m5l.eu is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Question for the Fediverse: If you wanted a new web browser that wasn't chrome or ff or any of their forks what features would you LOVE to have in a browser that either currently don't exist or are lacking
I just want to get some ideas. I know what I personally want but I'd love to hear what others would love to see.
Thanks.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-AI-Assistant-1.0
#tech #dev #FOSS #OpenSource #linux #software #GNOME #NoAI #AI
Our next big update is just around the corner! #LibreOffice 25.8 will arrive in August – and the second Release Candidate is now available for testing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/07/29/libreoffice-25-8-rc2-is-available/ #foss #OpenSource
Typical #Microsoft being Microsoft. And he's right when he says they have "miserably incompetent IT." Having to deal with their sign-in methods is a pain when it works. Imagine how much when it doesn't because your account is locked out, but then requires you to sign in to file an appeal.
These are the reasons why I stick with #FOSS, and not the kind Microsoft says it supports (#OpenWashing). #LibreOffice
🚀 HortusFox v5.2 released!
View changelog here:
https://github.com/danielbrendel/hortusfox-web/tree/v5.2
💚 Thank you for flying with HortusFox
#foss #opensource #selfhosted #selfhosting #webdev #php #plants #gardening #botany #horticulture #agriculture #houseplants #indoorplants #outdoorplants #nature
Is it just me or #QTractor is among the best DAWs? Everyone's using #LMMS for midi under #Linux, but I feel that QTractor is more flexible. It supports almost all kinds of plugin formats for one.
To get it running, you need to run the jack server (qjackctl) & Qsynth softsynth prior. Then create a new midi track, select an instrument, and create a new clip on it. Draw some (random?) midi notes in it. Hit play.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files/qtractor/1.5.7
#daw #ardour #opensource #foss #audio #musicproduction #midi
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/
I should love Matrix. It is a decentralised, privacy preserving, multi-platform chat tool. Goodbye Slack and your ridiculous free limits. Adiós Discord and your weird gamification. Suck it IRC with your obscure syntax and faint stench of BO. WhatsApp and Telegram can stick their heads in a bucket of lukewarm sick and sing sea shanties! Let's join the future!
The problem is - Matrix is shit. Not just on a protocol level, but on an organisational level as well.
I joined Matrix at FOSDEM - the largest gathering of open source nerds in Europe. We were all encouraged to use it - every talk had its own channel, all the official comms came from there, I was even invited to a top-secret private channel for speaker. This was going to be epic! Viva la rèvölūçïón, right? Wrong.
It was dead. Even among the most seasoned geeks on the planet, most people preferred to use other services like Signal, Telegram, and Slack. Why? Because those other tools actually work.
Matrix has two official Android apps - one of which is old and unsupported, the other is new and doesn't work with many of the basic chat features.
I want to be absolutely clear about this - the company behind Matrix have put out an app which doesn't work with their own product! Lest you think I'm exaggerating, here's a typical view of the official FOSDEM speaker room, using the official Matrix app:
It was embarrassing. People would pipe up in channels and say "this doesn't work" only to be told they were using the wrong app and should go back to the one marked unsupported. So they left, never to return. Even in the large talks, where people were encouraged to use the official Matrix chat, most of the conversation happened on other platforms. It was just too hard to use Matrix.
A few thousands geeks, all used to recompiling their own kernels and participating in the Fediverse, and most thought that Matrix was too much of a faff.
After FOSDEM, I kept the Matrix app on my phone. Occasionally receiving a ping from some long-forgotten channel.
And then, one day, I got hit with the most vile spam. A dozen notifications suddenly appeared on my phone with abuse, torture, and transphobic slurs in them.
You can view the screenshot - but, fair warning, it is grim.
This shouldn't be possible. It doesn't take an expensive team of moderators to add some keyword monitoring. It doesn't take a massive AI model to work out that a stranger shouldn't be able to bombard users with multiple notifications. You don't have to sacrifice your dream of a decentralised future - you just need to care about your users.
This stuff is basic.
I moaned about it on Mastdon and was surprised to receive a private reply from the official Matrix account.
Please do not encourage the spammer by giving them a platform and propagating their spam; you may want to consider deleting your post.
This is classic victim blaming. It is my fault for giving the spammer attention. I am the one who needs to take responsibility and delete the evidence. I shouldn't warn people that Matrix is actively dangerous to use.
Bullshit.
