What non-FOSS software have you been unable to quit?
For me, Google video search, Google books (Internet Archive is good, but doesn't always have the same stuff), Adobe InDesign (but in the process of learning LaTeX), and Typewise. As for the Google stuff, I liked Whoogle a lot, but almost all their instances seem to have been blocked or shut down. Also, apologies if this is...
Current situation on FOSS Discord replacements?
A couple weeks ago Discord announced their plans to go down the IPO route. This means that there is now a ticking clock until the platform goes full-on enshittified like so many others before them....
My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog ( jewy.blog )
I made a blog post discussing my biggest issues with Lemmy and why I am kind of done with it as a software.
This Guy Has Built an Open Source Search Engine as an Alternative to Google in His Spare Time ( www.404media.co )
"I found it very weird that there essentially is no way to browse the web in an open manner. So that's what I am trying to build," the founder of Stract said.
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Fossify Gallery is now on F-Droid, and Simple Gallery got removed due to a proprietary dependency
Fossify Gallery on the official F-Droid repo...
i discovered this recently ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
i found this open source game i found, seems like it's based on quake 3 arena. i tried it and it's actually pretty solid, i thought i could show it off here lmao...
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Not all ‘open source’ AI models are actually open: here’s a ranking ( www.nature.com )
In case of paywall, read it here: https://archive.ph/4Du7B
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Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn ( arstechnica.com )
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Youtube Music frond-ends like ViMusic for Linux
So there are so many Youtube front-ends for Android like ViMusic/RiMusic, spmp, SimpMusic and a big etc.. They basically extract the music and add a lot of functionality to the app like translating lyrics, downloading/caching songs, local playlists without Google account, radio mode and that kind of thing....
Rimsort – An open source mod manager for Rimworld ( github.com )
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Looking for a contacts app !
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/11816159...
Any PDF reader for iOS?
open-source pdf reader any recommendations?...
I've been playing xonotic and DAMN is it fun ( xonotic.org )
I'm sure you all heard about it, i tried this open source (i think it's open source) shooter game called xonotic and it is FUN as hell, it's probably one of the best foss games i've ever played and i wanted to show this game off here...
New EU project NGI TALER will bring private and secure online payments to the Eurozone ( taler.net )
Unity tutorial creator Brackeys highlights systemic issues with public company, promotes Godot (FOSS) ( programming.dev )
https://www.youtube.com/@Brackeys/about...
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I don't get why big companys are afraid of open source software
I don't get why big companys are afraid of open source software....
Sound Space Plus or Rythia: Rhythm-based aim game ( github.com )
Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35954037
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A free and open-source Touhou Project fangame ( github.com )
Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35659098
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Pumpkins, markets, and one bad Apple ( www.fsf.org )
KDE Plasma 6.1 released ( kde.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17012596...
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FreeBSD 14.1 vs. DragonFlyBSD 6.4 vs. NetBSD 10 vs. Linux Benchmarks ( www.phoronix.com )
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BusKill Warrant Canary for 2024 H2 🕵️ ( www.buskill.in )
This post contains a canary message that's cryptographically signed by the official BusKill PGP release key...
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Requirement Management Tool
Hey everyone, I work as a business ans systems analyst and I need to manage a lot of requirements. We are using documents and spreadsheets, but this approach is sooo error prone and time consuming....
Ada goes to the set: let’s make an animated movie - FSFE - Help us make a film of this story to spark more kids’ interest in coding and tinkering! ( fsfe.org )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15670510...
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