I recently participated in #FreeSoftwareAdvent suggested by @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk , coming up with 25 FOSS packages that I rely on.

Today, I collected those (and 2 extra that I thought about afterwards) into a new article on my Production Log:

"27 Essential FOSS Packages Our Animation Studio Relies On"
https://lunaticsproject.org/2025/12/29/essential-foss-packages/

I changed the order to be slightly more topically organized, although the text for each packages is nearly the same as what I used in my thread.