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Updated This Past Day

  1. Kdenlive 24.12 Added Multiple Subtitle Tracks & Removed Qt5 Support
    Kdenlive, the popular Qt-based free open-source video editor
  2. GNU/Linux Growing in Chile [original]
    chart

    New

  3. Software: Cockpit 331, as-tree, Zen Browser, Duolingo Application on Linux, qBittorrent 5.0.3 Released
    Software news for today
  4. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts - last for today
  5. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software
    mostly from yewtu.be
  6. Linux-Centric "Security" (and FUD) Leftovers
    many FUD pieces
  7. These Are The Most Useful Linux Apps I Discovered in 2024
    Here are the best Linux apps we encountered in 2024. Try them out if you haven't yet!
  8. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks and more
  9. Mozilla: Rust Roundup, "Hey Hi" Fluff, Loss of Revenue, and Input About the Main Sponsor (Google)
    Some Firefox and Mozilla updates
  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks for today
  11. IPFire Linux Firewall Preps for Wi-Fi 7, Adopts Post-Quantum Cryptography
    Today, the IPFire Project released IPFire 2.29 Core Update 190 as a new update to its hardened open-source GNU/Linux distribution, which primarily performs as a router or firewall.
  12. BSD: Release of OpenBGPD 8.7, UK Keyboard layout on X applications on FreeBSD, BSD Now
    some more BSD picks for today
  13. Canonical/Ubuntu patching automation and Charmed Kubeflow
    a pair of new blog posts from Canonical/Ubuntu
  14. Security Leftovers
    mostly patches
  15. Programming Leftovers
    Development related links
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: Pimoroni, Arduino, and More
    Modding and gadgets related
  17. Red Hat Leftovers
    and some IBM
  18. FOSS Weekly, Kubernetes, Ruqola 2.4.0, and 'Free' Proprietary Bait From Broadcom
    software picks
  19. BSD News: Updates on FreeBSD, FreeBSD Foundation, and Release of NetBSD 10.1
    NetBSD 10.1 released days ago
  20. LibreOffice 24.8.4 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 55 Bug Fixes
    The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 24.8.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 24.8 office suite series to address more than 50 bugs.
  21. Leap 15.5 Nears End of Life
    The release of Leap 15.6 on June 12 set in motion the End of Life for maintenance and security for Leap 15.5
  22. Introducing Project Aardvark
    and p2panda
  23. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts, about a dozen
  24. Android Leftovers
    Android prepares new options for customizing your lock screen clock
  25. 6 Linux Distros to Watch Out for in 2025
    Some great Linux distributions are expected to be released in 2025
  26. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 190 released
    The last update of the year is ready to be released: IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 190
  27. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    Here’s our pick of the finest open source micro-frameworks
  28. Bluefin – Fedora based Linux distribution
    Bluefin is an immutable, developer-focused, Cloud-native Linux distribution that’s based on Fedora
  29. Announcing Incus 6.8
    The Incus team is pleased to announce the release of Incus 6.8
  30. 6 Linux myths, busted
    Linux is more popular than ever, but certain myths still surround the open-source OS
  31. The 4 easiest ways to test Linux on your old PC before Windows 10 support runs out
    If you're considering a migration from the soon sunsetting Windows 10 to Linux and you're looking for a way to test the open-source operating system
  32. Windows TCO Stories
    3 new examples
  33. Games: Steam Replay, Proton Experimental, Tactical Breach Wizards, COPA CITY, Comet Force
    handful from GamingOnLinux
  34. GNU/Linux, Free Software, Coding Etc.
    today's leftovers
  35. Canonical/Ubuntu: Emojis, Microsoft Spyware, and WINE et al
    Canonical/Ubuntu leftovers
  36. Security Leftovers
    Security picks for today
  37. Gadgets and Hardware: Zephyr, Jetson, and More
    on the hardware side
  38. Linux (Kernel) Development and 'Linux' Foundation Openwashing
    Some Linux picks
  39. Fedora, CentOS, and Red Hat
    Some more picks
  40. Applications: Cron Job Managers, End of Life for Istio 1.22, Slink Introduced
    Free software news/reviews
  41. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  42. Debian opens a can of username worms
    It has long been said that naming things is one of the hard things to do in computer science
  43. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-12-13 to 2024-12-19
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Other Recent Techrights' Posts

unixcop.com is the Latest "Linux" Site to Have Become a Slopfarm After 2 Years of Death (Inactivity)
Not a way to stage a comeback
While GAFAM/Microsoft Disguise Financial Crisis as "Investment in AI" the Slop Giants Make Up a Narrative of Wilful Slowdown
A BS artist is good at the art of BS when the artist's failures or weaknesses get twisted as moral or professional leadership
 
