New episode of #TalkingPostgres #podcast 
Bruce Momjian, #PostgreSQL core team member, joined me on Ep26 to talk about open source leadership—with rabbitholes on servant leadership, the art of public speaking, the power of gratitude, & bow ties
Boosts appreciated 
to help more people discover the podcast
https://talkingpostgres.com/episodes/open-source-leadership-with-bruce-momjian
Since 25 years, there is a big conference on Open Source and Free Software in Europe that couldn't share the list of participants with authorities, even if they wanted to. Because there is no registration, no tickets, no waiting list. Why I love #FOSDEM, reason #5409
If you want to know more they did a talk at #FOSDEM 2024
- video recording: https://video.fosdem.org/2024/k3201/fosdem-2024-3009-advances-in-garage-the-low-tech-storage-platform-for-geo-distributed-clusters.mp4
#s3 #garage #DistributedStorage
/cc @deuxfleurs
There is a video from #FOSDEM where the representatives of ZenDis (German Center for Digital Sovereignty) 
and DINUM (French Interministerial Digital Directorate) 
talk about the project.
- Making Workspaces Work Together (And Across Borders):
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6406-making-workspaces-work-together-and-across-borders-/
Alexander Smolianitski, the head of OS products at ZenDis, also participated in two other sessions where he presented the software developed on the German side:
- Note-Worthy Collaboration: Co-developing a Note-Taking Application:
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6403-note-worthy-collaboration-co-developing-a-note-taking-application/
- openDesk on openCode: Developing a Secure Office Suite and SDLC:
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5572-opendesk-on-opencode-developing-a-secure-office-suite-and-sdlc/
All videos are available for download.
No, it's actually b/c I needed a place to campaign for the #OpenSource Initiative elections and & bloggjng to do it wasn't interactive enough.
I am not sure what I'll do with this account after the #OSI situation is addressed.
As you may recall, @zacchiro, in that conversation at #FOSDEM that you mention, I pointed out that I do think microblogging is addictive and often pushes people toward baser form of discourse.
I will write more about this after OSI stuff reaches safe background level.
@nextcloud We’re ready to help you with #LiberateYourTranslations, and growing your localization community. That’s what we do, with care. We have experience and use cases with numerous migrations from TF to #Weblate. Many of #Nextcloud translators use Weblate with other projects already. You’re welcome 
Do you know which sticker was the most popular with Nextcloud users this #FOSDEM? @Karlitschek also liked them, and @jospoortvliet took many of them 
cc @jibec @ButterflyOfFire @rakekniven
Meshtastic - off-grid communication for everyone: an open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh Network built to run on affordable, low-power Devices - Talk by Thomas Göttgens at #FOSDEM 2025 Conference #Network #Video https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4375-meshtastic-off-grid-communication-for-everyone/
* Gerry (#FOSDEM staff friend) and myself are rocking this without guide; seeing guides is both reassuring and annoying
* #Train ticket for one hour ride is 10 Baht or 0.27€
* There is no train bridge. We will get out, see about catching a ferry, and board a different train
* End stop is going to be Mae Klong. So we will see the railway market fold up and spread again every time a train passes. For the first run, we see it from the train
Playing games without a computer: Hardware fun with TinyGo - Talk by Daniel Esteban at #FOSDEM Conference 2025 #GoLang #Video https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5048-playing-games-without-a-computer-hardware-fun-with-tinygo/
Interesting:
Docs is the result of a joint effort lead by the French 
(DINUM) and German 
governments (ZenDiS). We are always looking for new public partners (we are currently onboarding the Netherlands 
). Feel free to reach out if you are interested in using or contributing to docs.
The road to mainstream Matrix [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1009932/572571cd50cc094b/
"Matrix is an open protocol for decentralised, secure communications. …"
For this year’s #FOSDEM conference, our Django accessibility team organized the "Inclusive Web" track. Here’s a recap of how it went! And recordings of all the talks 
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/mar/13/accessibility-and-inclusivity-at-fosdem-2025/
Après le #FOSDEM, j'ai décidé de supprimer mon compte #Meta. Plus de Facebook ni insta, c'était facile.
Le plus dur c'était #Whatsapp pour les contacts avec famille et amis.
Quelques observations :
- ma famille a bougé en 24h (mes parents ont +75 ans, l'excuse que c'est trop compliqué disparaît!) vers #Signal
- mes copines ont bougé en 48h (l'organisation d'une soirée ensemble dans les jours suivants a accéléré le process)
- les mecs ont le plus d'inertie mais arrivent !
https://ploum.net/2025-03-11-changez-vos-paradigmes.html
The Flow Battery Research Collective (FBRC) are building an open source battery. Technology writer Koen Vervloesem did a nice write-up about their #FOSDEM talk in the Energy devroom. FBRC works on redox flow batteries which are better suited for long-term, stationary storage and less hazardous than Li-ion batteries. FBRC plan to democratize flow battery technology by developing an open source flow battery, starting with a development kit.
Milliwatt sized Machine Learning on microcontrollers with emlearn - Talk by Jon Nordby at #FOSDEM 2025 Conference #MachineLearning #Video https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4524-milliwatt-sized-machine-learning-on-microcontrollers-with-emlearn/
This year marked #Luanti’s second consecutive appearance at #FOSDEM! Held in Brussels, Belgium, FOSDEM is the largest free and open source software conference in Europe. Fresh off our recent rebranding and new release cycle, FOSDEM was a fantastic opportunity to collect feedback and update people on what’s happening in the Luanti world
Google has signed a contract with Israel to supply Tech support used in the Palestinian genocide. A US$1.2 billion deal, with Amazon in the mix.
It's not the first time Google has been implicated in this type of crime.
Google obeys the every command of Trump-musk fascism, the Gulf of Mexico is just the one example that makes you laugh.
So when you have google main sponsor of FOSDEM and debian going dancing to GSoC, and many others in the FLOSS and Open movement doing the same,
I say to you straight out:
You're embracing fascism, you're legitimizing genocide, you're part of the problem!
"#FOSDEM 2025: A Hardware Hacker’s Haven"
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/03/fosdem-2025-a-hardware-hackers-haven/
One of the talks I would have presented at #FOSDEM, had I not fallen ill, was on #VirtualOrchestration, and particularly my personal workflow in that regard. It sucked not being able to talk about it in person there, so I decided to write about it instead.
It's a long post, but hopefully interesting enough... I'm particularly interested to hear about how you do it instead (if you do), and if my approach makes sense. Boosts welcome!
It was such a thrill to talk about #nix at #fosdem ! I'm about a month late posting this, but here is the recording of my talk on "My Nixos-Powered Homelab" #nixos #homelab
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6330-my-nix-powered-homelab/
