I stopped buying smart home gadgets and started building them for a fraction of the price
… My initial builds took over four hours and some of them an entire weekend. That’s on me — I am not a developer, just an enthusiastic tinkerer. …
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This is the best self-hosted alternative to MinIO, and I can't believe everyone isn't using it
… Developers and the wider community began noticing changes in direction, especially as updates leaned more toward enterprise use cases and away from everyday self-hosting needs. …
The Flipper One is finally official, but Flipper isn't selling it yet — they're asking for help to build it
… Flipper is openly asking the community to help, but the company is unbothered about the timeline. …
Single-maintainer open source is a ticking time bomb, and Booklore just detonated
… The developer responded to Reddit comments and met community criticism which was honestly valid with hostility, pouring more fuel on the fire. …
5 awesome Linux features that will blow the mind of a Windows user
… ProtonDB is a community-run website devoted to reviewing how Windows games play through Proton, providing each title with a rating. …
Microsoft brought the best of open-source to the Windows Console, and it adds a ton of tools
… GitHub 16197 read more It's worth noting that the Canary channel is the very first stage of public testing for Windows builds, so it will be quite a while until this update goes through the Dev, Beta, and Release Preview builds and onto everyone's computer. …
Euro-Office is a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Docs
… At a recent press event in Berlin, Germany, Nextcloud, Ionos, and a "coalition of other European enterprises and community organizations" announced Euro-Office , an open-source fork of OnlyOffice that aims to offer an alternative to more restrictive office platforms like Microsoft Office 365 and Go… …
This 18-year-old's free Lightroom replacement blows Darktable's UX out of the water
… Its absence in RapidRAW is a commendable feat for experienced software developers, and more so, for one teen. Yes, the community is steering and assisting in the development of this well-documented project, but it's already usable on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with Android builds in the pipeline. …
Microsoft abandons its Xbox Copilot plans
… Following reports that Microsoft's new Xbox head, Asha Sharma , has hired new Xbox leaders , the leader of all things Xbox at Microsoft released a brief statement on social media, revealing that, as far as Copilot and AI are concerned, the brand is changing directions and ditching Copilot Below is … …
NAS makers are slowly admitting people want home servers, not just storage boxes
… And the proof is in the pudding: the community that's formed around these tools has grown considerably. …