DrupalConEUR (@DrupalConEUR@mastodon.social)
⏰ Just 1 Week to Go — #DrupalConVienna is Almost Here! 🇦🇹
In one week, the Drupal community will gather in Vienna for four unforgettable days of learning, collaboration, and connection 💙
Don’t miss your chance to be part of Europe’s biggest Drupal event!
👉 Get your ticket today:
https://events.drupal.org/vienna2025/registration-information
#Drupal #DrupalCommunity #DrupalCon #OpenSource #Conference #Vienna #TechEvents #Innovation #Community
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missionlibre (@missionlibre@social.missionlibre.org)
Are you 13 to 17? Come join us online in November and share your thoughts on free software's future!
Mission:Libre will be hosting a pair of live online meetings for 13 to 17-year-olds where you can discuss your thoughts on how the free software movement can suit you better, how Mission:Libre can help, and what you wish you'd see in the community.
Register to participate here: https://missionlibre.org/blog-entry/join-us-and-help-shape-the-future-of-free-software
#freesoftware #opensource #foss
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r (@r@bsky.brid.gy)
wallabag 2.6.14 is available 🚀
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#wallabag #opensource
wallabag 2.6.14
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events (@events@mobilizon.it)
Linuxday 2025 a Prato
25 ottobre 2025 10:30:00 CEST - GMT+2https://mobilizon.it/events/275d152d-5402-4a38-9eb6-eca04604ed7e
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hackernews_bot_vn (@hackernews_bot_vn@mastodon.maobui.com)
Chào mừng Mylinux - hệ điều hành Linux mới được phát triển bởi một bạn trẻ 13 tuổi từ Ấn Độ! 🐧✨
Phiên bản rolling release đã có trên GitHub, hỗ trợ boot từ phần cứng thật và có trang web riêng. Dự án vẫn đang trong giai đoạn phát triển nhưng đã được kiểm thử kỹ lưỡng.
Hãy thử và chia sẻ phản hồi để cùng cải thiện nhé! 💻🚀
#Mylinux #LinuxDistro #OpenSource #HệĐiềuHành #NguồnMở #CôngNghệ
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45501922
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pgEdgeDistributedPostgres (@pgEdgeDistributedPostgres@mastodon.social)
Companies are increasingly requiring always-on #data access with low latency and minimal downtime, especially when rolling out #AI apps (& other mission-critical apps) into production.
🐘 #Postgres is a trusted solution for meeting these demands, yet cloud outages & downtime still threaten the ability of companies to meet these requirements.
🌐 Distributed (& #OpenSource) Postgres with multi-master replication can help. Read more:
https://thenewstack.io/how-distributed-postgres-solves-clouds-high-availability-problem
#programming #tech #postgresql #code
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p (@p@pixelfed.de)
Fiesta DC 2025
#FiestaDC2025 #FiestaDC #kenya #streetart #streetportrait #portrait #culture #art #arte #mastoart #US #USA #unitedstates #Washington #DC #cultura #culturalatina #latinoamerica #washingtondc #dclife #streetphotography #streetart #parade #festival #desfile #news #foto #fotografia #fotografie #opensource #opensourcesoftware #linux #rawtherapee #gimp
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Edent (@Edent@mastodon.social)
🆕 blog! “How to *actually* test your readme”
If you've spent any time using Linux, you'll be used to installing software like this:
The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that. Right, it says run setup.sh hmm, that doesn't work. Oh, I need to set the permissions. What was the…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/how-to-actually-test-your-readme/
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#developers #FreeSoftware #linux #OpenSource
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blog (@blog@shkspr.mobi)
How to *actually* test your readme
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/10/how-to-actually-test-your-readme/
If you've spent any time using Linux, you'll be used to installing software like this:
The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that. Right, it says run
setup.shhmm, that doesn't work. Oh, I need to set the permissions. What was thechmodcommand again? OK, that's working. Wait, it needssudo. Let me run that again. Hang on, am I in the right directory? Here it goes. What, it crapped out. I don't have some random library - how the hell am I meant to install that? My distro has v21 but this requires <=19. Ah, I also need to upgrade something which isn't supplied by repo. Nearly there, just need to compile this obscure project from SourceForge which was inexplicably installed on the original dev's machine and then I'll be good to go. Nope. Better raise an issue on GitHub. Oh, look, it is tomorrow.
As a developer, you probably don't want to answer dozens of tickets complaining that users are frustrated with your work. You thought you made the README really clear and - hey! - it works on your machine.
