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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 07, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. PipeWire 1.4 Is Out with RISC-V Support, MIDI2 Support, JACK Control API, and More
    The PipeWire project released today PipeWire 1.4 as a major update to this popular open-source server for handling audio/video streams, and hardware on Linux systems.

    New

  2. Xen 4.20 Hypervisor Brings AMD Zen 5 Support
    Xen 4.20 open-source type-1 hypervisor brings Arm LLC coloring

    New

  3. KDE Gear 24.12.3 Improves Dolphin, Konsole, Tokodon, Itinerary, Kasts, and More
    The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 24.12.3 as the third and last maintenance update for the KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite to fix more bugs in your favorite KDE apps.
  4. today's howtos
    4 more howtos
  5. Security Leftovers
    Security links and Linux
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
  7. today's leftovers
    FOSS and more
  8. ScummVM and Steam
    Gaming related picks
  9. PostgreSQL News
    a pair of updates on PostgreSQL
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development related stories
  11. FreeBSD and OpenBSD Leftovers
    BSD news
  12. Red Hat, AlmaLinux, and More
    IBM's universe
  13. Bits from Debian Project Leader and Dima Kogan
    Debian picks
  14. Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Linux and Hardware
  15. Applications: Memos, syslog-ng, FFmpeg 7.1.1, and More
    Software news
  16. today's howtos
    only 4 for now
  17. Immich 1.129 Photo and Video Backup Solution Released
    Immich 1.129 fixes memory issues, adds video playback in memories and introduces shortcuts and QR codes for easier sharing
  18. Tails 6.13 Released with Improved Wi-Fi Detection
    Tails 6.13, a privacy-focused Linux distro, improves Wi-Fi hardware detection
  19. KeePass 2.58 Released with New Features [Ubuntu PPA]
    KeePass password manager released new 2.58 version few days ago
  20. I Tried CachyOS, and Now It Might Be My New Main Distro
    Distro hopping isn’t exactly uncommon in the Linux world
  21. Linux From Scratch 12.3 Version 12.3
    LFS and more
  22. Android Leftovers
    Google on what makes a high-quality Android widget
  23. Why You Should Switch To Linux And Quit Windows In 2025
    Microsoft wants to claim 2025 as the year of the “Windows 11 Refresh.”
  24. 5 reasons you should swap from Windows to Linux
    While Linux may not have as many users as Windows, it has a lot of features that just make it astronomically better than Windows in almost every way.
  25. today's leftovers
    Openwashing, Mozilla, and more
  26. XpPen Deco 01V3 - review on GNU/Linux
    Modern versions of GNOME and KDE, running under Wayland
  27. Red Hat Inks Linux Tie-Up with Rakuten Mobile, Alma and EPEL
    Some IBM bits
  28. Audiocasts/Shows: PewDiePie on GNU/Linux, Destination Linux, Linux Matters
    some new videos/episodes
  29. today's howtos
    13 howtos for now
  30. Ubuntu 25.04’s New PDF Viewer App is Now Rolling Out
    Earlier this year Ubuntu announced plans to replace document viewer app Evince with Papers
  31. Windows TCO Leftovers
    7 stories of Windows TCO
  32. Programming Leftovers
    Development links
  33. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  34. Blender App Makes it to the Big Screen
    The animated film "Flow" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards held on March 2, 2025 and Blender was a part of it
  35. Another laptop, another SSD revival, plus a dash of Linux
    decided to go with Kubuntu 24.04. Why Kubuntu, you ask? As I outlined in my Linux & hardware article
  36. Seeking the latest in Linux? There's a right way and a wrong way to use Distrowatch
    Here's why Distrowatch is often misunderstood
  37. Meet the Fedora Project Mentors for Google Summer of Code 2025
    The Fedora Project is excited to participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025
  38. Amazon tightens the digital handcuffs
    One of the most noteworthy events in the history of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) was Amazon's Orwellian deletion of George Orwell's 1984 from its customer's e-readers.
  39. Games: Marketing Junk, Frostpunk 2, Steam, and More
    gaming related picks
  40. Hardware Leftovers
    hardware picks
  41. LWN on Linux Kernel
    new articles outside the paywall
  42. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

"Bad Shim Signature"; So 'Secure' That It Overrides Users' Preferences and Turns Itself Back on (Coercive Measure)
This was a few hours ago
We Covered UEFI 'Secure Boot' Scandals. The World Listened.
To hell with UEFI 'secure boot'
Fake News With Fake Numbers About Microsoft
"This is what happens when the world's economy is governed by sick old men"
Slopwatch: "Google News" is Fast Becoming a Mashup of Slopfarms, Linux Journal ("LJ") is a Dump of LLM Slop
Well done, Google News. Google itself can flourish as a slopfarm mashup.
Torturing Users Who Just Want to Run GNU/Linux on Their Own PC
"Linux does not want to install"
European Authorities, Already Bribed and Infiltrated by Microsoft, Won't Help You Find BigBlueButton, Jami, Ring, and Jitsi
Because they're paid by Microsoft and are Microsoft 'addicts' themselves
 
