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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

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  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
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  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
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  15. FSF on LibreLocal Events and Talks by Its Founder
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  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
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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IBM is Already Doing 'Voluntary' Layoffs This Year in Europe ('Buyouts' Ahead of Mass Layoffs)
IBM's efforts to hide or belittle layoffs is noteworthy
Like GAFAM, US Telecom Industry Has Severe Debt Problem
Maybe their real problem is true profitability
Latest Example of False Marketing by Anthropic
Like Scam Altman, they're better at buying publicity (paying for hype) than they are at delivering something of genuine value [...] That has the full make-up of fake news and a publicity stunt
IBM: From RAs to "Workforce Re-balancing" (New Names for Mass Layoffs)
Well, "workforce re-balancing" means "RAs", which is a misleading acronym IBM has devised to soften if not hide mass layoffs.
Microsoft's Grip Has Slipped, Market Share Steadily Declining
This is why Microsoft is having financial issue
SLAPP Censorship - Part 60 Out of 200: Talking About Corruption at Microsoft and Arrest for Strangulation is "Malice"
At the moment Brett Wilson LLP has no new clients
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VIII - "Red Line" When the European Patent Office (EPO) President Sleeps With Sister of "Cocaine Communication Manager" (Whom He Unconditionally Protects)
If only management took its own words (idealistic pontification) seriously
 
Seems Like Only Techrights Covered IBM Laying Off About 33% of Confluent Staff
How can such a large round of layoffs evade today's media?
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 28, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Gemini Links 29/04/2026: Bad Diet, New Middle Ages, and Temperature Model
Links for the day
Tracing Back the Misuse of the Word "Buyout" to Describe Merciless Mass Layoffs
So we can assume very large Microsoft layoffs are on the way, this time not spun as "buyouts"
Growing the List of Sites That Are Rogue
It's very important to raise and spread awareness of which ones are fake
Links 28/04/2026: Uganda Criminalising ‘Foreign Agents’ and China’s Economy "Starts to Show Cracks"
Links for the day
Anthropic and Claude Are National Security Risks Not Because of Politics But False Marketing and Vandalism, Plagiarism Sold as Innovation
The slop hype is causing severe damage
Gemini Links 28/04/2026: Misfin, ELPiS, and Developing Another Gemini Client
Links for the day
US Government Sites See More Traffic From Apple Devices Than Microsoft Windows PCs
Keep this in mind when Microsoft talks about mass layoffs while calling these "buyouts"
Layoffs Versus Buyouts
Microsoft has mass layoffs and those target the most experienced people in one of the best-paid locations
Aaron Hillel Swartz Would Have Turned 40 This Year
Aaron Swartz killed himself in 2013
The Trumps Are Making Jimmy Kimmel More Famous and Popular
Comedy has long been "controversial", but trying to get people sacked for the 'wrong' joke results in having no comedians or only pseudo-comedians who are the dictator's jester/joker
Links 28/04/2026: Microsoft's GitHub Upselling After Two Leaders Jumped Ship (Losses Pile Up), "Inflation Jumps," and More
Links for the day
IBM Laying Off Thousands of Workers Again, Based on Q1 Earnings Call
under the guise of "workforce rebalancing" we are again seeing that IBM plans to pay people (severance) to leave
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 27, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, April 27, 2026
Gemini Links 28/04/2026: Good Sunrise Viewing and Self-hosting from Home
Links for the day[1;5C
Microsoft Insiders: If You Don't Take the Lousy Severance-Like Offer, They'll PIP You Out (Microsoft Signals to People Over 40 That They'd Better Vacate the Place)
Microsoft targets its most experienced (read: expensive) workers
"AI" 16 Times in One 'Article'. The Register MS Got Paid to Post This Spammy, Promotional Piece of Slop.
Pay closer attention to who pays and who gets paid
Links 27/04/2026: Chernobyl Disaster at 40, "Heartbreaking" Decline of Australia
Links for the day
Gemini Links 27/04/2026: Gopher Catchup, MNT Reform, and Injuries
Links for the day
Red Hat Circling Down the Slop Drain
IBM, governed by slop fanatics, is going to do a lot of damage
Slop is an Addiction, Its Users Find It Addictive
please do not tolerate people who slop
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VII - Secrecy at the EPO (Regarding Cocaine and Nepotism) Has Undermined Trust in Management
If Europe's second-largest institution is run by the "Alicante Mafia", does this mean that other key European institutions are "Mafia"?
SLAPP Censorship - Part 59 Out of 200: Mentioning the Fact Alex Graveley Arrested and Charged for Strangulation in Texas is "Reckless" and "Malicious", According to His 'Hired Guns' in London
it was framed as "malicious"
Links 27/04/2026: Strikes, Corruption in Spain (Spanish PM Sanchez' Wife), and YouTuber Faces Jail Time
Links for the day
Gemini Links 27/04/2026: Gopher Catch-up, Year of Contentment, and Path to Freedom
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 26, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, April 26, 2026