What We Talk About When We Talk About #Malware

https://f-droid.org/en/2026/07/01/adv-malware.html

#Android #Google #KeepAndroidOpen #privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #FDroid

Technology is politics -- especially in the Age of the Broligarchs.

The People's Movements should be using the People's Software.

Contact Patchwork DC and encourage them to live their values by officially committing to using #FOSS and the #Fediverse

https://patchworkdc.com/

#Patchwork #PatchworkDC #DC #WashingtonDC #solidarity #PoliticalAction #community #SocialJustice #makerspace #MutualAid

In June, we had an update to #LibreOffice, revised guidebooks, new videos, advocacy of open document standards, and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/03/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-june-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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LibreOffice logo and "Project and community recap"

#Tails 7.9.1

https://tails.net/news/version_7.9.1/

#privacy #anonymity #cybersecurity #Tor #FOSS #Linux

Summer #Sale: #Cryptomator at half price – only until July 7th!

https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/07/01/summer-sale-2026/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

#Cryptomator for #Android: Freemium Now Available

https://cryptomator.org/blog/2026/07/01/cryptomator-android-freemium/

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/

https://www.businessinsider.com/github-best-month-ever-internal-meeting-2026-6

https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/

https://www.businessinsider.com/github-best-month-ever-internal-meeting-2026-6

@moses_izumi

No idea. I thought #FOSS #Darwin efforts were long dead.

[MANGA][FREE DOWNLOAD] JAPANESE JESUS

https://triapul.cz/files/pmjv-japanese_jesus.cbz

I hereby announce the release of Japanese Jesus e-book. Enjoy!

If you want, you can buy something or put a dollar in the hat.
https://analognowhere.com/support

stay prayed up

https://analognowhere.com/jj

#unix_surrealism #comic #japanese_jesus #art #foss #linux

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japanese jesus

#Enpoopification has already come to #Roku

I came home last night and my home screen looked different. There were more recommendations and now a quick access row. I turned both of them off, but my home screen still looked different.

I'm not certain, but I think the home screen icon area got smaller, and the advertising area bigger.

Ugh. I need to replace roku with something #FOSS. We really need an easy solution. I mean, #syncthing-easy, not nextcloud-self-hosting-easy.

One of the many new features coming in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (due in August): the Word Count dialog now shows stats for before and after the cursor. Thanks to Tien Nguyen Minh for adding this! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Screenshot of Word Count dialog, with before/after cursor

Canada’s Bill C-22 just passed third reading, rushed through with limited debate. It lets the government compel companies to build backdoors into encryption.

Signal and NordVPN have said they’ll leave Canada entirely if it passes. Apple and Meta are urging amendments.

Here’s what a backdoor mandate can’t touch: an app with no company to compel and no server to weaken. You can’t order a backdoor into something that has no door.

zerion.chat

#privacy #encryption #canada #tor #foss

#Arti 2.5.0 released: Stable #CounterGaloisOnion

https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_5_0_released/

#Tor #FOSS #Rust #cybersecurity #privacy #anonymity

#Microsoft previews #Linux containers that run in #Windows

https://www.theregister.com/virtualization/2026/06/30/microsoft-previews-linux-containers-that-run-in-windows/5264468

#cybersecurity #FOSS

Every week brings another breach, and a pattern underneath them: the more identity a system collects, the more there is to steal. Passports, fingerprints, phone numbers, all sitting in databases waiting to leak.

The fix isn’t better security on all that data. It’s not collecting it in the first place.

Zerion asks for nothing. No phone number, no email, no ID. Nothing to breach because nothing is stored.

zerion.chat

#privacy #infosec #foss #tor

"... It is extremely impressive that @purism 's Librem phones run the same OS, though. #PureOS is emblematic of Purism more broadly: these are products aimed at buyers for whom privacy, security, and strict Free Software principles matter more than price, convenience, or performance."

https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/07/01/purism-launches-supersized-16-inch-laptop-for-buyers-who-put-privacy-before-price/5264938

#Linux #laptop #librem16 #opensource #hadware #FOSS #MobileLinux #FreeSoftware

Ooo, a native #FOSS #Bookwyrm client for #Android!

