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The article “Why single vendor is the new proprietary” by Thierry Carrez is packed with smart ideas and information. The following quote is meant only as a representative sample of the overall content. In the next 20 years, Open Source got overwhelmingly popular and unleashed a software revolution. A recent study by researchers at Harvard Business School estimated the demand-side value of Open Source software to be $8.8 trillion! In other words, without Open Source, companies would have to pay 3.5 times as much for software than they currently do. It’s estimated that 96% of software contains an Open Source component. Developing new software today without using any Open Source would be a pretty challenging endeavor. ...

Phosphor is an excellent choice for anyone looking for an extensive, attractive, and free collection of icons. I think the icons have a very modern charm. Additionally, Phosphor already offers a wealth of icons covering a wide range of topics. If you’re still missing something, you can make a special request. The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.

For anyone using Windows 11, I’d like to recommend a useful tool. OFGB, an open-source tool, effectively removes ads from various parts of Windows 11. Maddy Wilcox writes on GitHub - xM4ddy/OFGB On April 23, 2024, Microsoft released an update for Windows 11 that added ads all across the OS, including the File Explorer, Start Menu, and more. This tool changes certain keys in the Windows Registry to disable those ads. It’s written in C# and uses WPF. ...

Justin Dorfman writes in “When Open Source turns sour: A brush with mistaken identity” for opensource.net Open Source is undoubtedly one of the best communities I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of. It’s filled with amazing people who genuinely care about the world’s greatest software supply chain. However, this also attracts negative elements, which can lead to finger-pointing that inadvertently harms innocent contributors, the sustainability of the ecosystem, and, most importantly, the community. ...

As a free-spirited font recommendation, today I present “Darwin”. This typeface is well suited for extended passages of text, such as in books or articles. Darwin is released under the Open Font License, which makes it particularly accessible and user-friendly. Darwin is a free and open-source typeface project aiming to cover a wide range of languages and specialist (including medievalist and linguistic) usage, coming in several optical sizes and with an accompanying math font. – Emily de Oliveira Santos ...