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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 09, 2024

Updated This Past Day

1. KDE Plasma 6.2 Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

   Today, the KDE Project released KDE Plasma 6.2 as the second major update to the KDE Plasma 6 desktop environment series bringing many new features and improvements.

2. Tux Machines' 'Farmland' [original]

   it won't be long till we put up some new balloons and decorations

3. Git v2.47.0

   The latest feature release Git v2.47.0 is now available

4. Education/Events: RIPE Community, OpenFest, EuroBSDCon

   Some community picks

5. Development start of Leap 16.0

   I’d like to announce the start of development and the public availability of what we currently refer to as Leap 16.0 pre-Alpha

6. You Can Also Follow Us in gemini.tuxmachines.org (Geminispace, Gemini Protocol) [original]

   Many people find this experience better than the Web

   New

7. OBS Studio 31.0 Promises NVIDIA Blur Filter/Background Blur, Refactored NVENC

   OBS Studio 31.0 has entered public beta testing for this powerful, open-source, cross-platform, and free software for video recording and live streaming for Linux.

8. ‘Rocky Linux from CIQ’ Launched

   CIQ has announced Rocky Linux from CIQ, intended for organizations that utilize on Rocky Linux and need a validated version for security and compliance

9. Security Leftovers

   only 3 related to security for now

10. RSS Feed in the Linux/Mac Terminal: Read the Latest With This CLI Tool

    cleed is an open-source RSS feeder for the command line, written in Go

11. Why Desktop Linux Matters, Even If (Almost) No One Uses It

    Desktop Linux keeps commercial operating systems honest by providing a viable alternative for users

12. Switching customers from Linux to BSD because boring is good

    He talked about the difficulties selling his services when what he offers is reliability and the lack of need for much ongoing support

13. openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 Launches with Self-Install and Full Disk Encryption Images

    The openSUSE project released today openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0 as the latest version of this secure and lightweight openSUSE Leap variant designed for containerized and virtualized workloads.

14. Tails 6.8 Introduces File System Repair When Unlocking Persistent Storage

    The Tails project released today Tails 6.8 as the latest version of this portable operating system that protects users against surveillance and censorship.

15. today's leftovers

    programming and more

16. today's leftovers

    Mozilla, Debian, and more

17. Server and Server Management

    WordPress also

18. Hardware Leftovers

    Hardware news, Arduino etc.

19. The GNOME Foundation: Update from the Board: 2024-10 [Financial Crisis, Board Disarray]

    "Regrettably, we have had to reduce our staff"

20. Security Leftovers

    Security related leftovers

21. Programming Leftovers

    Python and more

22. OpenBSD 7.6

    release coverage so far

23. QV version 241007 released

    You are most welcome to play with QV!

24. RPM 4.20 Released, Introduces Declarative Build Systems

    RPM 4.20 package manager for Linux systems released! Includes declarative build system support, spec-local attributes, and more

25. Linux Distro Reviews: Linux Mint 22

    The Linux Mint team released version 22 of the venerable distro, which includes several significant improvements for users....

26. uGet – lightweight download manager

    uGet is a download manager that combines lightweight resource usage with a very powerful feature set

27. today's howtos

    7 howtos

28. Apache Unveils New Tomcat and Cassandra Releases at Community Over Code Event

    New versions of Apache’s distributed NoSQL database management platform and its Java application server were unveiled today at ASF’s Community Over Code event

29. Need to manage Linux passwords on the command line? No GUI, no problem!

    If you ever had to change or manage a user password on Linux

30. Red Hat Leftovers

    Red Hat official site

31. RPM 4.20.0 Release Notes

    new release

32. Windows TCO: American Water and Windows Botnets

    High cost of permitting Microsoft

33. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and Destination Linux

    2 new episodes

34. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Android Still Failing at Unicode

    gadgets and devices

35. From WordPress to Hugo

    backlash carries on

36. New Tor Browser and Firefox Going the Wrong Way

    2 new articles

37. Games: Mosa Lina, Steam Deck, Microsoft in Shuffle or "Damage Control" Mode

    Latest from GamingOnLinux

38. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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    1076	/n/2024/09/27/CVE_2024_47076_CVE_2024_47175_CVE_2024_47176_and_CVE_2024_47177.shtml
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    659	/n/2024/10/03/NetworkManager_1_50_Adds_Support_for_Configuring_Wi_Fi_Channel_.shtml
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    572	/n/2024/09/30/FFmpeg_7_1_Peter_Released_with_Full_Native_VVC_Decoder_MV_HEVC_.shtml
    570	/n/2024/10/04/Fwupd_2_0_Open_Source_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Released_with_Majo.shtml
    570	/n/2024/10/05/today_s_howtos.shtml
    568	/n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    566	/n/2024/09/28/Arch_Linux_and_Valve_Collaboration.shtml
    552	/n/2024/10/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    551	/n/2024/10/03/today_s_howtos.shtml