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  1. Mozilla Firefox 119 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
    the Mozilla Firefox 119 open-source web browser is now available for download and it’s time to take a first look at its new features and improvements.
  2. KDE Frameworks 5.111 Is Out and KDE Plasma 6 Now Has a Release Schedule
    With a bit of delay, the KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 5.111 as the latest version of this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt that provide commonly needed functionality for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE software.
  3. Richard M. Stallman - Free Software and Your Freedom (October 2023 Talk)
    new talk
  4. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, LINUX Unplugged, and GNU World Order
    3 new episodes
  5. 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
  6. Front Page of Stallman.org Explains English: They is Plural
    Homer with axe

    New

  7. Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) and Large-scale Defamation Campaigns Remain an Issue
    Free software isn't perfect, but unlike Microsoft, it doesn't put back doors in everything
  8. Security Leftovers
    incidents and breaches (Windows)
  9. Android Leftovers
    Razer Edge review - a competent yet pricey Android handheld
  10. Fedora Linux 39 Release Delayed Due to Last-Minute Bugs
    Due to some last-minute bugs, Fedora 39, slated for release on October 24, is postponed with a new release date of October 31
  11. Errands is a simple and beautiful to-do list for Linux
    You might want to add this basic but effective to-do list app to your Linux desktop to keep track of all the things you have to do
  12. KDE Plasma 5.27.9, Bugfix Release for October
    Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.27.9
  13. Still Growing, Still Waddling the Waddle
    the site is blossoming, traffic has grown a lot lately
  14. Plants, process and parties: the Kubernetes 1.28 release interview
    Back in August, we welcomed the release of Kubernetes 1.28
  15. Software Freedom Day at sflc.in and Krita Art in Plérin, France
    Event-related news
  16. Linux Kernel Space and Graphics
    3 stories
  17. Tellico 3.5.2 Released
    with a few new features and fixes.
  18. Programming and HowTos
    Python and more
  19. Security Leftovers
    Bugs, breaches, and Windows TCO
  20. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5, Arduwatch, and More
    4 stories
  21. Games: Gratuitous Space, Proton, Steam, and More
    9 new stories
  22. Android Leftovers
    Google Keep on Android expands text formatting support to older notes
  23. DSOM-020R PX30 development board review – Unboxing, Benchmarks, and Zigbee gateway
    We’ll try installing the Ubuntu 16.04 image (the filename “DSOM-020R_img-debian_AV1.0.0.img” includes “debian” but that’s an Ubuntu image…)
  24. qBittorrent 4.6.0 Released with I2P Support
    qBittorrent 4.6.0 is here, boasting new features that will make your downloading experience smoother and more customizable.
  25. 7 Best Free and Open Source Console Based Network ‘top’ Tools
    Out of the myriad of utilities that are available for Linux
  26. Say Thank You during Fedora Appreciation Week 2023
    The Fedora DEI Team is thrilled to announce the return of Fedora Appreciation Week (FAW) for 2023
  27. Project blogs are now welcome on Planet GNOME
    Historically Planet GNOME is the go-to place for those interested in following up with the work of GNOME community members
  28. Today in Techrights
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  29. today's leftovers
    4 more stories
  30. Programming Leftovers
    Raku and more
  31. Linux Kernel: New Corporate Overloads and AMD Asks: Do You Need Ryzen Buzzword Support in Linux?
    Some kernel stuff
  32. Security Leftovers
    Breaches and Windows TCO
  33. Kubuntu 23.10 strikes a perfect balance of form and function
    The latest release of this official Ubuntu spin goes a long way to prove that KDE Plasma is one of the best desktop environments on the market
  34. FSF Event, Ubuntu at Events, and LibreOffice
    Some upcoming or past events
  35. today's howtos
    many howtos for the night
  36. Open Hardware: 3D Printing, Open Source BIOS for Intel 8088 Devices, Librem 5, and Linux-based PineTime
    4 new stories
  37. Media in San Francisco Discovers Microsoft's Imminent Divestment and Shrinkage
    For sure Microsoft will try to belittle or at least obfuscate what's happening
  38. Sharing is the Future
    CIOs must be daring
  39. New Record Today, Now Time to Rest
    And expectation of many more Microsoft layoffs soon
  40. Today in Techrights
    one day's articles
  41. Android Leftovers
    Best VPN for Android in 2023
  42. Windows in China: It Must be Alarming to Microsoft and Its Drug Dealer, Bill Gates
    Vista 11 is simply not growing in China, it's GNU/Linux that's growing
  43. Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
    This is a multi-part blog looking at an Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC running Linux
  44. What Sort of Sick Person Tries to Put a GNU/Linux News Site Down?
    The more you attack GNU/Linux, the stronger it will get
  45. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 22nd, 2023
    The 159th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on October 22nd, 2023.
  46. Moral Support for Richard Stallman From the FreeBSD Community
    Some of these comments may sound divisive and rude, but they echo what my wife and I experienced
  47. Chromium is Not Really Open, Chromium is Just Monoculture (and Firefox Has Given Up, Mozilla is Sponsored by the Chromium Company)
    ]usability and accessibility will go down the drain, imperiling the most vulnerable in society
  48. today's leftovers
    4 more assorted stories
  49. Security Leftovers
    4 stories for today
  50. today's howtos
    only 5 for now
  51. Linux 6.6-rc7
    almost there now
  52. Android Leftovers
    Google Keep rolls out text formatting on Android [U: Old notes]
  53. PeaZip 9.5 File Archiver Brings UI and Performance Improvements
    The latest PeaZip 9.5 archiver unveils heightened performance, a faster mode for archive browsing, and polished file manager functionalities
  54. Errands is a Top To-Do List App for Linux Users
    To get stuff done you need to get organised, and to-do apps can be an invaluable tool in helping you achieve that
  55. 9 Halloween/Spooky Desktop Wallpapers for Ubuntu
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  56. Keeping Things Simple Means Making Things Faster
    The static pages/site generator is simple and fast for now
  57. 8 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls
    The Command Line Interface (CLI) is a way of interacting with your computer
  58. Review: Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10 and Linux Mint 6 "Debian Edition"
    In the middle of October, Canonical published Ubuntu 23.10 and its herd of community editions soon followed
  59. qBittorrent 4.6 Released with Initial I2P Support, Torrent Tags Editing, and More
    qBittorrent 4.6 has been released today as a major update for this open-source, free, and cross-platform BitTorrent client written in Qt and available for GNU/Linux.
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