Kiel

A Linux news roundup reports that the German city of Kiel and the Dutch government are switching to Linux, alongside news of a KDE desktop with AI features and the release of F-Droid 2.0. The items highlight a growing push by European public institutions to move away from proprietary operating systems toward open-source software.

The trade union ver.di is holding a film evening in Kiel today at 6 pm in the Gustav-Garbe-Saal at the Kieler Gewerkschaftshaus on Legienstrasse 22. The screening, titled "Ohne Chefs – Demokratie bei der Arbeit", presents stories of collective, democratic workplaces with functioning examples meant to encourage cooperative economics. The event takes place without managers present and is aimed at opening up perspectives on worker self-organisation.

A cyclist has shared photos from a ride along the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, the Kiel Canal, near Albersdorf in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, capturing the waterway and surrounding countryside. The images, taken on a Fujifilm camera, are being shared among photography and bicycle touring communities, drawing appreciation for the scenic route alongside one of the world's busiest artificial waterways.