Most of Microsoft’s productivity tools are closed-source, but there are plenty of free and open-source alternatives that can handle the same tasks just as well 😎👇

Find high-res pdf ebooks with all my Linux related infographics from https://study-notes.org

#opensource #freesoftware #microsoft #productivitytools #software

🌱💚 Thank you, Aimee Fenech, for supporting Agroecology Map.

With this contribution, our 2026 campaign has reached USD 65 of the USD 500 needed to keep the platform online, open, free, and evolving.

Donate or share:
https://agroecologymap.org/donate

Finca Verde Regen Ag Permaculture Project:
https://agroecologymap.org/locations/finca-verde-regen-ag-permaculture-project

#Agroecology #AgroecologyMap #OpenSource #OpenData

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𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘂:

#MailServer #Docker #OpenSource

https://thewhale.cc/posts/mailu

Mailu is a simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images. It is free software, open to suggestions and external contributions. The project aims at providing people with an easily setup, easily maintained and full-featured mail server while not shipping proprietary software nor unrelated features often found in popular groupware.

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Mailu is a simple yet full-featured mail server as a set of Docker images. It is free software, open to suggestions and external contributions. The project aims at providing people with an easily setup, easily maintained and full-featured mail server while not shipping proprietary software nor unrelated features often found in popular groupware.

PDFCraft is an open-source PDF toolkit that processes your documents entirely in the browser, so your files never leave your device.

It offers 90+ tools for merging, splitting, editing, converting, compressing, OCR, signing, and more. You can also self-host it with Docker for complete control.

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

#OpenSource #PDF #Privacy #SelfHosted #Productivity #Docker

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Screenshot of the PDFCraft project page in dark mode. The page features the PDFCraft logo and the headline "Professional PDF Tools." It describes the project as a free, private, browser-based PDF toolkit that can merge, split, compress, convert, and edit PDF files without uploading them to remote servers. Technology badges at the bottom highlight Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

OpenLogi is an early-stage open-source alternative to Logitech Options+ focused on privacy and local control.

It lets you customize Logitech devices without accounts, telemetry, or cloud dependencies.

Currently macOS-only and still under active development, but a promising option for users who want more control over their peripherals.

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

#OpenSource #Privacy #macOS #Logitech #Productivity #DigitalMinimalism

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A dark-themed project introduction card for "OpenLogi". At the top is a blue square icon depicting a computer mouse surrounded by directional arrows. Below the title, the text reads: "A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. Remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry." Several badges at the bottom show GitHub stats, including 4.7k downloads and 178 commits per month.

We've been working with Valve on Holo Core, a pure aarch64 port of Arch Linux, built to run on Steam Frame. Arch has no official aarch64 support and no CI infra of its own, so we built both. First public preview (binaries, sources, containers) is out now!

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/building-an-arch-linux-aarch64-port-for-holo-core.html

#ArchLinux #Linux #OpenSource #SteamFrame

9to5Linux: Wayland 1.26 Is Now Available for Download with New Features and Improvements https://9to5linux.com/wayland-1-26-is-now-available-for-download-with-new-features-and-improvements @9to5linux @mariusnestor #Linux #OpenSource

Wie kan mij in contact brengen met developers in de @Rabobank@mastodon.nl en Funda? Beiden werken sinds kort niet meer op het grootste Europese mobiele OS, /e/OS (>100.000 gebruikers en snel groeiend). We komen graag in contact met de ontwikkelaars van deze apps, want dit is absoluut niet nodig (voor veiligheid of andere redenen) en we zouden hen graag hen een guide toesturen die deze alternatieven beschrijft.

#FOSS #opensource #privacy #android #AOSP #Linux #tech #funda #Rabobank @rabobank

@murena

𝗝𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗶:

#VideoConference #OpenSource #Jitsi

https://thewhale.cc/posts/jitsi

Multi-platform open-source video conferencing. Whether you want to build your own massively multi-user video conference client, or use ours, all our tools are 100% free, open source, and WebRTC compatible.

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Multi-platform open-source video conferencing. Whether you want to build your own massively multi-user video conference client, or use ours, all our tools are 100% free, open source, and WebRTC compatible.

This week's #Linux and #OpenSource News video is a bit early this week, as I won't be available tomorrow (another #Warhammer tournament!).

