De-google-ify Internet

Amazing campaign by the French not-for-profit association Framasoft.

The De-google-ify Internet project offers 26 ethical and alternative online tools that may be used by everyone.

They build open source alternatives to many Google services like Youtube, Agenda, Docs, Forms, Maps etc, as well other services to replace Doodle, Facebook Event, Github, Zoom, Slack and much more!

Check their beautiful website, watch the videos to know more about their work and follow them here in Mastodon:

@Framasoft

https://degooglisons-internet.org/

#europe #opensource #europeanalternatives #EUtech #boycott #degoogle #google

Today, the United Nations announced the "UN Open Source Principles" – 8 practical ways for groups around the world to promote global digital cooperation through free and open source software.

✍️ Like software freedom itself, these principles are for everyone, everywhere - and the orgs you support can join a list of endorsers today.

#boostsAppreciated - spread the word!

https://unite.un.org/news/osi-first-endorse-united-nations-open-source-principles

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #UN #UnitedNations

We need to pay for the yearly backups for all of our services and content - https://www.gofundme.com/f/paying-for-the-yearly-backups-for-all-of-our-projects

This means all of our TROM.tf services (friendica, peertube, nextcloud, etc.), all of our websites like tromsite.com, videoneat.com, tromjaro.com, and so on.

We only need 230 Euros to cover another year of backups. Please if you can help out since we are underfunded and cannot afford to pay for them.

The payment is yearly. We need to pay by the end of this month (March).

Thanks a bunch!

#trom #opensource #foss #fediverse #peertube #friendica #fedi #volunteer

Donate to Paying for the yearly backups for all of our projects, organized by Tio TROM

We need to pay for our Borg Backups. We are backing up all of our websi… Tio TROM needs your support for Paying for the yearly backups for all of our projects

^gofundme.com

End Of 10 at #FOSDEM!

#KDEEco 's Call To Action against #eWaste driven by Windows

BoF *Sun 2 Feb 14:00* Room H.3242

Global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of #Windows 10 EoL and how independent software keeps devices in use & out of the landfill!

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6779-coordinating-a-windows-10-to-linux-upcycling-campaign-across-free-software-communities-worldwide/

Same day just before, learn how #FOSS enables a circular digital economy *11:55-12:05* #Energy #DevRoom H.2214

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5431-software-licensing-for-a-circular-economy-how-foss-reduces-the-energy-consumption-and-carbon-footprint-of-ict/

#EndOf10 #OptGreen #KDE #OpenSource #Sustainability #Environment

@kde

Are there any #OpenSource services that would allow me to cross-post on the #Fediverse and on #Bluesky without creating a dummy account (as #Bridgy does)?

Ideally, I’m thinking about a client that supports both the #MastodonAPI and the #BlueskyAPI.

#Mastodon #API

Let's make Windows 10 the last version ever used!

*Sat. 28 Dec. 11h* Stage YELL #KDEEco 's Call To Action against e-waste driven by #Windows10.

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/opt-green-coordinating-a-windows-10-to-linux-upcycling-campaign-across-free-software-communities-worldwide/

*Mon. 30 Dec. 13-15h* B&B habitat join the BoF to organize a global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of Windows 10's EoL in 2025, the role of software in #eWaste, and how independent, sustainable #FOSS is a solution to keep devices in use & out of the landfill.

https://fahrplan.alpaka.space/jugend-hackt-38c3-2024/talk/ST8NJA/

#38C3 #KDE #OpenSource

@kde

Respect 🫡

#opensource #vlc

WU3 Segments, my font based on the displays on subway line U3 in Vienna is now (mostly) complete!

It is free, open source, have fun with it!

Download it here: https://github.com/gheja/wu3-segments/releases/

Source code: https://github.com/gheja/wu3-segments/

#font #vienna #subway #metro #wien #ubahn #lcd #display #electronics #electronic #typography #birdfont #ttf #design #opensource #free #wu3segments

TROM II: Attack the World with Solutions - https://videos.trom.tf/w/3wi826du6SpuDJRmm13k5p

#opensource #volunteer #foss #capitalism #money #trade-free #trade

TROM II: Attack the World with Solutions

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROMjaro Searches - https://videos.trom.tf/w/1YJZKKmaqLr1pG3xNLVHQW

We have integrated web searches into the apps menu to give you almost instant access to the web.​

#linux #tromjaro #foss #opensource #open-soyrce #xfce

TROMjaro Searches

^{videos.trom.tf}

Do you want to help make software safer? Find the bugs in our ntpd-rs!

