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MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026, organised by Debian India, was held on 14 – 15 March – and The Document Foundation was happy to sponsor it! The event featured a wide variety of talks on Debian (of course), #LibreOffice, OpenStreetMap and other free and open source software projects: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/23/libreoffice-at-minidebconf-kanpur-2026/

Firefox & Gtk Emoji picker – Martin Stransky's Bloghttps://mastransky.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/firefox-gtk-emoji-picker/

Here's more information on Germany using the Open Document Format (ODF) in its "Deutschland-Stack", rather than Microsoft's file formats: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/20/big-news-germany-has-just-made-odf-mandatory/

Looking to see if a feature exists on #PeerTube? Or maybe you're wondering what specifications are needed to run a PeerTube platform?You can find out answers to most of your questions in our FAQ! https://joinpeertube.org/faq#PeerTubeTipOfTheWeek

We've just released #PeerTube v8.1.3!This release fixes vulnerable dependencies, 500 errors in certain scenarios, and some issues linked to the recent thumbnails rework.Full changelog: https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v8.1.3

@evan@cosocial.ca good to know, I'll reach out! Do you know if there are rough analytics available per tag, e.g. "7 posts in the last 7 days", etc.? @astro@c3d2.social

I just can't get over how enjoyable it is to edit a podcast in @ardour. It's not merely comparable to Apple Logic Pro…it's *better*. I've never been able to get a clean transition from the ending syllable of one clip to the beginning syllable of the next clip as *quickly* as this, making editing out mistakes super smooth.I also saved a previous recording session as a "session template", allowing me to spin up new podcast audio setups with the push of a button.I am LOVING this.

Have you recently published a really long video on #PeerTube?You can help your viewers find their ways around your video by adding chapters! https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/create-upload-video#chapters#PeerTubeTipOfTheWeek

In February, the #LibreOffice community worked on improvements to Writer and Calc table styles, along with other optimisations and fixes: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2026/03/10/qa-dev-report-february-2026/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

[Nightly Blog] AI Controls – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 196 https://blog.nightly.mozilla.org/2026/03/10/ai-controls-these-weeks-in-firefox-issue-196/

LibreOffice will be at the MiniDebConf Kanpur 2026 – being organised by Debian India – this weekend! https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/09/libreoffice-at-minidebconf-kanpur-india-2026/ #foss #opensource #freesoftware

Latest edition of the #Ansible bullhorn is out! With collection updates and Red Hat Summit details!https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-220/45497

Millions of students are getting locked into closed, proprietary software from Big Tech vendors. Here's how #LibreOffice can give them back their digital sovereignty: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/06/libreoffice-for-education-regaining-digital-sovereignty/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware

Good, I never saw the point of those meetings.

There is a feature to import/export your account to #PeerTube!It's not a full-featured migration tool yet, it still works the old-fashioned way, but it's a first step towards giving you more freedom in the way you interact with PeerTube! https://docs.joinpeertube.org/use/setup-account#account-import-export#PeerTubeTipOfTheWeek

@gmc Hi! It shouldn't be a struggle – lots of people use it out-of-the-box. But without knowing any details about your setup (such as your operating system) it's hard for us to help or come up with ideas

NodeBB now sneaks in a mention to the category/community, and this gets pre-filled in the Mastodon composer. I tested it against piefed's crust instance, and the response from Mastodon to my post on NodeBB successfully made its way to crust for distribution <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f389.png?v=1a14cd885f9" title="" /> @rimu@piefed.social [image: 1772652313700-020a80cf-d0b0-4fbf-aa5a-20b951a109ef-image.jpeg]

@MastodonEngineering Just interested to find out why you picked Ashby as a proprietary application tracking system? Did you check for OSS alternatives?

I've been so busy preparing for FediMTL the past two weeks that I totally forgot to actually register for the FediForum unworkshop! Oops! <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f605.png?v=ea6b9a25659" title="" /> I look forward to reading the discussions that ensue from it though.

New in #LibreOffice 26.2: Writer now supports Start and End paragraph alignment. These options align paragraphs relative to the paragraph text direction, and can simplify reusing styles across languages and writing systems. https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2#Writer