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Help needed: 3-Minute Survey for FOSS Backstage Talk

by Daniel Gerber

Dear ALASCA members, developers, supporters and friends, In a few days I will be giving a talk at this years FOSS Backstage in Berlin. To ensure that I represent the perspectives and priorities of our community accurately, as well as help guiding ALASCA’s work going forward, I would appreciate it if you could take a moment to answer this short survey: https://nextcloud.cloudandheat.com/apps/forms/s/qMYM4FiNfjkzfCzybSGcoFYM It should not take you more then 3 minutes, the answer are anonymous and can be given till Friday the 13th of March, 23:59. Please excuse duplicate notification of this survey and please share it within our community. Cheers, Daniel P.S: In case you need an English version please contact me directly! —— Dr. Daniel Gerber Softwaredeveloper ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 daniel.gerber(a)alasca.cloud | https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

March 5, 2026

ALASCA Summit 2026 - Call for Contribution is live

by Helena Ott

Hi everybody! We're excited to announce, that we've officially opened up our*Call for Contribution* <https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-summit-2026/alasca-summit-2026-programme/ala…> for the ALASCA Summit 2026! This year's motto: /With C – as in Community. Breaking down technical silos united for a digitally sovereign Europe./ Would you like to introduce a new project, present a use case or share „lessons learnt“ with the community? We are looking for a variety of technical submissions in the area of open source cloud infrastructure and look forward to many different topics. You can submit the following formats for this year's ALASCA Summit: * Lightning Talk (10 minutes) * Talk (20 minutes) * Workshop (3 hours): When submitting a workshop, we kindly ask you to include information regarding hardware, software and skill requirements in the abstract. The Call for Contribution is open until *31.05.2026. *In the weeks following that date, an evaluation and selection of all submitted contributions will be carried out and we will then inform you about the decision to include your submission in our programme for the ALASCA Summit 2026. We are super excited to see all of your contributions coming in throughout the following weeks and months and can't wait to curate a valuable, information packed programme for our community! Check out our*ALASCA Summit website * <https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-summit-2026/>for more info regardign the event. Greetings from Dresden your ALASCA Summit Team __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

March 3, 2026

ALASCA - Chemnitzer Linux Tage Booth Support

by Helena Ott

Hi everyone, we've got some great news: ALASCA was accpeted for a talk, a workshop and a booth at the Chemnitzer Linux Tage on March 28th and 29th! 🎉 The FOCIS Team will be there and we are very excited about it. Since I unfortunately can't make the event, we have a free slot for the booth. We can bring 4 people to CLT free of charge to occupy the booth (you don't need to be at the booth ALL the time) and since it is an ALASCA booth, I'd like to extend the invitation to our community. Would anyone like to join us and represent ALASCA at CLT? We would love your support on this. If you have someone in mind, who'd like to join or if you'd like to join yourself, please reach out. Excited to hear from you. Greetings from Dresden Helena -- Helena Ott Communication and Documentation Specialist ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

Feb. 24, 2026

ALASCA Community Digest #7 - Updates, News, and More

by Franziska Feldmann

Good morning, ALASCA Community, we're happy to inform you that a new ALASCA Community Digest has been recently published. In the current publication you can learn more about * Upcoming events, such as the 3rd ALASCA Summit * Updates from our Technical Steering Commitee and our Open Source Projects * News from ALASCA FOCIS as well as * Information on organizational matters Hop over to our website in order to read more: https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-community-digest-no-7/ If you have any questions about the updates given, feel free to ask :) Have a wonderful day. All the best, Franziska -- Franziska Feldmann ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/en/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

Feb. 11, 2026

ALASCA Branding published on GitLab

by Helena Ott

Hi there ALASCA community! sharing some great news with you all, as of last week, you can find all of our ALASCA logos, the project logos, as well as the color codes for all our projects and the association up on *GitLab* <https://gitlab.com/alasca.cloud/governance/logos-and-artwork>. With that, we were able to eliminate the extra step of you having to ask us for them. Feel free to grab the logos and download/use them as needed. Before doing so, we'd kindly ask you read the*terms and conditions of use <https://gitlab.com/alasca.cloud/governance/logos-and-artwork/-/blob/main/05…>* and strictly oblige by them. We would love to avoid seeing ALASCA within inappropriate contexts. Thanks so much! Greeting from Dresden Helena -- Helena Ott Communication and Documentation Specialist ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud |https://alasca.cloud/ Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk. Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier:https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

