Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 11, 2023

-

Updated This Past Day

  1. Why is Debian the way it is?
    Debian is a large, complex operating system
  2. Today in Techrights
    one day's articles
  3. Proton 8.0-4 Released with Support for More Windows Games on Linux
    Valve released today Proton 8.0-4 as the latest version of this open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components that enable Linux users to play Windows games.
  4. Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Introduction To The Series
    This is a multi-part blog looking at an Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC running Linux. In this series, we examine every aspect of this Mini PC in detail from a Linux perspective
  5. Software: Incus 0.1, Sweet Home 3D, and 14 Best Free and Open Source Linux Data Recovery Tools
    Free software coverage

    New

  6. Linux 6.5.7, 6.1.57, 5.15.135, 5.10.198, 5.4.258, 4.19.296, and 4.14.327
    Seven stable kernel updates
  7. GNOME is Planning to Drop X.Org. Is it too soon to bid farewell?
    Delve into the ongoing X.Org vs Wayland debate and the complexities of the balancing act to drop a two-decade-old software.
  8. Our Galileo release is delayed but here are the main changes you can expect
    Our latest refresh ISO, Cassini Nova R3, released in September was supposed to be the last one under the Cassini codename family
  9. Incus 0.1 has been released
    The Linux Containers team is very excited to announce the initial release of Incus
  10. today's leftovers
    3 more stories
  11. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5, Among or Admid Demise of "Desktop"
    Mostly SBCs
  12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links
  13. Programming Leftovers
    5 stories
  14. Android Leftovers
    We've spotted some serious deals on Android smartphones for Amazon's October Prime Day 2023
  15. 12 Best Free and Open Source Linux Document-Oriented Databases
    There is a good selection of Linux document-oriented databases that are available under an open source license
  16. Games: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Shilling Microsoft Mono, SteamOS 3.4.11 for Steam Deck is Out, and More
    11 new articles
  17. Android Leftovers
    Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are my top wireless earbuds pick for Android phones — here’s why
  18. Microsoft Waning in Operating Systems and Games, So What's Left?
    It's not clear what sort of future Microsoft has to it
  19. 8 Best Free and Open Source Ruby-Based Web Content Management Systems
    Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. They are all free and open source goodness
  20. Android’s Monolithic and Bloated Upgrades vs Purism’s Rolling Upgrades
    Fundamentally, all our Purism devices running PureOS receive regular updates to apps and the core OS the same way
  21. Plasma search, Baloo & exclude filters do not seem to work
    Baloo remains messy. If you look at the list, it's not even nicely ordered. You have, for instance, a bunch of CMake stuff in three separate places in the comma-delimited list

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXI - Techrights Was Right, So Why Was It Punished by Lawfare While the Culprits Walk Away Scot-free?
Techrights did a public service, cautioning about real risks to the public, but the people who caused the problems walk away scot-free
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXII - Still "Radio Silence" From "Restricted Boot" Perpetrators (After Techrights Proven Right Again)
Maybe when they sober up they'll say something...
 
Who Or What Are Security Professionals/Experts?
Companies like GAFAM are willing to tolerate cheaters because those companies themselves are cheats
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXIII - What Garrett Did Puts Elections at Risk (Also in His Own Country, Where a Dictator Trusts Only Machines That 'Support' Him)
UEFI 'security' is only as trustworthy as its ferocious boosters
Gemini Links 30/10/2026: RIP Patrick Stewart and Amp Integration
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 29, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, October 29, 2026
The Metric is Not the Mission
"Passing Thoughts" by Andy
More Than 5 Years Have Passed Since Official Release of Vista 11 and in the US It's Measured as Only 3 Times Bigger Than GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop
If mobile is culled from the statistics, then GNU/Linux is somewhere near 11%
It's About Intention, Not Attrition, at Microsoft
Microsoft does in fact aim to push many workers off the cliff
The Next 50 Years of Emacs (and GNU)
GNU's founder made the widely used editor, GNU Emacs
Links 29/10/2026: Microsoft-Connected and Funded Openwashing at FOSDEM, Tragedy in Spain
Links for the day
Gemini Links 29/10/2026: London, Worcestershire, and Robot Exclusion Protocol
Links for the day
The Register MS is Publishing Spam About "AI" for HP, Sponsored by HP, Even Composed by HP
Or "HPE" as they choose to call themselves (with the hype of "enterprise")
Links 29/10/2026: Anthropic Still Sued Over Copyright Infringement (Plagiarism Isn't "Training"), Elon Musk Openly Admits He Helps Putin Crush Ukraine
Links for the day
'Secure' Boot Is Not Secure, Here Are News Reports About the Latest Evidence
We'll be linking to this page in the future as evidence of the catastrophe
No, Microsoft Isn't Doing Well (It Has Struggled for a Long Time)
Microsoft isn't growing, the shares are a Ponzi scheme of sorts
What Makes Techrights a Community
Communities can accomplish a lot. They cannot be "bought" and "sold", they're based on trust, mutual respect, and shared ideology.
Linux Links 29/10/2026: Refractor Stargazing and Making Better Use of RAM in Linux
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Project Glasswing and PHP2Shell vulnerability
by Akira Urushibata
Turning Point for the Slop Industrialists
First, a lot of people who work on "hey hi" at Microsoft (no matter the buzzword or brand, e.g. "copilot") are impacted
Links 28/10/2026: Slop Bubble Pops in China, Rocky Linux Creator Becomes Slopper, Openwashing by the Slop Pushers Explained
Links for the day
Gemini Links 28/10/2026: Slop Plagiarism Considered a "Weapon", "Completely restored HTML interface to the Orbital Fox mailing list"
Links for the day
The Corrupted Corporate Media is Spinning Massive Microsoft Layoffs as "Investment in AI" Instead of Evidence That "AI" Nonsense is Catastrophic
Microsoft asking 30% of its staff to leave is a sign of bubble
Links 28/10/2026: "Rest of World Faces Prospect of Shutting Down" and Robert Reich Says "Musk Wants Me Imprisoned"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 28/10/2026: Cold Outside Again and Maths
Links for the day
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XX - Restricted and Moot, or How 'Secure Boot' Turns Out to be a Disaster (Again) This Week
It already has a history of breaking/bricking servers
100 Years of IBM Racism
GAFAM is not about "diversity" or "equity" or whatever. It's a greedy, money-making venture, even if they appoint CEOs of colour
Racism at Microsoft
Microsoft tribalism has an element to it aside from corporate allegiance
Intercontinental Brigading - Part IX - Literature About Malignant Narcissists in America Silencing the Press
There's a price for criticising abuses
Compelling Examiners at the European Patent Office to Fake "Growth" (in Patent Monopolies) Using Slop and Sloppy Processes
The agenda of management is likely illegal and the methods likewise
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 27, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, October 27, 2026