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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 17, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Sweden: A High at 15% [original]

   huge increases

2. Greek GNU/Linux: Grok the Freedom, Over 10% This Month [original]

   Desktop Operating System Market Share Greece - Jan 2009 - Feb 2024

3. Google targets Windows refugees with ChromeOS Flex

   Google has announced a solution for businesses facing the end of support for Windows 10 next year

4. System76: Closing in on a COSMIC Alpha

   We’re on approach towards an alpha version of the new COSMIC desktop environment for Pop!_OS and other distros

5. Slimbook Launches Manjaro Gaming Edition Laptop

   Powered by Intel Core i7-13620H and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, Slimbook Manjaro is a great gaming laptop for Linux enthusiasts

6. Twitter (X) Rotting [original]

   Twitter (X) is a waste of time

7. Freedom-Centric GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States: 4% [original]

   Whether or not it is accurate, which is a reasonable concern, the trends are quite telling

   New

8. Microsoft and Apple: More Layoffs and Problems

   some misc. links

9. Events and Free Software

   today's FOSS picks

10. today's leftovers

    GNU/Linux focused

11. Security Leftovers

    banks at peril and latest from CISA

12. today's howtos

    mostly from the past week

13. Latest From Perl Programming Hub

    perl.org's latest

14. Linux hardware maker Juno Computers releases 17-inch Saturn 17 v5 laptop with Intel i7-13620H, Geforce RTX 4000 GPUs and Ubuntu

    Juno Computer's new Saturn 17 v5 notebook is now available to order with a 17.3-inch 2K display

15. Shows and Videos: The Linux Link Tech Show and Lots From Invidious (Past Week)

    many new videos

16. Programming Leftovers

    regressions, R, and more

17. Security Leftovers

    mostly incidents and holes in this batch

18. Kernel, Security, and Mesa

    kernel level stuff and SELinux

19. today's howtos

    a handful more

20. UNOFFICIAL antiX-23 “init-diversity” spin.

    not systemd

21. Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop Installer Changes [First Look]

    As part of work on the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 release

22. Digi IX40 5G edge computing industrial IoT cellular gateway is designed for Industry 4.0 use cases

    The IIoT gateway is based on an NXP i.MX 8M Plus Arm processor running a custom Linux distribution

23. today's leftovers

    Ubuntu, programming, and more

24. Applications: XDM, HandBrake, and Power Profiles Daemon

    Three DOSS stories, GNU/Linux focus

25. Security Leftovers

    Security links for now, more to come later

26. today's howtos

    many howtos for the afternoon

27. New krita.org website launched

    After a lot of work, we moved our website to a new Hugo based platform

28. Red Hat Leftovers

    a few bits from the "official" sites/sources

29. Driving into the Absurd: Imagining a Smartphone-esque Auto Industry

    Imagine stepping into a world where the automotive industry has taken a wild turn, mirroring the smartphone market’s quirks and monopolies

30. Games: Helldivers 2, Capcom, and More

    4 articles by Liam Dawe

31. 4MLinux 44.1 STABLE released.

    This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel, which comes with the Linux kernel 6.1.69.

32. ExTiX Deepin 24.2 Live based on Deepin 23 BETA 3 (latest) with Refracta Snapshot and kernel 6.7.4-amd64-extix :: Build 240209

    I’ve released a new version of ExTiX Deepin today (240209)

33. GhostBSD 24.01.1 Now Available

    bugfixes

34. Android Leftovers

    10 Of The Best Android Smartphones Ever Released

35. Machine Learning in Linux: Surya – multilingual document OCR toolkit adds text recognition

    This is free and open source software

36. Microchip Launches Affordable PolarFire SoC Kit, Expanding Access to RISC-V and FPGA for Embedded Engineers

    The PolarFire SoC Discovery Kit is centered around a quad-core, 64-bit RISC-V processor, optimized for Linux and real-time applications

37. More About Thunderbird And Mozilla Firefox

    A new year, a new progress report

38. Closing in on a COSMIC Alpha

    We’re on approach towards an alpha version of the new COSMIC desktop environment for Pop!_OS and other distros

39. today's leftovers

    applications, servers, and more

40. Red Hat Leftovers

    and RHEL too

41. Microsoft, Proprietary Stuff, and Chatbots

    Mostly Microsoft though

42. Programming Leftovers

    Python, Java, R, and more

43. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

44. Security Leftovers

    another handful of links

45. today's howtos

    only a handful for now

46. GNU/Linux in Denmark: Market Share Has Doubled in a Year, Now Tops 8% on Desktops and Laptops [original]

    this isn't a matter of being "too poor" to pay Apple and/or Microsoft

47. Mixxx 2.4 Open-Source DJ Software Released with Major Changes

    Mixxx 2.4 open-source, free, and cross-platform DJ software designed to give you all the tools you need to perform live mixes arrived today as a major update that adds major new features and improvements.

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