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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

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    a couple of updates
  2. today's howtos
    several more howtos for the day

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  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
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  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
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  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

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  26. Today in Techrights
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    651 /n/2024/09/13/TUXEDO_Gemini_17_Gen3_Linux_Laptop_Launches_with_AMD_Ryzen_9_79.shtml
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    618 /n/2024/09/18/New_Distro_Derivative_Expands_Open_Source_Enterprise_Linux_Ecos.shtml
    604 /n/2024/09/18/GNOME_47_Denver_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_Here_s_.shtml
    594 /n/2024/09/11/Announcing_Incus_6_5.shtml
    561 /n/2024/09/18/Linus_Torvalds_advises_open_source_developers_to_pursue_meaning.shtml
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