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  1. Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Canonical Make It Easier to Install NVIDIA CUDA on Ubuntu
    some Canonical/Ubuntu news
  2. Our Reach Grows [original]
    We seem to have attracted new readers and we assume that more and more people are adopting GNU/Linux
  3. Dr. Andy Farnell to Speak at Digital Inclusion Coffee Morning in Portsmouth, England [original]
    "This month we are joining a Digital Inclusion Coffee Morning in Portsmouth. For this event most of the audience will be older people. We're keen to get some new input."
  4. Half of September is Gone Already [original]
    COVID-19 started in late 2019. In 2022 we dumped Drupal. In 2023 we moved to UK hosting. In 2024 we fought back against Microsofters, who had attempted to censor us...

    New

  5. Budgie 10.9.3 Now Available
    The latest version of this elegant and configurable Linux desktop aligns with changes in Gnome 49
  6. Android Leftovers
    Samsung Reveals When Your Galaxy Will Get Android 16
  7. Transform Your Raspberry Pi 5 Into a Desktop Powerhouse with Alpine Linux
    Have you ever wondered how to turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a sleek
  8. This 17MB Linux distro runs on just about any PC
    Tiny Core Linux is a distribution that doesn’t try to compete with the giants
  9. Linux Mint picks up the pace with LMDE 7 and Wayland-ready Cinnamon
    The Linux Mint team plans to speed up its release cycle and get two more versions out in the next few months
  10. Free and Open Source Software, and Review
    This is free and open source software
  11. today's leftovers
    3 more stories
  12. Graphics: Fixes for Xorg Wizard and radv takes over from AMDVLK
    Graphics-related news
  13. Games: Cattle Country, Godot 4.5, and GNOME’s Tetris Clone Quadrapassel
    gaming leftovers
  14. ESP32 Projects and GNU/Linux Terminal App in Android
    Linux and devices
  15. Mobile Progress Report From Thunderbird and Mozilla Tells Users to Trash 'Old' Computers
    Mozilla leftovers
  16. Programming Leftovers
    Development leftovers
  17. Events: Linux Plumbers Conference, Open Source Summit Europe, and SIDO
    Events being covered
  18. GNOME/GTK Report From Christian Hergert and Gedit News
    GNOME news
  19. Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and Late Night Linux
    2 new episodes
  20. Applications: Readest, ty, VirtualBox, and FreeIPMI
    software overviews, releases
  21. today's howtos
    some more howtos for today
  22. Security Patches and More
    Security leftovers
  23. Openwashing: Microsoft OSI Having a Crisis, Fake "Open Source" Slop (Not "AI") Criticised
    3 stories
  24. Installing Ubuntu Questing Quokka Beta
    If you are thinking of switching to Linux, I don’t recommend starting with a test build
  25. Firefox 144 to Strengthen the Encryption of Logins in the Firefox Password Manager
    With Firefox 143 hitting the stable channel today on all supported platforms, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 144, to the beta channel for public testing.
  26. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  27. Programming Leftovers
    Development and more
  28. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Varnish 8.0.0, Hosting A Website On A Disposable Vape, and Firefox 143
    WWW leftovers
  29. today's howtos
    idroot and more
  30. Red Hat Hype ("AI") and RHEL
    mostly from redhat.com
  31. Fedora Linux 43 Beta Released with Linux 6.17, GNOME 49, and KDE Plasma 6.4
    The Fedora Project released today the beta version of the upcoming Fedora Linux 43 for public testing to give us a glimpse of the new features and report potential bugs.
  32. Monty Widenius 'heartbroken' over Oracle's MySQL job cuts
    Around 70 members of the team behind the open source database have been shown the door as part of Oracle's latest round of redundancies, according to one high-level source in the MySQL community
  33. Games: Super Mario Bros Remastered, Slay the Spire 2, and More
    10 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  34. Android Leftovers
    You can now turn your Android phone into a mini Nintendo Switch
  35. 4 reasons why I have started to look for NixOS alternatives
    I have been using NixOS for a few months now and have been enjoying it a lot
  36. I tried using Linux's AntiX OS on my super old laptop and it works like a charm
    I found solace in antiX
  37. Free and Open Source Software, and Review
    This is free and open source software
  38. PureOS Crimson: August 2025 – Alpha Released
    We have released alpha images for PureOS Crimson for all Librem devices and have closed the first milestone!
  39. This beautiful Linux distro deserves to be better known - here's why
    The Ubuntu-based Voyager Linux checks all the boxes
  40. Cantillon Lessons Guide Shift to Open-Source
    Switching to Linux distributions like openSUSE reverses this imbalance
  41. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Like GAFAM, US Telecom Industry Has Severe Debt Problem
Maybe their real problem is true profitability
Latest Example of False Marketing by Anthropic
Like Scam Altman, they're better at buying publicity (paying for hype) than they are at delivering something of genuine value [...] That has the full make-up of fake news and a publicity stunt
IBM: From RAs to "Workforce Re-balancing" (New Names for Mass Layoffs)
Well, "workforce re-balancing" means "RAs", which is a misleading acronym IBM has devised to soften if not hide mass layoffs.
Microsoft's Grip Has Slipped, Market Share Steadily Declining
This is why Microsoft is having financial issue
SLAPP Censorship - Part 60 Out of 200: Talking About Corruption at Microsoft and Arrest for Strangulation is "Malice"
At the moment Brett Wilson LLP has no new clients
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VIII - "Red Line" When the European Patent Office (EPO) President Sleeps With Sister of "Cocaine Communication Manager" (Whom He Unconditionally Protects)
If only management took its own words (idealistic pontification) seriously
 
