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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 20, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. GNU/Linux (and ChromeOS) Rise to Highest Level This Year, Globally, Based on statCounter [original]

   Not bad for a platform which the same surveyor measured at 1% over a decade ago

2. [Video] We're Celebrating More Than Just Our 20th Anniversary [original]

   there's no sign of stopping or slowing down

   New

3. Linux Kernel: Linus Torvalds is Mocking Hey Hi (AI) Hype, Peter Hutterer on HID and BPF

   Some Linux core stuff

4. GNOME Updates From Sam Thursfield and Christian Hergert

   GNOME people talking about their recent work (or life)

5. Vista 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux

   performance compared

6. BSD: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and More

   Some misc. BSD news

7. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming/Development

   Some FOSS picks

8. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and PCBs

   hardware for hacking

9. Latest From Mozilla Blog

   Some fluff and "Firefox UX: On Purpose: Collectively Defining Our Team’s Mission Statement"

10. Security Leftovers

    Security links, some Windows TCO

11. today's howtos

    many howtos

12. Red Hat Corporate Fluff and Press

    mostly Red Hat'ss site

13. Mozilla Seeks Feedback for Firefox Nightly ARM64 (AArch64) Binaries on Linux

    The wait is almost over for those who want to download the Firefox web browser as binaries for the ARM64 (AArch64) architecture on Linux.

14. Android Leftovers

    Pebblebee confirms shipping date for Android trackers

15. Get Dark Mode in VLC on Ubuntu and Other Linux

    VLC is an awesome video player for Linux

16. Games Leftovers

    latest 7 from gamingonlinux

17. Windows TCO Leftovers

    The full cost of Microsoft

18. Pop!_OS’s COSMIC Pre-Alpha Shows Impressive Progress

    Exciting updates for Pop!_OS and the COSMIC desktop environment, including new features and performance boosts

    New

19. 5 Best Free and Open Source Audio Samplers

    Only free and open source software are featured here

20. Different Linux Distributions

    Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros

21. Block Ads on Android in Apps and Games With AdAway

    Android is a very functional and extendable operating system, and at the end of the day, it remains a Linux distribution

22. 6 features I wish MacOS would copy from Linux

    With a little help from Linux, MacOS could become an even bigger force

23. openSUSE Factory enabled bit-by-bit reproducible builds

    In March, the configuration for building openSUSE Factory was changed to be bit-by-bit reproducible (except for the embedded signature)

24. Security Leftovers

    CISA and more

25. today's leftovers

    a few more links

26. Perl Leftovers

    Some Perl programming

27. today's howtos

    from the past week mostly

28. Open Hardware and GNU/Linux Devices

    some recent picks

29. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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