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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 24, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. EdgeDB 5.0 Launches with Branching Functionality

   EdgeDB 5.0 graph-relational database introduces branching functions to align database and code branches for efficient schema changes

   New

2. Tux Machines Party 7 Weeks From Now (Our 20th Anniversary), Celebrating Software Freedom [original]

   There's widespread recognition these days that proprietary cannot be trusted

3. Windows Falls to 6% Market Share in Africa's (by Far) Biggest Population [original]

   market share of Windows continues to decrease in Nigeria

   New

4. Elektrobit Unveils EB corbos Linux To Augment Advanced Automotive Functions

   The open-source framework enhances transparency, flexibility, and security, and significantly reduces time to market by up to 50% through accelerated development cycles, offering substantial cost savings.

5. today's leftovers

   4 misc. links

6. Contributing is more than just code (and more)

   Programming centric posts

7. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and Open Home Foundation

   3 new stories

8. Fedora, Red Hat, IBM, and Canonical/Ubuntu

   Private companies in community clothing

9. Security Leftovers

   Security related stories

10. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and Late Night Linux

    a couple of new episodes

11. Applications: Fwupd, Shell Wrapper for sudo, and GNU Parallel 20240422

    3 stories for now

12. Linux Kernel and Graphics Stack

    3 stories

13. Security Fix in Istio (ISTIO-SECURITY-2024-003)

    On ISTIO-SECURITY-2024-003

14. EndeavourOS Gemini Lands with the KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Environment

    The EndeavourOS team announced today the release and general availability for download of EndeavourOS Gemini as the latest stable version and the first release of the Arch Linux-based distro to feature the latest KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment.

15. today's howtos

    second howtos batch for the day

16. Slimbook Fedora 2 Laptops Launch with Fedora Linux 40 Workstation

    Linux hardware vendor Slimbook and the Fedora Project announced today the launch of the Slimbook Fedora 2 laptops as the first portable computers to ship with the latest Fedora Linux 40 release pre-installed.

17. PostgreSQL: pgdsat v1.1 and E-Maj 4.4.0 released

    psql releases

18. Fedora Linux 40 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 6.8, Here’s What’s New

    Fedora Linux 40 distribution has been officially released and it’s now available for download powered by the latest Linux 6.8 kernel series and featuring the GNOME 46 and KDE Plasma 6 desktop environments.

19. Tails 6.2 Anonymous Linux OS Improves Mitigation of Spectre v4 Vulnerability

    The Tails project released today Tails 6.2 as the second update to the latest Tails 6.x series of this security-focused Debian-based live system for preserving Internet privacy and anonymity.

20. today's leftovers

    a mixture or FOSS and GNU/Linux/BSD news

21. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Adafruit, Raspberry Pi, Purism, and More

    Some devices and hardware news

22. Games: Steam Deck, Proton Experimental, Dead Island 2, and More

    11 picks for today

23. Software: A Look at Dool and QSoas 3.3

    a couple of FOSS picks

24. today's howtos

    only 4 howtos for now (much more later today)

25. Android Leftovers

    Alphabet enhances YouTube integration with Android TV feature

26. Windows TCO

    The cost of relying on Microsoft

27. APT is Getting a Colourful New UI — And It Looks GREAT

    I think most of us are familiar with the way that APT, the package management tool underpinning Ubuntu and all other Debian-based Linux distributions, looks and behaves

28. Best Free and Open Source: CLI Linux Time Trackers, JSON Tools, and GUI ebook Readers

    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion

29. Louder Raspberry Pi is an open-source home media center that is powered by Raspberry Pi Zero and a TI TAS5805M DAC

    Louder Raspberry Pi is an open-source home media center based on a combination of the Raspberry Pi Zero W or Zero 2 W and the Texas Instruments TAS5805M DAC

30. Free and Open Source Softwares

    This is free and open source software

31. Collections of Different Linux Distributions

    Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros

32. Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever

    KDE edition has the most conspicuous changes, and could become future flagship

33. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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