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Updated This Past Day

  1. Canonical Extends LTS Support to 12 Years
    Ubuntu’s long-term support releases just got even longer, with Canonical today announcing they are eligible for up to 12 years of security coverage from initial release
  2. Orange Pi Neo Linux handheld gaming PC to sell for $499 and up
    But it’s unusual in a few ways. Instead of Windows, it’s expected to ship with a handheld-friendly version of Manjaro Linux
  3. Ubuntu 24.04 Makes Tiny Tweak to Hugely Improve Gaming
    Gamers can look forward to more epic top-tier titles working out-of-the-box in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, which is due for release in late April
  4. Microsoft's Peril in Central Africa (Windows Usage Down Sharply) [original]
    in more and more African countries, some of them very large, Windows is now measured at a mere 2%

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  5. Programming: Qt, Perl / Raku, and More
    Somme coding relates links
  6. Raspberry Pi News and Projects
    Some Raspberry Pi links
  7. today's leftovers and howtos
    two howtos only for now
  8. Mozilla news and curl distro report
    Some Web-related news
  9. Security Leftovers
    patches and incidents
  10. Microsoft in Trouble
    Microsoft news
  11. Emacs 29.3 released
    security vulnerabilities uncovered in Emacs 29.2
  12. Blender 4.1 Officially Released with Quality-of-Life and Performance Improvements
    The Blender Foundation released today Blender 4.1 as a new update to its powerful, free, open-source, and cross-platform 3D graphics computer software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.
  13. KDE Plasma 6.0.3 Is Here to Fix Some X11 Regressions and Various Crashes
    Two weeks after KDE Plasma 6.0.2, the KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.0.3 as the third of five planned maintenance updates for the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series addressing more of those pesky regressions, crashes, and bugs.
  14. Windows TCO, Security, and More
    Security centric links
  15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, FreeBSD, and Mozilla
    some FOSS picks
  16. Programming Leftovers
    Programming and standards/encoding
  17. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    IBM stuff, lots of fluff
  18. today's howtos
    a bunch of howtos, much more to come later
  19. Open Hardware: IRIS, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
    Some hardware news for hackers
  20. Fedora Linux 40 Beta Released with GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and Linux Kernel 6.8
    The Fedora Project announced today the release and general availability for download of the beta version of the upcoming Fedora Linux 40 operating system featuring some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies.
  21. Games: Steam, GOverlay, and More
    8 new stories by Liam et al
  22. Android Leftovers
    Google Wallet adds ‘Verification settings’ on Android
  23. MaaXBoard OSM93 – Business card-sized SBC features NXP i.MX 93 AI SoC, supports Raspberry Pi HATs
    The MaaXBoard OSM93 development kit is supported by a Yocto-based Linux
  24. FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction
    This is a multi-part blog looking at a FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC running Linux
  25. 10 Best Free and Open Source Linux Digital Forensics Tools
    Linux has a good range of digital forensics tools that can process data
  26. Fedora 40 Beta will be Released Soon
    With the official release of Fedora 40 coming in April, it's almost time to download the beta and see what's new
  27. Plasma 5: The Early Years
    With KDE’s 6th Mega Release finally out the door
  28. Newsflash 3.2
    Another small feature update just in time for gnome 46
  29. Plasma 6 second review - Not bad, but more work is needed
    A couple of weeks ago, I tested Plasma 6 for the first time
  30. Sfera Labs Unveils Strato Pi Max as Robust Industrial Controller Powered by Raspberry Pi CM4
    Today, Sfera Labs has introduced two new additions to its Raspberry Pi server lineup
  31. Five Linux file and folder management commands you need to know
    Already know the 5 most essential Linux commands
  32. My favorite Linux text editors (and why you should be using one)
    Name your desktop distro and I've got a great (and easy-to-use) text editor to recommend
  33. Fedora Ops Architect Weekly
    Hi folks, welcome to the weekly from your Fedora operations architect
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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    951 /n/2024/03/23/Openwashing_GitLab_Censorship_Without_Challenge_Redis_and_More.shtml
    840 /n/2024/03/21/System76_Unveils_New_Lemur_Pro_Linux_Laptop_with_Intel_Core_Ult.shtml
    793 /n/2024/03/20/Regata_OS_24_Arctic_Fox_gaming_focused_Linux_distro_launches_wi.shtml
    787 /n/2024/03/21/Usage_of_Plasma_6_s_Global_Themes_May_Pose_Serious_Risks.shtml
    773 /n/2024/03/21/today_s_howt.shtml
    767 /n/2024/03/23/Wine_9_5.shtml
    749 /n/2024/03/21/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    745 /n/2024/03/19/Here_are_8_Winner_Wallpaper_Images_for_Ubuntu_24_04.shtml
    734 /n/2024/03/22/today_s_howtos.shtml
    724 /n/2024/03/24/today_s_howtos.shtml
    718 /n/2024/03/25/today_s_howros.shtml
    715 /n/2024/03/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    709 /n/2024/03/21/Security_Leftovers.shtml

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