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Nicht neues OS: FSFs LibrePhone-Projekt will Android befreien
Die Free Software Foundation hat erste Details zum LibrePhone Projekt veröffentlicht. Ziel sei dabei nicht die Entwicklung eines Smartphone-Betriebssystems.

I'm currently looking for one or more volunteers to maintain the Openmoko USB PID OUI service at https://github.com/openmoko/openmoko-usb-oui as the existing maintainer is no longer available. This is a service providing free USB Product IDs and Ethernet MAC addresses for the

FSF announces Librephone project https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project
"The Free Software Foundation announced its project to bring mobile phone freedom to users. "Librephone" is an initiative to reverse-engineer obstacles preventing mobile phone freedom until its goal is…

We're thrilled to have Software Freedom Conservancy as a Network Sponsor at SCaLE 23x! Your dedication to promoting free and open source software makes a difference. See you in Pasadena, March 5-8, 2026! 🎉 Check them out: https://sfconservancy.org/

Quiet Friday nights are for updating our calendar. Event listings have been added into December. Subscribe at https://luma.com/techpizzamondays

Congratulations, @… and @… for winning the Free Software Award for Projects of Social Benefit!

Folks creating free and open software for the common good: here’s a checklist of everything else you should be doing so corporations can make the best use of your free labour.
I mean, sure, some good security tips here and worth reading anyway but do fuck off with holding free software developers to account for supply chain attacks. It’s your fucking supply chain, not ours, you fucking corporation.

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Nicht neues OS: FSFs LibrePhone-Projekt will Android befreien

»Freie Alternative zu Google und Apple — Free Software Foundation plant LibrePhone:
Die Free Software Foundation (@…) will mit dem LibrePhone Projekt eine freie Alternative zu Android und iOS entwickeln. Es wäre nicht der erste Anlauf der FSF.«
Da bin ich mal gespannt was sich da ergibt und wie es von den Mobile-Herstellern eingesetzt oder verweigert wird.

Freie Alternative zu Google und Apple: Free Software Foundation plant LibrePhone
Die Free Software Foundation (FSF) will mit dem LibrePhone Projekt eine freie Alternative zu Android und iOS entwickeln. Es wäre nicht der erste Anlauf der FSF.

"Freie Alternative zu #Google und #Apple: Free Software Foundation plant #LibrePhone"

A Reusable Library for Second-Order Orbital Optimization Using the Trust Region Method
Jonas Greiner, Ida-Marie H{\o}yvik, Susi Lehtola, Janus J. Eriksen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13931

A Reusable Library for Second-Order Orbital Optimization Using the Trust Region Method
We present a reusable, open-source software implementation of the second-order trust region algorithm in the new OpenTrustRegion library. We apply the implementation to the general-purpose optimization of molecular orbitals in various contexts within electronic-structure theory. Our permissibly licensed implementation can be included in any software package, be it free and open-source, academically licensed closed-source, or commercial. Detailing the implementation in OpenTrustRegion, we presen…

Freie Alternative zu Google und Apple: Free Software Foundation plant LibrePhone
Die Free Software Foundation (FSF) will mit dem LibrePhone Projekt eine freie Alternative zu Android und iOS entwickeln. Es wäre nicht der erste Anlauf der FSF.

Remember the Photoshop competitor that didn't require a monthly subscription? #AffinityPhoto
You can no longer download/purchase their software and they are giving away the iPad version for free until the end of the month. And they are teasing something "big" coming up with a bunch of marketing-speak. Whenever a company talks about freedom, be weary.

It's Word Press Accessibility Day!
A free online conference with global scope and participation.
I just saw a great session on accessibility and the "global south" which refers to a lot of places in rural USA as much as it does to South America and African countries.
Technological disparities including bandwidth, computer power, stable electric supply, and poverty-limited access to technology and software are still huge problems that affect business and societ…

Schedule - WordPress Accessibility Day 2025
See the great talks we have planned for this year!

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I'm an anarcho-syndicalist non-binary person who uses they/them pronouns, is bisexual, from Bergen, Norway, and whose posts automatically delete after seven days regardless of likes or boosts, because I have autism and say random shit sometimes.
I talk allot about free software, and I use Secureblue, GrapheneOS and Debian as part of my software setup. I also spend a lot of time experimenting with Linux, especially Debian Testing/Sid, GNOME, and KDE.
As an …

Faced with the possibility of scrapping old computers on which Windows 11 is not supported by Microsoft: some users resort to hacking.
Others prefer a switch to free software, to no longer depend on Microsoft.
https://www.radio…

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Freie Alternative zu Google und Apple: Free Software Foundation plant LibrePhone

A look at outlets in Belgium and France that are prioritizing independence from Big Tech and opting for open source or in-house software (Owen Huchon/Columbia Journalism Review)
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/editorial-independence-means-technologic…

Editorial independence means technological independence.
From Google to Microsoft, European newsrooms often rely on tools built in Silicon Valley. Some are trying to break free, turning to open-source alternatives or home-grown solutions.

