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I have started using #RSS with my #ebookreader and now I understand its value. I just have automatic deploy using #forgejo actions set up for my blogs hosted on #codeberg. I also enabled full dump of blog posts into RSS.

If you enjoy reading blogs and websites, but you still aren't using RSS, I highly recommend you try it. You won't regret it.

As someone said before, the right way to follow websites is RSS. Not a Mastodon bot, a Telegram bot or newsletters from Email.

Also if you read a lot, you might want to get an #epaper device :) I've done some stuff which people said I would regret. But I found the opposite. One of them is buying an ebook reader device with electronic paper screen. Of course, it's me and I read a lot. If you don't read that much, it might not be worth it. As they aren't exactly cheap devices.

Also if you want to read comics, you probably want to get a device which supports colors.

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Mastodon (official) mobile apps and mastodon.social, mastodon.online web UI will include easily dismissable donation banner:
news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-in-a
(Some people often get mad if a project asks for donation within its software UI, but I think volunteer devs also deserve to get some payment for their work, it's fair to include a donation notice, if it doesn't annoy users with its placement.)

Brave and AdGuard will block Microsoft Recall:
brave.com/privacy-updates/35-b
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Bluesky introduces age verification (using payment cards, ID scans, or face scans) for accessing adult content and direct messaging, and content controls for UK users:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/
(Yeah we're heading into a dystopian future, where you can't use social media without giving up sensitive information... Or can't send messages because a small portion of predators also use that feature... It shouldn't be the responsibility of governments and social media platforms to protect children, it's the parents' task to protect their children. If governments would really care about protecting children, they would rather push campaigns targeted towards parents to raise awareness of the importance of paying attention what their child is doing online. But nah, this "protect children" thing is only pushed for emotional manipulation, so that the governments can cover their arse, while building surveillance infrastructure.)

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It's FOSS News · Mastodon Wants Funding and Won't Mind Nudging You for DonationThis small change could help support Mastodon.
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Firefox 141 will include WebGPU support, Windows-only for now, with plans to extend it to Linux and macOS:
news.itsfoss.com/firefox-webgp
(Mozilla treating Linux as a second-class citizen? Another reason for distros to ditch it lol)

Servo monthly status update: work towards supporting incremental layout handling, support for viewport meta tags, scroll events in the DOM, barebones IndexedDB support, and more:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-June-2

Blender 4.5 LTS released with stable Vulkan backend, pen tablet tilt support, horizontal scrolling support in the UI, region resize highlighting, support for dropping a tree view item after the last element, a new operator to take a screenshot within Blender for an asset preview, a new shader node to control volume coefficients, etc.:
9to5linux.com/blender-4-5-lts-

VirtualBox 7.1.12 released with improved support for Linux kernel 6.16, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/virtualbox-7-1-1

Organic Map July update released with updated OpenStreetMap data, better Arabic search, map display now highlights campsites, resort areas, and industrial zones, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

LibreOffice merged built-in support for Bitcoin, will probably by available in 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-

Wireshark 4.4.8 released with updated protocol support, bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-8-

Calibre 8.7 released with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, ability to ignore “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author, bug fixes and improvements:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-7-adds

Haiku monthly recap: Wifi driver replaced, work on HiDPI scaling, more robust error handling for the FAT file system driver, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/Haiku-OS-Jun

It's FOSS News · Firefox Catches Up to Chrome With the Addition of This Feature But Leaves Linux Out (for now)Mozilla did a very good job with this. Now, bring it to Linux as well, please.
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Mozilla VPN Linux app is now available on Flathub:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozill

Bluesky introduces improved notification management:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

OBS Studio 31.1 released with multitrack video support on Linux and macOS, preview zoom controls, support for additional canvases for Multitrack Video output, AV1 B-frame support for AMF, support for color format/space/range GPU conversion, new UI settings, etc.:
9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-

LibreOffice Writer Markdown import support is merged, will be available in LibreOffice 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-
(That will be really useful for me when creating downloadable versions of programming cheatsheets for FosseryWeb, because I can just export the Markdown from Joplin, import it to Writer.)

Geany 2.1 released with improved UI and file type support:
9to5linux.com/geany-2-1-open-s

KeePass 2.59 released with native Windows 11 support, faster encryption, enhanced security, improved database portability, browser integration:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Ardour drops GTK+ support in favor of its fork, YTK:
phoronix.com/news/Ardour-Remov

Calibre 8.6 released with improved database restore performance, support for the La Presse news source, 'Search "not in"' and 'Filter "not in"' buttons for the Manage Authors and Manage Items options, etc.:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-6-open

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on FlathubThe Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.

#gutenMorgen
Nachdem die Frau und ich uns hier tolle Tipps zu #ebookreader geholt haben (nochmal Danke dafür ☺️), haben wir uns zu je einem tolino Vision colour entschieden. Davon abgesehen, dass wir von der ersten Sekunde an feststellten, was für Opfer wir waren, uns je einen Kindle zuzulegen, flasht ein Merkmal ganz besonders: Stinknormale Druckknöpfe zum Blättern. #Hightech
#erstmalKaffee

Analyse der Umweltbilanz: E-Books schlagen gedruckte Bücher deutlich

heise.de/-10461900

"Die Ökobilanz gedruckter Büchern ist massiv schlechter als die von E-Books, selbst wenn Lesegeräte einbezogen werden. Das hat die Stiftung Warentest ermittelt."

