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  1. Mozilla Thunderbird 150 Brings Support for Generating Unobtrusive Signatures
    Mozilla Thunderbird 150 open-source email client is now available for download with support for generating unobtrusive signatures for OpenGPG, Account Hub improvements, and many other changes.
  2. Framework Announces Framework Laptop 13 Pro with Touchscreen Display
    Framework Laptop 13 Pro has been announced today by Framework Computer as a Linux-first notebook with a touchscreen display.
  3. The French Wave [original]
    Proponents or advocates can take the back seat and let employees do the "heavy lifting" (ripping apart Windows)
  4. Colorado Age Attestation Bill May Exclude Open Source OSes and Apps
    System76 CEO Carl Richell confirms that the upcoming Colorado age attestation bill may exclude Open Source OSes and apps, as well as popular code repos and containers.
  5. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux news leftovers
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Education, Digital Sovereignty, Open Data, and Standards
    FOSS and more
  7. Release of LibreSSL 4.3.1 and of Maestro 1.0.0
    2 new releases
  8. Linux Graphics Painted as Political, Collabora "Accelerating OpenXR at XR Expo 2026"
    Graphics news
  9. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi
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  10. EasyOS: Keyboard Layouts and ROX-Filer Improvements
    Distribution not many people know
  11. Games: History of SuperTuxKart, Denuvo Versus GNU/Linux, and Gaming Consoles
    gaming news
  12. Applications: Kookbook 0.3.0, KDE Applications Snaps, Git 2.54.0, and More
    4 software updates and such
  13. today's howtos
    only a handful for now
  14. VirtualBox 7.2.8 Released with Support for Linux 7.0, Guest Time Accounting
    VirtualBox 7.2.8 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 7.0, guest time accounting, and many other Linux changes.
  15. Applications: Parabolic Video Downloader, Pods, and cpuidle
    Software releases and more
  16. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  17. Kernel: Linux PTP Story and Linux 7.1 Becoming More Windows-Like
    Linux 7.1 and more
  18. LibreOffice: Vissarion Fisikopoulos, Ravi Dwivedi at LibreOffice Conference, and LibreOffice Asia Conf 2025
    LibreOffice news
  19. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  20. Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers
    Mozilla and more
  21. Open Hardware/Modding: SendspinZero, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  22. Red Hat Leftovers
    buzzwords and more
  23. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  24. GNU Projects: coreutils 9.11 and GNU Health GTK client 5.0.2 released
    two new releases
  25. Android Leftovers
    Having trouble joining the Android 17 Beta? This might be why
  26. Ubuntu 26.04 will block your upgrade on Thursday if your containers still use cgroup v1
    There are a lot of reasons why I like Linux, and one of my faves is how it respects legacy hardware
  27. Games: FEX, Crusader Kings III, Sharp Shooters Humble Bundle, Playnix, and More
    latest from GamingOnLinux
  28. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  30. Archinstall 4.3 Arch Linux Installer Adds Support for Installing Additional Fonts
    Archinstall 4.3 text-mode installer for the Arch Linux distribution is now available with support for installing additional fonts, as well as other changes and bug fixes.

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