The Unofficial and Awesome #HomeAssistant MCP Server

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with Home Assistant.
Using natural language, control smart home devices, query states, execute services and manage your automations.

https://github.com/homeassistant-ai/ha-mcp

#AI #HomeAutomation #FreeSoftware

Collabora ports #Debian to #OpenWrt One

The OpenWrt project's first own router, OpenWrt One, now also runs with Debian. This makes it an all-purpose #Linux system.

OpenWrt One is the first own router of the OpenWrt project. It was developed in cooperation with Banana Pi and Mediatek.

#Networking #OpenSource #Freesoftware #OPNsense #sysadmin

This weekend I’ll be at VCF Montreal 2026 presenting my TRS‑80 Color Computer collection alongside 40+ exhibitors. It’s the first Vintage Computer Federation event in Canada, running Jan 24–25.

VCF preserves historic computers through museums & festivals, giving people rare hands‑on access to early machines and keeping foundational computing knowledge alive.

Come explore modern computing origins + reflect on a time when tech felt more straightforward.

#retrocomputing

https://magicfab.ca/en/2026/01/see-you-at-vcf-2026-from-coco-to-community-the-color-computer-then-and-now/

The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts.

This is fully open‑source, libre hardware including enterprise blueprints and open business models.

https://www.opensourceecology.org

#OpenSourceEcology #LibreHardware #OpenSourceHardware #SustainableTech #RegenerativeEconomy #OpenEnterprise

Airloom is a 3D air traffic web app.

https://objectiveunclear.com/airloom

#aviation

#MapleTax is a piece of #FreeSoftware aiming to provide the means to do Canadian tax declarations, that is, without doing it by hand, using proprietary software, or having to rely on an accountant for simple
situations.

https://gitlab.com/mapletax

#Canada #Taxes #PersonalFinance #Quebec #Ontario #OpenSource

I am beyond excited to announce our participation in the first edition of the renowned #VCF in #Montreal in January 2026! We will be there with two tables displaying our collection of #Tandy / #RadioShack #TRS80 #ColorComputer, as well as two tables of retro equipment and stuff for sale. I will give a presentation on the history of this very special computer. See you there !

https://vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/

#vcfmontreal #retrocomputing #quebec #canada #montreal #lgdl #cocobyte

My first #OPNsense contribution - a small addition of used/total GB disk space used info to the Disk widget in the dashboard.

https://github.com/opnsense/core/pull/9131

#networking #sysadmin #lgdl #opensource #freesoftware