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Updated This Past Day

  1. BleachBit 5.0 System Cleaning Utility Released with Major Upgrades
    BleachBit 5.0 open-source system cleaning utility is out now with new cleaners

    New

  2. Mesa 25.1 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, This Is What’s New
    Mesa 25.1 open-source graphics stack for Linux is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements for existing graphics drivers, as well as better support for numerous video games.
  3. today's leftovers
    FOSS in particular
  4. LibreOffice Conference Budapest 2025 and FLISOL Brasilia 2025
    events about LO or with LO
  5. FSF Events and Kenya, UK, and IRC
    some Freedom-centric happenings
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  7. Databases: PostgreSQL's external_file v1.2, 30 years of MySQL
    DB news
  8. OpenBSD and OpenSSH Leftovers
    BSD picks
  9. My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes | Tom's Hardware
    I'm ready to try joining that industrious four percent and installing Linux on my computers to use as my main OS
  10. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More
    hardware leftovers
  11. Fedora and CentOS Leftovers
    IBM universe
  12. LibreArts Weekly and Upscaler 1.5.0 Released
    Applications in focus
  13. Videos/Shows: Ask Noah, Ubuntu 25.04, Linux on FPGA
    4 new ones
  14. Kernel Space: AUTOSEL and Linux Kernel 6.6.89 in EasyOS
    Linux news (kernel)
  15. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical articles
  16. Security and Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) Leftovers
    plus some LF fluff
  17. This is what I’m doing with my old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in like Microsoft wants me to
    The solution here is easy; once Windows 10 falls out of support, I will put Linux on the computer and use that instead
  18. Codethink Trustable Reproducible Linux (CTRL OS)
    new announcement
  19. A Linux-backed project shows how to save unsupported backdoored Windows 10 PCs by installing Linux
    a pair of reports
  20. New Planet GNOME and GNOME Foundation’s New Executive Director
    after Executive Director quit
  21. Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs
    Fwupd 2.0.9 is out today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest fwupd 2.0 release of this open-source Linux firmware update utility with support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes.
  22. Raspberry Pi OS Gets New Printers App, Linux 6.12 LTS, and Wayland Improvements
    The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today a new version of their Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi computers that introduces some new features, better touchscreen handling, and various Wayland improvements.
  23. Slimbook Launches Kymera Black Linux Desktop Computer for Gamers and Creators
    UE-based Linux hardware vendor Slimbook announced today the launch of Kymera Black as the next generation of their Linux desktop computer designed for creators, gamers, and hardware enthusiasts.
  24. Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available for Download
    As of May 1st, 2025, Canonical has officially opened the development of Ubuntu 25.10 (codename Questing Quokka), and now they published the first daily build ISO images for early adopters, application developers, and general public testing.
  25. today's leftovers
    SUSE, hardware, and FOSS
  26. Latest From Red Hat's Official Site (Some Buzzwords, Too)
    redhat.com picks
  27. Android Leftovers
    Android’s phone taskbar isn't quite ready yet, but it's already getting a multitasking boost
  28. PeerTube Mobile App v1 Is Out
    The PeerTube mobile app has reached version 1
  29. These 10 Linux Commands Showed Me How Much Better Life Is Off Windows
    When I first switched to Linux from Windows, I was intimidated by the terminal
  30. Interrupt: A Linux based Flipper Zero rival that just launched and is already funded
    Interrupt, a new pen-testing gadget, has just launched on Kickstarter
  31. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  32. Games: Proton 10, Monster Hunter Bundle, SteamVR 2.10, and More
    10 stories from GamingOnLinux
  33. Project management apps are my top productivity hack - and these are my favorites on Linux
    Need to manage a small to medium-sized personal or business project
  34. Empowering Engineers as Ambassadors: A Strategic Business Investment
    When organizations embrace open source
  35. I've used dozens of distros as a Linux power user, but this one feels truly different
    If you're ready for a new approach to Linux
  36. Ready to ditch Windows for good? This is the Linux distro I recommend for beginners
    SDesk is a lightweight Linux distribution designed with a familiar interface
  37. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

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What kind of patent office is this?
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Fake IBM Retirements (IBM Gives Older Workers Ultimatums, Deadlines, and Carrots on Sticks)
As they point out, IBM is desperate to lower costs
Linuxiac is Basically a Fake News Site, But It's Being Fed by Google News
Because Google News is run by Google, a slop pusher
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Links for the day
Claims That PIPs Are Abused for Silent Mass Layoffs at IBM (Without Severance) or Forced Retirements
Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) "clearly bogus as everyone on my team who has been on one has been fired"
WebM Version of Richard Stallman's Latest Talk (Georgia Tech Talk)
The file size is smaller
After Half a Decade Vista 11 is Still a Giant Failure
Don't expect Microsoft to gain a foothold
Details on IBM Layoffs in the EU Last Week, Same Allegedly Coming to the US Shortly
"Around 50 people affected in Belgium."
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The "pushers" think of customers as "users"; and they encourage passivity, Stockholm Syndrome
Links 25/01/2026: Microsoft BitLocker Backdoored for Decades Already, Microsoft-Backed ICE Still Murders Civilians
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At the end, looking back, we'll all generally understand that the net effort of slop was environmental destruction
Projection of Fanatic From Microsoft
Microsoft Lunduke is pandering to the 4Chan 'crowd'
Digg.com (Digg) is a Censorship Platform, Just Another Social Control Media/Network, Controlled by the Few
We are not going to bother with any social control media
Spam, Slop, and Fake 'Articles' Regarding "Linux"
Serial Sloppers like these are harming real reporting about Linux and GNU
Rape investigation dropped: Will Fowles & ALP transgender deception
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Diversity, Grooming & Debian transgender Zero
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Pauline / Maria / Alice Climent(-Pommeret) & Debian transgender offensive cybersecurity deception
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Did judge with transgender sister & Debian conflict of interest help cover-up a death?
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 24/01/2026: CBS News Demolished From the Inside and Many Publishers Admit Layoffs
Links for the day
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Links for the day
Richard Stallman's First Talk in US College Since 2018: Videos and Photos
There are some backstories
Judge Richard Oulevey (Grandcour Choeur, Tribunal Vaud) & Debian shaming abuse victims and witnesses
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Judgment: French army vanquishes German FSFE on Hitler's birthday, Microsoft contract dispute (1716711)
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
EDPB/CNIL privacy expert Amandine Jambert (cryptie, FSFE) implicitly admitted lying about harassment when she resigned admitting conflict of interest
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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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
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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
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Excellence in Ethics: a list of victories for the truth
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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...
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Some shed light on the expected scale
Links 23/01/2026: Growing Censorship, Intel Falls (Another Bubble, Propped Up by Cheeto Bailout), and Huge GAFAM Layoffs Continue
Links for the day
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it's not about what you do but about who gets served
Appeasing Bullies Doesn't Work
The reason we're still here and very active is that we're good at what we do
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
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Flying to See Today's Talk by Richard Stallman
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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
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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
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