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.ferlagod.rocinante

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F-Droid page for Rocinante

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Bookwyrm feed in Rocinante

#KaliLinux 2026.2 released with 9 new tools, #NetHunter updates

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/kali-linux-20262-released-with-9-new-tools-nethunter-updates/

#cybersecurity #FOSS #Linux #Kali

GitHub itself got breached this week. Around 4,000 code repositories taken, and the group behind it says they’ll sell the source rather than ask for ransom.

Even the platform that hosts the world’s code is a single point that can be hit.

It’s exactly why Zerion treats GitHub as a public mirror, not a dependency. The code is GPLv3 and can live anywhere. Nothing critical relies on it staying up.

zerion.chat

#privacy #infosec #foss #tor

📢 LAST DAY to submit your talk for #SeaGL2026 !!

Do it now!! https://seagl.org/cfp

#cfp #linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #oshw #openhardware #privacy #security #protocols #art #community #education #careers #ai #free #libre #open #tech #seattle #devops #hackerspace #hack

Lodging options include both shared, dorm-style and private suites.

The block is available until End of Day Monday July 5th, Cancelable up to 72 hours before your reservation starts.

https://2026.fossy.ca/travel/
https://2026.fossy.ca/schedule/

#Vancouver #Canada #FOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FOSSY

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.17

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15017/

#privacy #anonymity #cybersecurity #FOSS

Open Document Format is a vital component of freedom. Learn about the invisible architecture of lock-in – the layering of dependencies: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/30/the-invisible-architecture-of-lock-in/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Infographic showing layers of lock-in: rendering, fonts, compression formats etc.

Audrey Tang (@au / @audreyt.org ) will be giving a talk on Friday 22 May organised with our local #FOSS / #FLOSS group, from 15:30 to 16:30 UK time, in #Oxford and online. You're welcome to join (should also be recorded)!

https://ox.ogeer.org/event/good-enough-ancestor-software-freedom-as-civic-care-across-generations-audrey-tang-2025-right-livelihood-laureate-and-taiwans-cyber-ambassador

The topic is "Good Enough Ancestor: Software Freedom as Civic Care across Generations". It will connect the software freedom movement to Audrey's and Caroline Green's framework for local, community-governed, more caring AI systems rather than reliance on centralised systems. Tang and Green work in the local University of Oxford Institute for AI Ethics. Tang is also first Digital Minister of Taiwan, and 2025 Right Livelihood laureate. Before ministership and research, Tang was a prolific FLOSS programmer, and since has for example helped persuade Pol.is to adopt the AGPL license.

#AI #anarchism #decentralization #federation #democracy #event #events #FreeSoftware #GoodEnoughAncestor #OpenSource #Plurality #SoftwareFreedom

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A poster of the talk, consisting of a portrait photo of Tang and the text: Oxford's Free and Open-Source Software Local Group Presents an Event Free and Open to All: Good Enough Ancestor Software Freedom as Civic Care Across Generations A Talk By Audrey Tang, Senior Accelerator Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI, 2025 Right Livelihood Laureate, and Taiwan's Cyber Ambassador. More details at https://ox.ogeer.org Friday 22 May, 3:30PM-4:30PM Weston Library Lecture Theatre & Online Poster design courtesy Olija Downing, CC0-dedicated.

Reminder that our #cfp for the 14th annual SeaGL is closing very soon. You have until Tuesday, June 30th 11:59:59pm PDT to submit your talk!!

Submit yours now!

https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/cfp

#SeaGL2026 #linux #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #libre #opensource #ophw #privacy #ai #art #security #devops

#LibreOffice's marketing team spreads the word about the software (and the community behind it). Here's what they did in 2025: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/29/libreoffice-marketing-activities-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Montage of photos from LibreOffice events

OpenShot is a free and open-source video editor available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

It features unlimited tracks, timeline editing, keyframe animations, transitions, titles, audio editing, chroma key, speed controls, hardware encoding, and support for hundreds of formats through FFmpeg.

