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It's FOSS ☛ FOSS Weekly #26.40: NixOS is European Choice, Firefox Nova and Features, Free Terminal Course, Homelab Improvements and More
European governments are betting on NixOS to reduce their dependency on big tech.
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ Linux App Release Roundup (September 2026)
Autumnal vibes may be blowing in (for the top-half of the globe, at least) but GNU/Linux app developers aren’t minded to hunker down. Aa varied set of GNU/Linux app updates were released in September 2026. Big releases to merit a full write up included the redesigned Audacity 4.0 and gThumb 4.0 releases (the former overdue, the latter looking like a new app entirely). I also covered Calibre’s wave of (peculiar) Hey Hi (AI) feature integrations, if reading books isn’t what you want to do.
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It's FOSS ☛ F-Droid's New App Shows it Isn't Going Anywhere
The Compose-based 2.0 app release marks the largest update in the storefront's history.
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It's FOSS ☛ YT-DLP is Being Treated as a Piracy Tool By The IFPI
Their submission to the EU's piracy watchlist places the open source tool in the same category as illegal downloading websites.
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Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra
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Document Foundation ☛ LibreOffice project and community recap: September 2026
Here’s our summary of updates, events and activities in the LibreOffice project in September [...]
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Education
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NetBSD ☛ EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium: travel notes after the conference
I am back from EuroBSDCon and finished going through my inbox... It is time to write a blog post and share my experience!
Brussels was great, EuroBSDCon was great and I miss it! Apart from a very nice NetBSD Summit and very good talks, EuroBSDCon for me is that time of the year to meet again in person with the BSD community and also meet new folks.
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Alvaro Montoro ☛ Conferences
I realized this year that even when I give the same talk multiple times, it never stays the same. Every audience, time slot, and format forces me to rethink the material.
I'm particularly fond of the presentation at Commit Your Code. It felt different and special.
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