Celebrating #DigitalIndependenceDay with a liberating move: I migrated 200GB+ of photos out of #Apple #iCloud into my self-hosted #EntePhotos (ente.io) — a fully #OpenSource platform with clients for web, desktop & mobile, great sharing, and solid AI face & object recognition.
I own my images, I manage them, I decide who sees them — without sacrificing comfort. In some ways even more convenient than my old locked-in setup.
An absolute recommendation! 📸
#EnteLocker - to nowa aplikacja od twórcy #EnteAuth i #EntePhotos. Służy do zapisywania dokumentów w bezpieczny sposób.
Oczywiście #opensource.
Trzeba potestować. W planie darmowym jest podobno 100 dokumentów.
Close to 500 million photos stored. No VC funding. Fully #opensource. 🇫🇷 Clubic dives into the Ente story with our founder & CEO - Vishnu. https://www.clubic.com/actualite-598945-interview-ente.html
Big updates for @ente Photos in January 👌
#privacy #googlephotos #applephotos #entephotos #opensource
From: @ente
https://fosstodon.org/@ente/116024100113693336
We shipped some big updates in January. https://ente.io/blog/likes-comments-admin-settings-ente-photos-biggest-update/
#EntePhotos has its own set of issues: You can't use local storage at all, you have to use #S3-compatible services.
Luckily I have #Ceph #RadosGW available, but for those without? Renting object storage, or running MinIO seems a little excessive.
Yes it transitioned to source available, but that doesn't remove the smell of "our infrastructure, or none".
Hab aus alten Cloud Ordnern (Onedrive, Mega, GDrive) mal meine alten Bilder raus gesucht, gedownloadet und in Ente hochgeladen.
Das sind so viele Bilder.
Dank lokalen Algorithmen aber zumindest besser sortiert und auffindbar.
Einige Bilder sind echt nostalgisch und viele andere absolut peinlich.
(Linux news in previous posts of thread)
FOSS NEWS
Mozilla rolls out improved Firefox profile management to keep browsing activities separate:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/mozilla-rolls-out-improved-firefox-profile-management-to-keep-browsing-activities-separate/
Shotcut 25.10 Video Editor Rolling Out More AI-Powered Functionality:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Shotcut-25.10-Beta
Blender 5.0 Beta Builds Available Ahead Of Next Month's Official Release:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Beta
Organic Maps adds Android Auto speed limits, GeoJSON import, recording track stats, & more:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/organic-maps-adds-android-auto-speed-limits-geojson-import-recording-track-stats-and-more/
FreeTube video playback has been broken in the past 2 weeks
[no article about it]
(Seems like they are struggling to find a new workaround for YouTube blockages. Would be sad to lose one of the most feature-rich YouTube clients, but at least it can still be used as a "sub manager" or search engine, links can be copied to yt-dlp, inv.nadeko.net, an external video player, etc. (although inv.nadeko.net also breaks sometimes, or is extremely slow))
Notesnook 3.3 has been released with search filters, editor stats, and new pricing plans:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/notesnook-3-3-has-been-released-with-search-filters-editor-stats-and-new-pricing-plans/
Ente Photos now lets users embed public albums on external websites, with auto updates:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/ente-photos-now-lets-users-embed-public-albums-on-external-websites-with-auto-updates/
GIMP 3.0.6 Update is a Bug-Fix Backport Bonanza:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/gimp-3-0-6-update-fixes-bugs
Luanti (formerly Minetest) v5.14 brings an improved minimap, particle improvements and UI tweaks:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/luanti-formerly-minetest-v5-14-brings-an-improved-minimap-particle-improvements-and-ui-tweaks/
At 40 Years, Free Software Foundation Now Wants to 'Free Your Phone':
https://news.itsfoss.com/fsf-librephone-initiative/
Ladybird passes the Apple 90% thresholf on web-platform-tests, marking a major milestone:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/10/ladybird-passes-the-apple-90-thresholf-on-web-platform-tests-marking-a-major-milestone/
(more FOSS news in comment)
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #Firefox #Shotcut #FreeSoftwareFoundation #FSF #LibrePhone #OrganicMaps #Blender #FreeTube #YouTubeFrontend #YouTubeSucks #Notesnook #Ente #EntePhotos #GIMP #Luanti #Minetest #Ladybird #WebBrowser #FOSSGaming #FOSSGame #FOSSGames #Multimedia #Productivity #ContentCreation #VideoEditor #VideoEditing #Maps #ImageManipulation #NoteTaking #Gaming #Animation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FosseryTech
Firefox’s built-in improved profile management is rolling out to all users, starting October 14, offering separate spaces for bookmarks, logins, history, extensions, and improved accessibility, to help keeping browsing activities separate.
Okay yeah I lied, sorry, lol... I just have to say I am VERY impressed with how seamless the transition into using #EntePhotos has been. I just downloaded my Google Takeout data and discovered Ente can directly import the ZIP file from Google - and it restores *everything*.
Y'ALL. Amazing shit!
Also if anyone else has signed up for a paid tier of #EntePhotos, send me your referral code too! I didn't use a referral code when signing up and I wanna max out my free bonus storage! First referral code I receive will also get the 10gb bonus bump from me using your code.
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