Here's what I expected them to say:
"We're sorry you had such a bad experience on Matrix. Rest assured we're working hard to block these spammers - here's a link to show what we're doing. You can protect your account further by doing x, y and z. Once again, sorry and we hope we can win back your trust."
I'm not saying scrappy open source projects have to hire anodyne corporate communications specialists; they just need to have a little empathy.
But, no, just constant whining about how it isn't their fault and how I am the one who needs to change my behaviour.
This is pretty typical behaviour from the team. Find any post complaining about some aspect of Matrix and you'll see their instant woe-is-me replies.
So I deleted the app. I would have liked to have nuked my account but apparently that's not possible.
I'm not the only one who feels like this. Here's an epic post by Marius, which concludes:
Between the slow performance, the increasing amount of spam, the miserable web client, and the unfinished state of Element X, the Matrix.org network is not something I am willing to continue to recommend, especially to non-technical users. Normal people are simply tolerating it to communicate with idealistic nerds like myself who insist(ed) on using it.
Matrix just isn't focussed on users. I'm not talking about user-experience tweaks like which shade of cornflower blue to use - I mean basic user needs like apps that work and a way to combat spam.
There's a long list of ways the protocol contributes to a poor user experience. It almost seems designed without regard for how it will actually be used.
While the protocol may be conceptually interesting and their intentions noble, I'm not prepared to suffer abuse in the name of technical purity.
Open Source and Open Standards nerds like me ought to know by now that the protocol is the least compelling thing about a service. Who cares if your home is built using only Stallman-blessed tools, when the walls are full of rats?
🆕 blog! “I'm never going back to Matrix”
I should love Matrix. It is a decentralised, privacy preserving, multi-platform chat tool. Goodbye Slack and your ridiculous free limits. Adiós Discord and your weird gamification. Suck it IRC with your obscure syntax and faint stench of BO. WhatsApp and Telegram can stick their heads in a bucket of lukewarm sick and sing sea …
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/
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#foss #Matrix #OpenSource #rant
WED 30 JULY #Linux 🐧install party in #Slovenija #Slovenia (times local)! 🚀
* Linux Install & Android Liberation Party with @kompot, #Ljubljana 17-21h
https://dogodki.kompot.si/events/d3cc68f5-de8d-429a-8836-34434d324ede
For details and more events worldwide: https://endof10.org/events/
#EndOf10 #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11
*taps microphone* The Continuwuity 0.5.0-rc.7 release is now available, and it's better than ever!
Our amazing community merged 35 pull requests to bring you some fantastic new features for our #Rust-based #Matrix homeserver.
Here are the highlights:
🕵️ Full Policy Server support to fight spam!
🤖 reCaptcha support for safer open registration.
🚫 User suspension tools for better moderation.
🚀 Smarter room & space upgrades.
🔍 Ability to disable read receipts & typing indicators.
⚡ Sweeping performance improvements!
A huge thank you to our 11 contributors for this release!
Get the full changelog and download it here:
https://forgejo.ellis.link/continuwuation/continuwuity/releases/tag/v0.5.0-rc.7
Every other Linux user I've met has said they've started with Windows or macOS before moving to Linux.
I, on the other hand, was daily-driving Linux well before I ever touched Windows, and I only momentarily used OS X before Linux, but not enough for me to say I "started" with it.
I wanna guage how many others have been in the same boat as me through a poll
#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Poll #Windows #macOS #OperatingSystems
Started with Linux: | 0 |
Started with Absolutely Proprietary(tm) bullshit: | 41 |
Started with something else: | 4 |
Closes in 1:18:01:50
Hallo ich bin #neuhier und melde mich, weil etwas teilen möchte.
Als alter ITler möchte ich ein Skript teilen, dass dem (Home-)Admin das Leben erleichert, wenn wieder mal ein "curl" oder "wget" bei der Verifizierung eines Zertifikats (#SSL / #TLS) scheitert.
Das kommt nicht so oft vor, deswegen hatte ich immer vergessen was zu tun ist, wenn es mal wieder so weit war.
Das Script prüft welche Zertifikate fehlen, lädt sie herunter, so dass man sie ggf. in die Liste der CAs (certification authorities) aufnehmen kann. Wie das geht, steht in meiner dazugehörigen Doku.
Vielleicht einfach mal sehen, ob ihr es brauchen könnt.
Natürlich #opensource, beschrieben auf https://github.com/himbeer-toni/UserScripts/blob/main/fetch-missing-ca.md, da wäre dann auch ein Downloadlink.
Würde mich freuen, wenn es jemandem hilft!
