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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 05, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. KDE Gear 26.04.2 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps
    KDE Gear 26.04.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 26.04 open-source software suite series with fixes for various KDE applications.

    New

  2. today's leftovers
    FOSS and BSD, GNU/Linux etc.
  3. Firefox Nightly and Tor Browser 15.0.15 Released
    Mozilla and more
  4. Debian Hacking and Canonical Promoting Slop
    Debian and derivatives
  5. Red Hat/Fedora: Majority is Still Marketing of Slop Plagiarism, Updates on AlmaLinux and Qubes
    Red Hat sells slop
  6. Board with GNU/Linux, DIY, Modding
    Open Hardware and more
  7. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  8. Standards: Against OOXML, GNOME Internationalization Progress
    OOXML is bad
  9. Application Releases: GNU Octave 11.2.0, Transmission 4.1.2, and Shotcut 26.6 Beta
    Applications etc.
  10. Growing Interest in Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty
    FSF and more
  11. Panic Over Privilege Escalation in Linux, Dr. Andrew Tridgell Starts Messing About With LLM Slop
    Security news, not a good trend
  12. Games: CachyOS, Godot, Fatekeeper, Everything is Gun!
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  13. today's howtos
    many more for today
  14. EasyOS: EasyOS Excalibur 7.3.8 and More EasyOS News
    EasyOS leftovers/latest news
  15. Blender 5.2 LTS Promises New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Beta Out Now
    Blender 5.2 LTS open-source 3D graphics software is now available for public beta testing with new Fill tool, new Thin Wall mode, new Sample Sound node, a new Bevel node, and many other changes.
  16. Android Leftovers
    Google Meet for Android Auto now rolling out widely
  17. Free Software Awards: Nominate a person or project by July 12
    There's no better way to show a member of the free software community that you appreciate their efforts than by nominating them for a Free Software Award
  18. I upgraded to Fedora 44 and one change made it immediately worth it
    Every version gets more stable and capable, and Fedora 44
  19. I finally learned Linux after 5 years of distro-hopping, and all it took was building a NAS
    If you've been meaning to learn Linux but never quite made it stick
  20. Faster, More Reliable [original]
    About 24 hours ago work was done on the network
  21. Leadership is Underrated [original]
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  22. Tails 7.8.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release to Fix Serious Security Vulnerabilities
    Tails 7.8.1 anonymous Linux distribution is now available for download with an updated kernel patched against recent security vulnerabilities, Tor 0.4.9.9, and other changes.
  23. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  24. GNU/Linux in Israel Nearing 10% "Market Share" Based on statCounter [original]
    It's hard to guess what to attribute this to
  25. Android Leftovers
    The closest thing to Pixel's Now Playing is already built into your Android phone
  26. Minimal distro MocaccinoOS 26.06 comes with KDE 6.6.5, the 6.18.33 kernel, more
    With new releases now moved to the MocaccinoOS SourceForge page
  27. 8 ways I optimize Zorin OS for peak performance - from a decades-long Linux user
    Like most Linux distributions, Zorin OS offers a lot
  28. Linux might never replace Windows, so Valve is putting it in your living room instead
    For as long as I've been using PCs and building them, the notion that the next year will finally be the Year of the Linux Desktop stubbornly refuses to die
  29. Exciting Week Next Week [original]
    Free software is becoming more mainstream
  30. This is how I'd learn Linux if I had to start all over again
    I've been using Linux exclusively on my workstation for almost four years now
  31. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  32. CalamaroOS – desktop Linux distribution
    CalamaroOS is a desktop Linux distribution that builds on Gentoo Stage 3 with systemd and aims to make Gentoo easier to install and use
  33. How to try out over 85 Linux distros, no installation required - with DistroSea
    This web-based Linux platform makes it easy to explore dozens of distributions
  34. Using Rhino Linux's new Lomiri snapshot took me back to the glory days of Unity
    Rhino Linux has always been a beautiful Linux distribution
  35. LWN coverage from the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit
    many new articles
  36. LWN on Slop in Linux and Openwashing
    2 new articles
  37. Today in Techrights
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    2110 /n/2026/05/28/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
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    2011 /n/2026/05/29/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    1990 /n/2026/05/28/BSD_and_GNU_Leftovers.shtml
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    1943 /n/2026/05/29/today_s_leftovers.shtml
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