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    Updates:

    1. Applications: TTT, Fooyin, and More
      Software news
    2. IBM Red Hat Pays Linux Foundation to Promote Slop Plagiarism or Coding With LLMs
      not good
    3. KeePassXC 2.8 Released with ARM64 and Wayland Auto-Type Support on Linux
      KeePassXC 2.8 open-source password manager is now available for download with Qt 6 port, Auto-Type support on Linux/Wayland, quick unlock on Linux, and many other changes.

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    1. Today in Techrights
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    2. Transmission 4.1.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes
      Transmission 4.1.4 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for the Qt client, GTK client, macOS Client, and Web client.
    3. OBS Studio 33 Officially Released with Many New Features and Improvements
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    4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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    5. FSF says "election integrity requires free software" and GNU nano 9.3 was released this week
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    6. Programming Leftovers
      Development picks
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      PostgreSQL leftovers
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      Security picks
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      Mozilla picks
    10. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pimoroni, and More
      Hardware picks
    11. BSD: OpenZFS, FreeBSD, BSD Now
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    12. ISTIO-SECURITY-2026-008 and New Releases of Istio (eMudhra Blunder)
      4 updates
    13. Games: Epic Slop, Retro Atari VCS, End of BioWare, and Steam
      4 picks
    14. Kernel: PwnEscape Poses VM Vulnerability, Newly Proposed Linux Filesystem Can Fix Corrupted Data, Linux Foundation Issues Face-Saving PR About Its Slopfest
      3 picks
    15. Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative Incompetence at Security: Leaks Hole Before It's Patched
      seriously
    16. Overclocking Support for Linux (AMD)
      kernel work
    17. today's howtos
      Instructionals/Technical posts
    18. Red Hat: PHP Patches and More
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    19. Red Hat Selling Microsoft, Slop, and Plagiarism Engines
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    20. Tux Machines Peaking Traffic-wise (or Growing Assuming It'll Carry on) [original]
      The year in visits
    21. Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features
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    22. Games: Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners, Steam Next Fest, and More
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    23. OpenSSL 4.1 Released with Support for DTLS 1.3, IKEV2 KDF, and GREASE
      OpenSSL 4.1 is now available for download with an alpha version adding support for DTLS 1.3, IKEV2 KDF, and GREASE, as well as other improvements.
    24. Growing Adoption of GNU/Linux is Delightful [original]
      Here in the United Kingdom, Clownflare now estimates that GNU/Linux is somewhere over 6%
    25. Android Leftovers
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    26. GridCraft is the open-source Excel clone for Linux I’ve been waiting for
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    27. Free and Open Source Software
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    30. Calibre 9.17 E-Book Manager Adds JPEG XL Support and Performance Improvements
      Calibre 9.17 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with support for JPEG XL images for e-book cover conversion, faster MOBI/AZW3/PDB conversion, and more.
    31. Fall of Windows [original]
      Microsoft Windows is not retaining the dominance it once had
    32. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles
    33. Shelly 3.1.9 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AUR Support
      Shelly 3.1.9 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with file migration support to RLPM, more reliable AUR builds, and other changes.

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