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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 07, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Android Leftovers

   Android 17's Contact Picker is the privacy upgrade we needed years ago

2. antiX 26 is the Linux distro that makes a 2009 laptop feel faster than a modern Chromebook

   Linux distro explicitly built for older computers

3. 5 hard truths about switching to Linux that Windows users need to hear

   There’s a version of the Linux story where everything clicks—and you wonder how you ever used Windows

4. The 7 stages of becoming a real Linux user

   Linux has a weird way of pulling you deeper

5. South Africa: Windows Now Measured at 9%, an All-Time Low [original]

   Relatively speaking, Windows isn't used much to access Web sites there

6. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS makes it even easier to enable 10 years of security updates

   Canonical is adding Ubuntu Pro enrollment to the Welcome tool in the upcoming 26.04 LTS release

7. Free and Open Source Software

   This is free and open source software

8. Linux 6.6.133

   I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.133 kernel

9. Audiocasts, PostgreSQL, Ventoy and More

   today's leftovers (slow news)

10. GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: FunOS, OpenBSD, and IBM Stuff

    8 misc. links

11. Valnet on Moving to GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop, Making It Work Better

    a couple of new articles

12. KDE: Wayland, Falkon Connect, digiKam Splashscreen, and Updates on Oxygen and Air

    KDE development updates

13. Devices and Hackable Hardware With Linux

    some hardware projects/news

14. Free, Libre, Software for the Web: Feeding, QUIC, and ontent Management Systems (CMSs)

    4 more stories

15. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

16. Games: Steam Games, SteamOS, RPCS3, and Old DOS Games

    gaming picks

17. today's howtos

    many howtos

18. Linux 7.0-rc7

    No big surprises this week

19. KDE 4’s Air Theme Making a Comeback, Oxygen Gets Major Revamp for Plasma 6.7

    The Oxygen and Air themes from the KDE 4 desktop environment are making a major comeback with the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.7 release.

20. PeaZip 11.0 Archive Manager Speeds Up File Browsing and Enhances Bookmarks

    PeaZip 11.0 open-source archive manager is now available for download with faster archive browsing, enhanced bookmarks, internal drag and drop, and other changes. Here’s what’s new!

21. Android Leftovers

    Can An Android Tablet Replace Your Laptop?

22. Almost 7 Years of COVID [original]

    A community's maturity is a sign of strength and endurance

23. Let’s put an end to the speculation

    At the time, nobody could imagine that the companies that had supported OpenOffice.org until then would create a project to kill LibreOffice

24. Why I don't use Linux on my desktop PC

    Linux is a great operating system

25. Linux desktop environments are dying, and KDE and GNOME killed them

    Although the number of Linux Desktops has fluctuated over time

26. I switched my Linux terminal to Zsh and it’s the biggest productivity boost I’ve had in years

    My Linux terminal is one of the most important tools for my daily workflows

27. I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma 6 and I'm not going back to Ubuntu defaults

    When I installed and booted into Ubuntu GNOME

28. Bluefish 2.4.1 Released with Side-by-Side View & Improved Dark Mode

    Bluefish, the free open-source code editor for programmers and web developers, release new 2.4.1 version few days ago

29. Best Free and Open Source Software

    To provide an insight into the quality of software that’s available, we’ve compiled a list of the best free and open source Hyprland tools for screen capturing

30. Review: Origami Linux 2026.03

    I went into my trial with Origami being not only aware that I wouldn't appreciate aspects of the distribution

31. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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