A privacy-friendly alternative to subscription-based video editors.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openshot

#OpenSource #OpenShot #VideoEditing #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS #Privacy

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Screenshot of the OpenShot Video Editor project page. The page describes OpenShot as a free and open-source video editor for Linux, macOS, and Windows focused on high-quality video editing and animation. Below, a "Build Status" section shows GitHub CI badges for openshot-qt, libopenshot, and libopenshot-audio, all marked as "passing," along with a Discord badge showing 131 users online.

Reminder: the EU’s final Chat Control negotiation is today.

If you’re in the EU, contacting your representative still counts in these final hours. It takes two minutes: https://fightchatcontrol.eu

Whatever happens today, this is exactly why we built Zerion with no server to scan.

https://zerion.chat

#chatcontrol #privacy #foss

Chat Control is back. This Monday, June 29, the EU holds its final negotiation on a regulation that could force messaging apps to scan your private messages before they’re encrypted, no warrant required.

Parliament rejected it by one vote in March. Now it’s being pushed through the back door.

Here’s the thing they can’t legislate around: you can’t scan what never touches a server. Zerion has no server to place a scanner on.

zerion.chat

#chatcontrol #privacy #tor #foss

Harbor is a free and open-source desktop client for the Stremio ecosystem.

It includes a native media player, watch parties, live TV support, picture-in-picture, themes, stream ranking, and extensive customization.

Harbor does not host or provide any media. Instead, it works with the Stremio addon ecosystem, allowing users to choose their own addons and content sources.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=harborstremio

#OpenSource #Stremio #Harbor #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Harbor project page. The Harbor logo appears at the top with the heading "A Stremio Client Built for Adventure!" The description highlights features including a native media player, stream ranking, Wikidata integration, watch parties, picture-in-picture, DVR, live TV, anime support, and themes. Version and technology badges show Harbor is built with Tauri 2, React 19, and Rust to WASM, with support for macOS, Windows, web, and upcoming Linux support.

Citizen Lab confirmed this week that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to extract a detained activist’s phone, then searched it for political contacts to build a prosecution.

This is the exact threat Zerion was built for. Forensic tool detection (Cellebrite, GrayKey, ADB) locks the app instantly. Hidden profiles keep separate identities behind separate passwords. Auto-wipe triggers on failed unlocks.

Encryption isn’t enough when they hold the device.

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

Hate “The Algorithm?” #RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/hate-algorithm-rss-one-tools-youve-been-looking

#privacy #FOSS

#Linux Foundation launches #Akrites as #AI makes open source vulnerabilities easier to find

https://nerds.xyz/2026/06/linux-foundation-launches-akrites-as-ai-makes-open-source-vulnerabilities-easier-to-find/

#FOSS #cybersecurity

OpenWrt is a free and open-source Linux operating system for supported routers and embedded devices.

Unlike stock router firmware, it provides a fully writable system with package management, letting you install WireGuard, AdGuard Home, VPNs, mesh networking, custom firewalls, and hundreds of additional packages.

https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openwrt

#OpenSource #OpenWrt #Linux #SelfHosting #Privacy #Networking #Router #FOSS

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Screenshot of the OpenWrt project page. The OpenWrt logo and the slogan "Wireless Freedom" appear at the top. Below, a description explains that OpenWrt is a Linux operating system for routers and embedded devices. It highlights its fully writable filesystem, package management, and extensive customization, allowing users to install software, replace vendor firmware limitations, and tailor their router for a wide range of networking applications.

