#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: )

#Android verification is coming: #Google confirms timeline and supported app stores

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/google-shares-updated-timeline-for-rolling-out-android-developer-verification/

#sideloading #privacy #FOSS #cybersecurity

Check out my new collection:

Privacy Focused & Open Source Software

https://mastodon.social/collections/116783152645894152

#Foss #privacy #Collection #mastodon #tech #technology #App #Software #Opensource #fediverse

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/
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#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.

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

Hello #fediverse

I'm an independent developer who believes in Digital Sovereignty—people should own their tools and control their data.

As a Linux user, I build privacy-first local AI, security & cryptography tools, and system automation scripts to solve real-world problems.

Here to build in public, learn, and connect with people who value open source, privacy, and user freedom.

Feel free to follow along or check out my GitHub!

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #LocalAI

I was able to add a couple more people to my "Linux Audio" collection for those who are doing music production on the Linux platform.

Since people can't be added to collections unless their Mastodon site is using Mastodon 4.6 or higher, I have to add people little by little as their Mastodon sites update.

Little by little I guess. I think in the end it will be a great feature! :)

#Mastodon #Linux #LinuxAudio #MusicProduction #Audio #Foss #OpenSource

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

@delta the more I read about #deltachat the more I like it! Really happy to see so much progress.
Do you welcome contributions? I've been a bit annoyed by the unability to mute live location sharing notifications every minutes. Deltachat really is the only viable #FOSS option for live location sharing between Android and iOS that I could find, thank you so much for that!

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

Почти хороший документ от SFC про рекомендации касательно LLM в FOSS проектах.

https://social.sfconservancy.org/objects/3ac6d3b8-798b-4d85-91a1-7103abe76548

Почему "почти"?

Потому что практически все пункты стараются балансировать между "pro-AI" и "anti-AI" позициями, но первым пунктом стоит:

The FOSS community should support, not just tolerate, those who outright reject LLM-gen-AI systems

А вот почему-то про поддержку тех, кто пользуется LLM ничего не говорится.

В целом я могу понять это и принять как политический поклон в сторону тех, кто устраивает истерику, но если заглянуть к ним в комменты, то видно, что это всё равно не помогло:

LOL WTF NOPE

FOSS projects should not shun contributors who choose to use LLM-gen-AI systems.

🤡

kinda stopped reading after

There are many intersecting ethical and moral issues regarding these systems, many of which are not currently fully understood

They are well understood and visible

I'm going to state this very clearly:
Projects/communities have an absolute right to exclude people whose behaviors they deem unethical, unsafe, or hostile from participation.
And deeming LLM-gen-AI use as unethical is a completely reasonable position.

Они для себя всё уже решили, сколько ты их ни пытайся уважать и не раскланивайся.

Меня, если честно, именно вот это желание всех неугодных выгнать и в гетто согнать от тех, кто декларирует высокую мораль и раздражает. По модулю они ничем не отличаются от того, чем клеймят тех, кто им не угодил.

Я бы ради общего блага и сообщества FOSS без проблем бы пошёл на компромиссы и уважительное отношение даже к тем, кто пользуется самыми тупыми аргументами.

Пойдут ли эти люди на компромиссы в отношении тех, кого объявили вне морали и этики?

#thought #log #SFC #LLM #GenAI #FOSS #dev #politics #radicalism

@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

@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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Getting Started guide cover

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

Are you looking for a new job with a real impact?

Do you want to contribute to the digital sovereignty of Europe?

Are you a passionate #foss person with a profound knowledge and experience in #productmanagement?

Product management positions in #opensource are very rare! So use this opportunity and apply for a Senior PM position at @openproject

Help us make the change happen.

It's a remote position within +/-2h from #Berlin.

Boosts welcome. 🧡 #getfediHired

https://openproject-gmbh.jobs.personio.com/job/2604397

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A mural on the Berlin Wall featuring a quote in German and English, emphasizing the impact of small people and places on the world. The text is bold and prominently displayed, with a backdrop of a painted wall.

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