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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 16, 2023,
updated Dec 16, 2023

  1. Manjaro 23.1 “Vulcan” Is Available for Download with GNOME 45, Linux 6.6 LTS
    Manjaro Linux 23.1 is available for download as the first major update in the Manjaro Linux 23 series bringing a newer kernel, newer desktop environments, and updated components to the Arch Linux-based distro.
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    New

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  6. Programming Leftovers
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  7. 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey is Here
    The FreeBSD Core Team and the FreeBSD Foundation invite you to complete the 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey
  8. Open Hardware: Arduino, ESP32, and TinyML
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  9. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Cost of using Microsoft
  10. KDE Android apps porting update
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  11. Today in Techrights
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  12. KDE Plasma 6 for Mobile Devices Is Shaping Up Nicely with Support for Applets
    With the upcoming release of KDE Plasma 6 for the Linux desktop, the Plasma Mobile devs are working hard to bring the mobile version of Plasma on par with the Plasma 6 desktop environment.
  13. Microsoft's LinkedIn Knows Microsoft's Azure Sucks
    just like that
  14. Canonical/Ubuntu Pushing Proprietary Software and DRM
    Some DRM stuff
  15. today's howtos
    afternoon howtos
  16. KDE Frameworks 5.113 Released for Plasma 5 Users With Various Improvements
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  17. Android Leftovers
    A few weeks ago Mozilla announced that its Firefox web browser for Android would soon be gaining support for hundreds of additional extensions
  18. Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 'Vulcan' now available to download -- choose from GNOME, Plasma, and XFCE editions
    Code-named “Vulcan,” this version of the Linux-based operating system is chock full of enhancements and security improvements
  19. Pop!_OS 22.04 Welcomes PipeWire 1.0.0, COSMIC Desktop Evolves
    Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS now features Linux kernel 6.6.6, PipeWire 1.0.0, and Mesa 23.3.0. COSMIC desktop development is progressing rapidly
  20. Updated: GNOME Shell 45.2 Coming to Ubuntu 23.10 Soon
    The first point release to GNOME Shell 45 only hit Ubuntu 23.10 at the end of last month, and now a second one is already on its way
  21. This week in KDE: un-flashy important stability work
    Everyone kept hammering on the bugs this week
  22. EDATEC’s industrial PC builds on Raspberry Pi 5
    EDATEC indicates that the device supports various configurations of the Raspberry Pi OS
  23. KDE: Snaps, KDEneon, Debian and my future
    My holiday plans are to help the Debian KDE team with the KF6 packaging, On-going KDEneon efforts
  24. today's leftovers
    lots of Ubuntu
  25. today's leftovers
    4 links for now
  26. Mozilla Leftovers
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  27. Security Leftovers and Microsoft Abuse
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  28. Godot and Battleship
    2 links
  29. today's howtos
    3 howtos for now
  30. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS stories
  31. Linux Foundation Sponsored Fluff
    openwashing as usual
  32. Wine 9.0-rc2 Released
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  33. Plasma Mobile: tuned up to 6!
    Plasma 6 is coming together nicely on the desktop!
  34. Playing With Cat (to Assess Percentage of GNU/Linux Users) [original]
    GNU/Linux isn't spyware, so it's hard to tell how many people actively use it
  35. Security Leftover and More Windows TCO Stories
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  36. Proprietary Stuff and Linux
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  37. today's howtos
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  38. The Kernel of the Beast, 6.6.6, shambled into sight… briefly
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  39. Maharlika (aka Philippines) Gradually Exiting Microsoft and Windows [original]
    it seems like the digital colonialism is reaching its last days
  40. Today in Techrights
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