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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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