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GNU/Linux news for the past day

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE Announcement
    The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE

    New

  2. In The Chair | CENSOR*ED
    How our schools are ruled by fear and BigTech decides what kids can learn
  3. Red Hat Leftovers
    latest in redhat.com
  4. Web Browsers, Mozilla, and Tor
    Some Web related or Net links
  5. Programming Leftovers
    R, Python, and more
  6. Security and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO for the most part
  7. today's howtos
    many howtos for this day
  8. Open Hardware: ESP32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    some hardware picks
  9. This Is the Default Theme of Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie”
    The Debian Project unveiled today the default theme of the next major Debian operating system release, Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie,” made by Elise Couper.
  10. 10 Ways To Harden Your Linux Containers Against Attacks
    Learn practical strategies for protecting containerized applications on Linux
  11. The best way to make a decision is to decide
    Making decisions in an open source community is hard
  12. "Ceratopsian" will be the default theme for Debian 13
    The theme "Ceratopsian" by Elise Couper has been selected as the default theme for Debian 13 "trixie"
  13. Games: The best GNU/Linux distribution for gaming in 2025 and many gaming news
    Latest from GamingOnLinux
  14. Android Leftovers
    Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro are the most popular newly launched Android flagships
  15. Free Software Supporter

    New

    Issue 200, December 2024
    Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) monthly news digest and action update
  16. The Licensing and Compliance Team is fighting for freedom and we need your help
    The Licensing and Compliance Lab has been diligently serving the free software community
  17. RustDesk 1.3.3 Introduces Mobile Clipboard Support
    RustDesk 1.3.3 open-source remote desktop adds mobile clipboard
  18. December Steam Client Update Enhances Game Recording
    December Steam Client Update
  19. Lernstick – secure and mobile learning and working environment
    Lernstick offers secure and mobile learning and working environment so that private devices can also be used for school purposes
  20. Dolphin Emulator Will Get Faster Updates on Linux With Flatpak
    Dolphin now maintains official Flatpak repositories, making it far easier for Linux gamers to install and run the latest versions of the Dolphin emulator
  21. Best Free and Open Source Software
    Kobold aims to offer easy declarative web interfaces
  22. Br OS – Brazilian Linux distribution
    Br OS is a Brazilian Linux distribution based on Kubuntu, sporting the KDE Plasma desktop
  23. SUSE Renames Several Products for Better Name Recognition
    SUSE has been a very powerful player in the European market, but it knows it must branch out to gain serious traction. Will a name change do the trick
  24. You can test all the best Linux distros right in your web browser with this site
    If you've ever wanted to see what Linux was all about but didn't want to go through the steps of installing it
  25. openSUSE Empowers Creative Professionals
    For many creatives, Photoshop is the go-to application for photo editing and graphic design
  26. Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for December
    This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions
  27. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-11-28 to 2024-12-04
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    659 /n/2024/11/29/Microsoft_Partners_Help_Microsoft_Spread_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt.shtml
    629 /n/2024/11/28/OpenStreetMap_Now_Runs_on_Debian.shtml
    585 /n/2024/11/30/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    570 /n/2024/12/01/HandBrake_1_9_Adds_Support_for_Lossless_VP9_Encoding_Intel_QSV_.shtml
    542 /n/2024/12/01/Repairability_Isn_t_Enough_Why_I_m_No_Longer_Supporting_Softwar.shtml
    533 /n/2024/11/30/NixOS_24_11_Released_with_GNOME_47_and_KDE_Plasma_6_2_PipeWire_.shtml
    525 /n/2024/11/21/EasyOS_Scarthgap_and_Daedalus_6_4_4_releases.shtml
    514 /n/2024/11/30/Armbian_24_11_Released_with_Support_for_OrangePi_5_Max_and_Radx.shtml
    514 /n/2024/12/01/Xfce_4_20_Pre2_Released.shtml
    485 /n/2024/11/30/today_s_howtos.shtml
    472 /n/2024/11/30/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    471 /n/2024/12/01/today_s_howtos.3.shtml
    470 /n/2024/11/30/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    468 /n/2024/11/30/PostgreSQL_News.shtml
    466 /n/2024/11/28/today_s_howtos.shtml
    466 /n/2024/11/29/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
    465 /n/2024/12/03/Games_Vulkan_Upgraded_Discord_With_Wayland_Lutris_Release.shtml
    465 /n/2024/12/01/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6_13_Release_Candid.shtml
    463 /n/2024/11/30/SUSE_OpenSUSE_Tumbleweed_Leftovers.shtml

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