Development of mt32-pi, a baremetal MIDI synthesizer for Raspberry Pi, has been discontinued due to community harassment and intellectual property misuse, affecting the creator's mental health. The project, which enabled vintage PC and MiSTer FPGA setups with MT-32 emulation and SoundFont support, remains stable but will receive no further updates.
Framework introduces a $199 RISC-V Mainboard compatible with their Framework Laptop 13 chassis, featuring a StarFive JH7110 processor designed for developers. The modular board can run Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Fedora 41 and is available alongside a new $399 barebones laptop chassis.
Spritely Institute develops decentralized networking technology, building on ActivityPub while incorporating object capability security principles to create more autonomous social networks. The organization utilizes multiple technical layers including Goblins for distributed programming, Hoot for WebAssembly compilation, and OCapN for object capability networking protocols.
Servo project has seen significant growth in 2024 with a 143% increase in unique contributors and 163% increase in merged pull requests, returning to 2018-2019 activity levels. The project has expanded its platform support to Android and OpenHarmony, while passing 1.5M WPT subtests and attracting various applications to use Servo as their web engine.
F-Droid received a $396,044 grant from Open Technology Fund to address sustainability challenges and enhance its infrastructure. The funding will support code refactoring, legal strategies, localization improvements, and infrastructure enhancements to ensure the platform's long-term viability in delivering FOSS-based, privacy-focused apps globally.
Educational guide for Git version control system available in multiple formats including HTML and PDF, with variations for US Letter and A4 paper sizes, both in color and black and white versions.