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Astra-OS

Astra-OS AstraOS is an open-source Debian 13 (amd64) live desktop with an AstraOS-branded XFCE workspace for office work, development, and responsible security learning. The 0.2.1-alpha preview includes Firefox ESR with uBlock Origin, LibreOffice, a software center, KeePassXC, defensive system utilities, and a guided security toolkit with loopback-only practice labs. The updated live image has booted to the XFCE desktop in VirtualBox on a Windows PC. It remains an early alpha with no disk installer; physical-hardware compatibility has not been verified. Security tools are for systems you own or are authorized to assess.  Website:  https://samirlevate8788-creator.github.io/AstraOS-/ Download:  https://github.com/samirlevate8788-creator/AstraOS-/releases/tag/v0.2.1-alpha

404: Developer's Reality Not Found

What people think being a developer looks like: writing a few lines of code, building something amazing, and launching it successfully. What actually happens? Unexpected bugs, endless debugging, broken builds, missing semicolons, Stack Overflow searches, late-night coding sessions, and celebrating when the code finally works! 404: Developer's Reality Not Found is a fun, interactive storytelling experience that showcases the funny, chaotic, and surprisingly relatable reality of a developer's journey. Through six interactive stages, users experience the journey from getting a brilliant project idea to finally deploying it. ✨ What's Inside? 💡 Idea Loading – When inspiration strikes and a new project begins. 🚀 Coding Started – Everything seems easy at first. 🐛 Bug Detected – One small error turns into an unexpected adventure. ☕ Coffee.exe – Debugging mode activated. 🔍 Search Mode – Searching everywhere for that one missing piece. 🎉 Finally Deployed – It works! And nobody is touching the code anymore. The experience combines playful storytelling, interactive elements, animations, and a creative developer-inspired design. Our Message: Behind every successful developer is a story of failed builds, unexpected bugs, countless experiments, and the determination to try again. Because being a developer isn't just about writing code. It's about surviving everything that happens between an idea and deployment! Built with creativity, code, and a little debugging therapy ❤️

Why I built 360 file tools that run fully inside the browser

Most free PDF and image sites ask you to upload your file to their server. I did that for years, and one day I stopped and asked where my passport scan and my college marksheets were actually going.   So I built OpenFile. It is a free, open source (MIT) toolkit with 360+ tools for PDF, images, video, audio, fonts, archives, eBooks and data files. The trick is that everything runs inside the browser tab. The heavy work is done by WebAssembly and Web Workers, so a PDF merge or a video conversion never leaves your device.   What you get: no uploads, no sign up, no watermark, no file size limits. It installs as an app and works offline, and there are builds for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android too.   It is built with React 19, TypeScript, Vite and Tailwind 4. If you are a student or a dev from India who wants a first open source project to contribute to, adding a new tool is a good place to start.   Try it: https://openfile-studio.vercel.app/ Source: https://github.com/aniruddhaadak80/OpenFile Demo video: https://youtu.be/cfftdAUJwp4