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The Sun appears like an immense beacon-light, placed upon layers of snow.

Updated This Past Day

  1. KDE Gear 25.12.3 Brings Improvements to Merkuro, Calligra, Kasts, and Other Apps
    Today, the KDE Project released KDE Gear 25.12.3 as the third and final maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.12 series of this collection of open-source applications for the KDE ecosystem and other platforms.
  2. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    mostly from redhat.com
  3. AerynOS – independent Linux distribution
    AerynOS is an independent Linux distribution built from scratch and currently in alpha development

    New

  4. NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Promises Wayland 1.20 Support, Beta Out Now
    NVIDIA released today the beta version of the NVIDIA 595 graphics driver for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, introducing various new features and improvements.
  5. This ancient Linux tool is still better than modern alternatives
    If you spend some time working with Linux, you will inevitably end up running a curl command
  6. 5 Linux desktop features Windows still can’t replicate properly
    However, compared with Linux, there are still concrete architectural differences
  7. KeePass Released 2.61 with One-Time Password & Other Improvements
    KeePass password safe released new 2.61 version on Wednesday
  8. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  9. Why Linux Users Love to Hate Ubuntu
    Ubuntu may not be perfect, but the amount of hate it receives from Linux users is often exaggerated
  10. Security Leftovers
    Security patches and more
  11. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  13. Concerns About Zach being Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL) and Eleventy's Direction
    some bad news
  14. Web and Standards
    WWW and more
  15. FSF on LibreLocal Events and Talks by Its Founder
    coming up next
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware centric news
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Development and Debian
  18. Applications: A Look at Lockbook and Inkscape is Hiring
    software news
  19. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical articles
  20. After decades of Windows, Linux made me love using an OS again
    By Simon Batt
  21. Springtime is Here [original]
    March is when it "formally" counts as spring
  22. Games: House of Tesla, Shapez 2, and More
    latest from GamingOnLinux
  23. Android Leftovers
    Motorola Partners With GrapheneOS to Bring Google-Free Android Alternative to Future Phones
  24. 7 things I stopped installing on Linux (and my system is better for it)
    Most Linux distros give you a ridiculous amount of freedom
  25. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  26. Escuelas Linux is a distribution based on Bodhi Linux
    Escuelas Linux is a lightweight Linux distribution designed specifically for educational environments
  27. Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.6, Linux 6.18.16, Linux 6.12.75, Linux 6.6.128, Linux 6.1.165, Linux 5.15.202, and Linux 5.10.252
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.19.6 kernel
  28. LWN's Latest: Kernel, PostgreSQL Insider Works for Microsoft, and Network Time Protocol (NTP)
    outside paywall today
  29. Open-source Discord alternatives
    For everyone who doesn't want or need a Discord-like "modern" chat experience — IRC will always be an option
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
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