In this one, we have Torvalds talking about A.I. in two different ways, and also talking about the "social" aspect of Open Source, we have Wayland beating x11 in gaming benchmarks, and Age Verification growing quietly in a lot of countries:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NePj4xHU8I

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#Linux #AI #OpenSource

I don’t like playing the futurologist, but after seeing AI companies warn EU institutions about the supposed risks of open-weight models, I suspect some are lobbying to regain control over genuine open source and open-weight AI.

Don’t fall into the trap: the greater danger lies in opaque, proprietary models, not open-source ones.

#opensource #ai #cybersecurity

#Microsoft releases its weird ’90s #IRC client as #opensource

https://github.com/microsoft/comic-chat

I think Free and Open Source development is an unalloyed good in the world.

It fills niches that commercial development can't justify.
It provides auditable code to protect privacy and security.

I make #FOSS end-user applications. Follow along, and let's build something great!
discord.gg/jS6tVtaUU

#opensource #privacy

RE: https://floss.social/@doctormo/116927739358578223

Ah, finally, they’re saying the quiet parts out loud:

“Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that’s a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.” – Linus Torvalds

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwi4zC%2BZe8e%2Bp3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

Now do you understand what I mean when I say “free” as in “freedom” versus “open” as in “open for business?”

#FOSS #freeSoftware #openSource #freedom

The open-source PKM SiYuan is gaining attention as a privacy-first alternative to Obsidian and Logseq. It offers block-level document connecting, end-to-end encryption, and local Model Context Protocol servers so AI can safely read your offline vault. #TechNews #OpenSource #Productivity #SiYuan #Privacy
https://blazetrends.com/siyuan-first-impressions-why-this-privacy-first-obsidian-alternative-is-winning/?fsp_sid=52839

Vocalinux is an open-source voice dictation app for Linux that works entirely offline.

It supports Whisper.cpp, OpenAI Whisper, and VOSK, letting you dictate into almost any application without sending your audio to the cloud. It also includes GPU acceleration, customizable hotkeys, and Wayland/X11 support.

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

#OpenSource #Linux #Privacy #SpeechToText #Whisper #Productivity

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Screenshot of the Vocalinux project page. The page describes Vocalinux as "Voice-to-text for Linux, finally done right!" and displays project badges including beta status, nightly release, GPLv3 license, Linux platform support, Python 3.9+, GTK, and code coverage. A banner illustration below shows four people using laptops beneath a large microphone icon, with Linux and open-source symbols in the background, representing offline voice dictation for Linux.

Still waiting for #DoubleDownNews to respond to my suggestion they report on #OpenSource and decentralised #SocialMedia alternatives, as well as discussing the surveillance that comes with the #OnlineSafetyAct.

They say paid members can suggest topics for them to discuss, and all paid tiers are equal.

But perhaps some tiers are more equal than others.

#Media

I thought scaling Tor meant adding more relays.

What it actually meant was multiplying failure modes...

I now operate 24 Tor relays and bridges across 15 locations, 11 ASNs and 6 operating systems.

Every new relay brings another provider, firewall, IPv6 route, service manager, identity key, backup and recovery plan.

Some things I learned along the way:

🌍 More countries don’t automatically mean real diversity
🔑 The server is replaceable, the relay identity isn’t
🛠️ Linux, BSD and SunOS need the same outcomes, not the same commands
📊 What I configured isn’t always what the Tor network currently sees

A large fleet is easy to count. A resilient one is much harder to keep alive.

I wrote about what operating Tor across 15 locations actually taught me:

🔗 https://brokenbotnet.com/2026/07/17/non-eu-relays/

#Tor #Privacy #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Infosec

Mullvad VPN Did A Complete F*CK-UP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7UmyDGjxO_s

„Mullvad founder and co-owner Daniel Berntsson donated five million Swedish Krona, ~$500k, to a local political party in Sweden. That on its own is a red flag to someone like me, who believes private donations to politicians and their parties should be illegal. But that’s not the biggest problem of this donation.

The biggest problem is what kind of a party this Mullvad owner personally donated to. It’s to the Örebro Party. A party with policies so broad and across the spectrum they seem to appeal to everyone all at once. But one of them, the key one in fact, stands out as the most incompatible with privacy and personal freedom. Values that the Mullvad company claims to uphold.

