Mastodawn

So so. Wenn es mal wieder eine Krise gibt, müssen fossile Brennstoffe mit viel Steuergeld subventioniert werden. Aber Erneuerbare sollen sich gefälligst auf dem freien Markt durchsetzen?

Dyrathror ⁂ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦5h ago

Helge Fahrnberger 8h ago

Niemand hat sich so gut auf die aktuelle Energiekrise vorbereitet wie China. 🇨🇳 Auf der Straße fahren mehr Elektroautos als im Rest der Welt zusammen, und die Stromproduktion sieht so aus (Reuters):

Dyrathror ⁂ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦5h ago

Tinker ☀️7h ago

Heavy drama in the open-source world of...

...Office Document Software.

Nextcloud, originally a fork of ownCloud, has launched Euro-Office, a fork of OnlyOffice (pissing off OnlyOffice). Collabora is weighing in and issuing comments against both OnlyOffice and Euro-Office while, itself, forking Collabora Office Desktop from the Document Foundation's LibreOffice. Document Foundation has now resumed LibreOffice Online which competes against Euro-Office and OnlyOffice.

(I think I've got all that right 😅 Correct me if I haven't! 😂)

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 I unironically love this!!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Document software may appear boring on its face, but Microsoft Office is a big reason why folks still stay with Microsoft OS and don't (can't...) move to Linux. MS Office 365 is often used as a bridge to allow folks to move to Linux while still using Microsoft products in the browser but that solution still keeps them tied to closed source solutions.

Development of Free and Open Sourced Software (FOSS) office products, both desktop apps and online web apps, is a core and key element to allowing FOSS solutions to thrive - both for individuals and organizations.

This level of drama and fighting is indicative of a lot of effort and attention being thrown into this arena. I'm confident over time it'll settle and different projects will merge back together or at the very least borrow and build upon each's efforts.

Read and get your fill of the drama here: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/02/eurooffice_forks_onlyoffice/

#FOSS #digitalSovereignty #installParty #Linux #diDay

Forking frenzy ensues after Euro-Office launch sparks OnlyOffice backlash

: Meanwhile, Collabora splits from LibreOffice Online amid claims TDF ejected 'all Collabora staff and partners'

The Register

Dyrathror ⁂ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦5h ago

https://www.politico.eu/article/fatal-decision-eu-slammed-for-caving-to-us-pressure-on-digital-rules/

‘Fatal decision’: EU slammed for caving to US pressure on digital rules

Critics say Brussels risks ceding control of its tech laws under U.S. pressure.

POLITICO

Dyrathror ⁂ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦8h ago

Randahl Fink 8h ago

Buying weapons in the U.S. now means you can pay for the weapons, but you only get your delivery if Trump feels like it.

Democratic countries have bought weapons for Ukraine, but Trump is now threatening not to deliver what we paid for, because we refuse to clean up the Iran mess he created.

https://kyivindependent.com/trump-threatened-to-halt-weapons-to-ukraine-unless-europe-helped-open-strait-of-hormuz-ft-reports/

Trump threatened Europe over Strait of Hormuz, with weapons for Ukraine as bargaining chip, FT reports

Outraged at European countries' refusal to help the U.S. reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump threatened to halt the PURL program selling U.S. weapons to NATO for use in Ukraine, officials told the Financial Times.

The Kyiv Independent

Dyrathror ⁂ 🇪🇺 🇺🇦9h ago