Morgen, am 04.12.2025 ab 19:00 trifft sich online wieder die Troisdorfer Linux Usergroup. Dieses Mal gibt es eine praktische Einführung in git und Codeberg.

Alle Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen, teilzunehmen:
https://doc.adminforge.de/n7iwgOlERjWGPzxQu3Iltw

Weitere Infos findet ihr auf unserer Webseite:
https://trolug.de/

#trolug #linux #foss #git #codeberg

Are you at one with your code? 🙃

https://xenodium.com/at-one-with-your-code

#cli #macos #linux #golang #foss #oss #unixporn #emacs #vim

Gibt’s was Besseres, als im krankgeschriebenen Urlaub den eigenen #Manjaro Laptop einmal komplett zu refactoren?
Kernel getuned, Dotfiles poliert, Paket-Chaos eliminiert – jetzt läuft die Kiste wieder wie frisch kompiliert. 🚀💻

Gaming-Performance up, Dev-Setup clean.
Urlaub gerettet. 😎

#Linux #Programmieren #FOSS #RiceYourLinux #Retrogames

@lessig @bkc My fellow amici Lawrence Lessig is a founder of @creativecommons .

I signed this brief because I also believe deeply in #FreeCulture.

Free and #OpenSource Software (#FOSS) *requires* copyright for its foundation. Copyright allows collaborative #innovation and reciprocal licensing to thrive.

So gut wie jedem alten Blech habe ich in den letzten Monaten mit Linux neues Leben eingehaucht, ohne nennenswerte Probleme, obwohl Windows der Meinung war, die Hardware sei nicht mehr zeitgemäß. Sehr zum Erstaunern der Besitzer*innen, die auf dem anerzogenen Wissensstand waren, jetzt sei es Zeit für einen Neukauf. Zuletzt auf einem Intel nuc mit i3, Zitat "mit Windows war der nie so schnell" 🤷‍♂️ #linux #foss #floss #windows #konsumzwang #konsumwahn #obsoleszenz #lebenszyklus #computer

Windows 10 endet – dein Laptop nicht!
Am Donnerstag 11.12., 16–20 Uhr helfen wir Dir zusammen mit der Computertrtuhe @chemnitz im Lokomov Chemnitz, Linux mal anzuschauen und auszuprobieren und auf deinem Gerät zu installieren.
Ganz Wichtig: Backup auf externem Speicher nicht vergessen!
Ticket (kostenfrei, hilft uns bei der Planung): https://tickets.chch.it/ChCh/EndOf10/
Infos: https://chaoschemnitz.de/EndOf10_Veranstaltung, https://endof10.org/de/
#Linux #FOSS #Chemnitz #CCC #EndOf10

#FOSS Suche:
Ich suche ein Tool (am liebsten selbst gehostet) um möglichst einfach, komfortabel und datensparsam eine Terminbuchung anbieten zu können.

Wichtig wäre, dass ich von vornherein freie Slots definieren kann.

Einbindung in die üblichen Kalender wäre super. Im Zweifel würde mir aber auch eine Mailbestätigung reichen.

Kann mir jemand helfen?

P.S.: Nuudel kenne ich, aber ich brauche etwas, das dauerhaft auf meiner Website läuft.

It seems a lot of pundits don't like popular chat platforms and don't want free software projects' communication to end up siloed behind one.

Drew DeVault wrote in 2015 to the effect: Please stop using Slack for open-source communities. It's non-free, bloated software, and joining just to read can be a hassle. Use IRC instead and provide a bouncer, pastebin, and file drop to members of your community. 1/4
https://drewdevault.com/2015/11/01/Please-stop-using-slack.html

#chat #slack #discord #irc #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

Dave Cheney went further in 2017: Please stop using chat in general for open-source communities. Even a free protocol like IRC, XMPP, or Matrix disadvantages people with a full-time job and people in less-privileged time zones. Use issue trackers, mailing lists, newsgroups, and other asynchronous forums instead. 2/4
https://dave.cheney.net/2017/04/11/why-slack-is-inappropriate-for-open-source-communications

#chat #timezones #slack #discord #irc #matrix #xmpp #forums #MailingLists #IssueTracker #BugTracker #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS

Seit heute neue #Website #foss #flatfilecms #php #linux #musikproduktion

Garantiert funktioniert einiges nicht, aber das ist mir voll egal :)

Genauso geht Erpressung. Ich verstehe das eine Abspaltung nicht von heute auf morgen geht, aber man sollte auch aufhören permanent auf die Knie zu fallen. Meinen Stack habe ich auf jeden Fall schon umgestellt 😉 #Linux #Opensource #FOSS #NoBigTech #Europe
https://de.finance.yahoo.com/nachrichten/us-handelsminister-zolldeal-f%C3%BCr-ausgewogene-153246566.html

Ich finde diese Stelle in einem Video amüsant, in dem Linus Torvalds von
Fedora erzählt und dabei die Webseite von Fedora offen hat.

