So in one of those annoying contradictions that is bugging me, my adventure in #homelab is very much being sped up and dare I say helped by Ai. I have "vibed" my way through set up of a lot of stuff.

Granted, the initial push on all of this was a co-worker who has his own set up, so he laid out a very clear base of what he uses and what to do in what order and has assisted as well, but still.

I see a lot of vids and mentions of "self-hosted" Ai. And I'm frankly confused.

Can someone (like I'm 5, think Explaining Computers clarity) explain how self hosted Ai might work, and what sort of grunt I need to make it useful.

Please be prepared for equally confused/ignorant follow up questions. #linux #foss

Should I set up Homepage or Dashy for my homelab?

#selfhosted #FOSS #homelab

Proton Drive is a free and open-source encrypted cloud storage service. Files are end-to-end encrypted and only accessible by you. Run by the same non-profit behind ProtonMail. Available on Android, iOS, and the web.

For Android, download APK:
https://proton.me/download/DriveAndroid/ProtonDrive-Android.apk

#ProtonDrive #Proton #FOSS #FDroid #Android #OpenSource #Privacy #CloudStorage

🚀 Thrilled to be attending #ChennaiFoss2026 at IIT Madras tomorrow!

Looking forward to connecting with the #FOSS community, catching high-impact talks, and exploring the latest in open source innovation.

Who else is going? Let's meet up! 👇

#OpenSource #IITMadras #FossUnited #TechConference

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ChennaiFoss 2026, 18th April - IIT Madras

So that's it. I've retired. Well, technically not quite because I'm still being paid for another week. However, my two work laptops have been wiped and handed back along with my security pass, and my development desktop machine has been cleaned up and shut down. I've deleted the various TOTP entries for my work accounts from my phone.

It's over. I'm free.

I'll keep myself mentally active with some #FOSS development, and will continue to enjoy tinkering with #SelfHosting on my #HomeLab , hopefully with a bit more mental energy available than before. Good times lie ahead, I hope.

Proton has updated to version proton-11.0-1-beta1. Check it out here: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-11.0-1-beta1
#foss #OpenSource #linuxGaming

Updated: Must Have Essential Applications For Desktop Linux

- Add Apache OpenOffice
- Add LibreOffice Draw
- Add GNOME Document Viewer
- Add KeePass
- Add GNOME Audio Player
- Add GNOME Image Viewer
- Add GNOME Video Player

Explore the curated essential list of free & open source software applications by category for the graphical user interface of a GNU/Linux desktop.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/essential-desktop-linux-applications/

#blog #linux #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #100DaysToOffload

Dear FediWeb:
I have Signal on my Android phones. I installed Signal from The Guardian Project repo, which means it has the UnifiedPush notification handler, and not the Google one. _Google Play Store_ (which for SOME reason gets updates FASTER than the Guardian Project) keeps wanting to be the one to update Signal.

How do I tell it no, f### no, cornbread hell no with damnation sprinkles, ONLY UPDATE FROM WHERE YOU CAME FROM?

(Obviously the F-Droid repos have figure this out, they won't even let me update from Izzy when I've installed from the main F-Droid repo... but Google? nooooo... I suspect fsckery, and I'm probably right, but I want to make it STFU... would MicroG help? (Can I _do_ that on an otherwise stock Android phone? I tried going with Aurora Store, but it wasn't updating things I _wanted_ updating, soooooo...)

#signal #fdroid #GooglePlayStore #foss

What @kde software do you like the most? 🧐

#linux #animation #art #foss #kde

Archlinux ARM64 started using version 7.0 🎉

Archlinux #linux #liberty #free #foss #gnu

Some big news regarding mobile OSes:

First, Graphene OS has confirmed a partnership with a large OEM to bring support to non-Pixel devices (Snapdragon SoC):

https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/13/grapheneos-ending-pixel-exclusivity-new-oem/

This is good news, but IMHO it only delays the unavoidable demise of free AOSP-based projects since Google is now finally pulling the rug.

Second, the FSF announced Librephone, an initiative to bring real freedom to mobile devices:

https://www.fsf.org/news/librephone-project

This is also good, but it must be taken in the right perspective: Librephone, as far as I understand it, is not a new mobile OS, but rather an initiative to open-source existing proprietary firmware blobs. AOSP-based open source OSes like Lineage, Graphene, and even /e/OS, will hopefully benefit from this initiative, by being able to replace binary blobs with open-source firmware. But they still remain AOSP-based solutions, and therefore bound to the Google ecosystem.

There are two problems here that really need to be addressed.

