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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 08, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. A Parrot in Manchester [original]
    we worry that a cold winter would be deadly to it
  2. Kyle Chayka is Right, "Social [Control] Media" is Toxic, Better Off Avoided [original]
    Several years ago this site quit all social control media, even the 'free' (as in freedom) social control media
  3. Speaking Out for Victims of Abuse [original]
    Collective sacrifices benefit the community
  4. IBM is Falling (That's a Problem for Red Hat) [original]
    Red Hat was acquired by IBM a long time ago (in relative terms) and it's turning out to be like Novell with S.u.S.E.

    New

  5. TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 Linux Laptop Announced with AMD Ryzen AI 300
    Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers announced today the 10th generation (Gen10) of the TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Linux-powered laptop with AMD Ryzen AI 300 CPUs and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5000 GPUs.
  6. Rocky Linux Riding the Slop Hype and NVIDIA's Gold Rush
    new from Rocky Linux
  7. Jack Wallen on Working as Root and Replacing Windows With GNU/Linux
    a pair of new articles
  8. Introduction to Talos Linux
    with some JS paywall
  9. Huawei Launches Homegrown PCs With Custom Processors and Linux-Based OS
    locally developed Linux software
  10. FreeBSD, Free Software, and Openwashing
    OSI = Openwashing
  11. New Release of EasyOS, Simple Xcursor Creator and Selector is Back
    some easyOS news
  12. Games: “ABCCAD” in Godot, CrossOver, and More Panic From Microsoft Circles
    gaming leftovers
  13. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    incidents and issues
  14. Events: FSF40, EU Open Source Policy Summit, and Debconf25
    Events being covered/noted
  15. Reinventing PostgreSQL, CERN PGDay 2026 Announcement and CfP
    some PostgreSQL updates/news
  16. BSD and ZFS Leftovers
    also OpenZFS
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  18. Debugging WordPress and Risk of Plugins
    some CMS news
  19. Fedora 41 approaching end of life, Fedora 43 preview, and Fedora Silverblue on MacBook Air
    Fedora leftovers
  20. today's howtos
    idroot and more
  21. Schleswig-Holstein's Migration of Productivity Software (Dumping Microsoft) Progresses
    latest accomplishment
  22. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  23. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  24. Calibre 8.14 Open-Source E-Book Manager Updates the Tolino Driver and Fixes Bugs
    Three weeks after Calibre 8.13, Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released Calibre 8.14 today as the latest stable version of this open-source e-book manager software, a release that brings several new features and bug fixes.
  25. Games: SteamOS 3.7.17, CrossOver, Luanti, and More
    7 stories from GamingOnLinux
  26. Android Leftovers
    Google settled with Epic, and Android will never be the same
  27. AI Controversy Forces End of Mozilla’s Japanese SUMO Community
    The SUMO Japanese team quits en masse
  28. SQLite 3.51 Brings New JSONB Functions and Better Performance
    SQLite 3.51 introduces new JSONB functions
  29. GNOME 50 Ends the X11 Era After Decades
    GNOME 50 completes the long migration to Wayland
  30. Please stop being scared of the Linux terminal
    However, as I kept using Linux, I realised that it was less my enemy and more my friend
  31. Ubuntu is easily the most bloated Linux distro, but it doesn't have to be
    I have to admit that the full-desktop variant may seem overly bloated for Linux veterans
  32. ONLYOFFICE DocSpace 3.5 released: upgraded editors, smarter sharing, and stronger control
    ONLYOFFICE has launched DocSpace 3.5, their open-source document management and collaboration platform
  33. Radxa Cubie A7Z Single Board Computer Running Linux: Introduction to the Series
    The Debian 11 image provides the Radxa OS
  34. Fixing Image Thumbnails Not Showing Up in GNOME Files on Fedora Linux
    Tiny problem but not good for the image of Fedora Linux, pun intended
  35. PenPot and KDE Plasma Coordination
    We got together with the PenPot team’s leader, Pablo Ruiz
  36. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  37. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    or today's leftovers
  38. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  39. Programming: Smalltalk and Rust
    Development leftovers
  40. ODF 1.4 Standard Set for Debut and Bluetooth 6.2 Improves BT
    Standards/Consortia news
  41. This Site and Techrights Now a Combined Age of 40+ Years [original]
    19 years of Techrights and 21+ years of Tux Machines
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