Der Slogan "It's your Operating System" passt
in diesem Fall ja wirklich. 😄 👍

#Fedora #FOSS #Linux #LinusTorvalds

#SpendeDesMonats für ein #FOSS Projekt, welches ich regelmäßig nutze:

https://kde.org/de/donate/

#KDE #OpenSource

@patrick @harld @GrapheneOS

Ik wil ook niet een Google-telefoon aanschaffen om los te staan van big tech. Daarom gebruik ik een #Librem5. Dat geeft wel wat ongemak, maar ik heb mijn vrijheid. Purism is écht volledig gericht op #privacy, #security en #FOSS (#opensource).

Bankieren bij #ASNBank doe ik voornamelijk via de webbrowser met de #browsercode. Alleen grote bedragen kan zo niet. Daarvoor en ook voor identificatie moe(s)t in naar een kantoor. Ik moet nog overschrijfformulieren aanvragen.

This is awesome: the public library in Uppsala, Sweden, has an upcoming workshop called "Give your computer new life - try Linux"

At Stadsbiblioteket (the city library) in Uppsala on Saturday 2025-12-06 at 11:00 - 15:00, together with Uppsala Linux User Group (ULUG)

https://bibliotekuppsala.se/evenemang#/events/7962dc29-d22d-4b36-a941-3586c0516d17?location=Stadsbiblioteket

@ulug #uppsala #linux #ulug #library #foss

LibreOffice 25.8.3 is now available! All users are recommended to update, to get the latest bugfixes and compatibility improvements: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/11/13/announcement-of-libreoffice-25-8-3/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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LibreOffice 28.5.3 banner

I recorded something WAY out of my comfort zone, but I felt like it wanted to get out of me in this way.

https://youtu.be/-ELUJ2Qofnc

#Linux #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #FOSS #FreeSoftware

#BSD #RUNBSD #Unix #FOSS

Berlin spricht über „digitale Souveränität“, während Brüssel endlich handelt. Der Brief von 38 EU-Abgeordneten gegen Microsoft 365 ist kein Symbol – er ist ein Wendepunkt. Zeit aufzuwachen, Europa. Freiheit gibt’s nicht im Azure-Abo.

https://www.pandolin.io/zwischen-souveranitats-gipfel-und-parlamentarier-microsoft-brief-woke-up-europe/

#DigitaleSouveränität #OpenSource #PublicMoneyPublicCode #Linux #FOSS #Digitalpolitik #BeAVoice #CloudRebelAlliance #FDP #Loadev #ALASCA #osba

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Der Pandolin schüttelt Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann die Hand vor einer stilisierten Europakarte. Zwischen ihnen ein USB-Stick mit EU-Flagge als Symbol für digitale Souveränität und europäische technologische Unabhängigkeit.

#NetBSD #BSD #RUNBSD #UNIX #FOSS

The United Nations opts for @CryptPad, an open source alternative to #GoogleForms.

https://news.itsfoss.com/un-ditches-google-form/

#OpenSource #CryptPad #UN #UnitedNations #foss

Are you ready for my talk in #Prague's monthly #DevOps meetup? My #dog is :)

#foss

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Build your brand as an engineer using privacy-respecting technologies

Petition in Germany to recognize unpaid contribution to free and open source software projects as 'society-beneficial volunteering' (ehrenamt)!

This will give volunteering for e.g. @postmarketOS , @freifunk , @kde , @nextcloud , @Mastodon and other libre projects the same legal status as taking care of an elderly family member, which provides tax benefits and relaxes requirements for receiving unemployment benefits.

https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland#petition-main

Please only sign the petition if you're a legal resident of Germany.

English language version (only sign one version): https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany

#deutchland #foss #floss #volunteer #ehrenamt #freiwilligkeit #openSource #freeSoftware

the window for participation in the #osgeo devroom at #fosdem2026 is open for a few more days; if you're able to share in a fossy geo space but are unsure, I can assist - it's easy and fun to get involved. #fosdem #foss4g #geo #brussels #foss https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026/cfp

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an icon for open geospatial, represented by a cute seamonster poking its head, body, and tail out of different sides of a cube of water

I've been using my laptop quite a bit the past few days, since I've been away from home where my desktop machine is.

I'm currently running CachyOS with Xfce on my laptop. I kinda want to try something a little different, but without systemd.

