The good thing about open source is that there's an endless amount of stuff to try, explore, and study. It's wonderful.
The bad thing about open source is that as soon as you stop trying, exploring, or studying something, another thing will come along right away. And another. And another...
And not always in a series.
Today, we celebrate the close of the June 2025 Outreachy Internship round!
Congratulations to our interns on their amazing contributions and growth.
We sincerely thank and appreciate our mentors + community coordinators for their support and collaboration.
This isn’t the end, it’s the start of many more contributions to the open source ecosystem. Together, we continue to build a more inclusive tech future. 💙
Proton released an "AI" (Lumo) that they market as open source. About that... with zero openness features checked it is the least open "open" model ever to arrive in the European OS AI index
Compare Lumo, Deepseek and OLMo: https://osai-index.eu/compare?models=OLMo,deepseek-v3,lumo
Until Proton tells us more about the base LLM and other aspects of this system, it is officially the least open LLM that is marketed as "open source"
🔐 Tuta Mail introduces key verification to strengthen end-to-end encryption and defend against MITM attacks 👥
Users can now verify contacts’ public keys via QR code or manual comparison.
If skipped, Tuta defaults to TOFU (Trust On First Use) for seamless encryption 🧩
@Tutanota
🔗 https://tuta.com/blog/key-verification
#Encryption#CyberSecurity#Privacy#Tuta#Tutanota#TutaMail#EmailSecurity#OpenSource#FOSS#E2EE#PGP#Email#Mail#TechNews#DataProtection#Crypto#DigitalRights#OnlinePrivacy
Running multiple services safely on a single FreeBSD system? That’s where jails come in. Lightweight, secure, and around long before Docker, jails make it easy to contain services and minimize exposure in case of security issues.
Read the full guide: https://buff.ly/jTAGzlc
Today, we celebrate the close of the June 2025 Outreachy Internship round!
Congratulations to our interns on their amazing contributions and growth.
We sincerely thank and appreciate our mentors + community coordinators for their support and collaboration.
This isn’t the end, it’s the start of many more contributions to the open source ecosystem. Together, we continue to build a more inclusive tech future. 💙
Running multiple services safely on a single FreeBSD system? That’s where jails come in. Lightweight, secure, and around long before Docker, jails make it easy to contain services and minimize exposure in case of security issues.
Read the full guide: https://buff.ly/jTAGzlc
🔐 Tuta Mail introduces key verification to strengthen end-to-end encryption and defend against MITM attacks 👥
Users can now verify contacts’ public keys via QR code or manual comparison.
If skipped, Tuta defaults to TOFU (Trust On First Use) for seamless encryption 🧩
@Tutanota
🔗 https://tuta.com/blog/key-verification
#Encryption#CyberSecurity#Privacy#Tuta#Tutanota#TutaMail#EmailSecurity#OpenSource#FOSS#E2EE#PGP#Email#Mail#TechNews#DataProtection#Crypto#DigitalRights#OnlinePrivacy
Proton released an "AI" (Lumo) that they market as open source. About that... with zero openness features checked it is the least open "open" model ever to arrive in the European OS AI index
Compare Lumo, Deepseek and OLMo: https://osai-index.eu/compare?models=OLMo,deepseek-v3,lumo
Until Proton tells us more about the base LLM and other aspects of this system, it is officially the least open LLM that is marketed as "open source"
Looking for the best Microsoft Office alternative?
It shouldn't just be about matching features — it’s about aligning trust, flexibility, and freedom. Collabora Online combines enterprise-ready performance, real-time collaboration, and full control over your data — all with the transparency of open source.
Find out why Collabora Online is the step forward you've been looking for.
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/six-reasons-why-collabora-online-is-the-best-microsoft-office-alternative/?utm_campaign=Blog&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Microsoft_Alternative
Looking for the best Microsoft Office alternative?
It shouldn't just be about matching features — it’s about aligning trust, flexibility, and freedom. Collabora Online combines enterprise-ready performance, real-time collaboration, and full control over your data — all with the transparency of open source.
Find out why Collabora Online is the step forward you've been looking for.
🔗 https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/six-reasons-why-collabora-online-is-the-best-microsoft-office-alternative/?utm_campaign=Blog&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_content=Microsoft_Alternative
🦾 OpenZFS 2.3.4 Brings Linux 6.16 Kernel Compatibility, "zfs rewrite" Command - Phoronix
｢ OpenZFS 2.3.4 brings support for the latest Linux 6.16 stable kernel where as the prior 2.3.3 release tapped out at Linux 6.15. OpenZFS 2.3.4 continues to support back to the Linux 4.18 kernel as well as FreeBSD 13.3 and newer, including the upcoming FreeBSD 15.0 ｣
｢ "Communication style," "cultural fit," and "leadership presence" have become euphemisms for disability discrimination in performance reviews, providing legal cover for eliminating employees with mental health conditions ｣
｢ People can relate to feeling sad or worried; they cannot relate to experiencing reality differently. The moment someone learns you've had psychotic episodes, you become fundamentally Other in their perception—no longer fully human, no longer fully trustworthy, no longer safe to include ｣
"Companies tout their mental health benefits and neurodiversity initiatives right up until they encounter someone whose mental health needs actual accommodation."
https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-08-27-the_cost_of_transparency
｢ The Python community's response to my mental health advocacy has been particularly painful. This is a community I helped build, one that benefits from tools I created, yet it has systematically excluded me as I've become more open about living with schizoaffective disorder ｣
"Companies tout their mental health benefits and neurodiversity initiatives right up until they encounter someone whose mental health needs actual accommodation."
https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2025-08-27-the_cost_of_transparency
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