For those still running "pre-ESS era" deployments, the barrier to upgrading has always been the data: “How do I migrate into ESS without starting from scratch?”

🚀 Today, we are officially releasing the ESS Migration Tool to bridge the gap between legacy environments and a modern, manageable Element Server Suite (ESS) deployment.

Read the migration guide and see what’s coming next on the roadmap: https://element.io/blog/introducing-the-ess-community-migration-tool/

Join us for our monthly get together where we talk about all things Open Source Design. Everyone is welcome.

These monthly meetings happen as a voice/video call using Jitsi at meet.jit.si/opensourcedesign.

To see what we talked about in previous meetings, check out the “Monthly call” category on the forum.

Date & Location

Date: Every First Wednesday
Time: 19:00-20:00 (Berlin Time)
Location: Online

👉 Paul Sawers (Resilience Media) has published an excellent analysis of Belgium’s BEAM communications solution - built by Belgian Secure Communications (BSC) using Element’s community software.

https://resiliencemedia.co/a-beam-of-light-for-eu-sovereignty-as-belgium-rolls-out-matrix-based-messaging-app-for-government/

#OpenSource isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access

https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/25/open_source_bill_opinion/

#FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity

A fairly long, but insightful look into why Linux is the future of music production.

https://musictech.com/features/opinion-analysis/the-rise-of-linux-desktop-is-inevitable-its-time-music-software-developers-got-on-board/

#LinuxAudio #Linux #LinuxMusic #LinuxMusicians #MusicProduction