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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 19, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Firefox 142 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
    After being in beta phase during the past month, the Firefox 142 open-source web browser is now available for download ahead of its official unveiling on August 19th, 2025.
  2. Kdenlive 25.08.0 released
    The Kdenlive team is happy to announce the release of version 25.08.0 packed with over 300 commits and fixing more than 15 crashes
  3. Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Revealed
    Ubuntu 25.10, code-name Questing Quokka, is coming soon in next few months
  4. We All Need to Promote GNU/Linux (Human Rights Depend on This) [original]
    Will technical people take the lead and usher others out of this mess?
  5. Site Housekeeping and Backup Day [original]
    Yesterday afternoon we also did maintenance on this server

    New

  6. Android Leftovers
    I created a personal command center with Android's Quick Settings tiles
  7. Ventoy 1.1.06 Brings TrueNAS Scale Support
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  8. Zulip 11.0 Team Chat Brings Message Reminders, Channel Folders
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  9. Free and Open Source Software
    This is a series of articles looking at the ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H running Linux
  10. After using Gentoo Linux and KDE for 15 years I have switched to Lubuntu (LXQt)
    Recently both my laptops – a ten-year-old 14″ Clevo W230SS running the stable version of Gentoo Linux
  11. LabPlot 2.12.1 released
    Today we are announcing the availability of the minor patch release 2.12.1
  12. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux though
  13. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks for today
  14. Slackware: New Site for Blog and GRUB Theme
    Slackware leftovers
  15. Debian Leftovers
    Debian stories
  16. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    2 picks from Joey Sneddon
  17. 5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first
    Immutable Linux distros are getting more popular
  18. This Linux distro puts more than 20 desktops a click away
    Sparky Linux 8 also gives you plenty of browsers to pick from
  19. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  20. Fedora Community Blog: Simplifying Package Submission, Progress
    Fedora news
  21. Games: Steam News, "The King is Watching", and Amiga Hacking
    gaming related news
  22. Videos and Audiocasts/Shows: History of UNIX, LINUX Unplugged, This Week in Linux, mintCast
    new ones out now
  23. today's howtos
    many Monday howtos
  24. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Name That Ware, One Hertz Challenge
    hardware picks
  25. Linux 6.17-rc2
    new RC last night
  26. BSD and GNU/Linux Leftovers
    3 more stories, some kernel and BSD also
  27. Shotcut 25.08 Video Editor Arrives with Key Fixes
    Shotcut 25.08 video editor update resolves issues from 25.07
  28. What to Expect From TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source Storage
    TrueNAS 25.10 "Goldeye" open-source NAS is on the way
  29. macOS vs. Linux: Which Is Best for Your Homelab?
    Are you torn between running macOS or Linux in your homelab
  30. Sparky 9 code name and repos
    The new, upcoming Sparky 9 code name and repos is set
  31. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  32. Review: Debian 13 "Trixie"
    Debian is one of the world's oldest surviving distributions
  33. Cubie A7A with Allwinner A733 & LPDDR5 RAM Launches, Starting at $28.70
    The board is supported by Debian Linux, Android, and Buildroot-based distributions
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

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Omarchy is Already Dying
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