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Some Free Software Favorites in the GUI category
by LM July 27, 2025

July 27, 2025

In preparation for #SFD2025, I thought it might be fun to discuss lightweight GUIs. Maybe some of them will inspire you to create your own #FreeSoftware for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Please share your favorite Free Software with this list in preparation for Software Freedom 2025 in September. One of my favorites, #raylib. It's designed so students can start programming quickly without having to spend a lot of time learning how to get text and graphics on screen: https://github.com/raysan5/raygui Check out some of the games created for it: https://www.raylib.com/games.html #SDL is a popular graphics library: https://www.libsdl.org/ With addons like sdl3_ttf, sdl3_mixer, sdl3_image, sdl3_gfx, you can easily get text and graphics on screen or listen to music. Have SDL2 programs you want to keep enjoying? Check out the compatibility layer: https://github.com/libsdl-org/sdl2-compat #FLTK has a lot of the features of standard #GUI libraries but still manages to be lightweight with few dependencies. It's been used with #nano-x to create #XFDOS and #nanolinux. #TinyCore also features FLTK applications. FLTK applications even work on handheld and mobile devices. Here's a list of FLTK programs: https://www.fltk.org/links.php?LC+P22+Q While some are designed for older versions of FLTK, I've had no trouble updating many of them to later versions of the library. #nuklear doesn't have as many applications as many other GUIs, but it ports to an impressive number of systems. Here's a list of some programs written with it including a CAD program: https://github.com/vurtun/nuklear/issues/202 nuklear ( https://github.com/Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear ) is lightweight but still offers a lot of functionality. If you're looking for a GUI library that works with your #OpenGL programs, I really like #OTK: https://sourceforge.net/projects/otk/ There are some interesting sample programs for this library. #pdcurses ( https://pdcurses.org/ ) brings the ease of use of the classic curses library to a wide variety of platforms. It can even use a SDL backend so that you can run pdcurses applications with X Windows, Wayland, Android or anywhere else SDL works. Use BSD #form and #menu libraries with it to add more GUI functionality.

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Re: Brainstorm swag ideas
by LM July 25, 2025

July 25, 2025

On Wed, Jul 23, 2025 Marcos Marado wrote: > It isn't much of a craft, barwly an hack, but in the past we've used SFD > stickers to turn "blank notebooks" into "SFD notebooks" to give to people > to take notes on the event's presentations. I think that's a very inventive and useful idea. I really like it.

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Brainstorm swag ideas
by LM July 23, 2025

July 23, 2025

Are you good at arts & crafts? Help us brainstorm ideas for homemade swag for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Have a printer & mailing labels? You can create #SFD2025 stickers: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/software-freedom-day-artwork-and-ex… What about bookmarks, origami disk/USB holders or calligraphy projects? You could even make your own minizine with #FreeSoftware. What would you make?

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We need guest bloggers
by LM July 15, 2025

July 15, 2025

Have you ever wanted to be a guest blogger? We'd love to share blog posts on our Software Freedom Day blog. Any Software Freedom Day topic is fair game from organizing tips for Software Freedom Day events to ideas for activities during Software Freedom Day. You can even share an article on your favorite Free Software picks. We'll promote guest blogger articles on the DFF social media accounts. Ready to see your name published as a guest blogger? Send submissions to the SFD-discuss mailing list or to me. Plus, if you have banner ideas for your article, feel free to include a banner of your choice with a 3 x 1 aspect ratio image.

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Beyond 40
by LM July 11, 2025

July 11, 2025

For areas that may not have active Software Freedom Day planning groups, I thought this might be helpful: https://beyond40.codeberg.page/ They're trying to reignite local interest in Free Software in various areas. We're hoping to get more local FOSS groups organized and interested in creating local Software Freedom Day events.

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Free Software meeting
by LM June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025

I'm hosting a short virtual meeting to brainstorm ideas for Software Freedom Day and discuss FLOSS programs in general this Saturday, June 28th at 10:30 AM Eastern on Jitsi at https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay If anyone would like to join, they're welcome to.

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local SFD events
by LM June 7, 2025

June 7, 2025

Here's the current map of local Software Freedom Day 2025 events: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/archive?view=list&layout=default&date-st… If you haven't registered yet and are planning to, please do so. If you don't see an event near you, but would like one, join us in brainstorming some ideas of bringing Software Freedom Day 2025 to your area. Are there local groups in your area that would be interested in participating in Software Freedom Day 2025? How can we reach more people and invite them to celebrate with us? Do you have a local library or school where you could hold an event and introduce FLOSS to the public? Do you have tech groups in your area that could discuss Free, Libre and Open Source software topics during a meeting? Please feel free to share event brainstorming and organizing tips and ideas here or on Matrix in the #SoftwareFreedomDay channel.

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Help us grow Software Freedom Day – Call for new board members
by Jurgen Gaeremyn June 4, 2025

June 4, 2025

Hi all, Over the past two years, you may have noticed a renewed energy around Software Freedom Day and, to a lesser extent, our other Digital Freedom Foundation events. This has been a deliberate effort — one we’re proud of, but we also know it’s just the beginning. To keep the momentum going (and to grow sustainably), we’re looking for a few extra hands to help with coordination — and possibly to join the board of the Digital Freedom Foundation. We believe that healthy growth means bringing in new voices regularly. By expanding the board, we: * Prevent burnout for existing members * Avoid consolidating too much influence in one place * Ensure smoother transitions when people eventually step down * Encourage fresh ideas and perspectives * Maintain continuity for our community and sponsors * Build resilience and avoid a situation where things grind to a halt due to lack of volunteers We’re especially interested in people who are passionate about software freedom, have a global outlook, and are willing to commit some time to helping the movement thrive. Personally, I’m aiming to reduce my active role by the end of 2025 — but I will only do so if we’ve successfully welcomed and onboarded new board members. So consider this both an open invitation and a gentle call for succession planning. If you’re curious, interested, or just want to talk more about what it would involve, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’d love to hear from you. You can join us in the Matrix channel <https://matrix.to/#/#digitalfreedoms:matrix.org> - or if you prefer - reply to me privately. Warm regards, Jurgen

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end of 10
by LM June 3, 2025

June 3, 2025

The It's FOSS community bulletin board mentioned this web site: https://endof10.org/ They're organizing events all over the world and trying to get groups together to help people with computers that can't upgrade to Windows 11 to install a Linux operating system. This might be a great opportunity to partner with one of these groups and have an install fest at a local Software Freedom Day celebration.

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virtual planning meeting
by LM May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025

I contacted the Free Software Foundation to try to see if there was anyone in my area interested in helping to plan or attend a local Software Freedom Day event. They're trying to renew support for their local groups for the FSF 40 celebration. I think this would be a great opportunity to join forces between local FSF groups and SFD organizers and a chance to celebrate both occasions. The FSF is trying to revitalize local groups in my area, so I told someone at the FSF that I would host a virtual planning meeting for my local area and see if anyone would like to attend. The virtual meeting is May 31st, 2025 at 11 AM Eastern via Jitsi: https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay The agenda is to brainstorm ideas for SFD, FSF 40 and to talk about Free Software in general. I realize most SFD list members aren't near each other or near me, but if anyone would like to attend and brainstorm ideas or just talk about Free Software in general, you're welcome to join the virtual meeting.

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