Validation of collision-free spheres of Stewart-Gough platforms for constant orientations using the Application Programming Interface of a CAD software
Bibekananda Patra, Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08408

Validation of collision-free spheres of Stewart-Gough platforms for constant orientations using the Application Programming Interface of a CAD software
This paper presents a method of validation of the size of the largest collision-free sphere (CFS) of a 6-6 Stewart-Gough platform manipulator (SGPM) for a given orientation of its moving platform (MP) using the Application Programming Interface (API) of a CAD software. The position of the MP is updated via the API in an automated manner over a set of samples within a shell enclosing the surface of the CFS. For each pose of the manipulator, each pair of legs is investigated for mutual collisions…

#Framework #Omarchy…

The Omarchy/Framework thing
I want to state for the record that I love Framework’s products. They are incredibly friendly to Linux, to Free Software, and to the Right to Repair movement. If their stated mission didn’t so closely align to my own values—and if they weren’t jeopardizing their reputation

"Getting Hired to Work on FOSS - The Do-s, Don't-s and Pitfalls for Everyone Involved" is what my friend Till Adam talked about at #Akademy2025. He also has a short section on why Free Software is worth more compared to proprietary software, so you should take higher rates and principals should be willing to pay more. And he draws from experience of contracts that

Free Software is inherently political. It always has been.
https://peakd.com/programming/@crell/free-software-is-political

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says his new superintelligence team will build "frontier-grade research capability" and Microsoft needs AI self-sufficiency (Ashley Stewart/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-

OpenAI used to prevent Microsoft pursuing AGI. Now, the software giant is free to compete, Mustafa Suleyman says.
A renegotiated deal lets Microsoft independently pursue artificial general intelligence. Suleyman is seizing the moment.

We’re still meeting tonight, like we usually do. Visit the Luma link for details! https://luma.com/l4fe2xvh

A good thing this is not available in the EU....
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/this-free-app-pays-you-to-record-your-calls-for-ai-training-and-its-a-hit/

This Free App Pays You to Record Your Calls for AI Training, and It's a Hit
Neon is one of the top-downloaded free apps on the iOS App Store.

Suchst Du nach einer funktionierenden local-only kostenlosen #Diktier-Lösung auf dem #Mac?
#diktat

"I would like to propose that IPs of [NTP] pool-members should not be allowed to host [Tor exit nodes] simultaneously under the same IP."
or put another way, "my employer paid for this whizzy firewall but it complains when we make it talk to a free service run by a volunteer because of other software the volunteer runs. Please educate your volunteers about how they need to go about providing this free service to us."

Yesterday I installed some OpenSource Software on my Laptop. As it also has a donation page, I donated 5€.
Since a couple of years I try to donate whenever I install OpenSource Software. Something between 5€-15€. Especially in the age of "Free"Apps that are bloated with Ads, I want to honor when a software comes just as is with a friendly hint to a donation page.
(I really try to avoid resetting my machines as this always comes with a couple of donations...)

We’re still meeting tonight, like we usually do. Visit the Luma link for details! https://luma.com/l4fe2xvh

I just went to my Gototags, my old #NFC tag vendor hardware/software & their tools are trying to charge people "PER ENCODED TAG" now.
There's tons of tools that encode tags for free. Thankfully, I have their old unlimited use NFC encoding tools so eff that but is anyone else actually doing this?

Worked on some more #Gentoo global #jobserver goodies today.
Firstly, Portage jobserver support patch: #PyTest jobs will also be counted towards total job count.
Again, it's not a perfect solution, but it works reasonably. The plugin still starts -n jobs as specified by the arguments, but it acquired job tokens prior to executing every test, therefore delaying actual testing until tokens are available. It doesn't seem to cause noticeable overhead either.

Free software communities offer ethical alternatives to the centralised platforms by the web giants:
It is possible to find trusted services that respect your privacy
https://degooglisons-internet.org/en/

De-google-ify Internet - Main Page
The web giants centralize our digital lives in exchange for their services The Free Software community offers alternative ethical services The Framasoft network intends to prove itby hosting them

Huh, how time flies. 6 or 7 years ago, at the OER Foundation, for whom I work as Open Source Technologist, we decided to replace our MailChimp with, eventually, a self-hosted instance of Mautic (https://mautic.org) to communicate with learners taking courses in our online open university courses (

Fast and Accurate Intersections on a Sphere
Hongyu Chen, Paul A. Ullrich, Julian Panetta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09892 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.09892

