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    Updates:

    1. Epic Games Store Will Support Linux "Soon"
      many sources today
    2. Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is What’s New
      Linux kernel 7.2 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more.
    3. FSF Copycat "Software Freedom Conservancy" Makes Copycat FSF Award ("Award in Software Freedom"), Gives it to IBM Staff That Tried to Cancel FSF Founder
      as expected

    New:

    1. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles
    2. Mozilla Firefox 155 Enters Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect
      Firefox 155 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with support for Happy Eyeballs v3 for faster page loading and many other changes.
    3. Microsoft Lunduke Has Gone Nuts After COVID-19 Began [original]
      For a moment there you have to pause and wonder, is this a "Tech Journalist" or the Daily Stormer?
    4. VirtualBox 7.2.16 Improves Shared Clipboard in Wayland, Adds FRED Support
      VirtualBox 7.2.16 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with improvements to shared clipboard handling in Wayland, improved support for RHEL 9.8 kernels, and more.
    5. World's Second-Largest Economy Dumps Microsoft Windows, Citing National Security Concerns [original]
      It is hardly surprising that Windows is shedding off userbase all around the world
    6. Thunderbird 154 Open-Source Email Client Introduces an Optional System Tray Mode
      Mozilla Thunderbird 154 open-source email client is now available for download with an optional system tray mode, new context menus, as well as the usual bug and security fixes.
    7. GNU/Linux Leftovers
      BSD also
    8. Open Hardware/Modding: Radxa, Raspberry Pi, and More
      Hardware news
    9. Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development
      some takes from Debian Developers
    10. IBM Looks for Unpaid Testers, Sells Slop Plagiarism in redhat.com
      latest from Red Hat (IBM)
    11. VRAM Management in Linux 7.3 and 'DRM' in Linux 7.2
      kernel picks
    12. Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen, Best Software for GNU/Linux (Based on One Person's Experience)
      a pair of articles
    13. today's howtos
      Instructionals/Technical picks
    14. Free Software and Openwashing Leftovers
      mostly FOSS picks
    15. Web and Net Leftovers
      FTP and more
    16. GNU Project: GNU poke 5.0 released
      original and LWN
    17. Programming Leftovers
      Development related picks
    18. Security Leftovers
      Security incidents, patches, more
    19. These Are The 5 Most Popular Linux Distros In 2026
      when it comes to a Linux distro, everyone chooses one (especially their first one) for a variety of reasons
    20. Ubuntu’s App Center Issues, Canonical Helps Microsoft's User Retention in Windows
      a losing game
    21. Proprietary Software is About Marketing and Perception, They Don't Really Value Quality or Try to Truly (Genuinely) Serve Users [original]
      short new message
    22. Games: Orc Incremental, Quake Shareware, Sally Face 2, and More
      mostly from GamingOnLinux
    23. What Clownflare Says About Yemen's Adoption of GNU/Linux on Laptops/Desktops [original]
      Last month the media began paying attention to this global trend
    24. Android Leftovers
      Google rolling out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 9 for Pixel
    25. Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME
      They say never judge a book by its cover, and few do if said book is a dictionary
    26. Nebula Linux – Arch-based rolling release Linux distribution
      Nebula Linux is an Arch-based rolling release Linux distribution built around DankMaterialShell and the niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
    27. "Linux" Isn't Turning 35 Next Week [original]
      What many people call "Linux" started in the 1980s
    28. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
      This is free and open source software
    29. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles

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