"This week in Plasma" brings the news that you'll soon be getting smooth sleek scrollable panels, a shimmering splash of HDR colour, and a sweet suave KISS💋.
https://blogs.kde.org/2025/08/23/this-week-in-plasma-kde-initial-system-setup/
Join us in 12 days for our Godot Meetup @ IN-Berlin!
We had to move this meetup back by one week due to conflicting dates. We are sorry for any inconveniences caused by this and are looking forward to seeing you.
Friday, 29 Aug 2025, 19:00-22:00
Individual Network Berlin
Lehrter Straße 53, 10557 Berlin
https://www.meetup.com/godot-user-group-berlin/events/310146413/
#Berlin #GodotEngine #OpenSource #GameDev #Meetup #Hackspace #Makespace #Godot4
We’ve been getting asked a lot lately about contributing, so we wanted to break it down for everyone. 💬
Getting started is easy, especially when you start with hello!
Follow this easy 3-step recipe! 📡
The hidden costs of LLMs are well described by @Codeberg including the impact they have on hosting open source.
https://blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html
[Decentralized, federated platform for dog owners]
I haven’t been able to get this idea out of my head for a while now. 😩😁
Why are there centralized platforms for dog owners—but no open, decentralized alternative? 🤔
What if clubs, animal shelters, dog training schools, or local communities could run their own instances while still being interconnected, based on ActivityPub, similar to the Fediverse? 😃
Possible features could include:
🐶 Dog profiles
🚶 Walks & meetups
📍 Dog parks & local spots
⚠️ Poisoned bait and hazard alerts
🔎 Missing & found dogs
The focus would be on data sovereignty, local communities, and open standards instead of a centralized platform. 😉
Attached is a preliminary concept diagram to make the idea more tangible.
I’d be interested to know:
Would you use something like this, or even help build it? ⁉️ 🙄
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Dogs #DogLovers #AnimalWelfare #Community #Idea
Läuft gerade: Demo am Messesee in München, auch gegen #Steuergeldexport #ms365 #opensource #digitalesouveränität #digisov
New Arcticons release!
🎉 226 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 640 apps using existing icons.
🔥 13460 icons in total!
This also might be the last release on GitHub; we're looking into moving to Codeberg. ⛰️
https://github.com/Arcticons-Team/Arcticons/releases/tag/13.4.6
The latest #Pixelix update is available on Github 🥳
This update features a complete design overhaul which makes the app look much more modern.
The Play Store, App Store and F-Droid versions should be here in the next few days.
If you like our work on the app please consider supporting us via LiberaPay or Buymeacoffee. The links are on the Github page.
We are also always thankful for any kind of feedback.
Thanks a lot 😊
https://github.com/ghostbyte-dev/pixelix/releases/tag/v4.2.0
Is It Really Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)?
Protect your software rights by gaining clarity and transparency of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) by using the project Is It Really FOSS?
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/is-it-really-free-open-source-software-project-review/
Design The Perfect Heart Shape In Inkscape With Confidence
Gain confidence and knowledge in this comprehensive guide on how to create the perfect heart shape using the vector graphics editor called Inkscape.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/inkscape-design-heart-shape/
#blog #inkscape #GraphicDesign #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS
So, I guess we're looking for a group of some decent, boring but competent people to fork #Firefox, possibly also #Thunderbird?
via @dzwiedziu
A new version of snac has been released
Feast yourself on these fantastic features
Meine IT Sicherheits-Privatsphäre Übersicht für alle :-)
als PDF:
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/++iR72w4cvNFngjd0ndhS2Yn/
Meine IT Sicherheits-Privatsphäre Übersicht für alle :-)
Sachliches-Feedback wie immer, erwünscht :-)
https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/-Iwh2dp8BGFrZgSdv3FY9594/
#Privatsphäre #Datenschutz #sicherheit #Kryptografie #Passwort #PasswortManager #Informationssicherheit #Informationsfreiheit #IFG #Politik #Gaming #GOG #Lutris
#Mail #Cloud #Browser #WebBrowser #Verschlüsselung #DNS #VeraCrypt #Fdroid #Messenger #Threema #Signal #Linux #Foss #OpenSource #UnplugTrump #Fediverse #LinuxHelden #VPN #FediLZ #Mastodon #Medienkompetenz #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #YouTube #Chatkontrolle #überwachung #Matrix #Suchmaschine #Tastatur #2FA
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#FediAlgo v1.1.19 is deployed. Minor bugfixes and improvements to the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed.
* Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/
* Code: https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed
* Video of FediAlgo in action (slightly out of date): https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/114395249311910522
#activitypub #algorithm #algorithmicFeed #algorithmicTimeline #Fedi #FediTips #FediTools #Fediverse #Feed #FOSS #GoToSocial #hashtag #hashtags #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #MastodonApi #mastohelp #mastojs #nodejs #nod #opensource #socialmedia #SocialWeb #timeline #TL #typescript #webdev
Are you attending the Global Gathering event in Portugal next week? 😃
Join us at the Open Measurement Gathering (OMG) Village, which we're co-hosting w/ our friends @IODA, M-Lab, and Censored Planet! 🐙
OMG Village Agenda: https://ooni.org/post/2025-gg-omg-village/ ✨
Mark your calendars!