#opensource #programming #debian #linux #RasPi #sysAdmin #git #github #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting
#opensource #foss #homelab #homeserver #software #raspi #RasPi #sysAdmin #TLS #SSL #certificates
@digitalcourage
@linuxnews
We're making tabs in #LibreOffice dialog boxes vertical, to improve navigation. This is just one of the many changes our QA and Development communities worked on in June: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/07/07/qa-dev-report-june-2025/ #foss #OpenSource #freesoftware
Upcoming EU age verification app will basically depend entirely on Google, due to dependency on Play integrity API. Talk about data sovereignity is just that; talk.
Big plus is the app is open source! If you have a Github account, go stick a thumb to the issue
https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-app-android-wallet-ui/issues/10
Introducing...
Federated Nexus is a community resource hosting multiple public FOSS (especially federated) services, starting with Matrix and Forgejo.
We are also open to suggestions for new services to host, let us know in our Matrix room.
Sign up now (or join our Matrix room for future announcements or to hang out) at https://federated.nexus!
If you have any questions, ask in replies or our Matrix room.
#community #matrix #forgejo #git #selfhost #selfhosting #foss #floss #federated #federate #federateEverything
✨ 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/
The developer behind Kapitano, a virus scanner for Linux powered by ClamAV, has archived the project, announcing this weekend that it “is no longer being maintained”.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/kapitano-linux-antivirus-abandoned-by-dev
LWDW #Linux this week!
😃💖🐧🐧🐧
Intel axes Clear OS Linux,
Firefox 141,
Ubuntu RISC-V partner ESWIN,
MicroSD Express for the Raspberry Pi 5
#SwitchtoLinux #FOSS
#OpenSource #tech
Now @LinWDW on YouTube!
We're at half of #GUADEC2025 and it's been great so far. Here's some pics me and @ITzTravelInTime took with @federicomena, @tbernard, @ebassi, @niccolove, @pietrodc0.
#GUADEC #GNOME #Linux #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS
🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩🚀
"The Future is Federated: Year 2" - where I take a look back at a year of posts (and some cringy early ones), argue that the #Fediverse is collectivist in nature (as opposed to the individualism of Big Tech platforms) and discuss my plans for the future of this blog series... and what success for the Fediverse looks like to me (spoiler alert: slow organic growth and sustainability)
🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/the-future-is-federated-year-2/
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/
🤫 Pssssst - ProxLB 1.1.5 for your Proxmox Clusters has been released!
Just one small new feature:
* You can now use custom ports for the API request
This becomes handy when using additional/external load balancers on different ports than tcp/8006. Have fun :)
#Proxmox #proxmoxve #virtualization #kvm #ProxLB #loadbalancing #foss #opensource
Bulk Proxmox Subscription Management with my new Ansible module: proxmox_node
Moving over to Proxmox? Mass deploying hundreds of new nodes? How to import the subscription? How to manage the node in an API driven way?
#proxmox #ansible #opensource #coding #foss #contribute #devops #virtualization
Great little program to listen to some relaxing background sounds! Can highly recommend it 😎
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
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.
🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 182 (new software edition!) ☁️
Good morning Fedi friends!
This #GoToSocial account is officially back to posting about... self-hosting from the POV of a newbie / non-dev.
This morning I hit a new little milestone: I FINALLY installed #NextCloud on my VPS (thank you #YunoHost).
I'm getting ready to share short clips of my Fedi promo video (that anybody could use / upload on their own accounts - esp. Big Tech ones, if they're so inclined) and I needed a solution to let people download files. NextCloud is perfect for the task - and something I had looked forward to installing for a looooong time.
I'll share more details soon, but so far I'm excited to finally use it.
Wishing everyone a great day! 🌞
doas pkg_add -u
. After that all is fine and everything was like before. #OpenBSD is truely awesome!Considering that both #XMPP and #Matrix re-invented #decentralized communication while #email was already there, makes #deltachat more interesting.
The fact that DC didn't invent a new protocol for #InstantMessaging and just used the protocol which was already there, and also that how far has it gone, is mind blowing.
At first when I was chatting with @treefit, I already was developing a Matrix client(#chooj) for #KaiOS and it was the only decentralized IM which I was using and investing resources into. I was skeptical but then I thought it would be a good idea to invest into DeltaChat, as well as Matrix. His argument, of course, wasn't good. He was arguing that we need multiple options in the case one of decentralized IMs fail. However this convinced me to give DC a try.
