Linyaps community operations report: August 2024

1. Community headlines

• Linyaps is officially integrated into the release version deepin 23. The system is pre-installed with the complete Linyaps environment and components, and the Linyaps format has become the preferred application format in the system's pre-installed app store. Users can directly install and manage Linyaps format applications. As of August, over a thousand Linyaps applications have been launched.

• Linyaps community officially established linglong SIG and Linyaps Packaging SIG. Linyaps Packaging SIG is a SIG group focused on the construction of the Linyaps ecosystem. It has supported the rapid construction of Linyaps applications on the GitHub SIG repository automated public build platform (https://github.com/linglongdev).

2. Technology Progress

• 2024.08——V1.6

1) Newly supported CPU architecture - Loongson loong64, Linyaps main program already supports x86_64, arm64, loongarch64 and loong64

2) Added support for building conversion format - offline package uab format, and added support for conversion from AppImage format to uab format

3) Distribution support - officially integrated into the deepin 23 system repository, supporting UOS V20, openEuler 24.03, Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12, openKylin 2.0rc distributions to run Linyaps environment and applications

4) Provide layer icon and application ID standardized detection tools and practical documents

5) Newly provided automated build platform (OBS)

• V1.7——under development

1) Linyaps application conversion tool ll-pica, which newly supports flatpak format conversion, has been developed and is expected to be officially released at the end of September;

2) Newly supported release version - OpenAnolis, Linyaps main program has been integrated into the OpenAnolis 23.2 system repository, and is expected to be released together with the new version of OpenAnolis at the end of September.

3. Application Ecology

A total of 231 new Linyaps applications were added to the shelves in August, and a total of 1,299 Linyaps applications were on the shelves by the end of August.

Software classification coverage:

Application classification	On-shelf quantity
Programming Development	223
Network Application	208
Efficient office	183
Game entertainment	182
System Tools	145
Graphical images	68
Music Radio	53
Social Communication	49
Video editing	45
Educational Learning	44
Financial Management	27
Video playback	24
Information reading	16
Convenient life	16

Note: The data statistics are based on the data listed in the deepin 23 store. The number of applications in the Linyaps application repository is not counted.

4. Community Development

• Improve SIG group participation guide
  • SIG creation and participation guides have been officially released in the Linyaps community (www.linglong.space) and the OpenAtom-Linyaps repository (GitHub/OpenAtom-Linyaps/SIG), detailing the process of participating in existing SIG groups and creating new SIG groups.
  • Linyaps community official website has launched the signing process of "[Linyaps] Project Individual Contributor License Agreement" to legally protect the rights and interests of the project and users. As of the end of August, 17 contributors have submitted personal CLA signing applications.

• Create Linyaps Packaging SIG
  • Linyaps Packaging SIG The Linyaps ecosystem collaboration group was formally established. The group is committed to building Linyaps format applications, and continues to optimize the software construction and distribution process to promote the development of the Linux ecosystem. Contributors can apply to become a contributor to the application at GitHub/OpenAtom-Linyaps/sig-linyaps-packing-sig;
  • The group SIG repository provides an automated building platform (OBS). After submitting the merge (PR) application configuration file, the construction of the Linyaps application will be automatically completed, and the built Linyaps application will be automatically pushed to the Linyaps application repository. The submitter will simultaneously become the official maintainer of the software.
  • Group repository: https://github.com/linglongdev

• Join forces with the Linyaps community to create Linyaps SIG
  • Linyaps, as one of the contributors to the Dragon Lizard community, officially established the Linyaps SIG in the Dragon Lizard community this month, dedicated to providing and maintaining the Linyaps package management tool set on Anolis OS. The Linyaps main program has completed the compatible adaptation of OpenAnolis 23.2 and is waiting for the official release and merger of the project.
  • SIG link: Linyaps – OpenAnolis operating system open source community

• Linyaps App Store Independent development Group
  • The team is composed of contributor Jokul and his team. It focuses on contributing independent application store projects to the Linyaps community, including a web version of the application store and a simple application store client. The project will effectively improve the efficiency of Linyaps application distribution and assist the development of the Linyaps ecosystem.
  • The web app store version is under iterative development and will be officially launched on the Linyaps community official website in September.
  • The simple application store client is independently developed and operated by Jokul, the core contributor of the team. It has synchronized support for all official releases of Linyaps compatible adaptation, and is being continuously iteratively updated.

5. Activity Overview

• School Source Line Live class ： From August 22 to September 12, the Linyaps community will hold a live broadcast of "Introduction to Linyaps Application Construction" every Thursday. The course is one of the OpenAtom Foundation's "Xiaoyuanxing Open Source Technology Training Series Special Courses" and is fully supported by the deepin community. It systematically introduces how to build different Linux distributions (respectively deepin 23, openEuler 2403LTS, openKylin 2.0rc and Ubuntu 2404), and through the demonstration of specific construction cases, the Linyaps application construction process is explained in detail, and the application installation and debugging methods are demonstrated.

There are 4 courses in total, and 2 live broadcast courses have been successfully carried out in August. The lecture notes and video review materials of the live courses have been synchronized across the entire platform.

• 2024 Global Open Source Geek Carnival ： From August 15th to August 16th, the Linyaps community participated in the 2024 Global Open Source Geek Carnival. This was the first offline developer event that the community officially participated in after its establishment. At the exhibition, the new software package format "Linyaps" was shared and introduced to many open source enthusiasts.

6. Community Acknowledgments

Ecological software contributions: Sky City, dong8yong8

Store project contributions: Jokul, Gao Hong, Zhang Yini

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About the project

OpenAtom Linyaps is a new independent package management toolset that focuses on solving compatibility issues caused by the complexity and cross-dependencies of traditional software package formats under Linux systems. The project uses advanced isolation technology to completely decouple applications and systems, fundamentally solve application compatibility issues caused by environmental changes, and achieve "one architecture, one build". It is committed to simplifying the software development process, reducing maintenance costs, strengthening data security, promoting collaboration between technology and platforms, and building a more prosperous, secure and efficient Linux software ecological environment.