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Where do you get your information about new software? (self.opensource)

submitted 11 months ago by 7fb2adfb45bafcc01c80 to c/[email protected]

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I guess I'm becoming a dinosaur, and now I don't know where to find out about new FOSS stuff being developed, when new releases are out, etc.

I used to get it all on USENET and mailing lists, and then later on sourceforge.net and freshmeat.net. Now I track some things on https://freshcode.club/, but I don't see much that's 'fresh'. Maybe new updates, but not too many new packages. sourceforge still exists, but it doesn't seem current.

If I know about a project I'll follow it on GitHub, but I'm looking for a place to find out about new things that I didn't know I wanted yet.

tl;dr: Where can I watch to see promising new FOSS software projects?

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I don't. When I have a need for software I got look it up.

[–] Karmmah 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I also try to get along with a small amount of software and I also mainly stick with default configurations. It is a great feeling when setting up a new PC or a device that there is little need to install a bunch of software and mess with a lot of configurations just to get my learned workflow up and running. Therefore there also isn't really a need to follow new software releases.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

i don't use tons of stuff on my phone anymore, but i have lots of stuff on my computer

[–] emb 33 points 11 months ago

Generally I read HackerNews and Lemmy communities like this one. Once in a while interesting projects will get highlighted.

But for the most part, once I identify a need, I'll look through alternativeto.net and see what the popular open source options are.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Demo discs from magazines, where else?

Also I live in 1997 because it's the only place I can afford a house

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Time to sacrifice a robot and dial-up the BBS to see what's fresh.

[–] abominable_panda 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Lots of good suggestions already commented. I browse subs and communities, browse fdroid regularly and have a scroll through sourceforge/ git*/ alternativeto/ linux distro repositories now and again

One time i was really bored and just sorted projects on gitlab and github by stars and scrolled page after page finding many interesting projects. Then finding one thing makes you think of another which you can go look in to

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

I usually just browse [https://flathub.org/]. I've found more than a few great projects this way.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

For software running on GNU Emacs I like reading Emacs News: https://sachachua.com/blog/category/emacs-news/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Like others suggested, lemmy communities and some news sites like HackerNews.

But also some YouTube channels like Mental Outlaw, The Linux experiment and Brodie Robertson (most of them also have Odysee channels if you don't want to use YouTube). Also Luke Smith (actually he shills a lot of foss software).

[–] JoeKrogan 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Slashdot, hacker news feeds and some communities here. I dont really try to keep up with commercial tech since most of it is bundled with DRM or spyware with exceptions such as the steamdeck.

I'm only interested FOSS stuff myself. I subscribe to some security and privacy communities here in addition to some technology ones. If the news is big enough we'll hear about it one way or another.

Discoverability happens organically out of need. Eg search "split pdfs linux" and I'll get a cli tool for it.

Thats my take on it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Lemmy, Hacker News, Mailing Lists ... Sometimes I watch the Primeagen, Theo and such.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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