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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 06, 2023,
updated Dec 06, 2023

Updated This Past Day

1. Ethical Hacking Distro Kali Linux 2023.4 Brings Support for Raspberry Pi 5

   Offensive Security released today Kali Linux 2023.4 as the last update of the year for their popular ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux.

2. Zorin OS 17 Beta Released with Quick Settings, Spatial Desktop, and More

   Today, the Zorin OS team announced the general availability for public testing of the beta version of the upcoming Zorin OS 17 release, which promises new and exciting features.

3. KDE Plasma 5.27.10 Improves Night Color with Automatic Location, Fixes Bugs

   The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 5.27.10 as the tenth maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 5.27 LTS desktop environment series.

4. A growing number of cheap handheld retro game consoles can run mainline Linux

   The Steam Deck is probably the best known handheld gaming PC with a Linux-based operating system

5. KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

   The KDE Project released today the first beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment for public testing three weeks after the alpha development milestone.

6. Buzzwords Connected to Linux

   Some LF fluff

7. today's howtos

   half a dozen picks for now

8. digiKam 8.2.0 is released

   After five months of active maintenance and long bugs triage

9. Armbian 23.11 Released with Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS and Support for New Devices

   The Armbian project announced today the release and general availability of Armbian 23.11 as the latest version of this GNU/Linux distribution tailored for ARM-powered embedded devices.

   New

10. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

11. Broken Rules Sponsors Krita

    Projects such as Blender have proven that free, open-source software can reach industry-grade levels of quality and provide a viable alternative to the status quo

12. AMD Ryzen Embedded V3000 COM Express Type 7 module supports up to 64GB DDR5 memory

    ADLINK provides standard support for Yocto Linux and Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

13. New Release: Tor Browser 13.0.6, QCoro 0.10.0 Release, and Some More Software in Review

    Free software news

14. today's howtos

    many for yesterday and today

15. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5 and More

    Raspberry Pi stories mostly

16. curl 8.5.0

    After the fact, the release video will be made available on YouTube

17. Games: SteamOS 3.5.9 Preview, Combined Arms, and More

    7 articles by Liam Dawe

18. Android Leftovers

    OnePlus 12 vs Google Pixel 8 Pro: Which Android flagship phone will win

19. Endless OS 5.1 Rolls Out with Enhanced Learning Experience

    Still based on Debian 11, Endless OS 5.1 is a minor release with Endless Key, updated hardware support, and incremental improvements

20. LibreOffice community interview: Robert Cabane, QA project

    Today we’re talking to Robert Cabane, who helps out in LibreOffice’s Quality Assurance (QA) community

21. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP32, RISC-V, and More

    half a dozen new stories

22. Microsoft Blunders and Issues

    4 new links

23. KDE Announces Finalists in Plasma 6 Wallpaper Contest

    Here are the top six contenders in KDE’s wallpaper contest

24. The Transitional Journey of openSUSE’s Logo Rebranding

    The open-source world is in the midst of an exciting transformation as the openSUSE community prepares to phase in a new project logo

25. IPFire 2.27 - Core Update 182 is available for testing

    The last Core Update of the year, IPFire 2.27

26. 15 Best Free and Open Source Linux MySQL Tools

    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion

27. Security Leftovers

    patches and incidents

28. CapyPDF 0.7.0 released

    Version 0.7.0 of CapyPDF is out. There is nothing major as such, just a bunch of minor features

29. Sodalite: Fusion of Fedora Silverblue and Pantheon Desktop

    Learn about Sodalite, an immutable Linux desktop experience that seamlessly blends Fedora's stability with the elegance of the Pantheon desktop.

30. Programming Leftovers

    mostly R

31. today's leftovers

    5 more stories

32. LibreOffice Interview With Robert Cabane and WordPress InterviewWith Artemy Kaydash

    A couple of new chats

33. Security Leftovers

    Including Microsoft problem

34. Proprietary/Chatbots/Microsoft Leftovers

    issues and criticism

35. Games on GNU/Linux with Proton, GNU/Linux Faster, and FEX 2312 Tagged

    Games-related news

36. Top 15 Ubuntu Software, Docker, and Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter

    Some Ubuntu news/tips

37. OpenEmbedded and EasyOS Development

    2 updates from the developer

38. Converseen 0.12.0.0 Ported to Qt6 + Other News

    Converseen, the versatile image conversion software compatible with Linux, Windows, and macOS, has recently undergone a substantial update to version 0.12.0.0

39. GNOME 45.2 Released with Various Fixes and Performance Improvements

    The GNOME Project released today GNOME 45.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest and greatest GNOME 45 “Riga” desktop environment series.

40. today's howtos

    a much larger batch of howtos for today

41. Parole media player updates with Middle Click Actions to Tray Icon

    Parole, the lightweight media player for XFCE Desktop, released version 4.18.1 few days ago

42. Destination Linux, Late Night Linux, and Other New Episodes

    4 new shows

43. Links 05/12/2023: Microsoft's Bot Produces Life-Threatening Disinformation, COP28 Dead (Sold) Upon Arrival

    Links for the day

44. Kubernetes, Red Hat, and SUSE

    3 assorted article

45. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

    FOSS, education, and more

46. Openwashing (Fake 'Open Source'), Fake Security, and Charlatans

    Deceit and worse

47. Mozilla/Tor Project News

    some good and bad news

48. Programming Leftovers

    Perl, Python and more

49. Open Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Orange Pi

    a bundle of new stories

50. Games: Songs of Conquest, JRPGs Bundle and Uplifting Adventures Bundle, Lots More

    7 new articles from GamingOnLinux

51. today's howtos and technical posts

    only 5 for the time being

52. Windows TCO

    The true cost of Microsoft

53. Microsoft in Africa: From Over 97% to Just 17%

    Measured at 97.65% in 2009

54. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

55. Android Leftovers

    December’s Android Security Bulletin Arrives, But No Pixel Update Yet

56. Robustel introduces EG5101 and EG5200 Debian 11 industrial IoT gateways with 4G LTE cellular connectivity

    Robustel introduced the EG5101 and EG5200 industrial IoT gateways running Debian 11 a few weeks ago

57. statCounter: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktops/Laptops (Worldwide) Now 4% by Rounding Up, Not Even Counting ChromeOS At All

    GNU/Linux is now measured at an all-time high of 3.67%, based on statCounter

58. Melbourne duo working on using Linux phones as general computing devices

    Two Melbourne open source developers have been working for a while on a project to make mobile phones useful

59. Steam client drops support on macOS, but adds it on Linux

    Valve Software's latest update announcement for the Steam client contains news for both Mac and Linux users

60. ASUSTOR Data Master Operating System (ADM OS) v4.2.5 Review

    The ASUSTOR Data Master Operating System (ADM for short) is a Linux-based operating system developed by ASUSTOR exclusively for their NAS devices

61. rlxOS is an immutable Linux distribution that proves looks can be deceiving

    The rlxOS (pronounced "relaxed OS") Linux distribution is a lot of things. It's immutable, it tweaks the Xfce desktop to look like KDE Plasma, it's fast, and (on the surface) it looks to be very user-friendly.