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  1. GIMP @ Libre Graphics Meeting 2026
    The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is the annual meeting on Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) for graphics

    New

  2. Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26
    Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS distribution is now available for download with GNU Linux-libre 6.8 kernel, MATE 1.26 desktop environment, updated packages, and various improvements.
  3. Too Much LLM Slop About France and GNU/Linux [original]
    In Google News, about half the 'articles' we see about France moving to GNU/Linux are mindless slopfarms
  4. First Look at Shelly, a Modern Graphical Package Manager for Arch Linux
    Meet Shelly, a new package management tool for Arch Linux that aims to be more intuitive and user-friendly than what’s already on the market.
  5. today's leftovers
    Server and BSD picks
  6. Standards and Sharing Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  7. RSS, Web Development and Firefox Web Browser
    Web centric news
  8. PostgreSQL: Several New Releases and News
    PostgreSQL leftovers
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  10. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    Security leftovers
  11. Openwashing by Linux Foundation for Outsourced (Spied on, Compromised) Computing
    some promotional fluff
  12. Debian Reproducible Builds in March 2026 and Position on Privacy-Killing Pseudo-Verification of "Age"
    Debian leftovers
  13. Linux-centric Devices, Open Hardware, and Mobile Gadgets
    hardware leftovers
  14. OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Reviews
    OpenSUSE updates
  15. Slop in Kernel (Linux) and nftables
    Linux leftovers (kernel)
  16. EasyOS 7.2.4 and More EasyOS News/Developments
    EasyOS leftovers
  17. Red Hat, Fedora, and Qubes Leftovers
    IBM stuff, slop hype as well
  18. Ghostty in Ubuntu and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Security Features
    Ubuntu picks
  19. Little Snitch on GNU/Linux
    Little Snitch spreading
  20. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  21. This Week in GNOME and GitPulsar – a lightweight, GNOME-native Git GUI
    GNOME picks
  22. Akademy 2026 Call for Proposals, KDE in Graz
    Planning ahead
  23. Games: Humble Choice, Legendary, Godot, and More
    9 new stories from GamingOnLinux
  24. HowTo Geek (Valnet) Advocating Use of GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop
    3 new articles
  25. Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance
    4 articles
  26. I switched to Ghostty and discovered Linux terminals could actually be fun
    Recently, I decided to give other Linux terminal apps a try
  27. Android Leftovers
    Google Messages for Android rolls out Trash folder
  28. PeaZip 11.0.0 Released with Improved Larger Archives Browsing
    PeaZip, the free open-source file manager and archive utility, released new major 11.0.0 version few days ago
  29. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  30. Analyzing KDE Project Health With git!
    I was reading the latest edition of Kevin Ottens’ excellent weekly web review and one particular article caught my eye
  31. stillOS – Linux distribution
    stillOS is a Linux distribution aimed at making desktop Linux easier for mainstream users
  32. Season Of KDE 2026 Conclusion
    Another year, another successful Season Of KDE for 20 contributors
  33. Slimbook Executive report 13 - Reasonable, can be awesomer
    Not only that, probably the worst part of the whole story is that this Linux-flavored system used to work superbly, until it didn't
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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Microsoft 'Buyouts' Sound Just Like 60,000 Layoffs of 'Expensive' or More Experienced Staff ('Soft' Layoffs or Even Worse, Negligible Severance)
This is not a "gift" to staff, it's just a pink slip with a hundred dollar bill attached to it
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XVI - The Faustian Pact That Irritates Hired Guns is Still a Distraction From the Serious Harm Done by Their Clients to GNU/Linux Users (Notably Plagiarism and Back Doors)
We'd rather talk about the harms caused
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XV - Annualised Consequences for Opposing Microsoft Back Doors in Linux Since 2012
a roundup of what we got from GGG
In Reporting, Timing is Everything
If you keep calling people "paedophiles" when you yourself are connected to paedophiles (or are a paedophile), you're attracting a lot of unwanted attention to yourself
 
Links 26/10/2026: Microsoft Chaffbot "Building Detailed Psychological Profiles of Its Users", Man Executed for Childhood Offenses
Links for the day
Gemini Links 26/10/2026: Writing Down Dreams and "Sabbath as Resistance"
Links for the day
The Register MS Gets Rid of Disclosures About Paid-for Spam Regarding "AI", It Also Composes Fake News for the Sponsors
Selling away its credibility is known as "Sellout"
This is How Microsoft Ends (Over a Quarter of the Company Now on the Chopping Block)
Microsoft has quit pretending
Search Without Encryption for Legacy Systems (Permacomputing) and Full Backward Compatibility
At your own risk
Shift to the Lula (Left)
Lula is a friend of Free software and ODF
More Stories and Material Than We Can Publish
We're gaining or have amassed material faster than we manage to publish
European Patent Office Takes From the Poor to Give More to the Rich
The "pension schemes are overfunded at 120.5%"
Links 26/10/2026: China’s Communist Party Plenum and Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat
Links for the day
Links 25/10/2026: Microsoft Layoffs and Cuts, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wins Election
Links for the day
Gemini Links 26/10/2026: Brazilian Politics and Leaving Bear Blog
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, October 25, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, October 25, 2026
Another Form of Microsoft Silent Layoffs: Workers That 'Expire'
When the media becomes a lapdog, not a watchdog, false narratives gain traction
Carte Blanche for GPL Violations 4 Days Ago (by Torvalds)
Slop disclosure is no longer required for the Linux Kernel
There Are No Women That Are Kernel Developers Sent by Corporations Which Claim to Champion Diversity
As noted the other day
Sites with "Linux" in Their Name Cannot Slop and Retain Readers
if they write about "linux "(or "Linux") using LLMs they will be caught, then shunned
At Microsoft, the Silent Layoffs Impact Executives Also
Microsoft hid the real story of Helen Chiang
Linus Torvalds Defected to Enshittification
Linus Torvalds is betraying a generation of high(er) standards
Links 25/10/2026: TMZ Revisits Epstein's Connections to Bill Epsteingate, "Italy Hit by New Cost of Living Protests"
Links for the day
Microsoft’s Spin About Mass Layoffs and Shutdowns: They "Never Should Have Existed"
Microsoft-sponsored spin
It's Slop
Maybe we'll exclude It's Slop from our curation. It's a Linux Foundation outpost of sorts, an apologist of sloppy code and plagiarism.
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XIV - Six Years of Learning Irish, But the Real Issue Was Microsoft-controlled 'Secure' (Restricted) Boot
Had I not opposed back doors in Linux, not of this would come about
Gemini Links 25/10/2026: Moana (2026) and OpenBSD Updates
Links for the day
The Netherlands Fast to Adopt GNU/Linux, "Market Share" Rises to Two-Digit Value (on Desktops/Laptops)
It peaked at around 20% yesterday
DST Still Needs to Get Abolished
Get rid of DST, efficiency will improve and systems will become more reliable
PHP2Shell as Paid-for FUD Campaign (Intended to Help Sell Slop and Fake "Market Value" of Slop Pushers)
PHP2Shell considered overhyped [...] Remember all the paid-for hype regarding Mythos? What happened to all that?
Microsoft Sort of Tried to Sell XBox Piecewise (Offloading Microsoft)
XBox is in a morbid state
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, October 24, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, October 24, 2026
Gemini Links 24/10/2026: Arch Linux Journey and Amin Bandali's Priorities
Links for the day
Bluewashing as a Form of Silent Layoffs
IBM will continue to shed off loads of workers while its debt climbs
Turning 20 in 2 Weeks and Upcoming Network Maintenance
That ought not interrupt our anniversary
Microsoft Shutdowns Accelerating, More Shutdowns Revealed (Not Connected to Gaming)
Silent layoffs disguised as "voluntary" "exits"
Links 24/10/2026: Microsoft Blackmail and Lingering Unrest in France:
Links for the day
Gemini Links 24/10/2026: From Bendigo to Kerang, Enshittification of Radio and Music in the UK
Links for the day
Red Hat Sinks With the Blue (IBM) Ship
As IBM's debt continues to soar so do the silent layoffs
Linux is Not Controlled by Linus (Torvalds)
Torvalds has become "90% marketing hype"
The "No Pain No Gain" Expectations in Publishing
Sometimes truth hurts; but that does not mean it mustn't be told
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XIII - Censorship by All Means Available in a Continent So Far Away, as 'Secure' (Restricted, Restriction by Microsoft) Boot Has a Crisis of Legitimacy
it's about America controlling sites and computers everywhere
Links 24/10/2026: Oligarchs Already Buy US Elections, GAFAM Front Group "EFF" Speaks of "Vulnerability Apocalypse"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 24/10/2026: Automobile Differential Tire Movement, Samsung Washer Woe, and Slop Scraping
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 23, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, October 23, 2026