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  1. Android Leftovers
    Google shows Project Astra controlling your Android phone
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
    Today, Red Hat announced the general availability of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 operating system series, a major update introducing new features and enhancements.
  3. Recent GNU/Linux Articles From Valnet Inc.
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    New

  4. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  5. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space and Late Night Linux
    2 new episodes
  6. Open Hardware/Modding: Purism, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    gadgets, devices etc.
  7. Security Leftovers
    patches and more
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  9. Kernel Space: OpenBSD, Linux, and Graphics
    low-level work
  10. GNOME "False Flag Attacks" and Cassidy James Blaede on Next GNOME Foundation Board of Directors
    GNOME picks
  11. Latest From Official Site of Red Hat (Summit Started
    Red Hat's promotions
  12. Web Browsers That Are Proprietary: Vivaldi and Chrome
    the lesser choices
  13. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  14. Steam’s May Client Update Improves Linux Game Recording
    Steam's May client update boosts stability, fixes memory usage issues
  15. Zotac reveals next-gen gaming handheld with AMD Strix Point and Manjaro Linux
    As promised, Zotac is using the Computex show in Taiwan this week to provide an early look at its next-gen handheld gaming PC
  16. Context Menu Compare Extension “nautilus-compare” is back in Ubuntu
    For those who need to compare files, folders, and version controlled projects regularly
  17. Kontainer is a GUI tool to manage Distrobox containers
    This is free and open source software
  18. StarFive VisionFive v2 and FreeBSD
    This week I powered up the StarFive VisionFive v2 board that I have
  19. Damn Small Linux revived my aging Eee PC. Here’s how to use it to resurrect any old computer
    Even an 18-year-old netbook can browse the modern web
  20. Ubuntu 25.10 will Have a Brand New Terminal (and Image Viewer)
    Ubuntu 25.10 replaces its default terminal and image viewer with modern apps
  21. Radxa NIO 5A credit card-sized Mediatek Genio 520 SBC showcased at Computex 2025
    Mediatek mentions support for Android, Yocto Linux, and Ubuntu OS for the Genio 520/720, and NVIDIA TAO Toolkit for the 10 TOPS NPU
  22. LibreOffice 25.8 Alpha1 is available for testing
    LibreOffice 25.8 will be released as final at the end of August, 2025
  23. MangoJuice is a GUI tool to configure MangoHud
    This is free and open source software
  24. OpenIndiana is a community supported illumos-based operating system
    OpenIndiana is a free and open-source illumos distribution compatible with SPARC and x86-64 based computers
  25. The Operating System. The real hardware (and environment) killer
    Murena is proud to partner with Fairphone to provide a deGoogled, privacy-first phone that keeps your device useful for the long haul
  26. today's howtos
    a dozen more howtos
  27. Games: GOG, GE-Proton, Utopia Must Fall, and More
    9 new stories from GamingOnLinux
  28. Android Leftovers
    Google Wallet testing stronger security measures for Android and Wear OS
  29. An Open-Source Wii U Gamepad
    This Wii U gamepad emulator seeks to bridge that gap
  30. Linux Mint 22 vs LMDE 6 Revisited: Which Should You Choose in 2025?
    In our Linux Distro Reviews series, Linux Mint and LMDE 6 scored our highest ratings and remain our most recommended distros for newcomers and experienced users alike
  31. LastOS slaps neon paint on Linux Mint and dares you to run Photoshop
    LastOS is a tricked-out version of Linux Mint 22.1 with the Cinnamon desktop and some additional tools to make life easier for Windows folks
  32. All Linux Is Not Free: 5 Distros That Ask for Your Money
    Did you know that some Linux distros actually ask you for your money
  33. Huawei Matebook Pro is the first laptop sold with HarmonyOS operating system
    As software support would eventually run out, they had to work on an alternative named HarmonyOS
  34. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  35. GhostBSD is a simple and elegant desktop BSD operating system
    GhostBSD offers a user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD
  36. Kirigami Addons 1.8.0
    Kirigami Addons is a collection of supplementary components for Kirigami
  37. A Look at the Latest Linux KMS Color API Developments on AMD and Intel
    This week, I reviewed the last available version of the Linux KMS Color API
  38. today's howtos
    a bit older, a handful of them
  39. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2025-05-14 to 2025-05-20
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    839 /n/2025/05/17/Wine_10_8.shtml
    809 /n/2025/05/15/KDE_Plasma_6_4_Beta_Release.shtml

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