2026-02-12 11:07:09
@…'s keynote at the EU Open Source #Policy Summit 2026 pressed all the key points that I've been worried about.
#OpenSource is Digital
@…'s keynote at the EU Open Source #Policy Summit 2026 pressed all the key points that I've been worried about.
#OpenSource is Digital
When you find an issue with software you use that you can fix right away, what are hurdles you are prepared to take while sending that fix upstream?
#FLOSS #supplychain #opensource
Software used in German public offices has become geopolitical.
Part of the solution: #OpenSource
https://www.zdfheute.de/video/heute-journal/abkehr-us-software-…
Thema Abhängigkeit von US Tech-Bros und das alternative #OpenSource-Projekt in Schleswig-Holstein and 8:47 bei Dunja Hayali im #heutejournal vom 9.2.2026 - Gut, dass das Thema jetzt auch dort ankommt
Hit 30k github contributions today. #opensource
It's that time again - tomorrow, Tues 10 March, 20:00 NZDT is when the next Aotearoa NZ #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre meetup starts. You can find us at
Norrköping! As in the place in Sweden where our friends @… live?!
#osgeo #GISChat #OpenSource
Trotz Herausforderungen setzt #SchleswigHolstein konsequent auf #OpenSource in Verwaltung und Justiz.
Seit 2024 werden Systeme wie #LibreOffice,
How can we establish financially sustainable organisations and initiatives that are grounded in the values of Open Science?
I created a list of ways to generate money as an #OpenScience initiative, service or business (including #OpenSource).
#Android #OpenSource Project "is already on life support, and with this latest move #Google is firmly gripping the plug." 😯🫣😞
Google takes next big leap in killing
For a project to be truly #OpenSource (not to mention #FreeSoftware), it really needs to:
1. Have a *public* issue tracker that enables you to browse and search through issue reports *without* having to create an account.
2. Accept issue reports, with no strings attached. Yes, expecting registration is fine. Yes, expecting some effort to file a good bug report is fine. No, expecting people to ask permission, donate or otherwise put a lot of extra work to report a problem is not.
3. Do not close issue reports as "stale". Yes, it's fine to close a report if you really believe it was fixed, or if you asked for something and the user didn't reply for a long time. It's not fine to run a bot expecting users to jump every month so that the issue report that *you are ignoring* doesn't get closed.
If a project doesn't meet these, it's just a glorified throwaway code.
But sir, the Shackle Maker 2000™ by Shackle Corp® is open source. You could, theoretically, use it to make more than shackles.
#CorporateOpenSource #openSource #openAsInOpenForBusiness
Contrast-Finder — Find correct color contrasts for web accessibility.
Opensource software and online tool for web accessibility.
There are lot of tools to find a good contrast on the web, but no one to suggest valid contrasts. Contrast-Finder is a tool which computes the contrast between two colors (background, foreground) and checks if the contrast is valid.
🎨
I visited a popular #OpenSource documentation site this morning, and the glare almost blinded me.
Folk, in this day and age, if you run a website, there is NO EXCUSE for not implementing `@media: prefers-color-scheme(dark)`
But, I thought, this is open source! I can submit a pull request to fix this!
Reader, there are ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR distinct colours specified in th…
#Unbrowse — agent-native browser skill for #AI agents. Auto-discovers APIs from browser traffic & generates reusable skills on the fly #opensource
Once again I have an #askfedi question regarding #android #apps, ideally #opensource:
What is your favorite
Tomorrow (Tues 10 Feb, 20:00 NZDT) is our next monthly #Libre / #FOSS / #OpenSource meeting. All welcome! Find us at
GCVE will be at hackathon.lu - April 14th and 15th, 2026
So if you want to work on all the cool stuff around vulnerability management, federated publication of vulnerability information, analytics, and anything related to vulnerabilities, join us.
#gcve #opensource
RE: #foss
»Sicherheitsexperten warnen — OpenSource-#KI könnte zu gravierendem Security-Problem werden:
Setzen User:innen von #OpenSource-KI ihre #Sicherheit aufs Spiel? Sicherheitsforscher:innen warnen jetzt davor, …
I'm happy to announce that since today I'll be leading the development of the #OpenSource SoulCrafted Slicer for resin 3D printers:
#3dPrinting
“#AI is the single-greatest coordinated attack on open source in history, and the #opensource world would do well to realise that."
The great #license-washing has begun
Our Call for Papers for Berlin Buzzwords closes this Sunday, February 15!
