Ask Slashdot: Where Do You Get (or Share) News About Open Source Projects?

An anonymous reader writes "Now that freshmeat.net / freecode.com doesn't accept any updates, I wonder how the Slashdot crowd gets news about new projects, and even new versions of existing projects. For project managers, where could you announce new versions of your project, so that it can reach not just those who already know the project. Freshmeat / Freecode had all the tools to explore and discover projects, see screenshots (a mandatory feature for any software project, even with only a console interface or no interface at all) and go to the homepage of the project. I subscribed years ago to the RSS feed and sometimes found interesting projects this way. You could replace these tools by subscribing to newsletters or feeds from the projects you follow, but that doesn't cover the discovery part." And do any of the major development / hosting platforms for Free / Open Source projects (GitHub, Launchpad, or Slashdot sister-site SourceForge) have tools you find especially useful for skimming projects of interest?

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The Place to B...SD

[Anonymous Coward]

For news about the BSD family of open source operating systems, there is a weekly video podcast, http://www.bsdnow.tv

Slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

I used to goto slashdot but it's gotten dumbed down over last 10 years.

Linux sites I visit

[DoofusOfDeath]

linux.softpedia.com

osnews.com

Linux Today

Linux Weekly News

Re:Linux sites I visit

[Anonymous Coward]

Warning: Visiting some of these terrorist-oriented sites may put you on some lists.

Timothy Strikes Again

[Fnord666]

Hey Timothy, have you ever noticed that submenu over on the left of the front page? You know, the one that lists the various sections that you can posts stories to? Ever notice that there is one called "Ask Slashdot", which just happens to match up exactly with the premise of this story, not to mention the title. Why don't you do all of us who filter by section a favor and try posting "Ask Slashdot" stories to the "Ask Slashdot" section every once in a while?
Thanks

www.openhub.net

[vladmihaisima]

This is the former ohloh.net, can be very useful also to understand how active a project is and how did it evolve.

Slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

SoylentNews.org
  OSNews
  DaemonForums
  ArsTechnica
  Distrowatch

freshcode.club, a successor in spirit (and more)

[Anonymous Coward]

http://freshcode.club

From their about page:
"freshcode.club is a reimplementation of FreshMeat/FreeCode, which shut down in June 2014. It's intended to become a community-driven website again.
It's initially also a lookalike. Yet it's planned to differentiate the feature set and provide different frontends with shared datasets. A few notable design differences are:
        No forced user accounts, just OpenID logins.
        All content is licensed under CC-BY-SA to prevent another data loss situation.
        JSON-based database exchange feeds and defining releases.json.
        Automated release updates from VCS systems and project websites.
        No commercial ads, no tracking cookies.
The project name freshcode.club is an amalgamation of freshmeat and freecode. Both domains have been reserved as placeholders for partner projects or varied frontends. With the new .club TLD signalising a more community-inclusive direction."

various

[taikedz]

From a user's perspective, three sources: the Linux Action Show podcast highlghts fun/useful items once a week.

Then there's tuxmachines.org which talks about.... well pretty much anything, you'll have to sift through the deluge...

Then just following what's generally popular, and using alternativeto.net to find open source counterparts...