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· 1w ago
Boosted by @joe@f.duriansoftware.com
JagOS ‘Spot’ turns Atari Jaguar into the unreleased Atari Painter prototype computer Can you run an operating system with a graphical user interface and applications on the Atari Jaguar? Well, you can. A long time running idea and work-in-progress, I'd like to finally announce the current version of JagOS 'Spot' for the Atari Jaguar, running from https://www.osnews.com/story/146020/jagos-spot-turns-atari-jaguar-into-the-unreleased-atari-painter-prototype-computer/ #OSNews
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· 3w ago
Switching to GNU Guix: a beginner’s perspective Want to run something a little more exotic on your server? How about GNU Guix? It has been a month since migrating my home server to GNU Guix. Managing OS state declaratively through Git has eliminated configuration drift, and Guile Scheme provides a cohesive environment that complements Emacs. While adapting to a smaller package ecosystem https://www.osnews.com/story/145960/switching-to-gnu-guix-a-beginners-perspective/ #Linux
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· 3mo ago
You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went You all donated en masse to have me use Windows 11 for a month, and so I did. What was it like for a long-time Linux user to go back and experience Windows as it exists now? Is it really as bad as we've collectively made it out to be? Did my m https://www.osnews.com/story/145459/you-paid-me-a-long-time-linux-user-to-use-windows-11-exclusively-for-a-month-heres-how-it-went/ #Windows
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· 3w ago
The BeBox: one of the most beautifully overbuilt computers of the 1990s Late 2000. There is a grey and blue tower PC on my dorm-room desk like nothing anybody who walks into the room has ever seen. The Be logo on the front, a 3.5″ floppy peeking out the bottom of the drive bays, and the vertical grille that hides two columns of green LEDs (blinkenlights) dancing with https://www.osnews.com/story/144950/the-bebox-one-of-the-most-beautifully-overbuilt-computers-of-the-1990s/ #Haiku
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· 3mo ago
Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release About a month ago, Flathub announced a ban on slopcoded applications. Evangelos "GeopJr" Paterakis, developer of a number of popular Linux applications and ton of other things, did some research into just how many applications tagged with "AI slop", a tag Flathub reviewers used to keep tra https://www.osnews.com/story/145469/most-slopcode-projects-are-abandoned-and-deleted-within-months-of-release/ #ClownCar
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· 3mo ago
OSNews statement on slopcoded “operating systems” Recently, there has been a surge in slopcoded new/hobby "operating systems". Such slopcoded projects - which, due to the nature of "AI" tools, effectively consist of stolen code - will not be featured on OSNews and submitting them is fruitless. Other websites may choose to employ lower standards, as is their prerogative, but OSNews w https://www.osnews.com/story/145407/osnews-statement-on-slopcoded-operating-systems/ #OSNews
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· 2mo ago
Mozilla gives Haiku permission to use the Firefox name Haiku has a Firefox port, but due to Mozilla's trademark policies, it's actually called Iceweasel. After some back-and-forth with Mozilla, the browser maker has no given Haiku permission to officially use the Firefox name for the port. But don’t worry, Iceweasel isn’t going anywhere. I plan to maintain both. The idea is to ke https://www.osnews.com/story/145611/mozilla-gives-haiku-permission-to-use-the-firefox-name/ #Haiku
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· 2mo ago
Codeberg’s programmer user base overwhelmingly votes to ban slopcoded projects form its platform What happens when programmers get to vote on a complete ban on slopcoded software on their code platform? Members of Codeberg were asked to vote on a proposal to completely ban slopcoded projects from Codeberg, and in what should not https://www.osnews.com/story/145583/codebergs-programmer-user-base-overwhelmingly-votes-to-ban-slopcoded-projects-form-its-platform/ #GeneralDevelopment
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· 2mo ago
State of multi-player Wayland I’ve been fascinated by the idea of attaching multiple mice to one computer, and then having multiple mouse cursors inside of one desktop environment! I just spent three weeks investigating how well that’s currently supported on Linux & Wayland. Let me tell you what I found! The results are surprisingly cool. ↫ blinry It shouldn't come as a surprise, though, that a lot o https://www.osnews.com/story/145621/state-of-multi-player-wayland/ #Wayland
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· 2mo ago
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@catsalad@infosec.exchange @thomholwerda@exquisite.social *meow*
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· 2mo ago
Thanks to the EU’s Digital Markets Act, EU citizens are getting copy and paste between iOS and Windows The European Union's Digital Markets Act keeps delivering for EU citizens. Apple is working on a new feature that will support cross-device copy and paste between iOS devices and Windows PCs. Microsoft asked for the feature usin https://www.osnews.com/story/145708/thanks-to-the-eus-digital-markets-act-eu-citizens-are-getting-copy-and-paste-between-ios-and-windows/ #Apple
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· 2mo ago
IBM i (OS/400): the database operating system Today, I wanted to show you one of the most fascinating and surprising operating systems ever created. It’s not another Unix, Linux, or Windows. It is an architecture that went its own way and proved that systems engineering design can look completely different. I’m talking about IBM’s child, which for many might be synonymous with “boring banking s https://www.osnews.com/story/145681/ibm-i-os-400-the-database-operating-system/ #IBM
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· 3mo ago
Linux ported to Sega’s Mega Drive If you have a Sega Mega Drive, you obviously want to run Linux on it. That's something you can do now. You do need to have an EverDrive, but don't worry, the port in question contains a custom fork of Qemu for those of us that don't. I don't know what else to say, other than I wonder why nobody did this sooner. https://www.osnews.com/story/145401/linux-ported-to-segas-mega-drive/ #Linux
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· 5mo ago

