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Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents “Why OOXML has never been, is not, and will never be a standard format unless Microsoft decides to completely redesign its office applications.”

Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents

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#opensource #openstandards #technology

Tugtainer is a self-hosted app for automating updates of your docker containers Another modern Watchtower alternative but after testing it today I'm sticking with What's Up Docker (WUD) for now.

Tugtainer is a self-hosted app for automating updates of your docker containers

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#docker #opensource #technology

This is Probably the Best Video Downloader App (And it is Free and Open Source) “You come across an interesting video on social media and thought of downloading it so that you can send it to someone or modify it to share it on some other

This is Probably the Best Video Downloader App (And it is Free and Open Source)

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#downloader #opensource #technology

LastSignal Is a New Open-Source Dead Man’s Switch You Can Self-Host “A new open-source tool called LastSignal has emerged to let users run their own encrypted dead man’s switch on a self-hosted server. The software is designed

LastSignal Is a New Open-Source Dead Man’s Switch You Can Self-Host

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#deadmanswitch #opensource #selfhosting #technology

Rallly is an open source self-hosted tool to make organising events and meetings easier If you've ever had to try to find a time for an event of meeting that suites a family, colleagues, or other large group of people, you'll know what a pain

Rallly is an open source self-hosted tool to make organising events and meetings easier

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#opensource #scheduling #selfhosting #technology

Matrix secure chat is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty "Matrix is currently talking to circa 35 countries about FOSS communications infrastructure. For instance, Hodgson told us the United Nations is on board:

Matrix secure chat is quietly becoming the chat layer for governments chasing digital sovereignty

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#chat #digitalsovereignty #opensource #privacy #technology

Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralised Web “Roomy is an open-source Discord alternative built on the AT Protocol (ATProto), the same protocol that powers Bluesky, with ActivityPub (the protocol behind

Meet Roomy: An Open-Source Discord Alternative for the Decentralised Web

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#decentralised #opensource #socialnetworks #technology

French government announces move from US based video conferencing to open source Visio

French government announces move from US based video conferencing to open source Visio

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#digitalsovereignty #France #opensource #technology

Healthchecks.io emails me when my automation jobs don’t run We all "should" have scheduled backups running, and sometimes other automated tasks as well. In some cases you may see an error popup, but often it is just an

Healthchecks.io emails me when my automation jobs don’t run

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#monitoring #opensource #technology

FavBox is an open source browser extension that enhances and simplifies bookmark management without cloud storage or third-party services It extends your browser's native bookmarking features.

FavBox is an open source browser extension that enhances and simplifies bookmark management without cloud storage or third-party services

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#bookmarks #browsers #opensource #technology

Make Jellyfin look like Spotify and Plex: 5 clients you need to install “Are you looking for a better way to enjoy content from your Jellyfin server? There are tons of clients to choose from made by passionate volunteers, and each

Make Jellyfin look like Spotify and Plex: 5 clients you need to install

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#Jellyfin #opensource #technology

Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat App Sees Downloads Spike in Uganda Over Internet Shutdown Worries “Recently, the app drew attention during Nepal’s Gen Z protests, where it supported protesters in overthrowing the government. On September 4, authorities

Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat App Sees Downloads Spike in Uganda Over Internet Shutdown Worries

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#decentralised #disasters #opensource #protests #technology

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using Handy, a Free Speech-to-Text App “In recent years AI models like Nvidia's Parakeet and OpenAI's Whisper, both open source, have made great strides in turning human voices into text. Both

Stop Using Your Keyboard and Start Using Handy, a Free Speech-to-Text App

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#dictation #opensource #technology

Pebble’s round smartwatch returns in an unexpected reboot “The original Pebble Time Round's sizeable bezels are gone and replaced with a sleek-looking, edge-to-edge 1.3-inch colour e-paper display that's both bigger

Pebble’s round smartwatch returns in an unexpected reboot

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#opensource #smartwatch #technology

13 Open-Source Apps You Can Use from a Web Browser “When we think of open-source apps for design, productivity, or even just for fun, we usually picture desktop software running natively on our computers. The

