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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

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today's leftovers

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

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

half a dozen howtos or technical posts for now
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Kirigami Addons 1.0

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

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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 19, 2025: IRC logs for Saturday, April 19, 2025
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Links 19/04/2025: Economic Races, Charm Offensives, and USB-C Rants: Links for the day
Links 19/04/2025: "Infantilization at Big Tech" and LLM Slop Abused in Defiance of Workplace Rules/Policies: Links for the day
Gemini Links 19/04/2025: Palm Addiction and Real Experts: Links for the day
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 18, 2025: IRC logs for Friday, April 18, 2025
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Gemini Links 18/04/2025: Price of Games and State of Tinylog: Links for the day
Sounds Like IBM is Preparing for Mass Layoffs/Redundancies in Red Hat, Albeit in "PIP" (Performance Improvement Plan) or "Relocation" Clothing: This isn't the "old" IBM; they're applying pressure by confusion and humiliation
Gemini Links 17/04/2025: Role of Language and Back to Mutt for E-mail: Links for the day
"Sayonara" (さよなら), Microsoft: Windows had fallen below iOS in some countries
Links 18/04/2025: Layoffs at Microsoft Infosys and Qt Becoming Increasingly Proprietary (Plus Slop): Links for the day
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 17, 2025: IRC logs for Thursday, April 17, 2025
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