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Fighting for Software Freedom (Even in the Courtrooms) [original]

Fighting for freedom
Security Leftovers

Security picks
Godot 4.6.3 RC 1, Kdenlive 26.04.1, and More Leftovers

today's leftovers
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

FOSS picks for today, also standards
Mozilla: Thunderbird Contributor Spotlight on Bogomil Shopov and Data Collection at Mozilla

Mozilla picks
Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG): WordPress News and Three Years in on the 11ty Bundle

3 news items
GNU Projects: GNUtrition 0.33.0rc1, Free Software Directory Meeting, and More

GNU related news
Programming Leftovers

Development news
OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup Tumbleweed Development Report

SUSE/OpenSUSE leftovers
Red Hat Leftovers

mostly from Red Hat's official site
Open Hardware/Modding: Android, Linux, Arduino, and SBCs

hardware relates stories
Audiocasts/Shows: Hackaday Podcast and Emacs Chat

2 episodes
tooday's howtos

Instructionals/Technical stories
Linux Vulnerability Mitigations (Bugs With 'Brands', Premature Disclosures)

kernel holes talked about
Games: "How do you Pew?" and More

mostly from GamingOnLinux
PrismLinux 2026.05.05 sports a redesigned installer, the Linux kernel 7.0, more

While sporting a wide range of fixes and tweaks as usual
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
RuscaLinux – Debian-based Linux distribution optimized for Italian-speaking users

RuscaLinux is a Debian-based Linux distribution optimized for Italian-speaking users
This Week in Plasma: ICC profiles ❤ HDR

This week saw a lot of lower-level technical improvements made throughout Plasma’s software stack
Stable kernels: Linux 7.0.5, Linux 6.18.28, Linux 6.12.87, Linux 6.6.138, Linux 6.1.171, Linux 5.15.205, Linux 5.10.255, Linux 6.1.172, and Linux 5.15.206

I'm announcing the release of the 7.0.5 kernel
Cyber Show Going Static [original]

Maybe the future of the Web is static and lightweight
A Simple One-Click Mitigation for ‘Copy Fail’ and ‘Dirty Frag’ for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and Other Debian‑Based Distros

A trusted Debian dev turns scary new kernel bugs into a temporary one‑click fix until distros ship permanent patches
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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Links 09/05/2026: "Grand Theft Oil Futures" and Mass Layoffs at Verizon: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 09, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, May 09, 2026
Gemini Links 10/05/2026: Travelling to Van and "Dark Mode" as Passing Fad: Links for the day
IBM's Kyndryl Holdings Inc Sank 70-75% in 'Value' in 10 Months, Will IBM Follow?: Kyndryl Holdings Inc now has a debt considerably higher than this company is said to be 'worth'!
Belated Sovereignty: GNU/Linux in Iran Skyrockets to 6% Amid Armed Conflict: unless they're truly in control of their networks, hardware and software, somebody else can control them
Microsoft XBox Staff Know They're in Trouble, They Try to Unionise Ahead of Mass Layoffs: As the slang goes, it's going to be a "bloodbath"
Gemini Links 09/05/2026: Liberation, The Nocturnals, Rediscovering Internet Radio, and More: Links for the day
Links 09/05/2026: Kremlin’s Biggest Day of the Year and FBI's Attack on the Media (to Save Face): Links for the day
Google is "Bullshit": Fix your slop, Google. It's broken.
SLAPP Censorship - Part 71 Out of 200: 5RB Barristers Made Tens of Thousands of Pounds by Changing From Plural to Singular for Microsoft's Graveley and Garrett: Could not even get the client's name right
Gemini Links 09/05/2026: Inkscape "Copy Text Style" and NomadNet: Links for the day
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XVII - European Patent Office (EPO) Management Not Sharing Responsibility for Financial Resources: For those who wonder, EPO strikes are still going on
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 08, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, May 08, 2026
Gemini Links 08/05/2026: Slop Falsely Marketed to Greedy Administrators and New Official Maintainer of Antenna Confirmed: Links for the day
Links 08/05/2026: French Prosecutors Seek Charges Against MElon, Europe Wants Young People Without Skinnerboxes (Smartphones): Links for the day
2,000-4,000 More Layoffs Expected at IBM's Kyndryl, Some Say Over 10,000 Layoffs: They use euphemisms like "restructuring" or "rebalancing"
Social Control Media and GAFAM as National Security Threats (Domestically and More So Abroad): "Algorithms control messages, swayed 2024 presidential election"
Gemini Links 08/05/2026: Dissociated Pride and Prejudice, Smallnet Protocols Roundup: Links for the day
Links 08/05/2026: Slop Profiteer NVIDIA (and Circular Financing/Accounting Fraud Leader) May Be Liable for Mass Copyright Infringement, Kyndryl (IBM) Layoffs: Links for the day
Outgoing OSI Chief Was Paid by Microsoft to Advocate for GPL Violations (Using the OSI's Name). Now, Inside OIN, He Says GPL Violations Are 'Freedom'.: It seems like only compromised people can be "allowed" to run today's OSI
SLAPP Censorship - Part 70 Out of 200: Microsoft's Graveley Injunction Request 100% the Same as Garrett's (Pure 'Copy-paste', Not Even a Word or Single Character Changed!): Not so funny at all
Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux: There is a term for this: mission creep
Cloudflare is a Giant Pile of Debt, Now There Are Mass Layoffs and Media Coverage About This is Churnalism, Sometimes by Slopfarms (False Excuses): If Cloudflare goes under, it'll be great news
NDAs as a Price Tag on Criticism (or Honest Expressions of Opinion): What ever happened to accountability? Suppressed by reverse bribes (via NDAs)?
Internal Microsoft Communications Confirm: "Buyout" Offer Worse Than a Year's Salary and Microsoft Offers "Retirement" to Young People Who Cannot Retire: Does that sound like a good offer or marching orders?
It's Not a GAFAM World Anymore and There Are Far More Operating Systems Than Google's, Apple's, and Microsoft's: we're not getting the full picture of what's happening
Site Overhauls at Cybershow and at analognowhere.com (Less is More!): They seem to be replacing the heavy PHP backend with static HTML pages
Microsoft's XBox is Going Away Like Microsoft's Skype (Slowly But Surely, Then All at Once): XBox is dying rapidly
Codecs and Software Patents - Part IV - Things Got So Bad That Some Laptop Sales Got Banned in the EU (Over Software Patents!): If software patents lead to such severe outcomes, shouldn't the media pay closer attention to the problem?
The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XVI - EPO Had Data Breaches, Covered Them Up, Now Lectures Staff That Didn't Do It and Didn't Cover It Up: Imagine what would happen to staff if (non-anonymously) blowing the whistle on management leaking and then covering up EPO data breaches
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 07, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, May 07, 2026
Mass Layoffs at IBM's Kyndryl, Slop Won't Save Kyndryl: Kyndryl is a "done deal". It's done. It's finished.