The ntpd-rs Bug Bounty Program offers a reward to anyone who finds a qualifying vulnerability.

Read the details here: https://yeswehack.com/programs/pendulum-bug-bounty-program

This Bug Bounty Program is organized and funded by @sovtechfund . Read more about this initiative here: https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs/bug-resilience/

#foss #opensource #security

ntpd-rs Bug Bounty Program bug bounty program - YesWeHack

ntpd-rs Bug Bounty Program bug bounty program details

^{YesWeHack #1 Bug Bounty Platform in Europe}

We need to talk about Kdenlive video editor on Linux.

Kdenlive is open source software that runs on multiple platforms. Also, Kdenlive does NOT requires a additional graphics card, is not intense on system resources, supports multi-track video editing, supports advance features like audio and video plugin support, supports nested sequences, supports proxy editing, imports most file formats, and is easy to learn.

#Linux #KDE #Kdenlive #video #editor #OpenSource #open #source

We will soon update our TROMjaro theme switcher to support some 160 unique theme styles with a very simple interface 😀

A complete theme switcher application 😀.

#tromjaro #trom #linux #foss #opensource #xfce #theming

#til about #AppropriateTechnology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology

This feels like a perfect description of how I aspire to make all my #opensource software nowadays — hbu?

> Appropriate technology is a movement (and its manifestations) encompassing technological choice and application that is small-scale, affordable by locals, labor-intensive, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and locally autonomous. It was originally articulated as intermediate technology by the economist (…)

🧵

movement

^{Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)}

Improvements for TROM.tf :

Our TROM Social first page (login) is not anymore just an empty page with a simple login, it provides you a peek into the fediverse:

Now you can see what's going on on the network, maybe to convince you to join 😀. It took a lot of CSS and HMTL gymnastics to achieve this. From my tests on desktop with mobile emulators all looks good on mobile, but for some reason when I check it on my phone it does not look as it should....I shall investigate.

Implemented some dark toggles for some of our services, where it was doable, such as Call

Search

Speed

And made our TROM Call, Jitsi Meet, more reliable.

Lastly we spent many days trying to figure out how to make our Peertube Live work better. Hours of tests, lots of logs. Hopefully we can make it more reliable.

#peertube #trom #tromsite #jitsi #searx #opensource #foss #friendica #fediverse

@Tio

🎙️ Zgłoś swoje wystąpienie na Jesieni Linuksowej 2024! 🍂
📅 25-27 października 2024, #Rybnik

Podziel się wiedzą o systemie 🐧 #Linux, #OpenSource, #DevOps i na podobne tematy!
📍Nadsyłajcie propozycje do 19 sierpnia!📍

Więcej info: https://jesien.org/2024/c4p/

#JesieńLinuksowa2024 #JesienLinuksowa

After 5 years of development Pixelorama v1.0, an #opensource #pixelart drawing tool, is finally out!

https://orama-interactive.itch.io/pixelorama/devlog/773099/pixelorama-v10-is-finally-out

#retrocomputing

Pixelorama v1.0 is finally out!

Artwork by Wishdream, one of the artists for v1.0’s splash screen artworks. We made it. After 5 years in development, version 1.0 of Pixelorama is finally here. To be honest, I’m not even sure whe...

^{Orama Interactive (itch.io)}

After many months we are bringing back our TROM.tf Search! https://search.trom.tf/ thanks to Danny!

But with a twist. Instead of hosting a SearX instance we are using a script that checks the best and most reliable instances and uses them randomly for every search. It is a meta-search engine. This way we make sure it is reliable and our IP will never get blocked by google and the rest.

