This week's donation went to the Alpine Linux project. Alpine is an independent distro that has support for x86, x86_64, ARM64, PowerPC, and more. Alpine uses OpenRC for it's init system and Ext4 for the file system. It doesn't come with a desktop environment installed but the user is free to install Gnome, Plasma, Xfce, Mate, Sway, or Lxqt. Installing the desktop is as simple as typing "setup-desktop" and choosing which desktop to install and then the system takes care of the rest. Alpine uses APK for it's package manager. Alpine Linux was designed for power users that desire a more security minded approach. All userland binaries are compiled as Position Independent Executables with stack smashing protection. This helps prevent exploitation of entire classes of various vulnerabilities. The installer is text based but is quite user friendly and isn't much more difficult than most other Linux installers.
The project has a main website:
It's source code is hosted on Gitlab:
https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine
The project has a presence on Mastodon:
alpinelinux@ fosstodon.org
If you wish to help the project financially you can do so through their Open Collective:
Yggtray 0.1.7 released:
https://github.com/the-nexi/yggtray/releases/tag/0.1.7
In the new version:
- New "--help" ("-h") CLI option was added.
- The configuration wizard was translated to Russian.
Also I updated Yggtray in GNU Guix to the version 0.1.7:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=5674adeb7579bdcfdb7342e6552f4735cd8f2afc
Zen Browser, a New Firefox Fork, Focusing on UI and Performance: https://zen-browser.app/
#linux #update #foss #release #browser #zenbrowser #firefox #fork
Seeing Alpine start one I was wondering if Artix had any plans to start an Open Collective down the road ?
Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Tobias Tschinkowitz, William Ferreira, Yangyu Chen, and Zhaoming Luo for assigning their copyright to the FSF! /#GCC /#findutils More: https://u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments
ExpenseOwl – Simple, self-hosted expense tracker: https://github.com/Tanq16/ExpenseOwl #linux #update #foss #release #expenseowl #tracker #expense #selfhosted
Heya folks! It's Friday, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! This week, we have #GNOME 47.4 and #Qt 6.8.2 hitting the repository!
Read all about it on our forums: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/11355-solus-updates-for-week-6-2025
#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource
- Evan
New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients, including Dead Letter Dept - 2025-02-05 Edition: https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-02-05-edition/ #linux #linuxgaming #update #release #gaming #native #deadletterdept #newgames
I built a fork of Cemu, the Wii U emulator, that converts mouse input to gyro. Perfect for Splatoon + @pretendo
https://github.com/CorySanin/Cemu
So it looks like the Arch Linux project may have gone a bit insane. On their unofficial Discord they are voting in favor of banning links to X, banning those who don't agree too loudly, and some have stated they want to kill Bryan Lunduke or hope he kills himself.
Gallery App https://furilabs.com/gallery-app/
We built a gallery app for FuriOS. It is a much requested addition to the FuriOS ecosystem and although it has a small amount of rough edges, it is very much usable.
#flx1 #furios #furilabs #FuriPhoneFLX1 #LinuxOnMobile #LinuxMobile
Congrats !
Fantastic https://furilabs.com/fantastic-feb-news/
FOSDEM was a great experience for the FuriLabs team and we can now announce that we have officially sold out of our first batch of FuriPhones and the second is on it's way!
#flx1 #furios #furilabs #FuriPhoneFLX1 #LinuxOnMobile #LinuxMobile
I have been gaming since 1992 and building PCs since 2003. I enjoy Linux, supporting FOSS projects and am a tinfoil hat connoisseur.
Many FOSS projects rely on donations. If you have money to spare but don't know which to donate to take a look at the above links on Ko-fi, Github, and Open Collective. Anything on there that I have sponsered or contributed to is something I have found to be worthy.