Ardour 9.8 has been released as the latest stable version of this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.

Coming two and a half months after Ardour 9.7, the Ardour 9.8 release introduces initial scales support to let you visualize out-of-scale notes and choose if you want to avoid creating them entirely when composing and improvising in a specific musical key, as well as support for the Novation Launchkey 88 Mk4 and Arturia Drumbrute controllers.

Ardour 9.8 also brings improvements to session recovery for audio recordings in case the system crashes while Ardour is recording, improvements to clip recording guaranteeing at least a 2-bar count-in with the countdown displayed on the screen in the clip editor, and a new option in MIDI Tools to create arpeggios.

The Transport Masters dialog has been improved as well to report the position when the linear timecode is not moving, and the session locates to static timecode to minimize sync time. In addition, the Cue page has been updated to reorder processors in the track when recording a clip and using hardware monitoring at the same time to get a signal to record.

On top of that, Ardour 9.8 adds UI support for LV2 string parameters, adds lib64 search paths on Linux for VST3 plugins, adds support for handling LV2 parameter updates of any known type, disables VST micro-edit inline controls by default, and adds an “add_section” OSC method.

Starting with this release, Ardour now includes cross-cursor preference in metadata, properly converts sends from old Ardour 2 sessions, enables scrolling for the route comments box, no longer allows end BBT markers after paste, and uses pixel-based logic to determine where to start the edge where resize/reposition occurs.

It also latches the rec-enable control when using a transport master and allows translation of startup profiling messages. Check out the release notes for more details about the changes included in Ardour 9.8, which you can download from the official website as ready-to-use binaries and a source tarball.

For those unfamiliar, Zotero is a “free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research”. It's very popular in university / academia since it makes it trivial to manage in-text citations and works cited / references sections. There are browser extensions and plugins for popular document processing software (including Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, OnlyOffice, etc).

It's both open source (AGPLv3), and the most popular choice for that type of software. I recommend it to anyone that I see still doing citations by hand.

From this update, I am looking forward to the following:

Searches are now much more powerful, with support for nested condition groups and automatic mapping of conditions across levels of the hierarchy. It’s now trivial to, say, search for top-level items with a given author AND (a descendant annotation that is either yellow OR red) [...]

It’s now possible to select multiple rows in the collections pane and view items from across all of those views.

For example, you can now select two collections to quickly see all the items from both of those collections, or select a few saved searches to see the combined results from those searches.

You can now easily edit multiple items at once. Simply select multiple items in the items list, click “Edit Multiple Items…” in the item pane, and then make changes, and the changes will be applied to all selected items. Fields that have multiple values will show “Multiple”, and clicking in the field will show the available values (and “Clear all values”).

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/74452198

We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it should be public code as well.

Code paid by the people should be available to the people!

"Lehane admitted people would not “feel great” about the threat of attacks, and described the risk as coming from open-source models – many of which are developed in China – which are only a few months behind frontier closed models built by companies such as OpenAI."

This is not an attempt to securley pause AI development but rather a not so subtle way of attacking ooen source?

I spent some time reading the User Guide and some other docs, instead of going to sleep... here are my main takeaways.

• It's like GitHub, but decentralized.
• It's P2P, so you run a Radicle node on your laptop (but you have to opt-in to incoming connections)
• It's very offline/local workflow friendly
• https://radicle.garden/ is an optional centralized, always-available node that can mirror/seed/host your code. So basically YOU <-> radicle.garden -> world
• This is what the web interface looks like: https://radicle.network/nodes/kristoff.radicle.garden/rad:z3WukSjzicL8WaZHFALbBwb2r8W52
• There is a concept of "seeding". When a user "seeds" your repo, they add to your repo's replica count, meaning it'll have higher availability. It's kinda like a GitHub "fork", but the fork becomes a valid location to download your repo from. (Crypto makes it trustworthy.)
• The point of seeding is to help keep the repo up, whatever the reason may be (outages, censorship, etc).
• Repos have UUIDs across the network, so you aren't tied to a specific server or company. If radicle.garden enshitifies and you move, your users keep cloning exactly the same.
• CLI is written in Rust... single static binary, contains everything you need
• Your git repo carries code, issues, and pull requests, but not in literal files mixed with your code (right?)
• You can host on Radicle, but your users don't have to use Radicle to clone, they can just do a regular git clone
• Users do have to get on the Radicle network to post issues and pull requests though.
• Private/invite-only repos supported
• Release artifacts supported
• CI supported via web hooks?

Hey everyone,

I’m a part of the Bazaar Initiative and we are working on an open source game. It’s an open-world role-playing game set in a fantasy world, built for PC. The core idea is simple - it is 100% free, open-source, licensed under GPLv3, and built by anyone who wants to make it.

We are building this game openly, from the first sketch to the last commit, by a small group of writers, artists, programmers, and sound designers working across time zones. There is no roadmap dictated by a boardroom or a publisher sitting between the team and the player. No micro-transactions, no live-service contracts. Just a growing forest of contributions, each one reviewed, merged, and signed by a real person.

Why open source?

A game made in the open cannot be killed by a single quarterly meeting. We work in the open because:

• It keeps us independent from money-hungry publishers.
• It gives us a workshop for creative vision experiments (want to prototype a weird weather system or combat stance? Branch it, push it, see if it breathes).
• It gives contributors a public artifact with their name on it to build their portfolios.
• An open-source game is forkable. As long as one contributor wants to keep the world alive, the world stays alive.

