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I wanted to love this open-source maps app but I’m going back to Google

There's a specific kind of guilt that comes from being a privacy-conscious Android user. You buy the hardware, you aggressively debloat the device (or even root it), and find polished open-source ...

10 free Windows apps that improved my productivity (and I'd easily pay money for)

LibreOffice is free to download and install for Windows.
CNET

I Love NotebookLM, but This Open-Source Version Could Tempt Me to Switch

Open Notebook is a free open-source project by Luis Noris, and it can do a lot of what NotebookLM can do in a privacy-focused ...

Open Source Project With Little Revenue In Talks To Raise At Least $160 Million

The startup behind popular Github project vLLM is out fundraising, as venture capitalists hunt for companies building tech ...

I left Google Maps behind for a free alternative that doesn't track me (or drain my phone battery)

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...
IEEE

Low-Cost Assistive Technologies for Disabled People Using Open-Source Hardware and Software: A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract: Disabled People deal with a series of barriers that limit their inclusion, empowerment, well-being, and role in society with a special emphasis in low and medium-income countries. One of ...

Innovative and almost completely open-source: Nvidia Nemotron 3 Nano

Most recently, successful, more transparent AI language models came from Chinese developers. With Nemotron 3 Nano, Nvidia is ...
MUO on MSN

5 open-source apps from F-Droid that are better than their Play Store rivals

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is essential, but apps like Google Authenticator and Authy have a major flaw: they often lock you into their ecosystems. If you lose access to your Google account or if ...
Ars Technica

Audacity’s new owner is in another fight with the open source community

Muse Group—owner of the popular audio-editing app Audacity—is in hot water with the open source community again. This time, the controversy isn’t over Audacity—it’s about MuseScore, an open source ...
IEEE

A Brief History of Free, Open Source Software and Its Communities

Abstract: Free, open source software (FOSS) has a long history, beginning with the origins of software itself, when the terms free software and open source software were not yet defined. Learning ...
GitHub

Open source web based ID badge software

This project is an open source web based ID badge generator software that is meant to be much faster and smoother than most existing paid ID badge solutions due to it being web based. I have had bad ...
inkbotdesign.com

Top 10 Free Open-Source Tools for Designers: Creativity on a Budget

Discover the top 10 free open-source tools that rival expensive design software. Transform your creative process without breaking the bank. Let's cut to the chase. You want to create stunning designs ...