Fast and Accurate Intersections on a Sphere
We introduce a fast, high-precision algorithm for calculating intersections between great circle arcs and lines of constant latitude on the unit sphere. We first propose a simplified intersection point formula with improved speed and numerical robustness over the ones traditionally implemented in geoscience software. We then show how algorithms based on the concept of error-free transformations (EFT) can be applied to evaluate this formula within a relative error bound that is on the order of m…

I don’t know if this is a sick burn (by a FOSDEM organiser spilling the truth about FOSDEM) or an own goal.
🤷‍♂️ https://pleroma.debian.social/objects/f49df30a-d65e-4195-833d-29b7481b3aba

⭐ "Crisis engineering, digital resilience, and free software" | @… | @…

https://community.frame.work/t/framework-supporting-far-right-racists/75986/833

Framework supporting far-right racists?
The problem is that OSS (and especially FLOSS) is inherently political. The idea that we (and not some company controlled by billionaires) should have the final say over how we use our devices is political. The idea that software should be free to modify and transparent to users is political, as it puts control (and therefore power) in the hands of the users (rather than the company or organization making the software). The other, more specific problem here is that Framework made this politica…

Aha!!! This is one of the pieces I was trying and failing to think of upthread, from the always excellent @… (and I’m embarrassed that I couldn’t bring it to mind earlier, sorry Jennifer, it’s so good and so important):
https://jenniferplusplus.com/the-free-software-commons/
15/

I was looking for my dishwasher manual. I noticed next to the manual, a link that said "Free Open Source Software". Curious, I clicked on it, and it's a long list of licenses and copyright information that is used in the dishwasher. Ctrl-F, and sure enough - my name's on the list.
I feel like I should have gotten a discount on the dishwasher, or at the very least access to its firmware source code! 🤠

As SBOMs slowly progress at the federal level and in enterprises, the rise of AI coding assistants is fueling optimistic—and, some experts argue, “kind of insane”—claims about a future with vulnerability-free software.
Check out my latest CyberScoop piece.
Many thanks to @…, @…

The slow rise of SBOMs meets the rapid advance of AI
Despite progress from CISA and global regulators, SBOM adoption in the private sector remains slow as experts debate if AI-driven coding will improve or undermine software security and transparency.

In 2021 I gave a talk about “openness” briefly tracing the history from the Free Software movement, #GNU, and OSS, to open formats like XML and ODF, then to the #FreeCulture and #OpenData movement like

According to the US copyright office, copyright doesn't extend to purely AI-generated material.
I'm not sure if vibe coding can count as 'purely AI-generated', but it's an annoying thought that e.g. GPL code can be turned into uncopyrightable code via the AI meat grinder.
I also keep returning to the question also of whether vibe-coded edits to GPLd free software projects counts as 'source code'. If it's unreadable to both the vibe-coder and origina…

Please don't upload my code on GitHub
This is a call to free/libre and open source software developers to not upload the work of others to GitHub.
🚫 #NoGitHub

Do you have the ability to write code for Apple platforms? Do you know what MDM / device management is? Do you understand what Compliance is? Do you care about being able to use a Mac or iPad or iPhone for work or school?
Does the idea of dealing with the bugs that can crop up from things like "this needs to be reliably managed like a server, but a human randomly sleeps it mid-process and when it wakes up it's in a different country!" sound interesting to you?
If so - come be my direct co-worker!
Need to be able to be based in/work within the US, but the team itself is fully remote. Multiple positions open.
Feel free to DM me with questions
https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200628824-0836/software-engineer-test-infrastructure

I finally got my first Raspberry Pi, for a totally different usecase, but it certainly won't be the last.
I just discovered that I could build my own MIDI-synth with one:
#RaspberryPi

If Affinity really cares about the creatives, they (& all other design companies, hopefully Adobe too?) should have form a group to create a file format standard. As long as the design format is proprietary, there's not much "freedom" here, even if the software is free, paid-once or subscription-based.
Sketch is actually almost there, at least for UI/vector designs (

Affinity just gave away their software for free.
https://www.affinity.studio

@… Boycotting software, especially when it is open source, because of the personal views of a single individual is small-minded and pointless. Nothing will change. The person in question does not care at all about your boycott, so I do not care either and will use a great free piece of software that will continue to exist whether I or anyone else boycotts that per…

MERCER ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD
Wow, you really do have to watch the downballot races. Mercer Island School Board has two (2) candidates (O'Callahan is and Gaspar) that are *both* software CTOs touting their "AI" credentials. Gaspar explicitly wants "free AI classes".
Here's a hint: The only "AI classes" that kids need are ones that teach them how to TURN ALL OF THAT SHIT OFF, and learn to think and write in their own words, not Chat-GPT'…

PSA: i now consider https://grebedoc.dev (and the underlying git-pages server software) feature-complete and production-ready, feel free to use it for all your "not supporting Microsoft-nee-GitHub" needs (or whatever other reasons you might have)!