Örebro's political platform amounts to establishing a deeply authoritarian surveillance state in order to enforce their policies. If I just told you what it is you might not immediately see why it’s a problem so let me give you a deep political analysis of this situation."

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#mullvad #vpn #privacy #opensource #foss #surveillance #technology

OnePlus officially gives up on the US and Europe

The OnePlus 15 was the company’s final US flagship. | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge OnePlus has confirmed what industry observers have long expected: it's quitting the US and European markets, and will no longer la…

https://www.theverge.com/tech/966404/oneplus-oppo-us-europe-withdrawal-realme

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TheVerge [The Verge]

Google Photos is cheap and you pay with your privacy. 🌍

Your photos can feed Google's AI. One innocent picture can get your whole account frozen overnight. And every face and location in your library sits ready for profiling, for years.

Your memories deserve a European home.

🐘 https://pixelunion.eu/blog/2026/07/time-to-leave-google/

#DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #OpenSource #BuyFromEU

Spotlight on a fellow OW2 project we really like: @CryptPad@social.xwiki.com

End-to-end encrypted, open source office suite for collaborative docs, sheets and more. Your data stays yours, no account needed to try it. If you care about privacy and free software, it is the real deal.

Nice to share the OW2 ecosystem with people building tools like this.

#OpenSource #FOSS #privacy #encryption

Europe keeps talking about open digital ecosystems. A practical place to start: your inbox. InlineStyle gives you an @inli.me email address with web/mobile access and encryption support, alongside the rest of your EU-hosted open cloud. https://www.inlinestyle.it/ #privacy #opensource #EU

A new AegisLink release is rolling out 🚀 Android is on its way to Google Play; iOS is headed to TestFlight.

• E2EE voice & video calls — the relay never sees who's calling whom
• Async delivery over Tor with zero-metadata push wake
• Panic mode with decoy profile
• No phone. No email. No name. Ever.

Open source, built in public: https://github.com/gabinotech22-cmyk/AegisLink

#privacy #e2ee #opensource #buildinpublic

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New release rolling out. Private calls. Tor delivery. Zero metadata. Checklist: E2EE voice and video calls - the relay never sees who's calling whom; async delivery over Tor with metadata-free push wake; no phone, no email, no name, ever. Google Play - on its way. TestFlight - incoming. AegisLink.

Damn. This quote from Linus Torvalds is... well... damning.

In response to a discussion around use of generative AI as it relates to contributions to the Linux code base, Linus (creator and lead contributor to Linux) firmly states that AI contributions are welcome.

But then he goes on and concludes with this:

"The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology.

Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.

This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been, and never will be.

In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better technology, not because of religious reasons.

And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools.

Linus"

A lot of us are on Linux specifically because of the social and political positives. Closed source is control. Open source is democracy.

Linus doing the typical tech-bro "i don't think of politics, I only think of tech" harkens back to any number of "science without ethics" atrocities.

Linus is and has always been a tech-bro (or proto tech bro). He has his throne of power and is happy where he is. Other tech-bros want money and influence. They're all the same.

But Linus is wrong.

Tech is politics.

And his stance and guiding influence with Linux is wrong.

Linus just made a political statement and has shifted the politics and societal approach of Linux.

Source: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

#linux #solarPunk #Linus #AI #openSource

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screenshot of Linus' remarks stating: The kernel project has been and will continue to be about the technology. Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that's a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project. This is *NOT* some kind of "social warrior" project, never has been, and never will be. In the kernel community we do open source because it results in better technology, not because of religious reasons. And so we make decisions primarily based on technical merit. Not fear of new tools. Linus"

Mira Murati's Thinking Machines debuts Inkling, a 975B open-weights multimodal AI model, while xAI open-sources Grok Build amid data privacy controversy and Apple eyes China expansion via Qwen.

https://ai0.news/posts/2026-07-16-daily-digest/

#AI #OpenSource #LocalLLM #OpenAI

xAI's Grok Build CLI uploaded user directories to Google Cloud, sparking privacy concerns. The company has disabled uploads, deleted retained data, and open-sourced the code under Apache 2.0 #privacy #opensource

https://wesearch.press/s/xai-orggrok-build-now-open-source-4e35d417?utm_source=social&utm_medium=auto&utm_campaign=mastodon

Just released version 10.8.6 of passagemath, the comprehensive #OpenSource #Mathematics system in #Python, the pip-installable modularized portable compatible full-featured fork of #SageMath.
Many upgrades: ECM, FLINT, GAP, HiGHS, msolve, NumPy, PARI/GP, Planarity, SCIP.
github.com/passagemath/...