#LibreOffice downloads are growing, year over year. (Well, 2019 was an outlier, when bots tried to befriend us.) Learn more in our Annual Report: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/26/libreoffice-downloads-and-donations-in-2025-tdf-annual-report/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Chart of yearly LibreOffice downloads, showing growth

I got triggered by recent discussions about #FOSS and #LLMs. They tie into much more broad concerns I have about the communities, and so I finally caved and wrote... well, not a manifesto.

https://finkhaeuser.de/2026-06-21-not-a-manifesto/

Zerion is on Product Hunt today and the response has been great so far.

For anyone who missed it this morning: a messenger with no servers, no accounts, no phone number. Everything over Tor, post-quantum encryption on every message.

If it resonates with you, an upvote helps it reach more people who actually need this kind of tool.

https://www.producthunt.com/products/zerion-2

#privacy #tor #foss #producthunt

@nik

It's a bummer when #FOSS folks don't #dogfood their "product."

Purism, @purism, launched a new #Linux laptop. The Librem 16:

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-16-product-launch/

"Designed for true privacy, real security, and absolute freedom, the Librem 16 runs on Purism’s PureOS, a fully free and open source operating system. The Librem 16 laptop includes a signature Purism design, hardware kill switches that disconnect the camera, microphone, and wireless radios with a simple flip of the switch."

#librem16 #purism #FOSS #opensource #PureOS #privacy #security #laptop #MobileLinux

Zerion is live on Product Hunt today.

A messenger with no servers, no accounts, no phone number. Everything over Tor, post-quantum encryption on every message.

If you believe privacy should be the default, a quick upvote genuinely helps us reach more people who need this.

https://www.producthunt.com/posts/zerion-2

#privacy #tor #foss #producthunt #android

Coming up in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (in August): Draft writing mode in Writer. This removes all other elements, letting you concentrate entirely on the text. Thanks to László Németh for implementing this feature! https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Screenshots comparing normal and draft editing modes

#Mozilla: The web is evolving. So are we.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/news/announcing-mozilla-org-new-non-profit/

#AI #FOSS #Firefox #privacy

LastPass breached again. Today. Via a third-party supplier.

This is not a one-off. It’s the architecture. Every centralized service, password manager, messenger, or platform is a target because it holds data worth stealing.

SecurityWeek’s headline today: “Attackers are no longer breaking in ; they’re logging in.”

No account means nothing to log into.

zerion.chat

#privacy #infosec #encryption #tor #foss #android #cybersecurity

Sunsetting #Tor 0.4.8 – Please update to 0.4.9 by September

https://blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-tor-048/

#privacy #anonymity #FOSS

Three things today, June 23rd.

WhatsApp DMs are being used to deliver malware via fake documents, actively exploited right now. 24 billion credentials leaked from centralized platforms, accounts, passwords, identities. And the US government just signed an executive order requiring all federal agencies to complete post-quantum cryptography by 2031.

Zerion has no accounts to steal, no DMs from strangers, and post-quantum encryption on every message since day one.

zerion.chat

#android #foss

#OpenAI Launches Full-Scale Effort to Patch #OpenSource Bugs as It Takes on #Anthropic’s #Mythos

https://www.wired.com/story/openai-launches-full-scale-effort-to-patch-open-source-bugs-as-it-takes-on-anthropics-mythos/

#cybersecurity #AI #FOSS #PatchThePlanet

#LibreOffice is free thanks to your donations. Here's how your support helps us to improve the software and grow the community that makes it 😊 https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

#LibreOffice isn't just software – it's a worldwide community of people. Join us at events around the world! Here's a recap of what we did in 2025: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/23/libreoffice-conference-and-external-events-tdf-annual-report-2025/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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LibreOffice Latin American Conference banner

More than 58,000 journals across 156 countries are using #OpenJournalSystems!

About 2.5 M articles are published per year, and there is steady growth in OJS installation upgrades for better features, usability, #multilingualism, #metadata and #interoperability.

The latest #OJSBeaconData highlights the collective impact of our global communities and helps shape the future of #ScholarlyPublishing.

