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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 18, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Fedora 38 End of Life On May 21, 2024: Upgrade Now!

   Important! Fedora 38 End of Life Approaches (May 21st). Upgrade to Latest Fedora Release Right Away

2. The Truth is About to Prevail [original]

   Everything publish will stay intact and no one can take it down from Tux Machines and from Techrights

3. [Meme] UEFI 'Secure' Boot's Concept of Security [original]

   locked door?

4. In Denmark, Like in Most of the World, Vista 11 Market Share is Collapsing and More People Install GNU/Linux on New PCs (That's Why Microsoft is Trying to Boot-lock PCs With UEFI) [original]

   notice how Vista 11's share goes down, not up, over time

5. Programming Leftovers

   Programming-related news and views

6. GNU/Linux in Montenegro Up to 7% Market Share in Desktops/Laptops, Based on statCounter [original]

   Can Montenegro sustain this growth?

   New

7. Security Leftovers

   Security stories (x4)

8. GNOME maintainers: here’s how to keep your issue tracker in good shape

   One of the goals of the new GNOME project handbook is to provide effective guidelines for contributors

9. Stable kernels: Linux 6.9.1, Linux 6.8.10, Linux 6.6.31, Linux 6.1.91, Linux 5.15.159, Linux 5.10.217, Linux 5.4.276 and Linux 4.19.314

   I'm announcing the release of the 6.9.1 kernel

10. The New Thunderbird Website Has Hatched

    We wanted a website where you could quickly find the information you need

11. Red Hat Leftovers

    redhat.com articles and articles cited today by redhat.com

12. Applications: Penetration Testing, Tor Browser, Ungoogled Chromium, Neovim, and More

    Some software news and releases

13. FOSS Leftovers

    half a dozen more

14. today's leftovers

    half a dozen more stories

15. Microsoft Layoffs, Closures, and Anger

    The harms of Microsoft

16. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers

    incidents and more

17. Years After Microsoft Uses 'Linux' Foundation for Greenwashing PR Campaign...

    it turns out to be a lie

18. Android Leftovers

    How to Use ‘Circle to Search’ on an Android Phone

19. Neovim 0.10 Text Editor: What’s New and What’s Changed

    Neovim 0.10 terminal text editor brings a fresh default color scheme

20. 7-Zip 24.05 Expands Archive Compatibility

    7-Zip 24.05 file archiver introduces speed optimizations for decompression

21. Implementing DRM format modifiers in NVK

    Progress on NVK

22. Games: Athenian Rhapsody, Towerful Defense: Prologue, Ultimate Chicken Horse, Read Only Memories: NEURODIVER

    8 stories from gamingonlinux

23. today's howtos

    quite a few howtos in this first batch of today

24. Open Hardware: HackBat, TSMC, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

    5 hardware stories

25. Explore the Growing Role of Linux in Quantum Computing

    how GNU/Linux and quantum computing intersect

26. Tails 6.3 Rolls Out with Updated Tor Browser

    Tails 6.3 security-focused Linux distro released with Romanian & Malayalam translations and an updated Tor Browser to 13.0.15

27. GNOME OS Migrates to Systemd-Sysupdate

    GNOME OS's transition to systemd-sysupdate promises secure and swift updates for a safer, more consistent OS

28. Best Free and Open Source Software

    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here

29. Collections of Different Linux Distributions

    They can have different philosophies

30. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

31. Did IBM make a $6.4 billion blunder by buying HashiCorp?

    Terraform maker's programs are ideal fit for Big Blue, but why splash out when the software's free and open?

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