Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?
https://dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dutch-universities-do-without-microsoft
#HackerNews #DutchUniversities #Microsoft #Alternatives #HigherEducation #TechIndependence #DigitalInnovation
What you can get for the price of a Netflix subscription
https://nmil.dev/what-you-can-get-for-the-price-of-a-netflix-subscription
#HackerNews #NetflixSubscription #Alternatives #StreamingServices #ValueForMoney #EntertainmentChoices
EDIT: The Malwarebytes article has been updated:
"After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case."
This confusion could've been easily avoided if Google was more clear in how they communicate with their users.
ORIGINAL:
PSA to anyone who uses Gmail!
"Reportedly, Google has recently started automatically opting users in to allow Gmail to access all private messages and attachments for training its AI models. This means your emails could be analyzed to improve Google’s AI assistants, like Smart Compose or AI-generated replies. Unless you decide to take action."
@stefan
You only have yourself to blame when you used to using Gmail because there are, as always, many other alternatives to that.
If you don't give a shit about the things you use, instead of showing at least just a little bit of interest in it about the how and why something works, it's your fault getting screwed by a greedy company who uses you.
Seth of the Fediverse
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Jutta Horstman CEO of @heinleinsupport speaking at #euroskylive in #Berlin about bridging #digitalsovereignty & the #openweb.
Her view on #eusummit25 ? Severe lack of strategy and #buyeuropean is not enough.
We need #opensource #alternatives.
Jutta @smphr calls #openprocols like #Activitypub & #ATproto to allign and join forces.
Jutta Horstman CEO of @heinleinsupport speaking at #euroskylive in #Berlin about bridging #digitalsovereignty & the #openweb.
Her view on #eusummit25 ? Severe lack of strategy and #buyeuropean is not enough.
We need #opensource #alternatives.
Jutta @smphr calls #openprocols like #Activitypub & #ATproto to allign and join forces.
[🗞️Veille] L’inspirothèque de Limites Numériques https://inspirotheque.limitesnumeriques.fr/
Oooooh j'adore ! #alternatives #alternumérisme
🗃️Toute ma veille commentée https://veille.louisderrac.com
Michael Dexter
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We at @credativde@mastodon.social are launching our very first & free open-source virtualization gathering in Germany, Mönchengladbach.
This new community event brings together everyone who’s passionate about open virtualization technologies, whether it’s Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, bhyve, Harvester, or any of the countless projects that make open infrastructure thrive. It’s about sharing experiences, learning from each other, and connecting with those who build and rely on open platforms every day.
We start the evening with two talks:
* "Enterprise-Ready? How people use Proxmox VE & Ceph" by Ronald Otto from Tuxis B.V.
* "BoxyBSD – Creating a free VPS hosting platform" by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg from credativ GmbH
Afterwards, the space opens up for discussion, networking, and casual chats. If you like to join with a talk, please feel free to reach out to me.
More details can be found here:
* https://gyptazy.com/open-source-virtualization-gathering-in-germany-monchengladbach/
* https://www.credativ.de/blog/aktuelles/open-source-virtualization-gathering-dezember-2025/
* https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/monchengladbach-oss-virtualization-gathering/events/311284475/
Tags: #meet #meetup #gathering #virtualization #virtualisation #container #kvm #proxmox #proxlb #xcpng #xen #bhyve #sylve #klee #kleene #incus #vmware #alternatives #opensource #free
We at @credativde@mastodon.social are launching our very first & free open-source virtualization gathering in Germany, Mönchengladbach.
This new community event brings together everyone who’s passionate about open virtualization technologies, whether it’s Proxmox VE, XCP-ng, bhyve, Harvester, or any of the countless projects that make open infrastructure thrive. It’s about sharing experiences, learning from each other, and connecting with those who build and rely on open platforms every day.
We start the evening with two talks:
* "Enterprise-Ready? How people use Proxmox VE & Ceph" by Ronald Otto from Tuxis B.V.
* "BoxyBSD – Creating a free VPS hosting platform" by Florian Paul Azim Hoberg from credativ GmbH
Afterwards, the space opens up for discussion, networking, and casual chats. If you like to join with a talk, please feel free to reach out to me.
More details can be found here:
* https://gyptazy.com/open-source-virtualization-gathering-in-germany-monchengladbach/
* https://www.credativ.de/blog/aktuelles/open-source-virtualization-gathering-dezember-2025/
* https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/monchengladbach-oss-virtualization-gathering/events/311284475/
Tags: #meet #meetup #gathering #virtualization #virtualisation #container #kvm #proxmox #proxlb #xcpng #xen #bhyve #sylve #klee #kleene #incus #vmware #alternatives #opensource #free
Stefano Marinelli
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Still looking how to balance your VMs in #Proxmox clusters? #ProxLB 1.1.9 is here!
This release adds features that were requested during the #DutchProxmoxDay2025 which was hosted by our friends Tuxis (tuxis.nl). I'm hearing your feedback and all your feedback from the community and user base is important to me, so let me introduce the following new features:
* Add an optional memory balancing threshold
* Add affinity/anti-affinity support by pools
* Add pressure (PSI) based balancing for memory, cpu, disk
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for nodes
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for guests
You can simply upgrade via APT or by obtaining the latest Docker/Container image. PSI based balancing (still in beta) requires Proxmox VE 9 or greater.