Release passagemath-10.8.6 · p...

There's a lot of work to tackle ahead of us! Let's roll up our sleeves and get things done! #freesoftware #opensource #gnu #linux #emacs

🎙️ New episode of the Fedora Podcast is out!

We sat down with two of the three 2026 Fedora Contributor Recognition Program winners -- Justin Forbes and Ankur Sinha -- to talk about the work that earned them recognition and what keeps them showing up for Fedora year after year.

Congrats also to Fabio Valentini, the third winner, who we hope to have on a future episode!

🎬 Watch now: https://youtu.be/w-UrFwLLVng

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource #FedoraPodcast

Wire • Secure Messenger
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.wire

#privacy #foss #security #safety #SurveillanceCapitalism #messaging #DataSovereignty #boycottusa #opensource #swiss #gdpr #activism #activist #AntiFascist #ngo #techbrofascism #techbroligarchy #google #apple #ios #microsoft #meta #boycottmeta #elbowsup

Amnesty International, world governments including Germany and militaries (including Canada's) and many agencies and large multinational organizations and NGOs that require secure and private communications rely on Wire.

The US Air Force uses it too, which means that Wire is what HEGSETH should've used instead when he caused signalgate (no shade on signal for that!).

It is free for personal use. It is Swiss, governed by Swiss privacy law. Cross platform, and works great on #grapheneos

https://wire.com/en/compare-wire-vs-alternatives

https://wire.com/en/blog/big-tech-data-sovereignty-failure

https://wire.com/en/transparency-report

Never forget who signs his paycheck.

Register: "Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off: Linux supremo says contributors opposed to AI use can 'just walk away'"

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS

https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/15/linus-torvalds-tells-ai-haters-to-fork-off/5271894

Many improvements, fixes and code cleanups are coming to #LibreOffice, thanks to our worldwide community! Here's what they did in June: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/07/15/qa-dev-report-june-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

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Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts foot down on anti-AI comments https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/linux-creator-linus-torvalds-puts-foot-down-on-anti-ai-comments/

#Linux #AI #OpenSource

🌐 Hubzilla-Workshop 10 –
Offener Frage- und Antwort-Abend

Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2026 | 19:30 Uhr

Nach neun thematischen Workshops legen wir diesmal bewusst eine Pause von den festen Themen ein und laden euch zu einem offenen Frage- und Antwort-Abend ein.

Egal, ob ihr Hubzilla bereits täglich nutzt, gerade erst entdeckt habt oder einfach neugierig seid – jede Frage ist willkommen! 😊

Es spielt keine Rolle, ob es um die ersten Schritte, das Posten, Berechtigungen, Webseiten, nomadische Identität, Kanäle oder die Administration eines eigenen Hubs geht. Gemeinsam möchten wir Fragen beantworten, Erfahrungen austauschen und voneinander lernen.

Deshalb würden wir uns auch freuen, wenn wieder erfahrene Hubzilla-Nutzerinnen, Nutzer und Administratoren dabei sind. Jeder bringt andere Erfahrungen mit, und genau das macht den Austausch so wertvoll.

Vor gar nicht so langer Zeit hat @jupiter_rowland geschrieben:

"Hubzilla is when even the main devs keep discovering hidden features they knew nothing about."
„Hubzilla ist ein Projekt, bei dem selbst die Hauptentwickler immer wieder versteckte Funktionen entdecken, von denen sie bisher nichts wussten.“

Dieser Satz beschreibt Hubzilla erstaunlich gut. Selbst langjährige Anwender entdecken immer wieder neue Möglichkeiten und Funktionen. Genau deshalb lohnt sich der gemeinsame Austausch.

