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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 03, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

    Updates:

    1. California’s Age Attestation Bill to Exclude Linux and All Open Source OSes
      California’s Digital Age Assurance Act will exempt open source operating systems and applications from its age-verification requirements.
    2. Mozilla: Excuses for Privacy Shortcomings, Servo, and Firefox Developer Experience
      Mozilla picks
    3. Kernel Space: Multikernel, BPF, and More
      Linux news
    4. Mozilla Firefox 155 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
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    5. Applications: Calibre 9.13, Dynamic Music Pill 1.3.0, NordVPN
      new releases and more
    6. Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” Released with Reproducible Builds, ARM64 Support
      Vanilla OS 3 “Reunion” is now available for download based on Debian GNU/Linux and powered by Linux kernel 7.1 and featuring the latest GNOME 50 desktop environment.

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    8. today's howtos
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    10. Fedora-Based Bazzite Linux Released, Red Hat Talks About Almost Nothing But LLM/Slop Plagiarism
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    11. Free Software, Web, and LibreOffice
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    13. IRC: FSF, Ubuntu, and BSDs
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    15. Security Patches and News
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    17. News About Debian-based Sparky and "Debian Has Fallen" as Slop Plagiarism Tolerated (for Volunteers to Assess Botspam)
      Debian leftovers
    18. Qt Group Drifting Away to LLM Plagiarism and Microsoft's Proprietary Spyware, a Non-free Mindset
      new from Qt
    19. Ubisoft Does Not Like GNU/Linux, Blocks Users (Despite Full Compatibility)
      DRM lovers wants rootkits
    20. Linux Besieged by LLM Plagiarism Engines That Clog Up the Development Pipeline, LWN Increases Fees After Persistent Problems With LLM Scrapers
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    21. Linux Kernel 7.1 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.2
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    27. Debian Crisis Due to Plagiarism 'Normalised' in Code [original]
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    30. Today in Techrights
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    31. Mozilla Thunderbird 155 Adds Custom OAuth Support for IMAP and SMTP Servers
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    32. Steam Client Now Supports HDR Streaming on Steam Deck OLED
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