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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 01, 2024

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1. Programming Leftovers

   R, Raku, and more

2. Amarok 3.0 "Castaway" released!

   The Amarok Development Squad is happy to announce the immediate availability of Amarok 3.0 "Castaway"

   New

3. Try Cockpit in Leap Release Candidate

   openSUSE Leap 15.6 exited Beta and entered its Release Candidate phase with build 669.1 last week

4. Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11 and hello to Nitrux Linux 3.4.1

   Nitrux has officially released version 3.4.1. Codenamed “mi,” this update promises to improve the overall user experience with several key software updates

   New

5. today's leftovers

   only 3 more for now

6. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, RISC-V Dev Kit, and More

   Devices with desirable hackability

7. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers

   Canonical/Ubuntu stories, mostly Ubuntu

8. Releases of Immich, Systemd, Git

   Some free software

9. Red Hat Leftovers (Mostly Corporate Stuff) and IBM's Latest Lawsuit

   almost all from redhat.com

10. Security Leftovers

    7 stories and roundups

11. today's howtos

    a second daily batch of howtos

12. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Destination Linux, Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, and WordPress Briefing

    5 new episodes

13. xconsole 1.1.0

    xconsole displays in a X11 window the messages which are usually sent to /dev/console

14. Our likely long term future (not) with Ubuntu (as of early 2024)

    Should we jump before we have to? That may be a question we'll be asking ourselves in 2026, or maybe 2025 when the next Debian release will probably come out.

15. today's leftovers

    4 leftovers

16. today's howtos

    some howtos for start of the day

17. Is the GNOME Foundation Going to Go Bankrupt in 1 Year?

    It looks that way. And their only known plan to fix it involves a "Professional Shaman" & "sustainability, diversity, and inclusion". Seriously.

18. Windows TCO Stories

    The true cost of Windows!

19. TUXEDO Pulse 14 Gen4 Laptop Arrives with AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS and Radeon 780M

    Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers unveiled today the Gen4 (4th generation) TUXEDO Pulse 14 laptop with an updated processor from the AMD Ryzen 7 8000 Series.

20. Games and Graphics: Golf With Your Friends, Godot, Zink, and Albion Online

    latest from gamingonlinux

21. Android Leftovers

    Google blocked over two million malicious Android apps in 2023

22. Muse Book laptop features SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V AI processor, up to 16GB RAM

    This Muse Book runs the Bianbu OS operating system based on the Debian distribution and optimized to run on the SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V SoC

23. GStreamer 1.24.3 Enhances Stability and Security in Latest Update

    The latest stable GStreamer 1.24.3 release fixes critical bugs in multimedia handling, including HLS and EXIF issues

24. M5Stack CoreMP135 – A Linux-powered industrial controller based on STM32MP135 Cortex-A7 MPU

    The device runs Linux and comes with a microSD card loaded with the Debian operating system

25. I Spent a Week With Plasma 6.0 for Linux, Here Are the Highlights

    A stranger in a strange land. What does a GNOME user make of a week working in KDE Plasma 6.0

26. Bugzilla Bot improvements in the Automation Sprint

    I'm happy to have been able to attend my first in-person KDE event, the Automation & Systematization Sprint in Berlin

27. FSF to be deposed in SFC v Vizio, updates relevant FAQ entry

    For nearly 25 years, the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) "Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Licenses" have been an important educational resource about the GNU General Public Licenses (GPL)

28. 7 Best Free and Open Source Screen-Readers

    The software featured here is free and open source software

29. Free and Open Source Software

    CoreKeyboard is an X11 based virtual keyboard

30. Best Linux Distros for Gaming (2024)

    The average gamer doesn’t boot a Linux machine to enjoy a gaming session – because most Linux distros aren’t built to meet a gamer’s needs

31. Collections of Different Linux Distributions

    This article is part of our Big List of Active Linux Distros which is currently under development

32. 5 Popular Linux Distros to Run on a VPS

    The most popular operating system used by VPS hosting providers is Linux

33. Void Linux: A Review of a Fast and Lightweight Distro

    Void Linux is a distro like none other. It is independently developed, meaning the entire operating system has been coded from scratch

34. KDE neon Post-Plasma 6 Updates Review

    We were testing KF6, Plasma 6 and KDE Gear 24.04 in our unstable and testing repos for some time before the release

35. Neptune Linux is an elegant distribution every multimedia power user should know about

    If you're a content creator or consumer, this Debian-based Linux distribution is right up your alley

36. Introducing run0: Run Processes as Other Users with systemd

    run0 is a secure replacement for sudo, integrated into systemd, that allows running processes as other users with an isolated context and white list of allowed properties.

37. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

38. today's leftovers

    3 more links, some IBM

39. Audiocasts/Shows: Free Software Security Podcast, LINUX Unplugged, and Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager

    3 new videos/episoodes

40. today's howtos

    7 howtos for now

41. Nitrux 3.4.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.8, Gamescope, OpenRazer, and More

    Nitrux developer Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability for download of Nitrux 3.4.1 as a new ISO snapshot of this Debian-based, systemd-free, and immutable GNU/Linux distribution that focuses on the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

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