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Security picks - Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7
Fedora Linux 45 distribution is now available for public beta testing powered by Linux kernel 7.2 and featuring the GNOME 51 desktop environment. Here’s what to expect from the final release. - Canonical/Ubuntu: Qualcomm Dragonwing, Stonking Stingray, and WSL Lies From a Microsoft Site Still Circulating
Ubuntu stories - Still Planning to Go to the Court of Appeal [original]
we might go to the Court of Appeal, one level below the Supreme Court - Watch Out for Fake Supporters of Freedom [original]
Their aim is to exclude - GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
GNOME 51 desktop environment is now available as a major release that introduces numerous new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new! - Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13
The migration would move accelerator control computers out of the Red Hat ecosystem - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - PipeWire 1.6.9 Improves Bluetooth, JACK, ALSA Plugin, Pulse Server, and More
PipeWire 1.6.9 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improved JACK object callbacks, improved passthrough format handling in audioconvert, and more. - HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.6 Drivers Add Support for More Printers
HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.6 drivers are now available for download with support for new HP printers. - Android Leftovers
I only use my phone in landscape mode, and this Android launcher respects my decision - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and More
FOSS leftovers for the most part - Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 4 Is Out for Public Testing with Linux 7.2
Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 4 is now available for public testing for early adopters and application developers. - LibreOffice and Euro-Office Picks
office suites leftovers - GNU/Linux and UNIX Leftovers
mostly GNU/Linux - Fedora, Flatpack, and GNOME
3 picks - FSF for Software Freedom, OSI for Openwashing and Slop (Plagiarism)
4 picks - Mozilla Leftovers
Mozilla picks - Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers
3 stories - Open Hardware/Modding: Fairphone, ESP32, and More
hardware leftovers - SUSE/OpenSUSE: Tumbleweed ARM and Real-Time Enterprise Linux
SUSE leftovers - FreeBSD, OpenSMTPD, and OpenBSD
BSD news - Slop in Linux and Linux 6.11 on an ESP32-S3
kernel picks - Applications: HPLIP and Nheko
pair of stories - Denuvo Lawsuit for DRM, GeForce NOW on GNU/Linux
Games and more - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical - LLM Slop is Ruining Projects Dealing With Sony Consoles
several reports - Best Free and Open Source Software
Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion - ACIAH-Linux – accessible Linux Mint-based distribution
ACIAH-Linux is a Linux distribution designed to make everyday computing easier for people who may find conventional desktop interfaces difficult to use - KDED refactoring Progress Update!
The past couple of weeks moved on to the other half of the editor work - Oxygen 6.8 – more polish for KDE’s classic theme
The big KDE Plasma 6.7 release ushered in the summer - Games: Big Break Showcase, SUPERHOT VR, and More
new from GamingOnLinux - IBM/Red Hat Promoting Kafka, OpenShift, Slop Plagiarism, and Fake Endorsements From "Gartner"
latest from redhat.com - Android Leftovers
Google rolling out Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 for Pixel - Stop avoiding the Linux terminal—here's how to actually get comfortable with it
If you're new to Linux, you might wonder whether you really need to use the terminal - You don't need a powerful PC for these 8 surprisingly useful Linux projects
Keep Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Alpine, and other installers on the server - Linux taught me these 5 commands first, and I barely use any of them anymore
When I started using Linux, I memorized several commands and used them so often that they became muscle memory - My favorite Linux distro has been overlooked for years—here's why I use it instead of Mint or Ubuntu
Whenever you start reading about the best Linux distros for beginners - LWN on Tiered-memory Systems and TCMalloc
a couple of pages outside paywall now - Programming Leftovers
Development and Rust (politics) - Best Free and Open Source Software, and Many More
Here are our recommended free and open source alternatives - Krita 5.3.4 Released!
Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.4 and 6.0.4, containing many bugfixes and improvements across the board - Today in Techrights
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