As 2024 comes to a close, letโs celebrate the journey - our annual wrap-up is here! ๐ซ
This year brought stories to tell, and we captured them all in this yearโs review. Let's have good look at what made it worth celebrating! ๐
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Nextcloud powering the digital workspace of tomorrow: 2024 in review - Nextcloud
In Nextcloud 2024 wrap-up, join us to celebrate what we accomplished together this year: growth, innovation, breakthroughs, awards and more.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
2024's top FOSS Android apps! ๐ฑ ๐
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These Are The Most Useful FOSS Android Apps I Discovered in 2024
It would be a shame if you had an Android smartphone without some of these interesting open source apps in 2024. Try them out!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Wondering if Raspberry Pi's SD card is worth it?
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I Tested the Official Raspberry Pi Card, Here're My Findings
Raspberry Pi is expanding its ecosystem with official accessories. We tested the official SD card and here's what we found.Abhishek Kumar (It's FOSS)
Just get a High Endurance card of your own,
from whatever trustworthy-brand you can,
& put the image on it, yourself?
The high-endurance's required, as the amount of file-writes that Linux does .. is not "conservative",
when it's got one's home-directory on it, eh?
( or anything like frequent writes )
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Discover the breakthroughs that shaped the open source and Linux worlds.
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8 Defining Moments in the Open Source and Linux World: 2024 Edition
Ready to recap the biggest moments in 2024? Let's go!Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
You see, males drop their antlers after the Autumn mating season, so since the worldโs most celebrated reindeer are always depicted with spectacular antlers, we must assume that Olโ Saint Nickโs entire intrepid team - including Rudolph - are female. #science #Christmas
"Capitalist and technology-enabled surveillance has moved beyond targeting users with ads to targeting their lives. This is why privacy online today means freedom tomorrow. Protecting our privacy secures our fundamental rights for the future."
Read more about how the Tor Project plans to tackle challenges to online privacy and anonymity.
๐ blog.torproject.org/tor-in-202โฆ
Meeting the demands of tomorrow's Internet | Tor Project
Reflecting on 2024 and looking forward to 2025.blog.torproject.org
Latest comic: How to get in the holiday spirit
I don't actually recommend slipping into unconsciousness for the next twelve years! Personally, I'm reading and trying to get around to that pie.
#comic #cartoon #holidays #authoritarianism
A better Thunderbird? Let's take a look!
Betterbird: A Thunderbird Fork That Promises Better Features
A better Thunderbird? Let's take a look!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Spotify, shit as it is, is just one of many streaming music providers. There are no switching costs, and you can choose between a ton of providers. That's why Spotify doesn't need to be regulated under the DMA.
I swear to god people are allergic to basic facts and reality these days.
Organic Maps Turns 4 ๐
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- ~3Mยน users from all countries of the world
- ~15k ratings and reviews on AppStore and Google Play
- 4.8/4.6 average rating on AppStore/Google Play
- 10k+ stars on GitHub
- 10k (almost) issues + PRs on GitHub
- 1k (almost) forks on GitHub
- 7k+ git commits
- ~100 awesome contributors who made 5+ commits
Congratulations to all the users and contributors for your hard work and dedication! Thank you for being a part of this journey!
Organic Maps Turns 4: The Privacy-Focused Alternative to Google Maps
Organic Maps, the privacy-focused, open-source alternative to Google Maps, celebrates its 4th anniversary. The project came to life during Christmas week of 202โฆorganicmaps.app
Which ones do you miss the most? ๐ค
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7 Discontinued Linux Distros I Still Miss in 2024
Some popular Linux distributions did not make it. Let's take a look at some of them!Ankush Das (It's FOSS)
None. I mean, most discotinued distros failed for good reasons. Many were just Ubuntu with minimal changes.
That said, I always loved Mandrake's logo (but I never understood why we needed another RPM distro besides Suse and RedHat).
I also was shocked when IBM / RedHat killed CentOS. But with AlmaLinux we got an awesome replacement.
