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Updated This Past Day

  1. KDE Gear 23.08.5 Brings More Bug Fixes for Kdenlive, Falkon, and Other Apps
    The KDE Project announced the release of KDE Gear 23.08.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 23.08 series of this collection of over 120 apps for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
  2. Calamares 3.3.2 Installer Improves Manual Partitioning and Qt 6 Compatibility
    Adriaan de Groot released today Calamares 3.3.2 as a new maintenance update in the latest Calamares 3.3 series of this popular universal installer program for GNU/Linux distributions.
  3. GNU/Linux in Iceland: From 1% to 6% in Less Than a Decade [original]
    this month's data from statCounter

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  4. GNOME 46: Best New Features
    Learn about the brand-new features of the GNOME 46 desktop environment.
  5. Miracle-WM Is a New Tiling Wayland Compositor Based on Mir
    Canonical employee Matthew Kosarek announced today a new project that leverages the Mir display server, called miracle-wm, which is a tiling Wayland compositor with a window manager in the style of i3, Sway, or Hyprland.
  6. GNOME Network Displays Adds Support for MICE, Chromecast
    The latest version of the GNOME Network Displays app lets you stream your desktop to a wireless display using the Chromecast and Miracast over Infrastructure (MICE) protocols.
  7. today's leftovers
    programming and more
  8. Security Leftovers
    4 stories for now
  9. Audio/Video: GNU World Order, This Week in Linux (TWIL), and LINUX Unplugged
    3 new episodes
  10. today's howtos
    only 3 more for now
  11. Software Releases and Software in Review
    half a dozen stories
  12. Mozilla Firefox 123 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
    The Mozilla Firefox 123 open-source web browser is now available for download ahead of its official launch on February 20th, 2024.
  13. Android Leftovers
    Anatsa Android Trojan Bypasses Google Play Security, Expands Reach to New Countries
  14. 7 Features That Make Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Cool
    Curious what Ubuntu's next big LTS release brings? We tell you all about it here
  15. LXQt 2.0 to Rely Entirely on Qt6, Qt5 Support Concluded
    April's LXQt 2.0 release brings a revamped menu with improved search and favorites, powered by Qt6 for enhanced performance
  16. Security Leftovers
    a few more links regarding security
  17. Tech Support Stories Part 2
    In short order I learned troubleshooting Windows was a waste of time
  18. Web and Free Software
    WWW (Web) stories
  19. Open Hardware: Retro, Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More
    7 stories and/or projects
  20. BSD: OpenBSD and grumpy BSD guy
    3 links related to the BSDs
  21. Programming Leftovers
    Programming links and resources
  22. today's howtos
    many howtos for week's beginning
  23. Errands: A Simple and Elegant To-Do Companion for Linux
    Ready to take charge of your errands with a desktop Linux app
  24. elementary OS 8 Enters Early Access, Here’s What’s Planned
    Sponsors of elementary OS now have early access to the next major version of the Ubuntu-based desktop Linux operating system
  25. Microchip announces the PolarFire SoC Discovery Kit, a low-cost devkit for Linux and real-time applications
    They also support a deterministic L2 memory system for Linux and real-time applications
  26. 5 Best Free and Open Source Tox Clients
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
  27. A Complete Guide to Lubuntu Default Apps and Their Purposes
    This is a full list of all Lubuntu default applications (or list of Lubuntu components) with their explanations for first time users
  28. Review: Drauger OS 7.6
    The Drauger OS project develops an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution which features the Xfce desktop and places a focus on gaming
  29. Asus Expands Tinker Board 3N Series with 3N Plus and 3N Lite Variants
    The product pages indicate all the variants support Linux Debian 11, Yocto, and Android 12
  30. Software Leftovers
    a few updates on software, FOSS news
  31. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    Devices-related news
  32. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  33. today's howtos
    mostly Linux Hint
  34. Best Linux Distributions in 2024
    The term “best” is subjective. Different people have different requirements and based on those requirements, one considers something better than the other. So, there’s no definite answer to this question.
  35. Linux 6.8-rc5
    another step towards final
  36. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 18th, 2024
    The 175th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on February 18th, 2024.

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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Microsoft Has Tainted GNOME, Which Has Key People Acting as a SLAPP Front Against Techrights (Trying to Censor the Site by Extortion and Many Threats)
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Homeland of Linux Kernel Turning to GNU/Linux?
Adoption of Vista 11 has been relatively low
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Vista 11 Has Burned OEMs and Some Move to GNU/Linux
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Remember That Microsoft Mass Layoffs Are Imminent Because Its 'Empire' is Falling Apart
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
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Links 19/04/2025: "Infantilization at Big Tech" and LLM Slop Abused in Defiance of Workplace Rules/Policies
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Egypt is Controlled by Google, Not Microsoft
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