The Cyber Show Debunks the Alleged Intelligence in Slop
It's shorter than usual
Expecting Failure
Some things would not happen to technology (tech) experts because they know how things work and what to expect (or watch out for)
Links 16/09/2026: US Running Low/Out of Some Ammo Due to Wars, Slop Bots "Are Using an Outrageous Amount of Electricity"
Links for the day
"AI Slowdown" is Code Word for Bubble Imploding (Trying to Make This Slowdown Seem Wilful, an Act of Safety and Responsibility)
They help one another by inflating the bubble and making false excuses when expansion stalls
SLAPP Censorship - Part 185 Out of 200: What Reputation?
Helping monopolies and working for monopolies never made anybody popular
Gemini Links 16/09/2026: Slovenia, Catastrophe Ethics, and ROOPHLOCH 2026
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Microsoft Layoffs in September 2026 Are Silent, Hidden
Expect the same next month ahead of the fake results
Links 15/09/2026: 'Smartphone', Android TV Box, Stockholm Syndrome of [Slop Plagiarism] Acceptance
Links for the day
Carmen-Lisandrette Maris Prepares Audiobook to Explain Software Freedom/Digital Rights to Adolescents, Needs Help From Volunteers
needs help with narrating
Links 15/09/2026: Putin-Connected Money for The Insurrectionist Jr. and Turkey's Crackdown on Activists
Links for the day
publicdomainpictures.net Seems to Have Become Fed Up With Slop Contaminating Its Database (Wasting Storage, Bandwidth), Now It's Suitably Flagged, Should Be Demoted/Delisted
The site was redone, suffered some hours of downtime, then 'relaunched' with a new interface this week
Gemini Links 15/09/2026: Hiking in Munții Făgăraș, Scams, and Slop Plagiarism Considered Unethical
Links for the day
Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 1 - At the Beginning (Torvalds Knew It Was Trouble)
We still wonder if we should make and actively maintain a shame list (developer/employer) for the people who contaminate Linux the most with slop plagiarism
EPO Staff is Preparing to Take Up a Notch the Strikes and Other Industrial Actions Ahead of October's Meeting (It Can Help Oust the Corrupt Leadership)
mobilising perhaps thousands of workers at a critical time in the history of the Office
Allegedly Many PIP Layoffs in Nepal, IBM Does This Before a Known Death Toll in Avalanche (Caused by China-, Europe-, and US-Induced Global Warming)
Fresh wounds, before the bodies are even recovered (thousands still missing)
"Wail" by Alexandre Oliva
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) 4.0 International
This Morning The Register MS Published a Page With "AI" 83 Times in it. The Register MS Got Paid to Do This.
The Register MS is not a serious publisher and a lot of the stuff about "AI" on the Web isn't journalism but paid-for SPAM
SLAPP Censorship - Part 184 Out of 200: A Tiny Law Firm That Knows Nothing But Microsoft (But Merely Pretends to Understand "IT")
They've managed to trick some mainstream media into thinking they're "Tech" experts or "Social [Control] Media" gurus; nothing could be further from the truth
Links 15/09/2026: Sweden’s Far Right Perishing and "Iceland Just Got Played"
Links for the day
It's Not About How Developers Vote
This isn't about politics, it's about users being in control of their own computers and computing
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 14, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, September 14, 2026
Gemini Links 15/09/2026: Poetry, Enshittification of Ebay, and Mecha System
Links for the day
LG Lies to Cover Up Lies About Its Spying TVs (It Records and Transmits Conversations in Rooms)
This is what a lot of "modern" technology is like
Oracle's Debt Continues to Soar (Increase of 60 Billion Dollars in 15 Months, Not Counting the Secret Debt, With Off-balance-sheet Debt Having "Grown Roughly Thirtyfold in Four Years")
Oracle debt continues to grow
It Has Cost $215,000 in Legal Costs to Sue IBM for Wrongful Termination
IBM typically settles out of court and demands secrecy (to avoid anyone else benefiting from the very expensive outcome)
Apple's iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30%
Expect the silent layoffs at Microsoft to continue at a rapid pace
Oracle, Like Microsoft, Drowns in Debt and Discards Tens of Thousands of Staff (Microsoft Does the Same More Discreetly)
The main difference between Microsoft and Oracle is that the latter is honest about what's going on
Gemini Links 14/09/2026: First Android Phone, Leaving Sony, and Rant About Gemini-to-HTTP Proxy Providers
Links for the day
Links 14/09/2026: "Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid" and Sweden Moving to the Right
Links for the day
Vista 11 Flunked
Microsoft cannot start a "Vista 12" campaign as it would only make matters worse
Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours)
Anything to distract from XBox fiasco
The PIPs or 'Voluntary Termination Offers' Help IBM Fake Its Situation
"IBM is not a tech company"
IBM Flying Away to Sweatshops (So Will Red Hat)
Even on Sunday people post about 'leaving' IBM
RFID Ambitions Already Established by Widespread Skinnerbox Adoption
A society that cannot maintain privacy for those who deserve it will not manage to assure dignity of citizens
SLAPP Censorship - Part 183 Out of 200: What Actually Happened Two Months Ago (Based on People Who Attended)
It's dangerous to assert what happened in a hearing you did not attend (there was no video stream or recording, either)
Phil Harvey, an Editor-in-Chief in a B2B Site, Explains Why ChannelFutures (Connected to TechTarget) and Other Sites That Used to Cover Linux Deleted Many Articles
Every old article in channelfutures is gone!
Software Freedom Day 2026 is 5 Days From Now, Fresh Reminder to Boycott Proprietary Software
Let this be a timely reminder of why people should avoid proprietary software
Links 14/09/2026: Slop Hardly Used for Actual Work (Chatbots Are for Lonely People), Slop Bots (Scrapers, Plagiarism) "Are Thirsty for Power"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 14/09/2026: Trip, Hiding, and OCR
Links for the day
IBM PIPs Are Layoffs (RAs Come Later Even If You Satisfy the "Performance" and "Plan")
Notice how "the media" almost never mentions silent layoffs, as if just because they're silent, there's nothing to investigate, nothing to see there
Slop Companies Engage in Plagiarising the Web, Now They Pay People to Contaminate the Web With Their Lies
Remember that the lawfare against us is funded by slop salaries!
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 13, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, September 13, 2026