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Updated This Past Day

  1. Mesa 26.1 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
    Mesa 26.1 open-source graphics stack is now available for download with new features and improvements across all supported drivers. Here’s what’s new!
  2. Videos: Recent Shows and Clips About GNU/Linux
    Relayed via Invidious
  3. Inkscape 1.4.4 SVG Editor Released with a New Palette, Performance Improvements
    Inkscape 1.4.4 open-source SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) editor is now available for download with a new palette, performance improvements,and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    Freedom focus today
  5. Web Related News and Frameworks (Including RSS Raves)
    WWW centric news
  6. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks
  7. Updates on Development of EasyOS (Operating Systems Like Puppy)
    a couple of BK posts
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  9. Games: RPCS3 on PS5, Omarchy 3.7.0 for Gamers, and Review of Ink Inside
    gaming news
  10. KDE: Ojas Maheshwari on Font Subsetting and KeepSecret 1.1 Development/Release
    a couple of updates
  11. Open Hardware: Collabora, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware news
  12. Fedora Looking for Volunteers (Free IBM Labour), Red Hat is Still Mostly About Slop, Not GNU/Linux
    Fedora and Red Hat picks
  13. Mozilla: MozPhab Release, "Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web", Lobbying, and PerfCompare
    Mozilla views and news
  14. Security Leftovers
    Security-related news picks
  15. Proprietary Software and Windows TCO
    the bad/worse things
  16. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Some Other Shows, and Growing Issue of Slopcasts/Podslop
    Some shows and concerns
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical links
  18. Why Supercomputers Use Linux Instead Of Windows Or macOS
    If an OS can't be scaled or pivoted to a new task easily, then it's functionally an albatross around the neck that could bring down the project
  19. Android Leftovers
    Your Android TV has a one-click speed boost hiding in plain sight
  20. Thank you, on behalf of ODF
    Recently, The Document Foundation published an open letter to European citizens
  21. Latest Issues of Linux Magazine
    With partial paywall
  22. These free Linux apps made leaving Windows easier than I expected
    But after spending some time with Linux
  23. Linux on PS5 benchmarked, with PlayStation games impressing on Steam Machine alternative
    With a new exploit, Sony’s console can become a capable gaming PC. Using the PS5 on Linux hack
  24. This Linux distro that already rivals Windows 11 just got a significant performance boost
    CachyOS, the Arch-based Linux distribution, is enabling Python tail-call interpreter in order to improve performance significantly
  25. I tried 4 lightweight Linux distros on a 4GB laptop, and one surprised me
    While Linux has always been a bit friendlier toward lower-end hardware
  26. I run a full Linux desktop in Docker just because I can
    My goal was to run a full-fledged Linux desktop inside a container
  27. Steven Deobald: Apologies - The Everyone Environment
    I was too focused on the Foundation’s financial situation, and I did not take the time to fully understand what I was hearing from you all
  28. Games: Unity (Mono) Shipping Slop, Cropdeck, and Steam Controller Hype
    latest from GamingOnLinux
  29. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion
  30. ShivaOS – Fedora KDE-based Linux distribution designed for gaming
    ShivaOS is a Fedora KDE-based Linux distribution designed for gaming
  31. All Linux gamers should take the latest Bazzite release seriously - here's why
    Want the best possible out-of-the-box gaming experience on Linux

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  32. Network Maintenance This Coming Weekend [original]
    If it's hard to reach the site, that might be the reason
  33. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Get Ready for Increase in PIPs and RAs at IBM, Red Hat, and Other Companies Devoured by IBM
IBM's "market cap" has just fallen to 199 billion dollars and it has about 70 billion dollars in debt
Like Kyndryl, Multiple Securities Fraud Investigations Into IBM
Remember what happened to Kyndryl
Who Next After IBM? (Bubbles Don't Last Forever)
the demise of companies with "ai" in their name/domain
GNU/Linux Estimated at 8% "Market Share" Today (in statCounter)
Days ago it said 7.1%, then 7.3% or 7.4%
 
