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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 07, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. In three days, Ubuntu 25.10 will reach end of life, upgrade now

   Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" will reach end of life on July 9, meaning it will no longer get security updates

2. A brand-new release of Hannah Montana Linux features a KDE Plasma 6 base and a lot of pink

   The Linux community is full of distro creativity. Some distros are created to solve a specific problem, while others are made for fun

3. Microsoft Layoffs Have Begun, News Coverage Misleading [original]

   The "official" numbers are Microsoft spin

4. Linux 7.2-rc2

   It's Sunday afternoon, and rc2 is out. Things look very normal - it's not a small rc2, but it's in line with recent releases, and slightly smaller than rc2 was in 7.1.

5. Software Freedom Day Plans Underway, New Zealand Has a "Digital Freedom Foundation" [original]

   The "SFD" is now 2 months away

6. BleachBit 6.0.2 Adds Support for Cleaning AI Models from Google Chrome

   BleachBit 6.0.2 open-source and free disk space cleaner, privacy manager, and computer system optimizer software is now available for download with new features and improvements.

   New

7. Software Freedom, a Japanese Perspective - Part II: Managers Who Don't Understand Code and Never Coded [original]

   Decision-making figures need to understand what they decide on

8. Android Leftovers

   My expensive earbuds sounded average until I changed one Android audio setting

9. Want to convince a Windows user to try Linux? Here's how I do it

   I've used Linux for 30 years. This is how I show Windows users what they're missing

10. I tested the top 5 Linux distros on DistroWatch—here’s how I rank them

    There are a ton of Linux distributions out there

11. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

    This is free and open source software

12. Kdenlive 26.04.3 released

    The last maintenance release of the 26.04 series is out

13. Another German State Swaps Microsoft for ‘Born in the EU’ Open Source

    The EU is slowly but surely going open source

14. I tested the new Claude Desktop on Linux - here's how it compares to rival apps

    Claude Code finally has an official Linux desktop app

15. In Finland, GNU/Linux and Android Surpass Windows [original]

    Windows at all-time low last month

16. listnr is an ActivityPub bridge for static blogs

    in 2012, hosting a comments section had already started being less rewarding than it used to be

17. FSF / Software Freedom News and GNU / Digital Sovereignty

    4 stories for now

18. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    5 misc. stories

19. KDE and Debian Leftovers

    4 overlapping stories

20. Proprietary Vendors Make Open Standards Look Broken and BitTorrent's History

    Standards news

21. Programming Leftovers

    Development, half a dozen picks

22. PostgreSQL-Related Releases and News

    Database picks

23. Ubuntu 25.10 EoL, Embrace of Slop by Canonical

    Canonical/Ubuntu leftovers

24. Games: DXVK, Ridiculous Space Battles, Rolisteam, and More

    gaming leftovers

25. Hardware: Slop, ESP32, and More

    Open Hardware/Modding for the most part

26. Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Emacs, and EasyOS Package Managers

    3 new videos/episodes

27. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical picks

28. Nature and Health, or How Not to Let Technology Ruin Your Life [original]

    Looking for balance

29. Android Leftovers

    I never use Gmail on Android without changing these 6 settings

30. Using Flatpak To Run A 1996 Version Of The GIMP On Modern Linux

    Although there’s probably no good reason to want to run image editing software from 1996 other than for nostalgia’s sake

31. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

32. In Norway, Google (Android/Linux) and Apple (iOS and OS X) Caught Up With Windows [original]

    To Norway, Microsoft is no longer so dominant

33. Review: FreeBSD 15.1 with an install-time desktop

    Back in December I reviewed FreeBSD 15.0

34. Europeans Beating South Americans [original]

    If England beats Norway, then it seems likely it'll play Argentina next

35. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

36. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 5th, 2026

    The 299th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending July 5th, 2026.

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