Who we are looking for

We’re looking for anyone who wants to help make this a reality. Any experience level, any timezone, any background. These roles aren't gates - they are just starting points:

• Writers: Quests, dialogue, world lore, item descriptions.
• Artists: Concept, illustration, 3D, environment, UI.
• Programmers: Gameplay, systems, tooling, engine, build pipeline.
• Sound Designers: Score, ambience, foley, combat SFX.

How to join

There is no application form, no test, and no deadline. Write a few sentences about what you'd like to make, link your work if you have it, and say hello.

• 📩 Email me at: artem.yurchenko@pm.me
• 🌐 Check out the project page & vibe here: https://bazaar-init.vercel.app/

I'd love to hear what you think of the project, or answer any questions you have in the comments!

Hi all,

for the past few months, I've had a chance to start a private project called Rodeo, a clone of MC or NC. After a while, it took most of my free time away so I took AI assistance to help me out finish it. I am releasing it as the open source; it was (and still is) my entry to the Rust and honestly, AI took a good job helping me understand few Rust paradigms (btw, The Rust Programming Language book helped too!).

If you are the Terminal person as I am, love the vim-based shortcuts and would like something old but new, give it a shot and let me know, how you like it and what feature would you like to see implemented. I'll be happy to add it to TODO list ;)

I want to find open source games but dont know where to start. Any reccomendations?

Working on integrating Exodus Privacy data directly into LibreFind. Right now the app suggests FOSS alternatives, but soon it will also show you exactly which ad/analytics trackers and dangerous permissions are embedded inside the proprietary apps you're replacing.

Still wiring it up, but test builds will be up on Codeberg/GitHub soon.

https://codeberg.org/jksalcedo/librefind https://github.com/jksalcedo/librefind

#FOSS #Privacy #Android #LibreFind

i really like nothings design (ive also got a nothing phone flex flex 🤤) and ive come pretty far with my customization but theres still alot to fix

like icon packs, launchers, the colors (material you i guess?) and so on

plz help goys

My open-source CMS, Garlic-Hub, is now listed on Awesome Selfhosted.

This is a small but significant milestone for a niche project that’s still relatively unknown:

I’m continuing to work on making #DigitalSignage less dependent on proprietary cloud platforms.

#opensource @opensource

Source code and details: https://git.anarchists.space/nemesis/Vigil

A privacy-friendly anti-spam system for account registration on a public Matrix Synapse homeserver. Before an account is created, the client solves an Argon2id puzzle that is intentionally slow and memory-intensive, taking approximately 30 minutes by default, though the homeserver owner can configure the duration. This makes large-scale bot registration expensive.

Synapse's own open registration gets turned off; Vigil is the only thing that can create an account, and it only does that once a client proves it solved a fresh puzzle.

Features

• Privacy-friendly
• A lot harder to bypass than traditional anti-spam systems
• Optional CLI tool to solve cryptographic challenges for people who don't wanna use JavaScript
• Small codebase

Eclipse SUMO is a free and open source traffic simulation suite, highly portable, microscopic and continuous traffic simulation package designed to handle large networks.

It allows modelling of intermodal traffic systems - including road vehicles, public transport and pedestrians. Included with SUMO is a wealth of supporting tools that automate core tasks for the creation, the execution and evaluation of traffic simulations, such as network import, route calculations, visualization and emission calculation. SUMO can be enhanced with custom models and provides various APIs to remotely control the simulation

Licensed under the EPLv2 (Eclipse Public License V2)

I use it I like it.

https://docs.mailcow.email/#news-and-release-informations

Criticisms are valid but I like the control.

TL;DR: The growth of ListenBrainz has caught up with us, and our limited team is working on replacing central parts of our infrastructure. In the meantime, many features are unstable.

The ultimate gathering for the world's best office suite.

When: September 10—12, 2026

Where: Pordenone, Italy 🇮🇹

Why: To learn, have fun and plot against Microsoft Office

If you need a VISA, please get in touch with the organization team by sending an email at conference@libreoffice.org as soon as possible, to get an invitation letter.

If you need an accommodation, please get in touch at conference@libreoffice.org. The local tourism organization will handle requests based on your needs, providing an accommodation with an agreed discounted rate.

Hi everyone,

Between Google Play Integrity API lockdowns, Apple App Attest, and upcoming eID/age-verification mandates, alternative and privacy-focused operating systems (like GrapheneOS, LineageOS, and Linux on mobile) are being systematically locked out of banking, public portals, and everyday apps.

Rather than watching vendor lock-in get worse, I am organizing a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) working title: "My Device, My OS" to push binding EU legislation for Device Neutrality and Open Attestation.

What we aim to achieve:

• Mandate Open Attestation Standards: Require services operating in the EU to support open, vendor-neutral hardware attestation rather than relying exclusively on proprietary gatekeeper APIs (Google/Apple).
• Ban Device/OS Discrimination: Prevent public services, digital ID wallets, and essential commercial apps from arbitrarily blocking users solely for running independent or de-Googled operating systems.
• Protect Hardware Sovereignty: Enshrine the legal right of consumers to install and run the operating system of their choice without losing access to the digital single market.

Join the Matrix room to discuss, collaborate on the draft, and coordinate next steps:
👉 #my-device-my-os:pollorebozado.com

Feedback, technical insights, and EU organizers are all welcome!