#ooni #omg #globalgathering #conference #community #opensource #opendata #censorship
In case you missed it earlier, we're testing fundraiser functionality on the site and we thought we'd try it out with a donation page to help get Mirlo and some of the artists on our platform to Americanafest!
We're looking to roll this out to everyone in the near future, giving artists the option to crowdfund for releases, tours, etc. 🧳🐦⬛
#Funding #Fundraiser #Music #Musicians #Nashville #Americanafest #Mirlo #Musician #Americana #MusicEvent #OpenSource
📱 Thunderbird prepara a súa aplicación oficial para iPhone e iPad!
O popular cliente de correo libre está a desenvolver unha aplicación nativa para iOS, creada desde cero e pensada para ofrecer unha experiencia rápida, fiable e coherente entre dispositivos.
Entre as prioridades están facilitar a configuración das contas e mellorar a sincronización en segundo plano.
🔗 https://mancomun.gal/novas/thunderbird-prepara-a-sua-aplicacion-oficial-para-iphone-e-ipad/
Enjoy this new Arcticons release with:
🎉 256 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 1447 apps using existing icons.
🔥 14241 icons in total!
🐋 Fixed Material You colors not refreshing properly on certain launchers (for real now).
https://github.com/Arcticons-Team/Arcticons/releases/tag/14.2.4
Is your team bouncing between Confluence, shared drives, and chat apps? Imagine your docs, projects, and file sync all under one open-source roof you control.
On 17 September see @xwiki + @nextcloud in action: We’ll show how to migrate Confluence pages, macros and permissions, then run a wiki inside Nextcloud with unified search and live editing.
No lock‑in. One stack you own.
Save your seat 👉https://go.nextcloud.com/r/20it
#OpenSource #XWiki #Nextcloud #Webinar #tech #technology #news
Help us test @Podman_io 6.0! Test Days will be from May 11-15. This release will bring modern networking, simplified architecture, and a cleaner configuration. :)
How to participate: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/join-us-for-podman-6-0-test-days-may-11-15-2026/
Dear fellow or potential fellow gotosocial instance admins,
I've come up with a novel way to set up a #gotosocial server behind a reverse proxy, which avoids the use of making new firewalling rules - both on a VPS, and creating port forwarding on one's home router. This method is ideal for minimizing the cost of running one's own #ActivityPub/#Mastodon server, in a way that leverages inexpensive fast storage on the backend (say, on a #RaspberryPi 5, 2GB of RAM, with an NVMe). As many valiant and praiseworthy Mastodon server admins might attest to, renting cloud VPS' can cost a lot, especially when storing many tens or hundreds of GB of user data.
My method avoids the need of forwarding ports 443 and 80 into one's home LAN, using DNAT (on the VPS) and port forwarding (on one's home router). In a nutshell, it's a novel use of #Wireguard, in conjunction with #nginx on the frontend, and gotosocial on the backend. This can save the cost of renting a dedicated VPS, to get the exclusive use of ports 443 and 80, in conjunction with static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. My method optimizes on reliability and cheapness, but it's not the most secure - decryption and re-encryption happens on the VPS, before the data travels down the Wireguard tunnel. This exposes the data to any underlying hypervisor at one's hosting company. So full disclosure there.
I've run my method by the helpful gotosocial furries in their #Matrix Help chatroom (and I'm grateful for their help to debug subtle warts the method had), and got their blessing, at least to the technical soundness of the method.
I have a testing instance of gotosocial 0.21.0 set up with this new method: https://g.toque.im
I'm the user @owl on that instance, should you wish to befriend me there.
I'll make a longer blog post on this in the days to come, and post it in a reply to this post. (I also cross-posted this on another account of mine, please forgive the duplicate: @gtsadmin )
#DevOps #Linux #infosec #SelfHosting #DataSovereignty #OpenSource
My original #introduction wasn't really an introduction of me, so here's a true one.
I am a software developer with passion for digital technologies as means for enrichment of people's lives, and strong proponent of privacy rights.
The #OpenSource, and especially the #FreeSoftware, seems to me as the fair and right way, and in alignment with my ideals, because it gives true ownership into the hands of owners and users, for everyone.
Hence, the FOSS is very interesting to me.
I've been increasingly concerned about the corporate monopoly over frontier LLMs. While many ethically-minded people choose to boycott these models, I believe passive resistance alone cannot break the structural grip of big tech. To truly “liberate” these technologies and turn them into public goods, we need to look beyond moral high grounds and engage with the material basis of AI—specifically compute, data, and the relations of production.
I've written two posts exploring this through the lens of historical materialism. The first piece analyzes why current “open source” definitions struggle with LLMs, and the second discusses what it means to “act materialistically” in our imperfect world. My goal is to suggest a path forward that moves from mere boycotting to a more proactive, structural socialization of AI infrastructure.
If you've been feeling uneasy about the AI landscape but aren't sure if boycotting is the final answer, I'd love for you to give these a read:
#LLM #AI #opensource #historicalmaterialism #histomat #materialism #digitalcommons
Little Bits: Issue #31 For November 2025
Road blocks may have delayed this release, but it is still full of endless little bits to explore along with a message of gratitude and positivity.
