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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 23, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Security Issue Found in telnetd, Patches Put Forth Already
    via LWN
  2. Slimbook One is a Linux mini PC with up to AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
    Slimbook will pre-load a GNU/Linux distribution such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, or Linux Mint for free
  3. Window Shadows Finally Arrive on COSMIC Desktop
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    New

  4. Security Leftovers and Vuln Tracking
    Security links
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  6. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  7. Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Ask Noah Show, and More
    episodes for today
  8. GNU/Linux Games/Platforms: Steam Machines, SuperTuxKart, and More
    Games related news
  9. Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and More
    Hardware focus
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  11. Red Hat and CentOS Leftovers
    not much slop/AI hype today
  12. Snap Store Neglect
    Snap Store issues
  13. Linux-based Jolla preorders closing in on maximum amount
    Linux-based, easy repairable, high privacy-focused, and Android compatible smartphone is closing in on its 10,000 unit maximum.
  14. New benchmarks show Linux gaming nearly matching Windows on AMD GPUs
    For some PC gamers, Linux might finally make sense
  15. today's howtos
    not so many for now
  16. Fastfetch updated with COSMIC Desktop & Bedrock Linux Support
    Fastfetch, the neofetch like system information tool, updated recently with many new features
  17. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  18. FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager
    The OS is known for its advanced networking features
  19. Modifier keys in Linux virtual machines under macOS
    Then, since I'm also a pretty serious Linux user
  20. We Help Animals, But Some People Don't Like It [original]
    In the interim we feed the birds once a day
  21. New Steam Client Update Adds Support for the Razer Raiju V3 Pro Controller
    Valve released a new stable update to its Steam Client desktop application for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems with various improvements to Steam Input, especially support for the Razer Raiju V3 Pro controller.
  22. Android Leftovers
    This clever Android game turns your charging cable into a bow and arrow
  23. MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems
    Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help
  24. Debian vs. Arch vs. Fedora: Which Linux distro base is right for you
    If you're just now coming over to Linux
  25. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  26. Pathways to open-source (and from it): one flawed journey exposed
    It’s been almost 7 years since I made a post titled “First steps in open-source” where I talked about joining KDE
  27. Goodbye, VirtualBox - I found a better, more reliable VM manager for Linux
    Virt-Manager is a free and easy-to-install virtual machine manager
  28. WordPress Education Programs, Why to Avoid Bloated Sites, Static Blogs, and "Building a Blog in Gleam"
    Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) leftovers
  29. "One Feed to Rule Them All" and Mozilla Turns Firefox Into Spyware ("Data") After Culling Firefox's RSS Support
    Web Browsers (or Clients)
  30. Linux Kernel and OpenZFS in 2026, ZFS in Production (BSD)
    kernel level commentary
  31. Open Hardware/Modding: M5MonsterC5/ESP32, Fiber Optic Lamp, and More
    devices and more
  32. Games: LOVE ETERNAL, Hungry Horrors, SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded, and More
    7 new stories from GamingOnLinux
  33. Improvements Coming Soon, Uptime Also Improving [original]
    We may soon make improvements to the way images are presented here
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  35. GNU/Linux Up to 7% in Tajikistan [original]
    it looks like real gains for GNU/Linux
  36. Protecting the Birds From One Pesky Neighbour [original]
    Let's see what they'll say next
  37. Richard Stallman to Speak on Software Freedom and AI at Georgia Tech
    he's speaking at Georgia Tech on January 23
  38. LWN on Kernel and Recent Linux Talks
    3 more articles released from paywall an hour ago
  39. Asciinema: making movies at the command-line
    Marcin Kulik started the project in 2011
  40. Debian discusses removing GTK 2 for forky
    GTK 2 was released in 2002 and was declared end of life with the release of GTK 4 on December 16, 2020
  41. Licensing / Legal: LWN on GPL Enforcement
    Jonathan Corbet et al on GPL enforcement
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2026-01-16 to 2026-01-22
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    953 /index.shtml
    904 /n/2026/01/16/Opera_GX_Gaming_Browser_is_Coming_to_GNU_Linux_and_More_Takes.shtml

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