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8 votes
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Riot.im: The Big 1.0
32 votes -
Governments Are Spending Billions on Software They Can Get with Freedom
14 votes -
The internet was built on the free labor of open source developers. Is that sustainable?
14 votes -
I was wrong about Google and Facebook: There’s nothing wrong with them (so say we all)
23 votes -
PinePhone Linux Smartphone priced at $149 to arrive this year
17 votes -
The MIT License, line by line
10 votes -
The Rise and Demise of RSS
35 votes -
Project Code Rush - The beginnings of Netscape/Mozilla
19 votes -
11 barriers to coding in the open and how to overcome them - Technology in government
8 votes -
It's not okay to pretend your software is open source
12 votes -
Solo - Open source FIDO2 security USB key
21 votes -
Linux users: after finishing distro hopping, where did you land?
I've been running Linux for a little over a year now and, after a recent conversation on Tildes, I decided that I need to wipe and re-install so that I can enable full-disk encryption. Thus, right...
I've been running Linux for a little over a year now and, after a recent conversation on Tildes, I decided that I need to wipe and re-install so that I can enable full-disk encryption.
Thus, right now I'm shopping around for a distro and trying out different live environments to find something that works for me. My question isn't necessarily for right now though (my hardware is old enough that I'm definitely going to need to use a lightweight distro, which severely limits my options). It's more for the future, in that I plan to replace this computer in a year or two with something up-to-date, which means I'll be able to run any distro under the sun! Any!
So, I'm curious to hear from people who have found their "forever distro." What do you run for your everyday use, and why? Also, what's your level of technical expertise? I am very far from a power-user at present, but I'd like to be somewhere closer to that when I replace my computer.
44 votes -
Roughly thirty years after its birth at UK's Acorn Computers, RISC OS 5 is going open source
8 votes -
Disrupting cyberwar with open source intelligence
5 votes -
WireGuard v6 might be ready for the mainline kernel
11 votes -
Has anyone used FreeCAD, Kicad and other foss software?
The recent post on foss software got me thinking about viable foss alternatives, particularly non programming related. I just came across FreeCAD and am wondering if anyone has experience using...
The recent post on foss software got me thinking about viable foss alternatives, particularly non programming related.
I just came across FreeCAD and am wondering if anyone has experience using it, how it compares to Solidworks, Autodesk, Rhino or Catia?
I was shown Kicad at uni by a ladtech and was very impressed, way easier and more flexible then whatever microchip software they where teaching.
On a broader level what other professional ffos alternatives do you guys know about?
Is anyone using this stuff on a professional level or is it more hobby at the moment?
15 votes -
Thoughts on Free And Open Source Software
What do y'all think of FOSS software. How do y'all think more people will care about FOSS software and make the switch? Is it lack of information? Lack of caring? Lack of convenience?
31 votes -
What if app stores were federated?
I've been thinking a lot lately about the future of software and where native apps and the web will reconcile and I had the idea that what if "the next OS" had a OSS federated app store that...
I've been thinking a lot lately about the future of software and where native apps and the web will reconcile and I had the idea that what if "the next OS" had a OSS federated app store that people and organizations could host themselves, but the system still used the app store model that pull app/program listings from all the installations online? This could apply to mobile or desktop computing, or even any of the other platforms (see windows store system compatibility).
11 votes -
Are there any visually appealing FOSS dialers for Android?
I found a few but they all look somewhat ugly in my opinion. I want to use a privacy oriented dialer but I really don't want to trade aesthetics for that.
8 votes -
Leaving Apple & Google: /e/ first beta is here
14 votes -
/e/ first beta soon to be released
9 votes -
An open source CPU
6 votes -
Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department
15 votes -
The "Chatty" messaging app for Librem 5 (Linux phone) with SMS and XMPP support
16 votes -
Los Angeles County gets state approval of new vote-counting system using open source software
5 votes -
Ghost 2.0 released
8 votes -
Google has kicked Ahoy! the anti-censorship app from the Chrome store
22 votes -
DAS Keyboard banned a guy on forums for providing open source alternatives for their keyboards
@sebirdman: So I got banned from the @daskeyboard forums for telling people there's an open source alternative to the windows only software they provide. I'll never buy one of these keyboards again.
17 votes -
Microsoft forces Krita to change their Windows Store listing
24 votes -
Project Code Rush - The beginnings of Netscape/Mozilla
6 votes -
Has anyone here backed the Librem 5?
For those unaware the Librem 5 is an upcoming Linux smartphone developped by Purism that seems to be doing everything right. Frankly I think this might be humanity's last chance to have a Libre...
For those unaware the Librem 5 is an upcoming Linux smartphone developped by Purism that seems to be doing everything right. Frankly I think this might be humanity's last chance to have a Libre mobile option before the Google/Apple duopoly gets too far ahead.
I really, really want to back the thing but after going through the exchange rate, duties and customs I think it works out to nearly 900CAD which I just can't afford right now, though I might end up pulling the trigger anyway. Call it 400$ for a phone and 400$ to support a worthy cause, eh?
12 votes -
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter partner for ambitious new data project
7 votes -
Project Code Rush - The beginnings of Netscape/Mozilla
6 votes -
Mozilla to remove “meritocracy” from governance docs because it's “problematic”
12 votes -
Computer History Museum makes the Eudora email client source code available to the public
6 votes