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  1. Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support
    ESWIN Computing, in collaboration with Canonical, has announced the EBC77 Series single board computer (SBC) with support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and designed for education
  2. What LLMs do to software freedom [original]
    Tux Machines boycotts sites that use LLMs

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  3. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  4. Security Leftovers
    Security related picks
  5. Red Hat Leftovers (Official Site)
    redhat.com latest
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  7. Applications: Camera, Slop, and ProtonUp
    Software news
  8. today's howtos
    lots from idroot
  9. Audacious 4.5 Released with Playback History & LRCLIB Support
    The new release of this lightweight free open-source player features new plugin, new lyrics provider, and various other improvements
  10. Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.7, Linux 6.12.39, Linux 6.6.99, Linux 6.1.146, Linux 5.15.189, Linux 5.10.240, and Linux 5.4.296
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.15.7 kernel
  11. LibreOffice 25.2.5 Rolls Out with Over 60 Bug Fixes
    LibreOffice 25.2.5 rolls out with over 60 bug fixes
  12. Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC
    This is a series of articles focusing on RISC-V single board computers running Linux
  13. LibreOffice 25.2.5 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 63 Bug Fixes
    The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series with more bug fixes.
  14. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  15. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and Windows stuff
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More
    some hardware picks
  17. Android Leftovers
    5 reasons I'm finally uninstalling Gmail on Android – and what I'm replacing it with
  18. Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes
    Hyprland 0.50 tiling Wayland compositor drops legacy rendering
  19. Fastfetch 2.48 System Information Tool Brings Fedora Variant Support
    Fastfetch 2.48 system information tool adds Fedora variant detection
  20. Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware
    Truly open source hardware – open down to the firmware level of individual components
  21. Ubuntu 25.10 Fixes Something You Didn’t Know Needed Fixing
    When Ubuntu Dock is in dock mode (not full width), corner radii are out of whack with the corner radius used elsewhere
  22. Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon
    Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the projects that will participate in the virtual FSF40 hackathon on November 21-23 and opened general registration
  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  24. Purism: That one task
    In our last post, we mentioned that there was a key task remaining for gnome-control-center, the GNOME Settings application
  25. Android Advanced Protection - Solid but overcomplicated
    I want to take a look at Android's Advanced Protection mode
  26. Games: Silence of the Siren, Rootkits ("Anticheat"), and More
    half a dozen stories from GamingOnLinux
  27. today's leftovers
    4 more links
  28. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    Security mostly
  29. Latest Kernel- and Python-Centric LWN Articles
    and one non-LWN
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

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Consumer protection and the war on children
 
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significant growth for GNU/Linux in Japan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia
IBMers on PIPs and the Age (or Cost) Factor
People in their 50s seem to be targeted as they are considered "expensive"
Sad State of Troll-Feeding British Media (Establishment Channels Promoting Total Idiots)
Breeding ignorance means people will assume they have a choice between two pieces of trash: "Nige" or a literal trash can
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Links for the day
A Few Hours Ago The Register MS Published an 'Article' With "AI" 32 Times in It, Including First Word in Headline and Summary. It Was Paid SPAM "Sponsored by Hammerspace".
The lost media is engaging in self-harm
Microsoft is Down
This relates in a timely fashion to what we published yesterday
Gemini Links 27/07/2026: Gemified Internet RFCs, “Junk DNA” Is Commented-Out Code, and More
Links for the day
The Techrights Gemini Capsule Was Never a Mirror
Techrights has long taken accessibility quite seriously
Americans Are Not Our Masters
If you are subjected to online abuse, don't give up
Daniel Pocock Campaigns Around "Safety of Children Online" and "Cybersecurity"
There seems to be a growing 'coalition' in the UK based around important issues which impact the entire planet
XBox the Console is Practically Finished (Unofficially), Even the Streaming ("Live") or DRM Service is Dead
XBox has never been closer to profitability
Many CEOs Are Just Glorified Scammers With Suits and Ties
Economies cannot function when few people abuse them for self-enrichment
After statCounter Figures Out Many "Unknowns" Were in Fact GNU/Linux the "Market Share" Estimate in China More Than Doubles
Japan is the same for similar reasons
peppe8o - a Site About Raspberry Pi, Arduino and Electronics - Has Turned Into a Slopfarm
We won't be linking to it anymore
Feeding 'the Children'
Maybe some time soon we'll do a fund-raiser to help feed the birds
Japan: GNU/Linux Crosses the 5% Threshold, Two Years Ago It Was Only 1%
Now it's at over 5%
We Need More Transparency
Our heads of state are very much aware of and concerned about SLAPPs and censorship
EPO Cocainegate and Current EPO/EU Series to Carry on for Months to Come
Another week has begun
When IBM "Managers Have to Mark 15% of Their Teams as Low Performers" a PIP Means Likely Layoffs (Disguised as a Performance Issue)
"IBM is a Law firm with an I/T department."
Links 27/07/2026: Chatbots Lead to Suicides, Social Control Media Intentionally Designed for Addiction
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 26, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, July 26, 2026
Daniel Pocock in Mainstream Media Again
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Millions of Daily Requests
4.5+ million requests in 4 days
In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux has more than doubled
3,500 Active Gemini Capsules Soon
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Links for the day
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One might call this the "curse" of having worked for Microsoft
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Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster
RIP, Fedora?
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It's not hard to see Ubuntu users resisting and antagonising this
Maintenance Today
Preparing for more mass-publication activities
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Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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Links for the day
The Slop Bubble is Killing the Planet, Not Just the Economy
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IRC logs for Saturday, July 25, 2026
IBM Hammers a CoI Into a CoCed Fedora, RIP Fedora?
Also in the "Fedora is dead" dept. today
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Links for the day
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Wife of Dan Williams Has Explained Mental Factors Leading to His Death
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PIP the CEO
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Links 25/07/2026: Hong Kong Squashing Criticism/Dissent, Mirror Caught Breaking Into Voicemail
Links for the day
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IBM is going down the drain
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Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
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