A nice open source project from the industry. The new plant of a medium-sized company needed to be equipped with video surveillance and recording. Usually engineers use ready-to-use CCTV1 systems bought in DIY stores, consisting of a network-attached storage and a streaming server. Nowadays, not that cheap Chinese blackboxes, usually tied together with Apps, Cloud and Online functionality without any chance of customization. Read more

Congratulations to Telekom with its millions of MagentaCloud1 users. Throughout the year2, they will switch to Nextcloud3 and the online office service Collabora4, based on the free LibreOffice5. This is a real success story for Nextcloud and its years of work in winning over ISPs6. Read more

The Linux Presentation Day (LPD)1 on 19.11.2022 is intended to promote the free operating system and its applications to anyone interested. All over Germany2 universities, user groups, computer and chaos clubs will open their doors simultaneously and invite people to: Discover the various free operating systems and applications Exchange experiences in a cosy atmosphere Installation session of PCs, notebooks or media centres On this day, I will be present at the Chaostreff Dortmund from 1 p. Read more

Today, I’m excited to write about a special migration. This time, it’s me who’s switching from proprietary to free software. The challenge is navigation - not by car, bicycle, or foot. It’s about flying in the sky with an airplane. Admittedly, this is a niche with only a few players. Read more