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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 30, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree

   For the past 15 years, F-Droid has provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world to find and install free and open source apps

2. Halloween Next Month [original]

   Scaring us is hard

3. R.R.R.R.R.R. and Tux Machines [original]

   R.R.R.R.R.R. plays a big role in our curation of news

   New

4. Approaching 40,000 Gemini Pages [original]

   We started with Gemini Protocol a few years ago, and with 1,000+ pages per month we can expect 100,000 pages in a few years

5. GNU Turned 42 This Past Weekend and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Turns 40 on Saturday [original]

   software freedom is what actually matters in practice

6. Next Week Was Supposed to Be Our Opportunity to Have a Pre-trial Hearing Regarding Our Lawsuits Against Garrett (In Response to His SLAPP and His Harassment Against Us) [original]

   truth will prevail

   New

7. Announcing Incus 6.17

   The Incus team is pleased to announce the release of Incus 6.17

8. OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management

   OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features

9. 4 reasons why Qubes OS is the coolest Linux distro out there

   The sheer number of distributions is yet another killer feature of Linux

10. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

11. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

    GNU/Linux for the most

12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards

    FOSS and more

13. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

14. today's howtos

    8 more howtos

15. Open Hardware Leftovers

    hardware picks

16. today's howtos

    4 howtos for now

17. GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers

    The GNU Linux-libre project announced today the release and general availability of the GNU Linux-libre 6.17 kernel for those who seek 100% freedom for their GNU/Linux computers and software freedom lovers.

18. Fish Shell 4.1 Released with Brace Syntax, Transient Prompts

    Fish shell 4.1 is now available with transient prompts

19. It turns out that there's one guy at Valve keeping a 13-year-old GPU alive via Linux updates

    Such is the case of one guy at Valve who is still ensuring a 13-year-old GPU works fine with Linux

20. Best Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

21. Review: KDE Linux and GNOME OS

    As I mentioned earlier, both the GNOME and KDE projects are quick to point out these distributions are experimental and currently intended to be used by testers and developers

22. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 28th, 2025

    The 259th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on September 28th, 2025.

23. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

24. From Hurd to seL4: How Stallman’s Microkernel Vision Stood the Test of Time

    The Long Arc of Vindication

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