The options I'm looking at are:

• Alpine Linux
• Artix Linux
• Chimera Linux
• Void Linux
• FreeBSD

And if I go with Artix Linux, the options I'm looking at are dinit or OpenRC. I kind of don't care for runit all that much. I mean it's a good init system, but I find it too bare bones for my preference. I've never used S6 so I don't have an opinion on it.

#Linux #FOSS #FreeBSD #voidlinux #artixlinux #initfreedom #unix

https://why-openbsd.rocks/fact/

#BSD #OpenBSD #FOSS

@sysedit @fdroidorg @yaleprivacylab
Disabling all updates on your device's OS is obviously not ideal from a security standpoint and will very likely mean you're vulnerable to malware and even simple exploits over time.

Perhaps more importantly for our #FOSS software ecosystem is that developers will eventually have to comply or face irrelevance. We can't be stuck on old versions of Android ROMs which get worse and more insecure over time as well as tied to legacy hardware...

FreeBSD 15 has silently been released.

Expect the announcement and site update, once most of the mirrors have synced.

#FreeBSD #BSD #Foss #OpenSource

@fdroidorg I am the founder of @yaleprivacylab , where we have investigated #privacy and #security issues in #Android apps since 2017. I can say without hesitation that this change makes Android users less safe.

Android is based upon free and #opensource software (#FOSS) and that has always been defined by user choice. Blocking the capability to install apps directly from trusted sources outside #Google Play is not a small tweak. It removes a core freedom...

FYI, S3 suspend/wakeup works flawlessly with #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD on this laptop without any hack.

#BSD #RunBSD #Unix #FOSS

Wie zuverlässig und Kopfschmerz-frei ist Kubuntu 25.10 als daily driver für Beruf und Schule im Vergleich zu 24.04?
Auch hinsichtlich von Software die keine Version für 25.10 bietet.

#kubuntu #opensource #askfedi #foss #linux #karlsruhe

Wir müssen uns nicht wundern, wenn sich Neuankömmlinge hier bei #Mastodon unwohl fühlen. Die Flut an männlichen Besserwissern, die ständig den moralischen Zeigefinger schwingen und Andersdenkende sofort persönlich beleidigen, erinnert leider sehr an die dunkle Seite von X. Ist das wirklich die Diskussionskultur, die wir hier leben wollen? Auch das pauschale und radikale Verteufeln aller kommerziellen Anbieter bringt doch niemanden weiter. Ich nutze gerne #Linux und #FOSS, aber ich schäme mich mittlerweile für diese Community. So kommen wir bei Themen wie #Datenschutz nicht voran.

RE: https://chaos.social/@kubikpixel/115632067357157609

BTW: #Thunderbird tut das nicht... 😉

#unplugtrump #FOSS

I believe developers should have a choice.

Sometimes you want to give your code to the world with no strings attached (ISC/BSD). That's beautiful. ❤️
Other times, you want to ensure your work isn't walled off inside a black-box AI or a proprietary cloud service. For that, introducing Total Reciprocity Public License (TRPL).
It closes the API and SaaS loopholes to keep the commons growing.
🔗 https://trplfoundation.org
#FOSS #Copyleft #SoftwareFreedom

Self-Host Weekly #147: Ad-Free

#Selfhosted news, updates, content, and activity -- without all the #BlackFriday deals and #merch shilling.

https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-11-28/

#selfhost #selfhosting #newsletter #opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #sysadmin #devops #privacy #security #software #updates #app #apps #server #development

Bist du in Deutschland und magst #OpenSource? Dann solltest du das unterschreiben:

"Open-Source-Entwickler fordern Gleichstellung mit Vereinsarbeit:
Eine #Petition fordert, ehrenamtliche Arbeit an Open-Source-Software rechtlich wie klassisches #Ehrenamt zu behandeln – mit steuerlichen Vorteilen."
https://www.heise.de/news/Petition-Open-Source-Arbeit-soll-als-Ehrenamt-gelten-11094436.html

Edit: Direktlink zur Petition:
https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland#petition-main

#Ehrenamt #Steuern #FOSS #Linux #LibreOffice #KDE ...

I *hate* the phrase “touch grass”. Among other problems, the phrase assumes the Internet exists only for doom-scrolling, 💩posting,& amusing Tiktok videos.

The Internet (& earlier, BBS's) have been my workplace, professional development center, educational environment, & community since 1983

I *am* disturbed that so-called “social media” has gravely harmed human discourse. In response, though, we should learn from good #FOSS communities to use the Internet to enable egalitarian communication.

What if the main thing your #FOSS project needed was that you work less on it?

