Attention #opensource professionals: Your voice matters!

Spend 5 minutes to take the 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey from @osjobhub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI), and tell organizations how they can shape working conditions that fit your needs.

Make your voice heard: https://lpi.org/ox6w

#freesoftware #Linux #developers #admins #BSD #Mozilla #Canonical #LPI #OSJobhub #FOSSjobs #techcareers #techsurvey

LibreOffice is more than just software – it's a worldwide community doing cool things together. Here's what we did in January: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/09/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-january-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

@libreoffice I'll admit, I don't really use LibreOffice, other than for opening files from people who obstinately send me MS Word files.

It's not a failing of Libre Office, I have no need for any word processor ... but I recognise that I am not the world.

LibreOffice is very important. Free software and open standards are important. SO, congratulation OpenOffice on your latest release, may it help free the world of software.

#freesoftware

LibreOffice is more than just software – it's a worldwide community doing cool things together. Here's what we did in January: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/09/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-january-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Good day all! Upcoming this week!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @haubles@hachyderm.io

11/02/2026 12:00 UTC-5

Mastodon community director / fediforum advisory board ☞ certified goof ♡ loves birds ☆ importantly, earnest

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop

12/02/2026 12:00 UTC-5

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time.

Special Guest: @joeress@mastodon.social

13/02/2026 21:00 UTC -5

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts. I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency.

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

Good day all! Upcoming this week!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @haubles@hachyderm.io

11/02/2026 12:00 UTC-5

Mastodon community director / fediforum advisory board ☞ certified goof ♡ loves birds ☆ importantly, earnest

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop

12/02/2026 12:00 UTC-5

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time.

Special Guest: @joeress@mastodon.social

13/02/2026 21:00 UTC -5

Head of the Late Night Linux Family of podcasts. I mostly get paid to talk to my friends about computers which is nice. It seems I was radicalised by basic decency.

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

🚀 I just published my
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone"

I’ve curated over 111 accounts focusing on European Digital Sovereignty. It includes distros, software, and services produced or maintained right here in Europe.

I hope this helps someone in their open source journey! 🐧
If I missed any great EU-based FOSS accounts or services, please let me know in the replies!

"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone" 👇️️
https://fedidevs.com/s/OTA2/

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Europe #DigitalSovereignty #StarterPack #EuropeanDigitalSovereignty #EUdistros #EUsoftware #EUservices #Fediverse #Privacy #SelfHosted
#DigitalPrivacy #Decentralize #GDPR
#OpenWeb #LinuxCommunity #FreeSoftware #Tech #DataProtection #OpenSourceEU #TechEU

Feb. 26, 2026 at 4pm UTC - deadline for #FLOSS communities to sign up to participate as mentoring organizations in the Outreachy apprenticeship program for the May 2026 cohort

https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2026-02-06/may-2026-call-for-mentoring-organizations/

I think there are likely a bunch of #opensource & #freesoftware projects started in the last ~5 years that are run by maintainers who would love a structured way to recruit and nurture new human contributors, and who haven't yet heard of Outreachy @outreachy

During #FOSDEM we launched a survey on #CRA Article 25 - Attestation

📄 This survey gathers input on how voluntary security attestation programmes for #FreeSoftware could work under Article 25 of the #CyberResilienceAct.

There are 27 questions (no need to answer all of them) plus additional thoughts in the free field are more than welcome

Please respond until 28 February! Don't forget to share
➡️ https://dialog-cybersicherheit.limesurvey.net/113884

🚀 I just published my
"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone"

I’ve curated over 111 accounts focusing on European Digital Sovereignty. It includes distros, software, and services produced or maintained right here in Europe.

I hope this helps someone in their open source journey! 🐧
If I missed any great EU-based FOSS accounts or services, please let me know in the replies!

"LINUX & FOSS Starter Pack for everyone" 👇️️
https://fedidevs.com/s/OTA2/

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #Europe #DigitalSovereignty #StarterPack #EuropeanDigitalSovereignty #EUdistros #EUsoftware #EUservices #Fediverse #Privacy #SelfHosted
#DigitalPrivacy #Decentralize #GDPR
#OpenWeb #LinuxCommunity #FreeSoftware #Tech #DataProtection #OpenSourceEU #TechEU

New on // foss.events: Open Transport Community Conference 2026 by Volunteers on 06-09 October 2026 in SBB headquaters in #Bern, #Switzerland

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/10-06-open-transport-community-conference-2026.html

Connect via official hashtag(s): #OpenTransport2026

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

New in #LibreOffice 26.2: Writer now displays a more visible grid, and the "Snap to Grid" feature now more accurately aligns objects with the grid. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#Writer #foss #openSource #freesoftware

New on // foss.events: OpenChain and Friends 2026 by OpenChain Project on 24-26 March 2026 in Robert Bosch GmbH – Service and Supply Chain Campus (SCC) Feuerbach, Bregenzer Str. 26A, 70469 Stuttgart in #Stuttgart, #Germany

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/03-24-openchain-and-friends-2026.html

Connect via official hashtag(s): #openchainandfriends

Call for participation is running until 13.02.2026

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

RE: https://mastodon.social/@FediVariety/115996227444527227

Wow. That shit is terrible: so a friend organized this spontaneous, friendly, DIY, mutual aid booth within the ULB during FOSDEM.

In a few hours, they got evicted by someone from the official staff of the conference. What the fracking flooding fuck? I'll add more details after.

#FOSDEM #OFFDEM #FreeSoftware #FOSDEM2026

Attention #opensource professionals: Your voice matters!

Spend 5 minutes to take the 2026 Open Source Professionals Job Survey from @osjobhub and Linux Professional Institute (LPI), and tell organizations how they can shape working conditions that fit your needs.

Make your voice heard: https://lpi.org/ox6w

#freesoftware #Linux #developers #admins #BSD #Mozilla #Canonical #LPI #OSJobhub #FOSSjobs #techcareers #techsurvey

Episode 3 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueraven.com/sites/news/dbw-e3.php

#darkblueweekly #darkblueraven #freesoftware #opensource #linux #linuxfromscratch #cosmicdesktop #system76 #kdelinux #libreoffice

⚖️ New Legal Corner Article ⚖️

This time, we take an in-depth look at a ruling issued last autumn in Spain. This decision provides a legal precedent that underlines the importance of transparency in source codes and algorithms, and support for the Freedom to Study!

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260205-01.en.html

Many thanks to @civio for their outstanding work!

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware #transparency

Quand je lis ce type d'article, je m'interroge.

Je n'ai pas le sentiment que ce qu'on a fait était très compliqué, mais si j'en crois plusieurs articles, c'était presque impossible.

Du coup je me dis qu'on doit être vraiment très fort, merci les journalistes (et les cabinets de consultants) ! :)

Pfff.

→ https://www.ladepeche.fr/2026/02/03/souverainete-numerique-letat-et-les-collectivites-face-au-paradoxe-microsoft-13205649.php

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #LogicielsLibres