Thanks to my employer
@credativ@mastodon.social (https://credativ.de) who provides me the required time to work at this.
GitHub: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
GitHub Release: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB/releases/tag/v1.1.9
Author: @gyptazy@gyptazy.com
#PVE #Proxmox #Community #OpenSource #FOSS #gyptazy #DutchProxmoxDay #coding #projects #virtualization #vms #hypervisor #homelab #vmware #alternatives #pve #balancing
Still looking how to balance your VMs in #Proxmox clusters? #ProxLB 1.1.9 is here!
This release adds features that were requested during the #DutchProxmoxDay2025 which was hosted by our friends Tuxis (tuxis.nl). I'm hearing your feedback and all your feedback from the community and user base is important to me, so let me introduce the following new features:
* Add an optional memory balancing threshold
* Add affinity/anti-affinity support by pools
* Add pressure (PSI) based balancing for memory, cpu, disk
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for nodes
* Pressure (PSI) based balancing for guests
You can simply upgrade via APT or by obtaining the latest Docker/Container image. PSI based balancing (still in beta) requires Proxmox VE 9 or greater.
Thanks to my employer
@credativ@mastodon.social (https://credativ.de) who provides me the required time to work at this.
GitHub: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB
GitHub Release: https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB/releases/tag/v1.1.9
Author: @gyptazy@gyptazy.com
#PVE #Proxmox #Community #OpenSource #FOSS #gyptazy #DutchProxmoxDay #coding #projects #virtualization #vms #hypervisor #homelab #vmware #alternatives #pve #balancing
hypebot
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It's surprisingly easy to create your own private music streaming service for all your devices. I did a short review and tutorial for one based on Nextcloud's "Music" app:
🌱 https://growyourown.services/review-of-music-app-for-nextcloud
In brief, you install Music on your Nextcloud, then install a compatible app on your phone or tablet, and your music collection becomes a streaming service you can listen to anywhere.
You can also share this streaming service with other users on your Nextcloud.
It's surprisingly easy to create your own private music streaming service for all your devices. I did a short review and tutorial for one based on Nextcloud's "Music" app:
🌱 https://growyourown.services/review-of-music-app-for-nextcloud
In brief, you install Music on your Nextcloud, then install a compatible app on your phone or tablet, and your music collection becomes a streaming service you can listen to anywhere.
You can also share this streaming service with other users on your Nextcloud.
My wife would like to quit Duolingo (Italian) for something better now that they're effectively limiting lessons per day in the free version with the new "energy"-logic.
So what non-AI-first alternatives can you recommend?
#italian #duolingo #languagelearning #alternatives #enshittification
Framasoft
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As fascism descends, you are going to need easy to access and use alternatives to Big Tech (aka Fascist Tech).
So maybe bookmark the Chatons collective site initiated by our friends at Framasoft with hosted versions of free-software services for collaborative writing, video conferencing, scheduling appointments, collaborative spreadsheets, file sharing, picture sharing, etc.
https://entraide.chatons.org/en/
#chatons #framasoft #alternatives #SmallTech #BigTech #technoFascism #selfDefense #tools #tech #collaborativeWriting #videoConferencing #scheduling #collaborativeSpreadsheet #fileSharing #pictureSharing #postItBoard #linkShortener #secureTextShraing #hosted #online #web
wakest ⁂
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We'll be taking part in the final instalment of this. See you there? 🎺🐸🐦⬛
https://batherslibrary.cargo.site/death-to-spotify-forum
#Music #Musicians #Coop #Coops #Events #Oakland #Spotify #Streaming #Alternative #Alternatives #IndependentMusic #IndieMusic #IndieMusicians
As fascism descends, you are going to need easy to access and use alternatives to Big Tech (aka Fascist Tech).
So maybe bookmark the Chatons collective site initiated by our friends at Framasoft with hosted versions of free-software services for collaborative writing, video conferencing, scheduling appointments, collaborative spreadsheets, file sharing, picture sharing, etc.
https://entraide.chatons.org/en/
#chatons #framasoft #alternatives #SmallTech #BigTech #technoFascism #selfDefense #tools #tech #collaborativeWriting #videoConferencing #scheduling #collaborativeSpreadsheet #fileSharing #pictureSharing #postItBoard #linkShortener #secureTextShraing #hosted #online #web
We'll be taking part in the final instalment of this. See you there? 🎺🐸🐦⬛
https://batherslibrary.cargo.site/death-to-spotify-forum
#Music #Musicians #Coop #Coops #Events #Oakland #Spotify #Streaming #Alternative #Alternatives #IndependentMusic #IndieMusic #IndieMusicians
Emelia 👸🏻
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A pretty hard challenge on here seems to be, refraining from telling people about *alternatives* that aren't really *alternatives*.
If someone asks about a service they don't have to self-host, a self-hostable service is *not an alternative*.
If your *alternative* doesn't have at least 75% of the features that the other app has it's *not an alternative*.
Most people aren't actually searching for another puzzle they have to decrypt, they're searching for apps that do the same or similar things without destroying the world more or making some rich asshole eternally richer.