"The Free Software Foundation has been sliding into irrelevance more and more by entirely failing to address its big Creepy Uncle problem. Open-Source has turned into a form of unpaid internship to be hired to make shitty apps that bring more surveillance and ads to our world."
https://aria.dog/barks/forklift…

Introducing the Forklift Certified License—Aria’s Barks
It's not following the OSI definition of open-source because i don't give a damn how capital defines its needs.

Doing #Gentoo these days feels like being a small cell of unpaid volunteers opposing the enshittification of software. On one side, we're put up against a horde of full-time corporate developers. On the other, against young ambitious volunteers with lots of free time. And both can rapidly spew tons of mediocre code, and doing things wrong is so much easier than doing things right.
(Just to be clear, I'm not saying every corporation or every youngster does things wrong — there are people who care on the other side too.)

Adobe launches its Premiere video editing software on iPhone for the first time; general editing is free, but Adobe charges for credits to generate AI content (Chris Welch/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…

I keep wondering what it would look like for free software developers to unionize and strike.

Is it really foss?
Where Projects are Evaluated — To see if they're as free and open source as advertised. The software rights of users are continously (and often opaquely) being eroded by the desire of growth.
This website aims to push back against that by bringing transparency to FOSS software users.
💻 https://isitreallyfoss.com

#FreeSoftwareAdvent
A piece of free software I rely on at work is #Dokuwiki: https://www.dokuwiki.org
…

Anonymous help:
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware

This is so well deserved! cURL might be the single most important piece of software in the internet by now and Daniel Stenberg is giving away for free since decades. Such a humble and friendly character. Thank you very much!
From: @…

Dear Reader,

Today I'm delighted to announce a Take Control book about a fantastic new Mac email app called #MailMaven. Developed by our friends at SmallCubed (best known for their popular MailSuite plugin for Apple Mail), MailMaven is a powerful and flexible alternative to apps like Apple Mail, Outlook, and Thunderbird.
The Manual is free from :

RE: https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah/115582068879659968
European Commission actively engaged with FOSS - free and open source software - to build different, read non-US, digital ecosystem 🧵

Richard Stallman: "Chatbots sind Bullshit-Generatoren"
Der Gründer der Free Software Foundation macht auf Europatour auch Halt in München. Dort mahnt er zu mehr Einsatz von Open Source – gerade beim Staat.
htt…

A curated list of UI clients for accessing the ActivityPub Fediverse social network.
https://delightful.coding.social/delightful_fediverse_clients

delightful fediverse clients
Delightful curated lists of free software, open science and information sources.

Tech Pizza Monday is on, as usual, tomorrow starting at 6 PM, at the usual place, Victory Cafe at 440 Bloor St. W. #techmeetup https://luma.com/h9neb30z

As fascism descends, you are going to need easy to access and use alternatives to Big Tech (aka Fascist Tech).
So maybe bookmark the Chatons collective site initiated by our friends at Framasoft with hosted versions of free-software services for collaborative writing, video conferencing, scheduling appointments, collaborative spreadsheets, file sharing, picture sharing, etc.

Instead of relying entirely on donations and grants as before,
Mastodon announced on Friday that it will now offer paid hosting, moderation, and support services for organizations that want to join the open social web.
That network, also called the fediverse, offers a way for individuals and organizations to set up their own servers that interconnect with others that run the same protocol, ActivityPub.
ActivityPub powers a number of different software applications, includin…

Mastodon - Decentralized social media
Learn more about Mastodon, the radically different, free and open-source decentralized social media platform.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Richard Stallman: "Chatbots sind Bullshit-Generatoren"

Will we see you tomorrow at Tech Pizza Monday? VICTORY CAFE whoops, that was too loud, Victory Cafe, 440 Bloor St. W., 6 PM. With any luck, we will have some printouts of the paper we will discuss at on tje following Monday. Come for the pizza, also, stay for the pizza, not to mention the discussions about free and open technology for a free and open society. #Toronto

🤚 Free Saturday
👉 Saturday spent working on Free Software
Highlights from #Gentoo:
• #Gemato is now compatible with #FreePG and mostly compatible with #SequoiaPGP chameleon.
• Prepared patches to support FreePG and SequoiaPGP chameleon as "gpg" symlink providers.
• #FlexiBLAS is now enabled by default on ~arch.
• Finally finished working on #PkgCheck check for missing #PyPI provenance checks.
• gpy-list-pkg-impls now includes "does this package have tests?" state, can optionally include PythonCompatUpdate results from PkgCheck and output mIRC colors. In other words, our IRC bot will now tell us when dependencies let us port new packages to #Python 3.14, and whether these packages have tests.