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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2024,
updated Oct 12, 2024

Just a lonely road running through a rural part of Western Colorado. Photographed by a Mavic Air drone.

Updated This Past Day

  1. Kubuntu 24.10, Lubuntu 24.10, Xubuntu 24.10, and More
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  2. KDE Frameworks 6.7.0
    KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.7.0
  3. KDE Gear 24.08.2
    Over 180 individual programs plus dozens of programmer libraries and feature plugins are released simultaneously as part of KDE Gear
  4. Gaming on Fedora Asahi Remix
    Better support for gaming on Fedora Asahi Remix has been a long standing user request
  5. KDE neon Rebased on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    We have just switched on the upgrade for KDE neon to rebase on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

    New

  6. Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly from the original site
  7. KDE Frameworks 6.7 Released with Performance Optimizations and Improvements
    The KDE project announced today the release of KDE Frameworks 6.7 as the latest version of this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt.
  8. Why I use KDE
    So, my first operating system of ‘choice’ was MS-DOS, and to a far lesser extent Windows 3.0
  9. Debian, syslog-ng, and GNOME/Ubuntu
    more leftovers
  10. today's leftovers
    Microsoft, GNU/Linux, and more
  11. Security: CISA, DDoS, Internet Archive, and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO impacts IA
  12. today's howtos
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  13. Android Leftovers
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  14. Executive director Zoë Kooyman speaks on free software being the tech we want at The Tech We Want Online Summit on October 17 at 13:30 UTC
    Executive director Zoë Kooyman will be speaking on a panel at The Tech We Want Online Summit on Thursday, October 17 at 13:30 UTC
  15. GNUnet 0.22.1
    This is a bugfix release for gnunet 0.22.0
  16. Which Linux distro uses the least amount of RAM? I tested several to find out
    Run a lightweight server? Looking for a Windows replacement? Here are your best Linux distro options
  17. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  18. MX Linux MX-23.4 Libretto review - Slick, elegant, fun
    As you well know, I've stopped doing distro reviews, for the most part, a couple of years back. I found the lack of progress in the distro space quite disheartening
  19. Stable kernels: Linux 6.11.3, Linux 6.10.14, Linux 6.6.55, and Linux 6.6.56
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.11.3 kernel
  20. Germany Puts Microsoft on Five Years Probation for Antitrust Bullying
    For the next five years, Microsoft will be under the watchful eye of Germany’s Federal Cartel Office
  21. Perl Programming Leftovers
    from the official site
  22. TrueNAS 24.10 RC 2 "SCALE"
    TrueNAS Electric Eel (TrueNAS 24.10) has reached a significant milestone with its second Release Candidate (RC2) now available for download
  23. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS related links
  24. Leftovers on Distributions and Operating Systems
    Some GNU/Linux focused news
  25. Linux Foundation as Microsoft Front and More
    3 new picks
  26. FLOSS Weekly on "AI Alliance" and Makulu Linux on Electra Hey Hi (AI)
    Audiocast and video
  27. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks
  28. Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
    mostly from the official sites
  29. Security Leftovers
    and some FUD too
  30. Release of Julia 1.11.0
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  31. Firefox Nightly Report and url bug-bounty stats
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  32. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP32, and More
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  33. BSD Leftovers
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  34. Games: TGS 2024, Board Games, and SteamOS
    news about gaming and Linux
  35. Today in Techrights
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  36. Software: OSS Weekly, MuseScore, QtQR, and OBS Studio
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  37. today's howtos
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    822 /n/2024/09/27/CVE_2024_47076_CVE_2024_47175_CVE_2024_47176_and_CVE_2024_47177.shtml
    784 /n/2024/10/05/Wine_9_19.shtml
    676 /n/2024/10/08/Tails_6_8_Introduces_File_System_Repair_When_Unlocking_Persiste.shtml
    669 /n/2024/10/08/KDE_Plasma_6_2_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_Here_s_W.shtml
    659 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    645 /n/2024/10/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    601 /n/2024/10/06/Automattic_staff_walk_with_severance_over_WP_Engine_feud.shtml
    586 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_howtos.shtml
    562 /n/2024/10/05/Kernel_and_Graphics.shtml
    562 /n/2024/10/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    559 /n/2024/10/08/Git_v2_47_0.shtml
    556 /n/2024/10/05/Debian_welcomes_Freexian_as_our_newest_partner.shtml
    545 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml
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    541 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.2.shtml
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