Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 31, 2025

Tugboat in port of Victoria Canada

Updated This Past Day

  1. CachyOS ISO Snapshot for March 2025 Brings New Bootloader, Linux Kernel 6.14
    The developers of the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution released today the ISO snapshot for March 2025, featuring the latest and greatest Linux kernel, a new bootloader, and other changes.

    New

  2. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and related views

    New

  3. Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 3.0.3 Improves Limine Bootloader Support
    Archinstall, the menu-based installer for the Arch Linux distribution, has been updated today to version 3.0.3, the third maintenance update in the Archinstall 3.0 series, bringing numerous improvements and bug fixes.
  4. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (12/2025): GNOME 48 and other goodies
    Another week, another roundup
  5. Android Leftovers
    These 3 features just made Android 16 a lot more exciting
  6. 5 ways Hyprland transformed how I use my Linux laptop
    I've long used Ubuntu on my laptops, switching to Fedora KDE late last year
  7. Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Update Adds New Features
    A new update to Tiling Shell, an efficient window snapping extension for GNOME Shell
  8. Radxa Orion O6 Preview – Part 2: Debian 12 – What works, what doesn’t
    I went through an unboxing and Debian 12 installation on the Radxa Orion O6 at the end of January
  9. Free and Open Source Software
    Each program is published under an open source license
  10. February/March in KDE Itinerary
    In the past two months since the last update localization of KDE Itinerary has been improved
  11. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  12. Confessions of a hardcore tiler
    This post is written from the perspective of a niri user, but large parts of it apply to other tiling window managers aswell
  13. Distro War: Choosing the Best Linux Distribution
    Linux is an open source operating system that offers a variety of distributions (distros) to suit different user needs
  14. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, FPGA, and More
    hardware picks
  15. Videos: This Week in Linux and how to use the Sed command
    new ones
  16. Benchmark Anything With This Powerful Linux Tool
    If you need to know how fast it runs, Hyperfine will tell you
  17. HP Printer Driver HPLIP 3.25.2 Added Ubuntu 24.04 & New Printers Support | UbuntuHandbook
    new 3.25.2 version last week
  18. DeaDBeef Music Player 1.10.0 Released with FFmpeg 7.0 & EAC3 Support
    The new release add support for FFmpeg 7, so it builds in recent GNU/Linux Distributions (e.g, Ubuntu 24.10 and Fedora 41) without patch
  19. Check Out Debian, the ’Mother of All Linux Distributions’
    The Debian project was founded in August 1993 as an effort to create a truly open Linux distribution
  20. Theora 1.2.0 released
    a final 1.2.0 release of theora was wrapped up today
  21. GNU patch 2.8 released
    I am pleased to announce the release of GNU patch 2.8
  22. today's howtos
    not many, but it's Sunday
  23. EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.5 released
    Version 6.6.4 was released on March 11
  24. Android Leftovers
    Galaxy S25 benchmarked running Android 16 (One UI 8.0)!
  25. Shotcut 25.03 Video Editor Brings New Filters, Smarter UI, and Fixes
    Shotcut 25.03 video editor adds filter overlays, new video modes
  26. New to Linux? Focus on the Desktop Environment, Not the Distro
    When you're new to Linux, it's easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of distributions (distros) available
  27. Low-Cost Luckfox Pico Pi Boards Offer Linux Development with Ubuntu Support
    The Luckfox Pico-SDK is primarily developed and tested on the Ubuntu LTS system, with a focus on supporting the Ubuntu 22.04 version
  28. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  29. Stable kernels: Linux 6.13.9, Linux 6.12.21, Linux 6.6.85, and Linux 6.1.132
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.13.9 kernel
  30. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  31. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    only 2 this Sunday
  32. Security and More
    Security leftovers mostly
  33. Linux Devices/Embedded Leftovers
    hardware picks
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  35. Shotcut 25.03 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Various New Features
    Shotcut 25.03 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, cross-platform, and free video editing software for Linux, macOS, and Windows written in Qt.

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

The Grapevine Says IBM's American RAs (Mass Layoffs) Soon to Follow European RAs, PIPs and "Reviews" as Pretext for a Likely Baseless Dismissal
The days of honourable corporations and work ethics are long gone it seems...
Links 23/01/2026: Growing Censorship, Intel Falls (Another Bubble, Propped Up by Cheeto Bailout), and Huge GAFAM Layoffs Continue
Links for the day
Working for Freedom Makes You a Target
it's not about what you do but about who gets served
Claim That IBM Mass Layoffs Began Again in Europe, With Rumours It'll Close Offices
Unless IBM issues a statement (admission) to the media or issues WARN notices (in the US), the lousy media will simply assume - however wrongly - that nothing is happening and there's nothing to report
 