13 Open-Source Apps You Can Use from a Web Browser

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#opensource #technology

LanguageTool ends free use of Browser Extension – Here are some Options LanguageTool is an AI-based grammar checker. They just announced that the browser extension will only be usable to their cloud service with a premium

LanguageTool ends free use of Browser Extension – Here are some Options

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#languagetool #opensource #selfhosting #technology

Stop Manually Checking GitHub Releases — These Tools Automatically Install & Update Apps on Linux “Package managers are essential tools on Linux systems. They help you install, update, and remove software packages with simple commands. Most distributions

Stop Manually Checking GitHub Releases — These Tools Automatically Install & Update Apps on Linux

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#linux #opensource #technology

Windows fatigue continues to push thousands of gamers to switch to Bazzite Linux distro “Bazzite, a Linux distro that has a lot in common with Valve's SteamOS, is designed specifically with gaming in mind, offering a console-like experience that

Windows fatigue continues to push thousands of gamers to switch to Bazzite Linux distro

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#gaming #linux #opensource #technology #windows11

Portmaster is an open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux “Every packet is visible to the service, and any packet can be stopped before it leaves the system. The software matches traffic to the app that created it by

Portmaster is an open source application firewall built to monitor and control network activity on Windows and Linux

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#opensource #security #technology

Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode “PeerTube is a free and open source video hosting platform that serves as an alternative to YouTube. Unlike centralized platforms, it allows anyone to create

Decentralized YouTube Alternative PeerTube Adds Creator Mode

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#opensource #Peertube #technology

AA Browser is a WebView browser experience for Android Auto head units Transform your driving experience with a sleek, modern browser designed specifically for the road. Built with cutting-edge Material 3 design and optimised for

AA Browser is a WebView browser experience for Android Auto head units

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#androidauto #browsers #opensource #technology

Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor “Fresh is a new Rust-based terminal text editor that takes a different approach. It uses standard keybindings like Ctrl+S for saving, Ctrl+F for searching,

Easier Than Nano! Fresh is a Fresh New Rust-based Terminal Editor

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#opensource #technology #texteditors

Valve Has the Secret to Playing Your Games Everywhere, and It’s Not Streaming “Last month, Valve showed off the Steam Machine, a console-like box with PC guts, along with a Steam Frame VR headset. The secret sauce of the headset is down

Valve Has the Secret to Playing Your Games Everywhere, and It’s Not Streaming

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#gaming #opensource #technology

Glances vs Dozzle vs Beszel for Docker Container Monitoring This video explores some practical pros and cons between open source self-hosted Glances, Dozzle and Beszel for the monitoring of running Docker containers in

Glances vs Dozzle vs Beszel for Docker Container Monitoring

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#docker #opensource #selfhosting #technology

ClipCascade is a self-hosted clipboard manager that syncs across devices without the cloud There are a couple of apps that do P2P sync of clipboard data or files between devices, but most, like LocalSend, require you to open the app on each device.

ClipCascade is a self-hosted clipboard manager that syncs across devices without the cloud

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#clipboard #opensource #selfhosting #technology

4 productivity Docker containers that don’t require 24/7 runtime Yes, these services need not be run 24/7, just when you actually want to use them.

4 productivity Docker containers that don’t require 24/7 runtime

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#opensource #selfhosting #technology

Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source "The €15 million annual savings will compound year after year. That is public money staying in the economy instead of flowing to a user data-hungry tech giant

Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source

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#germany #opensource #technology

8 tiny open source utilities that can instantly make your Linux desktop feel faster I'd not heard of these apps before, so would be interested to hear if anyone has had good experiences with them?

8 tiny open source utilities that can instantly make your Linux desktop feel faster

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#linux #opensource #technology

5 open-source projects that secretly power your favourite apps "You've heard that the world's infrastructure runs on Linux, and how important Free and Open Source (FOSS) software is to just about all the technology we

5 open-source projects that secretly power your favourite apps

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#opensource #technology

Finamp – an open source Jellyfin music client for mobile devices Finamp is really beautifully designed and dedicated music player that connects to your existing Jellyfin music library. There are a number of improvement sin

Finamp – an open source Jellyfin music client for mobile devices

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#Jellyfin #music #opensource #technology