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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 07, 2026

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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
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  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

China Says Goodbye to Microsoft
It is hardly surprising that Windows is shedding off userbase all around the world
Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers
Years ago they virtually removed support and tried chatbots instead
 
Laos Leaving GAFAM Behind, Gradually
Yesterday evening it was measured at 10% for GNU/Linux at one point
They Were Wrong All Along
Two women combined won't deliver a healthy baby in just 4.5 months
A "Tech Journalist" Would Not Cover Vote on LLMs as a Sex Issue
For a moment there you have to pause and wonder, is this a "Tech Journalist" or the Daily Stormer?
20,000 by Year's End
The "New Techrights" will have 20,000 pages by year's end
Last Night GNU/Linux Measured at 9% in Africa
Nighttimes in Africa are times when GNU/Linux usage on desktop/laptop devices typically surges, based on Clownflare [...] It changes in favour of GNU/Linux
Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Google Bait and Switch (Getting College People 'Hooked' on 'Cheap' Storage, Then Backups Gone), a "Question of E-mail"
Links for the day
Bluesky is in Trouble
Bluesky is a private company (unlike Bluesky Digital Assets Corp. in Toronto, that one runs a pyramid scheme!), so it's hard to know for sure just how much money it is losing
Links 18/08/2026: US Abandons South Korea, New Legal Disputes Over Slop Plagiarism in the Music Scene
Links for the day
Linux Losing Interest in Users' Freedom, Pursues DRM Instead
"Linux" is (or was, as GNU/Linux) meant to empower - not artificially restrict - the users
GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average
locals turn away from Windows and try GNU/Linux instead
IBM is Dead or Dying. Now It Asks Workers to 'Resign' Voluntarily.
To save face, to pretend no layoffs are happening (as it might alarm shareholders) [...] We keep hearing more and more stories like that
Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein"
Links for the day
SBS News Interviews Daniel Pocock
The locals say this PR stunt (by the bigot, Farage) was a waste of money
Clownflare Sees One in 7 Web Requests in Libya Originating From GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux has taken a (foot)hold there
Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech'
It's long, so make a cuppa first
SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt
they've always had a financial report by now
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 17, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, August 17, 2026
Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Solar Power, Kipple and Impermanence, Catastrophe Ethics
Links for the day
Less Technology, More Life
Technology is being associated (sometimes rightly) with physical and mental problems
Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse)
getting worse
Birthday in 80 Days
we'll start decorating and party online with our community
Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well.
Microsoft running out of money to pay salaries (to the point of paying people for 'voluntary' layoffs) is a positive sign?
Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop
Links for the day
Clown Storage Without Backups
Setting up several reliable copies of the data, plus several off-site backups (this data is nowhere as sensitive as medical data), should only cost a few grand
FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead
It has regular releases and "Qt5 is mandatory" now [...] they at least audit what they add
Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux
some of the "communist" nations
Links 17/08/2026: Myanmar’s Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic
Links for the day
GAFAM Loyalty Has Come to an End, Morale Low, People Whose Future is Uncertain Choose to Become "Lifers"
morale is low and there's no loyalty anymore
SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope
self-incriminating communications
Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux
Well, in Ireland it seems like many people adopted GNU/Linux
Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours
That right there is interesting in its own right
Slowing Down by Intention
At the moment we have 6 or 7 ongoing series
Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth
Links for the day
Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media"
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, August 16, 2026
A Vortex of Beacons (or "Bluetooth Everywhere" Vision)
If someone (or someones) calls you paranoid for taking about "beacon"-like functionality, there will be no lack of authoritative citations (e.g. Web links) they can be provided to prove them wrong
Falkland Islands: GNU/Linux Elevated to 6%
GNU/Linux usage seems to have increased a lot there
Links 16/08/2026: Reading Outside, Going Offline More, and Art of Computer Programming
Links for the day
The Question of Patience
Is there a lesson here somewhere?
IBM May be Sued for Mass Layoffs Via PIPs
Some whole threads (with all the long comments in them) recently got nuked by thelayoff.com
Links 16/08/2026: Ceuta Reports Social Control Media Used as a Weapon
Links for the day
Links 16/08/2026: Europe in Crisis of Droughts While Energy- and Water-Consuming, Pollution-Emitting Chatbots Are Spread by GAFAM (US) to Keep a Ponzi Scheme Going
Links for the day
GNU/Linux is a Platform for Work (Usage Surges in Daytime)
GNU/Linux 15% in daytime
We Need Rain, Not Chatbots
There's no "anti-AI" (it's not even AI), there's opposition to fraud, to plagiarism, and to companies that profit more when there's global warning (caused in part by their business activities)
SLAPP Censorship - Part 151 Out of 200: Dealing With Sleazy People and Companies That Steal (While Employing These Sleazy People)
we offer a quick summary and we're reflecting
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 15, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, August 15, 2026
Gemini Links 16/08/2026: Sterrenkijker Releases, Solar Gemini Server
Links for the day