The first one is political. Legislators and citizens must come to acknowledge that a democratic society where the full mobile ecosystem is in the hands of a corporate duopoly is not acceptable.

The second one is technological: AOSP is not a fully free OS, it's a trojan horse, a trap set by Google years ago that is springing right now. We need to move away from Android and embrace full GNU/Linux solutions, or even something completely new, at this point I don't even care. I've heard good opinions of Postmarket OS. Any feedbacks here?

Say what you want about Richard Stallman, but he saw this coming.

#android #aosp #google #lineageos #grapheneos #eos #postmarketos #libre #foss #floss #opensource #privacy #security #surveillance

How Edward Snowden Would Use A Smartphone?

You don't have to go that far! 🙂
✅ GrapheneOS

✔️ Signal, SimpleX

OPTIONALLY
✔️ VPN (Mullvad)
-- > Airplane mode, WiFi (NO SIM)

___
#privacy #cybersecurity #foss #opensource #android

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Edward Snowden

Since this post, I have added:

- Navidrome
- Kavita
- Audiobookshelf
- Baikal
- FreshRSS
- A WebDAV server
- Backups via Backblaze B2

I'm still looking for something that will allow me to manage podcasts and use AntennaPod on my Android device (Podfetch was really messy and didn't work for me) and I'm weighing SearXNG, but it seems like a commitment.

#selfhosted #homelab #FOSS

Open Source calendar platform goes proprietary under the delusion that "AI" means keeping their code secret leads to more secure software.

The move does absolutely nothing to increase the security of their product.

https://cal.com/blog/cal-com-goes-closed-source-why

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Wracając do mojego filmu z setupem degoogle / deapple – chciałbym napisać o nim coś więcej.

Po wielu dniach testowania i szukania kompromisów – w końcu mam konfigurację, z którą żyję na co dzień. Staram się łączyć FOSS z realiami iOS. Nazywam to „pragmatycznym puryzmem”.

Z czego korzystam:

Przeglądarka daily: Quiche Browser, a jako dodatkowa Brave
Wyszukiwarka: Qwant (europejska, bez śledzenia)
DNS i blokowanie: NextDNS z listą HaGeZi Pro++ i kilkoma własnymi domenami (np. Facebook)
Menedżer haseł: Bitwarden
2FA: 2FAS
Poczta i kalendarz: Tuta Mail
Aliasy e-mail: Addy.io
Chmura na pliki: Filen
Zdjęcia: Ente Photos
Notatki: Notesnook
Mapy: CoMaps (fork Organic Maps, OpenStreetMap)
Pogoda: OSS Weather
AI do prostych rzeczy: Duck.ai, do obliczeń i kodowania (bez danych osobowych) DeepSeek
Komunikacja z rodziną: Messenger (ale zablokowałem trackery Mety przez NextDNS)

Co zrobiłem w iOS:
Odciąłem iCloud, usunąłem domyślne aplikacje (nie tylko schowałem), wyłączyłem Siri, Apple Intelligence, dostęp do lokalizacji dla aplikacji, śledzenie i spersonalizowane reklamy.

Co myślicie? Co byście dorzucili albo zmienili? Chętnie poczytam uwagi.

#degoogle #deapple #iOS #privacy #FOSS #pragmaticPurist #QuicheBrowser #Qwant #NextDNS #Hagezi #Bitwarden #Tuta #Filen #EntePhotos #OrganicMaps #NoTracking

damn, unbox.at fucking rulez 🤘🏽

This will help me with exiting #protonpass. I thought that protonpass' email-alias feature (a #simplelogin integration) was something very advanced and special but yesterday I learned that addy.io does the exact same thing but with #FOSS licencing and can be selfhosted (which unbox.at is basically doing)

I have big respect for anyone self-hosting anything related to email! 🙏🏽

https://unbox.at/
https://addy.io/
https://github.com/anonaddy/anonaddy
https://adminforge.de/

#privacy #addyio #unboxat #email #adminforge #proton

RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@BlumeEvolution/116393506334173918

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Der Wahlerfolg von Peter Magyar (Tisza / EVP) über Viktor Orban in Ungarn 🇭🇺🇪🇺 erschüttert Rechtsdualisten weltweit. Denn Orban hatte auch die Kontrolle über fast alle Konzern- und Staatsmedien des Landes gewonnen, zudem die Unterstützung von Trump & Putin.