Google is tying reCAPTCHA to Google Play Services, screwing over de-Googled Android users

The ways in which Google can lock you into their ecosystem are often obvious, but sometimes, they're incredibly sneaky and easily missed.

CAPTCHA tests are annoying, but at the same time, they can help protect websites from bots. While these tests are alre

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· 3mo ago
Microsoft now says 8GB RAM is fine for Windows 11, after years of pushing for 16GB There's something poetic about the World Cup taking place in North America while Microsoft keeps scoring own goals like this. Microsoft updated its Surface buying guide to describe 8GB RAM as “great for everyday use like browsing, streaming, schoolwork, and productivity https://www.osnews.com/story/145390/microsoft-now-says-8gb-ram-is-fine-for-windows-11-after-years-of-pushing-for-16gb/ #ClownCar
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· 2mo ago
Windows NT got its name from one of Intel’s failed x86 replacements Dave Farquhar published an article today about Windows NT 3.1's place in the market when it was originally released, and while the article is interesting and a fun read, it does mention this: [...] Microsoft took its nascent code that it intended to form the base of OS/2 3.0, renamed it Windows Ne https://www.osnews.com/story/145617/windows-nt-got-its-name-from-one-of-intels-failed-x86-replacements/ #Windows
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· 2mo ago
Volkswagen blocks custom Android ROM users from VW application Drivers of cars from the Volkswagen Group using alternative Android versions like GrapheneOS, LineageOS, or /e/OS have been unable to use the VW app for some time. This means they can neither check their vehicle's remaining range from their phone, schedule service appointments, nor control charging and air condi https://www.osnews.com/story/145579/volkswagen-blocks-custom-android-rom-users-from-vw-application/ #Android
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· 3mo ago
Review: iodéOS offers a frictionless de-Googled Android experience Wherever in the world you go, the smartphone landscape is dominated by Android and iOS, and while this has always been problematic, recent events have made the dependency on two American tech giants for what is probably our most personal computing device even more problematic than it already was. We use https://www.osnews.com/story/145312/review-iodeos-offers-a-frictionless-de-googled-android-experience/ #Android
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· 3mo ago
Android is almost dead The clock is ticking for Android as a (somewhat) open platform. If you are running Android 8 or higher, a virus has been installed on your device and is silently awaiting remote activation. Over the past few months, devices around the world have been infected with this novel strain, with as many as 4 billion Android handsets and tablets estimated to have already been contaminated, meani https://www.osnews.com/story/145415/android-is-almost-dead/ #Android
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· 3mo ago
Microsoft capitulates again, extends Windows 10 support by another year It's been quiet for a few days since I've been sick, but I'm feeling a bit better since today marks the official end of my one month of using Windows 11 that you people donated for. An article about my experience is definitely upcoming, including whether or not I'll actually stick with Windows 1 https://www.osnews.com/story/145377/microsoft-capitulates-again-extends-windows-10-support-by-another-year/ #Windows
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· 3mo ago
Boosted by @joe@f.duriansoftware.com
