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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 19, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Open Hardware and Linux Gadgets
    Raspberry Pi, RP2040, and More
  2. today's howtos
    mostly linuxmadesimple from the past week

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  3. Mozilla Firefox 124 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
    The Mozilla Firefox 124 open-source and cross-platform web browser is now available for download ahead of its official unveiling on March 19th, 2024, so it’s time to take a closer look at the new features and improvements.
  4. LibreELEC (Omega) 12 Beta1
    LibreELEC 12 Beta1 has released, bringing Kodi (Omega) v21.0.
  5. 4MLinux 45.0 Released with Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS, New Printing Drivers
    Zbigniew Konojacki announced the release and general availability of 4MLinux 45.0 as a new stable and major release of his independent GNU/Linux distribution using the lightweight JWM (Joe’s Window Manager) graphical environment.
  6. Remi Pi is a compact, low-cost SBC powered by a Renesas RZ/G2L Cortex-A55/M33 SoC
    MYiR Tech provides a Linux 5.10.83-based image built with the Yocto Project and plans to release Ubuntu and Debian images soon along with open-source drivers
  7. today's leftovers
    a mix of news
  8. Kernel: EasyOS and More
    3 Linux articles
  9. VKD3D-Proton version 2.12
    new release
  10. Programming Leftovers
    coding links
  11. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 17th, 2024
    The 179th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on March 17th, 2024.
  12. You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.8 on Ubuntu, Here’s How
    Linux 6.8 is now the latest stable kernel and Ubuntu users can now install it on their machines via Canonical’s Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive.
  13. today's howtos
    some morning howtos
  14. GNU Octave 9.1.0 Released
    GNU Octave version 9.1.0 has been released and is now available for download
  15. Some Raspberry Pi 5 boards can be overclocked up to 3.14 GHz (and run just fine)
    The Raspberry Pi 5 is advertised as a single board computer with a CPU clocked up to 2.4 GHz
  16. Android Leftovers
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip launched for flagship Android devices
  17. Test improvement – More and better tests for LibreOffice
    One of the areas that can help LibreOffice
  18. How to Connect your mobile phone to Linux Mint with KDE Connect – Linux Mint 21.3 edition
    I will explain what KDE Connect is and show the process of how to install and set up KDE Connect in Linux Mint
  19. 8 Best Free and Open Source OCR Systems
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion
  20. Pin It! – pin shortcuts for your favorite portable apps to your app launcher
    The software was originally targeted for elementary OS but it’s currently designed for any Linux distro
  21. Review: KDE neon 20240303 and 20240304
    KDE neon is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution released by the KDE project
  22. Kile 2.9.95 / 3.0 beta 4 released
    We have a release of Kile 2.9.95, also known as 3.0 beta 4
  23. Distributions and Operating Systems: 10 Best GNU/Linux Distros, Univention Corporate Server 5.0-7, and Qubes OS 4.2.1-rc1
    Some distro releases or RCs
  24. Security Leftovers
    Lots of CISA updates, too
  25. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  26. New Episodes and Videos About GNU/Linux
    Mostly Invidious
  27. Krita vs. GIMP: Which Free Photoshop App is Best?
    two leading free and open-source Photoshop alternatives
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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    1256 /n/2024/03/14/Istio_1_21_0.shtml
    1235 /n/2024/03/04/Linux_Crosses_4_Market_Share_Worldwide.shtml
    1162 /n/2024/03/14/System76_Adder_Linux_Laptop_Gets_a_Hardware_Refresh.shtml
    1155 /n/2024/03/13/OBS_Studio_30_1_Released_with_AV1_Support_for_VA_API_PipeWire_C.shtml
    1140 /n/2024/03/15/Sparky_7_3.shtml
    1090 /n/2024/03/13/Raspberry_Pi_OS_Is_Now_Powered_by_Linux_6_6_LTS_Improves_Raspbe.shtml
    1044 /n/2024/03/12/Web_Browsers_Speedometer_and_Firefox.shtml
    1012 /n/2024/03/07/Zorin_OS_17_1_Released_with_Enhanced_Windows_App_Support_Educat.shtml
    992 /n/2024/03/13/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    987 /n/2024/03/13/COSMIC_Store_Prototype_Replacement_for_Pop_Shop_Unveiled.shtml
    969 /n/2024/03/14/DBOS_Introduced.shtml
    946 /n/2024/03/14/today_s_howtos.shtml
    935 /n/2024/03/14/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    923 /n/2024/03/13/That_s_It_Africa_is_All_Android_Now.shtml
    915 /n/2024/03/15/Android_Leftovers.shtml
    910 /n/2024/03/14/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    905 /n/2024/03/16/today_s_howtos.shtml
    905 /n/2024/03/14/Security_Leftovers.shtml

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