Simplify your online experience on Linux with AI-powered browsers:
Top 5 AI Browsers for Linux
These are the browsers on Linux getting buffed with AI features. Yay or nay?Community (It's FOSS)
The top Linux apps of 2024. ๐ ๐
news.itsfoss.com/useful-linux-โฆ
These Are The Most Useful Linux Apps I Discovered in 2024
Here are the best Linux apps we encountered in 2024. Try them out if you haven't yet!Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
here are some more I'd like to add:
- GNU Emacs
- GNOME Boxes
- KDE Connect
- Syncthing
These are some applications I've delved deep into in 2024
Wired: Apps finally give up on making unfunny April Fools jokes each year.
Tired: Every app now has a Spotify Wrapped style feature even if it isnโt a music app.
techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/spotโฆ
After you check out your Spotify Wrapped, explore these copycatsย | TechCrunch
Spotifyโs annual Wrapped feature just dropped, giving listeners a fun, personalized summary of their listening habits, and it has gained immense Spotify Wrapped 2024 is almost here.Ivan Mehta (TechCrunch)
Avoid drinking milk before looking at this picture!
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Know your Coati... ๐
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Peppermint Narwhal Creative on Instagram: "Happy World Coati Day! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Coati! Coatis, or coatimundis, are raccoon-like animals found in parts of the southwestern United States, Central America, and Sou
4,754 likes, 25 comments - peppermintnarwhal on December 3, 2024: "Happy World Coati Day! To celebrate, we thought it was time for you to Know Your Coati! Coatis, or coatimundis, are raccoon-like animals found in parts of the southwestern United StaโฆInstagram
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Pull the other one, Woolworths!
Woolworths says it has more than 40 competitors in Australia โ we went looking for them
"The supermarket giant cites specialist providers, convenience stores and online retailers among its rivals, but many seem well out of its league."
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/merrโฆ
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from GamingOnLinux
Hello there! It's coming up on Christmas now, and so GamingOnLinux will be starting to go into it's usual mostly hibernating state to take a little break.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 features many notable improvements.
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Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Release Adds Support for AAA Gaming
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 makes your Apple hardware more useful with Linux onboard.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Mozilla and Ecosia have teamed up!
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Mozilla's New Partnership Adds Ecosia Search Engine as a Default Option for Everyone
A new default search engine option for everyone, in the form of a new partnership!Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
giantly good news at least.
but mozilla takes google's money indirectly, i wonder does this search engine change affect money flow !?
For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/for-โฆ
For fans of Advance Wars there's a new demo up for Warside and new release window
Something for the weekend: you can now try out a brand new demo of Warside, a game very much inspired by the classic Advance Wars and it does look good.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Yay! My #Plushtodon from #Mastodon was delivered today!
I was not expecting it until after #Christmas ๐, but I am glad that @Mastodon was able to expedite deliveries for those of us in the #UnitedStates ๐บ๐ธ.
Thanks @Gargron!
Hmmโฆnow I need to figure out what to name itโฝ Mister Mastoโฝ Super Mastoโฝ Nasty Mastyโฝ ๐ I will not use the latter, lest folks think I won this from a Dirty Santa ๐ ๐พ game! ๐คฃ๐คช
My middleโs cat Percy airing out the manly bits in front of the vent.
Alternatively: โDraw me like one of your French girls.โ
#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #cats
Sums up the Vim exiting experience. ๐
Playlist link: open.spotify.com/playlist/3SSxโฆ
#vim #opensource #linux
Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/windโฆ
#Wine #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS
Windows compatibility layer Wine 10.0 third Release Candidate out now
With the feature code freeze continuing, the Wine team had put up a third Release Candidate for the upcoming stable main release of Wine 10.0 coming in early 2025.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •All tools I need, also run under Linux. Why should I use Windows-only software - I'm a Linux sysadmin.
And yet, the company policy forces me to use Windows with some intrusion detection and malware scanners, which probably spy on me too. But as long as my PC runs this security snake-oil, the bosses can claim my computer is secure.
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