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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 18, 2023

Updated This Past Day

1. GNOME Foundation Welcomes Holly Million as Executive Director

   Holly holds a Master of Arts in Education from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Harvard University

2. Still Enhancing the Web Site

   we'll try to make further enhancements and improvements

3. Gemini Articles of Interest

   Gemini protocol posts and pages from the past day

4. Security and Windows TCO

   many links for today

5. Why Ubuntu 23.10 ISOs Have Been Temporarily Withdrawn

   Due to the hate speech found in some of the translations in the Ubuntu 23.10 desktop installer, the ISOs were withdrawn from the mirrors

6. Hummingboard 8P Edge AI SBC combines NXP i.MX 8M Plus SoC with Hailo-8 AI accelerator

   SolidRun provides a Linux BSP (Debian with buildroot or Yocto) for the board provided on an SD card that ships with the board and also available on GitHub

7. VirtualBox 7.0.12 Adds Initial Support for Linux 6.6 and openSUSE 15.5 Kernels

   Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.0.12 as another maintenance update in the latest VirtualBox 7.0 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software.

8. Jenny’s Daily Drivers: SerenityOS, And In Particular, Ladybird

   The OS is SerenityOS, which describes itself as “a love letter to ’90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core“

9. Ubuntu 23.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

   As part of today’s release of Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur), all the official Ubuntu flavors have been updated to the same version and, in this article, you can learn about their new features and improvements.

10. Programming Leftovers

    Qt, R, Python...

11. Decommissioning of the Mozilla Reps Program

    There is no easy way to do this without bits of sadness

12. Medevel's Review/Overview of Some Free Software

    Many new posts yesterday

13. MariaDB’s Bad Week: Layoffs and an End to Azure Support

    It's not a great week for MariaDB

    New

14. Android Leftovers

    Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (October 18)

15. Sparky 2023.10 Special Editions

    There are new iso images of Sparky 2023.10 Special Editions out there

16. 20 Best Free and Open Source Linux Chemistry Tools

    This article focuses on selecting the best open source software for chemistry

17. Back on the FOSS Force News Wire (Thanks, Christine!)

    In time for winter...

18. According to statCounter, Firefox Has Fallen to Market Share of Just 2.99%

    How did Mozilla get here and how does it plan to get out of the hole?

19. How to Autofill Data in LibreOffice Calc [Complete Guide]

    Learn how to autofill data in cells and columns in LibreOffice Calc sheet with different methods with examples.

20. Proprietary Technology and Openwashing

    Apple, Microsoft, and more

21. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Access/Content

    Mostly FOSS

22. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5, ScratchJr, and DIY Oscilloscope

    3 stories

23. Games: OpenRA, Steam Deck, Slay the Spire, and More

    Half a dozen posts from Liam Dawe

24. today's howtos

    afternoon howtos

25. Android Leftovers

    Android's upcoming "repair mode" will keep your data safe from snoopy techs

26. Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for October

    This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions

27. Meet ONLYOFFICE Docs v7.5: a built-in PDF editor, automatic hyphenation, Morph transitions and more

    ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, a free desktop application for Linux

28. Our Past is Still Bigger Than the Present

    This serves to show how important our old pages still are

29. The Symbiotic Relationship Between the BSDs and GNU/Linux Should be Protected, Not Challenged

    Microsoft's leaked documents have shown that one strategy at Microsoft is to split and incite those two "camps" against one another

30. ASEAN and GNU/Linux: A Closer Look at Borneo and Sumatra

    If people there choose to adopt GNU/Linux, it's less likely to do with cost-savings

31. They Attack the Old, the Ill, and Especially Women (Who Defend Themselves From Crimes Committed by Men)

    They even attack Dr. Stallman while he has cancer

32. Microsoft is Gradually Going Away, the Industry Needs a Freedom-Centric Rebirth

    Back in the 1970s (and early 80s) sharing of code was commonplace and acceptable, predating copyrights on code

33. Today in Techrights

    one day's articles

34. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers

    Xubuntu 23.10 Refines its Winning Formula... and more news

35. Server Leftovers

    How AlmaLinux stays Red Hat Enterprise Linux compatible without Red Hat code... and more

36. Open Hardware: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More

    Gadgets and such...

37. More Microsoft Layoffs, Microsoft Shares Fall, Investment in 'AI' Collapses

    Mostly Microsoft-related news

38. Apple Union-busting and Defects

    A pair of Apple stories

39. Linux Format and Linux Matters

    New magazine, new episode

40. today's howtos

    many howtos

41. Databases: New Release(s) of PgBouncer, and pg_yregress, and CloudNativePG

    postgres-related releases

42. WordPress 6.4 Release Candidate 1

    WordPress 6.4 RC1 is ready for download and testing

43. GNU/Linux Laptop Letdown: When OEM Largesse Runs Dry

    Today's post is about a subject near and dear to my heart: Laptops with Linux preinstalled

44. Voyager 23.10: A Polished GNOME Experience with Extra Flair

    Explore Voyager 23.10, the Ubuntu-based Linux distro with a sleek design and improved performance. Discover its unique features and what sets it apart.

45. Android Leftovers

    Xiaomi smartphones will now run ‘HyperOS,’ but it’s still Android

46. Want a simple, stable, and secure Linux distribution? Then SpiralLinux is for you

    SpiralLinux is the working person's Linux. Here's why you should give it a try

47. openSUSE Is Working On Its New Agama Installer

    Discover Agama: openSUSE’s ALP release’s next-gen installer

48. In India, Windows Market Share Fell to 14% This Month, the Lowest Share Ever

    This is the world's largest population, so Microsoft should be concerned

49. 'Big' Tech is a 'Big' Debt Bomb

    This won't end well when the debt ceiling is raised no more

50. On African Desktops/Laptops Windows Falls Below 2 in 3 and in All Client Types Windows is Just a Sixth of All Clients

    No wonder Microsoft has had so many waves of layoffs this year

51. today's leftovers

    Debian, Ubuntu, Mozilla, and more

52. Open Hardware: Arduino and Raspberry Pi Pico

    3 new projects or updates

53. Red Hat on Extended Master Secret Extension and Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange (VEX)

    Some new Red Hat blog posts

54. Programming Leftovers

    Raku and more

55. Security Leftovers

    News and incidents

56. Libre Arts - Weekly-ish recap — 16 October 2023

    Quite a few things happened since the last recap

57. Events and Videos: Free Software Directory, SteamOS, and Linux Kernel Report

    3 links

58. Malicious Mobsters Who Just Can't Let Go

    They have attempted all sorts of tactics and styles, but none of them are working

59. Releases of FisicaLab 0.4.0 and Kdenlive 23.08.2

    Two new releases

60. 8 Essential Free and Open Source Python Maths Tools

    They are all released under an open source license

61. Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Installing Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop

    This is a multi-part blog looking at the Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC running Linux

62. Ubuntu on Buzzwords, Volunteer Crave (Unpaid Worker), and Hardware Partnership

    3 stories/puff pieces

63. Debian-based MX Linux 23.1 now available for download

    Do you hate Mondays? Yeah, me too. Thankfully, we have some exciting Linux news on this particular Monday

64. Today in Techrights

    one day's articles

65. today's leftovers

    OpenBGPD 8.3 released and more

66. Programming Leftovers

    a dozen links regarding Python and more