New in #LibreOffice 26.8: Presentation Sections – Large slide decks become easier to manage with the new Presentation Sections feature, allowing slides to be organised into logical groups. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.8 #foss #opensource #freesoftware
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#askFedi Do you know of speech-to-text live transcription models that:
1. perform OK for lightly technical English speech, in near-real-time,
2. have available (ideally libre/open-source) training data, libre/open-source training code, libre/open-source inference code, and/or libre/open-source weights (ideally some amount of freedom to use/study/modify/distribute; e.g. the Open Source AI Definition)
Glanced at:
april-asr: probably best candidate so far; somewhat below quality expectations on my laptop (tested with https://flathub.org/en/apps/net.sapples.LiveCaptions; quality/performance is configurable; maybe I should run it on a more powerful server and check if it's better?)
OpenAI Whisper: no training data/code
Vosk official model: not sure about training data/code, not sure about weights
Mozilla DeepSpeech: Archived
CoquiSTT: Looks abandoned
#Transcription #NeuralNetworks #NN #MachineLearning #ML #SpeechToText #STT #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #OSAID #OpenSourceAI #CommonVoice
Meet the awesome judges of our #ASIC demoscene competition: @JeriEllsworth , @WillFlux and @sprite_tm !
https://tinytapeout.com/competitions/demoscene-ttsky26a-announce/
La nouvelle mise à jour EmmaDE6 1.03 est disponible ! 🚀
Une étape clé pour rendre l'informatique encore plus accessible à toutes et tous. Découvrez les nouveautés et améliorations dans notre article complet 👇
#Emmabuntus #Linux #OpenSource #Accessibilite #LogicielLibre
FediSuite 2.0 is live! 🎉
Your Fediverse Management Platform
If you run several Fediverse accounts, you might know the feeling: an idea is sitting in a note somewhere, a scheduled post is in another tab, and the numbers end up somewhere else again. I wanted to bring it all together.
The new #Planner takes a post from the first idea to publication. #Drafts save automatically. In the #ContentCalendar, you can see scheduled posts by month or week and move them to another time. #Campaigns group posts around a topic or event. Coloured #labels help you stay organised without ever appearing as hashtags.
After publishing, the searchable #archive helps you find and reuse your work. You can turn older posts into new drafts, collect evergreen content and spot posts that have become interesting again.
#ContentAnalysis compares formats, text lengths, links and more. Hints based on your own data appear while you write, and the #calendar shows promising time slots. For Mastodon-compatible accounts, the new #CommunityAnalysis shows which accounts interact with your posts, who is new and who keeps coming back. #Favourites, #boosts and #replies stay separate. These are ideas to try, not promises of more reach.
There’s a lot of work under the hood, too: access tokens for connected accounts are now stored encrypted, sessions expire, and one-time links have better protection.
FediSuite is still open source, free to use, without ads or trackers, and available to self-host. The web app supports more than 20 Fediverse platforms.
Give it a try: https://www.fedisuite.com/
I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas. And if something isn’t working quite right, please tell me that too. 💜
#FediSuite #FediSuite2 #Fediverse #OpenSource #selfhosted #mastodon #friendica #pixelfed #bizzfed #peertube #vutuv #loops
@laurenshof is opening the "decentralized technologies" track at @oscl
Big thanks to @_elena and @Gina for hosting our track as well as to @paolo and the whole team for organising #oscl26
#opensocialweb #fediverse #socialnetworks #activitypub #opensource #opencommunications #decentralized #digitalcommons #solidarity
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"Nothing to hide" doesn't mean "everything to share." 🔒
Take control of your digital life and reclaim your privacy with #OpenSource alternatives:
💻 OS: #Linux
📱 MobileOS: #GrapheneOS
💬 Social & Chat: #Mastodon , #Pixelfed , #Loops , #SimpleX , #Deltachat
📧 Core Workspace: @Tutanota for E2E encrypted mail, calendar, and contacts (with an E2EE drive on the way!)
Linux Magazine talked to us about how and why we build Bonfire.
What we want next is "not a bigger Bonfire, but a network of cooperatives covering the whole supply chain of a community's digital space", who "do it together" rather than leave you to "do it yourself".
Because "federation, we don't see it as just a technical thing. We see it as a social, economic, and political tool as well."
Link: Supporting the Social Web: How the Fediverse Found Parts for Its Platforms
Also happy to spread the love for @coopcloud, @coquest, @SocialCoop and more, check out the links at the end of the article! Thanks to @horncologne@fosstodon.org for a lovely conversation, and @linuxmagazine for publishing it, in a piece that also features the great @cwebber and @tsyesika from @spritely.
