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.

New Release: #Tails 7.9

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_9/

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

@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

Accelerating innovation at #Bitwarden

https://bitwarden.com/blog/accelerating-innovation-at-bitwarden/

#cybersecurity #passwords #PasswordManager #FOSS

@_elena @EUCommission I'm a senior, very experienced IT devops: I was informed the other day that public institutions are now paying for workshops held by Microsoft representatives on "how to implement souvereign IT - with Windows".

Eh... 🙄 ?

If I'd be one of the admins there, I'd stand up and call #bullshit

@ anyone reading this: we are paying for this in high numbers daily. That money is missing where actually needed.

#PublicMoneyPublicCode #FOSS

#Windows and #Linux users: The deadline to update #SecureBoot keys is near

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/windows-and-linux-users-the-deadline-to-update-secure-boot-keys-is-near/

#cybersecurity #FOSS

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

UK device-scanning proposal for nude image detection draws Signal criticism over mandatory on-device inspection and expanded age verification across phones and apps. 📱
Signal warns the plan risks normalizing client-side surveillance and weakening private communication protections under encrypted messaging systems. 🔐

@signalapp

🔗 https://www.techspot.com/news/112712-signal-attacks-uk-plan-scan-devices-nude-images.html

#TechNews #Privacy #Encryption #Signal #UK #OnlineSafety #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #FOSS #Messaging #DataPrivacy #Security

Brave Origin, minimalist paid build, launches at $59.99 one-time, removing AI, VPN, Wallet, Rewards, while retaining Shields and Chromium patches.🧭
Linux users get Origin free, while other platforms can toggle or strip optional features, reflecting a more modular, privacy controlled browser build.🔧

🔗 https://brave.com/blog/brave-origin/

#TechNews #Brave #BraveOrigin #Privacy #Browser #FOSS #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Linux #AI #VPN #DataPrivacy #Tech #Security #Chrome #Chromium #Free

New Release: #Tor Browser 15.0.16

https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15016/

#privacy #anonymity #FOSS #cybersecurity

@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

The Future of #Session

https://getsession.org/blog/the-future-of-session

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS

Russian Spam & Profanities Are Now Plaguing The #ArchLinux #AUR

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-AUR-Russian-Spam

#Arch #Linux #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

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

We're happy to share that 67 free and open source projects have been awarded NGI Zero support. We want to thank them for their contribution to fixing the internet by righting one wrong at a time.
The projects will receive financial and practical support from the NGI Zero Commons Fund, NGI Taler and NGI Fediversity.
All programs kindly made possible with funding from the @EUCommission by way of @EC_DIGIT

Come over to meet the projects!
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260616-67-new-projects.html
#NGI #NGI0 #FOSS

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

The book Building a Free Internet of the Future tells the story of of people working for an inclusive & accessible digital future. A series of interviews with people working on open technology projects supported by NGI0, gives insight in the concrete challenges of digital exclusion and the projects they work on to overcome them. The book highlights practical, community-based initiatives & replicable models.
The book is made freely available by @APC.
https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/building-free-internet-future
#NGI #NGIZero #FOSS

Give a talk at the upcoming #LibreOffice Conference 2026 in Pordenone, Italy! We've extended the Call for Papers for two more weeks: https://events.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice-conference-2026/cfp #foss #openSource #freesoftware

We're temporarily pausing the bimonthly open calls with the exception of #NGI Taler & Fediversity. We'll be taking stock of a decade of Next Generation Internet. After the summer the application process will re-open with 3 new programs under the Open Internet Stack (OIS) umbrella.
Ongoing projects are not affected and can continue their important work of providing the building blocks for an open, resilient, and secure internet for all.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2026/20260612-NGIZero-stocktaking.html
#NGI0 #OIS #fossfunding #FOSS