📚 Die bisherigen Workshops:

Wer Hubzilla kennenlernen oder Themen noch einmal in Ruhe nachlesen möchte, findet alle Workshops mit Unterlagen und weiterführenden Informationen hier:

👉 Hubzilla-Workshops

Bisherige Themen:

🔹 Workshop 1 – Einführung in Hubzilla
🔹 Workshop 2 – Einstieg in Hubzilla
🔹 Workshop 3 – Posten mit Hubzilla und alles, was dazugehört
🔹 Workshop 4 – Das Berechtigungssystem (Teil 1)
🔹 Workshop 5 – Das Berechtigungssystem (Teil 2)
🔹 Workshop 6 – Neu hier bei Hubzilla – Wir machen es uns gemütlich
🔹 Workshop 7 – Dein Kanal gehört DIR! Nomadische Identität mit Hubzilla
🔹 Workshop 8 – Webseiten mit Hubzilla (Teil 1)
🔹 Workshop 9 – Webseiten mit Hubzilla (Teil 2)

So könnt ihr euch viele Themen bereits vorab ansehen und euch Schritt für Schritt mit Hubzilla vertraut machen.

💬 Also traut euch! Es gibt keine "dummen Fragen". Jeder von uns hat einmal angefangen. Vielleicht habt ihr genau die Frage, die sich viele andere ebenfalls stellen.
Wer mag, darf natürlich auch eigene Tipps, Tricks oder interessante Entdeckungen rund um Hubzilla vorstellen. Der Workshop lebt vom gemeinsamen Austausch – denn jeder hat andere Erfahrungen gesammelt und genau das macht unsere Community aus.

📅 Wann? Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2026, 19:30 Uhr
💻 Wo? In unserem Online-Meetingraum (BigBlueButton).
campus.ws-12.de/rooms/n04-dj3-…
Eine Registrierung ist nicht erforderlich.

Wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden Abend mit vielen Fragen, interessanten Gesprächen und einem lebendigen Austausch rund um Hubzilla und das Fediverse. 🌍

🙏 Ein ganz besonderes Dankeschön möchten wir an @pepecyb richten.

Seit dem ersten Hubzilla-Workshop investiert er unglaublich viel Zeit in die Vorbereitung, Ausarbeitung und Durchführung der Workshops. Die umfangreichen Unterlagen, Präsentationen und Dokumentationen entstehen mit viel Sorgfalt und stehen der gesamten Community dauerhaft zur Verfügung.

Ohne dieses außergewöhnliche ehrenamtliche Engagement wären die Hubzilla-Workshops in dieser Form kaum möglich.

Vielen Dank, Pepe, für deinen unermüdlichen Einsatz für Hubzilla und das Fediverse! 💙 Deine Arbeit hilft vielen Menschen beim Einstieg und zeigt, was eine engagierte Community gemeinsam erreichen kann.

#Hubzilla #Fediverse #Workshop #OpenSource #Community

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Grafische Ankündigung zum Hubzilla Workshop #10 auf hellblauem Hintergrund. Oben rechts steht groß „#10“. In der Mitte befindet sich der Schriftzug „Hubzilla“ in einem kräftigen Blauverlauf, links daneben das Hubzilla-Logo. Über dem Schriftzug schweben drei farbige, stilisierte Hubzilla-Figuren (gelb, lila und rot) vor blauen Kreisen mit einem Auge als Motiv. Darunter steht in großer blauer Schrift „Workshop“. Am unteren Rand folgen die Veranstaltungsdaten: Mittwoch, 22. Juli 2026, 19:30 Uhr. Die Gestaltung wirkt freundlich, modern und einladend mit klaren Konturen und leichten Schatteneffekten.

EU regulators declined to extend Digital Markets Act interoperability rules to social networks, leaving users with fewer options to switch platforms. 🌐
EFF says existing protocols like ActivityPub show interoperability is possible and could improve privacy, competition, and user choice. 🔓

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/european-commission-chooses-keep-eu-users-locked-big-techs-gates

#TechNews #EU #Europe #Interoperability #BigTech #Privacy #DigitalMarketsAct #DMA #Fediverse #OpenSource #DigitalRights #Technology #Security #WebFreedom #FOSS #UserControl #Freedom

Just installed #LibreOffice on my mobile device. Working very well! Thank you @libreoffice , thank you #opensource community!

New York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts — first US state to impleme…

New York is the first to pass a statewide data center moratorium, which pauses all projects greater than 50 MW for one year. The governor's office said that it will create a GEIS to hold developments to "consistent stan…

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/new-york-enacts-one-year-data-center-ban-on-projects-larger-than-50-megawatts-first-us-state-to-implement-moratorium-will-also-pursue-repealing-tax-exemptions

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #TomsHardware [Tom's Hardware]