We encourage everyone in modern data infrastructure, search and machine learning and focused on open source software projects to submit their talk proposals, especially first-timers and people from underrepresented groups! #bbuzz #OpenSource #Berlin #Conference #MachineLearning #Search #DataInfrastructure #DataScience
LibreOffice, Nextcloud, OpenDesk: leistungsfähig, aber angeblich zu unbequem. Mein Eindruck: Viele Argumente gegen Open Source sind vor allem Ausreden. Warum Integration kein Hexenwerk ist und Komfort nicht alternativlos bei Microsoft liegen muss. #OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität
Yes the #FOSDEM app was absolutely great to find my path through all the devrooms, lectures and BOFs. This largest #opensource event was just amazing! It attracted 40% more attendees than last year and was enriched with a policy track on digital sovereignty. Now just reading a review about the event on…
It isn't all that hard for my reminders. I use the default stuff for now, but there are #opensource apps that can remind you to do things.
Sodale, jetzt habe ich #Libreoffice auf die Version 26.2 gebracht.
Wichtig - zuerst das Language Pack de installieren, danach die Offline-Hilfe. Die Offline-Hilfe benötigt die Pakete um sich installieren zu können.
#linux
"Damit verändert sich auch, was ein Open-Source-Projekt überhaupt ist. Es wird nicht mehr als sozio-technisches Gefüge wahrgenommen, in dem Code, Dokumentation, Community und Finanzierung aufeinander bezogen sind, sondern als bloßer Datenlieferant für nachgelagerte Systeme. Das Projekt wird unsichtbar, während seine Produkte weiter zirkulieren."
#oss
Von Speakerdeck zu Hugo – #opensource
Oh wild! Full circle moment today when I found out #jellyfin uses PlaylistsNET, a library I contributed to years before even hearing about Jellyfin 🤓
#OpenSource is so cool!
#programming
1. Submit a pull request to #zlib that changes the library filename on #Windows.
2. Pull request gets merged, and you effectively break everything that linked dynamically to zlib.
3. Attack everyone who reported this as a bug.
#OpenSource
#TechCrunch provides a nice »beginner’s guide to #Mastodon, the #OpenSource #Twitter alternative« ¹
🤔 What is Mastodon? How do you create an account?
🤔 What is Mastodon’s #moderation policy?
🤔 What are the benefits compared with Twitter/X?
🤔 Does it work with #Bluesky & #Threads?
And much more!
Amanda Silberling, 1 Jan. 2026
👉 #DIDit #IDIDIT #DigitalIndependenceDay
#DID #DigitalerUnabhängigkeitstag
#DUT #DutGemacht #SaveSocial #DIDaySupportCommunity
I was looking at the @… OpenSSF annual report and wondering which kind of open source they use for their publishing.
Maybe one day, open source foundations will actually use open and free software.
#opensource
Nur noch ca. 4️⃣ Tage bis zum ersten Digital Independence Day #DIDay am kommenden Sonntag (04.01.2026).
So gut die Idee ist: Von den großen OpenSource Transitionen in München und Schleswig-Hollstein wissen wir: Ohne Support sind viele User:innen überfordert und frustriert.
Auf
Only just recently had some time to read the Kimi K2.5 technical report , an impressive open weights model (it's not fully opensource), the distance towards large paid proprietary foundation models is becoming very small.
https://github.com/MoonshotAI/Kimi-K2.5/blob/ma…
Really excellent, easy, working, guide to self-hosting OnlyOffice if you want to break free of #Microsoft or #Google
https:/…
RE: https://social.opensource.org/@policy/115940134797418877
-"OSS in Europe this"
-"OSS in Europe that..."
Now might be a good time to put our voices where...
You know.
Besides publishing the PDF of this guide, I've also added the source documents to github.
You can view the Markdown files here: #xbrlQuickguide #opensource
The Open Contributions Descriptor (OCD) is an open, machine-readable JSON format that allows an organization to publish a structured description of its participation in the open ecosystem.
It's still a bit in flux but the goal of OCD is to make organizational openness discoverable, interoperable, and automatable.
#opensource
Vibe coding is the single biggest transformation since ChatGPT 3.5, it is one of the biggest transformations since the dawn of computing. It will thoroughly transform Open Source. We are not ready. #VibeCoding #OpenSource

What did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons? - varnelis.net
I write a lot about art and architecture, landscape, and the impact of technology on culture, but I haven’t written about coding since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Creative Computing magazine. Back then I was a high school kid, spending hours working in both BASIC and 6502 assembler on the VIC-20. I ...
"A new #opensource edge #AI system called π #RuView is turning ordinary #WiFi infrastructure into a
The #libxml2 situation is a sad one. It sucks that big tech companies refuse to fund a library that is so critical to their products.
