Hey BSD folks, are you at all entertained by the crazy bullshit spewing from Linux land as of late ? Just curious.
FOSS Tetris clone "Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks" has been updated to version 2.9.1 This update fixes one bug.The code is licensed using GPLv2.0 and was made using SDL. The game can be downloaded from Itch and Github.
The main website for the project is here:
The source code is available on Github:
https://github.com/blockattack/blockattack-game
The Itch page is here:
https://sago008.itch.io/blockattack
The changelog for this update is here:
https://github.com/blockattack/blockattack-game/blob/v2.9.X/CHANGELOG.md
"Winter Hubris" was released recently. It is a combination of visual novel and survival horror. It has a native Linux version and was made using the FOSS Ren'Py engine. It is available DRM free at Itch.
New in #LibreOffice 25.2, our latest major update: A status bar icon indicates when Data ▸ Calculate ▸ AutoCalculate is switched off. #foss #opensource
A wild tutorial appears! Linux is one of the most popular alternatives to Windows. But what do Windows users do about running Windows apps on a Linux distribution like Nitrux?
No package manager or sudo permissions are required™.
Check it out at https://nxos.org/tutorial/using-nitrux-running-windows-software/
🌐 Discover the power of Nextcloud Federation!
Experience decentralized collaboration with Nextcloud's federated features: share files, chats, & make calls seamlessly between Nextcloud instances.
Help us create an open and interconnected digital world!
https://nextcloud.com/blog/federation-a-foundational-concept-for-digital-sovereignty/
2D point and click game "Slender Threads" was released recently. It has a native Linux version, a playable prologue that is free of charge, and is available DRM free at GOG.
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
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.