#freesoftware

Only five dragons left! And they are getting antsy! Who will take home Kailing, Kana, Klara, Klarence and Kyung? https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2026/#adopt-a-kde-dragon #fundraiser #rewards #dragons #kde #FreeSoftware #desktop

Good day! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi! Special Guest: @gabek@social.gabekangas.com My name is Gabe and I'm here to say, I'm rockin on the mic every two or three days. I'm the maintainer and primary developer of Owncast. I'm generally always happy to talk to you about the project, it means a lot to me. I'm not on Mastodon, I'm on the Fediverse. So are you. 05 November 2026 at 15:00 US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 ) #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

Oops, I did it. #NetBSD sent you this post of mine! 🎉 I switched! Just didn't like the #Linux #slop situation... #BSD #LLM #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #dev #desktop #software

Join us for the webinar on the Copyrightability of LLM-generated code, a legal education training seminar on legal questions arising from the use of LLMs in the creation of Free Software. Gabriel Ku Wei Bin, Legal Programme Manager at @fsfe@mastodon.social will give a talk followed by a Q&A. October 29, 13.00 CET For the link to the BBB room and more info, see https://nlnet.nl/events/20261029/index.html No need to register, but if you'd like a ping in advance you can send an email. #NGI0 #NGI #FreeSoftware #FOSS #AI

RE: https://sfba.social/@drahardja/117500530771409166 Imagine if more of our so-called #FOSS "leaders" had the backbone to stand up and lead like this. #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #noAI

@aks@social.akselmo.dev is working on how Plasma handles icons on the desktop. Would you like to help him? Let him know how you handle your icons and how you think Plasma should behave by answering the survey at: https://survey.kde.org/355778 #icons #desktop #Plasma #Plasma6 #FreeSoftware

Hello Fediverse! We're Cyclop Technologies. We make Cyclop OS, a Linux desktop for schools, small businesses and gamers. Version 4.0 runs GNOME 46. The Community edition is free; paid editions fund the work and add support and extra apps. A human writes this account. We'll post what changes, package by package, including what doesn't work yet. Questions and bug reports welcome. https://cyclop-tech.com #Introduction #Linux #FreeSoftware #LinuxGaming

"Getting ready to operate @Taler@fosstodon.org in Germany" "Today we can share that Taler Operations AG is being founded in Bochum. The new German company is going to operate Taler in Euro, enabling payments with Taler first in Germany, then in the Euro-zone. The next steps towards that goal are to apply to BaFin, Germany's financial supervisory authority, for a licence as an e-money issuer. " "Getting an e-money licence takes capital. The law sets minimum own funds for EMIs, and BaFin also expects a credible business plan, staffing, compliance and IT security before granting authorisation. Taler Operations AG is therefore raising capital now. " https://www.taler.net/en/news/2026-13.html #gnutaler #taler #freesoftware

Happy OpenBSD 8.0 release day to all who celebrate! https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261020021401 + https://www.openbsd.org/80.html #openbsd #newrelease #development #security #networking #freesoftware #libresoftware

@drew@social.freebitcoin.gay i wonder, has anybody ever asked #NetBSD to reconsider the "core can approve slop" clause, or to publish some info on whether core has approved #slop so far? sounds quite cool though! I'm still hoping somebody might fork an older #Linux #kernel - might be hard to keep that going but it would send a sign. #LLM #NoSlop #ensloppification #AI #NoAI #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource

New in #LibreOffice 26.8: Better accessibility – LibreOffice continues its accessibility work with improvements that make the interface easier to navigate using assistive technologies. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8#Accessibility #foss #opensource #freesoftware

Introducing uncm(4) https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20261018200218 #openbsd #uncm #networking #usb #tethering #android #install #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

With a fresh OpenBSD release just around the corner, this may be a good time to reprise my 2021 article "What every IT person needs to know about OpenBSD" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/what_every_it_person_needs_to_know_about_openbsd.html (also available in smaller chunks at apnic.net) #openbsd #security #networking #development #freesoftware #libresoftware

RE: https://mastodon.social/@AnnaAnthro/117459574875490319 It seems that a lot of political activists don't understand the importance of free software, and think the Epstein class platforms are just some kind of neutral commons that can be used for anything. Meanwhile, a lot of free software advocates don't understand the importance of politics, and think it is just pointless virtue-signaling. We have a lot to learn from each other. #Instagram #NoKings #FreeSoftware #Protests

We are happy to announce 47 free and open source projects have been selected for the 12th round of the NGI0 Commons Fund. The efforts of these teams all go toward strengthening the digital commons, and we thank them for their contribution to more digital autonomy for everyone. Commons Fund will provide them with practical and financial support, kindly made possible by @EC_NGI@ec.social-network.europa.eu Here's an overview of all 47. Come and meet the projects! https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20261015-47-new-projects.html #NGI #NGI0 #freesoftware #FOSS

We are happy to announce 47 free and open source projects have been selected for the 12th round of the NGI Zero Commons Fund. The efforts of these teams all go toward strengthening the digital commons, and we thank them for their contribution to more digital autonomy for everyone. NGI Zero will provide them with practical and financial support, kindly made possible by @EC_NGI@ec.social-network.europa.eu Here's an overview of all 47. Come and meet the projects! https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20261015-47-new-projects.html #NGI #NGI0 #freesoftware #FOSS

I think if FLOSS wants to stay relevant nowadays, it has to fulfill 3 things:

• no AI whatsoever
• full anonymity and freedom for human users (either in compliance with state identification laws or despite them)
• no service for bots

I have no technical solutions for combining the latter two.

#FLOSS #LLMMeAlone #NoAI #NeverSlop #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #anonymity #BotProtection

Happy Birthday to us 🎂! Today KDE is 30 years old! And, boy, do we have treats for you! #KDEat30 #FreeSoftware #anniversary #party #birthday

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I foresee:

1. #Debian eventually following #MidnightBSD's lead and cutting #California off from #FreeSoftware; after lengthy mailing list discussions where at least one person tries to deny with convoluted nonsense the plain reading of the statute.

2. A storm when someone points out that the #MobaXTerm version of APT isn't exempt, nor is RPM. (Goodness knows what IBM is going to do.)

3. An even bigger storm when someone adds an 'age' field to systemd's JSON User Records, to be enforced and served out over Desktop Bus via a systemd-aged service or some such. Much fun if that someone comes from a #GDPR country.

4. Some nutter taking a Linux distribution to court because it doesn't enable developers to control whether 16-year-olds can install rustc and busybox.

#CaliforniaLaw #Unix #rust #USLaw #AgeVerification #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD