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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 31, 2026

In Another Moment Alice Was Through the Glass

In Another Moment Alice Was Through the Glass

Updated This Past Day

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    Can it approach 10% by year's end?
  2. A Bunch of Developers Have Come Together to Make Linux Gaming Great
    The people behind Bazzite, Fyra Labs, Nobara, ChimeraOS, and a few other projects have teamed up to improve Linux gaming for everyone
  3. Another Busy Day [original]
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  4. January Nearly Over Already! [original]
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  5. Security Leftovers
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  6. News About Distributions and Operating Systems
    ReactOS, GNU/Linux, and more
  7. Arjen Wiersma on Self-Hosting Servers, Kubernetes Complexity a Risk to Servers
    Server centric news
  8. BSD Leftovers
    BSD news and show
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development related news
  10. How to Upgrade Debian and New Debian Developers (and Maintainers)
    Debian leftovers
  11. Mozilla Promotes a Ponzi Scheme of Slop (Plagiarism, Misinformation), Tor Browser 15.0.5 Based on Firefox Released
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  12. Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, Hytale Dedicated Server on GNU/Linux, and Nobara
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  13. Open Hardware/Modding: PicoIDE, ESP32, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  14. Red Hat Official Articles, Paid-for Puff Pieces, and Leftovers
    Red Hat leftovers
  15. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  16. AerynOS 2026.01 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GNOME 49.3, and More
    AerynOS 2026.01 Linux distribution is now available for download with the GNOME 49.3 desktop environment, Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, and more.
  17. Tails 7.4.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release Patching Critical OpenSSL Vulnerabilities
    Tails 7.4.1 anonymous Linux OS is now available for download with an updated OpenSSL library that addresses critical security vulnerabilities.
  18. Be Wary, Amutable is a Microsoft Proxy Created and Run by Microsoft Staff [original]
    They might try to call it "security", but what they mean by security is that Microsoft is in charge
  19. Games: Proton Experimental, FINAL FANTASY VII, and More
    some of the latest from GamingOnLinux
  20. Android Leftovers
    Google Leak Offers First Look at Android for PC
  21. Why I trust open-source software more now than I did five years ago
    I've come to trust open-source software a lot more over the years
  22. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  23. Calibre 9.0 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Bookshelf View
    Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released Calibre 9.0 today as the latest stable version of this popular ebook management software, a major update that introduces new features and enhancements.
  24. 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 2026-01-24 to 2026-01-30
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    1002 /n/2026/01/23/Linux_Mobile_Systems_LineageOS_Fairphone_NexPhone_OnePlus_and_M.shtml
    963 /index.shtml
    890 /n/2026/01/27/OpenSSL_3_6_1_Is_Now_Available_with_Important_Security_Patches_.shtml

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