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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 27, 2025

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1. KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment to Drop the X11 Session and Go Wayland-Only

   The KDE project announced today that they plan to completely drop the Plasma X11 session and go Wayland-only for the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment series.

2. Free and Open Source Software

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3. News to Slow Down Towards the Weekend [original]

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4. GNOME 49.2 Released with Improved Handling of Tiled Monitors and Sticky Keys

   The GNOME Project released today GNOME 49.2 as the second point release to the latest GNOME 49 “Brescia” desktop environment series with various bug fixes and improvements.

5. GNU/Linux Leftovers

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6. HowTos and Shell Scripts

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7. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters and Destination Linux

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8. Kernel: Hammerspace, Slop, and Fake Code Synthesised With Bugs for Hype's Sake

   some Linux leftovers

9. Dan Langille and MWL on BSD and ZFS

   BSD leftovers

10. PostgreSQL Databases: FOSSASIA PGDay Bangkok, Releases of powa-archivist and powa-web 5.1.0

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11. Security Leftovers

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12. FreeBSD 15.0-RC4 Now Available

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13. Rocky Linux 10.1 Arrives with Soft Reboots, XFS Enhancements, and More

    Coming more than five months after Rocky Linux 10, Rocky Linux 10.1 has been released as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 with updated components, bug fixes, and other changes.

14. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    Servers and desktops

15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, the Web, and Standards

    FOSS and more

16. Red Hat and SUSE Selling Buzzwords and Hype

    "AI" nonsense

17. today's howtos

    some more howtos

18. Android Leftovers

    5 Hidden Android Features That Can Make Using Your Phone Easier

19. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    GNU/Linux stories of lesser importance

20. Devices: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More

    Open Hardware and more

21. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks for today

22. LXD 6.6 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released

    LXD 6.6 introduces placement groups, a Kubernetes CSI driver

23. GNOME 48.7 Arrives with Shell, Mutter, and GTK Fixes

    GNOME 48.7 desktop environment is out

24. I tried out Nitrux 5, so you don’t have to

    Nitrux has never been shy about doing things differently

25. This immutable Linux distro has a killer tool that sets it apart - and makes ditching Windows easy

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26. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 199 is available for testing

    This update brings major enhancements to IPFire's networking capabilities

27. Tsurugi Linux – security-focused distribution based on Ubuntu

    Tsurugi Linux is a heavily customized Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and is designed to support Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) investigations

28. MagOS – Russian desktop-oriented distribution based on ROSA

    MagOS Linux is a Russian desktop-oriented distribution based on ROSA

29. Games: TRX, FlatOut, and More

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30. xorg-server 21.1.21

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