Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#21

Post by zachlatta » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:32 PM UTC

I used to make a few small contributions to https://github.com/msmhq/msm, but no longer have the time and nobody else has stepped up.

If you'd be interested, I'm happy to give you commit permissions - just shoot me an email (in HN profile).

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#22

Post by jakeogh » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:40 PM UTC

BRL-CAD

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#23

Post by walterbell » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:40 PM UTC

nextos wrote: post #5

A Linux mobile operating system (i.e. revive Mer & Maemo). PostmarketOS is trying this, but they would benefit immensely from the above 2 getting tons of help as they are basically dead.

And WebOS, recently reanimated

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#24

Post by jobigoud » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:41 PM UTC

undoware wrote: post #8

It's a protocol, not a project, but it's one beloved to FOSS: RSS

What kind of updates do you want to RSS?

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#25

Post by billyjobob » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:43 PM UTC

I would like hot corners on Linux, but all the programs that I find seem to be abandoned. https://github.com/brianhsu/xfce4-hotcorner-plugin looks most promising, but it needs updating to work with current XFCE.

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

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Post by petecox » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC

nextos wrote: post #5

A Linux mobile operating system (i.e. revive Mer & Maemo). PostmarketOS is trying this, but they would benefit immensely from the above 2 getting tons of help as they are basically dead.

You're not alone, someone else has already revived it:

https://maemo-leste.github.io/

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#27

Post by jf » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:45 PM UTC

Seashore - it was a fantastic Mac-specific fork of Gimp with a great native user experience.

Last updated in September of 2010: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seashore_(software)

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#28

Post by sensen » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:46 PM UTC

smnscu wrote: post #19

https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb

It breaks my heart to see that the last blog post is from July 17, 1017 along with all the stagnant information on the community page. I had some hopes that momentum would develop after the project transferred to community governance.

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#29

Post by ethbro » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:47 PM UTC

Yahoo Pipes

Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?

#30

Post by rouxz » Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 10:48 PM UTC

zachlatta wrote: post #21

I used to make a few small contributions to https://github.com/msmhq/msm , but no longer have the time and nobody else has stepped up. If you'd be interested, I'm happy to give you commit permissions - just shoot me an email (in HN profile).

Just curiosity, have you made any $ through donations? I consider doing full time open source development in similar niche (game servers, twitch related tools). Searching now for success stories. Hope to make a little cash via donations but not going paid/closed software model.