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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

The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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Links 09/10/2026: Stranded Busan Shark Still a 'Circus', Endangered Monkey Rescued, BBC Shells Out Money: Links for the day
The Register MS Sponsored to Hype Up "Datacenters" and "AI" (Bubble, Pyramid Scheme): "Sponsored by Cisco" with "AI" 26 times in this page
World Mental Health Day is Tomorrow and EPO Staff Talks About What the Job Does to Workers: In recent years we've written a great deal about mental health consideration in relation to work, with a focus on "IT"
You Definitely Do NOT Wish to Live Close to a Datacentre: put aside for a moment the noise, the pollution...
GGG Pot Calls the Kettle Black: "It means a situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares, and therefore is an example of psychological projection, or hypocrisy. Use of the expression to discredit or deflect a claim of wrongdoing by attacking the originator of the claim for their own similar behaviour (rather than acknowledging the guilt of both) is the tu quoque logical fallacy."
Production Freeze at the European Patent Office (Opposing Monarchy, Institutional Maladministration and Corruption): Eight reasons to participate
Links 10/10/2026: Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' Silencing Critics, "Data Centres are the New Front Line in the Russia-Ukraine War": Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 09, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, October 09, 2026
Gemini Links 10/10/2026: Optimism, Stargazing, "Life Without Smartphone", and Fairphone 4: Links for the day
Gemini Links 09/10/2026: Manifesto, Slop, Geminispace, and "Cryptography of the Internet": Links for the day
Betanews is Still a Slopfarm, Articles About "Linux" Are Fake and Plagiarism by LLMs: Cheaters and plagiarists aren't journalists; they're people who rip off and harm journalists
James Bottomley Has Promoted Microsoft-Controlled Restricted ('Secure') Boot, His Blog Has Just Been Cracked: Does this meet IBM's and Microsoft's standards for "distinguished" (in security)?
Links 09/10/2026: "Internet Archive to Demo Wayback Machine at Friday’s Uniqlo Street Festival", France Wages Censorship War via DNS: Links for the day
Controlled Opposition: The underlying concept is hardly new
More Stallmans: We need more Stallmans, we don't need to change Stallman
SUEPO Munich (EPO Staff Union in the Main Headquarters) Opposes Monarchy ('Cocaine King' Campinos), Plans Online Meeting Next Week: They may have about 1,000 workers joining in
GNU/Linux Flirts With 20% "Market Share" in North America Overnight: Who should we trust on GNU/Linux? Microsofters on an armchair or Cloudflare Radar?
New Site Makes the Case Against Adoption of Omarchy, But Focuses Almost Entirely on Politics: Let's examine what the page says and what points it focuses on
Brigading Against Women - Part XXIV - Nobody's Name is Unspeakable: Names are not sacred
Microsoft is in Trouble (With the Regime It Sponsored): It seems like Microsoft paying the existing regime/dictatorship wasn't enough
In the United Kingdom, Rising Cost of Hardware Benefits GNU/Linux: GNU/Linux rose from about 4% to almost 6% in one year
Japanese Targets of Cyber Breaches or Insider Threats: Japanese government bureau and major firms experience data breaches
Gemini Links 09/10/2026: Optimism, Stargazing, and Solar MiniServer: Links for the day
The Microsoft Ban Should Go Further (Telecommunications Cybersecurity and Resilience Act Incompatible With Back Doors): it's not difficult to see where to start
When Americans Export a 'Suicide Mission' to Other Continents: I worry that this culture of debt-taking and overconsumption is being spread from the US to Europe
The Register MS: "AI" Several Times in Same Headline, 31 Times in Page. The Register MS Was Paid to Do This.: The phenomenon is commercial (paid media), not scientific
The Outcome of Microsoft Ban Was Predictable: told you so
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 08, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, October 08, 2026
Gemini Links 08/10/2026: Economical Thrashing, How I Killed the Earth, and Thoughts on Gemini: Links for the day
Links 08/10/2026: Wikimedia Bemoans Chaffbot Slop (Bots Sold as 'Agents') That Sabotage It, ICC's Taliban Warrants: Links for the day
Links 08/10/2026: Slop Scammers (Pushers) Inflate Hosting Bills and "YouTube Testing Everything": Links for the day
The Register MS Helps Prove the "AI" Frenzy in the Media is Evidence of Compromised Media, Not Legitimate "Revolution": Ignore the hype and carry on
London Became Synonymous With the Royal Courts of Justice: London used to be a place where we go on holiday/retreat/break; nowadays we have only one destination there
Microsoft Insiders on "Effectively Being Silently Laid Off From Microsoft": People are laid off by the thousands without the media uttering a word or the companies confirming anything
Brigading Against Women - Part XXIII - Extremism in the Mix and Getting the Police Involved: In 2012 I was getting heckled a lot for opposing back doors in Linux; it has not stopped since
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 07, 2026: IRC logs for Wednesday, October 07, 2026