Wer also die europäischen Demokratien für die kommenden Jahre stärken will, sollte dem Beispiel von Schleswig-Holstein, Dänemark und Frankreich folgen und jetzt FOSS statt US-Software ausbauen. Jetzt. #Ungarn #Magyar #Orban #Medien #FOSS #EU

Hi all! I'm back on fedi with a quick #FOSS survey, the question is:

Do you use MPD (Music Player Daemon; https://www.musicpd.org/download.html)?

Damn!

#keepassxc + #keepassdx + #syncthing = 🫶🏽🤩

#FOSS

A day of using Docker and I'm now properly self hosting:

• Syncthing
• Jellyfin
• Aria2
• AriaNg
• Karakeep
• Libre Closet
• Immich
• Journiv
• Anchor Notes
• Meerkat CRM

What else should I grab? I have unlimited power now. I still need a calendar, but that's all I have planned right now.

#selfhosted #homelab #FOSS

one of my 2026 MSQ (main scenario quests):
Exit #proton 😄

Over the years there is just too much shady stuff going on and I just feel like I don't want to put all eggs into one basket. Currently I use these services provided by Proton:
- email
- VPN
- Password-manager
- Their cute little AI chatbot 😅

Why am I using proton? When I degoogled in 2023, the combo of Proton + Nextcloud was a very easy route to quickly get out of the Google Ecosystem.

Since I have already migrated once, I don't feel like this is going to be a huge deal.

What I basically have to do: find alternative services, set them up, flip the switch.

VPN is easy -> #mullvad 🤩

Passwordmanager is an interesting part: I plan to use #keepassxc in combination with #syncthing. Ideally my phone and laptop will sync the vault, and my laptop will also create a synced backup with Nextcloud.
One thing I started using excessively over the last 2 years is the aliases feature of #protonpass . Not sure how I will untangle that 😅 I really like the idea to have throwaway-email addresses for different websites and being able to answer incoming mails without leaking my real email address.

the email inbox itself will be a process over months but I already migrated away from gmail and I know the process and this time it doesn't feel daunting at all. My way of migrating email is updating the mail address on a handful of services every now and then, use both email inboxes for a while and after a couple of months I should know if everything has been migrated.

Ah lets see where it goes 😊 Step one, as usual: familiarizing myself and gathering information. I'm checking out Keepass now 😎

#protonmail #protonvpn #passwordmanager #foss #degoogle

Acá encontré de rebote tremendo listado con enlaces de aplicaciones libres para android. Gracias Offa.

https://offa.github.io/android-foss/

#android #foss

@ErikML

Sorry, Nein: Es gibt kein Recht auf Beleidigungen und Schmähungen, diese schaden dem demokratischen #Dialog nur.

Auch auf #Mastodon & im #Fediverse , so dass auch linke #Intoleranz zur mangelnden Verbreitung von #FOSS beiträgt.

Ich mache da nicht mit, sondern meide konsequent Accounts, die Namen und damit Personen auch des demokratischen Spektrums und insbesondere von Frauen schmähen. Da lasse ich mich nicht mehr triggern, Punkt.

Bin nach Jahrzehnten Erfahrung & Philosophie davon zutiefst überzeugt:

Wer #Demokratie fordert, sollte #Dialog leben.

@steffensmile

https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/das-toleranzparadox-nach-karl-popper-aus-seiner-originalquelle/

Finde ich sehr gut von Frankreich! 👍 🇫🇷🇪🇺

Deutschland - wann? 🇩🇪🇪🇺🤔

„2,5 Mio. Beamte steigen um: Frankreich forciert Open-Source-Wechsel

10.04.2026 16:04 Uhr
Von Felix Krauth

Frankreich macht Ernst bei der digitalen Souveränität und verabschiedet sich von amerikanischer Software. Ein neuer Fahrplan sieht zudem den schrittweisen Wechsel von Windows zu Linux vor.“

#Frankreich #Foss #DigitaleSouveraenitaet #Deutschland #OpenSource #Linux https://winfuture.de/news,158029.html

My ThinkPad T14s shipped with an Intel XMM7560 LTE modem locked behind a Lenovo unlock blob. I replaced it with a ~100-line bash script that does the exact same handshake - and explains, in plain shell, what the "unlock" really is: a SHA-256 over a 4-byte constant. No magic, no blob.

Full credit to Floris Stoica-Marcu for the script.

https://blog.hofstede.it/replacing-lenovos-wwan-unlock-blob-with-a-100-line-bash-script/

#Linux #Fedora #ThinkPad #ModemManager #FOSS

I just noticed that Euro-Office's source code is on GitHub... https://github.com/Euro-Office
That is really funny to me, as the software is supposed to rival microslop office... Don't put the microslop rival's source code on one of their platforms XD

#foss #euroOffice

Zapraszamy dzisiaj o 17:00 do siedziby Hakierspejs Łódź na Meet FLOSS gdzie w ramach panelów dyskusyjnych porozmawiamy o wolnym oprogramowaniu i alternatywnych mediach społecznościowych!

