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Winter is approaching and when winter is over our community turns 23 - COSMIC bans all AI-generated submissions because its maintainers were getting swamped
Whether 2026 will become the "year of Linux" is highly debatable, but one thing is objectively true... - LibreOffice 26.8.1 Open-Source Office Suite Released with 40 Bug Fixes
LibreOffice 26.8.1 open-source office suite is now available for download as the first point release to the LibreOffice 26.2 office suite series with 40 bug fixes. - Wine 11.19
The Wine development release 11.19 is now available - These are the 3 Linux distros I recommend to "tech-illiterate" people after 5 years of using Linux full-time
If you've heard people talking about Linux - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 4th, 2026
The 312th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending October 4th, 2026. - Darktable 5.6.2 Adds White Balance Presets for Leica SL3-P and Sony Alpha 7R VI
Darktable 5.6.2 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with white balance presets for Leica SL3-P and Sony Alpha 7R VI cameras, as well as various bug fixes. - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
Linux, FOSS, and more - Web Browsers/Servers: Orion for GNU/Linux, Slop Bots, and Kiwi TCMS Adoption
3 picks for today - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical picks - Games: Proton Experimental, Steam Frame, and More
gaming picks - KDE: Akademy 2026 and Kirigami Addons 1.15.0
KDE picks - Operating Systems: NetBSD, OpenSUSE, Qubes, and Ubuntu
4 picks - Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, FPGAs, OpenWrt vs OPNsense
hardware picks - Security Leftovers
Security picks - My unsupported Kindle runs Linux now, and it's more useful than when it was new
It runs Linux. It always has - These 4 powerful Linux features have no equivalent in Windows
Four Linux features in particular reflect design choices that Windows has never matched in the same way - These 6 operating systems inspired Windows and Linux, and one is probably running on your PC right now
Both systems have a rich history, and they both draw a lot of inspiration from operating systems of yore - Android Leftovers
Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 Released for Pixel Phones - Programming and Standards Leftovers
Development and more - Don't dare call corporate/state strategy a conspiracy - NO MORE!
They had spent the last year or so pushing discussion of things like systemd’s scope creep (among others) out of the regular support/topical forums for causing “flame wars” and being “off topic” - Best Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - LinuxTV – Debian-based Linux distribution designed for televisions
LinuxTV is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for computers connected to a television - KStars 3.8.5 Released
For Linux users, it's highly recommended to use the official KStars Flatpak hosted at Flathub - Stable kernels: Linux 7.2.9, Linux 6.18.55, Linux 6.12.112, Linux 6.6.158, Linux 6.1.189, Linux 5.15.222, and Linux 5.10.271
I'm announcing the release of the 7.2.9 kernel - Today in Techrights
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