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  1. Software Freedom, a Japanese Perspective - Part IV: GNU/Linux at 3.2% [original]
    It was barely 1% not so long ago
  2. KDE Plasma 6.6.6 Released with Numerous Bug Fixes and Various Improvements
    KDE Plasma 6.6.6 is now available as the sixth and last maintenance update in the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series with a couple of improvements and numerous bug fixes.

    New

  3. OpenSSH 10.4 Released
    OpenSSH 10.4 is out

    New

  4. Switzerland: GNU/Linux All-Time Record [original]
    Maybe Switzerland can beat Argentina next
  5. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  6. postmarketOS in 2026-06: Plasma 6.7
    This June Plasma 6.7 was released and found its way into Alpine Linux and postmarketOS thanks to Bart who maintains KDE in both distros
  7. Proton 11 Officially Released with Support for More Games Running on Linux
    Proton 11 is now available with support for Breath of Fire IV, Unknown Faces, Gothic 1 Classic, X-Plane 12, and many other Windows games that are now playable on Linux.
  8. GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: ArchBang, Galactic Mandate Linux, and More
    some new releases included
  9. Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: Recent GNU/Linux Material in Invidious
    or via Invidious
  10. No Pain, No Glory [original]
    When we return home we'll be stronger and more active
  11. Recent Coverage About GNU/Linux and BSD in Valnet
    half a dozen more articles
  12. Raves About Docker Containers and Portainer
    a pair of articles
  13. Proxmox and Home Assistant OS 18.0 Coverage
    From Valnet only
  14. Raspberry Pi Projects: Storage and Other Uses
    a couple of recent articles
  15. Valnet Articles on GNU/Linux Games/Gaming
    Games picks
  16. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  18. Barry Kauler on EasyOS: Unmount-all-mounted-partitions bug and yff audio video utility version 3.1
    a couple of updates this week
  19. Games: Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Godot 4.8 Dev 1
    gaming picks
  20. Security Leftovers
    Security related picks
  21. Hardware Projects: ESP32 and More
    several new Linux-ish news picks
  22. Kernel Space or Linux News
    Kernel leftovers
  23. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  24. IBM Unix Lawsuit Back, IBM Red Hat Promotes LLM Slop and Other Slop
    IBM Red Hat leftovers
  25. Android Leftovers
    Your Android work profile is finally coming to Wear OS smartwatches
  26. Audiocasts/Shows: Dirk and Linus, LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and More
    episodes and more
  27. 4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone
    Android is based on Linux
  28. Free and Open Source Software, and Benchmark
    In this series, I put the BOSGAME mini PC through its paces from a Linux perspective
  29. GlouOS – Arch-based Linux distribution
    GlouOS is an Arch-based Linux distribution designed for gaming
  30. TUXEDO Computers Plans to Rebase TUXEDO OS on Debian Testing
    TUXEDO Computers is moving away from Ubuntu and plans to rebase their TUXEDO OS distribution on Debian GNU/Linux, but still using the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
  31. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    3 leftover stories
  32. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  33. Programming Leftovers
    Development with Python, Raku, and more
  34. Hardware: Linux Devices, Purism, and More
    a handful of picks
  35. Software Freedom, a Japanese Perspective - Part III: Proprietary Software Suboptimal [original]
    Free software does not have such artificial limitations
  36. New PostgreSQL Related Releases and Talks
    4 new PostgreSQL picks
  37. 7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier
    The Linux command line can seem impenetrable, with arcane instructions and a focus on text interfaces
  38. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  39. 5 tiny Linux tools I can't live or work without
    Linux has a wealth of applications
  40. Games: Mario Kart World, Microsoft Mass Layoffs, OpenRCT, DXVK, and More
    mostly from GamingOnLinux
  41. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-06-30 to 2026-07-06
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    978 /n/2025/07/23/KDE_Centric_KaOS_Goes_Qt5_Free_with_July_2025_Release_Adds_Plas.shtml
    915 /n/2026/06/22/Announcing_AnduinOS_2_0_Beta_The_Declarative_Revolution_and_the.shtml
    837 /n/2026/06/19/Latest_Raspberry_Pi_OS_Release_Is_Powered_by_Linux_Kernel_6_18_.shtml

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GNU/Linux in Brazil. The B in BRIC(S).
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Microsoft is Down
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