IBM is Already Doing 'Voluntary' Layoffs This Year in Europe ('Buyouts' Ahead of Mass Layoffs)
IBM's efforts to hide or belittle layoffs is noteworthy
Tracing Back the Misuse of the Word "Buyout" to Describe Merciless Mass Layoffs
So we can assume very large Microsoft layoffs are on the way, this time not spun as "buyouts"
Growing the List of Sites That Are Rogue
It's very important to raise and spread awareness of which ones are fake
Links 28/04/2026: Uganda Criminalising ‘Foreign Agents’ and China’s Economy "Starts to Show Cracks"
Links for the day
Anthropic and Claude Are National Security Risks Not Because of Politics But False Marketing and Vandalism, Plagiarism Sold as Innovation
The slop hype is causing severe damage
Gemini Links 28/04/2026: Misfin, ELPiS, and Developing Another Gemini Client
Links for the day
US Government Sites See More Traffic From Apple Devices Than Microsoft Windows PCs
Keep this in mind when Microsoft talks about mass layoffs while calling these "buyouts"
Layoffs Versus Buyouts
Microsoft has mass layoffs and those target the most experienced people in one of the best-paid locations
Aaron Hillel Swartz Would Have Turned 40 This Year
Aaron Swartz killed himself in 2013
The Trumps Are Making Jimmy Kimmel More Famous and Popular
Comedy has long been "controversial", but trying to get people sacked for the 'wrong' joke results in having no comedians or only pseudo-comedians who are the dictator's jester/joker
Links 28/04/2026: Microsoft's GitHub Upselling After Two Leaders Jumped Ship (Losses Pile Up), "Inflation Jumps," and More
Links for the day
IBM Laying Off Thousands of Workers Again, Based on Q1 Earnings Call
under the guise of "workforce rebalancing" we are again seeing that IBM plans to pay people (severance) to leave
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 27, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, April 27, 2026
Gemini Links 28/04/2026: Good Sunrise Viewing and Self-hosting from Home
Links for the day[1;5C
Microsoft Insiders: If You Don't Take the Lousy Severance-Like Offer, They'll PIP You Out (Microsoft Signals to People Over 40 That They'd Better Vacate the Place)
Microsoft targets its most experienced (read: expensive) workers
"AI" 16 Times in One 'Article'. The Register MS Got Paid to Post This Spammy, Promotional Piece of Slop.
Pay closer attention to who pays and who gets paid
Links 27/04/2026: Chernobyl Disaster at 40, "Heartbreaking" Decline of Australia
Links for the day
Gemini Links 27/04/2026: Gopher Catchup, MNT Reform, and Injuries
Links for the day
Red Hat Circling Down the Slop Drain
IBM, governed by slop fanatics, is going to do a lot of damage
Slop is an Addiction, Its Users Find It Addictive
please do not tolerate people who slop
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VII - Secrecy at the EPO (Regarding Cocaine and Nepotism) Has Undermined Trust in Management
If Europe's second-largest institution is run by the "Alicante Mafia", does this mean that other key European institutions are "Mafia"?
SLAPP Censorship - Part 59 Out of 200: Mentioning the Fact Alex Graveley Arrested and Charged for Strangulation in Texas is "Reckless" and "Malicious", According to His 'Hired Guns' in London
it was framed as "malicious"
Links 27/04/2026: Strikes, Corruption in Spain (Spanish PM Sanchez' Wife), and YouTuber Faces Jail Time
Links for the day
Gemini Links 27/04/2026: Gopher Catch-up, Year of Contentment, and Path to Freedom
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 26, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, April 26, 2026
Journalistic Malpractice: Helping Microsoft Paint 'Voluntary' Layoffs (Before PIPs) as "Buyouts"
What does this tell us about today's media?
The Man IBMers Regard or Already See as Likely Successor of Krishna (or Next CEO of IBM) is a Slop Fanatic
How dangerously misguided
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VI - Management of the European Patent Office (EPO) Covered Up Cocaine Use, Even Colleagues Not Informed
the self-described "fu--ing president"
SLAPP Censorship - Part 58 Out of 200: 5RB and Brett Wilson LLP Helped Garrett and Graveley Make Equivalent of GAFAM NDAs Superficially 'Enforceable' in the UK, Using Threats
laziness results in many hours and high lawyers' fees
Who Controls Fedora? IBM and GAFAM.
Don't for a moment believe that IBM understands GNU/Linux. We are quite certain nobody in IBM's Board of Directors uses it.
State of Slop About GNU/Linux
As the incentive to publish is reduced (competing with slop is no fun), the effort/money invested in stories goes down
Links 26/04/2026: Korean Inflation, GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment, Lithuania's Public Broadcaster LRT Besieged
Links for the day
Hopefully Smooth Sailing in OS Upgrade
There are some contingencies at hand
Links 25/04/2026: "Horrible Economics of AI Are Starting to Come Crashing Down", More Restrictions Placed on Social Control Media
Links for the day
Getting Aggressive Suggestive of Loss - Part IV - Shutting Down My Existence
Would anyone out there tolerate such messages sent from burner accounts?
Gemini Links 26/04/2026: Gemini Movie Database (or GeminiMDB) and Star Trek III
Links for the day
Weeks Before Linux Removed Over 100,000 Lines of Code Due to Slop 'Bug Reports' Microsoft Paid 'Linux' Foundation to Advance Slop in the Name of 'Security'
What can possible go wrong? Both for security and for stability.
Tracking Ages of People
To stay "safe" tell us your age
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 25, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, April 25, 2026