We are inviting proposals for talks about “FOSS Office Software and Suites“ at FOSDEM 2027, which will take place on 30-31 January in Brussels: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
October 27, 2026 at 8:40 AM
We are inviting proposals for talks about “FOSS Office Software and Suites“ at FOSDEM 2027, which will take place on 30-31 January in Brussels: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/10... #foss #openSource #freesoftware
October is Hacktober! In Nepal, the #LibreOffice community is present at hackfests, bringing new people into the project: community.documentfoundation.org/t/libreoffic... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
October 26, 2026 at 12:35 PM
October is Hacktober! In Nepal, the #LibreOffice community is present at hackfests, bringing new people into the project: community.documentfoundation.org/t/libreoffic... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
need to start dressing like this
October 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
need to start dressing like this
FOSS colleagues: Blueprint Studio is MIT-licensed.
Inspect the rules, adapt the tool, or self-host it. What would you change for your team?
Source: github.com/SirArthur23/...
Try it: blueprintstudio.schmidtpabst.com
#FOSS #buildinpublic #aigouvernance
Inspect the rules, adapt the tool, or self-host it. What would you change for your team?
Source: github.com/SirArthur23/...
Try it: blueprintstudio.schmidtpabst.com
#FOSS #buildinpublic #aigouvernance
October 26, 2026 at 8:13 AM
FOSS colleagues: Blueprint Studio is MIT-licensed.
Inspect the rules, adapt the tool, or self-host it. What would you change for your team?
Source: github.com/SirArthur23/...
Try it: blueprintstudio.schmidtpabst.com
#FOSS #buildinpublic #aigouvernance
Inspect the rules, adapt the tool, or self-host it. What would you change for your team?
Source: github.com/SirArthur23/...
Try it: blueprintstudio.schmidtpabst.com
#FOSS #buildinpublic #aigouvernance
Did you know that Jane Foss Barff was the 2nd woman to graduate with a Master of Arts from @sydney.edu.au? Also a founding member of the Women's College at USYD, Barff was b. #OTD in 1863.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fo...
Jane Foss Barff - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Did you know that Jane Foss Barff was the 2nd woman to graduate with a Master of Arts from @sydney.edu.au? Also a founding member of the Women's College at USYD, Barff was b. #OTD in 1863.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fo...
There are FOSS recipe database apps that do sizing and conversion without any f’ing ai. I only use NYT to populate my database.
October 27, 2026 at 10:37 PM
There are FOSS recipe database apps that do sizing and conversion without any f’ing ai. I only use NYT to populate my database.
Stjórnarfoss - Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Southern Iceland
Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max
October 2026
#iceland #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfall #foss #digitalphotography #iphone #iphone17promax #iphonephotography #snapshot #winter
Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max
October 2026
#iceland #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfall #foss #digitalphotography #iphone #iphone17promax #iphonephotography #snapshot #winter
October 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Stjórnarfoss - Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Southern Iceland
Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max
October 2026
#iceland #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfall #foss #digitalphotography #iphone #iphone17promax #iphonephotography #snapshot #winter
Shot on iPhone 17 Pro Max
October 2026
#iceland #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfall #foss #digitalphotography #iphone #iphone17promax #iphonephotography #snapshot #winter
October 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
me when people say: "waterfox is so good like firefox but without genAI"
yea that used to be true, unfortunately
github.com/BrowserWorks...
yea that used to be true, unfortunately
github.com/BrowserWorks...
October 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
me when people say: "waterfox is so good like firefox but without genAI"
yea that used to be true, unfortunately
github.com/BrowserWorks...
yea that used to be true, unfortunately
github.com/BrowserWorks...
it has been 0 days since an official FOSS PR account on mastodon was just some dickhead’s personal alt account
October 27, 2026 at 1:10 AM
it has been 0 days since an official FOSS PR account on mastodon was just some dickhead’s personal alt account
Don't let not being able to make a PDF stop you from submitting!
Here are two FOSS (free open source software) options:
PDF Arranger (import images and make a pdf):
pdfarranger.net/tutorials/
For page layout:
www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-...
Here are two FOSS (free open source software) options:
PDF Arranger (import images and make a pdf):
pdfarranger.net/tutorials/
For page layout:
www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-...
Hey are you a comic artist on Tapas? Are you frustrated with the news?
Publish your Tapas comic on Itch.io (either partially or in full, even just 1 chapter) and submit it to the Tapas X Itch.io bundle form here by Oct 30th 11:59pmEST
forms.gle/QhQaJ4cXvXKT...
#Tapas
Publish your Tapas comic on Itch.io (either partially or in full, even just 1 chapter) and submit it to the Tapas X Itch.io bundle form here by Oct 30th 11:59pmEST
forms.gle/QhQaJ4cXvXKT...
#Tapas
A Tapas X Itch.io Bundle
We've heard the news that Tapas is shutting down on March 31st, 2027 and I want to setup an Itch.io bundle to help support the artists affected by this.
