#freesoftwarefriday — Public Fediverse posts
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Free Software Friday! Sometimes, it's the small applications in life, that make the biggest impact. Like KTeaTimer. A nifty KDE tool that helps me brew the perfect tea every time.
#opensource #freesoftwarefriday #tea
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Free Software Friday! It can be mind-blowing to see how you spend your time on your computer. Thankfully, there is an Open Source solution that can help you (and only you) track what you are doing.
#opensource #productivity #freesoftwarefriday
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Free Software Friday! I am notoriously bad at remembering to charge my phone. Thus, that is one of the features of KDE Connect that has saved me from running on empty. Yet, the tool has many more features for keeping your phone and computer in sync.
#kde #phone #freesoftwarefriday
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Free Software Friday. Most desktop users seldom consider which applications use their connections, open ports, or phone home. On Linux, Little Snitch can help you see and act whenever an application opens a port.
#opensource #freesoftwarefriday #firewall
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Free Software Friday! Running Open-Source projects isn't easy. However, some tools can help simplify the mundane tasks. Forgejo is a great software forge that helps with the technical aspects, from project management to bug tracking.
#opensource #softwareforge #freesoftwarefriday
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Free Software Friday! I've been setting some guitar scores for one of my sons recently. Tux Guitar makes the whole process of writing it down extremely easy.
#opensource #music #guitar #freesoftwarefriday
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As humans, we are really bad at forgetting passwords. Thus, a good password manager is a must-have. Thankfully, Vaultwarden offers an open-source option for syncing your passwords across devices.
#freesoftwarefriday #opensource #cybersecurity #passwords
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As usual the production at FOSS Backstage was high, and they were quick publishing the videos this year. Here's my talk "FOSS behind the scenes - the center stage is not enough":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLSAS7m798(And the slides with some links are at: https://aina.li/backstage2026 )
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As usual the production at FOSS Backstage was high, and they were quick publishing the videos this year. Here's my talk "FOSS behind the scenes - the center stage is not enough":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLSAS7m798(And the slides with some links are at: https://aina.li/backstage2026 )
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As usual the production at FOSS Backstage was high, and they were quick publishing the videos this year. Here's my talk "FOSS behind the scenes - the center stage is not enough":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLSAS7m798(And the slides with some links are at: https://aina.li/backstage2026 )
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As usual the production at FOSS Backstage was high, and they were quick publishing the videos this year. Here's my talk "FOSS behind the scenes - the center stage is not enough":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLSAS7m798(And the slides with some links are at: https://aina.li/backstage2026 )
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As usual the production at FOSS Backstage was high, and they were quick publishing the videos this year. Here's my talk "FOSS behind the scenes - the center stage is not enough":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoLSAS7m798(And the slides with some links are at: https://aina.li/backstage2026 )
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Free Software Friday! Good monitoring can help spot problems before they become an issue. With Prometheus, it is rather simple to build tech monitoring and create time series.
#freesoftwarefriday #opensource #monitoring
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Free Software Friday! Shout out to nginx. The web server runs a considerable chunk of the modern internet, either directly or as a proxy server. Yet, we seldom recognize its importance.
#webserver #freesoftwarefriday #opensource #unsungheros
https://nginx.org/ -
Free Software Friday! After 6 years, my Linux User Group finally moved to Jitsi. So shout out to a great piece of software that finally got us past our complacency.
#freesoftwarefriday #videoconference #opensource
https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/ -
Free Software Friday! Want to get your systeminformation whenever you open a console? Fastfetch makes this information human-readable and easy to digest.
#freesoftwarefriday #systeminformation #opensource
https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/tree/dev -
Free Software Friday! @univention has released version 1.7 of our Kubernetes-based IdM Nubus.
#freesoftwarefriday #idm #identitymanagement
https://www.univention.com/blog-en/2026/02/nubus-for-kubernetes-1-17-release/ -
Free Software Friday! Smartwatches can be a privacy nightmare and, if not maintained, quickly become electronic waste. AstroidOS is an open-source solution that helps keep your watch secure and running longer.
#smartwatch #opensource #freesoftwarefriday
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Free Software Friday! If you are curious about Linux, installing it can be the first hurdle, especially if you want to try out multiple different flavors. Ventoy can help you get started and make it easy to try various distributions.
#freesoftwarefriday #linux #distrohopping
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Free Software Friday. If you think Open-Source doesn't play a role in planetary defense, think again. With StarFall a key piece of meteor detection is open-source.
#freesoftwarefriday #opensource #meteor
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Free Software Friday! Sometimes, it's the little open-source tools that can help us be more efficient. Omnitools is a collection of tools that can handle small tasks, such as file conversion or XML validation.
#freesoftwarefriday #tools #opensource
https://omnitools.app/ -
Free Software Friday! Working with Software Bills of Material isn't easy, ask my colleagues at Univention. UniBOM can help you visualize and understand your dependencies.
#Freesoftwarefriday #sbom #opensource
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Free Software Friday! Sometimes, we need a bit more calm in our lives. A clean, modern browser can help you stay focused and productive at work. Zen Browser is the right solution for that task.
#freesoftwarefriday #browser #opensource
https://zen-browser.app/ -
Free Software Friday! It's never too late to create a personal greeting card for the holidays. Inkscape is the perfect open-source software for doing so.
