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When Pebble shut down in 2016, a group of developers formed Rebble.io to keep the devices running.
Do you know of other instances where open source software saved something from the early grave?
It seems that the world of #homeautomation would have some examples of open source saving tech from an early grave.
What devices have been discontinued that you've kept operating with #opensource #software?
Beyond #HomeAssistant or #OpenHAB acting as a glue, are there other open source projects for specific discontinued tech?
@rwwmike I think the chumby also has a story like this
@benbrown I'm afraid I'm about to walk into a weird punchline, but...what's a (or the) "chumby"?
@benbrown Okay, I've found the wikipedia. No punchline. But what a name!
@rwwmike they were weird and great and mine still shows a Star Trek clock
@rwwmike The originator of FontAwesome left and forked the project when the corporates moved in, but admittedly the original is still available (you just have to pay pay pay to use it).
@rwwmike
If your using and #UbuntuTouch phone, there is the #opensource app named RockWork who saved the #pebble too:
https://open-store.io/app/rockwork.mzanetti
