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FOSS design, philosophy, ecosystems

by LM

Can you believe Software Freedom Day is only two months away? Last year, we counted down to SFD by sharing interesting links to FOSS. This year, let's add something new. Let's share links to blog posts and articles on FOSS design and ideas that shape our ecosystems. If you've written something you'd like included, please feel free to post about it. Here are some links I've run across recently. The first two are from the permacomputing mailing list and the third is from someone on Mastodon. This blog post discusses fighting the effects of AI, distilling useful knowledge, tools and processes. It includes links to FOSS projects including a vim-like editor. https:// civboot.github.io/blog/2026-07-21-fighting-ai.html This blog post discusses design of Freewheeling Apps and includes links to some FOSS projects in lua: https://akkartik.name/freewheeling/ An article on Open payment systems: https://netizenry1337.substack.com/p/liberating-our-payment-systems I'll be posting more on Mastodon, Bluesky and X in the coming weeks. If you find any of these articles interesting, I can post them here as well. Maybe they'll give you some ideas for topics for talks at your own SFD event.

July 26, 2026

Have you registered for SFD2026 yet?

by LM

There's still time to register your #SoftwareFreedomDay2026 event and score some swag for doing so: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events Still on the fence? Start a discussion about it here or join the #SoftwareFreedomDay channel on Matrix to get advice, tips and support for creating your very own #SFD2026 event.

July 21, 2026

4th with FOSS

by LM

Not everyone is in the US and for those who are, many will be enjoying 4th of July events in person or with their families this year. However, I wanted to do something for those of us who can't get out or won't have family around to celebrate the holiday. Here's what I'm brainstorming so far: https://gath.io/0ATDl71WEHY6KqX4QWzFI Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend. You can join in to celebrate the 4th or if you're not in the US, just to celebrate FOSS in general. You may get some ideas for your own SFD events later this year.

June 27, 2026

Re: Planning a Software Freedom Day event?

by Paul Harriet Asiñero

Hi everyone, We are holding a Software Freedom Day here in Bukidnon, Philippines too. Based on the past SFD event we hosted last year, topics were mostly leaning towards open source technologies, practices, and culture. We are hoping to make it more inclusive in the upcoming SFD Bukidnon 2026, so we can encourage more people from non-tech backgrounds to join. Best regards, Paul On 6/5/26 20:24, LM wrote: > Share your topics and schedule ideas. Let's inspire each other. > > I'm considering hosting two virtual sessions for Software Freedom Day > this year. That way, individuals like me who can't find enough people > in their area to hold a local event can also participate in Software > Freedom Day. The first session is going to be a general introduction > to FOSS and some of the great FOSS programs that are available and > will lead into an open discussion. So, those attending can talk about > any aspect of FOSS that interests them. > > I'd like to hold a second session for people who are interested in > building or learning how to build the FOSS programs they use from > source code using a C/C++ compiler. I'm wondering if it's too much of > a niche topic. However, I'd love to connect with other people who > enjoy building the programs they use or are considering creating their > own unique distro spins. Know of anyone who might be interested in > that type of topic? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list --sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email tosfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com -- *Paul Harriet Asiñero* </harriebird> harriebird.xyz <https://harriebird.xyz> | LinkedIn Account <https://www.linkedin.com/in/harriebird/> DISCLAIMER: This Message may contain confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you received this message in error please notify the sender and delete this message immediately.

June 11, 2026

Planning a Software Freedom Day event?

by LM

Share your topics and schedule ideas. Let's inspire each other. I'm considering hosting two virtual sessions for Software Freedom Day this year. That way, individuals like me who can't find enough people in their area to hold a local event can also participate in Software Freedom Day. The first session is going to be a general introduction to FOSS and some of the great FOSS programs that are available and will lead into an open discussion. So, those attending can talk about any aspect of FOSS that interests them. I'd like to hold a second session for people who are interested in building or learning how to build the FOSS programs they use from source code using a C/C++ compiler. I'm wondering if it's too much of a niche topic. However, I'd love to connect with other people who enjoy building the programs they use or are considering creating their own unique distro spins. Know of anyone who might be interested in that type of topic?

June 5, 2026

Re: Software Freedom Day 2026

by Zack Fosdyck

Hi LM and all, Thanks for the reminder about Software Freedom Day 2026. I haven’t thought much about it yet, but I have decided to attempt a local celebration again this year. On permacomputing, I love the concept. I’m a novice practitioner of permaculture, and I’ve previously gleaned concepts from it and holistic land management and applied them to organizational management. I then found the writing of the late Carol Sanford and regenerative business management. The push for a circular economy and less waste in general align perfectly with this ideology. One thing I noticed after reviewing the link you shared was that the concepts are very broad, similar to permaculture. There isn’t a “one size fits all” solution; it takes time and careful observation to implement correctly. Great share, thanks again! Take Care Now, Zac On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 10:50 AM LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Are you hosting an event for Software Freedom Day 2026? Add your event > to the official SFD map: > https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events?view=map The DFF will be > shipping free swag to teams that register early. > > Do you have a social media account, blog or web site where you can > post about Software Freedom Day and help us get the news out about the > celebration this year? The official hash tags for this year are > #SFD2026 and #SoftwareFreedomDay2026. We'll be watching social media > and boosting posts with these hashtags. We'd be happy to promote your > articles on Software Freedom Day. Just send us a link. > > Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

May 25, 2026

permacomputing

by LM

I've been reading up on permacomputing ( https://permacomputing.net/permacomputing/ ) movement lately. Has anyone else looked into it? What are your thoughts on the subject?

