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Updated This Past Day

  1. GNOME 47 Beta Desktop Released with Many Changes, Here’s What’s New
    GNOME 47 beta desktop environment is now available for public testing with numerous new features and improvements. Here’s what’s changed since the alpha release.
  2. LibreOffice 24.8 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
    The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 24.8 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux systems.
  3. PipeWire 1.2.3 Implements Freewheeling Support in the FFADO Driver
    PipeWire 1.2.3 open-source multimedia server is now available with freewheeling support and improved sample rate and buffer size handling in the FFADO driver, as well as other changes.
  4. KDE Gear 24.08
    Every 4 months, KDE releases a long list of new versions of applications all at the same time
  5. Fwupd 1.9.24 Firmware Updater Adds Support for Capsule-on-Disk for Dell Systems
    fwupd 1.9.24 Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for capsule-on-disk for Dell systems, support for more MediaTek scaler devices, support for Parade USB hubs and other changes.
  6. NVIDIA 560 Linux Driver Released with Open GPU Kernel Modules by Default
    NVIDIA 560.35.03 Linux graphics driver is now available with open GPU kernel modules enabled by default, as well as numerous other new features and improvements.
  7. Ryzen 9 9950X runs 16% faster on an Intel-optimized Linux distro
    Linux often the leads Windows in benchmark comparisons
  8. Rianne's Birthday [original]
    There's lots to celebrate and maybe we'll post some photos afterwards
  9. Why Microsoft is Trying to Break Dual-Boot Machines (It Always Looks Like an "Accident") [original]
    In India, GNU/Linux is measured at over 16%

    New

  10. More Layoffs in IBM This Week [original]
    "I was RAed from Marketing and Communications and the reason we were given is that our job in the U.S. no longer exists and is being moved overseas, to build a bigger presence in Brazil, Romania and India...So now they are laying off in those places? Good grief, it's all a ruse."

