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    DietPi October 2025 Update Adds Support for NanoPi R3S, R76S, and Reworked Dashboard
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    The October 18th release of DietPi v9.18 introduces support for new FriendlyELEC single-board computers, a redesigned DietPi-Dashboard with improved security, and the addition of the LazyLibrarian eBook and audiobook manager. The update also includes bug fixes, filesystem improvements, and expanded compatibility for virtual devices

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    The October 18th release of DietPi v9.18 introduces support for new FriendlyELEC single-board computers, a redesigned DietPi-Dashboard with improved security, and the addition of the LazyLibrarian eBook and audiobook manager. The update also includes bug fixes, filesystem improvements, and expanded compatibility for virtual devices

    • [04:04] schestowitz[TR2] [04:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 520 @ https://linuxgizmos.com/dietpi-october-2025-update-adds-support-for-nanopi-r3s-r76s-and-reworked-dashboard/ ) ● Nov 01 [05:02] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:23] *rianne_ (~rianne@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:23] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-b2n.ra8.a7lnth.IP) has joined #techbytes [05:23] *liberty_box (~liberty@qiysgnj2chdjg.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:37] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-1tj.fvm.v1ickb.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 01 [07:20] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:24] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:27] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 01 [09:50] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 01 [10:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [10:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 01 [11:06] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Adding Customizable Frame Contrast to KDE Plasma
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    This feature will be in Plasma 6.6. Hopefully. Or if you use KDE Linux you can already try it out. :)

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    System76 CEO Carl Richell Reveals COSMIC Desktop Launch Date
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    For the past three years, COSMIC has been one of the most talked-about projects in the Linux community. After seven alpha releases and one beta, its safe to say were finally getting close to the big moment.

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    • [11:09] schestowitz[TR2] [11:09] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | System76 CEO Carl Richell Reveals COSMIC Desktop Launch Date ● Nov 01 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m [14:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8kzxz6m ) [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] In case you haven't been paying attention, AI is taking over, you don't really need all those cheap (and worthless to big corporations) Gen Z grads any more - not even when the old boomers leave, retire or kick the bucket. Gen Z has a big problem and we all know it - NO jobs or a HUGE lack of jobs. More and more data centers will be using robots by this time next year. Every Hi-tech company - Microsoft, Google, Meta, Oracle etc. - [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] is going in that direction. They would rather pay big bucks for electricity generation to run the AI in the data centers than hire any humans. It is all about cost controls and cost management to juice the bottom line. IBM is no exception. Look at the news headlines every day this week and see how many layoffs are being announced by the big corporations. Hiring is down, not up. Add the layoff numbers and you'll see that your statem [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] ents do not apply to the vast majority of people who are being laid off. Comrade Alvind and his message of hiring is full of Sh-t, as usual. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 13 reactions (+12/-1) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @sh+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @q8 in that case well take the younger ones bcuz they cheaper. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @r3+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @pq fu-k dat sh-t, young people are annoying [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @q8+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Well according to Wall Street, Shares of Amazon have increased 4.9% so far this year, while the Nasdaq is up approximately 24% over the same stretch. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] So they need to cut more if they want the stock price to go higher. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pt+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] -2 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @pk [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] College graduates who have never been in a data center, never talked with a customer [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Wasnt that us when we started? It really is okay to hire young people. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] We shouldnt randomly layoff but its okay to replace older ones with younger ones when they leave and promote within. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 14 reactions (+6/-8) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pq+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +11 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @pd thank you for posting. AK is a serial liar. They are aggressively forcing out higher band levels and plan to "hire more college graduates in the next few month than we have in the last few years". College graduates who have never been in a data center, never talked with a customer, will take 2-3 years to be productive but will be 100% compliant and be thankful for a job. He is on the biggest lying platform on the planet; CNN. A [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] perfect %^&* storm of AK on the CNN toilet. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 15 reactions (+13/-2) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pk+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @OP [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] And if you want hear more barefaced BS from Comrade Alvind, listen to his interview on CNN at the link below. You can't make this up fast enough (LOL!) : [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/ibm-ceo-sits-one-on-one-with-cnn-talks-rate-cuts-massive-u-s-layoffs-and-a-i-s-threat-to-jobs/vi-AA1PsvEL?ocid=msedgntp&pc=w099&cvid=69039f0210684e5e9e9536e319b2d24a&ei=22 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 10 reactions (+9/-1) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @pd+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @kb+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Didn't think it was possible but when you put it that way, between the two cue balled jackwagons, Bezos actually comes off looking like a halfway decent, compassionate oligarch next to Alvind. Imagine being a bigger dooshcanoe than the guy who rented Venice for his second wedding to a blow-up doll. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 2 days ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+9/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @m8+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] One of the employees being let go at Amazon is shopping for a boat. I spoke to her and shes the least bit worried. Loads of stocks and $340ish base pay is keeping her spirits high. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 2 days ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @kc+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +14 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] guess what they each amazon employee got 90 day pay without work and 4-6 months of severance on top of that based on years worked .. IBM does not give sh-t and breaks laws by selective RAs in diff units in diff months and some RAs are just their way to restructure teams they messed up over time because of changing decisions they make every 6 months or replacement in cheap location. all ibm does is financial engineering [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 2 days ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 14 reactions (+14/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @kb+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +12 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @eb [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] When I was laid off, my manager was laid off the same day. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 3 days ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 12 reactions (+12/-0) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @gt+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] @cd fun fact that was the single biggest mass layoff in history and held the record until earlier this year when fElon and his doge collaborators offed federal workers in the US. So IBM really is a world leader in this space! So proud. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 3 days ago by history is watching [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+10/-1) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @g9+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Middle Managers? Well no chance of that happening here. Have you ever seen any manager or managers laid off? I havent. [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] 3 days ago by Anonymous [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] | 14 reactions (+11/-3) | Reply [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @eb+1k8kzxz6m [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] +11 [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] IBM cant layoff 100k USA employees, because there are only 50k left. Yes that includes everyone and everything (eg corporate, sales, services including TSS, consulting, redhat, etc etc) With that said could they cut 10k per year for the next 3 years. The magic 8 ball says likely [14:16] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-MSN [14:29] schestowitz[TR2]
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    LibreOffice 25.2.7 Rolls Out with 43 Bug Fixes
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    The Document Foundation has just released LibreOffice 25.2.7, now available for download on Windows, macOS, and Linux platforms, as the final maintenance update to the 25.2 series for this popular open-source office suite.

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    The update brings 43 bug fixes, with the most important ones being: [...]

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    Googles Brotli 1.2 Released After Two Years with Faster Compression
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    From a performance perspective, both the encoder and decoder now feature static initialization, reducing binary size and improving startup time. Encoding itself is faster, making Brotli even more attractive for web and system-level compression tasks.

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    Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer
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    Nine months after its previous 1.8.1 release, Distrobox, a user-friendly tool that lets users easily create and manage containerized environments from their favorite Linux distributions using tools like Podman or Docker under the hood, has just released version 1.8.2.

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    TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source NAS Released with NVMe-oF, ZFS Enhancements
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    The long-awaited TrueNAS 25.10, code-named Goldeye, a robust Linux-based enterprise-ready NAS that bets on the OpenZFS filesystem and supports containerized applications and virtualization, has officially arrived as one of the most significant updates to this open storage platform in recent years.

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    SLES 16.0 Launches with Agama Installer, SELinux, and 16 Years of Support
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    SUSE has announced the general availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 16.0, its commercial, subscription-based enterprise Linux platform, scheduled for release on November 4, 2025. There are plenty of changes here are the most important ones.

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