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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 16, 2023,
updated Dec 16, 2023

1. Manjaro 23.1 “Vulcan” Is Available for Download with GNOME 45, Linux 6.6 LTS

   Manjaro Linux 23.1 is available for download as the first major update in the Manjaro Linux 23 series bringing a newer kernel, newer desktop environments, and updated components to the Arch Linux-based distro.

2. Insights from the openSUSE Logo Contest

   visual identity of the project

3. Fairphone just went platinum… again

   Platinum status, and we have received the highest score ever in our industry

   New

4. Mesa and Qubes OS Bugfixes

   a couple of errata

5. FTC Investigation Against Proprietary Software (Adobe)

   ongoing story

6. Programming Leftovers

   Rust and more

7. 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey is Here

   The FreeBSD Core Team and the FreeBSD Foundation invite you to complete the 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey

8. Open Hardware: Arduino, ESP32, and TinyML

   Some hacker-friendly projects

9. Windows TCO Leftovers

   Cost of using Microsoft

10. KDE Android apps porting update

    Following the recent posts on porting KDE Android applications to KF6, CI/CD changes for APKs and changes to packaging of KDE Android apps

11. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

12. KDE Plasma 6 for Mobile Devices Is Shaping Up Nicely with Support for Applets

    With the upcoming release of KDE Plasma 6 for the Linux desktop, the Plasma Mobile devs are working hard to bring the mobile version of Plasma on par with the Plasma 6 desktop environment.

13. Microsoft's LinkedIn Knows Microsoft's Azure Sucks

    just like that

14. Canonical/Ubuntu Pushing Proprietary Software and DRM

    Some DRM stuff

15. today's howtos

    afternoon howtos

16. KDE Frameworks 5.113 Released for Plasma 5 Users With Various Improvements

    The KDE Project announced the release and general availability of KDE Frameworks 5.113 as the latest update for this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt.

17. Android Leftovers

    A few weeks ago Mozilla announced that its Firefox web browser for Android would soon be gaining support for hundreds of additional extensions

18. Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 'Vulcan' now available to download -- choose from GNOME, Plasma, and XFCE editions

    Code-named “Vulcan,” this version of the Linux-based operating system is chock full of enhancements and security improvements

19. Pop!_OS 22.04 Welcomes PipeWire 1.0.0, COSMIC Desktop Evolves

    Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS now features Linux kernel 6.6.6, PipeWire 1.0.0, and Mesa 23.3.0. COSMIC desktop development is progressing rapidly

20. Updated: GNOME Shell 45.2 Coming to Ubuntu 23.10 Soon

    The first point release to GNOME Shell 45 only hit Ubuntu 23.10 at the end of last month, and now a second one is already on its way

21. This week in KDE: un-flashy important stability work

    Everyone kept hammering on the bugs this week

22. EDATEC’s industrial PC builds on Raspberry Pi 5

    EDATEC indicates that the device supports various configurations of the Raspberry Pi OS

23. KDE: Snaps, KDEneon, Debian and my future

    My holiday plans are to help the Debian KDE team with the KF6 packaging, On-going KDEneon efforts

24. today's leftovers

    lots of Ubuntu

25. today's leftovers

    4 links for now

26. Mozilla Leftovers

    mostly Firefox news

27. Security Leftovers and Microsoft Abuse

    half a dozen links

28. Godot and Battleship

    2 links

29. today's howtos

    3 howtos for now

30. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

    FOSS stories

31. Linux Foundation Sponsored Fluff

    openwashing as usual

32. Wine 9.0-rc2 Released

    Binary packages are in the process of being built

33. Plasma Mobile: tuned up to 6!

    Plasma 6 is coming together nicely on the desktop!

34. Playing With Cat (to Assess Percentage of GNU/Linux Users) [original]

    GNU/Linux isn't spyware, so it's hard to tell how many people actively use it

35. Security Leftover and More Windows TCO Stories

    incidents, patches, and FUD

36. Proprietary Stuff and Linux

    Microsoft and worse

37. today's howtos

    many more howtos for today or this weekend

38. The Kernel of the Beast, 6.6.6, shambled into sight… briefly

    It's already been replaced with a more neighborly 6.6.7

39. Maharlika (aka Philippines) Gradually Exiting Microsoft and Windows [original]

    it seems like the digital colonialism is reaching its last days

40. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles