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    People wouldn't develop games for Linux because gamers didn't use it
  2. Brax Open_Slate offers an open source Ubuntu and Android tablet with M.2 SSD support
    Privacy-focused hardware company Brax returns with an open-source 2-in-1 tablet offering a user-replaceable battery
  3. Games: Terraria, Valve Lawsuit, MECHBORN, GOG, Heroic Games Launcher, and More
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  7. Free Software, Standards, and Open Data
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  8. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  9. Firefox Tooling Announcements and Mozilla is Promoting Slop Instead of Web
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  11. ESP32, Jetson, Raspberry Pi, and "Running DOOM On Earbuds"
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  12. Fedora, Red Hat, and CentOS (More People Exit Red Hat, Join Amutable)
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  14. Games: $903 Million Lawsuit Against Valve and Heroic Games Launcher on GNU/Linux
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  16. Applications: Astrology Hooey, Notepad Next, Ptyxis, and IBKR Desktop
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  17. today's howtos
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  18. Google’s Desktop Operating System "Aluminium OS" Has Leaked
    As a test unit, this marks a significant shift from the Android OS used on mobile Arm-based systems, as Aluminium OS now operates smoothly on x86 architecture
  19. Open Invention Network is Trying to Make Money Out of Its Software Patents 'Protection Racket' (Piggybacking the "Linux" Name)
    OIN again
  20. VirtualBox 7.2.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.19
    Oracle released VirtualBox 7.2.6 today as the third maintenance update in the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for Linux, Solaris, macOS, and Windows.
  21. GNU/Linux Leaps to Almost 10% in Trinidad And Tobago This Year [original]
    This leap is unbelievably steep/sharp
  22. Debian-Based GParted Live 1.8 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8
    Following the release of GParted 1.8 as a major update to the popular open-source partition editor, Curtis Gedak released GParted Live 1.8 today as the latest version of this Debian-based live system to graphically manage disk partitions.
  23. Krita 5.2.15 bugfix release!
    Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.15
  24. TUXEDO Computers Unveils Intel-Powered InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 Linux Laptop
    Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers unveiled today the Intel variant of the InfinityBook Max 15 Linux-powered laptop, which was previously only available for purchase with an AMD processor.
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  26. today's leftovers
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  27. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Arduino, and More
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  28. PostgreSQL News: WAL-G 3.0.8, pgDay Paris 2026, and Nordic PGDay 2026
    3 PostgreSQL picks
  29. Android Leftovers
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  30. Linux is still a developer OS, and that’s why it won’t go mainstream
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  31. I switched to Linux and I can't imagine going back to Windows in 2026
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  33. Why desktop Linux matters, even if (almost) no one uses it
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  36. KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Release
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  38. It’s time for the Mageia 10 art contest!
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  39. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux
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  40. Today in Techrights
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  41. Transmission 4.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Massive Update
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