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- If You Want "Free as in Freedom", Then Follow the FSF [original]
Linux has possibly turned from high-profile GPL adopter to biggest GPL violator (by number of lines of code) - 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. - 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. - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - Torvalds Has Become 90% Marketing Hype or Slop Mascot [original]
At this point Torvalds spoils both his reputation and legacy - GNU/Linux, BSD and More Leftovers
mostly GNU/Linux - Security Leftovers
Security patches and incidents - Ruby Has Important Bugfix Releases
3 releases - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
FOSS and more - 512KB Club and the Lessons of eMudhra (CAs Are a Terrible Security Model When Centralised)
3 picks - Programming Leftovers
Development with PHP and more - Canonical/Ubuntu: GAFAM, Slop, and Learning to Install Ubuntu
4 stories - Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Fairbuds, and More
devices and gadgets - Red Hat/Fedora: Cockpit 370, Flathub Discourse is Now Read-only, Red Hat Promoting Slop Plagiarism and More
IBM's side of the universe - Planet OpenSUSE News Roundup and Tumbleweed's Review of the Week
OpenSUSE news/development updates - GNOME: This Week in GNOME and Shader Effects
pair of GNOME picks - Akademy and KDE: Desktop Icon BoF, Rounded Corners, Craft, and More
4 new picks - Linux Kernel: Bottlenecks, LLM Slop Contaminates Linux, Retroid Announces Mainline Linux Support, and More
kernel picks - Applications: Screen Recording Tools for Linux, diffoscope, and More
software leftovers - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical posts - Games: Epic is Now Slop, Linux Controller Support, and More
gaming picks - Games: Frightmare Bundle, Factorio 2.1, Bazzite Linux, and More
gaming leftovers - My top 5 Linux alternatives to Windows (none of them are Mint)
As a longtime Linux user, I'd recommend starting here if you're ready to leave Windows - 15 historic moments that shaped the Linux desktop we use today
Linux has come a long way from the days when getting a graphical desktop running could feel like a project of its own - Ubuntu is beating Fedora at it's own game, and I can't defend Fedora anymore
Fedora is known as the leading-edge Linux distro - Election integrity requires free software
A free country has the responsibility to make sure all of its citizens can be heard and that voting processes are transparent and fair - Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - Chamesle Linux – Void-based distribution
Chamesle is a rolling-release Linux distribution designed to provide a familiar and straightforward desktop experience - These Projects are Keeping X11 Dream Alive on Linux
The list covers desktops, X servers, and a Wayland-hosted X11 layer. Basically - Nura: Improvements in internationalization and localization
Although the changes are not yet fully merged in musl and Alpine - This Week in Plasma: Fixing All the Bugs, PiP, and Performance
This week, a familiar pattern played out: people upgraded to Plasma 6.8 and found all the bugs that nobody reported during the beta period - Kubuntu 26.04 upgrade on a 2014 laptop went superbly well
I am very, very happy. I can say that this is probably the pinnacle of my Linux experience in 2026 - A few engineers asked IT for Linux. Then it spread to 200 machines.
adding Omarchy and Linux Mint support to its roster - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - 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. - OBS Studio 33 Officially Released with Many New Features and Improvements
OBS Studio 33 open-source video recording and live streaming software is now available for download with support for newest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs for NVIDIA Audio Effects and Video Effects.
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