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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 04, 2025,
updated Mar 04, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Released with VoLTE Support for Volla Phone Users

   The UBports Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 as the eighth stable update to the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).

2. Mozilla Firefox 136 Is Out with Vertical Tabs and Official ARM64 Linux Binaries

   Mozilla published today the final build of the Firefox 136 open-source web browser for all supported platforms ahead of the March 4th, 2025, official release date.

   New

3. Videos/Shows About GNU/Linux

   Recently, via Invidious

4. I Bought These Laptops Because They Actually Value Privacy

   Most people who use Linux opt to install it on their existing hardware

5. Android Leftovers

   Here’s a closer look at Samsung’s Android XR headset and the Galaxy S25 Edge [Gallery]

6. GNU/Linux Leftovers

   news about GNU/Linux

7. Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Thoughts and Plans

   WWW building

8. Events and Education: Ebooks, Perl and Raku Conference 2025, EuroBSDCon 2025

   some FOSS picks

9. Games: JRPGs, Steam Survey, Doom on Linux

   Some gaming picks

10. I've tested every Linux email client - and this is the one to beat

    I've tried a bunch of Linux email clients over the years, but I found the one that's my ride or die

11. Programming Leftovers

    development picks foor today

12. BSD Leftovers

    BSD picks for today

13. IBM Lays Off Almost 2,000 While Red Hat Chases Big Telecoms

    IBM leftovers

14. Open Hardware/Modding: Olimex, Arduino, and More

    more hardware picks

15. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and This Week in Linux

    2 new episodes

16. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical

17. This is the most effective way to build a Linux gaming machine

    So it’s understandable that lots of users are increasingly opting to build their gaming rigs using Linux distributions (distros)

18. Software progress and source code release for CIX P1 Armv9 SoC and Orion O6 motherboard

    There will also be a website to track the Linux upstreaming process, but it’s not up yet or I missed it

19. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 2nd, 2025

    The 229th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on March 2nd, 2025.

20. PCLinuxOS Magazine Latest Issue

    some key PCLinuxOS Magazine articles

21. Android Leftovers

    10 ways you are unknowingly ruining your Android experience

22. Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu

    Last year saw the Cinnamon desktop receive a much-needed modern makeover

23. Why I Just Can't Love Linux Mint

    Linux Mint is a stable, reliable, and user-friendly Linux distro that provides a smooth transition for Windows users coming to Linux

24. Here's Why There Are So Many Linux Distros

    Anyone who has stepped into the world of Linux knows it's not a singular operating system like Windows or Mac

25. Free and Open Source Software

    It’s free and open source

26. OSI’s Roster of Board Election Candidates Doesn’t Include Faraone

    Under fire from several different camps for a variety of reasons

27. Review: Orbitiny 0.01

    The new desktop has some neat concepts and lots of intriguing shortcuts

28. FreeBSD and KDE Plasma generations

    I have one desktop machine, my daily-driver, which runs FreeBSD 13

29. Games: Heroic Games Launcher, Steam, and Broadside Renegades

    Latest half dozen from GamingOnLinux, including appeal for funding

30. Security Leftovers

    Security picks, a few for now

31. today's leftovers

    GNU/Linux and FOSS news

32. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Framework, and RISC-V

    hardware picks

33. FreeBSD for Web, FreeBSD-based GhostBSD 25.01

    BSD picks

34. Red Hat "day of learning and IBM laying off 1,800+ workers

    IBM news

35. Sparky and Debian Leftovers

    Sparky based on Debian

36. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

37. Games: Door Kickers 2, SteamVR Controller, and More

    Games-related news

38. Have Your Linux Terminal Read to You With the espeak Command

    eSpeak lets you listen to your terminal commands instead of just reading them.

39. Windows 11 vs Linux for business: which operating system should you embrace?

    by Bryan M Wolfe

40. Linux 6.14-rc5

    Another normal week, nothing strange stands out

41. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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