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When the greed becomes automatist, something like this happens here:

»Open Source World – FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies:
LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.«

😐 thelibre.news/foss-infrastruct…

#foss #opensource #llm #attack #floss #kde #gnome #robotstxt #stolendata #LLMs #freedom #infrastructure #greed

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.

^{Niccolò Venerandi (LibreNews)}

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies thelibre.news/foss-infrastruct… Please boost for awareness, reach and to public shame Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, Perplexity and other such AI companies.

#opensource #programming #Developers

FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.

^{Niccolò Venerandi (LibreNews)}

Our inaugural State of the Thunder is live on TILvids! Director of desktop and mobile apps @alecaddd leads a discussion on our upcoming desktop roadmap, our values, and how we can work more in the open.

(We'd like to further open these discussions, so stay tuned for how you can join future SotTs!)

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

tilvids.com/w/o3SjjuRFxovcabDa…

Linux Foundation's trust scorecards aim to battle rising open-source security threats zdnet.com/article/linux-founda… by @sjvn

How do you tell the difference between trustworthy #opensource developers and hackers? The Linux Foundation has some ideas.

Linux Foundation's trust scorecards aim to battle rising open-source security threats

How do you tell the difference between trustworthy open-source developers and hackers? Here's one idea.

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

@gnome 48 is officially released! You can try it out on the recently released Fedora Workstation 42 Beta!

➡️ foundation.gnome.org/2025/03/1…

#Fedora #Gnome #Linux #OpenSource

@atjscreams and Evel are running an #anythingJam on #itchio!!

itch.io/jam/glitch-gfx-jam

Its focused on the #OpenSource graphics from the defunct game, Glitch.

It runs April 4-May 4, so join and start planning now!

We're super looking forward to seeing all the different things folks make mostly using the same set of graphics!

#glitchGFXjam #GameJam #Games #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #zine #publicDomain

Glitch GFX Jam

A game jam from 2025-04-04 to 2025-05-19 hosted by Aldercone Studio & atjscreams. # Welcome to the GLITCH GFX JAM! Use Glitch graphics for your Itch Project! ## The graphics themselves! pngs: https://opengameart.org/content/glitch-s...

^itch.io

Fedora Linux 42 Beta is available now! Help us test the next version of Fedora across all of our editions and spins, including Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop and the upcoming Fedora COSMIC!

fedoramagazine.org/announcing-…

We also have the Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta also available!

fedoramagazine.org/announcing-…

Happy testing!

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

Announcing Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta - Fedora Magazine

Annoucement for Beta release of Fedora ASAHI remix 42

^{Neal Gompa (Fedora Project)}

"Free software does not exist"

progressplanner.com/free-softw…

"The end result may be available at no cost, but it requires time, money and, above all, energy to get there.... And to keep the free software available, those people will need to stay motivated."

@joost

#opensource #WordPress

Free software does not exist - Progress Planner

Free software isn’t really free. As someone deeply involved in open source, Taco shows you the real costs behind building and maintaining it.

^{Taco Verdonschot (Progress Planner)}

Big thanks to the 200 Euro anonymous donation! Much much appreciated! tromsite.com/donate

We still have an ongoing fundraiser for our backups - gofundme.com/f/paying-for-the-… - we need 40 more Euros. While we can, and we will use some of the money from the latest donation for it in case we do not raise it all, it would be much appreciated if the people who use our services can help us pay for the backups.

Our instances of Friendica, Peertube, Nextcloud, Matrix and more, are used by hundreds if not thousands of people. We are backing up all of their data in the cloud. So please help if you can.

Thanks!

#opensource #fediverse #fedi #friendica #peertube #trom

Ämter ohne Microsoft – Warum Behörden freie Software nutzen sollten.

Eine EU-Studie beziffert das Kosten-Nutzen-Verhältnis von Open
Source Software auf 1:4.

Jeder Euro, den der Staat investiert, kommt vierfach wieder zurück. Würden mehr Institutionen Geld in Open Source stecken, statt an Microsoft zu überweisen, könnte das ein großes Konjunkturprogramm für die
europäische Digitalwirtschaft sein.

swr.de/swrkultur/wissen/aemter…

#opensource #floss #foss #Microsoft #libreoffice #Nextcloud

Ämter ohne Microsoft – Warum Behörden freie Software nutzen wollen

Software im Abomodell ist teuer und die Daten liegen in der Cloud. Erste Behörden wollen sich aus dieser Abhängigkeit lösen und setzen auf freie Software.

^{SWR Kultur}

#SchleswigHolstein goes #OpenSource

Softwaremonopole sind teuer und stehen dem #Datenschutz im Weg. Deshalb setzt die Verwaltung in Schleswig-Holstein zukünftig auf #OpenSourceSoftware. Seit kurzem können wir im Gericht #LibreOffice nutzen, Ende des Jahres wird es Pflicht. Der Umstieg fiel uns leicht, da wir es auch zu Hause nutzen. Und von unseren Kolleg:innen hat auch noch keine:r gemurrt.

Und ihr? Habt ihr schon gewechselt?

#GerichteSH #DigitalSouverän #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OSS

In our latest office hours, we chat with Design Manager Laurel Terlesky to talk about the cross-platform design system she and her team are building. If you're curious about Open Source design and/or the look and feel of Thunderbird, check it out!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Design

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/03/v…

VIDEO: The Thunderbird Design System

The Office Hours Team chat with Design Manager Laurel Terlesky about moving from 28 shades of blue to the new Thunderbird Design System.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

Started working on the recurring tasks feature for @hortusfox !