Links 24/01/2026: TikTok Controlled by Alt Reich in US Now, White House Shares Fake, Manipulated, Misleading Images Already
Links for the day
Projection Tactics - Part IV: SLAPP by Americans Against Techrights (UK) to Hide Serious Abuses Against American Women
"PRs need to stop being complicit in suppression of information via SLAPPs"
Dirty Laundry at Debian and Elsewhere
We cannot just brush aside real issues involving real people and their families
Illegal, Unconstitutional Kangaroo Court for Patents Drops the Masks, Shows Its Real Purpose is to Serve Multinational Monopolists and Crush European SMEs
Europe (or the EU) is rapidly becoming a corporate project, not a unified governance initiative
The "Alicante Mafia" - Part X - EPO Strikes to Begin Next Week
Things gradually escalate this month
Gemini Links 24/01/2026: Snow, Boxing, and Lisp is Fun
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, January 23, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, January 23, 2026
Senior management and HR email privacy: Martin Ebnoether (venty), Axel Beckert (xtaran) & Debian abuse in Switzerland
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Pierre-Elliott Bécue, ANSSI & Debian cybertorture
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
MJ Ray, Micah Anderson & Debian on drugs, prostitution at DebConf6 fight
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Excellence in Ethics: a list of victories for the truth
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Richard Stallman Giving Public Talk, Answering Questions From the Audience
We understand (from the organisers) that there will be a video of the talk
Forbes Covers in 2026 What Was Already Clear for Over a Decade: Microsoft's BitLocker 'Encryption' is a Back Door
One that's promoted by the loudest boosters of UEFI 'secure boot' as well
Links 23/01/2026: Minus 24 deg C in South Korea, "Iran Internet Blackout Passes Two-Week Mark"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 23/01/2026: "Witch Watch" and English on the Net
Links for the day
Reminder That "Linux" in the Site's Name (and Domain) Does Not Imply Authentic Journalism About GNU/Linux
the sad fact that some once-legitimate sites became slopfarms
Further Comments Illuminate Observations Regarding IBM's Layoffs (RAs) Plan for Europe
Some shed light on the expected scale
Appeasing Bullies Doesn't Work
The reason we're still here and very active is that we're good at what we do
How Microsoft Will Tell Shareholders That the Business is Failing in a Few Days
It'll resort to "AI" storytelling (lying about slop having potential for some unspecified future year)
Flying to See Today's Talk by Richard Stallman
It's probably not too late to reserve a seat for today's talk
The Fall of Freenode Didn't Kill IRC and the Web's Issues (Not Limited to LLM Slop) Didn't Kill Everything
As long as there are enough people willing to keep the simple (or "old") stuff it'll refuse to die
GAFAM Layoffs by Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) Hide the Real Scale of Their Financial Troubles
the "official" numbers of layoffs will never tell the true story
'Domesticated' Animals Not More Valuable Than Free-range Wildlife, Proprietary ('Commercial') Software Isn't Better Than Free Software
the proprietary software giants (companies like SAP or Microsoft) have a lot of lobbyists
The "Alicante Mafia" - Part IX - EPO Budget Funnelled Into Cocaine and Moreover Rewards Cocaine-Addicted Management for Getting Busted by Police
Any day that passes without European media and European politicians doing anything about it merely discredits the media and the EU (or national governments)
Richard Stallman Won't Talk About "AI", He'll Talk About Chatbots and LLMs Lacking Any Intelligence
This really irritates people who dislike the message; so they attack the person
Slopfarms Still Fed by Google, Boosting Fake 'Articles' That Pretend to Cover "Linux"
At this point about 80-90% of the search results appear not to be slopfarms
Gemini Links 23/01/2026: The Danish Approach to Deepfakes and Random vi Things
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, January 22, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, January 22, 2026
Five Years Ago, After We Broke the Story About Richard Stallman Rejoining the FSF's Board, All Hell Broke Loose (for Me and My Family)
They generally seem to target anyone who thinks Richard Stallman (RMS) should be in charge or thinks alike about computing
Links 22/01/2026: Slop Fantasy About Patents, Retirement in China Now Reached at Age Seventy
Links for the day
Gemini Links 22/01/2026: Why Europe Does Not Need GAFAMs, XScreenSaver Tinkering, FlatCube
Links for the day
Salvadorans' Usage of GNU/Linux Measured at Record Levels
All-time high
Links 22/01/2026: Ubisoft Layoffs Disguised as "RTO", US "Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To GAFAM", Americans' Image Tarnished Among Canadians (Now Planning to "Repel US Invasion")
Links for the day
10 Easy Steps to Follow for Digital Sovereignty in Nations That Distrust GAFAM et al
When "enough is enough"
No, the Problem at IBM/Red Hat Isn't Diversity
Microsoft Lunduke also openly shows his admiration for Pedo Cheeto
Do Not Link to Linuxiac Anymore, Linuxiac Became a Slopfarm
now Linuxiac is slop
Dr. Andy Farnell Explains Why Slop Companies Like Anthropic and Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' Basically Plunder and Rob People
This article was published last night at around 10
Richard Stallman (RMS) at Georgia Tech Tomorrow
After the talk we'll write a lot about "cancel culture" and online mobs fostered and emboldened in social control media
Software Patents by Any Other Name
There is no such thing as "AI" patents
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 21, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The "Alicante Mafia" - Part VIII - Salary Cuts to Staff, 100,000 Euros to Managers Busted Using Cocaine (for Doing Absolutely Nothing, Just Pretending to be "Sick")
Today we look at slides from the union
Gemini Links 22/01/2026: Forest Monk, Aurora Observation, and Arduino Officially Launches the More Powerful Arduino UNO Q 4GB Single-Board Computer
Links for the day
Next Week is Close Enough for Wall Street Storytelling About 'Efficiency' by Layoffs for "AI"
This coming week GAFAM and others will tell some creative tales about how "AI" something something...
Google News Still a Feeder of Slop About "Linux", Which Became Rarer in 2026
Our main concern these days is what happened to Linuxiac. Bobby Borisov became a chatbots addict.