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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 22, 2023

Cowboy stuff

Updated This Past Day

  1. This cheap Acer laptop with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c chip can run mainline Linux software (mostly)
    The Acer Aspire 1 (A114-61) is a cheap laptop with a 14 inch full HD display, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage
  2. Programming Leftovers
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  3. Darktable 4.6 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released, Here’s What’s New
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  4. today's howtos
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  5. In India, RISC-V Is the New Linux
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  6. today's leftovers
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  7. Android Leftovers
    YouTube tweaks Ambient Mode to be more vibrant on Android
  8. Systemd-boot and Full Disk Encryption in Tumbleweed and MicroOS
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  9. Cytron IRIV PiControl is an Industry 4.0 controller based on Raspberry Pi CM4 module
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  10. Fedora and IBM news
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  11. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    half a dozen stories
  12. Linux Performance/Benchmarks and Graphics
    4 stories
  13. KDE's 6th Megarelease - Beta 2
    We are now just over two months away from KDE's megarelease
  14. Devices and Open Hardware: Debian, Ubuntu, and More
    Some retro thrown in the mix too
  15. Stable kernels: Linux 6.6.8, Linux 6.1.69, Linux 5.15.144, Linux 5.10.205, Linux 5.4.265, Linux 4.19.303, and Linux 4.14.334
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.8 kernel
  16. Rhino Linux’s 2023.4 Sets the Stage for a Transformative 2024
    Discover new features in Rhino Linux 2023.4, like Unicorn Desktop’s new auto-tiling and improved package management
  17. To Be Free or Not to Be Free- PureOS vs. Android OS, Apple iOS, and MS Windows
    As a professional security advisor, I am always asked what smartphone, OS, and apps provide the best security
  18. Linux and Linux Foundation
    LWN paywall lapse
  19. Microsoft Layoffs ('Soft Layoffs'), Plagiarism, Lies, and Windows TCO
    more layoffs claimed
  20. Release Notes for PoCL 5.0
    PoCL now has a new backend (called ‘remote’) for offloading OpenCL commands across a network to one or more servers that are running the ‘pocld’ daemon shipped with PoCL
  21. Today in Techrights
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  22. Security Leftovers
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  23. IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Apple Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  24. Devices and Open Hardware: RISC-V, Arduino, Reverse-Engineering, and NVIDIA Jetson Nano
    Free software- and Linux-centric
  25. Firefox From Developers' Perspective
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