Będziesz? 👀

@hslodz @hspoz

#floss #wioo #mastodon #fediverse #matrix #foss #opensource #freesoftware

After 90 days we *may* not see Session on our app stores again :(

Indeed from outside STF seem like a pretty strong foundation with a plan lied out and everything, but the reality says a different story.. Session is on life support

@session is asking for a community investment of 1million dollars, which i would say is alot considering the short period of time they have left, but not alot considering the size of operations that they have

> the STF has received approximately $65,000 in donations. This is enough to maintain critical Session infrastructure for the next 90 days. We are extremely grateful for the support Session has received from the community, but unfortunately this is not sufficient to retain full-time developers. As a result, all paid staff and developers will have their final working day on April 9, 2026. After this date, some team members will continue on a primarily volunteer basis to help maintain Session until July 8, 2026.

> If the fundraising is successful, the foundation would be able to continue active development of Session, including launching Session Pro and Session Protocol v2.

> If it is unsuccessful, the lack of funding would mean the foundation is not able to support Session in any capacity and will need to be shut down. As a result, Session would be removed from the app stores, and critical infrastructure like the Session file server, push notification server and seed nodes will go offline.

Session plans to donate the rest of the money to the @eff in case this fundraising campaign turns out to be unsuccessful

> We also want to assure you that if the STF is unable to secure funding sufficient enough to meet its goals within the next 90 days, any donations that cannot be used in accordance with the STF's constitution will be publicly donated to the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

https://getsession.org/donate

#surveillance #privacy #foss #messenger #cybersecurity #Anonymous #ageverification #degoogle #fdroid

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Session Messenger Logo

While we don't promote non-#FOSS apps, we can salute #Brave for setting up their own #FDroid repository for #BraveBrowser. @brave how about a fully FOSS browser in f-droid.org next? 😉

How to add? Follow: https://brave.com/blog/f-droid/

@fdroidorg stop adding #Foss apps with #AI in #Fdroid. Make some serious #policy to stop devs to add them. Otherwise there will be no user left for Fdroid.

Hi, moOde 10.1.2 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8535&pid=70770#pid70770

#audio #foss #linux #raspberrypi #music #moodeaudio #opensource #supporter

A curated collection of open-source apps and de-Googling tools.
Privacy-respecting. Transparent. Practical.
Built for people who want more control over their digital life.

https://jesald15.github.io/Declutter/

#opensorurce #degoogle #mastodon #foss #fdroid #privacy #private

Hi, moOde 10.1.1 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8531&pid=70742#pid70742

Enjoy the new Radio station track covers feature 🙂

#audio #foss #linux #raspberrypi #music #moodeaudio #opensource #supporter

Any good alternatives to #nextcloud for pure backing up data to the cloud? (#FOSS only)

preferably with a linux and also android client that supports 2way sync

Hi, moOde 10.1.0 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at https://moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8466&pid=70120#pid70120

#audio #foss #linux #raspberrypi #music #moodeaudio #opensource #supporter

what a giga #FOSS chad at video production (section 0:57 - 2:32)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOoQ7MkbLbY&t=57s

#vimjoyer #vim #nvim #neovim #motioncanvas #ffmpeg

#FOSS

I'm thinking about starting to use an app for tracking my personal finances. (Currently doing everything in spreadsheets)

Any software recommendation for managing personal finances? #gnuCash? #fireflyIII? something else? (Requirement: FOSS that can run locally/self-hosted)

I'm interested in what people use :)

Hi, moOde 10.0.3 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at https://moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8343&pid=68939#pid68939

#audio #foss #linux #raspberrypi #music #moodeaudio #opensource #supporter

@ikkeT

You need two apps. One for syncing and one to look at the contacts.

sync app: davx5
Contacts app: fossify contacts

Both apps are available on #fdroid

#fossify #fossifycontacts #davx5 #davx #FOSS #Nextcloud

Hi, moOde 10.0.2 (Trixie) is available in the Media Player OS section of the Raspberry Pi Imager or as a direct download from the Release archive at https://moodeaudio.org. Visit the Forum for more information https://moodeaudio.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8280&pid=68481#pid68481

#audio #foss #linux #raspberrypi #music #moodeaudio #opensource #supporter