We have two new blog posts for your weekend reading! Our Thunderbird Development Digest keeps you updated on our continuing work to polish Exchange email support and the Account Hub, as well as our refresh of the Calendar UI:

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email

blog.thunderbird.net/2026/02/t…

Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: February 2026 - The Thunderbird Blog

In the first Development Digest of 2026, read reports from a successful FOSDEM, updates on Exchange and Account Hub, Calendar news and more!

^{Toby Pilling (The Thunderbird Blog)}

The European Union surpassed the United States as the first source of pushes to public Git repositories on GitHub, and that doesn't count the alternatives like Gitlab and Codeberg where I assume there's an even larger fraction of European contributions.

innovationgraph.github.com/glo…

#OpenSource #OSS #FOSS

Wenn Tech zur Religion wird: Warum gute Prinzipien ohne Kontext zu Dogmen werden – und wie Orientierung und realistische Schritte mehr Menschen mitnehmen. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/das-toleranzpro…

#datenschutz #opensource #tech #privacy #fedilz #sicherheit #security

Das Toleranzproblem der Tech-Szene: Menschen mitnehmen statt belehren

^{www.kuketz-blog.de}

ÆLAPSE by Smiarx 🎛️
Tape delay + spring reverb, lo-fi to modern, drift, filters, stereo width, standalone modes, animated UI

💻 Win/Mac/Linux (VST/AU/LV2)
🎁 FREE github.com/smiarx/aelapse

More freeware 👉 linktr.ee/legalvst

#freeplugin #tapedelay #springreverb #opensource #smiarx #lofiaudio #audioplugin

France launches "LaSuite," an open-source office suite for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on foreign proprietary software. 🖥️
Built on Matrix/TChap, LiveKit/Visio, Grist, and Drive—all MIT-licensed for any organization to deploy. 🇪🇺

🔗 sinologic.net/en/2026-01/franc…

#TechNews #OpenSource #France #French #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #Matrix #Privacy #EU #Security #Software #Linux #SelfHost #Government #Europe #Data #IT #PublicSector #Microsoft #Office #Tech #Cloud #LibreOffice

France chooses Open Source to secure European Sovereignty.

According to many European media outlets, the French government has just announced its commitment to a busines

^{Elio Rojano (Sinologic)}

#ardour, one of the leading #linuxaudio #daw (s), has been released as a major new version! 😎

Check out what's new with Ardour 9 at the link below:
ardour.org/whatsnew.html

#crossplatform #opensource

View Mozilla Thunderbird Mailbox Quota Size Usage and Limit

A complete guide to acquire the necessary knowledge and required steps to view a mailbox’s quota size usage and limit in Mozilla Thunderbird.

adamsdesk.com/posts/mozilla-th…

#blog #email #thunderbird #OpenSource
@thunderbird

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend LAC (Linux Audio Conference) this year, but wanted to share the link with you nonetheless:
lac26.mucs.club/

#linuxaudio #conference #musicproduction #opensource #linux #ireland

LinuxDAW.org er en oversigt over Linux-kompatible plugins til lydproduktion.

Link: linuxdaw.org

#opensource #dkopensource #linux #linuxaudio

Linux DAW

Quality audio software for Linux Audio Production such as LV2, VST2, VST3, and CLAP effects, synthesizers and sampler plugins.

^{Linux DAW}

Big new update to #LibreOffice, the free and private office suite. Version 26.2 is here, with:

📝 Markdown support
📊 Connectors in Calc
🚀 Spreadsheet speedups

...plus many other new features, improvements and fixes. Learn more and download it: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware

CommaFeed is a self-hosted RSS reader inspired by Google Reader.

Fully open-source, privacy-friendly, and built to handle thousands of feeds and users. Perfect if you want to escape cloud-based RSS readers while keeping full control of your subscriptions.

👉 github.com/Athou/commafeed
👉 More tools like this: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce…
#Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #RSS #FOSS #DeGoogle

Released WordPress starter theme Air-light v10. This is a major release and includes support for core blocks, block variations and native Gutenberg blocks!

Demo: airwptheme.com/demo
Full changelog: github.com/digitoimistodude/ai…

#OpenSource #BuildInPublic #WordPress #StarterTheme

LibreSpeed is a lightweight, open-source internet speed test you can fully self-host.

No trackers, no Flash/Java, no forced telemetry just download, upload, ping, and jitter. A privacy-friendly alternative to Speedtest.net and Fast.com.

👉 github.com/librespeed/speedtes…

👉 More tools like this: digital-escape-tools-phi.verce…

#Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Networking #FOSS #DeGoogle

Allekirjoitimme tänään tärkeän vetoomuksen!

"Ehdotetun lain 20 §:ään sisältyy mahdollisuus asettaa uhkasakko avoimen lähdekoodin ohjelmistovastaavalle. EU-asetus ei tällaista edellytä, kyse on Suomen omasta tiukennuksesta."

Perusteluiksi voimme pistää suoran sitaatin tuolta sivulta: "Se voi heikentää avoimen lähdekoodin kehittämistä, digitaalista suvereniteettia ja Suomen kilpailukykyä."

EHDOTON EI AVOIMEN LÄHDEKOODIN UHKASAKOLLE!

#piraatit #avoinlahdekoodi #Opensource #suomi

coss.fi/uutiset/suomi-kiristai…

Suomi kiristäisi avoimen koodin sääntelyä haitallisesti - vastusta ylimääräistä uhkasakkoa avoimelle koodille ja allekirjoita vetoomus - COSS.fi

COSS on laatinut toimitettavaksi lausunnon hallituksen esityksestä, joka koskee EU:n kyberkestävyysasetuksen (CRA) toimeenpanoa Suomessa.

^{Linda Lehto (COSS ry)}

It was an honor to speak at the #FOSDEM. Thank you for the possibility to share my message on how to lead change from closed source to #opensource and why contributing to this transition actually matters more than ever.

In case you missed the talk and would like to join the #FOSS revolution, I'm happy to share the recording: video.fosdem.org/2026/aw1120/7…

#fosdem #opensource #foss #leadership #changemanagement #unplugtrump #vendorlockin #bigtech

New small open-source project of mine: a web-based, offline-first speed reading tool.

Source code: github.com/ronilaukkarinen/spe…
Demo: speed-reader.rolle.wtf

#OpenSource #BuildInPublic #Reading #SpeedReading #RSVPReading #Books #Apps

If you take just one thing away from #FOSDEM this is it.
👇🏽
“If we lose our democracies, Open Source is irrelevant and goes away”

or putting it another way:

If we don’t apply, enforce, adopt and embrace Open Source in our public and government institutions we risk to lose our democracies.
#OpenSource #SaveDemocracy
Boost if you agree!
👍🏾

Good morning! We are streaming a selected list of rooms from FOSDEM to the Fediverse again! Here are the playlists:

➡️ makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7…
➡️ vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLc…

The streams start at 9 am CET.

#fosdem #fediverse #foss #opensource #peertube #makertube