Element raises $30M to boost Matrix
https://matrix.org/blog/2021/07/27/element-raises-30-m-to-boost-matrix

Open source project management tools, for freelancers, companies or organizations.

https://fosspost.org/open-source-project-management/

This is a little bit outside our scope, but did you know that your printer prints tracking dots to everything you print? Check this out if you are interested in your privacy.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170607-why-printers-add-secret-tracking-dots
https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots

We are at another best time to support FOSS Post in providing high-quality content about open source.

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A security vulnerability was discovered in Ubuntu's Snapcraft: https://blog.ret2.io/2021/08/04/snapcraft-injection/

We continue to publish direct links to major news about Linux and open source software on our social media accounts, away from blog-spam.

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Lessons learned from 15 years of SumatraPDF, an open source Windows app
https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/2f72237a4230410a888acbfce3dc0864/lessons-learned-from-15-years-of-sumatrapdf-an-open-source-windows-app.html?

Firefox 91 released: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/91.0/releasenotes/

elementary OS 6 "Odin" released: https://blog.elementary.io/elementary-os-6-odin-released

Here's our review for elementaryOS 6 Odin.
https://fosspost.org/elementary-os-6-odin-review/

Debian 11 released.
https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/

Git 2.33 released:
https://github.blog/2021-08-16-highlights-from-git-2-33/

LibreOffice 7.2 released
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.2

Mate 1.26 was released around a week ago, adding Wayland support for many components: https://mate-desktop.org/blog/2021-08-08-mate-1-26-released/

Throw Google Forms away, and get one of these open source survey tools for your data collection purposes.

https://fosspost.org/open-source-survey-google-forms-alternative/

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We are just 5 people away from our first goal! Can we do it before the end of the month? 🤔

We have updated our Linux command line introductory article with more resources and better structuring.

Read it at: https://fosspost.org/linux-command-line-basics-examples/

30 Years ago, Linux was released.

What started as a hobby project, a thing that was thought to be "not big", turned out to be one of the greatest software pieces in modern history. Millions of people's lives changed, because of Linux, and Linus!

Happy 30th birthday Linux!

GTK 4.4 released: https://blog.gtk.org/2021/08/23/gtk-4-4/

OpenShot 2.6 video editor was released: https://www.openshot.org/blog/2021/08/25/new_openshot_release_260/