Notices tagged with opensource

Use official packages on software.opensuse.org. Avoid others' home directories unless you're ok with the dangers or unofficial sources. #openSUSE #Linux #opensource

Did you know that #LibreOffice has a built-in QR and barcode generator? Now you do 😉 https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/01/qrcode.html #foss #opensource

@pluralistic thank you for sharing this talk, and thank you @mako for giving it in the first place.

I find it one of the most articulate comparisons between #OpenSource and #FreeSoftware. It really articulately explains the intuitive difference in feeling between using open source and free software projects.

A bunch of comments requested an explanation on #Linux graphics drivers, so I decided to take a look at the topic, and explain Mesa, kernel drivers, the Nvidia drivers (Nouveau, NVK, the official #opensource modules, and the proprietary driver), as well as AMD drivers (with RadeonSI, RADV, AMDVLK and AMDGPU, plus AMDGPU-Pro), and Intel drivers (with i915, i965, ANV and the new Xe driver).

I hope it helps make things a bit clearer!

https://youtu.be/CW1CLcT83as

@jsbarretto That's true, but I bet there are also a lot of people who don't feel similarly and thus are not reacting to this post. Obviously I can only guess at the real numbers, but I would imagine that among programmers (or writers, organizers, etc) who have worked on #opensource projects, only a small fraction of them have had a meaningful impact on the world through those contributions.

Free Software – like #LibreOffice – isn't about zero-cost (as nice as that is). The focus is on freedom to use your computer as you wish, and take back control of your data. We were recently at Software Freedom Day in Delhi, for instance: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/10/12/libreoffice-at-the-software-freedom-law-centre-in-india/ #foss #opensource

#HashiCorp dropped #OpenSource and adopted the #BSL .

Now the first fork is coming out.

#OpenTF #Terraform
#BusinessSourceLicense

We are speaking with the folks behind #OpenTF tomorrow for @changelog about the #opensource #Terraform fork.

What questions do you have for them?

I’m listening to this episode of @changelog on #OpenTF and I’m increasingly convinced that any type of tech infrastructure has to be and remain #OpenSource. The unsolved problem does remain funding these projects. Often the model is either large corp backing or VC funding. The latter may well just set expectations too high in terms on ROI. https://overcast.fm/+HZUd4r73M

Dead OpenSource.com, long live OpenSource.net… | From Mind to Type

https://frommindtotype.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/dead-opensource-com-long-live-opensource-net/

#Linux #OpenSource #FLOSS

Morto OpenSource.com, lunga vita a OpenSource.net… | Il pinguino scrittore

https://ilpinguinoscrittore.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/morto-opensource-com-lunga-vita-a-opensource-net/

#Linux #OpenSource #FLOSS

Muerto OpenSource.com, viva OpenSource.net... | El Pingüino Tolkiano

https://elpinguinotolkiano.wordpress.com/2023/09/17/muerto-opensource-com-viva-opensource-net/

#Linux, #OpenSource, #FLOSS

digiKam 8.1.0 released:

https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-07-09-8.1.0_release_announcement/

#digikam #opensource #photography

#LibreOffice has a lot of options – and soon, you'll be able to search through them! Thanks to Bayram Çiçek as part of the Google Summer of Code: https://bayramcicek.com.tr/libreoffice/ #foss #opensource

digiKam 8.0.0. has been released. Check it out!

https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-04-16-8.0.0_release_announcement/

#digikam #opensource #photography

This week in KDE, we made screencasting work in XWayland applications, made Discover handle Fedora distro updates, and much more!

https://pointieststick.com/2023/03/25/this-week-in-kde-distro-upgrades-for-fedora-kde-in-discover/

#thisWeekInKDE #OpenSource

digiKam 7.10.0 has been released:

https://www.digikam.org/news/2023-03-13-7.10.0_release_announcement/

#digikam #photography #opensource

Today, I offer something a bit different: a plunge into the 70s, 80s and 90s as we look at how #Linux replaced #Unix as the biggest operating system in the world.

How did a scrappy little #OpenSource clone manage to replace an installed, commercial powerhouse people learned in Universities, and why wasn't #BSD chosen instead?

Let's dive in:

https://youtu.be/NF9cus43RMY

“I passionately believe that science - all this wonderful knowledge that humans have come together to create - should be open to everyone.”

— Prof. Alice Roberts
@theAliceRoberts@twitter.com

#Science #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource

Still looking for an alternative to #GitHub? Don't want to host yourself? ⌨️
Join a growing community of developers at #Codeberg today, the #OpenSource and community-maintained #Git-Hosting! 💻