A raycasting first-person shooter written in COBOL On a related note, what about a raycasting first-person shooter written in... COBOL? Can you think of a better programming language than COBOL to implement an FPS from scratch? I know I can't, so buckle up and enjoy what can only be described as an out-of-body experience for COBOL enthusiasts as I set out to make a Wolfenstein3D-like https://www.osnews.com/story/145271/a-raycasting-first-person-shooter-written-in-cobol/ #Games
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· 2mo ago
Amiga 1000: ten years ahead of its time We all know the original Amiga was far ahead of its time, and the Amiga really doesn't need more retrospectives and glazing. However, that doesn't mean we don't want more Amiga retrospectives and glazing. I’m not sure I even saw an Amiga in person until 1987, but I knew just from reading about it that I wanted one. I wasn’t able to make it happen until https://www.osnews.com/story/145591/amiga-1000-ten-years-ahead-of-its-time/ #AmigaAROS
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· 1mo ago
Publishing schematics before “open source” was a word: 55 years of Akizuki Denshi, Japan’s legendary parts Store Akihabara, Tokyo’s famous “Electric Town,” is overflowing with foreign tourists these days, drawn by anime shops, maid cafes, and duty-free electronics megastores. But there is one storefront most of them walk p https://www.osnews.com/story/145723/publishing-schematics-before-open-source-was-a-word-55-years-of-akizuki-denshi-japans-legendary-parts-store/ #Hardware
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· 4mo ago
x86CSS: a working CSS-only x86 CPU/emulator/computer x86CSS is a working CSS-only x86 CPU/emulator/computer. Yes, the Cascading Style Sheets CSS. No JavaScript required. What you're seeing above is a C program that was compiled using GCC into native 8086 machine code being executed fully within CSS. ↫ Lyra Rebane Hand-written CSS, no JavaScript, and effectively no HTM https://www.osnews.com/story/145224/x86css-a-working-css-only-x86-cpu-emulator-computer/ #GeneralDevelopment
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· 3mo ago
Microsoft settles centuries of religious debate by providing clearest definition of hell to date: Windows with a website-based shell running only Copilot For how often people invoke it, the concept of "hell" in Christianity is remarkably vague and nebulous, as both the Old and New Tes https://www.osnews.com/story/145423/microsoft-settles-centuries-of-religious-debate-by-providing-clearest-definition-of-hell-to-date-windows-with-a-website-based-shell-running-only-copilot/ #ClownCar
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· 2mo ago
Regressive JPEGs One of the cool features of JPEG files is that there's the option to save low frequency components first. This means that a partially downloaded image will be displayed at low resolution instead of being cut off. ↫ maurycyz.com Oh I know where this is going... Doing this, I can get Chrome to render around 90 frames before giving up. Other browsers like Firefox have more patience, but a 90 s https://www.osnews.com/story/145568/regressive-jpegs/ #MultimediaAV
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· 2mo ago
“Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM” The Verge reviewed the latest Surface Laptop, which only comes with 8GB of RAM at a higher price than the previous 16GB model, and they conclude that Windows isn't really usable on 8GB of RAM. Whether that's true or not I do not know - I would assume it depends a lot on your usage - but this quote from https://www.osnews.com/story/145566/even-microsoft-couldnt-make-windows-11-work-well-on-8gb-of-ram/ #Windows
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· 4mo ago

GitHub is sinking

Microsoft acquired GitHub and applied their unique brand of enshittification. Amongst their achievements was the spawning of the Copilot circle of hell. Now they’re effectively DDoSing themselves with slop. I won’t dwell on what else went wrong. I don’t know and I don’t care. GitHub is impressively bad now. It’s embarrassing. Shameful.
↫ David Bushell

