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  1. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    a few picks from Canonical/Ubuntu

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  2. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  3. Hardware/Modding: M5Stack, Acorn, and Raspberry Pi
    some hardware leftovers
  4. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
    mostly Red Hat
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  7. Programming Leftovers
    Development news and more
  8. today's howtos
    today's second batch
  9. Games: Immortal Boy, Mini Royale, and More
    8 new stories from GamingOnLinux
  10. How artifacts are signed in Fedora
    For the last few months, one of the things I’ve been working on in Fedora is adding support for SecureBoot on Arm64
  11. This Week in Plasma: zero VHI bugs and much more
    This week we drilled into the outstanding bug lists, and drove the number of HI and VHI priority bugs down to their lowest ever numbers
  12. Android Leftovers
    10 Unexpected Ways You Can Use Your Android Phone
  13. LibreOffice Base and Firebird – a special relationship
    The Firebird database is distinguished by its unique features within the LibreOffice Base compatible database ecosystem
  14. Stalwart Moves Beyond Email: A Full Collaboration Server Is on the Horizon
    Stalwart open-source mail server is expanding beyond email to become a full collaboration platform with calendaring, contacts, and file sharing support
  15. Calibre 8.1 Boosts macOS Support, Adds FreeBSD Device Connectivity
    Calibre 8.1 ebook manager adds external cover editing, locks virtual library tabs, and introduces FreeBSD device support
  16. State of Linux Windowing Systems: Is Wayland Good in 2025?
    The Wayland display server has long been called the way of the future for Linux
  17. 4 things you should do to make the ultimate Linux gaming PC
    My primary gaming PC runs Linux
  18. Both Haiku and Linux get new FOSS Nvidia drivers
    Thanks to Collabora's work on Zink and NVK… and indirectly to GPU-maker's FOSS release, too
  19. against proof of waste
    As web servers get overwhelmed by LLM bots, some operators are resorting to programs that demand visiting web clients to perform some relatively expensive computation to be granted access to the website
  20. Ubuntu Fixes Wi-Fi Connection Fail at Login Screen
    Ubuntu users frustrated by the inability to connect to a new password-protected Wi-Fi network at the login screen will be pleased to know a fix is rolling out
  21. today's leftovers
    5 misc. stories
  22. "Free" filing should be free as in freedom
    A modern free society has an obligation to offer electronic tax filing that respects user freedom, and the United States is not excluded from this responsibility
  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux
  24. Videos/Shows About GNU/Linux (Invidious)
    from the past week
  25. Hyperbola – simple and lightweight Linux distribution
    The Hyperbola Project is a community driven effort to provide a fully free (as in freedom) operating system that is stable
  26. Lutris 2025 review - Great progress, but the road is still long
    Over the years, many Linux unification gaming platforms have come and gone
  27. GNOME: #193 Image Loading
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from March 21 to March 28
  28. PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase and Chief Editor's Desk (New Issue Released)
    Some PCLOS news
  29. today's howtos
    many howtos
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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They Say That People Are Afraid of or Worried About "Hey Hi", But the Worriers Should be the Fools Who Invested in It
At the end of the day nobody should worry more than those who invested their money in this bubble
 
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
IRC logs for Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Xubuntu Site Compromised
Let's hope it is not a security breach
Links 10/09/2025: Retaliation at Facebook and Microsoft Reveals Almost 100 Security Holes
Links for the day
Gemini Links 10/09/2025: Annihilation of Self, The Future Eaters, and Leaving Academia
Links for the day
Harassment evidence: franceinfo's Clara Lainé report on Ubisoft prosecution
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 10/09/2025: Microsoft Layoffs in "RTO" Clothing and Windows TCO, GitHub TCO
Links for the day
Blaming Everything on China
TikTok works for China. GAFAM works for fascists.
