nmap is cool and all but this old guy kicks butt when it comes to scan the local network for active devices. Have been using it for 20 years... back when I did not even know what open source was.

You can now certify the machine you already own and check the public catalog to see what else is validated. itsfoss.com/news/almalinux-s…

Happy 43rd Birthday, GNU!🎉 The GNU Project was founded by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983, to bring free and open software to everyone. 💻🌐

Give me a better web browser than DuckDuckGo on Android. I'll wait.

GNOME continues working on new, modern replacements of their classic Linux apps. Here is Era. It is a fresh take on the GNOME calendar. It is written in Rust and aims to be faster and more polished than the built-in GNOME Calendar. It's in beta now and open for testing. Available on Flathub.

The Dutch government is piloting a NixOS-powered open-source desktop across 8 municipalities to escape US tech dependency. Relying on a single vendor is a massive risk. Digital sovereignty is now a requirement. 🇳🇱🐧 itsfoss.com/news/netherlands… #opensource

Quick KDE Tip 💡 Have extra buttons on your mouse? KDE Plasma lets you assign them to desktop tasks such as opening the Application Launcher or switching desktops. Right-click the desktop → “Configure Desktop and Wallpaper” → “Mouse Actions.” Select “Add Action,” click “Input Here,” press the mouse button, choose an action, and click “Apply.”

Completed today's Tuxdle in 3rd row 💃 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Play at tuxdle.com/

Linux usage marketshare is going to increase multiplefold. Most of those market share stats are based on the web browsing data as websites can see and collect the operating system information of the visitor. And that's why Linux marketshare is going to increase. The signs are already there. In the US, Linux market share crossed 17%. But don't take it as the success of the desktop Linux. Those increased numbers are coming from AI agents. AI agents and bots typically live in a Linux system. They create and run scripts to accomplish the tasks given to them and when they browse web during those tasks, they are counted as Linux users. This number will increase as more platforms offer AI agents. Meta's Muse AI is the latest example. As a Muse AI user, you are getting a dedicated Ubuntu computer in the cloud. Now imagine, if this AI company backed from Facebook gets a few (hundred) million users. All of those will be counted as Linux user. So, let's get ready to see an unprecedented increase for the Linux marketshare.

If coding by hand is getting obsolete.. Will general purpose computing meet the same fate? Control the computer with voice instead of mouse.

There's a new breed of self-hosted style software coming where everything, every computation happens locally in a browser, instead of a remote server.

Eight municipalities are already testing DAWO, the government's NixOS-powered work environment. itsfoss.com/news/netherlands…

Got a 3D printer and some time this weekend? Build your own Harness. We’ve open sourced: - 3D-printable enclosure (STEP + STL) - Schematics +PCB layout - ESP32-S3 firmware github.com/autonomous-ai/ope… We made ours pumpkin orange 🎃 in an afternoon. Show me what you build!

🎁 Self-Hosting Day 2026 prizes are here! We’ve prepared 200+ prizes and licenses for the community: 🏆 5 Community Story Award winners 🍀 100 Lucky Giveaway winners ⚡️ The first 100 eligible participants will each receive a ZimaOS Plus Lifetime License Prizes include ZimaBoard 2, ZimaBlade, AdGuard, Emby, PhotoPrism, and more. shop.zimaspace.com/pages/sel… Don’t miss out, especially if you want to be among the first 100 👀 #SelfHostingDay #SelfHosting #Giveaway #ZimaOS

The OG editor for coders back in 2010s

openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 is the first version built for SuperPoD, and the project says its UnifiedBus interconnect can lift application performance by 30 to 50 percent. itsfoss.com/news/openeuler-u…