Containerized Debian package builds, artifact diffs, and automated maintenance, test running, new upstream imports and more. If you previously struggled with .deb work, this might make things a lot easier now.

Ubuntu 26.04 has been released! MariaDB is now in the 'main' archive, which for Ubuntu users and Canonical customers means that MariaDB is an officially supported core component, rather than just an extra option. Latest version also features an Ubuntu-tailored security like custom AppArmor profile for MariaDB and a hardened systemd service.

Want to contribute to Ubuntu/Debian but stuck on packaging task? Welcome to Mentoring Mondays

For anyone doing their first contribution to MariaDB: start out by learning how the mariadb-test-run command works and how to efficiently rebuild the MariaDB sources and re-run the test suite.

MariaDB’s new AppArmor profile is now enforcing in Debian unstable and heading to Ubuntu 26.04. If you are a dba/sysadmin, check your logs and share feedback via the Debian bug tracker.

After comparing several of these directories, seems https://euro-stack.com/ is the most comprehensive. I also like that it allows to filter by both being European and open source.

It is also made by the same people who run https://eurostack.eu/ and who got a lot of visibility delivering the https://euro-stackletter.eu/ letter to President Von der Leyen a year ago. Hopefully they settle soon on what is their primary domain :)

Yet another directory of European tech alternatives: https://eutechmap.com/ 🇪🇺

There quite a few of these now. Which directory do you think is the best one to recommend/promote?

Univeristy student keen to gain open source skills this summer? If you, or someone you know, want to contribute to Debian with Google's sponsorship, explore the GSoC 2026 project ideas now: https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2026/Projects

Applications open until end of March - look into project ideas already this weekend!

I tested 9 flagships (Claude 4.6, GPT-5.2, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Kimi K2.5, etc.) in my own mini-benchmark with novel tasks, web search disabled and zero training contamination and no cheating possible.

TL;DR: Claude 4.6 is currently the best reasoning model, GPT-5.2 is overrated, and open-source is catching up fast, in particular Moonshot.ai's Kimi K2.5 seems very capable.

It's an open source venture backed by $35M from FirstMark Capital, Spark Capital, and GV (Google Ventures). It's a drop-in replacement for MySQL with an extension architecture. See their native UUID extension with efficient 16-byte storage as an example.

Git is the industry standard for software development, but I thasn’t been fully adopted in Debian packaging yet. Debian development is still based on uploading tarballs via FTP.

I believe that git-based workflows could enhance collaboration, transparency, and productivity for one of the world’s most vital open source projects. Increasing the use of salsa.debian.org, Debian's GitLab instance, would be a good step towards collaborative git usage.

Awesome to see Omarchy getting more visibility! Fireship’s vid spreading the Linux desktop to 500k+ viewers is huge!

I don't use this distro myself, but I still cheer for anything that helps motivate Windows users to make the switch.

Awesome to see Omarchy getting more visibility! Fireship’s vid spreading the Linux desktop to 500k+ viewers is huge!

I don't use this distro myself, but I still cheer for anything that helps motivate Windows users to make the switch.

If you are self-hosting MariaDB, upgrading to latest LTS version will make TLS much esier.

I have been browsing the following:

• https://openalternative.co/?sort=pageviews.desc
• https://alternativeto.net/feature/open-source/
• https://www.opensourcealternative.to/
• https://euroalternative.co/
• https://european-alternatives.eu/

Which one do you think open source minded people should primairly recommend?

This is nice for those tired of wrestling with TLS certs and CAs for your database

Next time I start a new web app development I might try MariaDB Cloud with "Serverless tier is free forever for experimenting and small development projects"