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Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>OpenBSD -current has moved to version 7.7 <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250330230026" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250330230026</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/current" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>current</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a></p>
Andrew Wood<p>XYZ 0.2.22 is released today - <a href="https://ivarch.com/programs/xyz.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ivarch.com/programs/xyz.shtml</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>This release adds a check that all directories in the path have appropriate permissions, and extends the range of utility functions available to extensions.</p><p>XYZ is a lightweight <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> tool for administrators to check a GNU/Linux or BSD system for common faults that could cause sensitive information or interfaces to be exposed, such as service accounts without a password, SSH private keys or GPG secret keys without passphrases, or lax permissions on configuration files.</p><p>XYZ uses the resources of the Codeberg platform - <a href="https://codeberg.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> - for free software development.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codeberg</span></a></p>
🩷libadwaita🩷<p>Why <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fedora</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Silverblue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Silverblue</span></a> is better than <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ChromeOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChromeOS</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> in S mode for their target audience</p><p><a href="https://libadwaita.neocities.org/blog#2025-03-10-14:28:42.833274968" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">libadwaita.neocities.org/blog#</span><span class="invisible">2025-03-10-14:28:42.833274968</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>fw_update(8) gains support for arbitrary dmesg files <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250322101139" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250322101139</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fw_update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fw_update</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firmware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fwupdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fwupdate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/userfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>userfriendly</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adminfriendly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adminfriendly</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Remember, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> snapshots are now 7.7-beta, this is an excellent time to test - <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250302115123" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250302115123</span></a> (the most useful time to test for the upcoming release) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a></p>
Linux Renaissance<p><strong>Linux is about freedom: You should USE free software</strong></p> <p><a href="https://video.fosshq.org/videos/watch/9672a94e-d800-49b4-9c39-ab7d4ec4e1de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.fosshq.org/videos/watch/</span><span class="invisible">9672a94e-d800-49b4-9c39-ab7d4ec4e1de</span></a></p>
Zughy<p>Soothing 32 update: baked clay and player_api support 🎉 </p><p>I've just released an update of "Soothing 32", my <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Luanti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Luanti</span></a></span> texture pack.</p><p>Baked clay is slightly desaturated compared to other nodes and its basically clean appearance turns it into a great tool for builders (upper row, mod by TenPlus1).</p><p>Also, now the default character doesn't look off anymore :D</p><p>👉 <a href="https://content.luanti.org/packages/Zughy/soothing32/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">content.luanti.org/packages/Zu</span><span class="invisible">ghy/soothing32/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luanti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luanti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Registration is open for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsdcan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsdcan</span></a>, program published - see the blog post at <a href="https://blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsdcan-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.bsdcan.org/2025/03/18/bsd</span><span class="invisible">can-2025-talks-tutorials-and-registration/</span></a> for details, or go to <a href="https://bsdcan.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bsdcan.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (direct to registration link: <a href="https://indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/registrations/8/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">indico.bsdcan.org/event/5/regi</span><span class="invisible">strations/8/</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a></p>
Zughy<p>Working on a dialogue system for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Luanti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Luanti</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luanti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luanti</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a></p>
Ivan GJ<p>Good online source for FLOSS libre stickers? </p><p>Some time ago, the unixstickers people had very cool packs for like 1 €. I have now checked their website and there are no more packs anymore, and stickers are really expensive if manually picked. </p><p>What's a good source of FLOSS sticker packs, so I can hand them out to people to spread the word? </p><p>Hopefully with possibility of shipping to Spain, 😅 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Stickers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stickers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnixStickers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnixStickers</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beehaw.org/u/foss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>foss</span></a></span></p>
Shakil Akhtar 🇸🇦 🇵🇸<p>I think it's time for Linux Mint to base their main distro upon Debian (may be the testing branch) instead of Ubuntu and have a backup distro based on something like NixOS or GNU Guix.</p><p>Ubuntu without the GNU utils is no more a GNU+Linux distro.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/mint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mint</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/ubuntu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ubuntu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/gnu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/gnulinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnulinux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/operating_system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operating_system</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/distribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distribution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.starnix.network/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a></p>
rival<p>La gente no dice, "uso Windows".<br>La gente dice, "tengo Windows".<br>Como quien dice, "tengo gripe", o, "tengo un problema".<br>El software privativo es una cosa muy fea que hacerle a un pobre hardware indefenso.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/softwarelibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarelibre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a></p>
Free Software Foundation<p>On February 24, twelve free software enthusiasts met in <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Kinshasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kinshasa</span></a> in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/LibreLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreLocal</span></a> community meetup. They shared their experience in using and contributing to <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> and discussed how to foster <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> in the DRC.</p>
Free Software Foundation<p>On February 24, twelve free software enthusiasts met in <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Kinshasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kinshasa</span></a> in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for a <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/LibreLocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreLocal</span></a> community meetup. They shared their experience in using and contributing to <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> and discussed how to foster <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> in the DRC. Organize a LibreLocal meetup in your area as well: <a href="https://u.fsf.org/45l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">u.fsf.org/45l</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/FSF40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FSF40</span></a></p>
Die Gerichte im echten Norden<p><a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/SchleswigHolstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SchleswigHolstein</span></a> goes <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a></p><p>Softwaremonopole sind teuer und stehen dem <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> im Weg. Deshalb setzt die Verwaltung in Schleswig-Holstein zukünftig auf <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/OpenSourceSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSourceSoftware</span></a>. Seit kurzem können wir im Gericht <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> nutzen, Ende des Jahres wird es Pflicht. Der Umstieg fiel uns leicht, da wir es auch zu Hause nutzen. Und von unseren Kolleg:innen hat auch noch keine:r gemurrt.</p><p>Und ihr? Habt ihr schon gewechselt?</p><p><a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/GerichteSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GerichteSH</span></a> <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/DigitalSouver%C3%A4n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSouverän</span></a> <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/tags/OSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSS</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>I reiterate, now that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> -current is 7.7-beta (<a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250302115123" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250302115123</span></a>) it's a fine time to fetch a snapshot and test all the nice improvements. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/current" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>current</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/upcomingrelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upcomingrelease</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/77beta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>77beta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/testing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>EuroBSDCon 2025, Zagreb, September 2025</p><p>The Call for Talk and Presentation proposals for EuroBSDCon 2025 is now open.</p><p>Enter your submission at <a href="https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">events.eurobsdcon.org/2025/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Please also visit the main website <a href="https://2025.eurobsdcon.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">2025.eurobsdcon.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for information about the conference.</p><p>See you in Zagreb!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eurobsdcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eurobsdcon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freebsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freebsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>netbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devops</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> @eurobsdcon</p>
Alexander Goldstein<p>De-google-ify Internet</p><p><a href="https://degooglisons-internet.org/de/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">degooglisons-internet.org/de/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Na dann mal los...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
rival<p>Goodbye <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Skype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skype</span></a>, hello <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jami</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/feb/28/microsoft-skype</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.io/@Jami" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jami</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xmpp</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/im" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>im</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videocall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videocall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/p2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>p2p</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/e2e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e2e</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a></p>
Gianmarco Gargiulo<p>As <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> prepares to phase out <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Skype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Skype</span></a> in May, it might be a good idea to try out <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> alternatives such as <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Mumble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumble</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Jitsi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jitsi</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bigbluebutton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bigbluebutton</span></a></span> for voice/video conferencing. Specifically for Mumble, I have my own server at mumble://gianmarco.gg open 24/7!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/LibreSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibreSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/BigBlueButton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBlueButton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/VoiceChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceChat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/VideoConferencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoConferencing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/VideoCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideoCall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/VoIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoIP</span></a></p>