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Gentoo goes Binary
News and information from Gentoo Linux
HyperRogue, a open-source non-Euclidean roguelike: new weapons
HyperRogue version 13.0 is released on Steam and itch.io ! Again, it was quite a long time since the last major update (12.0, from 2021)....
The life and death of open source companies
More thoughts on Open Source licensing and companies.
Unblocking User Freedom: the right to use adblockers
Companies increasingly aim to control how users interact with their content online, threatening user freedom. As more companies crack down on browser exten...
Enlightenment 0.26
This is the latest release of Enlightenment. This has a lot of fixes mostly with some new features.
The right to use adblockers
Companies increasingly aim to control how users interact with their content online, threatening user freedom. As more companies crack down on browser exten...
Podman Desktop 1.6 released: Even more Kubernetes and Containers features
Podman Desktop 1.6 has been released!
This year in Servo: over 1000 pull requests and beyond
Reflections on Servo’s progress in 2023: contributor stats, new features, layout improvements, WPT pass rates, and plans for next year.
Godot: A Collaboration with Google and the Forge
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Google and The Forge to bring some helpful performance optimizations to our Vulkan mobile backend.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center presents Sargantana: new open-source RISC-V chip
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Plane got to top spot in project management on GitHub in less than a year
On September 18 this year, we crossed 14K stars and stood at #1 on the list of open source project management tools on GitHub.
LXD now re-licensed and under a CLA
Stéphane Graber's website -
Arch Linux bugtracker migration to Gitlab completed
We are happy to announce that the migration of the bugtracker to GitLab is done! 🥳
Apple and Google Monitor Notifications. We Need Push Notification Alternatives
We're here to stop surveillance by corporations like Google and Apple. That's why we replaced Google's FCM with our own notification system and keep Apple Notification Data at a minimum. Learn here why this is important.
Reviving decade-old Macs with antiX and MX Linux (2022)
I was visiting family this past weekend and saw an iMac from 2007 and MacBook from 2008 destined for the trash. As the tech nerd of the family, I was asked if these machines were still useful at all. I also had a 2012 Macbook Air no one was using,...
From 486 to Vue.js: Evan You's Full-Time Gamble on Open Source
From the early days of exploring creative possibilities on a 486 computer in his childhood to developing one of today's most popular web frameworks, Evan You's journey is a tale of passion and innovation. Evan started Vue.js while working at Google, just wanting to scratch his own itch for a lightweight JavaScript…
Open source supply chain security at Google [video]
I was a remote opening keynote speaker at ACM SCORED 2023 , which we decided meant that I sent a video to play and I was on Discord during the talk for attendees to text directly with question as the video played, and then we did some live but still remote Q&A after the talk.
Interview with Viktor Lofgren from Marginalia Search
Viktor Lofgren is the creator of Marginalia Search , a search engine takes you of the beaten track by letting you find small quality web pages. These pages barely surface in commercial search engines because they are snowed under by larger commercial websites and marketing. We interviewed Viktor for FreeWebSearchDay …
Open source email pioneer Roundcube joins the Nextcloud family
Becoming a new steward for Roundcube, Nextcloud sets sail to foster the growth and improvement of the project.
Shutting down the Matrix bridge to Libera chat
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
Eclipse ThreadX
TL;DR – Get Engaged! Contact us to learn how to become part of the Eclipse ThreadX Interest Group Contribute to the project and join the ThreadX developer mailing list Stay connected by joini…
PeerTube v6
It's #givingtuesday, so we're giving you PeerTube v6 today! PeerTube is the software we develop for creators, media, institutions, educators... to manage their own video platform, as an alternative to YouTube and Twitch. 🦆 VS 😈: Let's take back some ground from the tech giants! Thanks to your donations to our…
Write Guix package definitions in a breeze: Introducing Guix Packager
Blog posts about GNU Guix.
We have lost access to approximately €6k in bounties
Dear fellow NewPipers, The money that had been accumulating on NewPipe’s Bountysource account is no longer accessible to me (Schabi). As a result, the project has lost about €6,400 worth of awarded bounties.
GIMP 3.0 has a release schedule
The team is targeting May 2024, but it's going to be tough, and here is why
Fast self-hostable open-source workflow engine
Why is Windmill the fastest self-hostable workflow engine and job processing framework
NVK reaches Vulkan 1.0 conformance
As of today, NVK is now an officially conformant implementation of the Vulkan 1.0 API on NVIDIA Turing hardware.