The OBS versus Fedora drama seems to have calmed down - no more legal threats https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-obs-versus-fedora-drama-seems-to-have-calmed-down-no-more-legal-threats/
Recently I highlighted a fight that had broken out between the OBS Studio team and the Fedora Linux developers. The issue was centred around the Fedora Flatpak of OBS Studio but it seems to have calmed down now.
Berlin, 20 February 2025 – LibreOffice 24.8.5, the fifth minor release of the LibreOffice 24.8 family of the free open source, volunteer-supported office suite for Windows (Intel, AMD and ARM), MacOS (Apple and Intel) and Linux, is available on our download page. LibreOffice is the only office suite that respects the privacy of the user, […]
We just released Mastodon 4.3.1!
It contains some bug fixes and a few small features, like (optional) grouping of follow notifications and improvements the fediverse:creator setup instructions.
Upgrading requires re-compiling frontend assets (if not using Docker), instructions are in the release notes : https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.1
We just posted the latest edition of our Trunk & Tidbits blog series, with our development updates for October. Welcoming a new team member, some small fixes in version 4.3.1, what we are working on next, and more.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/11/trunk-tidbits-october-2024/
My iPod is better than my phone: repair, new SSD, and managing songs with Linux
ISOs Explained + four programs to make Linux boot media
GNOME's streaming radio app is... really good
This past quarter, live streaming viewership reached 8.5 billion hours watched, a 12% year-over-year increase— biggest jump since the pandemic began
I wrote about how live streaming is becoming a bigger part of our media diet and how ppl crave participatory live media https://www.usermag.co/p/you-should-pay-attention-to-kai-cenat
At the creator level, the live streaming market is also becoming more decentralized. The top 5% of streamers now account for 86% of total hours watched, which is notably down from 98% in 2019.
As viewers explore niche communities and new voices, the live streaming creator world is becoming more nichified (something that happened on YouTube too as it grew).
https://www.usermag.co/p/you-should-pay-attention-to-kai-cenat
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