Open Source Digest: R, Security, Self-Hosting & More

R Community Events & Resources

    • Social Coworking & Office Hours – Debugging in R: Join collaborative debugging sessions with the R community.
    • Rencontres R 2026 – Nantes: The annual French R conference will be held in Nantes in 2026.
    • Open Data Visualization Datasets for 2026: Explore 15+ datasets to practice and showcase your data viz skills.

    Self-Hosting & Alternatives

    • Tired of Teams? Build Your Own: A developer shares their journey creating a custom chat/collaboration tool.
    • How to Host Docker Locally: A guide for running containers on your own machine.
    • pfSense 2.8.1 – Route 53 (v6) DynDNS Error: A workaround for a Curl DNS resolution issue on pfSense.
    • Moving Pictures XML Question: Community help on editing XML to remove the watched percentage in the Kodi addon.

    Security & Compliance

    • Coordinated Disclosure in the LLM Age: A discussion on adapting vulnerability disclosure for AI-generated code.
    • Vulnerability Disclosure with Casey Ellis: Insights from Bugcrowd’s founder on ethical hacking and disclosure.
    • Contractor Compliance Risks for Property Managers: Forsite offers a system to avoid financial penalties in Australia.

    Linux & Open Source Culture

    • Linux-Partys in Germany: Events celebrating digital sovereignty and migration from Windows/US big tech.
    • Wikimedia Hackathon 2026: A participant shares experiences strengthening tools and the LATAM community.

    Development & Hardware

    • Make or Buy in Electronics: Decision framework for in-house vs. outsourced development.
    • Linux Kernel 7.1-rc5: Mainline release candidate now available.
    • 668: –yolo: A humorous take on reckless coding (likely a podcast or meme).

    Deals & Tools

    • Memorial Day Desktop Deals: Save hundreds on new computers.
    • Informatica Adds Snowflake Governance Tools for AI: SecurityBrief reports on new AI data governance features.

Source: OpenWorld.News/open-source-digest/