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@Scheffinski me neither /RR

@lenzgr You know what weirdly follows this pattern? #JellyFin. I tried to get off #selfhosted #plex and run a self-hosted JellyFin server. Not only can you not organize your media, they are actively hostile to the concept.I have hundreds of films and thousands of home movie files I have accumulated over 20+ years. All arranged in a directory hierarchy by my own preference. In Plex, I choose “Library” view, make that the default, and never look at their stupid suggestions again. JellyFin literally cannot do this. And if you ask on the forums (I didn’t bother because dozens already have asked and been answered), they just say that’s not how it’s done. There’s no workaround and no backlog item. Please feel free to pound sand.You dump everything into whatever, and the app surfaces them in whatever predetermined organization you select. Genre (according to some db somewhere), year, recently added, alphabetical. Anything except my way.I fought it for a few months. I even paid $2.99/mo for an appletv app that was a better client than the native client. Everything ignored my structure and imposed its own on me.So this mentality of the-system-knows-best has infected even some otherwise good open source tools.

Why I'm leaving GitHub for Forgejo | Jorijn Schrijvershof｢ the carve-out for private repositories is narrower than it sounds. GitHub says it does not use private-repo content "at rest" for training, but it does collect "code snippets and interaction context" generated while Copilot is being used inside a private repo. The line between the code at rest and the snippets generated while editing it is, charitably, blurry ｣https://jorijn.com/en/blog/leaving-github-for-forgejo/#github #forgejo #digitalsovereignty #opensource

Of course, we trust Apple and Google to look out altruistically for digital sovereignty.Reuters: Apple criticizes EU measures to help AI rivals access Google services https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-criticises-eu-measures-help-ai-rivals-access-google-services-2026-05-13/ @Reuters #Apple #Google #digitalsovereignty

@r3pek @kde @sovtechfund if you manage to log in to MS 365 with Konqueror and open OneDrive there, you can replace `https` with `webdavs` in the URL bar and it'll give you the folder view.I don't think there is any other environment where this works as smoothly as KDE.(This all relies on WebDAV being able to use the cookie from the original login process.)

Die #Hochschule #Bielefeld @hochschulebielefeld wechselt von den lokalen (Microsoft) Mailservern der Uni Bielefeld in die #Microsoft-Cloud, berichtet sie per Rundmail:"die Datenverarbeitungszentrale (DVZ) beginnt am Mittwoch, den 27.05.2026, mit der Migration des IT-Services E-Mail hin zu der Lösung Exchange Online des Anbieters Microsoft."-> Was für ein fataler Rückschritt. Ich habe unteres an die Datenverarbeitungszentrale gemailt, aber laut der Rundmail an alle Studierenden wurde ja #Datenschutz berücksichtigt bei der Entscheidung(?)..."Hallo DVZ,Die Mail-Migration weg von Microsoft in Schleswig-Holstein haben sie in ihre Evaluation einbezogen? Wie kann das sein, dass ein Bundesland wegen der Unsicherheit von Microsoft-Diensten vom Konzern wegmigriert, und eine öffentliche Hochschule wie die HSBI dorthin?https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2025/cds/251006_cds_oxWie kann das sein, nachdem z.B. Richtern an einem europäischen Gericht ihre Konten durch US-Amerikanische Konzerne aus politischen Gründen gesperrt wurden?https://www.heise.de/news/Strafgerichtshof-Microsofts-E-Mail-Sperre-als-Weckruf-fuer-digitale-Souveraenitaet-10387368.htmlViele Grüße#DigitalSovereignty

We signed the open letter calling for an Open Source First approach in Europe.The question public institutions should ask first is simple: Is there already a qualified open-source solution that does the job?If yes, it should be seriously considered before creating new dependencies.That is how digital sovereignty becomes real.Read the letter: https://www.open-xchange.com/hubfs/PDFs/An%20Open%20Letter%20from%20Europes%20Open%20Source%20Industry%20(signed).pdf#OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSourceFirst #XWiki

@kcweller I’ve got a few places I’ve been cataloguing / saving this sort of stuff…- Thoughts on the #indieweb: https://shellsharks.com/indieweb- “Decorporatizing”: https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/11/13/decorporatization- Resources on self-hosting: https://shellsharks.com/notes/2026/02/20/setting-off-on-a-self-hosting-journey- Archiving: https://shellsharks.com/notes/2025/02/05/save-your-links- Digital Security, OpSec, etc...: https://shellsharks.com/surviving-the-brave-new-worldYou're welcome to any and all of it!Special shoutout to @mttaggart 's Homelab guide: https://taggart-tech.com/thav3/

A couple of links from the start of the talk: https://tribe-x.org/enhttps://www.notobigtech.org/

HereWeGo is usually quite good. Commercial app.OSM, Organic Maps and CoMaps... Don't quite know actually, still evaluating...

@Ruth_Mottram I think the question you should ask yourself is: do you feel comfortable requiring students to sign up for Github, which is owned by Microsoft? Because yes even though there is a good chance that most of them already have a Github account, that's still further reinforcing that dependency.You have an opportunity to show that alternatives exist and are usable. IMO you should take it!Offering some kind of extra credit for not using Github for their code is a possible middle road.

@kdkorte There's Alberta for that.

The #ProjectFreedom conversation is missing the core point: real internet freedom can't come from corporate servers that can be shut off or censored on a whim. The only way to guarantee it is through decentralized protocols where no single entity holds the keys. Own your infrastructure or your freedom is just borrowed. #ProjectFreedom #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty

@max_bank @HennaVirkkunen @EUCommission #vonderleyen is undoubtly on the Paulus of #google. There are no real #eu plans to dump #usa #trump we stay heavily dependent on #bigtech eu supports that.

Happy to be at the #LinuxInfoDay in #augsburg (Bavaria)!A wonderful event with amazing talks about #FreeSoftware. Come over and step by at our booth.Today @annabonnie will talk about #pmpc and #digitalsovereignty. In the afternoon she will give a workshop about how to do a podcast with #FreeSoftware

Auditability is the real spine of digital sovereignty, not just slapping a license on code and calling it a day. Without independent verification that what's promised is what's running, transparency is just performance. #opensource #DigitalSovereignty #AuditTheStack

EU pushes digital sovereignty to protect itself from Big Tech, but too often it replaces one gatekeeper with another. True autonomy means giving users real control, not just shifting power to Brussels or local giants. #europe #digitalsovereignty #techpolicy

@openrightsgroup It is interesting that France has already ordered all government departments to draw up plans to migrate from non-European software vendors...

Harsh (but fair?) below-the-line commentary from @Hak_a_dalan et al in response to Rafa Behr’s article on UK’s digital dependencyhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/29/ai-panic-uk-government-us-dependent-technology-trump#comment-174476585#theguardian #digitalsovereignty #aifuture #digital_sovereignty #ai_future #RafaelBehr #cif #ukpol

The Dutch government has soft-launched code.overheid.nl, a government-wide open-source code platform built on Forgejo. This is a massive win for digital sovereignty, proving that large public institutions can successfully deploy sovereign infrastructure and move away from proprietary GitHub or GitLab lock-in.https://www.nldigitalgovernment.nl/news/soft-launch-for-government-open-source-code-platform/ #forgejo #opensource #digitalsovereignty