#fediverse #ActivityPub #opensource #freesoftware #OpenCooperativeEcosystem #OpenScienceNetwork
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What if we focused on the collective interest and the common good, regardless of the methods used? 
#craftmanship #opensource #ethicalsource #FLOSS #FLOSES #GenAI
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Great news, everyone!
#ONLYOFFICE Docs 10.0 is finally out 🚀
#AI tools in every editor, 50+ new features, 4 new modular apps, 1,000+ bug fixes and 35 fixed vulnerabilities in one big release.
Based on community feedback, AI is no longer built into the open-source versions. Add it separately only if you want it, and connect any model, including local ones.
Which update will you try first?
Discover all the details in this blog post: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2026/10/onlyoffice-docs-10?utm_source=social&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=fosstodon
must-read on the proposed #EUKidsAct by @edri:
→ https://edri.org/our-work/the-kids-act-will-make-the-internet-less-safe/
> the #KidsAct may rob us of stronger protections for ALL of us, including children.
> [The Act] could cement the dominance of #BigTech over the few alternatives we have: services which do not harvest personal data, do not rely on addictive systems, are interoperable, or operate as open and free software.
#OpenSource #FOSS #OSS #Fediverse #OpenCommunication #DigitalSovereignty #FediLZ #ChildProtection
Technology is more than business at Maclean Of Duart Enterprises—it is a mission. As a Christian owner, I aim to honor Christ with honesty, privacy & service before profit.
Serving homes and businesses in Lebanon, Berks, Dauphin & Lancaster Counties: Windows/Linux, repair, Wi-Fi, cybersecurity & open-source solutions.
https://macleanofduartenterprises.com
https://github.com/Maclean-Of-Duart-Enterprises?tab=repositories
#BusinessAsMission #ChristianBusiness #OpenSource #ITSupport #LebanonPA
You can now install #Pixelix on Linux using Flatpak.
https://github.com/ghostbyte-dev/pixelix/releases/tag/v5.2.3-flatpak
We want to submit Pixelix to Flathub soon, in order to make installation even simpler.
Please let us know in the comments what you think and if everything works.
One tricky part of a large migration: The source keeps changing while you migrate it.
💡 Pages are edited.
💡Attachments appear.
💡Permissions change.
💡New spaces are created.
Meanwhile, you’re testing and validating the destination.
Both systems are moving at once.
Short version below. 👇
Open Source Conference Luxembourg 2026 #OSCL26 concluded successfully with
500+ registrations
90+ talks/workshops
130+ speakers.
We thank speakers, sponsors and participants and look forward to 2027.
#OpenSourceConference #OpenSource #Conference #Luxembourg #OSCL26 #FOSS
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📰 Little Bits: Issue #41 For September 2026
Uncover the evolution of how this blog series started long before I thought of it along with a fresh new supply of shiny bits to explore.
❣️ Show appreciation with BOOSTS!
Nexus v1.0.0-alpha1 is out! 🎉
Nexus is a simple, user-friendly Matrix client for Linux, Android, Windows, macOS and iOS, built with Flutter and powered by Gomuks.
This first alpha brings room and DM creation, invites, space browsing, push notifications via UnifiedPush, and lots more.
It's an alpha, so expect bugs, and please report them!
Release: https://git.federated.nexus/Nexus/nexus/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha1
Support room: #nexus:federated.nexus
Ich habe einen neuen Podcast: NET⫽SPLIT
Jetzt ist es offiziell, @daniel und ich haben zusammen einen #Podcast, @netsplit \o/
Geplant ist ein Laberpodcast rund um #OpenSource und Dezentralität, auch wenn die ganz genaue Ausrichtung noch nicht 100% fest steht.
Den Podcast veröffentlichen wir als Video- und Audio-Format über #PeerTube und natürlich auch #RSS und es kommt jeden Monat eine neue Folge raus.
Ich bin mega happy mit dem Projekt und ich hoffe, ihr schaut oder hört mal rein. Alle Abo-Möglichkeiten findet ihr auf unserer Website zusammen gefasst:
P.S.: An alle @rebootpolitics -Fans, keine Sorge, mein geliebter Politik-Podcast läuft natürlich auch weiter und wir planen aktuell wieder neue Interviews und anderen Schabernack.
Reminder that the CfP for @socallinuxexpo and CloudNativeDayLA are open for 2 more weeks! Please submit a talk proposal. This is a great conference for first-time speakers and for trying out new topics!
ICYMI: Learn how the Fediverse was built in the latest article from our series on public funding of open source
@nlnet @NGIZero @cwebber @Bonfire
#DigitalAutonomy #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource #community #FOSS
