Hot Open Source Summer

A look back to see if Summer 2025 was the summer of open. We track social’s shift to open standards (AT Protocol vs. ActivityPub), bridges like Bridgy Fed and their new Bounce, Europe’s push for sovereign OSS, and open-mapping. Plus: Windows 10’s looming EOL and Windows 11’s Recall concerns spark a Linux revival with End of 10!

• Ice Cubes App

• Mastodon apps

• BlueSky Registered Users Count

• BlueSky Self-hosting

• Bridgy Fed

• Bounce

• Mastodon Migration

• End of 10

• Microsoft’s 1 Year Update Extension for Windows 10

• massgrave.dev wiki on 3 year support

• Linux Mint

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