Let it be known that I support Nick, the now-former, original maintainer of the project.
#opensource
#EnteLocker - to nowa aplikacja od twórcy #EnteAuth i #EntePhotos. Służy do zapisywania dokumentów w bezpieczny sposób.
Oczywiście
Die EU-Kommision macht eine Konsultation zu #OpenSource für den Einsatz in ihrer Verwaltung und sucht Stellungnahmen und Use Cases, z.B. von Unternehmen, Verwaltungen oder Einzelpersonen:
> The European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy will set out:
a strategic approach to the open source sector in the EU [...]
a strategic and operational framework to strengthen t…
AI bros are just loving open source — loving it to death... maybe quite literally! (Godot being latest popular example[1])
More and more projects are impacted by floods of bogus AI pull requests and resulting discussions, stealing precious time and nerves away from their maintainers doing actual productive work. More buggy and insecure software (incl. commercial offerings) due to slopcoding, more websites getting attacked daily by AI crawlers in desperate search for any new bits (liter…
Digitale Souveränität braucht mehr als Schlagworte: klare Roadmap, offene Standards, „Public Money, Public Code“. Wenn die eAkte nur mit Word funktioniert, läuft etwas schief. @da_bei@social.darmstadt.de
#OpenSource #Darmstadt
I don't think that adopting #OpenSource software for government administration functions would leave Scotland 'stuck with choosing between US... or EU cloud services', @….
After all, 'cloud' is just space you've hired on som…
stakeholders are invited to reply to the following questions:
1. What are strengths & weaknesses of the #EU #OpenSource sector? What are the main barriers that hamper
(i) adoption and maintenance of high-quality and secure open source; and (ii) sustainable contributions to
open-source communities?
2. What is the added value of open source for the public and private sectors? Please provide concrete examples,
including the factors (such as cost, risk, #LockIn, #security, innovation, among
1/2
Dear #Business. Here's a reminder to you who rely on #OpenSource in your software and services.
Your digital infrastructure is cheap because you CAN get it for almost no cost.
How cheap?
Look at the Harvard Business Review study from 2024: The ROI of Open Source is 2000 ×.
…
Weiss jemand eine Seite, wo man open source sachen für #macos oder überhaupt #apple finden kann ?
#macos #opensource
"Wie wäre es, wenn die #EU mal so richtig groß in #OpenSource-Projekte investiert? Nicht ein bisschen hier, ein bisschen da. Nicht das eine Land sucht sich Projekt X aus Eigeninteresse heraus und macht dann das Nötigste, sondern wirklich breit – von Basistechnologien bis zum Desktop und einzelnen Program…
Open Contributions Descriptor — or how to map your contribution in open source, open data, and open standards
🔗 Blog post #opensource
Ach schau an eine #menubar App für #macos vorgestellt vom @… #opensource
MeshCore is opensource
The foundation of MeshCore is developed primarily by a single developer who is incredibly hardworking, dedicated and idealistic about keeping everything he does fully open. The firmware and protocol specification are completely open, allowing anyone to create a client app or perform security audits on the device firmware implementation. Just hop over to the meshcore-dev github repo and have a look. There are also open source command line, python and javascript cl…
»Diese Open-Source-Projekte können Weihnachtsspenden gut gebrauchen:
Praktisch die gesamte IT-Infrastruktur würde ohne #OpenSource zusammenbrechen. Doch das fragile Gleichgewicht aus Idealismus und kommerzieller Unterstützung beginnt zu kippen, viele #Projekte sind unterfinanziert. Was dagegen he…
📊 #VictoriaLogs - Fast #opensource log database from #VictoriaMetrics using 30x less RAM & 15x less disk than
Let's get this straight: it is entirely normal for a #OpenSource project to accumulate bug reports over time. They're not a thing to be ashamed of.
On the contrary, if you see a nontrivial project with a very small number of bug reports, it usually means one of the following:
a. you've hit a malicious fake,
b. the project is very young and it doesn't have many users (so it's likely buggy),
c. the project is actively shoving issues under the carpet.
None of that is a good sign. You don't want to use that (except for b., if you're ready to be the beta tester).
#FreeSoftware #Gentoo #GitHub #Python
Czy ktoś ma doświadczenia ze #Stremio na #GrapheneOS? Ten projekt jest trochę dziwny, bo jest określany semi-opensource... Co to w ogóle znaczy?! Wygląda mi na to, że nie zadziała bez #GMS, co jest sł…
„Souveränitäts-Washing“ im 🇩🇪-Stack: Wer Unabhängigkeit predigt, aber weiter auf proprietäre Abhängigkeiten setzt, betreibt Etikettenschwindel. Digitale Selbstbestimmung ist mehr als PR. OSB Alliance laut @… #OpenSource
Something's brewing!!
