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Applications: Kapitano, Shotcut, and More

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There Is Nothing Wrong With Trying New Things, But Please Don't Ever Consider Trying LLM Slop In Writing Articles [original]

As an editor of TuxMachines I am going to put Linuxiac on probation...
Wayland Will Never Be Ready For Every X11 User

After more than forty years, everyone knows that it’s time to retire the X Window System – X11 for short – on account of it being old and decrepit
Benchmarking the Firefly AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC

This is a multi-part blog looking at the Firefly AIBOX-3588S Mini PC running Linux
Benchmarking the Firefly AIBOX-3588S Embedded Fanless PC

This is a multi-part blog looking at the Firefly AIBOX-3588S Mini PC running Linux
today's howtos

mostly idroot for now
Computers and the older generation

It is not because she is a "Luddite" that my mother passionately hates the "cashless society" that means she cannot park her car, or the inability to book a doctors appointment while standing right in front of the doctor…
7 Linux Apps I Install on Every New PC

Linux is all about customization, whether you need the most basic
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
Review: deepin 25.0.1

After a handful of days with deepin, I'm still not sure how to feel about this distribution

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China Says Goodbye to Microsoft: It is hardly surprising that Windows is shedding off userbase all around the world
Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers: Years ago they virtually removed support and tried chatbots instead
Laos Leaving GAFAM Behind, Gradually: Yesterday evening it was measured at 10% for GNU/Linux at one point
They Were Wrong All Along: Two women combined won't deliver a healthy baby in just 4.5 months
A "Tech Journalist" Would Not Cover Vote on LLMs as a Sex Issue: For a moment there you have to pause and wonder, is this a "Tech Journalist" or the Daily Stormer?
20,000 by Year's End: The "New Techrights" will have 20,000 pages by year's end
Last Night GNU/Linux Measured at 9% in Africa: Nighttimes in Africa are times when GNU/Linux usage on desktop/laptop devices typically surges, based on Clownflare [...] It changes in favour of GNU/Linux
Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Google Bait and Switch (Getting College People 'Hooked' on 'Cheap' Storage, Then Backups Gone), a "Question of E-mail": Links for the day
Bluesky is in Trouble: Bluesky is a private company (unlike Bluesky Digital Assets Corp. in Toronto, that one runs a pyramid scheme!), so it's hard to know for sure just how much money it is losing
Links 18/08/2026: US Abandons South Korea, New Legal Disputes Over Slop Plagiarism in the Music Scene: Links for the day
Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead: "Linux" is (or was, as GNU/Linux) meant to empower - not artificially restrict - the users
GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average: locals turn away from Windows and try GNU/Linux instead
IBM is Dead or Dying. Now It Asks Workers to 'Resign' Voluntarily.: To save face, to pretend no layoffs are happening (as it might alarm shareholders) [...] We keep hearing more and more stories like that
Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein": Links for the day
SBS News Interviews Daniel Pocock: The locals say this PR stunt (by the bigot, Farage) was a waste of money
Clownflare Sees One in 7 Web Requests in Libya Originating From GNU/Linux: GNU/Linux has taken a (foot)hold there
Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech': It's long, so make a cuppa first
SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt: they've always had a financial report by now
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 17, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, August 17, 2026
Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Solar Power, Kipple and Impermanence, Catastrophe Ethics: Links for the day
Less Technology, More Life: Technology is being associated (sometimes rightly) with physical and mental problems
Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse): getting worse
Birthday in 80 Days: we'll start decorating and party online with our community
Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well.: Microsoft running out of money to pay salaries (to the point of paying people for 'voluntary' layoffs) is a positive sign?
Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop: Links for the day
Clown Storage Without Backups: Setting up several reliable copies of the data, plus several off-site backups (this data is nowhere as sensitive as medical data), should only cost a few grand
FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead: It has regular releases and "Qt5 is mandatory" now [...] they at least audit what they add
Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux: some of the "communist" nations
Links 17/08/2026: Myanmar’s Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic: Links for the day
GAFAM Loyalty Has Come to an End, Morale Low, People Whose Future is Uncertain Choose to Become "Lifers": morale is low and there's no loyalty anymore
SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope: self-incriminating communications
Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux: Well, in Ireland it seems like many people adopted GNU/Linux
Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours: That right there is interesting in its own right
Slowing Down by Intention: At the moment we have 6 or 7 ongoing series
Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth: Links for the day
Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media": Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026: IRC logs for Sunday, August 16, 2026
A Vortex of Beacons (or "Bluetooth Everywhere" Vision): If someone (or someones) calls you paranoid for taking about "beacon"-like functionality, there will be no lack of authoritative citations (e.g. Web links) they can be provided to prove them wrong
Falkland Islands: GNU/Linux Elevated to 6%: GNU/Linux usage seems to have increased a lot there
Links 16/08/2026: Reading Outside, Going Offline More, and Art of Computer Programming: Links for the day
The Question of Patience: Is there a lesson here somewhere?
IBM May be Sued for Mass Layoffs Via PIPs: Some whole threads (with all the long comments in them) recently got nuked by thelayoff.com
Links 16/08/2026: Ceuta Reports Social Control Media Used as a Weapon: Links for the day
Links 16/08/2026: Europe in Crisis of Droughts While Energy- and Water-Consuming, Pollution-Emitting Chatbots Are Spread by GAFAM (US) to Keep a Ponzi Scheme Going: Links for the day
GNU/Linux is a Platform for Work (Usage Surges in Daytime): GNU/Linux 15% in daytime
We Need Rain, Not Chatbots: There's no "anti-AI" (it's not even AI), there's opposition to fraud, to plagiarism, and to companies that profit more when there's global warning (caused in part by their business activities)
SLAPP Censorship - Part 151 Out of 200: Dealing With Sleazy People and Companies That Steal (While Employing These Sleazy People): we offer a quick summary and we're reflecting
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 15, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, August 15, 2026
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