Here’s what the data tells us at https://pkp.sfu.ca/2026/04/15/58000-journals-2025-ojs-beacon-data/

#OpenAccess #FOSS #ScholComm

#Linux 7.2 Closes Memory Bug Class With #strncpy Removal After Six Years

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318769/20260621/linux-72-closes-memory-bug-class-strncpy-removal-after-six-years.htm

#cybersecurity #FOSS

#Canonical's New #AI Tool Wants You to Talk to #Ubuntu Instead of Type

https://itsfoss.com/news/myna-ai-speech-to-text-tool/

#FOSS #Linux #privacy

Improvements are coming to #LibreOffice's tabbed user interface, in our next major update, due in August! Big thanks to our Design community for working on them. (Of course, the menu+toolbar interface option isn't going away 😉) #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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10 more days until our #CfP is closed.

Remember we moved our dates and #SeaGL2026 is now happening October 23rd and 24th. Same location.

Visit: https://seagl.org for details

#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #ophw #community #tech #seattle #freedom

LibrePhotos is a free, open-source, self-hosted photo management platform.

Organize photos and videos with AI-powered face recognition, object detection, semantic search, timeline views, albums, and metadata search, all while keeping your library under your control.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=librephotos

#OpenSource #SelfHosted #Privacy #PhotoManagement #FOSS

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Screenshot of the LibrePhotos project page in dark mode. The page title “LibrePhotos” appears at the top. In the center is a mockup showing the photo management interface running on a desktop monitor, laptop, and smartphone, displaying image galleries and timelines. Below, text describes LibrePhotos as a self-hosted, open-source photo management service with automatic face recognition, object detection, and semantic search powered by machine learning. The layout highlights cross-device access and AI-powered photo organization.

#FSF Patches Two-Year-Old Vulnerability Found by #AI Researchers in #GNU #Savannah Repository

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/06/20/0321205/fsf-patches-two-year-old-vulnerability-found-by-ai-researchers-in-gnu-savannah-repository

#cybersecurity #FOSS

Kopuz is a free and open-source music player built with Rust.

It supports local music libraries, Jellyfin, Navidrome/Subsonic servers, synced lyrics, playlists, and equalizer controls across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

A privacy-friendly alternative to cloud-focused music players, with full support for self-hosted music collections.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=kopuz

#OpenSource #MusicPlayer #Jellyfin #Navidrome #SelfHosted #Privacy #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Kopuz project page. The top features the Kopuz logo and name, followed by a description stating that Kopuz is a modern, lightweight music player built with Rust and the Dioxus framework. The page highlights its clean and responsive interface for managing local music collections. Below are badges for Discord, Rust, and a passing build status. A large application screenshot shows Kopuz's dark-themed music player interface with album artwork, navigation sidebar, playlists, library sections, and music playback controls, demonstrating its focus on local and self-hosted music management.

Browser-Based Euro Office Clone

This is an experimental, local-first project designed to demonstrate client-side managed functionality without requiring any setup. By leveraging the FileSystem API, it offers a unique approach to storing files directly on your device from your browser.

Current Features:
- PWA (Progressive Web App)
- Local-first storage
- Word processor
- Spreadsheet tool
- PDF capability

Coming Soon:

- Support for more file types
- Storage synchronization
- Collaborative editing
- Encryption at rest
- P2P file-transfer

Long-Term Goals (Clones of):
- NextCloud
- WhatsApp
- Instagram
- WeTransfer

Note: This project is experimental, far from finished, and presented strictly for testing, feedback, and demo purposes (USE RESPONSIBLY!).

Check out the demo version and let me know your thoughts!