I wrote up a few reasons to do so:
https://antonin.delpeuch.eu/posts/too-much-time-on-your-hands/

Curious to hear what you think of it :)

Still a few days to go in the Month of LibreOffice, November 2025! Tell us why you use #LibreOffice (with the hashtag) and we'll add you to this page, so you can claim a sticker pack at the end: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Badges/2025-11 #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Photo of LibreOffice community members at an event

Wir haben am 21.11. bei uns im aufLADEN eine #Linux Install-Party gemacht – unser Beitrag zur digitalen Souveränität. Mit dabei waren die Freiburger #linuxusergroup und @dermedienwolf
#foss #endoften #medienpädagogik

Am Mittwoch, 3. Dezember findet unser nächster Stammtisch statt.
Wir treffen wir uns wieder in unserem Stammlokal :

Zur Eiche im Turnerbund
Spardorfer Str. 79
91054 Erlangen

Beginn ist - wie üblich - ab 19:00 Uhr - Diesmal in der Gaststube.
https://erlug.de/events

#erlangen #FOSS #linux

My goblincore / cottagecore / librarycore desktop setup.

#FOSS #Linux #cottagecore #goblincore #CachyOS

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Screenshot of a GNOME desktop with the Colloid Everforest Dark colorscheme. Maximized Alacritty terminal window, with the Everforest Dark colorscheme, containing 4 even rectangular panes. Going clockwise: Pane 1 contains the Amfora browser showing the Project Gemini home page. Pane 2 contains Neovim editing a justfile. Pane 3 contains a listing of just commands. Pane 4 contains the cowsay program with a sheep saying "In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must, above all, be a sheep. --Albert Einstein".

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Screenshot of a GNOME desktop with the Colloid Everforest Dark colorscheme. The background wallpaper is of the Elder Scrolls Online: Scribes of Fate DLC. An Alacritty terminal window in the middle of the screen shows the btop program with everforest dark colorscheme.

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Screenshot of a GNOME desktop with the Colloid everforest dark colorscheme. The background wallpaper is of the Elder Scroll Online: Scribes of Fate DLC. On the left side of the screen is the Nautilus file manager display the user's home directory. On the right side of the screen is an Alacritty terminal window displaying the output of the fastfetch command on CachyOS.

What do you think of using Google in your life?

I use a Google Pixel 7 Pro at the moment, but I use GrapheneOS instead of OEM, and I think it is the best Android line of phones I have used so far. Their bootloader is lockable after installing custom operating systems which is much better than all other offers at the moment. The build quality, battery and design of the phone is solid as well. This phone has a lot of merits going for it which other Android phones are not replicating for the sake of a false sense of "security" or profits. I will appreciate Google for giving me a great phone to install GrapheneOS on, alongside Android for being a secure base for an operating system.

I appreciate the Chromium browser more than other browsers in the market. While Google Chrome is junk regarding user privacy, as well as shoving AI in your face, Chromium itself is actually pretty solid. It is also the most secure option, offering a malloc() implementation better than Firefox's mozmalloc, although not as secure as hardened_malloc, by GrapheneOS. Firefox is also implementing AI features into their browser, which leaves a bad taste in my mouth. MV2 is deprecated, sure, but you win more than you lose in security, as a lot of API features were exploitable. Chromium does a lot of good things, while Chrome gives the base itself a lot of bad blood. I would like to see what Servo can do, but I appreciate Google for making a secure browser.

I generally despise a lot of what Google offers, however. I feel like they lean heavily on the deception of convenience, where Google gives really good results while it uses your data for the sake of advertising. This applies with the Google Suite (Mail, Office, and Drive among others) as well. I would much rather use FOSS or nonprofit alternatives, such as Tutanota, or LibreOffice. Google is essentially the serpent from The Book of Genesis, selling you the benefit of their convenience for the sake of having your data stolen for their use. As such, I will choose not to follow Google convenience promise for my security.

Feel free to leave your opinions, and why I should consider other avenues rather than accepting a bit of Google in my life. As much as I love privacy, your privacy can't be guaranteed if there is no good security. Google may be known for piss-poor privacy, but their open source projects have a lot of security merits as well as good privacy. Do not use this as advice, but make your own conclusion.

#google #privacy #security #grapheneos #chromium #technology #FOSS

Imagine you're part of a small open source project or community, and a government using your code asks what you would like in return.

Which would be the most helpful? Comments are welcome!

#opensource #oss #foss

In my new article "The rebellion will be federated – 2025 edition" I discuss the key role of the Fediverse in this political and cultural climate... and argue that digital sovereignty and the ability to self-host are now more important than ever:

🔗 : https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-rebellion-will-be-federated-2025-edition/

Plus I had a chance to look back at my Fediverse advocacy in 2025 😊

Psst: my Ghost blog is now federated thanks to @jannis and his amazing @hey 🥳 🪄 📄

#resist #resistance #TheFutureIsFederated #tech #BigTech #FOSS #blog