People Get Tired of "Hey Hi" (AI), Unlike the Subservient Money-Obsessed Media That Gets Paid to Pretend This Bubble Still Matters
"crash will be way bigger than dot.com burst in 90s. and that was Internet, actually transformative technology, not this expensive AI toy with direct dependency on the energy input which is not scalable"
Brett Wilson LLP Accepts That the Serial Strangler From Microsoft Filed a Case That Also Implicates My Wife (Everything is Connected)
They used to pretend that there were two separate cases
10 Reasons to Disable (or Enable) UEFI Secure Boot
Tomorrow the "trusted corporation" Microsoft will see a certificate expire
Gemini Links 10/09/2025: Hospital and Large Feeds
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 09, 2025
IRC logs for Tuesday, September 09, 2025
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Jim AllowHurst (Whitehurst) is meanwhile promoting Microsoft's agenda from within other companies
Throwing Away "Old" Computers (Mozilla and Other Climate Deniers)
Mozilla is not leftist
statCounter Sees GNU/Linux Exceeding 10% in Bulgaria This Month
What can Microsoft still do to stop GNU/Linux?
Dark Patterns
Microsoft saying "security" is like a Convicted Felon in the White House saying "law and order".
It's Almost Fall (Autumn)
To "Facebook prison" you are bound
Bruce Schneier About "Secure Boot"
Bruce Schneier isn't a fan of "Secure Boot"
Links 09/09/2025: Microsoft Mass Layoffs Again and "RTO" (Timed Like It Serves as a Distraction From the Mass Layoffs)
Links for the day
RMS Told Microsoft to Stop 'Secure Boot' (He Even Went There to Say That), But They Didn't Listen
Dr. Stallman (RMS) assumed that speaking to sociopaths would work
What Richard Stallman Told Me About 'Secure' Boot in 2012
"if the user doesn't control the keys, then it's a kind of shackle"
Those Who Helped Microsoft Weaponise "Secure Boot" Against GNU/Linux and BSDs Are Fleeing
Microsofters doing what they do best: they evade accountability
Simple is Better, Simplicity is Power
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Much Ado About Nonsense
Microsoft Lunduke is still all dramatisation and sensationalism
Current Events in France
It needs to dump Microsoft and other GAFAM (US) giants, move to Free software
Further Media Cut-downs
media reporting about the media being cut
Links 09/09/2025: US-Korea Tensions and Meta Whistleblowers
Links for the day
Gemini Links 09/09/2025: Moon Eclipse and ROOPHLOCH Reports
Links for the day
Links 09/09/2025: “Torrents of Hate” and Political Crisis in France
Links for the day
Gemini Links 09/09/2025: "Dedigitizing" and Forgejo on FreeBSD
Links for the day
Google News (Not Just Google Search) Lets Itself by Gamed by One Slopfarm - to the Point Almost Half of "Linux" News is Bot-Produced Plagiarism (LLM Slop With Slop Images)
That says a lot about what Google thinks of quality, even in Google News
Bill Gates-Funded Media Inadvertently Refutes the Microsoft Lie That in 2025 Microsoft Had Just Two Waves of Layoffs
There were about 12 rounds of layoffs so far in 2025
Official SUSE Blog Still Uses LLM Slop (Bots) to Make Fake Articles (Marketing)
The company is all about sound bites
Companies Realise That Slop Doesn't Work as Advertised, Accordingly Dump It
"Hype dims as a country-wide survey of US corporations shows a sudden drop-off in AI use among firms with more than 250 employees."
Microsoft-Funded Lawsuits Against Critics of UEFI 'Secure Boot'
Remember that no company (or law firm) ever survives collaborations with Microsoft
From theregister.co.uk to theregister.com (US) to The Register MS (Run by Microsoft Operatives) and theregister.ai
The best way to break this racket (or cycle of hype and harm) is to break the chains of funding
Open Source Initiative (OSI) Culture of Censorship Necessitates More Speech
The OSI bans dissent or people who merely point out that the OSI is abusive
How to Reach Us Discreetly (Other Than Encrypted E-mail)
We're still managing to maintain a 100% source protection record. We soon turn 19.
LLMs Are Vastly Worse Than a Waste of Energy and the Externalities Are Huge
Worse than just higher power bills for everybody
LLMs Versus Search (Not Replacing Search But Engaging in DDoS Attacks Against Web Sites That Permit Searching)
The state of the Web isn't just bad; it's utterly terrible
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 08, 2025
IRC logs for Monday, September 08, 2025
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A very large third one expected next week
The UEFI 9/11 - Part IX - Shunning Old Computers (in 2023 the Certificate Was Updated/Overridden, Underlying Aim May Be Herding/Forcing People to Get TPM and Other 'Novel' Restrictions)
the "upgrade treadmill"