Demo: https://enkrypted.chat/?tab=file

#WebDev #JavaScript #PWA #LocalFirst #OfficeSuite #FileSystemAPI #Tech #Programming #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #Privacy #SelfHosted #NextCloud #P2P #WebDevelopment #IndieDev #Coding #DevCommunity #TechNews #AppDevelopment #FreeSoftware #BrowserApp

#jouRapNal #book19 day 66

20260620Sat

#3goodThings #foss #ubi #woman #threeGoodThings

#car #money #plan

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(juneteenth starburst) freemancipation womancipation efosscipation emanscarpation hemancipation emamcubication (what a day: )

GentleOS: A Hobby Operating System for Vintage PCs

Relive the nostalgia or discover for the first time the joy of a vintage computing using GentleOS for 16-bit and 32-bit Personal Computers (PCs).

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/gentleos-vintage-pc-operating-system/

#blog #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #OpenSource #FOSS

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A vintage Zenith TurbosPORT 386 laptop folded open with keyboard visible and on the screen displaying GentleOS. Next to the laptop sits bold white title of 'GentleOS' with a subtitle of 'Vintage Hobby Operating System' and '8086+ 16-bit / i396 32-bit' all against a brown wood grain background.

🆕 blog! “Which Copyleft Licence is Suitable for an SVG?”

The Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format is amazing. It allows you to precisely define how an image should look. Written in XML, it uses various mathematical operations to display an image which looks crisp and clear at any size.

Here's a trivial example:

<svg…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/which-copyleft-licence-is-suitable-for-an-svg/
⸻
#Copyleft #copyright #CreativeCommons #foss #GPL #images #svg

I love #OpenBSD (and all the BSDs, heck all the #FOSS OSes, they're all amazing), but y'all, this is a bit sad:

$ time pkg_info -Q nim
animorph-0.3p5
minimodem-0.24p0
nim-2.2.8 (installed)
openimageio-3.1.9.0p0
p5-Bit-Vector-Minimal-1.3p2
p5-Net-IP-Minimal-0.06p1
p5-Term-Animation-2.6p1
py3-minimalmodbus-2.1.1p2
py3-minimock-1.2.8p13
racket-minimal-9.1
texlive_texmf-minimal-2025p0
xanim-2.80.1p9

real	1m3.110s
user	0m1.360s
sys	0m0.120s

I know about pkg_locate, and I use it by default, honestly, but "that's not in base!" ;)

My network speed is a bit slow, but not that slow.

$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from T-Mobile USA...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Frontier (Dallas, TX) [2449.63 km]: 28.121 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 12.64 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 6.27 Mbit/s

If you love tech but hate tech billionaires, free open source software aka #FOSS is a solution!

Don't give your time or money to those who try to control everything on this planet instead spend it on small developers coding their brains out!❤️

Have awesome free software, (maybe) donate to the small or single developers once in a while and stop feeding the billionaires!

Shotcut is a free and open-source video editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

It offers timeline editing, filters, transitions, audio tools, hardware encoding, and support for hundreds of formats via FFmpeg.

A privacy-friendly alternative to Premiere Pro, Filmora, and CapCut, no subscriptions, no lock-in, and no watermarks.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=shotcut

#OpenSource #VideoEditing #Privacy #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Shotcut project page. At the top are build status badges showing successful builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Below, a large heading describes Shotcut as a free, open-source, cross-platform video editor. The page includes a screenshot of the Shotcut interface, showing a video editing workspace with media bins, preview window, timeline tracks, audio meters, filters, and waveform displays. The preview displays a motorcycle video project titled “A Bike Show,” demonstrating Shotcut’s professional editing capabilities.

@rasterweb

I more or less consider AI-generated/assisted FOSS to be "proprietary lite," and my attitude towards proprietary software is that I use it iff there is really no other alternative.

I just recently yeeted an AI-enhanced FOSS image editor from my phone, and just accepted that I would:

• Have fewer and clunkier editing tools using the more legacy and truly FOSS* image gallery apps
• Have to drop into termux to do some conversions that there's no truly FOSS app for so far (like #AVIF and doing "#LossyPNG" conversions)

* Yes, I am absolutely implying that "AI"-written code is not truly #FOSS.

@clouderst

This week: WhatsApp patched a flaw where a single crafted message could make your phone load content from an attacker’s URL. And India’s Telegram ban is now reaching users in the UAE too, a national court order cutting off people in another country entirely.