See more details here:
github.com/danielbrendel/hortu…

#selfhosted #opensource #foss #webdev #php #programming

Recurring tasks · Issue #9 · danielbrendel/hortusfox-web

Allow option to set a task as recurring.

^GitHub

Thank you Charles and Jurgen for helping with our fundraiser! gofundme.com/f/paying-for-the-…

We need to pay for our yearly backups for all of our servers and files, that includes the files people store on any of our TROM.tf services.

So please, if you can help us a bit. We only need some 200 Euros for cover the bills.

Thanks!

#linux #opensource #fediverse #peertube #fedi #trom

Donate to Paying for the yearly backups for all of our projects, organized by Tio TROM

We need to pay for our Borg Backups. We are backing up all of our websi… Tio TROM needs your support for Paying for the yearly backups for all of our projects

^gofundme.com

Linus Torvalds shares why he is passionate about open source software and why it’s a smart career move. 🐧🔥

Video Credits 👉 YT/The Linux Foundation

#opensource #linux

February may be the shortest month, but the Thunderbird desktop team filled it with updates, improvements, and important conversations. Including:

* What you can find in the new monthly Release channel
* Talks on privacy and security
* What's landed in the Calendar rebuild work and in EWS support on Daily
* The new Account Hub, which you can test this week in Daily!
* Global Message Database and In-App Notification news

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Development

blog.thunderbird.net/2025/03/t…

Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest - February 2025 - The Thunderbird Blog

Monthly releases are here, the Calendar UI rebuild is underway, more Exchange support features land in Daily - and much more!

^{Toby Pilling (The Thunderbird Blog)}

I am really disappointed that #opensource organisations like @pycon and @NumFOCUS have remained silent on this.

They position themselves as being diverse, inclusive, and supporting good things for everyone all over the globe - and they do generally live up to that aim.

But on this their silence is loud.

And that silence is not neutrality.

And imho, it is privilege that allows them to remain silent, to look the other way.

I enhance my productivity by self-hosting these 5 services on my #RaspberryPi

source: xda-developers.com/enhance-pro…

1) #Vikunja: github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja
2) #BeaverHabitTracker: github.com/daya0576/beaverhabi…
3) #Nextcloud: github.com/nextcloud/docker
4) #n8n: github.com/n8n-io/n8n
5) #TriliumNextNotes: xda-developers.com/triliumnext…

#software #freedom #cloud #install #knowledge #knowhow #tutorial #service #foss #floss #opensource #server #online

I built a personal knowledge management hub using TriliumNext Notes - here’s how

Organize your ideas like a pro with a self-hosted TriliumNext Notes server

^{Ayush Pande (XDA)}

Interesting #Risc-V board

source: liliputing.com/orange-pi-rv2-i…

The #OrangePiRV2 is an updated model with an octa-core chip and a low starting price: it’s available now from AliExpress for $30 ...

#hardware #cpu #orangePi #development #linux #opensource #openhardware #news

#ANUS: Autonomous Networked Utility System - A powerful #opensource #AI #agent #framework 🤖

• 🧠 Hybrid agent system with dynamic task planning and seamless switching between single and multi-agent modes

🧵👇#agentframework

🙌🏻 Open source apps for Android:

This repository of free and open source apps for Android lets you download the latest version of popular FOSS applications safe and secure. Unlike other services, OpenAPK always serves the most recent APK files so you are up to date.

openapk.net/

#android #opensource

Someone has created a beautiful UI for Lemmy. In my opinion something like this should be the default.

Use Photon: phtn.app
Source: github.com/Xyphyn/photon

#Lemmy #Fediverse #Apps #UI #OpenSource

GitHub - Xyphyn/photon: An opinionated web client for Lemmy to help users discover the fediverse.

An opinionated web client for Lemmy to help users discover the fediverse. - Xyphyn/photon

^GitHub

#OpenSource Fueled The #Oscar - Winning 'Flow'

source: news.itsfoss.com/blender-flow/

#movie #entertainment #flow #news #foss #floss #blender #software

yes.

#linux #unix #opensource #macOS #freebsd

I’m content that we can post here, as is our right to do so, no one should get bonus points for just doing the right thing & allowing truthspeakers the right to speak. MASTODON needs to step up & lead the way.

#warcrimes
#propaganda
#Genocide
#opensource
#bds
#tiktok
#democracy
#humanrights
#Gaza
#Palestine
#Syria
#fediverse
#geopolitics
@palestine
@lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten
@blackvoices
@blackgirlnerds
@BLKNewsNow
@blackgirlnerds
#AntiImperialism
#antiPalestinianracism

This Week in Self-Hosted (7 March 2025)

New personal finance and #budgeting apps, software updates and launches, a spotlight on #SimpleHomelab, and more in this week's self-hosted recap!

selfh.st/newsletter/2025-03-07…

#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #foss #opensource #homelab #newsletter #app #apps #software #budget #expense #finance

This Week in Self-Hosted (7 March 2025)

Self-hosted news, updates, launches, and content for the week ending Friday, March 7, 2025

^{Ethan Sholly (selfh.st)}

De-google-ify Internet

Amazing campaign by the French not-for-profit association Framasoft.

The De-google-ify Internet project offers 26 ethical and alternative online tools that may be used by everyone.

They build open source alternatives to many Google services like Youtube, Agenda, Docs, Forms, Maps etc, as well other services to replace Doodle, Facebook Event, Github, Zoom, Slack and much more!

Check their beautiful website, watch the videos to know more about their work and follow them here in Mastodon:

@Framasoft

degooglisons-internet.org/

#europe #opensource #europeanalternatives #EUtech #boycott #degoogle #google