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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 20, 2024

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

   New

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.

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