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Updated This Past Day

  1. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  2. today's howtos
    second large batch for today
  3. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, OrangePi, RISC-V, and More
    Hardware picks
  4. digiKam 8.5 Released with Face Management Improvements, Color Label Usability
    The digiKam team announced today the release and general availability of digiKam 8.5 as a new maintenance update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform professional photo management software.
  5. Linux GPU Configuration Tool 'LACT' adds NVIDIA support
    No longer just for the AMD camp
  6. Games: Half-Life 2, Telltale Collection Humble Bundle, and More
    GamingOnLinux - the latest 10 articles
  7. digiKam 8.5.0 is released
    After five months of active maintenance and many weeks triaging bugs, the digiKam team is proud to present version 8.5.0 of its open source digital photo manager
  8. Android Leftovers
    How To Use Lockdown Mode To Secure Your Android Smartphone
  9. WUD 7.1 Brings Fresh Notification Features to Docker Monitoring
    WUD 7.1 (What's up Docker?) enhances Docker monitoring with Gotify, Ntfy alerts, HTML Pushover support, and UI improvements
  10. Incus 6.7 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
    Incus 6.7 simplifies cluster management and web UI access while enhancing OCI DHCP renewals and instance refresh
  11. LXQt packs Wayland punch with 2.1 release
    The lightest mainstream Linux desktop joins the tiny handful that support X.org replacement
  12. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We only feature free and open source software here
  13. This Week in Plasma: Discover and System Monitor with a side of WINE
    This week no major new features were merged, so we focused on polishing up what we already have and fixing bugs
  14. Security Leftovers
    Security related picks
  15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    mostly FOSS and programming
  16. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux focused
  17. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers (and Puff Pieces)
    a mixed bag
  18. today's howtos
    only 4 of them for now
  19. Applications: Rhythmbox Update, Programs for Professional Writers, and Alternatives to the ZIP Command in GNU/Linux
    mostly Free software for this batch
  20. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  21. It's FOSS and Linuxiac Helping Non-FOSS (Proprietary) and Microsoft
    disappointing

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    552 /n/2024/11/12/399_Days.shtml
    541 /n/2024/11/11/DXVK_2_5_Improves_Memory_Management_in_God_of_War_and_Other_Vid.shtml
    534 /n/2024/11/13/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_9_5_Released_with_Sudo_System_Role_and.shtml
    532 /n/2024/11/10/Sparky_2024_11.shtml

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