Kiwix

@kiwix
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Web content for people without internet access. Go #offline and take Wikipedia, TED talks, the Gutenberg Project library & more with you!
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Do you own/run a café or a bike shop?
Did you know that 1000s of people rely on the Open Street Map to find facilities like yours?
If YOUR shop isn't on www.openstreetmap.org then I GUARANTEE you're losing out on potential customers!
Go add your business now!
And please boost this?

Have you seen this news?

#Mastodon just got funding to add end to end encryption into their software.

So, some time next year, you’ll be able to send truly private messages to the vast majority of the #Fediverse

Im so excited about this.

Because it’s an open spec, this opens the doors for every Fediverse app to join the party.

Yesterday, this project was a proof of concept. Today, Mastodon has turned it into a stampede.

#E2EE

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/

Sovereign Tech Agency funding

Announcing a service agreement for new work to improve Mastodon and the broader ecosystem.

Mastodon Blog

We release today Kiwix 3.14.0 for #macOS and #iOS!

Full changelog is available at https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-apple/releases/tag/3.14.0

Download on Apple App Store https://apple.kiwix.org or use directly the #DMG from https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-macos/kiwix-macos.dmg

We release today Kiwix 3.14.0 for #macOS and #iOS!

Full changelog is available at https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-apple/releases/tag/3.14.0

Download on Apple App Store https://apple.kiwix.org or use directly the #DMG from https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-macos/kiwix-macos.dmg

Talked to Wikipedians about AI all day. A thing that came through loud and clear: editors are experiencing AI as an outright high-volume assault. That is related to, but much more intense than, “I tried AI in 2024 and it sucks”. People building AI tools for wikipedians have to grapple with that.
@aburka there is nothing more existentially dangerous to an enterprise than a prototype which has made it to production
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Now more than ever, we urgently need to switch to renewables.

This is about more than saving the planet; it's about peace and stability - renewables are cheaper and provide greater energy security.

The entire French govt is moving off MS, and this will be very very good for open source and European developers in general.

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/

I expect all European countries will follow suit in the coming years.

Microsoft must be terrified and livid with their administration. What will this cost them?

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

France is transitioning government desktops to Linux, with each ministry required to formalize its implementation plan by autumn 2026.

Linuxiac

Linus Torvalds, the legend 🔥

#linux