#Despertar

#Outremont #Montreal #Photos #Croissant #Books

Awesome news for #opensource #networking professionals and fans:

#Protectli now offers Vaults with #OpenWrt pre‑installed!

This is exactly why open‑source firmware matters. Long‑term updates, transparent security fixes, no forced obsolescence, and full control over your device.

Proprietary routers age out fast.

OpenWrt‑based devices stay useful for years.

https://protectli.com/news/openwrt-preinstalled-on-protectli-vaults/

#security #freesoftware

Turris Launches the Omnia NG Wired 10 Gbps Router

The #Turris #Omnia NG Wired - a rack-mountable model offering 10 Gbps connectivity runs the Turris OS operating system based on #OpenWrt / #Linux. The device is intended for businesses, institutions, and demanding users seeking a powerful and sustainable network foundation while supporting European technologies, #opensource, and #digitalsovereignty

https://www.techpowerup.com/347881/turris-launches-the-omnia-ng-wired-10-gbps-router

#Networking #Security #FreeSoftware

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