Two different problems, same root cause: centralized apps are both attack surfaces and single points of control.

No server, no surface to exploit, nothing to ban.

zerion.chat

#privacy #android #tor #encryption #foss

@bkuhn @conservancy @dalias

Skimming the "Recommendations" document, I can appreciate you striving for a "middle-of-the-road" approach towards a very controversial topic, and I appreciate the parts where you acknowledge the issues and harms, particularly of paid employees on #FOSS projects being forced to use LLMs.

I can also understand the perspective of some that an absolute-anti-AI stance is somehow "simple" or "easy" compared to actually being vulnerable and humble enough to "dig into the nuance" of it all.

But...

Brah.

Naw man.

See here... I'm all for being conciliatory and humane towards other people "trying to get the job done," and I totally understand that FOSS project leads are looking down the barrel of a cocked gun when it comes to the strain and pressure they're under, attempting to keep their projects alive and healthy with very little resources.
"Remember the human" is the best advice for times like this, when confusion and infighting would very well make monsters of us all.

But this really isn't a conciliatory moment. This is a close-up-shot-of-Picard-belting-out-an-impassioned-speech-that-would-make-Shakespeare-weep kind of moment.

While I respect the desire to take a layered, nuanced view of #LLMs, the FOSS world never shined by capitulating and compromising. It never shined by rolling out the red carpet for corporate white slavers.

FOSS shines in the obscurity and beauty of niche software running on niche hardware for the sake of freedom, not convenience.
I started my journey in 1997 by attempting to get a FOSS OS (which was guided by noble values) to work on my hardware, and failing. Three years later, it succeeded, while still being guided by noble values. If I have to surrender the amazing strides we've made in terms of features and hardware support to cling to some kind of niche FOSS OS which is somehow still guided by noble values, I think that's a respectable sacrifice to make. 🤷‍♂️

If we give up everything that makes FOSS FOSS for the sake of some utilitarian goal, what is the point anymore?

Do we need or want a FOSS nuclear bomb?
A FOSS kill-drone?
A FOSS grenade launcher?

If those ideas are (obviously) distasteful and horrid, then that means that there's something more to FOSS than just the license, and it's dismaying to see the FOSS world stripped of all of its values and virtues and somehow being appeased by, "But it's still Open Source!!"

If that sophistry actually works on us, then I guess we deserve to be plundered.

Canada’s Bill C-22 would force every messenger to build a backdoor or leave the country. Signal said it will leave. NordVPN too. Apple said it will never comply.

The government calls it “lawful access.” Every security researcher calls it a vulnerability.

No server means no backdoor to demand. That’s not a workaround, it’s the architecture.

zerion.chat

#privacy #canada #billc22 #tor #encryption #foss

Coming up in #LibreOffice 26.8, our next major release (due in August): the border toolbar button in Calc is now a split button that remembers and reapplies the most recently used border style. Thanks to Andreas Heinisch for implementing this feature! #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Four easy steps to elevate your privacy & security this year:

Choose a privacy-respecting browser 🌐 Check out: https://privacytests.org/

Use a privacy-first search engine 🔎 (Startpage, DuckDuckGo, self-hosted options etc.) further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/search-engines/?h=search+engine

Use privacy-respecting email 📧 (Proton, Tuta, ) further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/email/

Use only E2EE messaging apps 🔒 (cross-platform with minimal metadata: Signal) further reading: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/

You're welcome… spread the word! Sharing is caring 🎁💬

The gift that keeps on giving: data retention, compartmentalization, FOSS, privacy & security. #FCKBigTech stick it to them… #FCKSurveillanceCapitalism 🖕Privacy security isn't a sprint; it is a marathon… Even a journey of over 9k steps begins with the first one… 🙏 💚Use E2EE, full-disk encryption, back up, and update…

#Privacy #Security #E2EE #FOSS #OpenSource #DataProtection #Browser #SearchEngine #Email #Messaging

@EC_OSPO It's because we're busy coding open source stuff.

