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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 12, 2024

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    "Linux had a market share of just 0.68% in 2009. In 2023, that share had ballooned to 3.82%."

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  3. Linux, SerenityOS, GNU Hurd, and Native GNU/Linux Clients in Gaming
    today's leftovers
  4. Programming Leftovers
    R and more
  5. Ubuntu: Colin Watson Leaves Canonical, Ubuntu 22.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.5
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  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: OpenTofu and “Delayed Open Source Publication” (DOSP), FOSS Weekly
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  7. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and ESP32
    about half a dozen stories, Linux focus
  8. PipeWire Camera Support Is Coming to OBS Studio for Linux Desktops
    GNOME developer Georges Stavracas has merged today the PipeWire Camera support into the master branch of the popular OBS Studio open-source screencasting and streaming app.
  9. Security Leftovers
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  10. Software/'Apps': Mail Transfer Agents, Textual, IRC Clients, Media Downloader, and More
    5 stories about applications
  11. today's howtos
    many howtos for the day
  12. Android Leftovers
    How To Check Android Build Number
  13. Firefox: Fixing keyboard navigation in Inspector Rules view
    Starting Firefox 122, when editing a selector, a property name or a property value in the Inspector
  14. Canonical on High Performance Computing and Servers One Can Control
    A couple of ubuntu.com posts
  15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS news
  16. Programming Leftovers
    Shell, Raku, Rust, and more
  17. Trisquel on arm64: Ampere Altra
    Having had success running Trisquel on the ppc64 Talos II, I felt ready to get an arm64 machine running Trisquel
  18. Devices: 'Dumb' Home, Home Screen, Raspberry Pi Zero, and More
    Open Hardware and more
  19. Web Browsers: PSL un Curl, Brave, and Firefox
    3 stories from smaller sites
  20. Software: Introducing Spiel, Fast Image Resizer, and Office Suites
    4 links for applications
  21. today's howtos
    many howtos for now
  22. Games: Valve, Townseek, Usurper, and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
    7 articles by Liam Dawe
  23. Windows TCO Leftovers
    4 stories about Windows TCO
  24. Android Leftovers
    This new thing happens with Gboard when you connect a physical keyboard to your Android tablet
  25. Gabriel-Cezarin Popovici helps the campaigns team to spread the message that we need to fight for our digital freedom
    My reason for using GNU/Linux up until 2018 was because it was just plain better than Windows
  26. Android Leftovers
    How to take a screenshot on Android? 7 best ways explored
  27. Min 1.31 Released as a New Bug Fix Update for Lightweight Browser
    Min 1.31 (Lightweight Browser) introduces the ability to select and manage multiple tabs seamlessly, improved userscript customization experience and more.
  28. Kodi 20.3 "Nexus" released as a last bug-fix update
    Discover the improvements in Kodi 20.3, address DVD playback issues, enable automatic recovery in the Music Library, and resolve platform-specific quirks for an all-encompassing media solution.
  29. LWN, Linux, and Benchmarks
    Kernel news
  30. Security Leftovers
    patches, issues, and incidents
  31. Today in Techrights
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