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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. PREEMPT_RT in Mainline and Microsofters Trying to Use Rust to Destabilise Linux

   a couple of updates

2. today's howtos

   several more howtos for the day

   New

3. today's leftovers

   many topics

4. Distributions and Operating Systems: Many GNU/Linux Distros Listed

   Updated lists and news

5. Open Hardware: Reverse Engineering, SparkFun, and Raspberry Pi

   Some hardware projects

6. Mozilla: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Rust

   Extensions and more

7. Red Hat Leftovers

   Lots of self-promotional cruft

8. Security Leftovers and TCO

   Windows TCO

9. Qt/KDE: Okteta, Ruqola, KD Reports, and More

   Some KDE picks

10. Releases: Pulsar 1.121, PipeWire 1.2.4, pg_stat_kcache 2.3.0, and More

    Some Free software news

11. Canonical as Pusher of Proprietary Software, Using Its Proprietary (a Proprietary Back End) Blob Distribution Platform

    here we go again

12. GNOME 46.5 Released with Mutter and GNOME Shell Improvements

    The GNOME Project announced today the general availability of GNOME 46.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series to address more bugs and improve performance.

13. Android Leftovers

    ASUS Tinker Board 3 - A credit-card sized Rockchip RK3566 SBC with 12V to 19V DC input

14. 5 Linux commands I use to keep my device running smoothly

    Knowing what's going on under the hood of your Linux OS is essential for optimizing performance

15. Okteta got “Best Application” 2024 Akademy Award

    The jury of this year’s KDE Akademy Awards, being by tradition representatives of last year’s winners, has selected the hex editor Okteta in the category “Best Application”

16. today's howtos

    first batch of howtos

17. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

    Here’s our recommendations summarized in a legendary ratings chart

18. Sleeper OS – specialized distro derived from Debian

    Sleeper OS is a specialized Linux distribution, derived from Debian, that caters specifically to low-memory resource

19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pi, and More

    mostly hardware projects

20. Windows TCO: Ransomware, PowerShell, and Data Breaches

    Microsoft still at it

21. today's leftovers

    only 3 more links for now

22. LLVM 19.1.0 Released

    big new release

23. Linux and Vulkan: Mesa VR and PanVK

    Graphics news

24. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO

    only one on Windows TCO

25. Another Example of "Microsoft Hates Linux" and Winners Of The 2024 Tiny Games Contest

    3 items for today

    New

26. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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