Maybe one day the EU 🇪🇺 will wake up, but today is probably not that day 😎

#foss #oss #opensource #eu #eupol #uscloud #opencloud #privacy #gdpr #dataprotection #dataskydd #cybersecurity

How hard can it be? Why can't these EU politicians and institutions stop sucking up to tech giants, and/or choose proprietary closed source solutions? 😑

There are hundreds of viable solutions already out there, all developed and/or hosted in Europe and/or the EU.

We should be promoting those! Public money, public code, privacy, and digital freedom = happy people.

#eu #eupol #privacy #privacymatters #gdpr #dataskydd #dataprotection #cybersecurity #cybersec #opernsource #oss #foss #federation

Big new documentation update for #LibreOffice! Thanks to the volunteers who made it happen: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/17/the-getting-started-guide-26-2-has-just-arrived/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

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Zerion 2.0.3 is now live on F-Droid, Play Store and GitHub. This is our most stable release yet.

What’s in it: reliable voice calls in both directions, video calls as opt-in beta, faster startup, and lower battery use during sync.

F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.professor.zerion
GitHub: https://github.com/zerionproject/Zerion/releases/latest
Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.professor.zerion

#fdroid #foss #privacy #tor #android #encryption #p2p #opensource #infosec #grapheneos

#WSocial will open up their beta program today… and I have a SCOOP for you: it appears that they have quietly gone closed-source!

This is ironic, considering that the @EUCommission just unveiled their Tech Sovereignty Package, emphasizing the importance of #OpenSource. And yet they have migrated their main ATproto accounts to W Social - whose code can no longer be inspected!

My full article - with a great analysis by @aral:

🔗: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/

#FOSS #DigitalSovereignty #BigTech

I sure would pay 2-3x the price of a Roku for a FOSS usb device that let me stream Jellyfin, Plex, etc. on my TVs.

I guess I could just go with the tiniest possible CachyOS computer. It's working great on a mini PC on my main home theater/gaming TV.

Now that I say this, with a little elbow grease and moving things around, I could have an extra Pi4. Looks like it will be project time soon.

All this is to say, fuck you FOX.

#foss #selfhosted

WhatsApp Clone, but Decentralized with P2P Messaging

App: https://Enkrypted.Chat

"Secure and private" is the general goal.

This is a technical/concept demo of a fairly unique approach using a browser-based, local-first and webrtc.

This is intended to introduce a new paradigm in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.

Features:

* P2P
* End to end encryption
* Signal protocol
* Post-Quantum cryptography
* File transfer
* Local-first
* No registration
* No installation
* No database
* TURN server

Feel free to reach out for clarity instead of diving into the docs/code.

IMPORTANT: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, it isnt audited or reviewed. **Shared for testing, feedback and demo purposes only.** Please use responsibly.

#Privacy #OpenSource #P2P #WebRTC #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #FOSS #SelfHosted #NoCloud #AntiCorp #Encryption #WebDev #TechLiberty #PrivateMessaging #Networking #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedom #LocalFirst #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #ZeroKnowledge #PrivacyTech #IndieDev #NoSignup #NoInstall #DecentralizedWeb #SecureMessaging #BrowserApp #TechEthics #P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging #PWA

Most messengers can say “we can’t read your messages.” Almost none can say “we can’t see who you talk to, when, or how often.” That metadata lives on their servers.

Zerion has no servers. Connections run device to device over Tor, contacts are keys instead of phone numbers, and the social graph exists nowhere but on your own phone.

Free, open source, GPL v3, on F-Droid:
https://zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

Take a quick look back at 2025 and what happened in the #LibreOffice project – new releases, updates, #QA work, #accessibility and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/16/libreoffice-releases-features-qa-and-accessibility-tdf-annual-report-2025/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Annual Report banner with group photo from LibreOffice Conference