Feb. 10, 2026

Re: Yaook SCS Operator hackathon 2026-02-26, Hamburg - save the date!

by Friedrich Zahn

Hi everyone, we now have an official announcement and a WIP agenda for the hackathon: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-focis-yaook-scs-operator-hackathon/ We already got some confirmation that there will be experts from both the Yaook community and SCS taking part. If you would like to participate, please drop me an E-mail so we can plan accordingly and keep you in the loop. Best regards Friedrich

Feb. 3, 2026

ALASCA Summit 2026 - Save the Date

by Helena Ott

Hi there ALASCA Community, we've got some great news for you. We are delighted to send out our official *Save the Date* for the *ALASCA Summit 2026*, which will be taking place on *November 3rd and 4th* this year here in Dresden. We will be coming together at the *Mighty Twice Hotel <https://www.twicehotels.de/dresden>* for 2 days of knowledge exchange, talks, hands-on workshops and panel discussions all around the topic of open-source cloud infrastructure. More information towards registration, call for contribution and options for sponsoring will be following within the next few weeks. Stay tuned and get excited for the 3rd ALASCA Summit. Greetings from Germany your ALASCA Summit Team __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

Jan. 22, 2026

Yaook SCS Operator hackathon 2026-02-26, Hamburg - save the date!

by Friedrich Zahn

Hi, the ALASCA-FOCIS team, supported by Dataport, UhuruTec and other community members, is planning a one day hackathon to work on a Yaook SCS Operator that will make it easier to run SCS-IaaS compliant Yaook cloud offerings. Save the date: 2026-02-26 in Hamburg. More details will follow soon, stay tuned! Feel free to get back to me with any questions or suggestions. Best regards Friedrich

Jan. 8, 2026

ALASCA Community SONiC Build Mailinglist

by Helena Ott

Hi everybody, roughly two weeks ago, we had a lively discussion about our ALASCA Community SONiC Build (SCOMB). As promised, we have created a mailing list for it and would love to have you on it, if you are interested in participating this project. You can sign up for it *here* <https://lists.alasca.cloud/postorius/lists/scomb.lists.alasca.cloud/>. We'll be waiting a fews days for everyone to join, before we'll send the transkript of our last meeting around. Thanks everyone and have a great start to the week. Helena __ *ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V.* c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 hello(a)alasca.cloud <mailto:hello@alasca.cloud> | https://alasca.cloud/ /Let's learn. Let's discuss. Let's inspire. Let's tech-talk./ Alle News zu den ALASCA-Tech-Talks gibt es hier: https://alasca.cloud/alasca-tech-talks/ Verantwortliche i.S.d. § 55 Abs. 2 RStV: Dr. Marius Feldmann (Vorsitzender | Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH) Josephine Seifert (Stellvertretende Vorsitzende) Steffen Brauß (Schatzmeister | Schwarz IT KG) Registergericht: Amtsgericht Dresden Registernummer: VR 12961 Steuernummer: 202/140/21049

Dec. 15, 2025

Open Source in Sachsen - Kleine Anfragen an Staatsregierung

by danielgerber

Liebe Alle, Ich darf euch auf folgende kleine Anfragen an die Sächsische Staatsregierung informieren. Sobald hier Antworten vorliegen, würde ich diese ebenfalls über diesen Weg hier verbreiten. Wer noch jemand kennt, der diese Mails ebenfalls erhalten sollte, teilt mir dies bitte mit. Gern auch selbst weiterverbreiten. Stand der Umsetzung der Open Source-Strategie des Freistaates https://redas.landtag.sachsen.de/redas/download?datei_id=46544 Beteiligung am ZenDis und Nutzung der Angebote von openDesk und openCode https://edas.landtag.sachsen.de/redas/download?datei_id=46389 Preiserhöhungen bei VMWare für den Freistaat Sachsen: https://edas.landtag.sachsen.de/redas/download?datei_id=46390 Viele Grüße und frohe Weihnachten, Daniel ——— Dr. Daniel Gerber Stellvertretender Vorsitzender Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V. Mobil: +49 160 99552130 gerber(a)osb-alliance.com ALASCA - Verband für betriebsfähige, offene Cloud-Infrastrukturen e.V. c/o Cloud&Heat Technologies GmbH Königsbrücker Straße 96 | 01099 Dresden +49 351 479 367 00 daniel.gerber(a)alasca.cloud | https://alasca.cloud/

Dec. 10, 2025