The Open Source Post
Welcome to the FOSS Post! The leading independent publication about Linux and open-source software.
We deliver stories, tutorials, reviews, analysis and opinion pieces about various aspects of the open-source world.
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Latest Posts
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Snaps Are Quite Fantastic, For Some Use Cases
75% of users are still depending on traditional package mangers (APT, DNF… etc) instead of using Snaps or Flatpaks, but this is gradually starting to change, as larger […]
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Best Linux Distribution of 2020: Linux Mint 20
Each year, the FOSS Post team does an extensive research on choosing the best Linux desktop distribution of the year. There’s of course no “universal best”, as the […]
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Telegram to Start Putting Ads in Public Channels in 2021
Telegram has been known for its good user experience that it provides for users wishing to have a WhatsApp alternative. With its many user-friendly features and being ad-free, […]
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Announcing FOSS Quiz: Quiz Platform For Open Source
At FOSS Post, we are very happy today to release our newest project: FOSS Quiz. When any new user enters the open source world, he/she will discover that […]
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7 Ways to Contribute to Open Source Software
Many users of open source software may feel the need to give something back to the community that gave them all of these benefits they are enjoying, but […]
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GTK 4.0 Released, One Month After GIMP Finally Switched to GTK 3.X
The GTK development team has just announced GTK 4.0; The latest stable version of the popular graphical user interfaces development toolkit. After 4 years of continuous work, the […]
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The CentOS Project Just Committed Suicide
In shocking news the CentOS project announced today that they are shifting their Linux distribution to be based on the beta (non-stable) branch of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, […]
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OpenOffice Still Gets +1.5 Million Downloads Per Month, Despite Being Discontinued
OpenOffice started as the open source version of “StarOffice” by Sun Microsystems in 1999. It continued to be a the mainstream Microsoft Office alternative through the 2000s and […]