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Not Limited to One Protocol [original]
In Geminispace surveys, the growth in adoption of Gemini Protocol can be demonstrated numerically
New
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 18th, 2026
The 275th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 18th, 2026.
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In Equatorial Guinea, GNU/Linux Measured at 5%, Windows Down to 5% Among All Devices (Android Dominates) [original]
5% of 2 million (assuming all use a computer) is still 100,000 people
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Recent GNU/Linux Videos
accessible via Invidious
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today's leftovers
mostly GNU/Linux picks
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: Events, Web, and Open Access
FOSS and more
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Wireshark 4.6.3 Released
a pair of links
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Open Hardware/Modding/3D Printing Leftovers
a handful of new stories
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Games: Harpoom, Proton Experimental, and Slop Crackdown
gaming picks for today
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Turning GNU/Linux Into Windows With Adobe Proprietary Software
via WINE
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today's howtos
mixture of sources
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Managing GNU/Linux Packages, Shotcut 26.1 Beta is Available
some software news
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Collaborative project to document AI-contaminated FOSS
The splendidly-named "OpenSlopware" was, for a short time, a list of open source projects using LLM bots. Due to harassment, it's gone, but forks of it live on
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Programming Leftovers
Development picks
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GNU/Linux in Micronesia Measured at 5% [original]
Micronesia is small, so one might expect the curves to be bumpy
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Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More
Amarok 3.3.2 has been released today as the second minor update to the latest Amarok 3.3 “Far Above the Clouds” series of this open-source music player application designed for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
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I replaced my Windows workflow with Linux Mint and it was easier than I imagined
Linux Mint has a reputation for being the distro most enthusiasts recommend to Windows users who want to try Linux
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You don’t need a gaming distro — these Linux tweaks matter more
But that’s the beauty of Linux
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I tried a lightweight Linux distro you’ve never heard of — and it’s perfect
So I tried a distro I'd never used before: Bodhi Linux
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Immutable Linux desktops finally cured my upgrade anxiety
Fortunately, Linux users have a lot of tools in their arsenal to deal with this
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Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
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Banana Pi’s BPI-CM6 compute module runs on SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor
Software support includes Linux-based operating systems such as Ubuntu and Debian
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Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.6, Linux 6.12.66, Linux 6.6.121, and Linux 6.1.161
I'm announcing the release of the 6.18.6 kernel
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22 Years of Championing Software Freedom [original]
perhaps we'll find a way to embody the sentiment of freedom
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Linuxiac Digests Other Sites' Work, Then Gets Rewarded by Google [original]
Even if Google is aware that there is slop there, it's hard to believe that Google will mind
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Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):
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