Thunderbird
https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2017/12/new-thunderbird...
I think it's officially un-abandoned now, but as it sounded at the FOSDEM booth, they're absolutely looking for new contributors :)
Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
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Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#72Pidgin. While it's not dead, v3 is still very far, and an up to date, all-in-one messaging solution is ackingly missing - especially for mobile.
Exactly. Moreover, Pidgin is not only extremely useful already, but could also solve some further issues such as usability, customizability, and security in everyday communication.
Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#73The lightweight and modern Linux desktop. LXQt is what I used to work on (I still help out once in a while), and it just doesn't have the manpower and organization required to produce something really good. Working on the Desktop is a really interesting thing. The goal is to turn machines into something usable for, nowdays essentially browsing the web or gaming (with the oddball app that does more than that). It's a…
what's wrong with xfce?
Oh c'mon! OP didn't even mention it!
There's nothing wrong with Xfce (I'm a very happy user myself), but they're distinct projects and the OP makes a good case and gives useful info about LXQt, as fits the thread.
Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#74The lightweight and modern Linux desktop. LXQt is what I used to work on (I still help out once in a while), and it just doesn't have the manpower and organization required to produce something really good. Working on the Desktop is a really interesting thing. The goal is to turn machines into something usable for, nowdays essentially browsing the web or gaming (with the oddball app that does more than that). It's a…
Absolutely love LXQt. Amazingly good desktop. Enlightenment is another fantastic low power high feature desktop environment that suffers from the same lack of devs. Both of these have spurred me a bit further into learning coding myself to help out, but real life works always seems to get in the way.
Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#75Dedoimedo featured some great projects recently, some of them abandoned: http://www.ocsmag.com/2018/03/21/the-magnificent-seven-uniqu... The unmaintained ones seem to be Kaptan (desktop configuration wizard) and TeenPup Magic Scripts (drag and drop scripts), not sure about Unity Dash.
About the TeenPup magic scripts, maybe have a look at LegacyOS.
The latest (and last/final version) is LegacyOS 2017
Those scripts are also on there, but those distros are made to be OLD
Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#76Camino. A Gecko browser with a native Mac UI.
Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#77I wanna say Compiz, but I feel like I am the only one using it full time. It would probably be a wast of time.
No, I was (until very recently). Sad to see it go...
Re: Ask HN: What abandoned OSS project would you like to see revived?
#78Dedoimedo featured some great projects recently, some of them abandoned: http://www.ocsmag.com/2018/03/21/the-magnificent-seven-uniqu... The unmaintained ones seem to be Kaptan (desktop configuration wizard) and TeenPup Magic Scripts (drag and drop scripts), not sure about Unity Dash.
About the TeenPup magic scripts, maybe have a look at LegacyOS. The latest (and last/final version) is LegacyOS 2017 Those scripts are also on there, but those distros are made to be OLD
Thanks! Interesting project, may come handy in the future...
For reference: http://www.puppylinux.org/wikka/legacyos