#GitRaven is getting UI to switch branches and tags.
#opensource #cppdev
If digital services were held responsible for damages their systems cause, the entire digital infrastructure would vanish overnight because IT would cease to be profitable. Between the astronomical costs of writing proper software and the endless parade of lawsuits until they do, Windows 12 could take decades to make, LLMs would be consigned to being carnival clowns, and Opensource a black market item 😅
For #TextModeTuesday, some fonts from my old demoscene days, recreated in 2022 for an example project of my opensource libraries:
Figlet style text generator using big fonts:
https://demo.thi.ng/umbrella/big-font/
Dear #OpenSource Community 👋,
The @… would like to hear your views on the »European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy« − #HaveYourSay.
– Call for evidence –
Deadline: 3 Feb. 2026
👉 #EODES #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #FediAdmins #EU #Democracy #DigitalSovereignty #Demokratie #DigitaleSouveranitat #OpenSourceSoftware
<insert image of a Dickensian soot-stained child, with sixpence in hand, asking for half a stale loaf as pittance for working all week in the pipes and sewers, keeping the digital commons infrastructure running>
#opensource #sustainoss
Kostensparen trifft Unabhängigkeit: Schleswig-Holstein ersetzt proprietäre Software von #Microsoft durch offene Lösungen – nicht zuletzt, um sich von politisch-ökonomischen US-Einflüssen zu lösen. Ein Modell für andere Verwaltungen, das zeigt: digitale Souveränität ist kein Traum. 🔄FAZ #OpenSource
How to absolutely *not* do #OpenSource: require people to commit to work on other issues with your project in order to file bugs. So, sorry, #Typer, I won't be filing bugs. You figure out how you messed up your release yourself.
Also, please don't use #FastAPI. They are clearly bothered by the fact that people dare use their projects and waste their precious time with support requests.
#Python #FreeSoftware #Gentoo
The GCVE.eu initiative will take part in hackathon.lu (14–15 April, Luxembourg), alongside core developers of GCVE-related projects. See you there to build, experiment, and collaborate!
#gcve #cve #opensource
Codeberg is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides #Git #hosting and other services for #free and #opensource …
Berlin in summer anyone? Only 10 days left to submit your paper to become a #bbuzz speaker: #bbuzz #berlin #conference #opensource #search #moderndata #machinelearning
Honestly, looking at the license violation thread of #chardet, I really feel like #OpenSource these days is a complete shitshow and I really don't feel like a part of the community anymore. Almost all replies are basically assholes questioning whether there "legally" is actually a problem there. Nobody's concerned that the whole thing is a huge dick move, which makes the maintainer a complete dick and nobody with a shed of morality left would be willing to approve this.
Also, it's a great opportunity to seed some GitHub blocklists.
#FreeSoftware #AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM
RE: #Fediverse apps?
Marketing Idea:
Create a series of posts, memes or videos where real people share their positive experiences with #Mastadon, #Pixelfed, #PeerTube, #Loops, #Lemmy, #Friendica, etc. - like the example below. Then post those ad nauseum on the equivalent services: X, BlueSky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Meta, etc. Think of it like a guerrilla campaign injecting positive experiences directly into the tech bros home turf. Be relentless with the messages.
I've seen some Fediverse content on U.S. social media platforms, like videos explaining what the Fediverse is, or how to choose a server on Mastodon. But, with all respect to our technical experts (love you all), we shouldn't have nerds selling the Fediverse to non-technical social media users. People will relate to real people connecting seamlessly across different platforms - for family, for entertainment, for education.
#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty
New on #blog: "Money isn’t going to solve the #burnout problem"
"""
The xz-utils backdoor situation brought the problem of FLOSS maintained burnout into the daylight. This in turn lead to numerous discussion on how to solve the problem, and the recurring theme was funding maintenance work.
While I’m definitely not opposed to giving people money for their FLOSS work, if you think that throwing some bucks will actually solve the problem, and especially if you think that you can just throw them once and then forget, I have bad news for you: it won’t. Surely, money is a big part of the problem, but it’s not the only reason people are getting burned out. It’s a systemic problem, and it’s in need of systemic solution, and that’s involves a lot of hard work undo everything that’s happened in the last, say, 20 years.
But let’s start at the beginning and ask the important question: why do people make free software?
