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KDE Plasma 6.8 verabschiedet sich von X11

Mit Plasma 6.8 verabschiedet sich KDE von der X11-Sitzung und setzt vollständig auf Wayland. Die neue Version bringt zudem Verbesserungen bei Barrierefreiheit, Bildschirmaufnahmen, Fernwartung und Systemüberwachung.

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LineageOS 24 baut auf Android 17

Bevor LineageOS, eine auf Android basierende Distribution für Mobilgeräte, im Dezember sein zehnjähriges Jubiläum feiert, ist das Release LineageOS 24 für die Entwickler ein weiterer Schritt nach…

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From Brussels to Bolzano: Router Freedom, young hackers and our community

From Brussels to Bolzano: Router Freedom, young hackers and our community

October is here and with it, our reflection on the last twelve months: check out our Software Freedom report to find out everything that happened in the last 365 days, and read the coming news about YH4F. Our latest podcast episodes are also out: one about our local Danish group and another about the European Digital Networks Act.

Every autumn feels like a turning point. The summer conferences are behind us, the fall and winter ones are coming up, and our yearly report, Software Freedom in Europe 2026, is out. In it, we look back at the work done by all our volunteers and employees over the last twelve months. We could not be more proud of this work, which is only possible thanks to everyone who has supported us over the last 25 years!

Volunteers are the foundation of our work. In one of our latest episodes of the Software Freedom Podcast, Bonnie Mehring sits down with one of our core volunteers: Carsten Agger, our Danish coordinator. They talk about how the local group in Aarhus began, why Denmark is taking a growing interest in digital independence, and what Free Software can mean for the public sector. Listen to episode 55 for a closer look at what local engagement looks like and to learn more about one of the people who is at the hear of this journey.

Our other new episode takes us from local groups to Brussels, and to a question that affects everyone with an internet connection: who decides which router you can use? In it, we talk about Router Freedom, the upcoming Digital Networks Act (DNA) which provides an opportunity to close the fragmentation gap that has weakened Router Freedom since the last telecoms reform, and our efforts to anchor the network termination point (NTP) at the passive physical point of the network by default across all Member States. Listen to the episode or read our position on the Digital Networks Act.

More podcast episodes but this time from the outside world 😉. Jithendra joined Dr. Simonetta Vezzoso for episode 6 of the DMA Vox Populi podcast. They discussed the role of civil society in litigation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the factual and technical contributions civil society organisations can make, and the challenges they face, particularly when it comes to funding their participation.

Back to our volunteer work but this time in Italy, thanks to Giacomo Alessandroni, Youth Hacking 4 Freedom is now part of the Italian national PCTO programme. This means Italian students can earn school credits for developing Free Software projects: and any Italian school can now add YH4F to its activities. You can read the full story and see how it works. While we wait for the new edition to start, the YH4F 2026 winners will be announced very soon.

Speaking of Italy, we are getting ready to head to Bolzano for SFSCON 2026, where our team and volunteers will give several talks, meet our Italian community, and talk with people who care about Software Freedom. You can find all our talks and the rest of our events on our events page. Come by our booth, say hello, and be one of the first to get our new merchandise!

Our info material made it into Tampere (Finland). Thanks to a Free Software advocate, FSFE’s stickers are not all around different spots there

And while you wait for Bolzano, you can relive some of what happened in the last months. The recordings of some of our talks are out: Bonnie at DevConf.CZ 2026 on engaging Gen Z and Alpha with Free Software, Alex on Free Software and the CRA, and Florian on what the FSFE and Star Trek have in common at FrOSCon 2026, while Ana talked about the presence of the FSFE on the Fediverse at Fediday 2026! You can find them all at media.fsfe.org. Grab a coffee and press play.

Dario attended the 11th edition of Software Freedom Kosova in Pristina ith a talk on our 25-year historySome of our Belgium volunteers attended CoderDojo 2026, where they hosted an Ada & Zangemann reading and presented our programming competition Youth Hacking 4 Freedom

Are you an FSFE supporter? To make sure our communications reach you, please take a moment to confirm or update your postal address (by logging in on fsfe.org). Your support means the world to us, and we would hate for any news or thank you messages to get lost along the way.

We may be behind the wheel, but you’re the ones keeping us moving forward. You can support us, contribute to our work, and join our community. Are you using social media? If so, do not forget to follow us there! You can also follow the FSFE news in your RSS Reader.

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Flathub lockert KI-Verbot und setzt auf Offenlegungspflicht

Flathub erlaubt wieder Anwendungen, die mit KI-generierten Inhalten entwickelt wurden. Statt eines pauschalen Verbots müssen Entwickler künftig offenlegen, welche Bestandteile ihrer Einreichung mithilfe künstlicher Intelligenz entstanden sind und welchen Umfang diese haben. Über die Aufnahme entscheidet weiterhin das Flathub-Team, das Anwendungen bei Qualitätsbedenken oder erschwerter Wartbarkeit ablehnen kann. Noch im Mai hatte das Flatpak-Repository eine […]

Der Beitrag Flathub lockert KI-Verbot und setzt auf Offenlegungspflicht erschien zuerst auf fosstopia.

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Linux-Kernel soll Ruhezustand trotz Secure Boot ermöglichen

Der Linux-Kernel könnte künftig auch im sogenannten Lockdown-Modus den Ruhezustand unterstützen. Derzeit ist die Funktion aus Sicherheitsgründen deaktiviert, wenn der Kernel über UEFI Secure Boot gestartet wurde oder der Administrator den Lockdown-Modus manuell aktiviert hat. Neue, von Matthew Garrett bei NVIDIA vorgeschlagene Patches sollen diese Einschränkung überwinden, ohne die damit verbundenen Sicherheitsanforderungen aufzugeben. Der Hintergrund […]

Der Beitrag Linux-Kernel soll Ruhezustand trotz Secure Boot ermöglichen erschien zuerst auf fosstopia.

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