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Updated This Past Day

  1. What Linux Shows About AMD
    Some scoop of sorts
  2. Arduino and Hardware
    Arduino mostly
  3. Corporate Open Source is Dead
    IBM is buying HashiCorp for $6.4 billion
  4. Firefly AIBOX-1684X compact AI Box delivers 32 TOPS for large language models, image generation, video analytics, and more
    Firefly AIBOX-1684X is a compact AI Box based on SOPHON BM1684X octa-core Arm Cortex-53 processor with a 32 TOPS AI accelerator suitable for large language models (LLM)

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  5. How Linux’s insanely customizable desktop works
    If you’re using a Linux desktop, the graphical user interface isn’t an integral part of the system, it’s additional software that’s loaded as required. The desktop and everything that goes with it is an independent add-on and consists of several components. This article lists those components and their tasks and provides tips on how to put this knowledge into practice.
  6. Bazzite 3.0: updated gaming Linux OS polishes support for Steam Deck OLED, Legion GO, Asus ROG Ally among other handhelds
    Bazzite Linux 3.0 has officially launched, bringing with it Gnome 46, KDE Plasma 6, as well as improved HDR gaming on the Steam Deck OLED and more features for more handhelds, including the Lenovo Legion Go, Asus ROG Ally, and two Ayn handhelds.
  7. Debian Leftovers
    3 articles from DDs
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Programming and Mozilla bits
  9. Games: Tokyo Game Show, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Garry's Mod
    gaming news
  10. IBM Buzzwords and GNOME Losses
    Some Red Hat related links
  11. Software: Zellij, Nextcloud, and pgmoneta 0.11
    FOSS overviews and releases
  12. today's howtos
    only 4 howtos for now
  13. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
  14. GNOME 46.1 Desktop Environment Released with Explicit Sync Support
    The GNOME Project released today GNOME 46.1 as the first point release to the latest GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series bringing various improvements and bug fixes.
  15. Android Leftovers
    Google Preps Fix for Bug That Exposes Gmail, Drive Accounts on Android TVs
  16. QV version 240425 pre-alpha released (and more)
    distro from the Puppy Linux man
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and More
    today's leftovers, mostly FOSS
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Programming links and more
  19. Open Hardware and Mobile-Centric Picks
    Some gadgets and such
  20. FreeBSD and BSDNow
    Some BSD picks
  21. Proxmox VE 8.2 Launches with Enhanced Migration Tools
    Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.2 launches featuring QEMU 8.1.5, LXC 6.0.0, ZFS 2.2.3, Ceph updates, and more
  22. Red Hat: Insights, OpenShift, and Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS)
    Latest from redhat.com
  23. today's howtos
    another chunk of howtos for today
  24. Best Free and Open Source Softwares
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
  25. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
    Because Linux is an open source operating system, combinations of software vary between Linux distros
  26. Revive that Old Computer with antiX Linux
    antiX is a Debian-based Linux distribution that is suited to revive old computers
  27. Jack Wallen's howtos:
    Here are the steps for every operating system, and how to avoid address conflicts
  28. today's howtos
    many howtos for this morning
  29. Games: Humble Bundle, SteamOS 3.5.19, Fallout 4 'Next Gen', Songs of Syx, and More
    half a dozen stories from gamingonlinux
  30. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Windows in 'action'
  31. Some of the latest articles [Some of the latest articles]
    Some of the latest articles
  32. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO but not attributed
  33. GNU and Linux Leftovers
    mostly kernel
  34. Programming Leftovers and More
    also psql and Mozilla
  35. Open Hardware/Modding: MCUs, Raspberry Pi, and Orange Pi
    Some devices with Linux leanings
  36. Software: syslog-ng, Bat, and Chezmoi
    4 more links about tools
  37. today's howtos
    some remaining howtos
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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Microsoft Has Tainted GNOME, Which Has Key People Acting as a SLAPP Front Against Techrights (Trying to Censor the Site by Extortion and Many Threats)
One common denominator (other than Microsoft salaries) is GNOME, which was led by an actual professional crank until she quit so suddenly months ago
Homeland of Linux Kernel Turning to GNU/Linux?
Adoption of Vista 11 has been relatively low
Deja vu: Hitler's Birthday, Andreas Tille elected Debian Project Leader again
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
 
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It'll all go up in smoke, eventually
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GNOME Has a Long History (Over a Decade) Misusing the Code of Conduct (CoC) to Censor (Cull) Legitimate Technical Criticism
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Vista 11 Has Burned OEMs and Some Move to GNU/Linux
When people can finally avoid Windows (there's no reason to attach it to new PCs) there will be a lot more GNU/Linux users out there
Remember That Microsoft Mass Layoffs Are Imminent Because Its 'Empire' is Falling Apart
European politicians take a long, hard look a Free software
Richard Stallman in the UK This Week, Scheduled to Give Two Public Talks (London and Oxford)
Those talks do not cover the same topics
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Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
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IRC logs for Sunday, April 20, 2025
Links 20/04/2025: Partly Assorted Scientific and Political Leftovers
Links for the day
Links 20/04/2025: Many Data Breaches and Growing Censorship Wave
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Links for the day
Links 20/04/2025: Bleeding Constitution and ChatGPT Infuriates Users Some More
Links for the day
Chinese OEMs (and World's Largest) Pave a Path Out of Microsoft Windows
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Links for the day
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Moving from Microsoft to Google is not the answer
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Quit pointing the finger at people who are recipients of abuse or merely mention the abuse
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