Happy throw-away-your-perfectly-usable-computer-due-to-arbitrary-CPU-restrictions day! Anybody manage to save any by installing a real OS on it? I did, even if it was only one.

#EndOf10 #Windows10 #foss

When teaching ecologists to code, I wrote pages of scripts to wrangle messy data.
Then I packaged them.
Result? 40+ researchers went from pages of code to single lines. More time for science, less for debugging.
That's the power of #OpenSource packaging.
Teaching Python packaging Nov 6 so more scientists can build reusable tools.
What script do you wish was already a package?
🔗 Workshop info: https://bit.ly/pyos-packaging-2025
#OpenScience #Python #FOSS

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Infographic titled 'Why Packaging Matters' with subtitle 'More time for discovery, less time debugging.' Three sections with teal bullet points: Problem - Researchers spend hours wrestling with messy data instead of doing science. Solution - Turn your scripts into reusable packages, one tool that works for everyone. Impact - What took 40 people pages of code now takes a few lines. Decorative flowers at bottom and Python logo in lower right corner on beige background.

Literally me. 11 successful installations of Linux in my area so far, with zero complaints, and I will be doing a 12th soon.

#linux #operatingsystem #foss #opensource

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I will find you... and install Linux on your computer

I put together a "little" primer for people considering migrating from Windows or macOS to Linux.

The Linux landscape can be confusing when looking from the outside. Hopefully this document can give some initial guidance and knowledge about what all the new words and concepts mean.

https://moose.ca/blog/2025-03-19_so_you_want_to_try_linux/

#Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows #macOS #Apple #Microsoft #LinuxMint #elementary #Debian #PopOS #Fedora #Migration #Mint #elementaryos

Nice watch you got there.

It'd be a shame if someone installed Linux on it.

(Me, testing out AsteroidOS, on a secondhand TicWatch.)

https://asteroidos.org/watches/catfish/

#Linux #AsteroidOS #FOSS

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Watch showing the AsteroidOS boot screen

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Watch showing the AsteroidOS logo

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Watch showing a fastboot screen.

Over next 1-2 weeks,I'd appreciate an extended thread re: #FrameworkLaptop, #mntreform, & #FOSS.

TL;DR on my idiosyncratic needs:
* minimize binary firmware blobs¹
* Having 2 disks in RAID-1²
* Runs stock Official #Debian stable³
* Understanding best current replacement keyboard options⁴
* Form factor that works for my travel needs.

Is @frameworkcomputer or @mntmn better for me?

I'd be glad if ∃ active engagement on this!

#AskFedi #AskFediverse #Framework #OpenSource

@Jes @notavi10 Shizuku keeps being named, but... same answer: "if it's not on #FDroid, it's not #FOSS", and yes, Shizuku is not FOSS 🤷

Wishing our community a very happy 29th birthday!

14 Oct is not only KDE's birthday, but also International #eWaste Day & the end of "free" support for #Windows10.

KDE is the organization behind #KDEEco with the goal of strengthening sustainability in the development & adoption of #FreeSoftware #OpenSource software.

KDE Eco's #OptGreen put the cross-community campaign #EndOf10 into motion at #SFSCon 2024.

Donate to #KDE today & support our amazing work: https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

#FOSS #Linux

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KDE's mascots Konqi and Katie, the cheerful green dragons, working hard at their computers. The text at the top of the screenshot says: "Your donations keeps KDE 'in business' and our software sustainable for generations to come."

It's 14 October … but #EndOf10 is not ending. We now have another 12 months and we are only getting started! 🚀

#Microsoft has delayed #Windows10 End of Life to 13 October 2026.

They say it is "free", but really it's at the cost of your data while tying you to a corporate ecosystem. It'll only be harder later when the time comes to move on.

Why wait to try 🐧 #Linux? Find a place/event near you to liberate your hardware today: https://endof10.org/

More info: https://endof10.org/press/2025-10-04-extended-campaign/

#FOSS

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Screenshot from the End Of 10 campaign website. The text says: "Support for Windows 10 now ends of October 13, 2026. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?"

"If it's still regularily used, it's not old. It's stable and sustainable"

#timeless #stable #computing #linux #foss

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someone with tons-of-apps-and-software-tools on a tray, asking "is that all you need?" to a guy next to him carrying only a small, nice box labelled "bash scripts". The guy replies: "yes." and smiles.

#FOSS #Mastodon

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"Change my mind" meme of a guy sitting at a table with a banner that says "FOSS solutions should have an account on Mastodon - CHANGE MY MIND". He is wearing a blue shirt and drinking a cup of coffee.

Everyone is welcome to use it.

