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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 17, 2026

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    Linux gaming has come a long way. Back in the days before Wine and Proton

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  2. openSUSE’s Agama 22 Installer Brings Usability and Accessibility Improvements
    openSUSE releases Agama 22 for Tumbleweed and Slowroll with a new Appearance tool that finally lets you configure the look of the web-based installer, redesigmed header and toolbar, and more.
  3. VirtualBox 7.2.10 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 7.1
    VirtualBox 7.2.10 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 7.1, extra fixes for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 kernel, and other changes.
  4. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux related stories
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security related picks
  7. Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Leftovers
    Software Freedom, FSF, and more
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  9. Web Browsers/Clients: Bloggers, Curl, and Firefox
    WWW related leftovers
  10. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
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  11. KDE: New Kirigami-Addon's Onboarding Module, KDE With X11 Available via SonicDE
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  12. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, LINUX Unplugged, and More
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  13. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  14. Red Hat Leftovers, Lots of Slop Promotion (Still)
    Red Hat's site mostly
  15. Slop, systemd, and dual-booting
    not so good
  16. Games: Godot 4.7 RC 3, Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, Easy Anti-Cheat (Rootkit), and More
    gaming picks
  17. EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.4 released
    Version 7.4 is a "milestone" release
  18. Mozilla Thunderbird 152 Email Client Updates GMail OAuth to Use PKCE
    Mozilla Thunderbird 152 open-source email client is now available for download with new features, improvements, and numerous bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
  19. Tux Machines Needs Readers' Help in Reporting Slopfarms or Sites That Fake Output Using LLMs [original]
    Rianne has long banned anything that's even touched by LLMs
  20. Games: Blood Dungeon, Stellaris: Nomads, SiN Reloaded, and More
    8 stories from GamingOnLinux
  21. Giada 1.5 Hardcore Loop Machine Adds New Tick-Based Audio Rendering Engine
    Giada 1.5 open-source minimalistic and hardcore music production software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and improvements.
  22. Valnet Leftovers
    KDE, Tablets, and More
  23. Games/Graphics and Running Windows Software/Games on GNU/Linux
    from Valnet
  24. I gave my old Chromebook new life by making it look like Windows 95 using the XFCE desktop environment
    via XDA
  25. Valnet on Containers, VMs, and Homelabs
    recent articles
  26. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  27. Still Prioritising the Activism [original]
    Tomorrow it is my "half birthday"
  28. Pivotal Day for tuxmachines.org [original]
    Today is a special day for us
  29. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  30. Feeding the Couple [original]
    Later today we'll make changes to the site
  31. Richard Stallman to Speak at 4PM in Erlangen, Germany [original]
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  32. Today in Techrights
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  33. Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 Promises Support for the Nothing Phone, Beta Out Now
    Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 enters public beta testing with support for Nothing Phone (1) and Zinwa Q25, the ability to adapt for device notches and rounded corners, improved web compatibility, and other changes.

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