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How does Fedora know where you are when you turn on location services? On Android all of that is provided through Google Play Services, but on Fedora we use a mix of open source software to get the job done.

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/the-state-of-the-location-permission-on-fedora-linux-in-2025/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

This article will discuss the state of finding your current geographical location in the Fedora Linux environment.

^{Mateus Rodrigues Costa (Fedora Project)}

#opensource #linux #fedora

TIL Mozilla Location Services is dead, its successor seems to be https://beacondb.net/ and I can contribute data by using NeoStumbler https://f-droid.org/packages/xyz.malkki.neostumbler.fdroid/

Application for collecting wireless networks to geolocation services

^f-droid.org

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