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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 12, 2025

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1. First Look: Garuda Linux Introduces New COSMIC Edition

   After releasing Garuda Linux “Broadwing”, the development team behind this Arch Linux-based distribution announced that they’re working on a new edition featuring the up-and-coming COSMIC desktop environment.

2. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

   more FOSS news

3. Events: SCaLE and Postgres Extensions Day 2025

   SCaLE-related picks

4. Education With FOSS and Standards

   FOSS- and Education-centric News

5. Security Patches and Leftovers

   Security links

6. GNU/Linux Leftovers and Other Operating Systems

   mostly Linux

7. Linux Kernel Space: Networking and Problems With Rust Code Entering Where Developers Cannot Understand It

   kernel picks

8. Mozilla Screwing Up Third-Party Developers Again

   add-on breakage

9. Programming Leftovers

   Development news and analysis

10. Linux Devices and Open Hardware

    SDVs, GNU/Linux on Android, and more

11. Debian: Gunnar Wolf Gets PhD, Collabora Update, Joachim Breitner Dives Deep

    Debian stories and updates

12. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical links, a handful

13. Mesa 25.1 to Replace Nouveau Driver with Zink/NVK by Default for NVIDIA GPUs

    Collabora informs today on some of the major changes coming to the major Mesa 25.1 open-source graphics stack for NVIDIA GPU users in terms of the default graphics driver.

14. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Implements Battery Charge Threshold Support for More Devices

    The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.3.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series to address more of those pesky issues and also add some enhancements.

15. IPFire Hardened Linux Firewall Distro Is Now Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS

    IPFire 2.29 Core Update 192 open-source hardened Linux firewall has been released today, and it’s now available for download, with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and other interesting changes.

16. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, and Destination Linux

    3 new episodes

17. FreeBSD 13.5 Released

    FreeBSD 13.5 is out

18. LXQt 2.2 Desktop Promises Many Wayland Improvements, QTerminal Updates

    The developers of the lightweight LXQt desktop environment have showcased some of the major changes coming to the LXQt 2.2 release, which is due in mid-April.

19. today's leftovers

    3 for now

20. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO

    mostly incidents

21. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers

    mostly redhat.com

22. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical posts

23. Android Leftovers

    Google is working on external display tools for Android 16

24. March’s Steam Client Update Brings Remote Demo Installation

    March's Steam Client update brings remote demo management

25. Fedora Linux 43 to Feature RPM 6

    Fedora Linux 43 may ship with RPM 6

26. The NixOS Foundation Board Announced

    Change is always a big step, but we believe this one is for the better

27. Free and Open Source Software

    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here

28. Radxa CM3J with Built-in Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 for Industrial Applications

    It operates within a temperature range of -40°C to 85°C. Software support includes Debian and Android

29. Expanding Open-Source Support for MediaTek’s Genio IoT Platforms with Collabora

    The first major results of this collaboration have been integrated into the Linux 6.14 kernel

30. Games: Control Ultimate Edition, Fallout with DOOM, and More

    Latest 9 from GamingOnLinux

31. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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