Notices tagged with opensource

Budgie 10.10.2 desktop environment improves the Labwc Wayland bridge, enhances Icon Tasklist application matching, and refines menu behavior.
https://linuxiac.com/budgie-desktop-10-10-2-released-with-better-wayland-labwc-bridge/

#linux #opensource

Fastfetch 2.60 introduces Zed editor detection, moss package support, and enhanced window manager detection on Linux.
https://linuxiac.com/fastfetch-2-60-system-information-tool-adds-moss-package-support/

#linux #opensource

Wine 11.4 released with DirectSound and MSXML improvements https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/wine-11-4-released-with-directsound-and-msxml-improvements/

#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxGaming

Yooooo, this is exciting. I've always written off #arm #chomebook as un-saveable since they can't be jailbroken with MrChomebox.

I just got like 50 of these Asus C100P arm chromebooks that are "expired". Digging around, it looks like #postmarketOS will run on this!

Still stuff to figure out but DAMN this is promising. Being able to save even ARM chromebooks is epic. Dammit I love #linux and #openSource

New server, new #introduction (same me)

Hi my name is Elira, I am 18 years old girl from Canada, I have ADHD and I am asexual :drgn_flag_ace: which means I am attracted to anyone

I love cats and taking photos, my interests are #coding (currently learning #python ) and #opensource

I have 3 accounts I use which is link in my profile for anyone asking

🚀 I've just opened 2 new roles in my department at the Open Home Foundation to work full-time on #HomeAssistant!

🖥️ Frontend Engineer
🔐 Security Engineer

Fully remote. Full-time. #OpenSource every day.

Best job in the world. Working on open source for a non-profit, building the biggest smart home platform on the planet. It changed my life; your chance to change yours.

Boosts appreciated! 🙏

🔗 https://www.openhomefoundation.org/jobs

#SmartHome #Hiring #RemoteWork #FOSS #InfoSec
https://www.openhomefoundation.org/jobs

Millions of students are getting locked into closed, proprietary software from single Big Tech vendors. Here's how #LibreOffice can give them back their digital sovereignty: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/06/libreoffice-for-education-regaining-digital-sovereignty/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Wtf!

They relicensed the project 🤯🫩

https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/327

#ai #programming #legal #fuckai #opensource

Linux Mint Cinnamon has the new screensaver lock screen ready for Wayland https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/linux-mint-cinnamon-has-the-new-screensaver-lock-screen-ready-for-wayland/

#Linux #LinuxMint #Wayland #OpenSource

The EU’s Open Source Software Strategy calls for reducing dependency on proprietary technologies. But for feedback on the Cyber Resilience Act, they're asking for feedback in .xlsx format! This is obviously not ideal – so please sign our open letter: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/05/cra-guidances/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Made a new thing. Driftwood - an AppImage manager for Linux. Browse 2,000+ apps, one-click install, updates, vulnerability scanning, and desktop menu integration. No root, no accounts, no telemetry.

Built with Rust and GTK 4, runs in userspace, ships as an AppImage itself. Free, CC0 public domain, WCAG 2.2 AAA accessible.

If you use AppImages and want something nicer than the terminal for managing them, give it a look.

https://apps.lashman.live/driftwood/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #AppImage #CC0

New app. Outlay - a personal finance app for Linux. Track what you spend, set budgets, manage subscriptions, and see where your money goes. Everything lives in one file on your machine. No accounts, no cloud, no telemetry.

It's a native GTK 4 app so it fits right in on a GNOME desktop. I put a lot of work into making it look and feel nice.

Free, CC0 public domain. No subscription to track your subscriptions.

https://apps.lashman.live/outlay/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #CC0 #PersonalFinance

🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The #SovereignTechFellowship invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the #opensource ecosystem.

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Ubuntu and Fedora devs comment on California's new Digital Age Assurance Act https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ubuntu-and-fedora-devs-comment-on-californias-new-digital-age-assurance-act/

#Linux #Fedora #Ubuntu #OpenSource

oh my... maybe not all news will be bad this year

"Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation, marking a new chapter in smartphone security and expanding its enterprise portfolio"

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

#Motorola #GrapheneOS #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #DeGoogle

OnlyOffice Docs 9.3 bringt erweiterte PDF-Signaturen und Dynamic Arrays

Die Office-Suite OnlyOffice Docs erhält in Version 9.3 erweiterte PDF-Funktionen, Dynamic Arrays für Tabellen und mehr als 500 Bugfixes.

https://www.heise.de/news/OnlyOffice-Docs-9-3-bringt-erweiterte-PDF-Signaturen-und-Dynamic-Arrays-11195870.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #OfficeSuite #OpenSource #news

We're happy to share that 44 Free and Open Source projects will receive financial & practical support for their contributions to the digital commons. We want to thank them for their efforts to create a shared digital infrastructure for us all.

