #mint #google #fuckoffgoogle #opensource #hardware #freesoftware #acer
The OSUOSL has been saved! Here are their plans for the future:
Dani's Race. An #openworld #libre #game for #GNU / #Linux made in #UPBGE ( #blender #gameengine ).
Please Download and Play!!!
PyLadiesCon now has our own open source conference management tool at https://portal.pyladies.com
We have code, unit tests, and docs!
I announced it in the Community Organizers Summit at PyCon US. Check my slides to learn more.
In light of GitHub going full genAI agents, which will likely lead to a flood of garbage PRs that will make dependabot nags a joke:
Would other foss maintainers with projects on GitHub be interested in some kind of event where we all get together and try moving our projects over to @Codeberg?
I’m thinking of it as a way to both promote our foss projects, provide mutual support during the moves, find solutions to small cuts we run into along the way, and just generally have fun together?
Boosts and ideas welcome!
If anyone is interested in talking more about this or participating, even if you’re not a core maintainer for a project, I’ve created Discord and Matrix places we can start chatting in: https://discord.gg/fcSeuv56qp and https://matrix.to/#/%23nohub:matrix.org
Discover The Fediverse: Free Software Movement
Learn the key points of the free software movement in order to protect your freedoms along with exploring free and open source software highlights.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/discover-fediverse-free-software-movement/
#blog #FollowFriday #fediverse #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #foss
«Easier Onboarding for Your Fediverse Experience»
Getting started with #ActivityPub on #WordPress just got a lot easier. A new guided onboarding experience is now part of the plugin, designed to help you configure key settings and understand how your site connects to the #Fediverse—from the moment you activate it.
https://activitypub.blog/2025/05/14/5-9-0-easier-onboarding-for-your-fediverse-experience/
Something for the weekend? I'm super pleased to have just blogged with the 1st issue of #SOURCE. SOURCE is an idea for where to place articles I'd like to write but that are to difficult for my brilliant paid clients to home. SOURCE is opensource, free (pay as you feel) and I'd LOVE it if you shared my first experimental issue on Computational Fluid Dynamics with @FreeCAD that's on this blog. Ta.
#opensource #FreeCAD #newsletter #decentralise
https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/05/source-issue-1-out-now-computational.html
Fedora 42 voting is now OPEN!
Seats are available in the Fedora Council, Fedora Engineering Steering Committee, Mindshare Committee, and EPEL Steering Committee.
Voting closes on June 2. Don't forget to get your badge that says "I voted!"
Learn more: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f42-elections-voting-is-now-open/
Had a wonderful time today at our second FediDev KR #sprint (@sprints.fedidev.kr) gathering at Turing's Apple (@TuringAppleDev) in #Seoul!
We spent the day contributing to various #fediverse open source projects including @fedify, @hollo, and Hackers' Pub. It was fantastic to see the community come together to build and improve tools for the decentralized social web.
Our participants made some great contributions, and you can read all about what we accomplished in today's blog post.
Looking forward to our next sprint!
