Notices by OS-SCI (os_sci@mastodon.social)

Jeroen Baten gave a talk about #Linux development during the first day of #FossFEST 21st February 2025. After that he participated in our panel discussion. #floss #foss #opensource #education
https://youtu.be/biBnPp4cTcU

@dansup your on a good mission. How different is sup from a Matrix client?
We are organizing a huge foss Hackathon FossFEST on 21-22, is there any way we could support your efforts with some people's power. Already 200 devs have subscribed.
I am thinking on, like building something for the Fediverse on Ubuntu Touch?

Wouldn't it be logical if software is build, paid with tax payers money that the resulting software is open source? In this blog we discuss about Public Money, Public Code. You can still register for our Hackathon on 21-22 February. All info is on our website.
May the #foss be with you. #floss #opensource
https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/public-money-public-code-46

The #foss open source Hackathon is taking more and more form. 
Why Participate as a Student/Developer?
1 Win up to 4000 euro in cash
2 Interact with the FOSS community
3 Build your reputation as a programmer / hacker
4 Get recognized by the FOSS community
5 Grants for your FOSS project

Why would you use a proprietary tool like Spotify when there's an open source option like #Nuclear . The only reason I can think about is available music. But hey we are here to change the world. https://nuclearplayer.com/ #foss #floss #opensource

@lexoyo @lightweight @strypey @element Swiss did this. All code paid for with public money needs to be foss. Also the EU is trying. In the Netherlands each ministry has an OSPO. The main problem is the workforce, they want the proprietary shit. Have this problem at home too. Need to have WhatsApp because of my wife and daughter refusing to use Signal or Telegram

@strypey @lexoyo @lightweight @element How can anything which has a recognized foss license be proprietary?

@lightweight @strypey @element sure also the MIT license says a lot. It doesn't protect against Open Washing and that's exactly what they did with GitHub.
https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/why-is-open-washing-a-thing-14

Do you know you can entirely swap the Adobe software stack with open source? May the #foss be with you. #floss #education
https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/replacing-the-entire-adobe-software-stack-40

Why would you use a proprietary communication tool like #WhatsApp when you also could use an open source tool like #Signal. May the #foss be with you. #floss #opensource
Have you already formed a team for our Hackathon? https://os-sci.com/event/international-hackathon-14/register

To give people the opportunity to experience #opensource projects and development we organize an international hackathon. Let the #Foss be with you. #floss #education #EdySky
https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/international-hackathon-37

#Discord is often used by #opensource communities as a means to chat both in text and sound.  Did you know discord is proprietary? Why use such a closed tool why there is a #opensource tool like #Mattermost available. It does have an enterprise and community version.
Let the #foss be with you. 

Sovereignty by open source
In our blog of this week, we explain how you can get your freedom / sovereignty back by using Open Source technology. https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/sovereignty-by-open-source-33
#opensource #open-source #education #higher-education #sovereignty #projects #community #nextcloud #libreoffice #collabora #zimra #odoo #mastodon #mattermost #serey #peertube