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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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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 26, 2026: IRC logs for Sunday, April 26, 2026
Journalistic Malpractice: Helping Microsoft Paint 'Voluntary' Layoffs (Before PIPs) as "Buyouts": What does this tell us about today's media?
The Man IBMers Regard or Already See as Likely Successor of Krishna (or Next CEO of IBM) is a Slop Fanatic: How dangerously misguided
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part VI - Management of the European Patent Office (EPO) Covered Up Cocaine Use, Even Colleagues Not Informed: the self-described "fu--ing president"
Who Controls Fedora? IBM and GAFAM.: Don't for a moment believe that IBM understands GNU/Linux. We are quite certain nobody in IBM's Board of Directors uses it.
State of Slop About GNU/Linux: As the incentive to publish is reduced (competing with slop is no fun), the effort/money invested in stories goes down
Links 26/04/2026: Korean Inflation, GLP-1 Drugs Linked to Cognitive Impairment, Lithuania's Public Broadcaster LRT Besieged: Links for the day
Hopefully Smooth Sailing in OS Upgrade: There are some contingencies at hand
Links 25/04/2026: "Horrible Economics of AI Are Starting to Come Crashing Down", More Restrictions Placed on Social Control Media: Links for the day
Getting Aggressive Suggestive of Loss - Part IV - Shutting Down My Existence: Would anyone out there tolerate such messages sent from burner accounts?
Gemini Links 26/04/2026: Gemini Movie Database (or GeminiMDB) and Star Trek III: Links for the day
Weeks Before Linux Removed Over 100,000 Lines of Code Due to Slop 'Bug Reports' Microsoft Paid 'Linux' Foundation to Advance Slop in the Name of 'Security': What can possible go wrong? Both for security and for stability.
Tracking Ages of People: To stay "safe" tell us your age
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 25, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, April 25, 2026
"A single witness shall not rise up against a person regarding any wrongdoing or any sin that he commits; on the testimony of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed." (Deuteronomy 19-21): The spouse of Garrett repeatedly points out that Garrett can barely code or can only do so very poorly
Rust People Sabotage Stability for the Sake of a Falsely-Promised 'Security': Set aside severe performance issues, poor handling of "edge cases", general bugs, lack of compatibility, and even crashes
SLAPP Censorship - Part 57 Out of 200: 5RB and Brett Wilson LLP Made the Garrett and Graveley Particulars of Claims a Lot Like Photocopies!: They seem very much irritated that I speak about this
Huge Strike at the European Patent Office (EPO) This Coming Friday (May 1st): International Worker’s day
Links 25/04/2026: Nokia Wins Embargo in Kangaroo Court Where Judges Are Salaried Nokia Staff (UPC), Allison Pearson Defamation Case (UK) Succeeds, Smokey Robinson and "Puff Daddy" (US) Fail: Links for the day
Gemini Links 25/04/2026: Weekly Echoes, Gemtext Tables, and Using Offpunk: Links for the day
Corporate Media Did Not Specify What Microsoft Means by "Buyouts" (Layoffs), It May Be Hardly Different From Severance: Time will tell, but investigative journalism hardly exists anymore, so we won't hold our breath
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part V - "Diversity" and "Inclusion" at EPO Means Sleeping With Sister of "Cocaine Communication Manager" and Making Them Millionaires: Remember that top applicants or key stakeholders of the EPO are already complaining about a lack of quality
Links 25/04/2026: Fake GAFAM Valuations (Gripping the Market Based on False Accounting), "Evidence Isn't Just for Research", and "Putin Defends Mobile Internet Outages": Links for the day
Dr. Andy Farnell on Why Calling Slop or Chaff "Hey Hi" (AI) Harm Us All, Except for "Ten or Twenty Rich Industrialists": "words to avoid"
Internet Trolls Likely Trying to Distract From the Demise of IBM, Problems With Red Hat: there seems to be trolling online aimed at suppressing discussion
Debian Upgrade Coming Up (Soon): Yesterday we contacted the datacentre staff about it
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 24, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, April 24, 2026
Gemini Links 25/04/2026: 3.4k+ Capsules, Microsoft Layoffs, Call for Nuclear Disarmament, "Internet is Sad and Lonely": Links for the day