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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 21, 2025

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 19th, 2025

The 223rd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 19th, 2025.
Rhino Linux 2025.1 Brings Dynamic Workspaces, Hello Rhino App

The Ubuntu-based Rhino Linux 2025.1 rolls out dynamic workspaces
Linux Kernel 6.13 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Today, Linus Torvalds announced the release and general availability of Linux 6.13, the latest stable kernel version that introduces several new features and improvements, better hardware support, and more.
Our Gemini Capsule is Already Used a Lot [original]

all the same pages albeit in GemText format

New
Videos: Latest in Invidious

GNU/Linux focus
Latest From the Fake Copycat of FSF ("FSFE")

3 blog posts
Announcing the Release of RELIANOID 7.6.0 (Community Edition)

the release of RELIANOID 7.6.0 (Community Edition)
today's leftovers

GNU/Linux and more
Programming Leftovers

Development picks
today's howtos

another batch, some a bit older
today's howtos

only 4 more for now
Kernel and Graphics (Technical)

Linux mostly
Applications: dijo, Ecere SDK, and xcalc

Applications in review
Android Leftovers

Don't slack, just stack: How I tamed my growing Android widget obsession
Distrobox 1.8.1: NVIDIA Integration and Zsh Improvements

Distrobox 1.8.1, a containerized Linux environment, is a bug-fix release that includes fixes for the NVIDIA toolkit
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
Review: CentOS 10 Stream

This project, CentOS Linux, was killed off and, in its place, Red Hat set up CentOS Stream
Is Manjaro ARM dead?

Did the Manjaro ARM project die and nobody noticed
today's howtos

many howtos for day's start
Open Hardware/Retro: Commodore 64, Raspberry Pi, and More

hardware picks
today's leftovers

mostly GNU/Linux
Programming Leftovers

Development picks
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Gemini Links 26/05/2026: A Year of Composting, Fedora Bricks Itself and Infuriates Users With Slop and Wayland (Not What Users Want, What IBM Wants), Crawlers on Geminispace a Nuisance: Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 89 Out of 200: SRA Admits Malfunction, That's Why Transparency is Paramount: There have been more efforts than we can to count or can enumerate (probably over 100 such efforts) to gag us and to prevent us writing about what has happened
Our Free Software Activist in Connecticut (USA): We'll soon revisit the latest round of legislation on "age" (surveillance, ID)
Links 27/05/2026: Living Without 'Smartphoones' and "Russia’s Biggest Attack on Ukraine in 18 Months": Links for the day
Gemini Links 27/05/2026: The USA as an "Experiment" and Some Ubuntu Manuals: Links for the day
[Video] Full Video of Richard Stallman's Talk in Rome: It seems inevitable that the official GNU site will have it
Slop is a Passing Fad, It's About Faking Productivity (Plagiarism, Misinformation, and False Positives): Slop is a bubble. Some people accept it later than others.
Anderon - Like Kyndryl - Could be Far Deeper in Debt Than Its Alleged Worth (Vapourware): Time will tell, but it seems like a Federal-enabled (by the Federal Government) accounting scam, nothing more, nothing less
The Media That Keeps Covering "AI" Because the Pushers of It Pay for Spam: 23 times in the page they mention "AI"
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 26, 2026: IRC logs for Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Codecs and Software Patents - Part XI - The Stance of RMS (Dr. Stallman) Reassured GNU Regarding AV1: cautioned against software patents since the early 90s if not earlier
Google: We Are Locking You Out of Your Account (Since 15+ Years Ago) Because You Don't Have a Spyphone We Remotely Control: Google (GAFAM) is an evil company deep in debt
Red Hat: Bluewashing by IBM, Followed by RAs (Layoffs): We could use some hints or evidence related to this
Links 26/05/2026: "Making the Digital Physical"; "The Medical System Abandons Women When They Are Most Vulnerable": Links for the day
While US Government Greenlights (or Bluelights) Bailouts for IBM Some Foreign Governments Blacklist It: "Albany leadership doesn’t know what they are doing but are damn good at pretending they do."
Good Thing When Home Appliances Are Ancient Antiques: dealing with the alarm has cost only time
The Bloating of the Web Contributes to Global Warming and Causes Burnout (Slowdown, Hardware Erosion, Waste): This problem isn't limited to weather sites or subsites
IBM Bailouts and the IBM People Inside the Administration: It seems possible/plausible that it is bailout money down the drain or that this money will never arrive at all
Links 26/05/2026: Lithium Batteries Causing Fires (Even on Planes), 'Timmy' the Whale Dies: Links for the day
Why It's Ludicrous to Call Us "Microsoft Haters": Even if clustered together, news items still cover a broad spectrum (or spectra) of issues
Pursuing Facts in an Age of Lies and 'Hallucinations' (Falsehoods Without Anyone Accountable, They Try Calling Computer-Generated Lies or Forgeries "Intelligence").: Our aim is to relay information while bypassing gossip networks like social control media and slop in "search" clothing
Computer-Generated Legal Filings Get You Reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA): We'll write a lot more about this in the future
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XII - In the Second-Largest Institution in Europe One Can Take Paid 'Sick Leave' for Doing Cocaine, Then Come Back: Cocaine addicts in the management were bullying colleagues. They're still in charge.
Sites in Their Twenties: We currently run concurrently a handful of series and have a lot more in the backlog
SLAPP Censorship - Part 88 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP is Defaming Trans People in America Because Garrett Pays Hired Guns to Silence Them: Garrett is scoring many own goals this year
Sloppy "Resource Action," (RA) or IBM Layoff, Leads to Another IBM Lawsuit, Alleging IBM Tries to Pass Liability to Algorithms: IBM is meanwhile resorting to slop to gaslight its remaining shareholders
The Latest IBM Layoff Rumours: What has happened to the company that invented so much of modern computing?
Holy See Recognises the Threat of GAFAM and Slop: Will the Holy See move away from GAFAM?
The Old Ways of Computing Were Objectively Better: Not as fast, but certainly much better
Social Control Media is a Giant Waste of Time (and There Are No Future Remedies for This): Social Control Media is considered unhealthy to young people, but it is also collectively unhealthy to nations and nation-building
Codecs and Software Patents - Part X - Florian Müller Still Muddying the Waters for FOSS, Using Software Patents: Some things never change...
Gemini Links 26/05/2026: Slop Bug Reports and Crawlers Considered Evil: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 25, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, May 25, 2026
Slop Causes Global Warming: in some parts of the world people die from overheat (heat strokes) as temperatures reach almost 50 degrees as early as May in the northern hemisphere
Vatican Speaks Out Against Slop, Promoting Instead "Truth, Dignity of Work, Social Justice, and Peace.": Religion (no matter which) does not oppose machines, but LLMs aren't useful machines
SLAPP Censorship - Part 87 Out of 200: Access to Justice: this part will be short
A Promise IBM/Red Hat Could Not Keep: "all about control, not so much optics."
Links 25/05/2026: Russia Lobbing Oreshnik Ballistic Missile Again, Slop Comes Under More Fire: Links for the day
Gemini Links 25/05/2026: Injury in Gym and Abusive LLMs DDoSing Software Developers While Misusing Their Code: Links for the day
A 'Bank Holiday' When National Debt Doubles in a Decade: Maybe it's time to rename "Bank Holidays"
Links 25/05/2026: Lingering Environmental Concerns and Domain Registrars Targeted for Unmasking: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 24, 2026: IRC logs for Sunday, May 24, 2026