This is the outcome of the 8th call of the NGI0 Commons Fund, bringing the total to 314 projects selected. The fund is made possible with financial support of @EC_NGI

Learn about the projects at: https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260302-announce-commons-fund.html

#FOSS #NGI #NGI0 #opensource

This is a follow-up post on the sad state of Mozilla

First, notice the date of the commit identified (as highlighted in a few posts below that toot referenced above).

Secondly, Mozilla has done further changes to their Privacy policy since this initial change. I am not fully convinced about them - since the Privacy FAQ at the same time is not aligned. The reason for my continued mistrust to Mozilla is that they have gradually, over many years, moved in a direction I do find privacy unfriendly. And they have ties/agreements/contracts/partnerships to companies who does not have a good track record on privacy topics. I generally trust people and organisations actions more than their words of what they want to do.

Thirdly, it should be fairly clear to most that AI/LLM is not preserving privacy well when data is sent to a remote server to be processed there. And even running parts of the LLM engines locally does not fully disentangle the privacy aspects fully - data is still being exchanged with a remote server (otherwise there would not need to be "AI service provider URLs" in about:cofig). Mozilla did force AI/LLM unto users, enabled by default with the only way to disable that in the beginning via about:config. And it took several releases before more user friendly approaches to disable it arrived. Due to this delay, I really wonder "does these new knobs really fully disable AI/LLM?". I have that doubt, because of how Mozilla has behaved over many years.

On top of this, the Mozilla leadership is extremely well paid while they have reduced their engineering teams working on Firefox and other products. That is a too strong indication for me to ignore, that profit and leadership compensation seem to be way more important than the core mission of making Internet a better place.

I have little trust in Mozilla for the time being. And I doubt I'm alone, due to the traction this toot thread triggered. Currently, I believe trust can be built up again. But it will take a lot of efforts now to repair what has been broken. For that to improve for me, I will need to see a lot of actions from Mozilla, where they clearly does changes in the whole organisation and communicates them clearly and that the communication is aligned across all aspects - including policy documents, FAQs, source code. Until that happens, I will use some of the Firefox forks. And leadership compensation need to be completely transparent and come down to a level which is not in an astronomic level comparable to large for-profit enterprise companies who generally cares little for anything than their own egoistic wealth.

If a person taking a leadership role in an organisation claiming working for a better Internet and fighting for its users is getting uninteresting unless there is a million dollar yearly compensation when the people doing the grunt work, delivering code resulting in a real product, has a 5th or 10th of that compensation, then I do question the values this person holds. And I will especially highly question the leadership when they need to reduce cost and choses to cut among the engineers doing the grunt work while the leadership not considering their own compensation.

So basically, I find the Mozilla organisation fairly rotten currently. It preaches the nice words but ends up doing something completely different.

#mozilla #firefox #privacy #foss #opensource

New on // foss.events: Hack the Earth by Calafou on 02-05 April 2026 in #Calafou in #Vallbona d'Anoia, #Spain

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/04-02-hack-the-earth.html

Follow the official account: @calafou

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

🎮Ein Spiel oder ein App entwickeln – ohne Programmierkenntnisse? Das Geht. Mit Godot, der freien Open-Source-Alternative zu Unity und Unreal.

👉In diesem Wochen-Workshop baust du Schritt für Schritt ein 3D-Spiel: Raum, Interaktionen, Animation, Sound, Kollisionen. Du verstehst den Aufbau der Engine und setzt eigene Projekte um – für PC, Smartphone oder Web.

Professionell begleitet von Kursleiterin Gaby Schulze und ein einfacher Einstieg.
Am Ende weißt du, wie du mit Godot die Bausteine einer Anwendung zusammenfügst!

📆Mo bis Fr, 20.–24.07.2026 von 9–16 Uhr
🚩vhs Lichtenberg
Auch als #Bildungsurlaub und #Bildungszeit buchbar.

ℹ️ Zum Kurs: https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=777704

#VHS #Berlin #OpenSource #DID #DigitalIndependenceDay #Godot #Volkshochschule #Lichtenberg #Bildung #DUTgemacht #DIDay #DUD #DIDit #Weiterbildung