Thinking of starting a list of popular open source software developed using LLMs and by LLM boosters, along with alternatives that can be tried instead. LLM in FOSS should be socially shunned.
Anyone interested?
Update: https://codeberg.org/gen-ai-transparency/open-slopware alright, it's up. Patches welcome! Please send me your PRs at your leisure.
Thinking of starting a list of popular open source software developed using LLMs and by LLM boosters, along with alternatives that can be tried instead. LLM in FOSS should be socially shunned.
Anyone interested?
Update: https://codeberg.org/gen-ai-transparency/open-slopware alright, it's up. Patches welcome! Please send me your PRs at your leisure.
What have I become?!? My mom just asked me if we're free at the end of May (weekend of 23rd-24th) because she'd like to visit* us in Paris... and my FIRST thought was: wait maybe that weekend there will be #JDLL in Lyon?
Now the highlights of the calendar year for me are #FOSS conferences. Truly.
I was pleased to tell my mom that no, JDLL is the following weekend, so we are indeed free.
(*In my defense, we visit my parents in Italy every month-two months, and we do video calls every day, so it's not as if a FOSS conference took precedence. I'm a bona fide Italian daughter after all)
Anyway looking forward to my parents' visit... and ALL the FOSS conferences I can attend this year 😅
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from Open Source, or if you're simply interested in questions about digital sovereignty, please visit https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en for details on how to contribute.
Really nice to see this: Game of Trees Hub (GOT)
A Git hosting service built on OpenBSD and Game of Trees, transparently funded via Open Collective.
Small, boring, security-first, and run by people who actually care about infrastructure.
Feels like one of the first real BSD-native Git hosting services.
This is the kind of thing BSD folks quietly smile about. 🐡
👉 https://gothub.org/
#OpenBSD #BSD #GameOfTrees #Git #FOSS
Really nice to see this: Game of Trees Hub (GOT)
A Git hosting service built on OpenBSD and Game of Trees, transparently funded via Open Collective.
Small, boring, security-first, and run by people who actually care about infrastructure.
Feels like one of the first real BSD-native Git hosting services.
This is the kind of thing BSD folks quietly smile about. 🐡
👉 https://gothub.org/
#OpenBSD #BSD #GameOfTrees #Git #FOSS
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from Open Source, or if you're simply interested in questions about digital sovereignty, please visit https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en for details on how to contribute.
thinking about foss stuff, and I know I've groused about licensing stuff before, and how I feel like my only way out is to just Parity7 everything and fall into obscurity but...
...I think we need a different movement around open source, with new terminology, that clarifies the intent and opens doors to more pro-social behavior and capabilities (up to and including the potential for "ethical licensing").
I've been spitballing the terms Common Software and Community Software. The core idea is that things that count as Community/Common Software can't enter the realm of the proprietary (so, strong copyleft a-la AGPL and Parity, virality not necessary). What's the difference from "Free Software"? We get rid of "freedom zero", aka "the freedom to run software for any purpose". Common Software licenses may have Non-Commercial clauses, Anti-Particular-Industry clauses (such as anti-MIC stuff), etc.
I think "freedom zero" was a grave mistake. I get where it came from--a desire to remove discrimination--but what it resulted in was a hijacking of Free Software by the corporate "Open Source" wing to exploit an otherwise healthy community of people openly sharing their creations... for an enormous profit that we can't even quantify right now.
We need a strong return to copyleft, and we need to gather together and grow its existing ecosystem, away from the MIT/BSD poison that our world has turned towards.
Your thoughts are welcome on this. I want to have a conversation about this stuff and maybe eventually record all this in a longer-form blog post. If you know folks who have had similar thoughts please link them so we can chat, too.
Nextcloud has ambitious growth goals for 2026. A lot of new remote positions are open now:
- Engineers ( #PHP, #JS, C++)
- Marketing
- Sales and Sales Engineers
- #HR (Germany)
➡️ Apply & share: https://nextcloud.com/jobs/
Boosts appreciated 🙏
#OpenSource #GetFediHired #FOSS #SoftwareDevelopment #Careers #Jobs #Hiring #Nextcloud #EU #WFH
Nextcloud has ambitious growth goals for 2026. A lot of new remote positions are open now:
- Engineers ( #PHP, #JS, C++)
- Marketing
- Sales and Sales Engineers
- #HR (Germany)
➡️ Apply & share: https://nextcloud.com/jobs/
Boosts appreciated 🙏
#OpenSource #GetFediHired #FOSS #SoftwareDevelopment #Careers #Jobs #Hiring #Nextcloud #EU #WFH
Although an older update, I still am really looking forward to when CMYK is finally available in Inkscape. I've been following the project on and off since it was announced.
Lately this is more relevant to me since I've noticed importing some PDF files randomly seem to slow down in Scribus for no apparent reason I find myself using Inkscape more for converting simple documents.
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Accessibility is a FOSS value. ♿️
You might ask why I advocate for #OpenSource so fiercely as a disabled creator. It is simple, proprietary software is a black box. If it doesn't work for your needs, you're stuck.
With #FOSS, the community can adapt, fork, and improve tools for everyone. Freedom isn't just for power users, it is for accessibility.
For instance, there is BRLTTY, which provides access to the Linux console for people who use a refreshable Braille display.
But people naturally think of physical disabilities when they consider accessibility. We also need tools for cognitive load and distraction. Tools like Logseq allow you to link thoughts non-linearly, making it easier to track projects when your brain feels scattered. Even the stability of Debian can be an accessibility tool for those of us who find the constant breaking changes of other OSs anxiety-inducing.
What is one FOSS tool that makes your life easier? 
♿️ 🏳️🌈
#DisabilityTech #QueerInTech #HumanCreator #Linux #A11y #Neurodivergent #TerminalTilt #Linux #GNULinux #GNU #Logseq #BRLTTY #Debian #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity
Accessibility is a FOSS value. ♿️
You might ask why I advocate for #OpenSource so fiercely as a disabled creator. It is simple, proprietary software is a black box. If it doesn't work for your needs, you're stuck.
With #FOSS, the community can adapt, fork, and improve tools for everyone. Freedom isn't just for power users, it is for accessibility.
For instance, there is BRLTTY, which provides access to the Linux console for people who use a refreshable Braille display.
But people naturally think of physical disabilities when they consider accessibility. We also need tools for cognitive load and distraction. Tools like Logseq allow you to link thoughts non-linearly, making it easier to track projects when your brain feels scattered. Even the stability of Debian can be an accessibility tool for those of us who find the constant breaking changes of other OSs anxiety-inducing.
What is one FOSS tool that makes your life easier? ♿️ 🏳️🌈
#DisabilityTech #QueerInTech #HumanCreator #Linux #A11y #Neurodivergent #TerminalTilt #Linux #GNULinux #GNU #Logseq #BRLTTY #Debian #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity
