<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Foss on Gabriel Berardi</title><link>http://www.gabriel-berardi.com/tags/foss/</link><description>Recent content in Foss on Gabriel Berardi</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-US</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://www.gabriel-berardi.com/tags/foss/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>FOSS - Software For The People</title><link>http://www.gabriel-berardi.com/blog/open-source/2026-08-13-foss-software-for-the-people/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.gabriel-berardi.com/blog/open-source/2026-08-13-foss-software-for-the-people/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Have you ever asked yourself, &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the vast majority of people use either a Windows or a macOS computer? Or &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; it can be, that there’s virtually only one office suite (Microsoft Office), that uses de facto vendor-locked file types (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx). Or &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; software started to be a rental product, for which you need to keep paying money monthly or yearly? And &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;, despite this rental charge, those tools still collect and track your data, and violate your privacy at every moment?&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>