The folks at @gnulinuxvalencia are organizing a Game Jam using only Free Software and focused on Desktop Games. You can participate online too :) https://itch.io/jam/lliurejam #gamejam #freesoftware #desktoplinux

For all the people who DO have the courage to #deGoogle: check buy-european.net/en/alternati... or european-alternatives.eu for a lot of great European alternatives 🇪🇺💪 E.g. try www.magicearth.com, www.comaps.app, or mapy.com instead of #GoogleMaps. #navigation #openstreetmap #maps @comaps.app

The European Commission has opened a "call for evidence" to help shape its European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy. The commission is looking to reduce its dependence on software from non-EU countries https://lwn.net/Articles/1053107/ Is there any official post about this from @EUCommission ? […]

DistroWatch Weekly returns with a review of @postmarketos resources for learning about Linux, a look at the new X11 server, news on FreeBSD's improving laptop support, and CachyOS's plans for a server edition: https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260105

@chris 100%. The techbro oligarchs have shown us that they’re willing collaborators with the fascist regime. Relying on US tech is a national security vulnerability. @wood5y

How many reminders more do we need? That having literally all our digital infrastructure depend on #us companies might not be such a great idea? It is time to leave #microslop and other US. Like, now. It is possible. #digitalautonomy #digitalsovereignty #europeanaltermatives to #microsoft

We all know that desktop #Linux is not without issues. But are there there any projects that try to document those issues? There are few blog posts that try to aggregate things a bit: https://slugcat.systems/brain_dump/linux-desktop-issues/#other-articles Gatekeeping is common response to this […]

2025: A Year in Disaster - Ordinary Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEobLPh82-w

Either I'm schitzophrenic or the Dead Internet Theory has progressed from merely an occasionally noticeable phenomenon ("theory") to a default on the bigger social media platforms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory Will we have to go full #pgp and have Real Person Certified™ […]

New blog post: 2025: Year in Review https://linmob.net/2025-year-in-review/

Coming to FOSDEM from Prague or Berlin? Do so in all comfort and relaxation for an exceptional low price with the night train! 25 euro for a couchette place, 100 euros for a private couchette now on sale 🚂❄️ https://www.europeansleeper.eu/flash-prague-brussels (I make no money from this just […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_bl0HvVcmw > Steam's game library, payment processing, review system, updates, and cloud syncing for safe files and so on are to PC gaming, basically what Google services are to Android. Should we slowly start thinking about #Fediverse version of #steam ? Game […]

Open Innovation and Open Source in Schleswig-Holstein – Practice for Europe https://peertube.opencloud.lu/w/5UXCYp3bqWYs9HFC4vSZ6A Apparently the PeerTube Luxembourg does not federate, so I can't boost the video. I can just share the link and hope that you watch the video. #OpenSource #Europe […]

Have you seen the #fosdem social web track? If not, take a look at the schedule and see you there, a lots of amazing talks! https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/ #fediverse #mastodon #activitypub #socialwebfosdem

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #digitalsovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation […]

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX. Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 […]

Sign up for #hackertrain everyone!!! https://dev.frangez.me/hackertrain/ I'm running the UK trip if we can get enough people! What is HackerTrain? #fosdem #trains

I don't like how most of #Lemmy instances copied the US-centric terminology from Reddit, where "News" means US-centric news, while "World news" is for everything else. There should be some encouragment, some kind of initiative to make "News" mean "all news" #Fediverse #terminology #Reddit […]

Hi! Today is my first official day as the Executive Director of Mastodon, replacing @[email protected] as CEO. I joined the Mastodon team more than 5 years ago, mostly working for Mastodon in the evenings on top of a 120% day job. I was the driving force behind the incorporation of the […]

"Infrastructure is power." — Adriana Groh, *mic drop*. 🔥🔥🔥 #DigitalSovereignty Well, at least one person understood the assignment.

Currently listening to livestream of Summit on European Digital Sovereignty. https://bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/eu-summit And so far it looks like a classic buzzword bingo. #digitalsovereignty #EU #Europe

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569615176946969 I am passing the torch to @mellifluousbox, who will be the new Executive Director. Felix has been involved with #mastodon since 2020 and has been instrumental in evolving the organization, raising funds, and growing the team to get […]

lol, either we are really internet hivemind, or this was the record shortest time that internet has agreed on how to call something. Of course I am referring to the fact that #steammachine is being called #gabecube across practically all parts of the internet.

