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Updated This Past Day

  1. Linux Lite 7.2 Released with Lite Theme Manager, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    Linux Lite creator Jerry Bezencon announced today the release and general availability of Linux Lite 7.2 as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based distribution using the lightweight Xfce desktop environment.
  2. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks, a handful only
  3. You Probably Don't Need to Compile a Linux Kernel Anymore
    Compiling a kernel used to be a rite of passage for many Linux users back in the '90s and early '00s
  4. Network Maintenance in Tux Machines Next Week [original]
    We try to serve pages in milliseconds, not seconds

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  5. LibreOffice 24.2.7 Is Out as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 24.8
    The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 24.2.7 as the seventh and last maintenance update in the LibreOffice 24.2 office suite series.
  6. Meson/GNOME, Ruby, and R
    programming leftovers
  7. Audiocasts/Shows: Bake Your Own Linux Cake, Bitten By The Penguin
    Coder Radio and FLOSS Weekly
  8. today's leftovers
    games and more
  9. Distributions and Operating Systems: Alpine Linux, KolibriOS, Haiku OS
    Some OS news
  10. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pi, and More
    Hacking on hardware, building things
  11. Thunderbird for Android now available
    milestone from the project
  12. KDE Fund-raising and Kwave Update
    KDE news
  13. Free Software: Mousam, RSS Readers, SCONE, and More
    Free Software leftovers
  14. today's howtos
    many howtos for today
  15. Security Leftovers
    Security picks for today
  16. Kernel Space: DKMS vs kmod, DRM Panic, LKML, and Compiling Linux
    some BSD/Linux picks
  17. All You Need to Know About the GNU/Linux Rolling Release Model
    The GNU/Linux Rolling release model can be daunting at first glance. Learn what makes them tick and the pros and cons of using a rolling GNU/Linux distro today
  18. today's leftovers
    a handful of more articles
  19. Latest From Red hat
    redhat.com articles, latest
  20. Security and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO and more
  21. Android Leftovers
    This new Android phone looks like a photographer’s dream
  22. GStreamer 1.24.9 Rolls Out with Bug Fixes and Security Enhancements
    GStreamer 1.24.9 multimedia framework is a bug-fix release delivering critical fixes for RTSP, latency, stream handling, and DRM
  23. Tails 6.9 Now Available with Tor and Thunderbird Updates
    Tails 6.9 privacy-focused Linux distro released with the latest Tor Browser 14.0.1, Tor client 0.4.8.13, and Thunderbird 115.16
  24. 10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make With the Linux Command Line (and How to Avoid Them)
    Getting started with the Linux command line can feel like diving into the deep end
  25. Google Chrome Update Offers More Control Over Memory Usage
    The latest stable update to Google Chrome introduces an enhanced Memory Saver feature which could help you reduce the browser’s memory footprint
  26. Interview with Newly Certified LibreOffice Developer Rafael Lima
    The LibreOffice Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) has appointed Prof. Rafael Henrique Palma Lima
  27. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  28. KaOS – lean KDE-based Linux distribution
    KaOS is an independent distribution focused on Qt and KDE
  29. Linus Torvalds bids farewell to gas guzzlers
    He reckons it runs Linux
  30. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Beelink, and More
    Hardware-centric picks
  31. Games: Steam, Luma Island, COVEN, and More
    half a dozen GamingOnLinux articles
  32. Instructionals/Technical Articles From HowTo Geek
    a handful of HowTo Geek articles (HowTos)
  33. today's leftovers
    a handful of stories for now
  34. today's howtos
    a bit older than today
  35. Happy Halloween [original]
    The coming weekend will be slow news-wise
  36. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  37. Security and Windows TCO
    lots from CISA
  38. Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: New in Invidious and TLLTS
    mostly new videos
  39. LWN Articles on Linux and Development
    now outside the paywall
  40. A look at the aerc mail client
    Email has become somewhat unfashionable as a collaboration tool for open-source projects, but there are still a number of projects—such as PostgreSQL and the Linux kernel—that expect contributors to send and review patches via emailA look at the aerc mail client
  41. Free-software foundations face fundraising problems
    Python Software Foundation (PSF), KDE e.V., and the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) are seeing declines in fundraising while also being affected by inflation

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    648 /n/2024/10/27/Programming_Leftoverss.shtml
    616 /n/2024/10/29/Fedora_Linux_41_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_DNF5_GNOME_47_a.shtml
    584 /n/2024/10/28/Raspberry_Pi_OS_Now_Enables_Wayland_by_Default_on_All_Raspberry.shtml
    551 /n/2024/10/28/Mozilla_Firefox_132_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml
    532 /n/2024/10/26/Jumpdf_keyboard_focused_PDF_viewer.shtml
    526 /n/2024/10/26/PeaZip_10_Released_with_Revamped_GUI_Engine_Compression_Presets.shtml
    521 /n/2024/10/27/today_s_howtos.shtml

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