See also this for contributing to #beaconDB via #geoclue:

https://fosstodon.org/@kop316/113592275375591725

With the help of @beacondb , I was able to fix geoclue not being able to submit new locations to beaconDB! The MR is here: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/merge_requests/192

With that fixed, I made a Linux mobile stumbler that works with geoclue to submit data! You can find it here: https://gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stumbler

(Note that you'll need that patch for the stumbler to actually submit data).

To all #FOSS supporting people traveling these days: Please consider collecting wireless geolocation information for the #publicdomain #geolocation database #beaconDB.

https://beacondb.net/

Check the map via the link above to see how it is filling up with more and more points. Amazing and very interesting to see.

Also note the differences per continent.

SAME STATS, DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS...

@programming

After 12 months of managing bugs developers A, B, and C changed their approach.

Whose change is an improvement❓ What's your answer❓

Boosts appreciated! :boost_no: 🙂

More generally, the problem is domain independent.

Linux kernel 6.12 is coming. Please help us test from Dec 1-8!

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-at-the-fedora-linux-test-week-for-kernel-6-12/

Catch the next episode of the Fedora Podcast live now! We're talking about EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux)!

Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g74NhDuajUs

And back to testing! Please help us test @Podman_io 5.3.

Test Days are happening from today, Nov 1 to Fri, Nov 8.

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/contribute-at-the-podman-5-3-test-days/

Bluefin and Aurora 41 are now available on the stable channel! If you've been thinking about trying an atomic Linux, these custom images are a great sweet spot for enthusiasts in terms of new features and stability.

Bluefin 41: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bluefin-stable-stream-is-now-based-on-fedora-41/5061

Aurora 41: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/aurora-stable-stream-goes-fedora-41/5074

Fedora 41 did not see big changes for Fedora Atomic Desktops, but we are certainly ramping up for the switch to bootc and being fully image-based!

Learn more about what's new for Fedora Atomic Desktops and what is coming for Fedora 42!
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-for-fedora-atomic-desktops-in-fedora-41/

Ooo this #opensource project on github looks interesting. Oh wait the dev hasn't released a new APK in almost 2 years

'Please add my matrix and telegram channel for info and beta release updates'

Pass

Look who’s made it all the way to Mexico City and straight to networking at the #Nerdearla2024 conference!

[NEW PAPER ALERT!] Our grantees
@A__W______O
new paper puts forward a vision for balancing the benefits and risks of #opensource #GenAI (funded by
@DigInfFund
). Drafted by NickBotton
& Mathias Vermeulen
- a short thread on

All Qtriots in control #QAnon #Conspiracy #photography #dogs #nature #camping #anime #music #BSD #cycling #DOS #fedi22 #fitness #FOSS #GNU #infosec #Lego #linux #MOC #MSDOS #OpenSource #OpSec #OSINT #pinball #privacy #RightToRepair #security #StarTrek #Unix #believeinfilm #fedi22 #photography #filmphotography #35mm #filmisnotdead #Politics #Fediblock #Trump #Caturday #Dutch #English #LGBTQIA #Minecraft #Programming

Vim turned 33 today! 🥳
Happy birthday Vim!

Bert Hubert zegt: Open Source is op zich geen alternatief voor Big Tech, lees het nu op https://opensourcewerken.nl/blog/view/406fb623-2101-42e5-8781-7a1672d9ae85/bert-hubert-open-source-is-geen-alternatief-voor-big-tech #OpenSource #BigTech #AppelsEnPeren #Blog

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.61 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26287

GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks are progressing (3 out of 4 passed, which is a good sign; I guess MacPorts recently started checking 4 OS versions on GitHub automatically instead of 3 so this is taking a bit longer than I am accustomed to, it seems as if the macos-15 checks in particular are sluggish, maybe that system is overloaded?).

Regardless, it's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

Neat to see more Mastodon migration improvements! I think I saw one person already boast of successes of migrating their followers to a snac instance!

Thank you for your hard work and continuing to make my favorite ActivityPub implementation even better!

#snac #MacPorts #OpenSource #ActivityPub #Mastodon #NoDatabaseNeeded #NoJavaScript #NoCookiesEither #NotMuchBullShit #snacAnnounces

OK, finally on some different WiFi that isn't blocking SSH.

I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' Got (Game Of Trees) to -portable 0.104 here:

https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/26286

GitHub Actions Continuous Integration checks are taking a bit longer, because it seems as if they've added more checks (now testing macos-12, 13, 14, 15; previously it only tested 3 OS versions automatically) but 3 out of 4 are OK, which is a good sign all 4 will be OK (usually if one fails they all fail and if one passes they all pass).

It's up to someone else with commit access to merge it.

#Got #GameOfTrees #MacPorts #VersionControl #OpenBSD #macOS #Git #OpenSource

Here's the last "Bazzite Buzz"! This newsletter will go away, but we will continue to share big updates as we have them.
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bazzite-buzz-19-the-last-buzz/4491

Another small update for Bluefin and Aurora! The main thing this go around is the addition of a new channel, the `stable-daily` channel. All about finding the update frequency sweet spot for folks. Please give us feedback on that channel!
https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bluefin-and-aurora-3-6-0/4513

More efficient updates coming your way with Bluefin and Aurora 3.4!

The main change is that those on the `latest` channel will have rechunk enabled, with this feature coming to `gts` and `stable` users after it's gotten more testing. Daily and weekly updates will be smaller!*

Goal is still to move to ztsd:chunked images - this is to help with the issue in the short term.

Learn more: https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/bluefin-and-aurora-3-4-0/4280

Fedora Atomic Desktops can make testing the Fedora 41 Beta a little easier. Follow these directions to try Fedora 41 on your system and rollback when you want to (or if something breaks 😅).

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-rebase-to-fedora-silverblue-41-beta/

Huh. This really took a turn.

"We have been made aware that the Advanced Custom Fields plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress dot org.

A plugin under active development has never been unilaterally and forcibly taken away from its creator without consent in the 21 year history of WordPress."

https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/

via https://x.com/wp_acf/status/1845169499064107049

Can confirm localsend.org works perfectly between Desktop Linux, Apple iOS & Android (LineageOS).

The cute & funny generated device names help a lot in acceptance of this tech by non-tech people.

Have not looked at the code yet, so no info on security as of now. Maybe some #Dart & #CyberSecurity gurus want to have a look & gift localsend & the #OpenSource community with a free audit? 😄

Anyone tried https://localsend.org already as a replacement for Apple's airdrop?

I'm especially interested in cross-platform usage experience. E.g. Apple <--> Linux & Android <--> Apple/iOS. Target group is teens & schools.

Also, how secure is this solution?

Feel free to boost this :)

Thanks in advance!

Ordered a #Fairphone 5. Was happily locked into iOS/macOS, but Apple is taking the wrong direction while Open Source solutions seem to be improving steadily. Intent to try and flash it with e/OS to be Google free, but open to other suggestions. (I care about #UX though :))

You know how with Fedora Atomic Desktops and Fedora CoreOS you can rebase to other images with rpm-ostree? With that you need to have an rpm-ostree system to start and then rebasing becomes available to you.

What if you could do the same starting from a regular Linux system and migrating to an atomic one? That's one feature being explored with bootc that Ben Breard talks about in this video!

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9aDEF_4vr8