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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 08, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. New GNU/Linux Releases: FydeOS v22 and GParted 1.8.0

   2 recent announcements

2. This Week in Plasma: beefed-up Window List widget

   This week the Plasma team continued polishing up Plasma 6.6 for release in a week and a half

3. Amutable, a Microsoft Satellite [original]

   replacing freedom-respecting systems with ones controlled by Microsoft at many levels

   New

4. Security Leftovers

   Security picks, mostly patches and incidents

5. GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: LFS, OpenSUSE, Debian, and Microsoft Canonical

   mixture of OS centric news

6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Development Leftovers

   FOSS and coding

7. Linux Devices, Raspberry Pi, and Open Hardware Leftovers

   collection on gadgets-centric leftovers

8. ML in Kernel Space and Kubernetes Could Use a Different Linux Scheduler

   Kernel news

9. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers

   mostly Red Hat's site

10. today's howtos

    many howtos

11. Tux Machines So Far in 2026 [original]

    GNU/Linux makes many advances this year (in gaming also!)

12. PeaZip 10.9 Open-Source Archive Manager Released with Improved User Experience

    PeaZip 10.9 has been released today as the latest stable update for this open-source file manager and file archiver for Linux, BSD, macOS, ReactOS, and Windows by Giorgio Tani.

13. KDE Linux Gears Up for Beta Release with Plasma Login Manager, KDE Initial Setup

    It’s been a few months since the KDE Project announced its in-house Linux distro, KDE Linux, and they’ve been very busy beefing it up with some of the latest technologies and hardware support for the upcoming beta release.

14. Android Leftovers

    I fixed so many of Android's annoying little quirks with this secret weapon

15. DI.DAY is a Movement to Encourage People to Ditch Big Tech

    A new day for privacy advocates to look forward to

16. I’m done pretending open-source software is free

    I discovered Linux in high school and fell in love with the OS in college

17. 5 ways Linux beats Windows that you only notice after you switch

    It's one thing to be told that if you switch to Linux you'll enjoy various benefits compared to Windows or macOS

18. 2026 will be the year of gaming on Linux

    Yes, I know. Every year is the "year of Linux," even if it has never actually happened yet

19. I tried replacing Windows with Linux Mint, here's how it went

    I decided to give Linux Mint an honest try

20. If Linux is going to thrive, some distros have to die

    Linux is leaving the basement. It's putting on a suit, cutting its hair

21. Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips

    Chinese RISC-V chip maker SpacemiT is partnering with Canonical to bring Ubuntu to computers powered by two of the company’s processors

22. Blonging for Freedom

    I often get the misguided retort that free software is technological solutionism

23. Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents

    Unfortunately, I keep reading about open-source software advocates who happily use Microsoft’s proprietary DOCX, XLSX and PPTX formats...

24. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

25. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

    This is free and open source software

26. Kapsule: Completing the KDE Linux Extensibility Story

    This blog post outlines some gaping holes I see in its extensibility model

27. GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-02-06

    Welcome to another GNOME Foundation weekly update

28. GTK hackfest, 2026 edition

    As is by now a tradition, a few of the GTK developers got together in the days before FOSDEM to make plans and work on your favorite toolkit

29. DOSBox performance improvements on modern processors

    If you're running something like Kubuntu 24.04, with the Plasma desktop environment

30. Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.9, Linux 6.12.69, Linux 6.6.123, Linux 6.1.162, Linux 5.15.199, and Linux 5.10.249

    I'm announcing the release of the 6.18.9 kernel

31. Games: Timberborn, ZOMBUTCHER, Voraxis, and More

    latest from GamingOnLinux

32. Security Leftovers

    security breaches, patches, and more

33. today's leftovers

    GNU/Linux for the most part

34. Programming Leftovers

    Development related picks

35. Mzansi 2025, FOSDEM 2026, and Arduino Days

    Educational events

36. Red Hat and CentOS Leftovers

    The IBM stuff

37. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

    Hardware picks

38. Distributions and Operating Systems: ReactOS at 30, Kali Linux vs. Parrot OS, Debian/MX Linux-based iDeal OS

    3 OS news picks

39. Audiocasts/Shows: David Revoy, Zitron/Gerard, BSD Now, and Cybershow

    4 new episodes

40. A Meteoric Rise of GNU/Linux in Barbados? [original]

    In some places, GNU/Linux rears its head

41. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

42. In US Government Sites, Windows "Market Share" About 40%, Vista 11 Only About 10% [original]

    The era of Windows domination ended some time ago

43. Applications: Discord, OpenVT, Papers, and More

    Applications on GNU/Linux

44. today's howtos

    mostly from Friday

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