DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest is Hurting Open Source
https://blog.domenic.me/hacktoberfest/
#DigitalOcean @DigitalOcean
https://blog.domenic.me/hacktoberfest/
#DigitalOcean @DigitalOcean
Announcing Librem AweSIM: A Privacy-focused Cellular Service for the Librem 5
https://puri.sm/posts/announcing-librem-awesim-a-privacy-focused-cellular-service-for-the-librem-5/
https://puri.sm/posts/announcing-librem-awesim-a-privacy-focused-cellular-service-for-the-librem-5/
Purism
Announcing Librem AweSIM: A Privacy-focused Cellular Service for the Librem 5 – Purism
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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DigitalOcean accepts criticism and switches its #Hacktoberfest to be opt-in: https://github.com/digitalocean/hacktoberfest/pull/596
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Require PRs be in a repo with hacktoberfest topic and be accepted by MattIPv4 · Pull Request #596 · digitalocean/hacktoberfest
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To reduce spam and make Hacktoberfest an opt-in event, only consider pull requests that are submitted in a repository that has 'hacktoberfest' as a repository topic. Fur...
To reduce spam and make Hacktoberfest an opt-in event, only consider pull requests that are submitted in a repository that has 'hacktoberfest' as a repository topic. Fur...
Easily Split PDFs to Smaller Chunks With Linux Command Line
https://fosspost.org/divide-pdf-small-chunks-linux-command-line/
https://fosspost.org/divide-pdf-small-chunks-linux-command-line/
FOSS Post
Easily Split PDFs to Smaller Chunks With Linux Command Line
Learn how you can generate smaller PDF files in equal sizes from a large PDF file using just one Linux command line to save time and effort.
Python 3.9 was released: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-390/
Soon Python is reaching 4.0.
Soon Python is reaching 4.0.
Python.org
Python Release Python 3.9.0
The official home of the Python Programming Language
A bunch of KDE apps have been updated with many new features, for those interested: https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2020-10-apps-update/
#KDE
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KDE's October 2020 Apps Update
After Akademy, a bumper month of new software updates and bugfixes has arrived in KDE’s apps.
7 Nice Open Source CAD Programs & AutoCAD Alternatives
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https://fosspost.org/open-source-cad-programs-autocad-alternative/
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Top 7 Open Source CAD Software & AutoCAD Alternatives
Perhaps Mozilla Should Unfck Itself Before "Unfcking The Internet"
https://fosspost.org/mozilla-go-unfck-yourself/
https://fosspost.org/mozilla-go-unfck-yourself/
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Perhaps Mozilla Should Unfck Itself Before "Unfcking The Internet"
The recent layoffs in August of more than 250 Mozilla employees, a quarter of its workforce, left the company shaking and the community worried about the
Linux Kernel 5.9 was released, get to know the new features from Kernel Newbies website: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.9
#Linux
#Linux
Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/
The Document Foundation Blog
Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice - The Document Foundation Blog
Today marks 20 years since the source code to OpenOffice was released. And today we say: LibreOffice is the future of OpenOffice. Let’s all get behind it! It’s great to have a rich and diverse set of free and open source software projects. Hundreds of millions…
KDE 5.20 was just released, with tons of new features and updates. Definitely worth the upgrade if you use KDE: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.20.0
Plausible, an open source alternative to Google Analytics, is switching its license: https://plausible.io/blog/open-source-licenses
Plausible Analytics
Open source licensing and why we’re changing Plausible to the AGPL license
We’re changing our license as we’ve become aware that there are risks associated with permissive open source licenses that corporations that don’t care about open source are happy to take advantage of.
Someone took /dev/null and turned into a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) so that you can grab its data black hole online: https://devnull-as-a-service.com/code/
The Internet is a scary place.
The Internet is a scary place.
(News) Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 on sale now from $25: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-compute-module-4/
Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 on sale now from $25 - Raspberry Pi
Announcing Compute Module 4, available from $25: the power of Raspberry Pi 4 in a compact form factor for deeply embedded applications.
(New software) Firefox 82.0 released, check the new features from: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/82.0/releasenotes/
Mozilla
Firefox 82.0, See All New Features, Updates and Fixes
PayPal just announced that it plans to support BItcoin; The open source P2P money on its platform.
https://www.reuters.com/article/paypal-cryptocurrency/paypal-to-allow-cryptocurrency-buying-selling-and-shopping-on-its-network-idINL1N2HB14U
Now would be a good time to invest for around 6-12 months profits.
https://www.reuters.com/article/paypal-cryptocurrency/paypal-to-allow-cryptocurrency-buying-selling-and-shopping-on-its-network-idINL1N2HB14U
Now would be a good time to invest for around 6-12 months profits.
Reuters
PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network
PayPal Holdings Inc joined the cryptocurrency market on Wednesday, allowing customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other virtual coins using the U.S. digital payments company's online wallets.