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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 09, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. digiKam 9.0 Open-Source Photo Manager Released as a Massive Update

   digiKam 9.0 open-source professional photo manager is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements.

   New

2. HandBrake 1.11 Open-Source Video Transcoder Adds AMD VCN AV1 10-Bit Encoder

   HandBrake 1.11 was released today as a major update to this free and open-source video transcoder application for converting between a multitude of video file formats.

3. GNU and the AI reimplementations

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4. A Record Year for Tux Machines [original]

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5. The Tank [original]

   Maybe this coming summer we'll add some more fish to the group

6. CachyOS ISO Release for March 2026 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.6, Winboat, and More

   Today, the developers of the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution published a new ISO snapshot for March 2026, including the latest package updates, new features, and improvements.

7. GNOME is a Men's Club [original]

   Many women rightly learned to avoid GNOME, based on the project's track record

8. Android Leftovers

   My Wi-Fi kept dropping until I toggled this hidden Android setting

9. I'm a Linux bore now, so I used my new powers to resurrect a ten year-old laptop forgotten by Windows

   I pulled the old XPS laptop out of my wardrobe because I've started wearing cardigans and have therefore become a bit of a Linux bore

10. Best Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

11. This Week in KDE Apps

    New Glaxnimate release, source mode in Marknote and S3 support in Dolphin

12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards

    only 3 more stories for now

13. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    GNU/Linux links

14. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon, Going Linux, and This Week in Linux

    3 new episodes

15. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Nginx, "Web is bearable with RSS", and Firefox

    News about WWW

16. Algorithms, Data Visualization, R, and Literature

    programming leftovers

17. Databases: YottaDB, PostgreSQL, and More

    Database news

18. Open Hardware: Modding, Repairability, and More

    Hardware news

19. New default wallpaper for EasyOS 7.x and release of EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.2.1

    distro updates and release

20. Games: Payphone Go, GCompris, Valve, and More

    5 stories

21. Wine 11.4 Released

    now ready to download

22. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical picks

23. Android Leftovers

    I mapped my Android's volume buttons to do this and it's incredibly convenient

24. My Firefox for Android local build environment

    The Firefox for Android app has always had a complicated build process

25. Linux has an identity crisis—and it's holding back desktop PCs

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26. This is the best Linux distro for creative Windows refugees

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27. Best Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

28. Money isn’t going to solve the burnout problem

    While I’m definitely not opposed to giving people money for their FLOSS work

29. Service Under Maintenance 5 Days From Now [original]

    We don't expect any downtimes

30. The Birds Have Won [original]

    it's important to push back and stand for one's beliefs

31. Today in Techrights

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