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Updated This Past Day

  1. Kernel FUD and Revisionism
    poor jourrnalism

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  2. Vim 9.1 Text Editor Adds Smooth Scroll Support, New :defer Command, and More
    Vim, the open-source and highly configurable text editor, has been updated to version 9.1, a release that mainly fixes numerous bugs but also introduces a few new features and improvements.
  3. today's leftovers
    lawsuits, SUSE, and more
  4. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    IBM/Red Hat fluff and bluff
  5. Events and Organisations: CCC, FSF, and LF
    some chatter and updates
  6. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and ESP32
    3 stories for now
  7. New Video: Krita 5.2 Features!
    Ramon Miranda has published a new video on the Krita channel: Krita 5.2 Features
  8. Programming Leftovers
    various languages, raves, and reports
  9. PyCharm for GNU/Linux Users and How to Generate Random Numbers in Python
    Some Python stories
  10. Security Leftovers
    Many stories, inc. some breaches in the news
  11. WordPress Weaknesses and Last Month in WordPress
    2 bits of news about the widely-used Content Management Systems (CMS)
  12. This Week in GNOME #129 Hello 2024
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from December 29 to January 05
  13. Software Releases: pg_dbms_metadata v1.0.0, Istio 1.19.6, and Crosswords 0.3.12
    3 new releases of free software
  14. Applications/Software: News and Reviews, Misc. Articles
    browsers, FTP clients, and more
  15. today's howtos
    the remainder for today
  16. Wine 9.0-rc4
    The Wine development release 9.0-rc4 is now available.
  17. elementary OS 7 Updates and More OS 8 News
    We’re now shipping the latest GNOME Web which includes a new Tab Overview mode. Plus we’re shipping some updated icons for things like the animated downloads icon in the Headerbar and hardware access icons
  18. Android Leftovers
    5 Android apps you shouldn't miss this week and all the latest app news
  19. UNIX/GNU/Linux: FreeBSD, ZFS, and Bash
    technical leftovers
  20. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  21. Programming Leftovers
    coding-related news
  22. Mobile, Open Hardware, Raspberry Pi, and More
    leftovers about devices
  23. Debian and Canonical Leftovers
    only 3 stories for now
  24. Games: Proton 8.0-5, Steam Deck Milestone, and More
    7 stories by Liam Dawe
  25. MRD5165 Eagle Kit Targets Autonomous Aerial Robotics with Qualcomm Technology
    The company also mentions that the Eagle kit is pre-equipped with a comprehensive software suite, including Ubuntu Core and the ROS framework
  26. today's leftovers
    KDE, Mozilla and more
  27. Programming Leftovers
    R and more
  28. A glimpse at Fish and Wireshark updates
    a couple of new posts
  29. Security Leftovers
    FUD also (very long)
  30. Distributions and Operating Systems: Immutable GNU/Linux and Windows Alternatives
    two stories for now
  31. 14 of the best plugins and DAWs you can use on Linux
    We continue our adventure into the world of Linux-based music-making with a round-up of the best Linux-friendly software tools
  32. today's howtos
    mostly from yesterday
  33. Latest Issue of Linux Magazine
    partial paywall though
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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Linux Has Conquered Mobile, But Desktops and Laptops Matter More
When people say the desktop "doesn't matter" they seem to be missing the point that workplaces use desktops (or laptops) and a lot of the work gets done not on skinnerboxes but "workstations" or terminals
Brigading Against Women - Part VIII - Misogyny Embedded; Like Firm, Like Clients
It's about back doors
Microsoft Can PIP Workers (Silent Layoffs) Until Almost Nobody is Left
Microsoft is gradually vanishing
Tech Labeled "Smart" Does Not Make People Smart
People who insist on making everything digital are not advancing progress
 