May 25, 2026

Software Freedom Day 2026

by LM

Are you hosting an event for Software Freedom Day 2026? Add your event to the official SFD map: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events?view=map The DFF will be shipping free swag to teams that register early. Do you have a social media account, blog or web site where you can post about Software Freedom Day and help us get the news out about the celebration this year? The official hash tags for this year are #SFD2026 and #SoftwareFreedomDay2026. We'll be watching social media and boosting posts with these hashtags. We'd be happy to promote your articles on Software Freedom Day. Just send us a link. Thank you.

May 25, 2026

Re: Hardware Freedom Day 2026

by Julian Stacey

Hi Juergen > Hi Julian, > > Thanks for complaining about the site. Something indeed went terribly > wrong. The form fields that suddenly appeared above the map, shouldn't > be there, and were only intended to appear on the 'register event' page. > > While the software is open, I lack the skills to code stuff personally. > But I am looking into it and will be trying to fix the issue with the > confusing form. In the meanwhile, I removed the fields that don't belong > with the map. > > Keep in mind that we are basically 4 people who maintain this whole > project in our spare time (and the amount differs vastly depending from > person to person and from time to time). We have asked for volunteers on > multiple occasions, and happily a few people offered to help with the > tech, but didn't find them on our chat yet. So "extensive testing on > multiple browsers - including old ones" is a task that we don't have the > time for. Thus, we're grateful that you pointed us to these bugs. > > You mentioned that button "Juegen" - can you share me a screenshot of > that? I can't see where that is. At Fri Apr 17 02:19:41 CEST 2026: 504 Gateway Time-out. I was going to try later, but no need to wait, the Juerge rectangular box also here top left : https://web.archive.org/web/20260309085251/https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/h… ------- Jurgen Hardware Freedom Day About Hardware Freedom Day Also available: Português (pt) Español (España) Italiano (it-IT) French (fr-FR) Chinese Simplified (China) Persian (Iran) Nederlands (nl-NL) ------- I will send you a frame grab but not to list to keep sfd mail archive lean. > > Thanks, > Jurgen > > > Op 16-04-2026 om 21:18 schreef LM: > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 Julian Stacey wrote: > >> Too much breakage on that form: > >> - Unknown error acquiring position > >> So test with lots of browser inc. various old. > >> (people can have good reasons to not run latest browsers.) > >> - Button "Juegen" ?! = "Debug" ? > > If anyone's hosting any events for Hardware Freedom Day and is unable > > to add them to the DFF web site, please post about the event to this > > list. If you have a web page where you have more information, include > > the link in the information about the event. I would be happy to > > promote the individual events on the DFF social media platforms. I > > would also be happy to promote any articles or blog posts people make > > regarding Hardware Freedom Day 2026. > > > > I'm considering doing a virtual event like I did for Document Freedom > > Day so people who don't have a local event will have another way to > > participate. If anyone's interested in attending, let me know and I > > can share the information for joining the event. > > > >> I'll mention HFD to a maker event tonight > >> https://www.meetup.com/aachen-maker-meetup/ > > That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. PS at the aachen-maker-meetup I pulled up android firefox app with https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/hfd It was a mega large font I couldnt handle (I'm used to ffox on FreeBSD PC with (Ctl Minus & Ctl Shift Plus to scale, ) I'm not so used to android ffox app, so it might have been my lack of conversence, but prob. not as I could pull up all OK of: bbc.com cnn.com berklix.com all in smallish fonts that I could expand out to large font with 2 finger stretch. Maybe font size too will get fixed when other things are fixed. All the best, > > Sincerely, > > Laura Cheers, -- Julian Stacey http://berklix.eu/jhs/mail/ Can't reply to Gmail & Yahoo. Arm Ukraine. Contraception & plain text email to reduce global warming.

April 17, 2026

Re: Hardware Freedom Day 2026

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hi Julian, Thanks for complaining about the site. Something indeed went terribly wrong. The form fields that suddenly appeared above the map, shouldn't be there, and were only intended to appear on the 'register event' page. While the software is open, I lack the skills to code stuff personally. But I am looking into it and will be trying to fix the issue with the confusing form. In the meanwhile, I removed the fields that don't belong with the map. Keep in mind that we are basically 4 people who maintain this whole project in our spare time (and the amount differs vastly depending from person to person and from time to time). We have asked for volunteers on multiple occasions, and happily a few people offered to help with the tech, but didn't find them on our chat yet. So "extensive testing on multiple browsers - including old ones" is a task that we don't have the time for. Thus, we're grateful that you pointed us to these bugs. You mentioned that button "Juegen" - can you share me a screenshot of that? I can't see where that is. Thanks, Jurgen Op 16-04-2026 om 21:18 schreef LM: > On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 Julian Stacey wrote: >> Too much breakage on that form: >> - Unknown error acquiring position >> So test with lots of browser inc. various old. >> (people can have good reasons to not run latest browsers.) >> - Button "Juegen" ?! = "Debug" ? > If anyone's hosting any events for Hardware Freedom Day and is unable > to add them to the DFF web site, please post about the event to this > list. If you have a web page where you have more information, include > the link in the information about the event. I would be happy to > promote the individual events on the DFF social media platforms. I > would also be happy to promote any articles or blog posts people make > regarding Hardware Freedom Day 2026. > > I'm considering doing a virtual event like I did for Document Freedom > Day so people who don't have a local event will have another way to > participate. If anyone's interested in attending, let me know and I > can share the information for joining the event. > >> I'll mention HFD to a maker event tonight >> https://www.meetup.com/aachen-maker-meetup/ > That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. > > Sincerely, > Laura > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list --sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email tosfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

April 16, 2026