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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 18, 2026

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  2. Tux Machines Gets Kudus From LibreTech at Georgia Tech [original]
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  3. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    GNU/Linux for the most part
  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and the Net
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  5. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, and More
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  6. Funding: Open Source Endowment and "How Does Open Source Software Get Funded?"
    a couple of articles about financing FOSS
  7. Programming Leftovers
    Development related news
  8. Security Leftovers
    Security parches and commentary
  9. GNU: Free Software Directory Meeting This Coming Friday and "GNU Health HIS server 5.0.6 patchset bundle released"
    GNU/FSF leftovers
  10. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More
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  11. Canonical/Ubuntu: Visuals, GPUs, Channel Partners and More
    Some Ubuntu leftovers
  12. Kernel Space: Snagboot v2.6, Slop NPUs, and a "Wayland-native RDP server for Linux"
    close to Linux (kernel)
  13. Games: SuperTux 0.7.0 Released, Mono (Trojan Horse), and "You're Underestimating Steam Deck's Powerful Desktop Mode"
    gaming picks
  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  15. IBM Red Bait Slop (Promoting Slop All the Time) and Fedora Leftovers
    mostly Fedora
  16. Debian: Freexian Collaborators' Reports, Debian Democracy Reduced to Sruthi Chandran or "None of the Above"
    Debian leftovers
  17. System76 Launches New COSMIC-Powered Thelio Mira High-Performance Linux PC
    Linux hardware vendor System76 launched today the next generation of the Thelio Mira Linux desktop computer, redesigned to boost performance and improve repairability.
  18. Day Began Well, Can Manchester City End It Equally Well? [original]
    On a bit of a tangent
  19. TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
    Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers launched today the AMD variant of the TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux laptop with an AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU and other upgrades.
  20. IBM Red Hat Helps NVIDIA's Circular Financing Ponzi Scheme Marketed as "Hey Hi Revolution" (Wasting Energy on Unproductive Plagiarism and Mostly Useless Outputs)
    really awful this time
  21. KDE Plasma 6.6.3 Makes KWin’s Screencasting Feature More Robust for PipeWire 1.6
    The KDE Project released KDE Plasma 6.6.3 today as the third maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.6 series of this popular desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions.
  22. Blender 5.1 Open-Source 3D Graphics Software Released with Many New Features
    Today, the Blender Foundation released Blender 5.1 as a major update of this powerful, free, open-source, and cross-platform 3D graphics software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
  23. Games: NVIDIA Slop, LEGO Machine, RPCS3, and More
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  24. Android Leftovers
    This Android handheld puts a new twist on console design — literally
  25. The Myth of Linux Optimization Tools, and Why You Really Don’t Need Them At All
    Unlike Windows, Linux is mostly fast and efficient, even if you are running it on older hardware like I am
  26. Why I love my new Linux window manager
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  27. Free and Open Source Software
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  28. nakeDeb – ultra-minimal Debian-based Linux distribution
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  29. Scheduled Maintenance Delayed Until Saturday Night [original]
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  30. Today in Techrights
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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    974 /n/2026/03/13/Bringing_Chrome_to_ARM64_GNU_Linux_Devices_Google_Chrome_Chromi.shtml
    973 /index.shtml
    938 /summary.shtml
    932 /n/2026/03/12/EndeavourOS_Titan_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_19_and_KDE_Plasm.shtml
    931 /n/2026/03/13/The_FSF_doesn_t_usually_sue_for_copyright_infringement_but_when.shtml

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