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Extremadura, Valencia and Catalonia on GNU/Linux (English Media Does Not Mention This or Barely Mentions This) [original]

GNU/Linux growing in Spain
KDE Slimbook V Is the World’s First Linux Laptop to Ship with KDE Plasma 6

Linux hardware vendor Slimbook and the KDE Project announced today the KDE Slimbook V as the world’s first Linux-powered laptop to ship with the soon-to-be-released KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment.

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Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) Released with Linux Kernel 6.5, Mesa 23.2

Canonical released today Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS as the fourth point release to its latest Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) long-term supported operating system series with updated core components.
LibreOffice 7.6.5 Office Suite Is Out Now with More Than 90 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 7.6.5 is now available for download with more than 90 bug fixes to improve the overall stability, security, and reliability of the LibreOffice 7.6 office suite.
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longer batch than the earlier one
Programming Leftovers

Programming related stories
today's leftovers

GNU/Linux, Free software, and more
Switching to GNOME

and why
Kernel Space (Linux) and Linux Foundation (Openwashing Firm)

Some Linux and Linux Foundation links
Security Leftovers

half a dozen links. Security focus.
today's howtos

half a dozen howtos or technical posts for now
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Android Leftovers

How to install Indus Appstore on your Android smartphone
Kirigami Addons 1.0

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Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and openSUSE to get better installation

Installation remains a pain point for many Linux distros
Here’s what’s new about the Fairphone 4

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

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Brigading Against Women - Part XXV - No Anonymity for People Who Did Illegal Things: "Empathy is the sunlight to the vampire of culture."
Links 09/10/2026: Stranded Busan Shark Still a 'Circus', Endangered Monkey Rescued, BBC Shells Out Money: Links for the day
Gemini Links 10/10/2026: Radio Romania International, Avoiding GAFAM, Open Camera, and Another Palm: Links for the day
The 2026 Slop Prediction (Slopfarms Perishing): Morality in the "digital world" has deteriorated profoundly
netsplit.de (Survey of IRC Networks and History) Only Partly Functional This Month: Get well soon, netsplit.de
Microsoft Cuts: GAFAM enshittification
NVIDIA Acts Like It Cannot Pay Salaries (Too Many Obligations, Sales in Circular Financing, or Basically Accounting Fraud): Masters of acting as clients of themselves
Paying for elections, Reform UK illegal confession in High Court: Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Microsoft Abuses PERM and Lays Off Workers in India: The US government has made it easier for Microsoft to hide the mass layoffs
The GAFAM Elections in the United States: If the election is run by platforms that have back doors "baked-in" and if the communications are overseen by GAFAM, you would not have to be a "nutty MAGAt" to dispute the outcome
More GAFAM Layoffs (Late on Friday Night): They say they are worth trillions, but they don't even make money
Male-Dominated EPO Fails to Have "Concrete Measures to Support Female Staff": Being a female at the EPO is exceptionally hard
Production Freeze at the European Patent Office (Opposing Monarchy, Institutional Maladministration and Corruption): Eight reasons to participate
Links 10/10/2026: Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' Silencing Critics, "Data Centres are the New Front Line in the Russia-Ukraine War": Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 09, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, October 09, 2026
Gemini Links 10/10/2026: Optimism, Stargazing, "Life Without Smartphone", and Fairphone 4: Links for the day
Gemini Links 09/10/2026: Manifesto, Slop, Geminispace, and "Cryptography of the Internet": Links for the day
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Links 09/10/2026: "Internet Archive to Demo Wayback Machine at Friday’s Uniqlo Street Festival", France Wages Censorship War via DNS: Links for the day
Controlled Opposition: The underlying concept is hardly new
More Stallmans: We need more Stallmans, we don't need to change Stallman
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Brigading Against Women - Part XXIV - Nobody's Name is Unspeakable: Names are not sacred
Microsoft is in Trouble (With the Regime It Sponsored): It seems like Microsoft paying the existing regime/dictatorship wasn't enough
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In the United Kingdom, Rising Cost of Hardware Benefits GNU/Linux: GNU/Linux rose from about 4% to almost 6% in one year
Japanese Targets of Cyber Breaches or Insider Threats: Japanese government bureau and major firms experience data breaches
Gemini Links 09/10/2026: Optimism, Stargazing, and Solar MiniServer: Links for the day
The Microsoft Ban Should Go Further (Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act Incompatible With Back Doors): it's not difficult to see where to start
When Americans Export a 'Suicide Mission' to Other Continents: I worry that this culture of debt-taking and overconsumption is being spread from the US to Europe
The Register MS: "AI" Several Times in Same Headline, 31 Times in Page. The Register MS Was Paid to Do This.: The phenomenon is commercial (paid media), not scientific
The Outcome of Microsoft Ban Was Predictable: told you so
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IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 08, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, October 08, 2026
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Links 08/10/2026: Wikimedia Bemoans Chaffbot Slop (Bots Sold as 'Agents') That Sabotage It, ICC's Taliban Warrants: Links for the day
Links 08/10/2026: Slop Scammers (Pushers) Inflate Hosting Bills and "YouTube Testing Everything": Links for the day
The Register MS Helps Prove the "AI" Frenzy in the Media is Evidence of Compromised Media, Not Legitimate "Revolution": Ignore the hype and carry on
London Became Synonymous With the Royal Courts of Justice: London used to be a place where we go on holiday/retreat/break; nowadays we have only one destination there
Microsoft Insiders on "Effectively Being Silently Laid Off From Microsoft": People are laid off by the thousands without the media uttering a word or the companies confirming anything
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