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  11. Total Linux Desktop PCs Now Over 56 Million
    But what does that mean in terms of actual, hard numbers? A percentage is great and all... but how many Linux computers (Desktops and Laptops) are in operation?
  12. The role of the Linux distro in modern computing
    the problem won’t fix itself
  13. today's leftovers
    many more picks, misc. topics
  14. Changes coming in PostgreSQL 17
    The PostgreSQL project has released beta versions of PostgreSQL 17 containing several interesting security and usability improvements, alongside the usual performance improvements and bug fixes
  15. Open Hardware: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
    a handful of stories
  16. Red Hat on OpenShift and Racism Lawsuit Against IBM
    Some IBM leftovers
  17. Meeting the Debian Technical Committee and Distinguishing Debian testing from unstable
    new outside LWN's paywall
  18. Security Leftovers
    Security picks, lots for today
  19. Microsoft/Windows TCO Leftovers
    Microsoft/Windows TCO picks, 4 of them
  20. A Look at NixOS and Endless OS
    Two distros in focus
  21. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks, lots of them
  22. Games: GNU/Linux Scores A Surprising Gaming Victory Against Vista 11, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More
    Some news about gaming
  23. today's howtos
    only 3 more howtos for now
  24. Software: Zettlr, syslog-ng, and GNU Parallel
    Some Free software picks
  25. Android Leftovers
    Android 15 Beta 4.2 now available for Pixel 9 series
  26. 4 Ways I Increase Privacy on My Linux Laptop
    Linux is generally considered to be a privacy-friendly operating system, without the spying we associate with Microsoft and even Apple
  27. VIDEO: How to Answer Thunderbird Questions on Mozilla Support
    Not all heroes wear capes. Some of our favorite superheroes are the community members who provide Thunderbird support on the Mozilla Support (SUMO) forums
  28. Linux Mint 22 Review: A Deep Dive Into This Minty Fresh Distro - Videos - TuxDigital
    the latest version of one of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions
  29. today's howtos
    many howtos for this afternoon
  30. Security Leftovers
    Security picks, 3 in total
  31. Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Some hardware projects and such
  32. Android Leftovers
    HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way
  33. Windows TCO: EDRKillShifter and East Asia
    new examples of high Microsoft costs
  34. Indian State Continues Its Successful Journey With Linux at Schools
    A new version update for public schools, offices, and DTP centers. Sounds good
  35. KDE Gear 24.08 Open-Source Software Suite Released with Many Improvements
    KDE Gear 24.08 open-source software suite is now available with improvements for Dolphin, Filelight, Konsole, Kdenlive, Itinerary, Kongress, NeoChat, Tokodon, Kate, Falkon, Okular, Elisa, PlasmaTube, and other KDE apps.
  36. Fedora Linux 41 Unveils Multi-Version Kubernetes RPMs
    Coming soon: Fedora 41 shifts Kubernetes RPMs to support multiple versions in one release, bringing flexibility for K8s administrators
  37. GStreamer 1.24.7 Released with Audio and Visual Bug Fixes
    GStreamer 1.24.7 multimedia framework rolls out with multiple bug fixes
  38. Games: GOD'S GIFT, Dead Cells, and More
    Some of the latest from GamingOnLinux
  39. This Overlooked Linux Distro Will Give Your Old Laptop a New Life
    Ubuntu isn’t your only option for reviving old PCs through Linux
  40. Pardus – Debian-based distro
    Pardus is a Debian-based distro which combines stability and efficiency oriented corporate usage characteristics with speed and up-to-date oriented end user needs
  41. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  42. Oracle VirtualBox 7.1.0 BETA 2 Is Officially Released
    VirtualBox 7.1.0 BETA 2 is now available for download, featuring a modernised user interface with options for both basic and experienced users
  43. Mozilla has been suspiciously silent about Google and Manifest V3
    Last week, Google announced that it is going to remove extensions using Manifest V2 from its Chrome extensions store at a very near time
  44. GNOME: Best Intentions
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  45. The best SSH clients for Linux (and why you need them)
    If you're looking for a better way to interact with SSH remote connections
  46. Google Play purchase verifications annoyances
    I've never ever provided any financial details on my Android phones
  47. 5 Linux terminal apps that are better than your default (and why)
    The Linux terminal isn't something everyone has to deal with
  48. Companies: make sustainable contributions
    You know what’s great? When companies contribute to open source projects
  49. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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    1011 /n/2024/08/14/Kubernetes_v1_31_and_More.shtml
    968 /n/2024/08/08/Join_us_in_saying_goodbye_to_our_beloved_office_on_August_16.shtml
    904 /n/2024/08/16/Forget_Microsoft_Windows_11_the_Chinese_made_deepin_Linux_23_is.shtml
    806 /n/2024/08/17/Goodbye_Windows_11_hello_Linux_Discover_how_ExTiX_Deepin_24_8_c.shtml
    759 /n/2024/08/16/Robbins_Changed_His_Mind_Funtoo_Shifts_to_Hobby_Mode.shtml
    693 /n/2024/08/17/CockroachDB_Becomes_Proprietary_ParadeDB_on_Why_We_Picked_AGPL.shtml
    676 /n/2024/08/19/Linux_6_11_rc4.shtml
    659 /n/2024/08/17/Microsoft_Has_Complicated_Booting_Linux.shtml
    644 /n/2024/08/13/Openwashing_by_Linux_Foundation_No_Connection_to_Linux_Absent_a.shtml
    643 /n/2024/08/15/mesa_24_2_0.shtml
    642 /n/2024/08/12/Future_Ubuntu_Releases_Will_Ship_with_the_Latest_and_Greatest_L.shtml
    637 /n/2024/08/15/Gentoo_Linux_drops_IA_64_Itanium_support.shtml
    635 /n/2024/08/17/This_Week_in_GNOME_161_End_to_End_Tests.shtml
    633 /n/2024/08/21/Good_Reason_to_Delete_Windows_Not_Dual_Boot_and_Call_Out_the_Mi.shtml
    626 /n/2024/08/17/This_week_in_KDE_System_Settings_modernization_and_Wayland_colo.shtml
    625 /n/2024/08/16/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    587 /n/2024/08/17/today_s_howtos.shtml
    583 /n/2024/08/19/today_s_howtos.shtml
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