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Updated This Past Day

  1. Android Leftovers
    How to Connect Any Video Game Controller to Your Android phone
  2. statCounter: GNU/Linux on Almost 1 in 10 Finnish Laptops/Desktops [original]
    As per this month's numbers from statCounter

    New

  3. Android Leftovers
    Android 14 QPR2 on Pixel redesigns App battery usage settings
  4. today's leftovers
    5 for now
  5. Web Browsers and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
    FOSS of Web nature
  6. Programming and Standards Leftovers
    Programming mostly
  7. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux in the Ham Shack, FLOSS Weekly, and More
    3 new episodes
  8. Lobbying by Linux Foundation and FSF-EEE, Cyber Resilience Act Exemptions
    Some news from Europe mostly
  9. Askiing Whether Linux is Virus-Free and New Windows TCO Tales
    Mostly Windows TCO
  10. Open Hardware and Right to Repair News
    hacking made easier
  11. today's howtos
    many more howtos
  12. My new System76 Thelio is hands-down the best desktop PC I've ever tested
    I recently retired my old Thelio desktop, and instead of getting something new, opted for the latest iteration of the same thing
  13. Maps and GNOME 46
    It's that time again, a new GNOME release is just around the corner
  14. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 184 released
    We are celebrating the next release of IPFire
  15. PipeWire 1.0.4 Is Here as a Massive Bugfix Release
    PipeWire 1.0.4 debuts with vital bug fixes, enhancing audio/MIDI latency and ensuring smoother media handling
  16. LXD 5.21.0 LTS is now available
    The stable release of LXD, the system container and VM manager, is now available
  17. How to Move Columns in LibreOffice Calc [Tutorial]
    A basic guide explaining how to move columns in LibreOffice Calc.
  18. Mozilla Introduces Unique Social Media Experiment: Didthis
    "Didthis" - a new way of sharing your daily activities in a concept of social media, brought to you by Mozilla.
  19. digiKam 8.3 Automatically Tags Images Using Deep Learning Neural Network
    digiKam 8.3 open-source, free, and cross-platform advanced digital photo management application is now available for download as a major release that introduces new features and fixes numerous bugs and issues.
  20. today's howtos
    half a dozen howtos
  21. Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly puff pieces this time
  22. Games: Rust (Game) Server on GNU/Linux, RimWorld, and More
    8 stories for gamers
  23. Mekotronics D58 embedded computer features 6 HDMI outputs for video walls or mirrored displays
    The company shot a video demo in Android
  24. Sparky 7.3
    The 3rd update of Sparky 7 – 7.3 is out
  25. Collections Of Best Free Linux Software
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion
  26. Move VirtualBox VM to Another Computer [Tutorial]
    It’s super easy to move a VirtualBox VM image to another computer or drive. Here’s how.
  27. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  28. Open Hardware With Arduino
    a couple of new stories
  29. Security Leftovers
    Security links aplenty

    New

  30. Adventures on the quest for long-term reproducible deployment
    Rebuilding software five years later, how hard can it be?
  31. Raspberry Pi Projects and News
    3 new ones
  32. Microsoft Bricking Windows-Running PCs, Fixing Critical Holes Too Late, Putting All the Money (and Cards) on Hyped Startup That Loses Lots of Money
    3 new sttories
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-03-09 to 2024-03-15
    1686 /n/2024/03/04/Linux_Crosses_4_Market_Share_Worldwide.shtml
    1502 /n/2024/03/10/Linux_Kernel_6_8_Officially_Released_Here_s_What_s_New.shtml
    1065 /n/2024/03/13/Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_Shifting_Focus_to_Linux_1_2_Days_After_M.shtml
    992 /n/2024/03/12/Web_Browsers_Speedometer_and_Firefox.shtml
    972 /n/2024/03/13/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    928 /n/2024/03/12/KDE_Plasma_6_0_2_Improves_Night_Color_Discover_Plasma_Wayland_a.shtml
    903 /n/2024/03/12/Kdenlive_24_02_0_released.shtml
    899 /n/2024/03/13/That_s_It_Africa_is_All_Android_Now.shtml
    878 /n/2024/03/13/statCounter_Sees_More_GNU_Linux_Than_Windows_in_Albania.shtml
    876 /n/2024/03/13/OBS_Studio_30_1_Released_with_AV1_Support_for_VA_API_PipeWire_C.shtml

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