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- KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment is now available for public beta testing with various new features, improvements, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new! - Torvalds on Slop and NVIDIA Kernel News
3 picks - Tackling Crime [original]
DDoS attacks are cyber crimes - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - Mozilla Firefox 159 Enters Public Beta Testing with Wayland Improvements
Firefox 159 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with Wayland improvements, better support for importing Google Chrome bookmarks, and other changes. - Ubuntu’s Myna Speech-to-Text App Is Now Available as a Technology Preview
Ubuntu’s Myna local speech-to-text application is now available for public testing on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.10. - October 2026 Microsoft Mass Layoffs and the Demise of Windows [original]
The US with its bizarre, treasonous flirtations (with Putin, the US President acts as if the problem is Ukraine, not Russia) will embolden Europe to dump Microsoft and Windows even more urgently - OpenSSH Ships on Every Mac, Linux Server and Windows PC. Its Creator Trusts No One.
OpenSSH creator Theo de Raadt was pushed out of NetBSD, lost a DARPA grant and fought half of open source. Now his paranoid code guards the world's servers. - The best thing about Debian is how old all of its software is
Debian’s old software is often discussed as its biggest weakness when compared to other distros - KDE Plasma is getting its own "safe mode," and it'll start appearing sometime in Q4
It's no secret that I love KDE - Proprietary Software, Windows TCO, Security, and More
more leftovers - Android Leftovers
Someone ported Pixel 11’s Rambler voice-to-text to other Android phones - Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” Is Slated for Release on April 22nd, 2027
Canonical’s next major Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex,” has been slated for release on April 22nd, 2027, and it’s expected to come with the GNOME 52 desktop environment and Linux kernel 7.6. - GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
mostly GNU/Linux - ScummVM 2026.4.0 is "Never-slop" (No Plagiarism by LLMs), GNU/Linux Has Better Software Than Windows
2 picks - New Releases: Kodi 22 RC1 and BleachBit Released 6.0.5 Beta
almost final - Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Abietec, Zymbit
Hardware picks - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical picks - Ubuntu doesn't care enough about desktop users, and Linux Mint is the proof
Ubuntu remains the most recognizable name in desktop Linux - Kernel: GPIO, /proc, AMD
Linux picks - Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon and Wonders of Web Weaving
2 new ones - Mozilla Firefox 158 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Mozilla Firefox 158 open-source web browser is now available for download with improved PDF handling, New Tab page updates, improved form filling in the Smart Window, and more. - Linux 7.3-rc7
Shortlog appended - How-To Geek: Linux Terminal and Linux Commands
The best Linux terminal isn't something you can download, you have to build it yourself like this - Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - Blunux – Arch-based Linux distribution with KDE Plasma
Blunux is an Arch-based Linux distribution designed to make Arch Linux accessible to newcomers while retaining the flexibility experienced users expect - Review: Abora OS 4.0 and Butterbian 0.5.0
Abora OS is a Linux distribution based on NixOS - ZOTAC CM5-PICO Fanless Industrial PC with Dual HDMI and M.2 Expansion
ZOTAC ships the system with Raspberry Pi OS based on Debian 13 and lists Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
FOSS and more - Programming Leftovers
Development picks - Stable kernels: Linux 7.2.10, and Linux 6.18.56
I'm announcing the release of the 7.2.10 kernel - Robert X Cringely Deserved More Recognition [original]
From what I can gather, almost nobody has mentioned the news of his passing except quips in social control media and his neighbour (Miller) - Going to London [original]
We'll go there again soon - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - North America: GNU/Linux Touches 21% This Weekend [original]
average of 14% "market share" for GNU/Linux this weekend - netsplit.de Back Up [original]
Self-hosting things isn't the simplest thing, but independence and autonomy is better than being a vassal
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