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· 2mo ago
10 REM”_(C2SLFF4 That is the first line of the 80s microcomputer BASIC game The Wizard's Castle initially written for the Exidy Sorcerer platform. It's a REMark statement, a comment in that particular language. 10 is the line number, if you're unfamiliar with languages that had such things. But the interesting part was this "_(C2SLFF4 mess. A typo or garbage? No. It appears verbatim in the source code https://www.osnews.com/story/145607/10-rem_c2slff4/ #GeneralDevelopment
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· 2mo ago
Happy companies are all alike; every unhappy company is unhappy in its own way Sam Altman seems to be making OpenAI way more non-profit than before: Even as the AI bubble becomes a mainstream talking point on Wall Street, tech companies continue to peddle the fantasy that AI is poised to become an almost magical money-maker. Case in point, OpenAI wants y https://www.osnews.com/story/145577/happy-companies-are-all-alike-every-unhappy-company-is-unhappy-in-its-own-way/ #ClownCar
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· 3mo ago
ReactOS implements very first NT6 system call A fairly big moment for the ReactOS project: it has just received its very first system call from NT6. The system call that has been added is NtGetCurrentProcessorNumberEx, which is used for returning the processor number of the logical processor that a caller is running on. It’s unclear how long it will take ReactOS to become compatible wit https://www.osnews.com/story/145428/reactos-implements-very-first-nt6-system-call/ #ReactOS
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· 2mo ago
Windows 11 is quietly installing OneDrive Photos on your machine It's that time of the week again, I guess. The year is 2026, and I’m still amazed when I find a new entry in my Start menu’s All apps list for an app I don’t remember installing. This time, it’s Microsoft again, and the product is OneDrive Photos, which appears to be yet another photo viewer and editor f https://www.osnews.com/story/145628/windows-11-is-quietly-installing-onedrive-photos-on-your-machine/ #Windows
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· 2mo ago
DOSBox ported to OpenVMS for Alpha Speaking of OpenVMS and Alpha - and we like speaking about OpenVMS and Alpha, don't we? - there's now a port of DOSBox that runs on the Alpha version venerable operating system. Astr0baby has published both binaries and source code for the port, as well as a lovely set of screenshots to show it off working. https://www.osnews.com/story/145562/dosbox-ported-to-openvms-for-alpha/ #OSNews
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· 3mo ago
Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Microsoft Edge, Opera to follow For a while now the transition away from Manifest V2 (MV2) to MV3 has been on-going and it looks like it is entering its final phase of deprecation, at least, in the case of Google Chrome. A recent discussion thread in the w3c WebExtensions Community Group GitHub repo h https://www.osnews.com/story/145273/google-chrome-is-killing-all-ublock-origin-bypasses-microsoft-edge-opera-to-follow/ #Internet
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· 5mo ago

Earliest 86-DOS and PC-DOS code released as open source

Microsoft is continuing its efforts to release early versions of DOS as open source, and today we've got a special one.

We’re stoked today to showcase some newly available source code materials that provide an even earlier look into the development of PC-DOS 1.00, the first release of DOS for the IBM PC. A dedicate

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· 2mo ago
But can your calculator run Linux? Don't have enough computing devices on your wish list yet? Do you have a need for a graphing calculator? No? What if it can run Linux and even Windows 10? I see I've got your attention. The HP Prime is a graphing calculator on the market since 2013, with a hardware revision in 2018 (the G2 model). It has a touch screen and as far as I can find, most people are ha https://www.osnews.com/story/145685/but-can-your-calculator-run-linux/ #Hardware
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· 5mo ago

The text mode lie: why modern TUIs are a nightmare for accessibility

There is a persistent misconception among sighted developers: if an application runs in a terminal, it is inherently accessible. The logic assumes that because there are no graphics, no complex DOM, and no WebGL canvases, the content is just raw ASCII text that a screen reader can easily pa

https://www.osnews.com/story/144892/the-text-mode-lie-why-modern-tuis-are-a-nightmare-for-accessibility/

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· 5mo ago

How hard is it to open a file?

Sebastian Wick has a great explanation of why opening files - programmatically - is a lot more complex and fraught with dangers than you might think it is.

It’s a question I had to ask myself multiple times over the last few months. Depending on the context the answer can be:

very simple, just call the standard library function

extremely hard, don’t trust a

https://www.osnews.com/story/144825/how-hard-is-it-to-open-a-file/

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· 2mo ago
The Fedora 45 sausage factory This is a walkthrough of how Fedora turns source code and packages into the artifacts you download and install. It follows the a package from a packager’s git push to a composed release: ISOs, cloud images, container images, and OSTree deployments. ↫ Simon de Vlieger Linux distributions - good ones like Fedora, at least - are really complex operations, with a ton of chec https://www.osnews.com/story/145615/the-fedora-45-sausage-factory/ #FedoraCore
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· 3mo ago
LineageOS and Android’s upcoming developer verification: what it is, and how it affects you LineageOS, the de-Googled Android ROM that serves as the backbone for pretty much the entire custom Android ROM community, has published an article about what the Android developer verification changes mean for them. I really like the factual tone of their https://www.osnews.com/story/145443/lineageos-and-androids-upcoming-developer-verification-what-it-is-and-how-it-affects-you/ #Android
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· 4mo ago