Links 14/09/2025: Disasters for CEOs Obsessed With Slop and Slop Companies School Like Fish
Links for the day
"Bad Shim Signature" (Microsoft 'Secure' Boot)
"Fresh install not booting"
What Microsoft Garrett and Microsoft Lunduke Have in Common
Similar tactics, different "wings"
Links 14/09/2025: US "Economy Sagging", "Michigan Economy Wobbles From Tariffs"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 14/09/2025: Minimalist Snippet Manager and Omarchy Linux
Links for the day
The Face of the Digital Far Right: Microsoft Lunduke
Microsoft Lunduke is an online extremist that belongs to and panders to the far right
20 Years Later and Academia Isn't the Same
"I never dreamed of being a professor"
'Cancel Culture' by the Right: Microsoft Lunduke Contacts People's Employers Trying to Get Them Fired
Microsoft Lunduke panders to extremists online
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 13, 2025
IRC logs for Saturday, September 13, 2025
Microsoft is Rapidly Dropped From Web Servers, Shows Survey
Microsoft lost about 8% "market share" in just 3 months
Many GNU/Linux Users Report MOK (Machine Owner Key) Issues in Recent Days
many people don't report this online and never post in Reddit
Links 13/09/2025: Escalations in East Europe and POTUS’ Health Cover-Up
Links for the day
Gemini Links 13/09/2025: Lagrange Turns 5 and Lagrange 1.19.2 Released
Links for the day
Microsoft Inside Your Linux: "Security vulnerability that allowed an attacker to bypass UEFI Secure Boot."
2 hours ago
A New Low for "Linux Journal": Promoting MICROSOFT WINDOWS Using LLM Slop
They've just jumped the shark entirely
The Register MS Still Takes Money to Hype Up "AI" in Articles by Microsoft Resellers With the Term "AI" 30+ Times in Them
Notice how many times they mention "AI"
The Apache Logo News is VERY Old, Racists and 'Anti-Woke' Bigots Look for Something to Incite Other Bigots With
Nothing to see here, move along
Linux Mint 9/11: "4th One Today..." (in Reddit)
Remember that not everyone having an issue reports it to social control media like Reddit
Nepal Will Fall Without a Single Shot Fired, Thanks to Social Control Media
Or very few shots (by the authorities)
European Corruption in the European Patent Office (EPO) Targets Culture
"In reality, the project includes a new “legal instrument” shifting administrative burden and liability on EPO staff while creating new uncertainty and externalising Amicale activities."
UEFI Secure Boot Failing, as Expected for Nearly 15 Years Already (Techrights Said This Since 2012)
in the media
Debian 9/11
people report this issue
Gemini and Web Links 13/09/2025: MElon's Slop Grift and "Autonomous Trains"
Links for the day
Moving From Content Management Systems (CMSs) to Static Site Generators (SSGs) Saves You Time, Makes You a Lot More Productive
try to reduce the cost (financial and computational) of running your site
Pursuing Peace Through Violence
You cannot "see" a person's mind, until the mouth opens
Leak: European Patent Office (EPO) is Now Attacking Amicale Clubs
corruption has become the norm and scientists are robbed of any dignity
Can We Please Stop Celebrating Shooters?
"An important point to hammer on is that CoCs were never intended for uniform or symmetric application"
Oracle Fraud (or Defrauding Shareholders)
"the obvious [lie] is that watts are (wasted) electricity [and] and FLOPS are computing capacity"
Geminispace is Growing Faster in 2025 Than It Did in 2024
What matters is that corporations haven't ruined it and LLM slop is extremely rare
Links 13/09/2025: China Punishes for 'Negative' Posts, US Police Unable to Find Shooter
Links for the day
Who's the Mystery Financier of SLAPP Against Techrights and Is That a Millionaire/Billionaire?
Whose idea was it to fund meritless lawsuits against my wife and I?
Slopwatch: Slow Slop Day
This distracts from or may take traffic away from the original articles, actually written by actual people
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 12, 2025
IRC logs for Friday, September 12, 2025
CoC Gone Wrong: Celebrating Murder OK, Complaining About the Celebration Gets You Banned
Hopefully the NixOS Foundation will have a word with (maybe replace) the moderator/s
Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Familiarity and Secondary Dominants
Links for the day
Explaining (in Length and Depth) the Damage Matthew Garrett Did to Linux and to GNU/Linux Users
no matter how many threats we receive
Links 12/09/2025: "Bad Reviews" as Extortion Weapon, "Free Speech At Risk in America’s Schools" According to ACLU
Links for the day
Only One Speaker Does Not Do Sharecropping for MElon (in X.com)
The man who puts principles before PR/optics
The Mind of the 'Hulk Hogan of UEFI'
in a nutshell
A Day After "UEFI 9/11": UEFI Secure Boot Bypass
In the news today (right now), as published in the past few hours
Links 12/09/2025: Slop Code as Liability, Microsoft Outlook Down for Many
Links for the day
It's Still Not to Late to Turn Off "Secure Boot"
If people reboot their PC or server today, and it relies on "Secure Boot" on Sept. 12 or later, then depending on the firmware there may be trouble ahead
Links 12/09/2025: Shira Perlmutter is Back, “Software Per Se” Patent Rejections in In re McFadden
Links for the day
Slopwatch: Linux Plagiarism, Slopfarms Still Infesting Google News, Many Images Are Fake
Google is promoting plagiarism
"This Morning Might Turn Out to be an Interesting One for System Admins Who Haven't Updated Their Devices' Secure Boot Certificate" (If They Reboot)
Who asked for this anyway?
Gemini Links 12/09/2025: Metric System, Dumping Windows, and Software Architecture is Dead
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 11, 2025
IRC logs for Thursday, September 11, 2025