Want to move from US-based apps and services to Europe-based ones?

Here are some useful sites to get you going…

https://european-alternatives.eu

https://euroalternative.co

https://www.switch-to.eu/en

https://www.eupedia.com/forum/threads/%F0%9F%87%AA%F0%9F%87%BA-european-alternatives-to-american-apps.46070

https://www.privacytools.io

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools

https://switching.software

https://codeberg.org/ADHDefy/delightful-creative-tools

Open Source Software list (Google Docs):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yNXpuy5tVP0q-El0DqoY-AwmPHT6K09NEZG-Pf0KJ7E/edit

#EU #europe #US #USA #UnitedStates #apps #software #tech #technology #tip #tips #FreeSoftware #free #FOSS #OpenSource

⛔ tldraw pauses external code contributions due to AI slop

｢ For the good of the project, we're going to begin automatically closing pull requests from external contributors. We will of course continue to welcome issues, bug reports, and discussions. This is a temporary policy until GitHub provides better tools for managing contributions ｣

https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/issues/7695

#tldraw #opensource #vibecoding

🦣 stegodon v1.5.0 is out! Huge thanks to @Demigodrick@stegodon.zip for stepping up as maintainer! Most features in this release came from their contributions. stegodon is in good hands! 🙏 Full changelog below 👇 #stegodon #fediverse #activitypub #opensource

🦣 stegodon v1.5.0 is out! Huge thanks to @Demigodrick@stegodon.zip for stepping up as maintainer! Most features in this release came from their contributions. stegodon is in good hands! 🙏 Full changelog below 👇 #stegodon #fediverse #activitypub #opensource

Open standards – like the Open Document Format used by #LibreOffice – are extremely beneficial to end users. They reduce vendor lock-in, improve compatibility between apps, and preserve your data for longer: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/16/why-open-standards-are-beneficial-to-end-users/ #foss #openSource

LWN is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet

https://social.kernel.org/notice/B2JlhcxNTfI8oDVoyO

#HackerNews #LWN #Scraper #Attack #Heavy #Traffic #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #News

⛔ tldraw pauses external code contributions due to AI slop

｢ For the good of the project, we're going to begin automatically closing pull requests from external contributors. We will of course continue to welcome issues, bug reports, and discussions. This is a temporary policy until GitHub provides better tools for managing contributions ｣

https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw/issues/7695

#tldraw #opensource #vibecoding

1Code – Open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code

https://github.com/21st-dev/1code

#HackerNews #1Code #OpenSource #Cursor #UI #ClaudeCode #GitHub #DeveloperTools

STFU

https://github.com/Pankajtanwarbanna/stfu

#HackerNews #STFU #GitHub #Project #Technology #Innovation #OpenSource #Community

🐍 Python Software Foundation Receives $1.5 Million From Anthropic // Linuxiac

｢ Anthropic, best known as the AI research company behind Claude, a LLM used by millions of people worldwide, has committed $1.5 million to the Python Software Foundation as part of a new two-year partnership aimed at strengthening security across the Python ecosystem, with a particular focus on CPython and the Python Package Index ｣

https://linuxiac.com/python-software-foundation-receives-1-5-million-from-anthropic/

#python #Anthropic #opensource

⚡ GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed - Phoronix

｢ The merge "completely drops the whole X11 back-end" with the Wayland session support proving to be in robust shape especially with its state in GNOME 49. XWayland support remains on GNOME for running X11 apps/games but it's all exclusively about the Wayland session moving forward ｣

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Shell-50-Alpha

#gnome #x11 #wayland #opensource

Astro Joining Cloudflare

https://astro.build/blog/joining-cloudflare/

#HackerNews #Astro #Cloudflare #Tech #News #WebDevelopment #OpenSource

🐧 DietPi 10.0 Enters Open Beta With Major Platform and Software Changes // Linuxiac

｢ One of the most significant changes is the decision to raise the minimum supported Debian version to Debian 12 Bookworm. Systems still running Debian 11 Bullseye will be automatically migrated to a dedicated branch and will no longer be eligible for DietPi 10 updates unless upgraded ｣

https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-10-0-enters-open-beta-with-platform-and-software-changes/

#dietpi #debian #opensource

"…my main mistake was a decade-long one. For all those years, I asked my students to find a project to contribute to. So they blindly did. They didn’t try to think about it. They went to #Github and started browsing projects.

For all those years, I involuntarily managed to teach my students that #OpenSource was a corner of the web, a Microsoft-managed repository of small software one can play with. Nothing serious.

This is all my fault."

#centralisation

https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html

Open standards – like the Open Document Format used by #LibreOffice – are extremely beneficial to end users. They reduce vendor lock-in, improve compatibility between apps, and preserve your data for longer: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/01/16/why-open-standards-are-beneficial-to-end-users/ #foss #openSource

⚡ Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server Remain the World’s Most Popular Databases // Linuxiac

｢ Microsoft SQL Server held a stable third place, sustaining demand among enterprise customers and in hybrid cloud deployments. In fourth place, PostgreSQL registered notable growth in 2025, reinforcing its reputation as the fastest-growing open-source database among core relational systems ｣

https://linuxiac.com/oracle-mysql-and-sql-server-remain-the-worlds-most-popular-databases/

#oracle #mysql #PostgreSQL #opensource