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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 28, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Ubuntu Loses Features and Breaks Itself Because Canonical Hired a Young British Army Officer to Make Bad Decisions

   very concerning

   New

2. Speaking For Limpopo [original]

   I shall give an update on this report when I get more information, hopefully some time in the coming days

3. CAPCOM and Tux Machines [original]

   CAPCOM is a popular aggregator

4. Sunny Days, Very Warm Days, and It's Almost Halloween [original]

   Time to buy more seeds for the birds

   New

5. Android Leftovers

   Top Android Launchers of 2025 That Will Transform Your Smartphone Experience

6. Free Sofrware, Open Data, and Standards

   FOSS and more

7. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

   mostly GNU/Linux leftovers

8. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and mintCast

   2 new episodes

9. today's howtos

   4 howtos for now

10. Games: Steam Deck, 47-year-old Space Invaders, and "Windows Games’ Compatibility on Linux Is at an All-Time High"

    Gaming related picks

11. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks for today

12. Come join us in testing IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 198

    It is time to test the upcoming release of IPFire: IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 198

13. lv – directory listing and counting tool

    This is free and open source software

14. Qlustar – Linux distribution designed as an all-in-one cluster operating system

    Qlustar is a full-fledged Linux distribution designed for the purpose of an all-in-one Cluster Operating System

15. Distroless Containers for corporate use: Nix Flakes vs Fedora

    In 2025, Bitnami revaluated their business case and decided to discontinue their current offering

16. Community Strikes Back: 12 Open Source Projects Born from Resistance

    From BSL license changes to abandoned codebases, see how the open source community struck back with powerful forks and fresh alternatives.

17. Solseek Brings a Fast, TUI-Based Package Manager to Solus Linux

    The freshly released Solseek app gives Solus Linux users a fast

18. Arch Linux AUR Hit by Another DDoS Attack, Port 22 Access Disrupted

    Ongoing DDoS attacks push Arch Linux to activate AUR protection

19. SysLinuxOS is an underrated distro for managing home labs

    The Linux ecosystem is quite the wild west of innovative distros that range from convenient general-purpose operating systems to wacky distributions with their own niche use cases

20. Ghostty Terminal: Never Understood the Hype Until I tried it

    When I first started using Linux, I did not care much about the terminal applications

21. Want to use local accounts? Just switch to Linux

    So, what's the solution? Well, if you truly care about local accounts and protecting your personal data, Linux is a fine choice

22. Forget Linux Mint — this is the Windows alternative you need

    It may not be as popular as Linux Mint

23. Best Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

24. Balancing Work and Open Source

    How do I balance my work commitments and personal life while still contributing to open source

25. arcOS – Amateur Radio Community Operating System

    arcOS focuses on standarized digital communication modes commonly used for both casual and emergency communications

26. Review: Linux Mint Debian Edition 7

    The Linux Mint project creates a popular, Ubuntu-based distribution which is available in Cinnamon

27. Open Transport Community Conference 2025

    On Friday and Saturday last week I attended the first edition of the Open Transport Community Conference in Vienna, Austria

28. This Week in KDE Apps

    Getting back to all that's new in the KDE App scene, let's dig in

29. Owners of Computers Don't Always Control Those Computers, They Rarely Do [original]

    Let's strive to put computers back under the control of their users, no matter who purchased these (usually the users)

30. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

31. Linux 6.18-rc3

    new RC is out

32. MX Linux 25 Release Candidate Arrives with Various Improvements and Changes

    The MX Linux team announced today the general availability of the Release Candidate (RC1) version of the upcoming MX Linux 25 distribution based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series.

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