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Updated This Past Day

  1. Mission Center 1.2.0 Released
    a pair of articles
  2. IBM Fedora: We Forced 'Secure Boot' on Linux, Now It Discourages Dual-Booting [original]
    That is what they are trying to tell us and the companies that employ us
  3. Abusive Cults a Phenomenon Recognised by Formal Authorities [original]
    This matter is now being escalated to law firms

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  4. Getting More Political [original]
    Tomorrow we'll get some attention again
  5. Wayfire 0.11 Wayland Compositor Adds Better Fractional Scaling, HDR Rendering
    Wayfire 0.11 modular and extensible Wayland compositor is now available with better fractional scaling, HDR rendering, support for per-output ICC profiles, and more.
  6. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks
  7. Web and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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  8. Mozilla: Firefox Nightly and MozPhab 2.15.4 Released
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  9. Debian: Freexian, DebConf26, and Slopware Based on Debian
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  10. GUADEC, GNOME Shell Extensions, and Slop
    GNOME leftovers
  11. KDE: KIO Too Slow for Many Files, New Developer Hacking on KDE's Network Manager
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  12. Audiocasts/Shows: Michael Geist, Late Night Linux, and This Week in Linux
    3 new episodes
  13. Linux Kernel: Networking, Slop, and Holes
    4 picks
  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  15. Games: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Skate 3 Recomp 2.0, EmuDeck, Denuvo DRM, and More
    mostly from Liam Dawe
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: Orange Pi, ESP32, and More
    hardware news
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  18. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  19. Migrating a NAS from TrueNAS Core to vanilla FreeBSD, NTSYNC driver
    FreeBSD bits
  20. Pyramid Scheme Piggybacking Misnomer "Hey Hi" (Like "Crypto"), Now "Linux" Foundation (for "Linux" "Brand") and Openwashing
    Red Hat is fully subverted now
  21. Linux isn't your only escape route from Windows and macOS—here are 4 alternatives
    Most people who step outside of Windows and macOS assume Linux is the only alternative worth taking seriously
  22. Windows 11 ruined my old laptop, but this lightweight Linux distro brought it back to life
    Once I decided to try Zorin OS Lite, which promised to make the laptop feel snappy and light again
  23. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  24. OpenUK Wants Britain to Stop Giving Away Open Source Creations
    They point to MCP, built by two engineers in London, that ended up under US-based governance
  25. Improving Accessibility [original]
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  26. AI and Linux: a bit of ranting
    Rants follow
  27. Today in Techrights
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