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: A Source of Pride for Portugal?
In this part our focus returns to the main theme of this series, namely the current reappointment campaign of the EPO President, as we consider whether Campinos can still expect to enjoy the same level of support from the Portuguese political establishment as he did during the earlier stages of his career
Computers Freeze Because of UEFI Restricted Boot
damage is also done to computers running Windows
It is Very Expensive to Slow Down Techrights
Garrett's expensive hearing (costing the British taxpayers about 120,000 pounds; he doesn't live here and does not pay tax here) slowed us down for a few days, but we've picked up the pace since
Brigading Against Women - Part IX - "What Are You, a Racist?"
Because behind every strong man is a strong opinion?
Gemini Links 29/09/2026: "Digital Sabbath", Starting a GemCapsule, and Sterrenkijker 1.1.0
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 28, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, September 28, 2026
Chaos Imminent at Red Hat (This Week)
IBM is 'finishing the job' an ex-IBMer (Ron Hovsepian) did at Novell.
The Cyber Show Says Truth Always Requires a Fight, a Struggle
"Truth-tellers always face struggle and run risk"
Maladministration at the EPO as a Crisis for the EU and for Portugal's Image in Europe
Some time soon we'll publish a long article about what EPO leadership means to Portugal
3 Years of UK Hosting
We commend the webhost for standing firm in the face of misogyny
Gemini Links 28/09/2026: Truncated Sleep, Plain Text, and Slop Problem Kept Out of Geminispace
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Links 28/09/2026: "A Growing North Korea Problem" and Independent Journalism as a Lifeline
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Links 28/09/2026: Microsoft Chatbot "Giving Extremely Specific Advice to a School Shooter on How to Maximize Casualties", ‘Suicidal Empathy’
Links for the day
Microsoft's Attacks on Courts in the Netherlands Result in GNU/Linux Growing to About 10% There
One core issue that justified this and led to this outcome is Microsoft's interference with the administration of justice
They Create the Conditions for People to Leave, This Way They Don't Call it "Layoffs"
We keep seeing many stories like these
Gemini Links 28/09/2026: Wildfire, DOS, and Backups
Links for the day
Brigading Against Women - Part VII - 'Trolling' Courts and Legal Systems in America and in the UK (Europe) Costs a Lot to Taxpayers
They only attend hearings after being arrested
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The Portuguese Talent For Bureaucratic Empire Building
Portugal’s success in securing senior executive appointments at the EUIPO and the EPO is a notable example of how countries seek to strengthen their influence within European intergovernmental institutions
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
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IRC logs for Sunday, September 27, 2026
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Links for the day
Making This Site More Useful to More People
Search engines (as a concept) are under attack
Exposing Crimes of Americans (From the UK)
We must ensure UK prisons are never misused to punish/silence people who expose crimes in America
Spam and Chatbot Spam in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Maintaining one's own IRC network requires some housekeeping, but it's simpler than outsourcing to malicious companies
Search Engine of Techrights Improved for Better Signal-to-Noise Ratio
Our growing community needs more search facilities
Microsoft: We Love Layoffs, We Do Silent Layoffs, More Microsoft Projects/Teams/Studios Confirmed to be Shutting Down
XBox is dying. Piece by piece.
Brigading Against Women - Part VI - On Garrett and Lozza, Defamation, Attempts to Crack My Wife's Accounts, Social Engineering to Try to Take Sites Offline, Subscribing Us to Mountains of SPAM
tried swatting us
Links 27/09/2026: "Provost of Dartmouth Busted Using Hey Hi (AI) Slop for His Own Writing in Newspapers and Academic Journals" and "UK Government Enforcement Reform"
Links for the day
People and Sites Wish a Happy 43th Birthday to GNU (Today)
We've collected some examples
Dejan Panovski Outs linuxize.com as a Slopfarm, Another Site That Sold Out and Became LLM Garbage
From what we can gather, both images and text are slop
A Microsoft Lunduke OS (LCOS) is Not Even in Top 100 in DistroWatch, Microsoft Lunduke Just Games the Numbers Like Linspire Did (and Got 'Banned' for It)
Linspire used to send people to 'its' DistroWatch page to make the illusion of popularity
Links 27/09/2026: Microsoft Fired People a Day After Promotion, "Fragility of Online Journalism"
Links for the day
Brigading Against Women - Part V - SWATTING, Extortion Against Webhosts, and Lawfare Under Sworn Oath (Perjury Also)
Matthew Garrett has no qualm about still collaborating with Lozza
20 Years Later
There's a strong anti-democracy movement brewing in many places
Gemini Links 27/09/2026: Telescopes/Gskyer, Writing for Writing's Sake, and Writing Tools
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 26, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, September 26, 2026