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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 05, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. TSAC: A New Free & Open Source Very Low Bitrate Solution

   Developed by the author of FFmpeg and QEMU, TSAC is a new high-quality audio format with ultra-low bitrates that require NVIDIA GPUs

2. This Linux Distro Is Focused on Maximum Privacy and Anonymity, Here’s How to Use It

   Protect your privacy with Tails

3. today's leftovers

   3 more stories

4. Games: FEX, Steam, SuperTuxKart, and More

   a handful of stories about games

5. Open Hardware: Arduino, ESP32, and More

   Some gadgets and hardware

6. today's howtos

   only 3 howtos for now

7. Security Leftovers

   Security stories and updates

8. elementaryOS: Visualizing The Finish Line

   First things first, congratulations to Ubuntu on releasing version 24.04!

9. FreeBSD Status Report First Quarter 2024

   Here is the first 2024 status report, with 21 entries

10. Wine 9.8

    new release

11. EndeavorOS 24.04 "Gemini" Brings KDE Plasma 6

    After a long wait, you get the freshly baked KDE Plasma 6 with EndeavourOS 24.04.

12. Shotcut 24.04 Brings Surround Sound Encoder and Customizable Time Formats

    Experience Shotcut 24.04’s powerful new features, such as rollback and customizable time formats, for video editing.

13. Linux Mint 22 to Boost XApp Independence, Says No to libAdwaita

    Key changes that are coming up in the Linux Mint 22, securing user experience.

14. today's leftovers

    Debian, SUSE, and more

15. Programming Leftovers

    Programming related links

16. Red Hat Latest

    redhat.com latest (official PR and howtos)

17. Open Hardware: RISC-V, Framework, and More

    hardware news

18. Mozilla Promoting Web Censorship and Mozilla "A Bully from the Very Beginning"

    Some Mozilla news

19. Android Leftovers

    Funny or Annoying? How Google's New 'Audio Emoji' Feature Works on Android

20. Audiocasts/Shows: The Linux Link Tech Show, Invidious, and More

    mostly videos from this past week

21. Arch’s mkinitcpio Get Boost to v39, Here’s What’s New

    mkinitcpio 39 enhances boot speed with uncompressed cpio adjustments, ARM zImage support, a new ACPI hook, and more

22. Immich Team Goes Full-Time, Joins Forces with FUTO

    Big news for Immich users! With FUTO's support, it is now going full-time, continuing its privacy mission without paywalls

23. Windows TCO Leftovers

    Windows TCO links

24. Free and Open Source Software

    There is a huge range of open source free audio software available for Linux which is both mature and feature-laden

25. Collections of Different Linux Distributions

    A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system

26. This week in KDE: Looking towards Plasma 6.1

    This week we put some of the final Plasma 6.0 bugs to rest, and continued working towards Plasma 6.1 with a variety of UI improvements

27. today's howtos

    many howtoos for start of the day

28. Navigating Operating Systems in Military Operations: Ubuntu vs. Microsoft Windows (9M2PJU)

    the choice between Ubuntu and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows for military purposes warrants thorough examination

29. This Week in GNOME: #146 Editing Markdown

    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from April 26 to May 03

30. Games: HELLDIVERS 2, Microsoft Nukes 8,535 Git Repos for Nintendo, and More

    9 picks about games

31. PCLinuxOS Magazine Improves Compressibility, PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase

    2 picks only

32. Security Leftovers

    Security stories, half a dozen of those for now

33. Openwashing and Paid-for Spam From Linux Foundation

    Paid fluff, using "Linux" brand

34. Red Hat and IBM Leftovers

    Some IBM stories

35. today's howtos

    only 4 for now

36. PCLinuxOS Debian Edition

    This month's article will highlight the efforts of the PCLinuxOS Debian Project

37. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

    New

38. Programming Leftovers

    Programming relared picks

39. Mozilla Localization and Firefox Extensions on Android

    Some Firefox news

40. Linux Kernel and Graphics (Linux and Gaming)

    Some kernel level stuff

41. Open Hardware: Geekworm, Zigbee, Fairbuds

    3 more picks

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