Alright, this is what has been keeping us busy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmKrKTwtukE

Grand Theft Auto 6 got delayed to November 2026. About one year from now. I propose a challenge for #godot community: Collaborate on a development of a open source game that plays like GTA. See how far can you get it in one year. Can you make it look and play like GTA 3? Maybe even GTA 4? It […]

Public consultation on #eu public procurement rules. 🇪🇺 President von der Leyen announced a revision of the public procurement directives. The @EUCommission would like to hear your 🫵 views. Feedback period: 3 Nov. 2025 - 26 Jan. 2026 […]

Linux Mint is working on a new troubleshooting tool: https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=20089

Keep #Android open. https://keepandroidopen.org/ #keepandroidopen #aosp #Smartphone #Google #OpenSource

Fedora Linux 43 is here! What do you get with this update? * New Anaconda WebUI installer on all desktop editions and spins * @gnome 49 and being Wayland only * Fedora CoreOS now based on bootc instead of rpm-ostree * Under the hood changes like RPM 6.0 * All your favorite versions of Fedora […]

"Europe's plan to ditch US tech giants is built on open source - and it's gaining steam One topic dominated the recent 2025 OpenInfra Summit Europe, and it wasn't AI" https://www.zdnet.com/article/europes-plan-to-ditch-us-tech-giants-is-built-on-open-source-and-its-gaining-steam/ […]

The European Commission today published its “Cloud Sovereignty Framework”, which defines criteria to assess the sovereignty of cloud services across strategic, legal, operational, and technological dimensions. It is to be used in particular in public tender procedures […]

Europe needs independent European infra now – especially homegrown soc networks that preserve a level playing field for information, safeguard media freedom and guarantee genuine freedom of speech, incl. the right to access facts instead of being fed lies and propaganda. https://urlr.me/NFwhBg

@FOSSForce The Mastodon icon in the top right corner and at the bottom of your website points just to fosstodon.org instead of directly to your profile.

Congratulations to the newest batch of @NGIZero fediverse ⁂ projects to receive grants! Seeing that 20% of the 29 projects in this round are #fediverse projects is exciting: #flohmarkt (https://nlnet.nl/project/Flohmarkt) #hubzilla (https://nlnet.nl/project/Hubzilla-Superblock) #gotosocial ( […]

@ovos The source of https://blog.openvoiceos.org/ does mention feed.xml, but https://blog.openvoiceos.org/feed.xml returns 404. Could you make the RSS feed work?

> https://consumerrights.wiki > Announcements > 2025-10-04 > The Consumer Rights Wiki is now open-source! nice, a codebase and container setup for the Consumer Rights Wiki https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/crw #ConsumerRights #RightToRepair #fulu #encyclopedia #tag

Tim Berners-Lee's write an article in the Guardian: "Why I gave the world wide web away for free - My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free

We just released Mastodon 4.4.7. It fixes a bug with moderation warning e-mails, introduced in 4.4.6. Full release notes and update instructions are available on the GitHub release page: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.7 #mastoadmin

Stop calling it "sideloading". Call it "installing" instead, as it should be. If you're "installing" from the Play Store, call it "Googleloading" instead. Word choice is important. Make the legislators understand what's going on here. #google #android #aosp #politics #enshittification […]

> #Linux users are #vegan​s of technology All right, fine, why don't we start an alliance? Vegans start dual-booting Linux and I stop eating so much meat?

All right, so #FSF announced the #librephone initiative, bringing fully #FOSS OS to the phone. Good idea. But how? But is there any place where we can find out more about this? Is the plan to collaborate with existing #mobilelinux projects? Or will this be another Replicant, and go about as well […]

I am a fan of starter packs on BlueSky, Threads and Mastodon's iterations on it are all for the better in my book. My one note: i'm pretty sure from my read of it that this offering and this #FEP will be fediverse-wide and not Mastodon-only. Which makes it even cooler, if so […]

> Small cluster of cooperators can work together to overcome a world of defectors. > The wonderful thing is, it all starts with you believing that you have that power. > Our networks shape us, but our actions shape the networks. https://youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA?t=1554 This video made me think of […]

@Endof10 Any comment on the recent news about #Microsoft making extended security updated gratis in European Economic Area? […]