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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 28, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund Injects €686,400 into FreeBSD

   Germany's STF funds FreeBSD with €686,400 to advance zero trust builds & SBOM tooling for enhanced security

2. Linux Market Share Covered By Different News Sites

   A recent report from StatCounter gives the Linux community hope that the open-source desktop is finally being taken seriously

3. today's howtos

   half a dozen howtos for now

4. OSMC's Kodi v21.1 update: Enhancing the Linux-based media center experience

   OSMC (Open Source Media Center), a free and open-source media player operating system built on Linux, has released its new August version

   New

5. Drive-by FUD from Microsoft-Friendly Sites That Attribute to Linux Something That's Unexplained/Unattributed (and Dub It “sedexp”)

   Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation

6. today's leftovers

   Ubuntu, Free software, LibreOffice, and more

7. Security Leftovers

   Security and Windows TCO

8. Programming Leftovers

   Programming related picks

9. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, RISC-V, and More

   4 stories for today

10. Open Source Initiative is Channelling 100% and Microsoft (Still)

    because Microsoft paid for it

11. Mozilla Promotes Shopping, Firefox Nightly Report

    Some Firefox and Mozilla news

12. Red Hat and IBM Leftovers

    IBM layoffs mostly

13. today's howtos

    many commannd tips

14. 4MLinux 46 Mini Linux Distro Released with New Apps, Integrated LAMP Server

    4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced today the release and general availability of 4MLinux 46 as the latest stable version of this mini Linux distribution featuring the lightweight JWM window manager.

15. Calligra 4.0 Office Suite Is Here with Qt 6 Port, New Sidebar Design, and More

    KDE developer Carl Schwan announced today the release and general availability of Calligra 4.0 as a major release to this open-source office and graphics suite.

16. Windows TCO: Flint and American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Stung

    Two stories about Windows incidents

17. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

    7 stories about gadgets and devices

18. Video/Audio: Update At Your Peril (Microsoft Breaks Grub), Late Night Linux, LINUX Unplugged

    3 new picks

19. Android Leftovers

    Chrome on Android now vibrates when you pull to refresh

20. Comparison of Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB and 8GB RAM – Hardware, benchmarks, and power consumption

    Raspberry Pi OS updated to the latest version with...

21. Games: Steam Deck, Godot, Humble, and More

    10 new stories

22. GParted Celebrates 20 Years of Partition Management Excellence

    From 2004 to 2024, GParted celebrates 20 impactful years in tech, with 34M downloads and global usage in 250 countries

23. Torvalds Expresses Regret Over Merging Bcachefs into Kernel

    Linus Torvalds criticizes Bcachefs' development in the Linux kernel, expressing frustration over unstable updates

24. Check Laptop Battery Health in Ubuntu from the Command Line

    Want to check your battery health in Ubuntu from the command-line, no need to install anything extra

25. COSMIC Alpha Released! Here’s what people are saying

    It’s happening! This is not a drill! The alpha version of COSMIC

26. Best Free and Open Source Software

    To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 11 high quality open source Linux presentation software

27. What's New In The Revised Blue Angel Criteria

    KDE's Okular is the first software which got awarded with the Blue Angel label for resource and energy-efficient software products

28. Kate & Fonts

    Let's use the features of Cascadia Code as an example

29. FrOScon 2024 And GSoC '24 Activities

    FrOScon is the biggest conference about free and open-source software in Germany

30. 13 Tips and Tweaks to Get More Out of KDE Konsole Terminal

    It's time to kustomize the KDE Konsole

31. Jack Wallen's Linux Commands

    Linux is the most secure OS on the market for a reason

32. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

33. Proprietary Chaos (Microsoft Mostly)

    3 stories

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