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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 26, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. All Maintenance Done for Now [original]

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2. today's leftovers

   with focus on GNU/Linux

3. GNU and FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty

   Free software leftovers

4. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

   3 stories for today

5. Security Leftovers

   Security news for today

6. This Week in GNOME and Goblint Notes

   GNOME Desktop/GTK news

7. K Desktop Environment/KDE: Krita Monthly Report, Automatic Brightness in Plasma, and Qt No Contextless Connect

   Qt/KDE stuff

8. Web Browsers: Incognito Mode Myths Debunked, Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine, Configuring Firefox

   3 stories

9. Programming Leftovers

   Development news

10. Kernel Space: Ceph, Slop Thrown Into Linux Without Audits, Useful Code Abandoned Based on Unverified Bot 'Audits'

    Not a good trend

11. Fedora, Red Hat, and Flathub

    IBM stuff mostly

12. Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications: GrapheneOS, GNU/Linux Terminal in Android, and Apple Gimmicks

    3 stories for now

13. Fedora 44 New Release Date, Red Hat Pushing Slop, and Back Doors, and Microsoft (IBM Works for Microsoft)

    really bad trajectory

14. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical picks

15. Games: GNU/Linux on the Odin 2 Mini, MangoHud 0.8.3, and More

    mostly from GamingOnLinux

16. Android Leftovers

    Google Maps for Android Auto gets a subtle update that drivers will love

17. System76 Pangolin Pro is a 3.6 pound Linux laptop with a 16 inch screen and Ryzen AI 7 350

    The new System76 Pangolin Pro is a Linux laptop with a 16 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel

18. CachyOS is great, but you should also try these 4 other gaming-focused Linux distros

    If CachyOS is not your thing, there is no shortage of great alternatives

19. Ready to graduate from Linux Mint? These 3 distros are perfect for intermediate users

    Linux Mint is a great place to start—but at some point, it stops being enough

20. Free and Open Source Software, and Review

    This is free and open source software

21. Duff Linux – opinionated distro based on Void

    Duff Linux is an opinionated desktop Linux distribution based on dani-77’s d77void project

22. This Week in Plasma: fanciness in Discover and more power efficiency

    This week includes an interesting blend of improvements. Lots of visual stuff, so get ready for a ton of screenshots and screen recordings

23. Blacklist ntfs3 and use ntfs-3g for slower but stable experience

    Linux handles that. For all practical purposes, you can even create and format partitions as NTFS using any one of the Linux partitioning tools

24. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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