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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Barbados Joining Growing Number of Nations Where GNU/Linux is Measured at Around 10% [original]
    Did something happen there?
  2. Fedora Dominated by IBM Staff, Red Hat is 100% Focused on Promoting Slop and Riding Bubbles
    sad news

    New

  3. KDE Frameworks 6.22 Fixes Multiple Clipboard-Related Issues on Wayland
    KDE Frameworks 6.22 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop. Here’s what’s new!
  4. Vitalik Buterin Rides the Credibility of Linux
    Linux as a brand
  5. Security and BSD Leftovers
    just 2 more links for now
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Open Access, and Standards
    FOSS and more
  7. Web Browsers: Brave Adblock Engine Rewrite, Using RSS, and Firefox Pushing Slop Dressed Up as Hey Hi (AI) After Removing RSS Support, Which Was Actually Useful
    WWW picks
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development related leftovers
  9. Open Hardware/Modding: Fairphone, Raspberry Pi, and More
    gadgets and more
  10. Omarchy 3.3.0 Released
    based on Arch
  11. Dima Kogan has the Meshroom packaged for Debian, Reproducible Builds in December 2025
    Debian picks
  12. today's howtos
    only 3 for now
  13. Games: Steel Bounty, Dungeon Rampage, Wireworks, and Dig Dig Die
    half a dozen new articles from GamingOnLinux
  14. Does 1 in 10 Laptops/Desktops in Somalia Run GNU/Linux Now? [original]
    statCounter sees the same duo at almost 10%
  15. today's howtos
    only half a dozen for now
  16. Security Patching in GNU/Linux
    Security leftovers
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  18. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    kernel and more
  19. Orange Pi RV2 and Octa-core RISC-V GNU/Linux laptop in 2026
    some exciting Linux devices
  20. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    mostly Red Hat, some Fedora
  21. European Commission issues call for evidence on Free/Libre Software
    FOSS win
  22. Android Leftovers
    I used the Honor Magic8 Pro, and the OnePlus 15 should be worried
  23. This free tool gives you one easy way to install apps on Linux and Mac - here's how
    With Homebrew, you get access to even more apps - maintained by both Linux and MacOS developers
  24. The state of Enterprise Linux for networking
    The open-source Linux operating system has emerged to be the foundation for cloud and networking across industries
  25. Why do I use Linux? It's the apps, and here are 7 of my favorites
    Many people say they would switch to Linux if it weren't for the lack of some Windows-exclusive apps
  26. This lightweight distro loaded with apps is not your father's GNU/Linux - here's why
    Lightweight Linux distributions get a bad rap for shipping with minimal reinstalled software
  27. MUSE Book laptop review – Testing an octa-core RISC-V Linux laptop in 2026
    SpacemiT sent me a sample of the MUSE Book RISC-V Linux laptop for review
  28. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  29. CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher Xfce: Spanish Distro Takes Chances, Mostly Succeeds
    CuerdOS 2.0 Skycatcher’s Xfce edition leans on Debian Trixie, custom tuning
  30. GNU/Linux Rose to 6% in Benin, Says statCounter [original]
    GNU/Linux gains
  31. Today in Techrights
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-01-03 to 2026-01-09
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    1290 /n/2026/01/04/Manjaro_26_0_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_.shtml
    1246 /n/2026/01/03/State_of_the_Server_2026_and_Kubernetes_Updates_Tips.shtml
    1133 /n/2026/01/05/New_GeForce_NOW_native_Linux_support_could_lure_Windows_10_refu.shtml
    1120 /n/2026/01/04/This_Week_in_Plasma_new_year_new_accessibility_features.shtml

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