Daft Dummy! Hello and welcome to the fourth Principia building contest. This time we are doing a re-run of the old [Stupid Dummy!](/archive/contest/3) contest from back in the day, but with an alliteration as the title. Fun! The theme is to create a fun or interesting way of taking the dummy from one point to another. Let him fly in a rocket, cut him into pieces, deliver him in a plastic cup or just send him through a Rube Goldberg machine. Please clearly mark the starting point and ending point of the dummy's journey. ## Rules - Only one level per player participating in the contest! - Old levels created before the contest are not eligible for entry. - Theft of entire levels is not allowed. Inspiration is allowed, plagiarism is not. ## Scoring Once the contest is over, a winner and a runner-up will be decided by the contest judge (ROllerozxa). Both will get their levels featured on the front page as well as awarded a stylish trophy badge on their user page. Depending on the amount of entries, there may be some other level entries that will be highlighted, for things that are interesting but didn't make it to the top.

Less than a day left until the current Principia building contest, Daft Dummy, ends!

So far a single person has submitted an entry. I hope there are more that will show up in the last hours...?

https://principia-web.se/contest/4

#gaming #foss #opensource #contest

The #30DayFossChallenge is coming up again soon. Stay tuned here: http://foss.nullarch.com/

I'm hoping to be posting more about it this year than last.

#foss #opensource #openculture #freeculture #circulareconomy

Obrazek wyróżniający dla wpisu poświęcionego dołączaniu do społeczności Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania. Na zrzut ekranu mojego wpisu z 2002 z grupy usenetowej alt.pl.comp.os.linux.newbie nałożyłem fioletowy pasek z napisem „FOSS dla każdego #2”

## Kolejne sposoby na wejście do społeczności FOSS

Druga część wpisu zachęcającego do dołączenia do społeczności FOSS.

horodecki.net/2026/03/15/kolejne-sposo... #advocacy #foss #instalacja #kompilacja #Linux #OpenSource […]

[Original post on horodecki.net]

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers? When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything dev…

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?, by @edent@mastodon.social:

shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-can-gov...

#foss #economics

[Foss Force] FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending November 14, 2025

#FOSS #OpenSource

Visual changelog with all the new app icons in a line style. With at the top the text: "Arcticons 14.5.5 - 230 new icons"

Arcticons 14.5.5 is here:

🎉 230 new and updated icons!
💡 Added support for 1038 apps using existing icons.
🔥 14559 icons in total!
🫶 Consider donating to the project if you like using Arcticons.

Out now on GitHub, soon in your app store of choice. :) […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]

[Foss Force] And Now for Something Completely Different: Kicking the Tires and Test Driving a BSD

#Linux #FOSS

[It's FOSS] FOSS Weekly #25.46: sudo-rs Issues, Kaspersky on Linux, Flathub Troubles, Homelab Starter and More Linux Stuff

#Linux #FOSS

[Foss Force] Make SSH as Easy as FTP with SSH Pilot

#FOSS #InfoSec

[Foss Force] Why SUSE Thinks Unified AI Platforms Will Beat DIY Enterprise Builds

#SUSE #FOSS #Kubernetes

GitHub - Chadders13/SheepCat-TrackingMyWork: This is an app to help track task in a friendly way to neurospicy peeps This is an app to help track task in a friendly way to neurospicy peeps - Chadders13/SheepCat-TrackingMyWork

Forgot here is the GitHub link 😅
github.com/Chadders13/S...

#GitHub #foss #builtinpublic

Have recently returned to #OpenSUSE after many years away from #OpenSource operating systems. An incredible OS, so easy to use and very easy on resources when opting for the #XFCE flavour.

#FOSS #Linux #Tumbleweed

[Foss Force] VLC Project’s Champion Honored with European SFS Award in Italy

#FOSS #OpenSource

[Foss Force] RISC-V International Gets New Technology VP

#FOSS #OpenSource

för Kaos! KaOS Linux 2026-02 Niri Noctalia fifth look #foss #gnu #linux #kaos #niri #noctalia #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 KaOS Linux 2026-02 Niri Noctalia fifth look #foss #gnu #linux #kaos #niri #noctalia #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n29M...

för Kaos! Fedora 44 beta #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 Fedora 44 beta #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n1nh...

för Kaos! Fedora 44 Beta Released: GNOME 50 & Linux 6.19 Deep Dive #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 Fedora 44 Beta Released: GNOME 50 & Linux 6.19 Deep Dive #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n1aQ...

för Kaos! How I set up Linux Fedora 43 KDE for gaming and more! #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 How I set up Linux Fedora 43 KDE for gaming and more! #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n11X...

för Kaos! Fedora 44 FIRST LOOK! This Might Be the Greatest Fedora Ever Made (No, Seriously) #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 Fedora 44 FIRST LOOK! This Might Be the Greatest Fedora Ever Made (No, Seriously) #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n1GX...

för Kaos! KDE Plasma 6.6 Customization Made Easy - From Themes to Video Wallpapers! #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 KDE Plasma 6.6 Customization Made Easy - From Themes to Video Wallpapers! #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n0qH...

för Kaos! Ageless Linux Thinks Its Exempt From Age Verification #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 Ageless Linux Thinks Its Exempt From Age Verification #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1n0bH...

för Kaos! The PopOS Experience | Project Distrohop #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS

📹 The PopOS Experience | Project Distrohop #linux #FOSS #CachyOS #Nobara #PikaOS #EndeavourOS tmblr.co/Ze8JKnj1m-eL...

[Foss Force] Red Hat Follows SUSE with EU Sovereignty Drive

#RedHat #SUSE #FOSS

[Foss Force] FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending November 7, 2025

#FOSS #OpenSource

[Linux Magazine] Sparkling gems and new releases from the world of Free and Open Source Software

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS

[LPI] Organized Team Chat the FOSS way: Meet Zulip

#Linux #FOSS

ImageGlass 10 Beta 1 is out!
imageglass.org/news/imagegl...

- A complete rewrite on .NET 10 and @avaloniaui.net
- Cross-Platform Support! 🎉
- Snappier Startup with Native AOT
- Blazing-Fast Image Navigation
- Better Large-Image Support

#opensource #foss #dotnet #github #avalonia

Don’t Date Your Ex - LINUXexpert Switching operating systems isn’t just a technical migration. It’s a habit migration. You’re moving muscle memory, assumptions, and identity—“this is how a computer works”—from one world to another.

Trying Linux by picking a distro that looks exactly like Windows or macOS is like dating someone who looks like your ex. You left for a reason. New OS, new workflow. Stop chasing familiar disappointment.

linuxexpert.org/dont-date-yo...

#Linux #LinuxDesktop #OpenSource #FOSS #TechLife

My daughter, who loves the Doof, just sent me an insta post of someone who built a sweet Raspberry Pi enclosure to snap onto a DJ controller and run mixx, which is FOSS DJ software. Casually asked if I could do something like that.
That child knows exactly how to nerd snipe her dad, she's brutal […]

PC-98 Pixel Art Speed Paint with Commentary This speed paint video shows how to make a PC-98 style pixel art background. This video has subtitles and a transcript. Some topics include: Colour Palettes, Fixing Oversaturation, Drawing Outlines...

Made a speed paint with commentary of me making this PC-98 style artwork (room). Hope you find it interesting!

Has captions and a blog post style transcript.

makertube.net/w/ktFoSgr4sK...

#pixelart #ドット絵 #pc98 #peertube #FOSS #speedpaint #timelapse