"""
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #AI #NoAI #LLM #NoLLM #Gentoo
🧠 #Headroom - The Context Optimization Layer for #LLM Applications #opensource #Python
…
#Berlin will sich langfristig von #Windows und #MicrosoftOffice lösen und setzt auf eine neue #OpenSource
How should the #EU support #OpenSource companies and communities? How about the #Fediverse?
#HaveYourSay: The @… would like to hear your views about the #European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy:
⏰ Deadline: 3 February 2026
👉 #FOSS #Floss #OpenSource #NGI #DigitalSovereignty #DutGemacht #DiDay #UnplugTrump
#Upright - #OpenSource Synthetic #Monitoring System by #37signals
Sometimes I wonder why do I even bother. I mean, people are perfectly happy to let statistical models designed as bullshit generators do their coding. Why do I even bother running their test suites and inspecting the failures as a human, if these tests may well be complete bullshit?
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Gentoo #Python #AI #LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #VibeCoding
Open Source als Schlüssel zur digitalen Souveränität
Soeben ist mein Artikel im Swiss IT Magazine erschienen. Happy reading. Bin auf Feedback gespannt.
#swissitmagazine #opensource #digitalesouveranitat #digitalsovereignty
📦 #Docker Hardened Images (#DHI) now free for all developers! #OpenSource #DevSecOps
Just a random reminder that #Qt is not a good choice. Qt is an #OpenSource spew of a malicious company whose business model is based on constant API churn, and selling proprietary security support to people who can't keep up and are stuck on old versions.
Many volunteers (including #Gentoo developers) are spending hours keeping the previous Qt version alive, so people can continue using software that hasn't been ported to the next version yet, and helping with porting. Dozens of useful programs are dying along with old Qt versions.
#FreeSoftware
💻 #code-server runs #VSCode in your browser on any machine anywhere #IDE #opensource
Oh, #GitHub is empathetic to #OpenSource projects impacted by all the #AI slop. They're willing to help, right?
#Copilot even once, and of course they're not going to let people actually block this piece of shit.
#LLM #NoAI #NoLLM #hypocrisy #Microsoft
Schön zu sehen, dass #digitec #galaxus aktives Mitglied der #chocolatey Community ist. 🙏
#opensource
Oh, "nice". I see that #GitHub now #PGP-signs commits made via the web UI with its own key, and gives them a green "Verified" label as if *you* actually signed them.
Not that you could ever really trust labels displayed by a third party, but still.
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware
Diskussionsbeitrag des Präsidiumsarbeitskreises #DigitaleSouveränität der Gesellschaft für @… :
»Digitale Kolonie oder #souveräne Macht? Warum #Europa #US-Tech-Monopole aus öffentlichen Aufträgen von kritischer Infrastruktur ausschließen muss«
21.01.2026: #OpenSource Software
Dr. Weigele, Sprecher AK#Datenschutz u. #ITSicherheit
#Informatik #Sicherheit #Kritis #NSS2025
🙌 We are delighted to welcome Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech #Sovereignty, #Security & #Democracy of the 🇪🇺 @… on the #Fediverse!
👉 @…
Our concern: In addition to regulating #X & Co., democracy needs tangible investment in digitally sovereign communication infrastructure.
The Fediverse is the only decentralised, independent #SocialMedia network with the greatest potential for innovation, competition and democracy!
#NeuHier #FollowFriday #OpenSource
"Es geht auch ohne Microsoft", Der #Spiegel bringt spannende Erfahrungsberichte von grösseren Organisationen beim Umstieg auf #OpenSource #LibreOffice & Co!
#digitalesouveranitat
https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/digitale-souveraenitaet-es-geht-auch-ohne-microsoft-a-395903c2-7109-48a7-91df-52997d27d569
#pgaiquery v0.1.0 — First stable release brings multi-model #AI directly into #PostgreSQL #opensource
Statement von #Digitalminister Dr. Fabian #Mehring zu … #Bayern und #Microsoft:
> #DigitaleSouveränität ist… zu einem Masterthema unserer Zeit geworden …. Als Top-Tech-Standort im Herzen #Europas muss es daher Bayerns Anspruch sein, auch in Fragen der #Digitalisierung #souverän zu handeln, strategische #Abhängigkeiten zu vermeiden und unsere staatliche Handlungsfähigkeit dauerhaft zu sichern.
12.01.2026: #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource
54 Members of the 🇪🇺 #European Parliament from #EPP #SD #Renew #GreensEFA and #TheLeft are calling on the @… to take urgent action and build European #SocialMedia platforms following the recent #Grok scandal.
Read the full text on @…'s website:
#democracy #DigitalSovereignty #Europe #OpenSource #privacy #usa #trump #Musk #Sovereignty #trump #fediverse #mastodon