Portal:Free and open-source software/Did you know

... that Terry Davis created TempleOS, a Bible-themed operating system that had more than 120,000 lines of code? (2025-03-20)
... that the browser extension AdNauseam blocks and clicks on advertisements at the same time? (2025-01-06)
... that Riley Testut developed AltStore because he wanted to publish his emulator Delta? (2024-06-01)
... that you can keep a snowflake in a browser tab? (2022-11-08)
... that Kotaku revised an article about Nintendo Switch emulation after Nintendo complained that the previous version encouraged piracy? (2022-10-17)
... that Vegeta is used to attack HTTP-based applications? (2022-09-11)
... that Leafpad is a text editor for Linux that is comparable to Notepad for Windows? (2022-08-30)

... that Rust has been named the "most loved programming language" every year for seven years since 2016 by annual surveys conducted by Stack Overflow? (2022-07-29)
... that The Ur-Quan Masters, an open-source remake of the 1992 science-fiction game Star Control II, has been listed several times as one of the best free PC games ever? (2021-01-16)
... that when the LineageOS operating system refused to integrate MicroG software, the project forked its own version, with MicroG pre-installed? (2020-02-05)
... that the Python Package Index is also known as the Cheese Shop, a reference to the Monty Python sketch? (2016-08-17)
... that the anti-forensic software USBKill was created to prevent data from being seized from logged-in computers, as happened in Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht's arrest? (2016-06-11)
... that The GNOME Project's Free and Open Source Software Outreach Program for Women started because no women were among the 181 applicants to a student mentorship program in 2006? (2014-10-23)
... that the unveiling of Android 4.0 was postponed in remembrance of Steve Jobs? (2014-08-13)
... that the name of the Debian operating system is a combination of the first names of its creator Ian Murdock and his then-girlfriend Debra? (2014-06-28)
... that because of the Heartbleed bug, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft joined the Core Infrastructure Initiative to help fund software projects like OpenSSL? (2014-05-23)
... that the DeCSS haiku was written in part to demonstrate the notion of computer code being considered as free speech? (2014-05-19)
... that the Linux distribution Nova is central to the Cuban government's desire to replace Microsoft Windows? (2011-06-05)
... that Civic Commons is an organization reducing government IT costs with open source technology? (2011-04-30)
... that Agora was a proof of concept email-based web browser designed for non-graphic terminals and people without full access to the internet? (2010-07-01)
... that Arena was the first web browser to support background images, tables, text flow around images, and inline mathematical expressions? (2010-06-17)
... that when GNU Oleo became officially part of the GNU Project, a 1996 article in iX magazine dubbed it as "GNU's response to Excel"? (2010-01-28)
... that UnrealIRCd is used on the largest number of IRC servers? (2008-06-05)