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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 28, 2026

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Security Leftovers

Security related picks
Operating System Leftovers

BSD and SUSE
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

FOSS picks
Programming Leftovers

Development news
Canonical/Ubuntu: sudo-rs, Ubuntu’s App Center, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and NucBox

Canonical/Ubuntu leftovers
Open Hardware/Modding: 3D Printing, Raspberry Pi, and More

the hardware leftovers
Mixxx 2.5.6 Open-Source DJ App Improves Controller Mapping Support and Effects

Mixxx 2.5.6 open-source virtual DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with improvements to controller mappings and effects, as well as bug fixes.
Linux and so-called 'Linux' Foundation Leftovers

LF and more
FOSS Applications and News

Software leftovers
today's howtos

Instructionals/Technical picks
Fedora, Red Hat, and Oracle's Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2

RHEL and more
CIQ (Rocky Linux) Trying to Ride "Hey Hi" Hype Wave With x86

4 new picks
Games: Godot, Aethermancer, SteamRT3 Beta, and More

Some gaming news
Switching Switches [original]

Now back to normal
We Need Fewer Buildings, More Nature [original]

"Manchester’s new spy HQ"
No Social Control Media? No Problem. [original]

It's widely known and days ago a high-profile American court confirmed that Social Control Media is intentionally designed to be addictive
HaikuOS and Openwashing at Google

another pair of links
Server: eBPF, Kubernetes, and Slop

4 new picks
Canonical/Ubuntu Pushing Proprietary Software/Payware and Rust (Experimental Code Instead of Stable Code, in the Name of "Security")

Canonical/Ubuntu latest
Applications and HowTos

today's howtos
Programming Leftovers

Development picks
Android Leftovers

Android Auto is having a hard time recommending media
Tux Machines' Position on "Age Verification" in GNU/Linux [original]

It's not about protecting children
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
Calibre 9.6 Adds New Card-Based View of Full-Text Search Results with Book Covers

Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released Calibre 9.6 today as a hefty update of this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book management software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

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