The anti-minimalist backlash is the bigger story behind Oxygen’s revival

A few weeks ago, we talked about a project within KDE to revive two of their classic themes, Oxygen and Air, and polish them up to make them usable on the current versions of KDE. The developers and designers working on this project say they've been utterly surprised by just how popular this ne

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· 2mo ago
Google Play Services drops support for Android 6.0 Given that Android phones have been around for nearly two decades now, there comes a time when Google has to end support for one of its older software versions. For a couple of years now, Google Play services has been supported on devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or newer. That has changed over the past few weeks, with Google de https://www.osnews.com/story/145599/google-play-services-drops-support-for-android-6-0/ #Android
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The web is being made accessible for AI, not people The Svelte web framework recently added a section to its documentation site addressed, cheerfully, to artificial intelligences: “If you’re an artificial intelligence, or trying to teach one how to use Svelte, we offer the documentation in plaintext format. Beep boop.” Svelte is participating in a broader movement to make the web legi https://www.osnews.com/story/145521/the-web-is-being-made-accessible-for-ai-not-people/ #ClownCar
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· 5mo ago

If 64bit Windows 11 contains a copy of 32bit explorer.exe, could you run it as its shell?

Raymond Chen published a blog post about how a crappy uninstaller on Windows caused a mysterious spike in the number of Explorer (Windows' graphical shell) crashes. It turns out the buggy uninstaller caused repeated crashes in the 32bit version of Explorer on 6

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· 3mo ago
WinPE as a stateless harness for Windows driver testing and fuzzing What if you need to do very low-level testing involving the very guts of Windows NT, but don't need most of the userland that sits on top? In fact, what if that userland only slows you down and complicates the work you're trying to do? The solution is Windows PE (Windows Preinstallation Environment https://www.osnews.com/story/145413/winpe-as-a-stateless-harness-for-windows-driver-testing-and-fuzzing/ #Windows
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· 5mo ago
Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux You can find beauty in the oddest of places. WSL9x runs a modern Linux kernel (6.19 at time of writing) cooperatively inside the Windows 9x kernel, enabling users to take advantage of the full suite of capabilities of both operating systems at the same time, including paging, memory protection, and pre-emptive scheduling. Run all your favourite applications side by side - https://www.osnews.com/story/144819/windows-9x-subsystem-for-linux/ #Linux
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· 3mo ago
The ‘papers, please’ era of the internet will decimate your privacy Imagine your favorite team just scored an incredible, last-second goal at the World Cup. So you log online to celebrate with other fans. But, using data it’s already collected on you, the social media platform you like to post on wrongly guesses that you’re under 16 so it forces you to go to a third-par https://www.osnews.com/story/145386/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet-will-decimate-your-privacy/ #Legal
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OSNews @osnews@mstdn.social
· 1w ago
Boosted by @joe@f.duriansoftware.com
MotifCentral: all things Motif/Xt/Xlib Over the last few days and weeks or so, a few of the people I follow and interact with on Fedi have been talking about centralising information, tools, applications, and expertise from the Motif (and Xt, Xlib, and X11) ecosystem. There's a ton of information, resources, and actively maintained applications out there, but it's all spread out and sometimes difficul https://www.osnews.com/story/146041/motifcentral-all-things-motif-xt-xlib/ #Unix
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MotifCentral: all things Motif/Xt/Xlib – OSnews

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OSNews @osnews@mstdn.social
· 4mo ago
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@starlabssystems@mastodon.social @thomholwerda@exquisite.social Done!
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OSNews @osnews@mstdn.social
· 2mo ago
Corporate players in Amiga community sign various agreements to clear up some of the decades-old licensing and ownership mess Few things in technology are more complex, convoluted, and riddled with literally decades of drama than the Amiga community. Luckily for all of us, a significant step forward has been m https://www.osnews.com/story/145687/corporate-players-in-amiga-community-sign-various-agreements-to-clear-up-some-of-the-decades-old-licensing-and-ownership-mess/ #AmigaAROS
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