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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 29, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Audiocasts/Shows: Hackaday Podcast, Smashing Security, and Linux Age Checks

   Episodes for today and video of interest

2. SaaS/Back End/Databases: DNSDB, "SaaS is mostly dead", and Greenmask Releases

   server-centric news

   New

3. KaOS Linux 2026.03 Is Out with Linux 6.19, More systemd Components Removed

   KaOS Linux 2026.03 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.19, Niri 25.11 compositor, Noctalia 4.7 desktop shell, and more.

4. GIMP 3.2.2 Released with Various Improvements and UI/UX Updates

   GIMP 3.2.2 open-source image editor is now available for download with various improvements, bug fixes, and UI/UX updates.

5. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

   GNU/Linux mostly

6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

   Mozilla and more

7. Ubuntu Against Choice and Diversity, the Excuse Being 'Security'

   bad turn

8. New Debian Developers and Maintainers and Samuel Henrique on Curl

   Debian leftovers

9. Wikipedia Tarnished by Slop, Not Just 'Donations' From Rich People Who Control the Wiki

   Wikipedia woes, slop vs Open Access/Content

10. Programming Leftovers

    Development with Python and more

11. Fedora, Red Hat, and Slop

    mostly Red Hat's site

12. OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Review

    OpenSUSE news

13. Season of KDE 2026 Report on Lokalize and More

    KDE development

14. GNOME Desktop/GTK: This Week in GNOME, Gedit 50.0 Released, and Monitor Panel

    some GNOME updates

15. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers

    "I stopped using Snap" and more

16. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, SparkFun, 64-bit RISC-V, and More

    devices and gadgets

17. Samsung and Linux UI

    5 new picks

18. today's howtos

    from two domains only

19. Games: Visual Game Script Editor, Alien Deathstorm, and More

    mostly Liam's articles

20. Security Leftovers

    Security news with focus on Linux

21. SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More

    SystemRescue 13 live Linux system rescue toolkit is now available for download with the Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, new tools, and HiDPI improvements.

22. Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software

    Shows and clips via Invidious

23. Android Leftovers

    Android Auto has had a rough time lately, with yet another issue popping up

24. Even if you have 16GB of RAM, this one "compressed swap" trick makes Linux significantly smoother

    RAM swapping is a common tool your OS uses to free up RAM in occasions

25. This non-Chromium Linux browser can run Chrome, Firefox, and Safari extensions

    It can be really tough to settle on a browser if you're not a fan of Chromium, at least on Linux

26. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

27. Mageia 10 Art Voting

    With the release of the first version candidate planned for the coming weeks

28. LazyLinux – Void-based desktop Linux distribution with Xfce

    LazyLinux is a fully pre-configured Linux distribution originating from Hadrut, Armenia, built on top of Void Linux

29. Coyote Linux – security-focused distribution

    Coyote Linux is a security-focused Linux distribution designed to deliver firewall

30. Framework Becomes a KDE Patron

    Framework supports free open-source software and becomes KDE's latest patron

31. This Week in Plasma: Easier Microphone Sensitivity Adjustment

    This week saw a large variety of improvements in fields as diverse as better support for multi-screen and multi-GPU setups

32. Linux 6.12.79

    I'm announcing the release of the 6.12.79 kernel

33. ODF is the future, OOXML is the past

    Whenever a user, a government, a school or a business chooses the format in which to store and exchange its digital documents

34. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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