Da Bibliotheken sehr oft ausleihen und ggf. sammeln, dürften die Bücher ja besser wegkommen. Aber eBooks sind ja sowieso nicht verkehrt.

heise online · Analyse der Umweltbilanz: E-Books schlagen gedruckte Bücher deutlichBy Martin Holland
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Mozilla discontinues Fakespot Deep Fake Detector:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/mozill

Organic Maps gets option to save planned routes and other improvements:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

CoMaps 2025.06.10 is now available on F-Droid with new UI and updated maps:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

Proton Mail and Calendar gets option for adding notes when replying to event invitations:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

ONLYOFFICE 9.0 released with new themes, redesigned start screen, new Diagram Viewer tool, new supported formats (Markdown, OpenDocument Graphics, Excel binary workbook files) etc.:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/onlyof

Immich 1.135 released with iOS home screen widgets, Google Cast support and album descriptions in mobile apps, opt-in Google Cast integration and new onboarding flow on web, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

ReactOS gets better support for fullscreen programs:
phoronix.com/news/ReactOS-Full

Calibre 8.5 released with improved Kobo driver, new button in the Manage Data Files dialog to cancel remaining e-books when managing multiple ones, etc.:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-5-open

Zed gets new multi-language debugger tool, supporting Rust, Go, Python, JavaScript and C/C++:
news.itsfoss.com/zed-debugger-

Git 2.50 released with multi-pack reachability, improved multiple cruft packs, ORT merge engine, etc.:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

Servo gets animated GIF support, support for SVG images via HTML "img" tag, input type="color" support, better layout and CSS support, etc.:
phoronix.com/news/Servo-May-20

Zen Browser 1.13b released with spaces for tabs instead of workspaces, updated Firefox base, Google Safe Browsing support:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla Axes its AI-Generated Text Detector Add-On - OMG! UbuntuMozilla is axing another project that felt a perfect fit for a company founded on the idea of making the web better for everyone. Next week, on June 26

#EBookReader #fedipower ich habe einen älteren Tolino, der inzwischen bei mehreren/vielen epubs die bekannten Probleme mit dem verzögerten Umblättern, beziehnungsweise ganz Einfrieren hat. Gibt es da inzwischen Lösungen, die wirklich praktikabel sind und funktionieren? "Beta-feature" abschalten und epub per Calibre in epub (sic!) konvertieren (ist als guter Tipp gehandeln worden) haben nicht funktioniert.
Oder sollte ich mich nach einem neueren Reader umsehen, und wenn ja: welche Firma?
#lesen

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PeerTube mobile app v1 released with local accounts, option to login to multiple online accounts on different instances:
joinpeertube.org/news/app-v1

BleachBit 5.0 released with cleaning support expanded to include LibreWolf, (non-beta) Edge, Bash temporary files, Geary email client, targeted cleanup of rotated logs and broken desktop entries on Linux, new display-language option in preferences, other improvements:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/
("including privacy-oriented browsers like LibreWolf, non-beta Edge..." - did AlternativeTo guys really call Edge a privacy browser or they just formulated the sentence a bit vaguely? 🤔️ *Says Fossery who sucks at English* lol)

NewPipe v0.27.7 released with temporary solution to restore YouTube video quality above 360p, new SABR video protocol is being worked on:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/5/
(Who will be faster? YouTube implementing Widevine DRM (fully for everyone) or NewPipe implementing SABR protocol? Let's bet in the comments, because why not lol)
(I bet for SABR, because YouTube is much slower to implement things and roll out for everyone lol)

Curl project is cracking down on AI slop bug reports, reporters get instant ban:
news.itsfoss.com/curl-ai-slop/
("But what if they judge that incorrectly and ban legit reporters? They can use it for malicious purpose to ban people they don't like" - people will say. That can be an issue of course, but at the same time, AI generated trash takes away time from answering legit bug reports, so it can be a good thing if done right. It's hard to judge though, it's either this or that problem.)

Calibre 8.4 released with improved KEPUB output, other improvements and bug fixes:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-4-open

JoinPeerTube · App v1 is out! | JoinPeerTubeToday, our not-for-profit (Framasoft) is proud to present v1 of the PeerTube mobile application, 4 months after its first release! It's the work of a ...
#WeeklyNews#News#FOSS

Ich gestehe: Obwohl ich liebend #Bücher sammele, lese ich auch gerne E-Books.
Laut @auxlitera verzeichnete der #eBook-Markt 2024 einen Umsatzanstieg von 2,2 %. Spannend.

Ich suche eine Alternative zum #Amazon #Kindle, deswegen Frage in die Runde: Welcher E-Reader wird empfohlen? Hat jemand Erfahrungen mit Geräten wie dem Kobo Libra Colour, Tolino Shine 5 oder PocketBook Verse Pro?

Was könnt ihr WIRKLICH empfehlen?

auxlitera.de/2025/03/16/e-book
#EBookReader #Lesen #BuchCommunity  

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