There are various solutions to this problem - developers can release AppImages, or Snaps, or FlatPaks, or Docker or whatever. But that's a bit of stretch for a solo dev who is slinging out a little tool that they coded in their spare time. And, even those don't always work as seamlessly as you'd hope.
There's an easier solution:
- Follow the steps in your README
- See if they work.
- …
- That's it.
OK, that's a bit reductive! There are a million variables which go into a test - so I'm going to introduce you to a secret zeroth step.
- Spin up a fresh Virtual Machine with a recent-ish distro.
If you are a developer, your machine probably has a billion weird configurations and obscure libraries installed on it - things which definitely aren't on your users' machines. Having a box-fresh VM means than you are starting with a blank-slate. If, when following your README, you discover that the app doesn't install because of a missing dependency, you can adjust your README to include apt install whatever.
OK, but how?
Personally, I like Boxes as it gives you a simple choice of VMs - but there are plenty of other Virtual Machine managers out there.
Pick a standard OS that you like. I think the latest Ubuntu Server is pretty lightweight and is a good baseline for what people are likely to have. But feel free to pick something with a GUI or whatever suits your audience.
Once your VM is installed and set up for basic use, take a snapshot.
Every time you want to test or re-test a README, revert back to the original state of your box. That way you won't have odd half-installed packages laying about.
Your next step is to think about how much hand-holding do you want to do?
For example, the default Debian doesn't ship with git. Does your README need to tell people to sudo apt install git and then walk them through configuring it so that they can git clone your repo?
Possibly! Who is your audience? If you've created a tool which is likely to be used by newbies who are just getting started with their first Raspberry Pi then, yeah, you probably will need to include that. Why? Because it will save you from receiving a lot of repeated questions and frustrated emails.
OK, but most developers will have gcc installed, right? Maybe! But it doesn't do any harm to include it in a long list of apt get … anyway, does it? Similarly, does everyone know how to upgrade to the very latest npm?
If your software is designed for people who are experienced computer touchers, don't fall into the trap of thinking that they know everything you do. I find it best to assume people are intelligent but not experienced; it doesn't hurt to give slightly too much detail.
The best way to do this is to record everything you do after logging into the blank VM.
- Restore the snapshot.
- Log in.
- Run all the commands you need to get your software working.
- Once done, run
history -w history.txt- That will print out every command you ran.
- Copy that text into your README.
Hey presto! You now have README instructions which have been tested to work. Even on the most bare-bones machine, you can say that your README will allow the user to get started with your software with the minimum amount of head-scratching.
Now, this isn't foolproof. Maybe the user has an ancient operating system running on obsolete hardware which is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays. But at least this way your issues won't be clogged up by people saying their install failed because lib-foobar wasn't available or that ./configure had fatal errors.
A great example is the Opus Codec README. I went into a fresh Ubuntu machine, followed the readme, ran the above history command, and got this:
sudo apt-get install git autoconf automake libtool gcc makegit clone https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/opus.gitcd opus./autogen.sh./configuremakesudo make installEverything worked! There was no missing step or having to dive into another README to figure out how to bind flarg 6.9 with schnorp-unstable.
So that's my plea to you, dear developer friend. Make sure your README contains both the necessary and sufficient information required to install your software. For your sake, as much as mine!
Wait! You didn't follow your own advice!
You're quite right. Feel free to send a pull request to correct this post - as I shall be doing with any unhelpful READMEs I find along the way.
#developers #FreeSoftware #linux #OpenSource
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jwildeboer (@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)
If you own or have access to an embroidery machine, or if you want to learn how the combination of #Inkscape and the #Inkstitch [1] plugin works, I have created a mirror on #codeberg where you can download all my stitching files as SVG and DST. CC0, so free to use in whatever way you like.
https://codeberg.org/jwildeboer/inkstitchMirror
#OpenFTW #OpenSource #Stitching #Embroidery
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Prucker (@Prucker@d-64.social)
Gute Nachrichten sind gut ... https://www.schleswig-holstein.de/DE/landesregierung/ministerien-behoerden/I/Presse/PI/2025/cds/251006_cds_ox
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ingo (@ingo@jit.social)
Windows 10 läuft bald nicht mehr so richtig. Ihr bräuchtet neue Hardware um Windows 11 zu installieren. Aber das muss nicht sein. Wir bieten euch ein Linux Install Cafe in Halbe (Brandenburg) im Bahnhof an. Wir helfen euch Linux auf eure Rechner zu bringen, bei Kaffee und Tee. https://halbewelt.de/event/linux-install-cafe/ @Endof10 @gemeinsamfuerhalbe #endof10 #eo10challenges #esperantostacio #halbe #software #windows10 #computercafe #computerhilfe #opensource
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