For those who do not know, SearX is itself a sort of meta-search engine, pulling results from google, DDG, yahoo and more, removing the ads and trackers, and basically allowing you to search without those viruses.

So, we are finally back!

To add it to Firefox simply right click the URL after the page loads, and then add the TROM Search as a search engine. From Firefox's settings make sure you select it to be as default for your browser.

#searx #searxng #search #foss #opensource #tromtf #trom

TROMjaro is alive and well. And we keep it up to date and relevant - https://www.tromjaro.com - I love our Linux distro! 😀 I love when it is stable and just works. And we also ship with so many tweaks you can simply use it. No ads, no trackers, all apps available in Linux from one single place - click and install. I love it. A very positive project indeed 😀

#tromjaro #linux #foss #opensource #operatingsystem

Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source https://www.zdnet.com/article/switzerland-now-requires-all-government-software-to-be-open-source/ by @sjvn

Switzerland is one of the world's leading #opensource countries; now, if only the United States could follow its lead!

Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source

The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

We now have 6 servers dedicated to transcoding/transcribing our Peertube videos https://videos.trom.tf - thanks to @Alexio who is providing 4 of them! Peertube is now a complete replacement for Youtube and I will make sure to push it a lot more in terms of use and promotion! We need to get people to use it, else without content, it won't go anywhere....

Feel free to use our instance!

#peertube #youtube #video #opensource #foss

CC @fedora (https://fedoraproject.limequery.com/142117?lang=en)

#GenerativeAI #AI #LLM #ethics #fedora #openSource #FOSS #BigTech #RedHat #IBM https://det.social/@jlink/112811798901196501

For the past several months no one could install flatpaks from our Trade-Free TROMjaro app Library - https://www.tromjaro.com/apps/ - and now we finally fixed it thanks to @Rokosun ! One click installs 😀

We have curated around 700 trade-free apps for the library and we plan to add a lot more the following months. Check it out!

#tromjaro #linux #trade-free #opensource #foss #flatpak

Heute stellen wir Ihnen unsere neue Rubrik 5 Fragen zu... vor. Den Anfang machen wir mit 5 Fragen zu #Rust an den Software Engineer Daniél Kerkmann!

Lesen Sie in unserem Beitrag, warum wir bei #Opentalk auf die #Programmiersprache Rust setzen, welchen Einfluss Rust auf unsere technische Architektur hat und Antworten auf drei weitere spannende Fragen 👇
https://opentalk.eu/de/news/5-fragen-zum-einsatz-der-programmiersprache-rust-bei-opentalk

#OpenSource #digitaleSouveränität #techstack #tech #programming #RustLang

After a long wait, it's finally here. FreeTube now supports user created playlists! The new v0.20.0 release has dropped and comes with a plethora of new changes along with the new playlists functionality.

You can check out the full release notes over on GitHub. You can download the new release over on our website.

https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube/discussions/4848

https://freetubeapp.io/#download

#freetube #privacy #opensource

Release v0.20.0 Beta · FreeTubeApp FreeTube · Discussion #4848

Ending Support for Windows 7/8/8.1 and macOS 10.13 / 10.14 In order to stay in line with recent updates to Electron, this update drops support for all Windows operating systems below Windows 10 as ...

^GitHub

In wenigen Tagen ist es soweit:
"Integrationstests mit Szenarien für #Container-Kompositionen" mit Wolfgang Silbermayr, Expert Lead Backend bei #OpenTalk.
Wir freuen uns Sie vor Ort zu treffen!

#OpenSource #digitaleSouveränität

Mehr Infos finden Sie hier 👇
https://opentalk.eu/de/news/grazer-linuxtage-mit-opentalk

Grazer Linuxtage mit OpenTalk

Seien Sie am 6. April dabei bei unserem Vortrag "Integrationstests mit Szenarien für Container-Kompositionen"

^OpenTalk

Thank you so much Eduard for becoming the 77th supporter of TROM! We run a unique fundraiser for TROM in that we need only 200 people to donate 5 Euros a month in order to support us for the long run.

Distributed support so that it won't put a big toll on anyone, and a limited goal so that we do not get rich.

