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7 votes
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'It's time for us to watch them': App lets you spy on Alexa and the rest of your smart devices
11 votes -
Why We’re Relicensing CockroachDB
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A look at VotingWorks, a nonprofit developing what it hopes will be “a publicly owned operating system for democracy"
10 votes -
GOG Galaxy open source?
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Go is Google's language, not ours
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Hiker, lead developer of SuperTuxKart, steps down after 13years of development
13 votes -
The struggles of an open source maintainer
10 votes -
/e/ (formerly eelo) started selling phones today
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Introducing GitHub Package Registry
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The new Windows Terminal
22 votes -
Librem announces Librem One
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Amazon Has Gone From Neutral Platform to Cutthroat Competitor, Say Open Source Developers
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OpenBSD 6.5 Is Released!
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Do you enjoy programming outside of work?
I have found this to be a semi controversial topic. Its almost becoming a required point for getting a new job to have open source work that you can show. Some people just enjoy working on...
I have found this to be a semi controversial topic. Its almost becoming a required point for getting a new job to have open source work that you can show. Some people just enjoy working on programming side projects and others don't want to do any more after they leave the office.
Whats your opinion on this? Do you work on any side projects? Do you think its reasonable for interviewers to look for open source work when hiring?
16 votes -
The Cloud and Open Source Powder Keg
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Refreshing the VS Code product icon
9 votes -
Ghidra the reverse engineering tool has been open sourced
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The culture war at the heart of open source
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Open Source Doesn’t Make Money Because It Isn’t Designed To Make Money
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Mozilla releases Iodide, an open source browser tool for publishing dynamic data science
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Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~sixty markets
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Shuah Khan, first woman to become Linux Foundation Fellow
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Why OpenBSD Rocks
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Why open source projects don't charge (while keeping the code open)?
I'd gladly pay a reasonable price for professional packages/support for programs like Emacs/Melpa, Debian, and Xfce. As a user, I empathize with the complaints by developers that are constantly...
I'd gladly pay a reasonable price for professional packages/support for programs like Emacs/Melpa, Debian, and Xfce. As a user, I empathize with the complaints by developers that are constantly overworked. Even if this doesn't generate enough money to pay for everything, it might be enough to hire someone to handle the issues and communities, something that clearly drains their efforts, especially because programmers tend to prefer technical challenges rather than dealing with people.
I understand that many projects accept donations, but I think providing an actual reward (even if its something minimal, like an updated package instead of having to build it from source) might be a good way to get resources and avoid developer burndown.
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Extract clean(er), readable text from web pages via the Mercury Web Parser.
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lib.reviews An open source, open data review website for high quality reviews on any topic
8 votes -
Timeliner: A personal data aggregation & personal data backup utility for Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc…
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Open-Source, Free Games
For those of you who may be too poor to afford the latest AAA titles, or just don't want to support policies like micro-transactions and "If you're offended, just don't buy it", there are many...
For those of you who may be too poor to afford the latest AAA titles, or just don't want to support policies like micro-transactions and "If you're offended, just don't buy it", there are many open-source and/or free games that can tide you over. Some of my favorites are:
- FreeCiv: A civilization building game based on Sid Meier's Civilization 1 and 2
- OpenTTD: A transport network building game based off of Chris Sawyer's Transport Tycoon Deluxe
- Dwarf Fortress: Not Open-Source - fortress colony management simulator with an additional RPG gamemode
Do you guys have any other free, possibly open-source games that you would recommend?
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Redis Labs’ Modules License Changes - Moving from Apache2 modified with Commons Clause to Redis Source Available License (RSAL)
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Regarding EGLStreams support in KWin
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Riot.im: The Big 1.0
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What DE and distro do you use and why?
I'm curious as to what the Tildes Linux/BSD community (and I suppose other answers like Windows or MacOS would be acceptable, though they may feel a bit more dry) use for their desktop. I imagine...
I'm curious as to what the Tildes Linux/BSD community (and I suppose other answers like Windows or MacOS would be acceptable, though they may feel a bit more dry) use for their desktop. I imagine that Ubuntu and Gnome will dominate the answers as you would expect, but maybe you'll surprise me. Personally, I'm on Arch Linux with i3-gaps. I use Arch because I enjoy the DIY aspect of Linux as well as the aur and slim nature of Arch. I'd also be lying if I didn't say I use it partially just because I like the "pacman" pun.
As for i3-gaps, I think that WMs are generally more customizable and good for 'ricing', plus they go with my workflow and are convenient in that they load faster and the likes, though I have to admit I have only ever used i3 (I've been considering trying out bspwm). So, what do you guys use? You can also of course share more information such as your shell or DM if you wanted, though I highly doubt anyone cares what display manager you us or anything.
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Governments Are Spending Billions on Software They Can Get with Freedom
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War over being nice
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The internet was built on the free labor of open source developers. Is that sustainable?
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How to make everything ourselves: Open modular hardware
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Switching from Linux to BSD: What do you miss?
There seems to be a trend lately of people switching over to BSD operating systems. Having read some blog posts on the matter and now given the recent system-d controversy, I'm genuinely curious...
There seems to be a trend lately of people switching over to BSD operating systems. Having read some blog posts on the matter and now given the recent system-d controversy, I'm genuinely curious to give FreeBSD or OpenBSD a go as my main OS.
For those who have switched over to BSD, what are some problems you've encountered and/or what are some things you miss?
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sr.ht is now sourcehut
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I was wrong about Google and Facebook: There’s nothing wrong with them (so say we all)
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PinePhone Linux Smartphone priced at $149 to arrive this year
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The MIT License, line by line
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Starting an Open Source Side Project
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On building your favourite web browser from source
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What are some good open source games?
I've found a few really, honestly fantastic open source games and I'd like to share them and discover some new ones too. Firstly, NullpoMino is a fantastic cross-platform Tetris clone. It's...
I've found a few really, honestly fantastic open source games and I'd like to share them and discover some new ones too.
Firstly, NullpoMino is a fantastic cross-platform Tetris clone. It's highly, highly customizable and is lots of fun to play. It's got a great community over at Hard Drop, and if you like Tetris - you'll like NullpoMino. However, there are a few issues with it; one in particular being the relatively low skill ceiling of Marathon. The skill ceiling is very low (compared to other titles such as the NES edition), but this is solely exclusive to Marathon as far as I know. It turns into a test of patience rather than skill. Another issue is with installation; as the game was made for 32 bit systems it is rather slow, and it's finicky to run on Linux. However, it is a fantastic Tetris title (and open source!)
Another good open-source game is Osu! I've never played it competitively, but it's a fair bit of fun to play with friends and is a great game. It's cross-platform, although I've only ever played it on Windows, and it has a nice community. Fantastic game that I don't see mentioned too much.
The last game for this post is SuperTuxKart. It serves as a great kart-racing game, that's fun and has a low barrier to entry. Graphically, it's not drop-dead gorgeous, but it's not bad at all either. It's decent solo, and a lot of fun with friends. Would highly recommend. Cross-platform and available as a snap.
21 votes -
The Rise and Demise of RSS
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Project Code Rush - The beginnings of Netscape/Mozilla
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What Makes BeOS and Haiku Unique
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Details about the event-stream incident
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Open Source is Not About You
18 votes