And for those wanting more, they can check our website https://panafricanssi.org for all ONLINE SERVICES and their statuses.

While some services require no application, such as XMPP, MQTT, and push notifications, many more require collecting some information. Unified communication e g. XMPP(ActivityPub)

Email

Cloud-Storage and other free hosting require filling out the form at https://link.ngportal.com/online-services.

Together, we are making a positive impact on lives and bringing about some long deserved changes.

#engineering #africa #foss

Reason 1 To Choose Linux 😍

It makes computing FUN again! 🚀

Digital technology feels more and more exploitative & disempowering. Joy & wonderment are increasingly exhaustion & frustration.

The focus of #Linux 🐧 is you - the user.

Your computer can be a device you WANT to use. Bring the FUN back into your computing! 😎

Join millions of people enjoying and creating independent people-centered technology.

Switch today at a place/event near you:

https://endof10.org

#FOSS #FLOSS #Windows10

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Image of one penguin asking another penguin to get married with the text "Will you …?" The response is "Yessss." Image published under a CC0 license.

Does anyone in the EU (or elsewhere?!) have links to any case studies about migrating from Microsoft to #opensource / #libre / #FOSS that include actual financial figures?

I'm selfhosting a cctv system, Frigate.

Two ip cameras and an old laptop.

I was able to check on my cats while I was on vacations. Really cool.

The only problem is that I couldn't find free/open ip cameras. I got two proprietary cameras that work with proprietary (and poorly written) android apps. Had to use and old phone to set up the cameras, the rstp:// urls and static ip addresses. I hated every minute I spent on that app.

But frigate was really easy to install and configure. Sadly, it's linux-centric, like most of modern foss.

https://frigate.video

#frigate #foss #cctv #nvr #ipcam

🚯 No More Markdown 🚯

Well, it's certainly not going away any time soon, but it doesn't have to be the default. While it's easily a majority of the docs formats that I have to use, it's not my favorite.

Perhaps in an ideal world it would be AsciiDoc or LaTeX _All The Time_, but we don't live in that world, oh well 💋

In the interim, here's someone who wrote about the topic which seems worth sharing. Interesting points, ja?

- Why You Shouldn’t Use “Markdown” for Documentation: https://ericholscher.com/blog/2016/mar/15/dont-use-markdown-for-technical-docs/

#engineering #software #oss #foss #markdown #documentation

✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀

« In this age of #technofeudalism every writer who covers technology - especially resistance to #BigTech - should disclose their tech stack. Here's mine »

🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/technofeudalism-disclosing-my-tech-stack/

Basically, a love letter to #FOSS and the #Fediverse… with room for improvement (especially on the hardware front)

#selfhosting #GoToSocial #Mastodon #NextCloud #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Signal #YunoHost #DeGoogle #LeaveSubstack #resist #resistance #broligarchy

✨ Wayland Will Never Be Ready ✨

The full article titled, "Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User" is one of my favorite writings on the topic. Well done Maya Posch, well done indeed.

https://hackaday.com/2025/07/28/wayland-will-never-be-ready-for-every-x11-user/

#linux #freebsd #wayland #xorg #x11 #foss

Considerations on the loss of the old ways, from FOSS to OSS to "Subscription as a Service"

https://prose.winterschon.com/on-foss-oss-and-give-me-money/

#linux #freebsd #thecloud #foss #oss #surveillanceCapitalism

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 210 (viva #FOSS edition) 🎊​

A "micro" blog post about how grateful I am for the ability to self-host essential digital services.

🔗​: https://elenarossini.com/2025/07/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-210-viva-foss/

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Finally managed to properly install Caesar III under #Linux, to run under the open source re-implementation of the gaming engine, #Augustus. It wasn't as straightforward under Linux due to case sensitivity on files, and a special tool to unarchive shielded .cab files, but it worked at the end thanks to the wiki. Bear in mind, the game requires the original artwork from 1998 (easily found online).

#opensource #foss #game #games #gaming #strategy #caesariii #linuxmint #mint

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Ceasar III running under Linux Mint and the Augustus engine

Wanted: OSS life apps, subscription or self-hosted all good 💯 opinions are requested 💝
- Prefer group of OSS apps, but "Best in Class" list also good
- Requires cross-platform via either web-based, but ideally Android and Linux/BSD native apps
- Prefer not using NextCloud (due to PHP) but open to compromising if necessary
- Terminal access / TUI also yes wonderful
- Examples: reminders, notes, caldav, webdav, docs, etc

Tired of google services, tired of mozilla products, can't do apple anymore, burnt out on enshittification.

#oss #foss #development #linux #freebsd

This is what #FOSS promises to be, and it does feel nice to actually do it.