If you have a comic on Tapas, this bundle is f...
forms.gle
October 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Don't let not being able to make a PDF stop you from submitting!
Here are two FOSS (free open source software) options:
PDF Arranger (import images and make a pdf):
pdfarranger.net/tutorials/
For page layout:
www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-...
Here are two FOSS (free open source software) options:
PDF Arranger (import images and make a pdf):
pdfarranger.net/tutorials/
For page layout:
www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-...
I downloaded the FOSS version. The elements are almost as good for making illegal munitions.
October 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I downloaded the FOSS version. The elements are almost as good for making illegal munitions.
torvalds and t’so, when foss fell
October 26, 2026 at 1:50 AM
torvalds and t’so, when foss fell
- one where we take a11y seriously enough to test it rigorously and fix the issues (sort of a subset of "foss quality higher")
- one where FOSS usability problems become easier to fix, but also easier to ignore because users have an expert guide at their side at all times
Those are the big ones?
- one where FOSS usability problems become easier to fix, but also easier to ignore because users have an expert guide at their side at all times
Those are the big ones?
October 26, 2026 at 12:25 AM
- one where we take a11y seriously enough to test it rigorously and fix the issues (sort of a subset of "foss quality higher")
- one where FOSS usability problems become easier to fix, but also easier to ignore because users have an expert guide at their side at all times
Those are the big ones?
- one where FOSS usability problems become easier to fix, but also easier to ignore because users have an expert guide at their side at all times
Those are the big ones?
makes me want to see one of your vessels in a Chris Foss styled pattern
October 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
makes me want to see one of your vessels in a Chris Foss styled pattern
Potential solution: Quietly pay FOSS devs buckets of money to work mostly or solely on needed feature compatibility. It’s what Valve does with certain needs wrt Proton and that’s a multi year heavy lift project.
October 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Potential solution: Quietly pay FOSS devs buckets of money to work mostly or solely on needed feature compatibility. It’s what Valve does with certain needs wrt Proton and that’s a multi year heavy lift project.
pretty much most things FOSS that still have a very active user base after 20 years?
October 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
pretty much most things FOSS that still have a very active user base after 20 years?
#Libre-Office records 9 million downloads in just 8 weeks.
Excellent news for #EUtech and #FOSS. Congratulations !
#EuropeanSovereignty
Excellent news for #EUtech and #FOSS. Congratulations !
#EuropeanSovereignty
LibreOffice Hits 9.4 Million Downloads in Just Eight Weeks
LibreOffice records 9.4 million downloads in eight weeks, with 2026 download figures already exceeding the entire 2025 total.
linuxiac.com
October 25, 2026 at 9:09 AM
#Libre-Office records 9 million downloads in just 8 weeks.
Excellent news for #EUtech and #FOSS. Congratulations !
#EuropeanSovereignty
Excellent news for #EUtech and #FOSS. Congratulations !
#EuropeanSovereignty
I'm gonnya do it,
I'm gonnya start my own USB/PCIe numbering authority for FOSS projects and the USB-IF/PCIe-SIG can't stop me
I'm gonnya start my own USB/PCIe numbering authority for FOSS projects and the USB-IF/PCIe-SIG can't stop me
October 28, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I'm gonnya do it,
I'm gonnya start my own USB/PCIe numbering authority for FOSS projects and the USB-IF/PCIe-SIG can't stop me
I'm gonnya start my own USB/PCIe numbering authority for FOSS projects and the USB-IF/PCIe-SIG can't stop me
got bored and started fooling around with godot's VR capabilities, made this little test scene :]
its cool i can do this in a FOSS engine and that it just kinda works right away
#GodotEngine
its cool i can do this in a FOSS engine and that it just kinda works right away
#GodotEngine
October 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
got bored and started fooling around with godot's VR capabilities, made this little test scene :]
its cool i can do this in a FOSS engine and that it just kinda works right away
#GodotEngine
its cool i can do this in a FOSS engine and that it just kinda works right away
#GodotEngine
ah yes, to keep our foss discussion ideologically pure, we need to *checks notes* eject everyone who doesn’t speak english
really tho, this is more about reddit moderation being a reactionary affair than anything else, who cares
really tho, this is more about reddit moderation being a reactionary affair than anything else, who cares
October 25, 2026 at 6:54 PM
ah yes, to keep our foss discussion ideologically pure, we need to *checks notes* eject everyone who doesn’t speak english
really tho, this is more about reddit moderation being a reactionary affair than anything else, who cares
really tho, this is more about reddit moderation being a reactionary affair than anything else, who cares
See, Trek could go Foss if they had the grit to try it.
Threw on a couple of paint masks today. Combination of custom cut yellow vinyl and Tamiya tape.
October 27, 2026 at 1:46 AM
See, Trek could go Foss if they had the grit to try it.