But now, I see that DC has very unique advantages no other messenger has. Their moto is "playing the long term" game. Unlike Matrix which suddenly exploded, DC moves very slowly. As an advantage, DC is much more consistent, hassle free, has less bugs(in my experience) and has better UI/UX than many Matrix clients. But it has got several disadvantages. Matrix has tons more features which DC hasn't got or has added them just recently such as editing messages and reactions. And it is not yet suitable for public groups, like the ones we've got in the Matrix network.
Overall, if you want secure chat with friends or family or other people you trust, DeltaChat is a very good option and the experience is very good. And I haven't seen something like #webxdc in any other IM. However if you want something like #Discord guilds for a community, Matrix is the way to go.
BTW, DC currently lacks funding, thanks to what #Trump did with #OpenTechnologyFund(#OTF). If you can help in anyway, financial or otherwise, it will be extra valuable at this point.
Edit:
BTW, here are websites of webxdc and DC:
https://delta.chat
https://webxdc.org/
Edit2: Make sure to check WebXDC, apps shared in #P2P deltachat groups or DMs.
#IM #FOSS #Messenger #MessagingApp #opensource #opensourceIM #freesoftware
🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 156 (busy bee edition) 🐝
Hello Fedi friends!
Sorry I've been a little quiet over here but any minute of free time I have (aka when my 4-year-old is in pre-school) I spend working on:
1) a promotional video for the Fediverse with my two amazing interns @samaaberg & @patel.riyen -> #EleFediVideos
2) a presentation about how I use #YunoHost for digital sovereignty - at an upcoming #FOSS conference
I just realized - oh the horror - that it's the first time in 5 months I've been skipping my Monday morning routine of #YunoHost manual backups. So this week I'll be doing it on a Thursday, aka right now 😅
The Fediverse video is coming together really nicely and I cannot wait to share it on here (actually, on my self-hosted #PeerTube).
I'm infinitely grateful to the Fediverse for getting me back to filmmaking and motion graphics after a long hiatus. It feels amazing.
Wishing you all a lovely day!
GhostBSD: From Usability to Struggle and Renewal | FreeBSD Foundation
Want to get rid of license costs of your #VMware environment? Switching to #Proxmox & looking for enterprise features like DRS? #ProxLB (opensource) has you covered!
With ProxLB you extend the features of your Proxmox cluster with DRS alike features including affinity & anti-affinity support, maintenance mode and soon also power management (DPM alike) and automated security patching!
https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
#foss #debian #proxmoxve #esx #esxi #vsphere #homelab #enterprise #virtualization #kvm
In a move that surprises absolutely noone, GitHub now requires users to login in order to browse public repositories (including open source projects). After a few (~10) requests, you get blocked (I can confirm). In order to fight AI scrapers, I guess.
So, GitHub decided to blanket-limit access to open source projects as a defense against the very scourge that they(r parent company) unleashed on the world.
I won't be hypocrite: it's a bit embarrassing, but undeniably satisfying to say "told you so". I moved away from GitHub long ago and I moved all my stuff to Codeberg instead. And so happy I did!
Next step: radicle.xyz maybe?
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/159123
#github #microsoft #openai #codeberg #ai #ml #llm #enshittification #foss #floss #opensource #radicle
This is what #FOSS promises to be, and it does feel nice to actually do it.
Linus Torvalds has coded git two decades ago.
Learn about why how who and where here
https://youtu.be/sCr_gb8rdEI?si=s8tDVh1e8dBTGWkJ
🖋️ #bash #sh #zsh #ksh #csh #tcsh #fish #git #Linux #POSIX #FOSS #100daysofCode #640DaysOfCode #coding #1024DaysOfCode #github #programming
🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 126 (good luck charm edition) 🍀
Good morning Fedi friends!
Yesterday I flew back to Paris and I’m spending the week at my in-laws' with my extended family… my little one still has one more week of school holidays. Working is a little difficult with so many people around (especially children) but I have a lofty goal for today: upgrading my VPS and installing #PeerTube.
The 22nd of the month has been my good luck charm in my self-hosting adventures. I installed #GoToSocial (this account) via #YunoHost on December 22nd, 2024. I successfully installed #Ghost on my Ubuntu VPS with command lines on February 22, 2025. Because of that, I will be saving 30€/month…
So in the spirit of #FOSS exploration, I find it fitting to upgrade my VPS today on April 22… and - my oh my! - install PeerTube via YunoHost… so that I can self-host my upcoming videos about the Fediverse.
The children are playing in the garden and I have about 30 minutes to do all that. Wish me luck!