#freesoftwarefriday #holidaycards
https://inkscape.org/ -
Free Software Friday! PDFs are still a significant (pain) point of the workday for most office workers. With Okular, you can get a modern PDF and document reader that is open-source and respects your privacy.
#pdf #freesoftwarefriday #opensource
https://okular.kde.org/ -
Free Software Friday! This shout-out goes out to all the developers who spent today making software that is both free as in freedom and as in free beer. This is undoubtedly a better choice than hunting for bargains today.
#Freesoftwarefriday #opensource #gratitude -
Free Software Friday! Google has decided to turn thousands of NEST Devices into garbage. Yet, the open-source community comes to the rescue with the "No Longer Evil" Firmware. Revitalize your devices and liberate them from surveillance.
#iot #opensource #freeSoftwareFriday
https://nolongerevil.com/ -
Free Software Friday! LLMs come with their own specific set of cybersecurity risks. Garak can help you scan for these vulnerabilities and harden your models against prompt injection, data extraction, and other risks.
#opensource #AI #freesoftwarefriday #cybersecurity
https://docs.garak.ai/garak -
Free Software Friday! Running a spooky Halloween party might require you to control your lights using professional tools. QLC+ is an open-source DMX controller software that can take your party lights to the next level.
#opensource #dmx #freesoftwarefriday
https://www.qlcplus.org/ -
Free Software Friday! A lot of my self-hosted apps have webpages that are constantly open in my browser. With Ferdium, I can turn them into desktop apps.
#opensource #freesoftwarefriday #webapps
https://ferdium.org -
Free Software Friday. Grammar Checking moves more and more into the domain of LLMs, where you risk your writing becoming training data for AI. Harper offers an alternative that runs on your device. Maintain your privacy with open-source.
#freesoftwarefriday #spellcheging
https://writewithharper.com/ -
Free Software Friday! Stopping AI bots can be annoying. Yet, it has become an unfortunate reality. Anubis stops most AI bots by increasing the computational costs, which makes it impossible to scrape the internet at scale.
#FreeSoftwareFriday #opensource #AI
https://anubis.techaro.lol/ -
Free Software Friday! Incident responses are never fun. Having your workflows in place in a single workspace can help you streamline the process and resolve the issue. Kanvas offers such a tool as open-source software.
#freesoftwarefriday #opensource #cybersecurity
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Free Software Friday! Happy 4th of July. Are you planning to mix some tunes today for a party? There is free software for it. With Mixxx, you can now start your career with the same software that professionals use.
#freesoftwarefriday #DJ
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Free Software Friday! It's Friday the 13th. To prepare for any catastrophe, it's critical to back up your data. Urbackup has been my software of choice for my systems.
#opensource #freesoftwarefriday #backup
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Free Software Friday! Chroma can help game developers understand how color-blind people see their games. Unfortunately, too many games still use slight color variations to mark secrets, making them inaccessible to me and others.
#colorblindness #opensource #freesoftwarefriday
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Free Software Friday! Chroma can help game developers understand how color-blind people see their games. Unfortunately, too many games still use slight color variations to mark secrets, making them inaccessible to me and others.
#colorblindness #opensource #freesoftwarefriday
https://github.com/ubisoft/Chroma -
Free Software Friday! Chroma can help game developers understand how color-blind people see their games. Unfortunately, too many games still use slight color variations to mark secrets, making them inaccessible to me and others.
#colorblindness #opensource #freesoftwarefriday
https://github.com/ubisoft/Chroma -
Free Software Friday! Chroma can help game developers understand how color-blind people see their games. Unfortunately, too many games still use slight color variations to mark secrets, making them inaccessible to me and others.
#colorblindness #opensource #freesoftwarefriday
https://github.com/ubisoft/Chroma -
Free Software Friday! Chroma can help game developers understand how color-blind people see their games. Unfortunately, too many games still use slight color variations to mark secrets, making them inaccessible to me and others.
#colorblindness #opensource #freesoftwarefriday
https://github.com/ubisoft/Chroma -
It's #FreeSoftwareFriday, so let's explore how you can can get all your day-to-day computing done with free software. Check out this presentation from #LibrePlanet2021 https://framatube.org/w/bfkLKcW6EKMZt8Zpkb75Fr #LibrePlanet #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Education #Computers
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It's #FreeSoftwareFriday, so let's explore how you can can get all your day-to-day computing done with free software. Check out this presentation from #LibrePlanet2021 https://framatube.org/w/bfkLKcW6EKMZt8Zpkb75Fr #LibrePlanet #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Education #Computers
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It's #FreeSoftwareFriday, so let's explore how you can can get all your day-to-day computing done with free software. Check out this presentation from #LibrePlanet2021 https://framatube.org/w/bfkLKcW6EKMZt8Zpkb75Fr #LibrePlanet #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Education #Computers
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It's #FreeSoftwareFriday, so let's explore how you can can get all your day-to-day computing done with free software. Check out this presentation from #LibrePlanet2021 https://framatube.org/w/bfkLKcW6EKMZt8Zpkb75Fr #LibrePlanet #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Education #Computers
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It's #FreeSoftwareFriday, so let's explore how you can can get all your day-to-day computing done with free software. Check out this presentation from #LibrePlanet2021 https://framatube.org/w/bfkLKcW6EKMZt8Zpkb75Fr #LibrePlanet #FreeSoftware #SoftwareLibre #Education #Computers