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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 13, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Links 12/07/2024: EU/China Tensions and Ukraine War Updates

   Links for the day

2. Change to FreeBSD release scheduling and support period

   We are making two changes related to the release engineering process

3. OpenShot 3.2.1 Video Editor: Smoother, Faster, Better

   OpenShot 3.2.1 open-source video editor is here with new themes, UI/UX improvements, and bug fixes

4. Mozilla Thunderbird 128 ESR Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

   The Mozilla Thunderbird 128 open-source email client has been released as a major update that introduces many new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

5. KDE Frameworks 6.4 Is Out Now with ColorScheme-Accent and JXR Support

   The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 6.4 as a new update to this open-source collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt that provide a wide range of commonly needed functionality for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE applications.

   New

6. OBS Studio 30.2 Released with NVENC AV1 Support on Linux, Unified PipeWire Source

   OBS Studio 30.2 has been officially released today as the second update to the OBS Studio 30 series of this powerful, open-source, cross-platform, and free video recording and live streaming software.

7. Security Leftovers

   Security links for the day

8. Games, Mozilla, and HowTos

   half a dozen of 3 pairs of news

9. Programming Leftovers

   Programming related news

10. Ubuntu: Robotics and App Center Updated

    Some Ubuntu newss

11. Linux Graphics: Arm and the GPU stack

    some graphics news

12. Security Leftovers

    Updates, Taler, and more

13. RHEL, Red Hat, and Fedora

    some IBM leftovers

14. Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and Bad Voltage

    2 new episodes

15. China's homegrown OS fires back at AI PCs - openKylin gets AI assistant, text-to-image generation, and local LLM support

    Newest version of homegrown Chinese OS openKylin

16. TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 Linux Laptop Brings Fast Intel and AMD CPUs

    German hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers announced today in a press release the availability for pre-order of the 9th generation (Gen9) of the TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 14 Linux-powered laptop.

17. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, Orange Pi, and More

    7 new projects or stories

18. Android Leftovers

    This Open-Source Android Podcast App is What You Need in 2024

19. The review-work balance, and other dilemmas

    "There are things I’ve taken up in Gentoo simply because I’ve found them interesting or enjoyable. However, there are also some things that I’ve taken up, because they needed to be done and nobody was doing them."

20. COSMIC Updates (feat. Community)

    We’re back with more updates for COSMIC

21. The GNOME Maps and Geo Blog: Summer Maps

    Since version 45 we had an “Explore POIs” interface that is accessed via a menu button next to the main search entry

22. TUXEDO launches InfinityBook Pro 14 Gen9 Linux laptop

    TUXEDO Computers has launched the 9th generation of its InfinityBook Pro 14

23. FreeBSD Announces Major Changes to Release Schedule and Support Duration

    Breaking: FreeBSD announces a more predictable release pattern and a cut in support duration from five to four years

24. PipeWire 1.2.1 Update Fixes Audio Bugs Across Multimedia Apps

    PipeWire 1.2.1 multimedia framework update brings better audio with KODI

25. openEuler 24.03 LTS: I Try This New Specialized Open-Source Distro

    openEuler is an interesting Linux distribution

26. Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

    This is your friendly reminder that Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” reached end-of-life yesterday, July 11th, 2024, which means that it will no longer be supported with software and security updates.

27. Programming Leftovers

    Programming, focus on shells

28. Security Leftovers

    Security picks

29. today's leftovers

    Free software and Ubuntu

30. today's howtos

    afternoon group of howtos

31. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and Arduino

    only 3 new picks for today

32. GNOME 46.3 Desktop Environment Released with Various Improvements

    The GNOME Project released today GNOME 46.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series bringing more bug fixes and small improvements.

33. Firefox Gets Morre Spyware and Bloat

    worsening over time

34. Windows TCO: Ransomware, Outlook, JAXA

    Microsoft causing disasters

35. Manjaro Linux Launches Revamped Website

    Manjaro.org relaunches with a minimalistic, cleaner design and enhanced enterprise offerings

36. If you're ready to leave Windows 11 behind, this is the distro for new Linux users

    SDesk is a lightweight, open-source alternative to Windows or MacOS

37. GNOME Extensions Website Redesign: Sneak Preview

    A major overhaul of the GNOME extensions website is in the works

38. 6 Sticky Notes App for Linux Desktop in 2024

    There are quite a few free open-source sticky notes apps for Linux Desktop

39. howtos, Installations and Free and Open Source Software

    Flatpak is an open source containerized package format similar to Snap

40. Pine64 Unveils Oz64: An Upcoming SBC Featuring Sophgo SG2000 SoC and Wi-Fi 6

    The T-Head cores support the RISC-V RV64IMAFCV instruction architecture

41. DietPi July 2024 News (Version 9.6)

    The July 2024 release of DietPi v9.6 introduces new software

42. AlmaLinux OS 9 Patching for CVE-2024-6409

    At AlmaLinux, we place security first and we are committed to delivering patches to our users as quickly as possible

43. Red Hat: Still Herding CentOS Users Into Proprietary RHEL and Resorting to Buzzwords for Marketing

    Some of the latest official Red Hat articles

44. Games: Double Dragon Revive, Drop Duchy, and More

    8 latest articles from gamingonlinux

45. Lunduke and Ben Cotton Having Disputes Over Politics in FOSS

    here they go again

46. Programming Leftovers

    Programming picks, only 4 for now

47. today's leftovers

    mostly GNU/Linux picks

48. today's howtos

    4 only for now

49. Security Leftovers

    Security breaches and more

50. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

51. LWN Coverage of Kernel

    now outside the paywall

52. Redox: An operating system in Rust

    With the Rust-for-Linux project starting to gain some ground, it is worth looking at other operating systems that use Rust in their kernels

53. PostmarketOS: Linux for phones and more

    In 2016, Oliver Smith reached a point of frustration with the short lifespan of updates for his Android phone

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