PikaPods

Some applications run better with a hosting provider than on your own server. Especially when it comes to speed and availability, you’re usually better off in the cloud than behind a home internet connection. If you’re looking for an affordable provider for open-source software, you should check out “PikaPods”. My FreshRSS instance is still hosted on fly.io. If they cut my free tier, I’ll probably move to PikaPods or Uberspace. ...

August 23, 2025 · 1 min · 87 words

£9B to Microsoft

Lindsay Clark writes in »Faced with £40B budget hole, UK commits £9B to Microsoft« for theregister.com The UK public sector expects to spend around £9 billion on Microsoft products and services over five years under its current contract. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

August 7, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words

European Digital Infrastructure Consortium

Maximilian Henning schreibt in »Quartet of EU countries to cooperate on building sovereign digital infrastructure« für euractiv.com Today both France and Germany, along with the Netherlands and Italy, signed founding papers for a European Digital Infrastructure Consortium for Digital Commons – which they said will focus on publicly developed and publicly usable digital programmes. The signature alone is not enough. The consortium still needs to be established. ...

July 9, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words

MacsyZones

If macOS’s built-in window-management features aren’t enough, MacsyZones offers a promising alternative. This open-source window manager lets you organize windows much like on Windows, but with extended customization options. The source code is available at öffentlich zugänglich, and the software can be purchased to support further development. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

March 29, 2025 · 1 min · 64 words

ghostty

For anyone who likes using tools like tmux to split their terminal window, a look at the terminal emulator ‘ghostty’ might be of interest. Ghostty not only provides tabs, but also lets you split windows directly within the terminal. But that’s only one of many features. Ghostty is fully Open Source and available cross-platform. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

February 8, 2025 · 1 min · 71 words