You might be surprised to hear that closed source firmware typically contains open source dependencies! I wrote a bit about how we can capture the information in an upstream-friendly way. Comments most welcome!

https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2024/11/14/firmware-sboms-for-open-source-projects/

We don't need to buy a Sun NAS server, we have one at home

The Sun NAS server at home:

[1/3] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/university-professors-discipline-palestine-support
https://gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-vs-community.html

US professors at various universities have been fired, or are being "investigated", based on activism against Israel's atrocities against Palestinians. Columbia university Katherine Franke criticized Israeli ex-soldiers in the Columbia campus for harassing Palestinians there. Other professors then accused her of creating a

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/25/melbourne-central-train-station-flooding-incident-flagstaff-amorous-couple-arrested

An "amorous couple" have been accused of flooding parts of train station by setting off the sprinkler systems. They must have been very hot lovers to have that effect. The article does not suggest that they did this intentionally, but if it was not intentional, it makes no sense to punish them.

Hello everyone!

I write my bachelor's thesis about Mastodon as an alternative social network and how its users perceive the platform.

I would be greateful if you would particpate in my survey:
(The link is deactivated now)

It only takes 10-15 minutes and would help me a lot.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you!

If you followed the latest #FOSDEM news,
you may have already learned that the
FOSS on mobile devices devroom
is back for another round in 2025 🚀

You can view the Call for Proposals here:
https://gitlab.com/fosdem_mobile/devroom/-/blob/main/README.md

EDIT: Or on the mailing list:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003599.html

We are looking forward to all submissions 🎉
Submit today! 👌
or at least no later than the first of December ⛄

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