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 15, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, July 15, 2026
IBM Down to $211.20, the Market in General is Up
No recovery for IBM today
UEFI 'Secure Boot' Still Not Secure in 2026, New Holes (or Bypasses) Still Being Found
In 2026 there are still many people who call it "secure" and pretend to themselves that it is about security. It's not. It never was.
Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Lab 6, Retrospective 2, and "Getting Back Into Gemini"
Links for the day
Links 15/07/2026: "Gianni Infantino Under Fire" and "Todd Blanche's Record Raises Alarming Questions About the Future of the US DOJ"
Links for the day
Allegedly More IBM RAs (Mass Layoffs) Same Day the Stock Crashed
No paper trail, so it never happened, right?
Techrights Was Right: Microsoft's Layoffs Tally Was False, Far More People Are Being Sacked
"The Xbox Bloodbath Is Actually Way Bigger Than It Seems"
IBM Sinking to Lowest Levels Since 2024, But Will Any Executives Be Arrested for Securities Fraud?
52-week high of $332.46 and now down to $212.94
Microsoft Whistleblowers Say "The Entire Thing is Going to Fall Apart" and There Are "No Benefits" to Being Part of Microsoft
"Multiple sources, who chose to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal"
IBM's Crash Continues Today
Stocks go up and down, but they don't typically go down by over 25% in a single day
How Long Before GNU/Linux is Measured at 20% in Chad?
The main way to get people to adopt Vista 11 is to sell them a new PCs and in poor countries it happens a lot less
Making Techrights Faster Down Under (Australia and New Zealand)
there's more to life than speed
Strikes at the EPO Approved for the Rest of the Year, "€1,3 Billion Taken From Staff Income"
Intensity can be revised and increased over time
Focusing on What We Really Ought to Focus on
Today we'll focus mostly on EPO affairs
Violence is Not a Joke
"Police say Widdecombe killing was targeted but motive remains unclear"
How to Properly Measure the Performance of a Patent Office
A "contribution from staff [which] is published by SUEPO Munich."
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XIV - "Not One of Us" (How the Group Dubbed by EPO Insiders "Alicante Mafia" Pushes Out Talent, Replacing It With Friends)
misuses the EPO's budget like it is a fountain of money for his friends
LibreTech Collective Abandons Microsoft GitHub and All Other Proprietary Software
Each time a project eliminates control by a hostile party it stands to gain
Links 15/07/2026: US Regime "Cuts Two Utah National Monuments by More Than 90%", "Hormuz is Less Crucial Than It Was"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 15/07/2026: Old Computer Challenge, "Trial by Fire", LLM Slop Destroying Companies
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 14, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni Becomes Program Manager at the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Heshan's addition means that the FSF is growing after a solid financial year (best in years)
Michael McMahon Explains Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks on the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
The real solution is a curb on botnets. A mitigation strategy, however, would involve going static.
Matters of Public Safety
"Police say Ann Widdecombe killed in 'targeted attack' as motive investigated"
The Register MS and Its Promotional Microsoft Content
It's not too hard to see what the business model of The Register MS is
IBM: From $306 to $212 in 7 Days, IBM Won't Go Up More Than 50% to Where It Was at 'Peak Vapourware'
There's a limit to how much or how long a company can fake its performance and its potential [...] Early this morning a few insiders ("traders") cashed in on their "pump-n-dump"
Red Hat Staff Needs to Start Looking for the Next Job
Workers can conveniently lie or deny it to themselves, but waves of PIPs ("silent layoffs") will sweep over more and more units or teams as the company runs out of money to play with
IBM the Next Bear Stearns
IBM cannot recover if all it has to show is vapourware
IBM Stock Collapses and It's Only the Beginning
Will GAFAM soon follow and will any executives be arrested for the accounting fraud insiders have long cautioned about?
I'll Be Extremely Difficult for Microsoft to Sell Any XBox Consoles Now
Microsoft understands this
How Software Freedom Would Benefit Everybody
A society that denies control by greedy companies would do a disservice to monopolies and improve all services to citizens
Links 14/07/2026: Harsh But Also Fair Criticism of Hey Hi (AI) Slop, 'Open' AI Shuts Down Its Own Products as Funds Run Out
Links for the day
Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Old CD Binder and AWK
Links for the day
In Defence of Physical Tickets
Tickets are not some "app" and not some "code" on some "screen"
Microsoft Layoffs Not Limited to XBox (False Narrative in the Mainstream Media)
Microsoft is becoming less relevant and workforce reductions won't end any time soon
Links 14/07/2026: Plagiarism Spun as "Training", Zelensky Announces Leadership Shuffle
Links for the day
The Register MS Has Just Published "AI" Webspam That Mentions "AI" 54 Times. It Was Paid to Do This.
Who pays for all this "AI" hype or "buzz"?
Gemini Links 14/07/2026: Self-Advocacy Online; "The Internet Is Dead: How the Web Lost Its Human Soul"
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, July 13, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, July 13, 2026
Modern Technology Harms Women More Than Men (Because the 'Tech Bros' Who Dominate STEM Have a Poor View of Women)
“Privacy protects us from abuses by those in power, even if we're doing nothing wrong at the time of surveillance.”
Internet Relay Chat Trolls Are Not Expressing Opinions, They Are Saboteurs
For the record
Links 14/07/2026: "The Freedom of Information Act Is in Serious Trouble"; Irish Datacenters Use Up Almost 25% of Total Energy
Links for the day