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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 15, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Calibre 7.26 Open-Source Ebook Manager Is Out with New Features and Bug Fixes

   The weekly Calibre updates continue with Calibre 7.26, released today by developer Kovid Goyal as the latest stable version of this powerful, cross-platform, free, and open-source suite of e-book software.

2. Red Hat Pivots to Mindless Buzzwords, IBM Has More Layoffs (Disguised as "RTO")

   not good news, just fluff

   New

3. Security Leftovers

   Security links

4. Why you should quit MacOS and Windows

   Why everyone should try Linux

5. The Steam Deck Is Our Path To Ending Microsoft’s Death Grip On Personal Computers

   Valve won't admit it, but its work on SteamOS is a direct attack on the Microsoft monolith, and we should all be thankful.

6. Rust and Mozilla Leftovers

   Mozilla related links

7. Programming Leftovers

   Development picks

8. Static Site Generators (SSG): Hugo and Eleventy Picks

   Some SSG news/views

9. Red Hat Leftovers

   Red Hat news and fluff

10. Android Leftovers

    Your new Android notification superpower

11. This Book Taught Me 6 Must-Know Facts About Linux

    The Art of Unix Programming (TAoUP), by Eric S. Raymond

12. Graphics, BSD, and Windows TCO

    today's leftovers

13. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical post

14. Raspberry Pi Projects and News

    Open Hardware-centric work

15. KDE Frameworks 6.11 Adds Search Providers for Nix Packages, Docker Hub, and More

    The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.11 today as a new update to this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt providing commonly needed functionality to KDE apps and the KDE Plasma desktop.

16. Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish

    Fwupd 2.0.6 has been released today as the sixth maintenance update to the latest fwupd 2.0 release of this open-source Linux firmware update utility for Linux-based operating systems.

17. Games: Capcom, Anti-Cheat (Rootkit), and More

    9 new stories

18. More About Asahi Issue

    New Apple hardware, Asahi Linux shakeup

19. I love free software (and openSUSE)

    The romantics out there probably already know that tomorrow February 14 is “I Love Free Software” day

20. Best Free and Open Source Software

    Best Free and Open Source Software

21. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers

    Security mostly

22. HowTos and Programming Leftovers

    coding and more

23. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and More

    hardware leftovers

24. Oreon, Mesa, and More

    today's leftovers

25. Hardware: ESP32, ODROID, Android, and More

    some gadgets and mobile

26. GNU/Linux Applications: Flexpilot IDE, Media Players, CAD

    Software in focus

27. Mozilla Promoting Proprietary Software (Lying About It Being "Open") and Hey Hi (AI) Buzzwords, Not Open Web

    typical Mozilla

28. BSD: OpenBSD, ZFS, and More

    BSD centric news, some Linux too

29. Programming Leftovers

    Development related links

30. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: The Cyber Show, mintCast, and More

    New episodes and more

31. today''s howtos

    howtos for the day

32. Security Leftovers

    Security picks

33. Today in Techrights

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