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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 28, 2023

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” Is Slated for Release on April 25th, 2024
    Canonical unveiled today the codename of the next Ubuntu version, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, as the “Noble Numbat”, which is slated for release next year on April 25th.
  2. Apache, Plasma, firewalld updates in Tumbleweed
    This week saw a major transition in openSUSE Tumbleweed for YaST as it moved to a new major version
  3. Graphics: Mesa 23.3.0 RC1, Mike Blumenkrantz's Work, and AMDVLK Deprecation
    linux graphics news
  4. Red Hat and IBM Leftovers
    corporate stuff only
  5. KDE Frameworks 5.111 Is Out and KDE Plasma 6 Now Has a Release Schedule
    With a bit of delay, the KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 5.111 as the latest version of this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt that provide commonly needed functionality for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE software.
  6. Linux Mint 21.3 to Ship with Cinnamon 6.0 and Experimental Wayland Support
    Linux Mint 21.3 will be the first release of Linux Mint to ship with an experimental Wayland session for its Cinnamon flavor.
  7. Microsoft Infiltrates Ubuntu
    The usual from Microsoft
  8. Security Leftovers
    Bugs, flaws, fixes, and more
  9. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Cohesity Data Clown
    new announcement

    New

  10. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux in the Ham Shack and Fairphone 4
    2 new ones
  11. The Latest Microsoft Layoffs and Ship-Jumping
    3 articles for now
  12. today's howtos
    many howtos from today and yesterday
  13. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and Arduino
    5 new articles
  14. Akademy 2023 Video Coverage
    8 new videos
  15. Today in Techrights
    one day's articles
  16. Microsoft Will be Presumed Dead When Windows Has Market Share Under 1%
    The "clown computing" business is just accounting fraud and chatbots are a money sink (massive losses)
  17. Android Leftovers
    New Google Leak Reveals Powerful Google Photos Feature For Android
  18. GNU/Linux in Morocco: Free/Libre Operating System Estimated to Run on 3% of Laptops and Desktops (3 Times More Than Just Two Years Ago)
    You'd think the media already discussed such things... but no
  19. Bye bye Fedora - Hello NixOS
    Sorry Fedora community, you have served me well over 2 decades. It's time to move on and explore new possibilities
  20. The Truth Will Liberate Computer Users
    Stating the truth is forbidden at Microsoft; it's bad for profits
  21. Microsoft Called It a "Linux Infestation" (They View GNU/Linux as a Parasite to be Killed)
    We've come under attacks from Microsoft-connected and Windows-linked people
  22. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Openwashing
    Leftovers regarding FOSS and fake PR efforts
  23. GNU/Linux Applications: System Monitoring Tools, Geany, and More
    5 stories
  24. Programming Leftovers
    many picks from the past day or so
  25. Microsoft Antitrust Violations or Flirtations
    3 items from the news
  26. Events: Latin America LibreOffice Conference, LibrePlanet, FOSDEM PGDay, and More
    4 new ones
  27. New SUSE Articles on Buzzwords
    3 new ones
  28. today's howtos
    morning howtos
  29. The AI in a Box is a Rockchip-powered offline and open-source LLM device
    Moreover, all the code is made available under an open-source license, including their library for optimized transformer inference on the RockChip NPU
  30. Devices and Boards: MontaVista, ROS, Automobiles, RISC-V, ESP32
    Embedded and chips
  31. BSD Now and FreeBSD workstation story
    Some BSD news
  32. Games: Squadron 42, HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED 2 - Turbocharged, Farlight 84, Victoria 3: Colossus of the South, and More
    Half a dozen articles by Liam Dawe
  33. Mozilla: Buzzwords Rather Than Substance, Performance, and Servo
    Some Mozilla stuff
  34. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Development Starts, Code Name Announced
    Learn about the new code name of the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release with a timeline, tentative new features and more.
  35. today's howtos
    many howtos for this morning
  36. Android Leftovers
    I just tried Android 14's AI wallpaper generator — and it looks like the future
  37. Raspberry Pi CM4-based industrial panel PC adds 4G LTE, RS232 and RS485, M.2 NVMe SSD
    EDATEC ED-HMI2120-101C is a Raspberry Pi CM4-based industrial panel PC
  38. Linux Mint Enables Testing Repo and Plans for Wayland
    Learn about the new unstable repository, Hypnotix upgrades, and Linux Mint's plans for Wayland support.
  39. The Trillion-Dollar (Not!) Gorilla is Losing It
    The valuation is as fake as the company's alleged "results"
  40. The Problem With News Deserts
    If you are running a still-active blog about GNU/Linux-type theme/s, and especially if you have an RSS feed, please let us know
  41. Today in Techrights
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