If you appreciate the so many things that we do at TROM (see https://www.tromsite.com) then please consider supporting us.

#tromlive #foss #opensource #privacy #documentary #fediverse

I had a sudden "what if…?" intuition for a potential #productivity speedup in my #opensource bug reporting workflow when tables of data are involved, and… it turns out that it is actually possible.

As you can see in this short demonstration I recorded below, you can paste #LibreOffice #spreadsheet cells into a #GitLab ticket, and it automatically converts it to a proper #MarkDown table. It just works! What is this sorcery!? 🤯 What a time to be alive.

We provide Mastodon/Peertube/Nextcloud/Friendica and more, as a service. For a cost. Just order and have your own instance, no headaches.

I always do trade-free stuff, but since I am trapped in this trade-system and I do not get enough financial support via the projects that I do, I have to also trade a bit.

WebApe https://webape.site/ is what I do to trade. Basically we create websites, install Mastodon/Friendica instances, Peertube, Nextcloud, etc.. We setup, manage, update, customize.

We try to do something decent and make some money with that, to then support our free projects.

So if you want a Mastodon instance for example, or any other website/service, please see https://webape.site/. I have lowered the prices now, so a Mastodon instance starts at 30 Euros per month.

We will take a limited amount of websites so to not overwhelm ourselves.

Please share if you think others might be interested. In a way, we can make the fediverse more known and accessible via the WebServices that we provide.

#foss #opensource #fedi #fediverse #mastodon

Seien Sie am 6. April dabei bei unserem Vortrag "Integrationstests mit Szenarien für Container-Kompositionen" auf den Grazer Linuxtagen!

👉 Samstag, 6. April 2024, 12.10 Uhr mit Wolfgang Silbermayr, Expert Lead Backend bei #OpenTalk

Weitere Informationen zur Veranstaltung finden Sie hier:

https://opentalk.eu/de/news/grazer-linuxtage-mit-opentalk

#OpenSource #Linux #gl24 #linuxtage

Grazer Linuxtage mit OpenTalk

^OpenTalk

I just saw that Mozilla is retiring Mozilla Location Services which provided an open, crowdsourced alternative to proprietary location services from Google and other vendors. 😰

https://github.com/mozilla/ichnaea/issues/2065

This is used by GNOME and thus Fedora, Ubuntu, Endless OS, etc. to help provide OS-level location services without requiring every app to implement its own. And apparently a patent troll is part of the reason Mozilla stopped investing in it. 🙃

#OpenSource #Linux #GNOME #Mozilla

Retiring the Mozilla Location Service · Issue #2065 · mozilla/ichnaea

The accuracy of Mozilla Location Service (MLS) has steadily declined. With no plans to restart the stumbler program or increase investments to MLS we have made the decision to retire the service. I...

^GitHub

Ab heute finden Sie uns auf dem Berliner Kongress #DigitalerStaat.

Sie möchten erfahren, warum #OpenTalk eine gute Wahl für Videokonferenzen in der öffentlichen #Verwaltung ist? Sprechen Sie mit unseren Kollegen Erwin Heffele und #OpenTalk Geschäftsführer Markus Michels. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch an Stand 37!

https://opentalk.eu/de/news/digitaler-staat-mit-opentalk

#OpenSource #digitaleSouveränität
#PublicSector

We need help to pay for our backups. This is a yearly funding campaign that we do, so if you can help us please see here https://www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/ - we only need 300 Euros for a full year of 4TB encrypted backups.

This means everything from our videos and documentaries, books, websites, including trom.tf (meaning all of the files that users have uploaded to our services - from Peertube videos to Nextcloud files). Everything!

300 Euros to make sure that we have everything backed-up in a secure place.

Please help if you can and thanks a lot for doing that!

#tromlive #opensource #foss #volunteering #alternative

Salut !
J'ai créé un bundle de brushes pour la calligraphie pour Krita que je mets en partage sur mon site :
https://www.le-stylocalligraphe.com/fr/pages/blog/1283623/brushes-calligraphie-pour-krita

Merci de relayer l'info ! Bonne journée.
#krita_artists #krita #calligraphy #opensource #linux
@davidrevoy