What are the best ways to stay up on what's happening in the OSS world? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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I used to browse through the latest apps on FDroid, but recently I've switched to using obtainium. There doesn't seem to be a web interface that really shows the new activity or popular apps. I'd also be interested to see what's happening outside of Android. How do you stay up on what's happening in FOSS?

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[-] refalo@programming.dev 35 points 5 months ago

read lemmy

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

I started a website called OpenSourcely to do exactly this.

It aggregates news, projects, and announcements related to open source.

I'm always on the lookout for new RSS feeds and outlets to add to it, so if anyone has any, feel free to send them my way.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Cool. I'll add it to my RSS reader

[-] GadgeteerZA@fedia.io 6 points 5 months ago

@hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world like their content, but pity it is only really headers. There is no full text content.

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

Correct, and most lead to pay walled sites like Medium.

[-] hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it's only an aggregator that then points you to the original content. For legal reasons, I don't think OpenSourcely would be able to host the original content natively.

[-] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 months ago

I check Phoronix often, and have some blogs in an RSS reader.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago

I have Phoronix in my RSS plus blogs.

[-] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

I don't really want Phoronix in my RSS, because they post so many articles every day and it would just clog everything up. I just check them once a day or so and read the interesting articles.

[-] dotslashme@infosec.pub 11 points 5 months ago

I subscribe to the selfh.st newsletter

[-] Sunny@slrpnk.net 10 points 5 months ago

I prefer to do it via podcasts myself. The JupiterBroadcasting family have a bunch of variety to choose from in terms of what you like.

[-] hyperreal@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Changelog media is another good source to complement this rec. Longer form, as opposed to breaking news, conversations about many OSS related (and software development in general) topics. Some of their now defunct programs like Request For Commits were some of my favorites.