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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.

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    Span from 2024-12-13 to 2024-12-19
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Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: The OSI Does Not Respect Anybody's Privacy
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R.T.O. at IBM in Texas and Atlanta (State of Georgia) Expected as "Soft Layoffs" Catalyst This Coming Year
It also sounds like more IBM layoffs are in the making
Law Firms Can Also Lose Their Licence for Clearly Misusing It
The bottom line is, never made the false assumption that because you can pile up SLAPPs in a docket you will not suffer from bad reputation or even get disbarred
Link between institutional abuse, Swiss jurists, Debianism and FSFE
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
LLM Slop Piggybacking News About GNU/Linux and Distorting It
new examples
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Recipe for another Microsoft disaster
The Cost of Pursuing the Much-Needed Reform/Shield Against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
The LLM Bubble is About to Implode, Gimmicks and Financial Shell Games Cannot Prevent That, Only Delay It
To inflate the bubble MElon is now doing the classic trick of buying from oneself for a fictional value
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Links 30/03/2025: Judge Blocks Dismantling Of VOA, Turkey Arrested Many Journalists
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Judges Would Never Rule for Men Who Strangle Women or Against Women Who Merely Wrote Articles About Abuse They Had Received From Men
We don't intend to do "trial by media", so we won't be disclosing claims and defences until it's over
Windows is an Unnatural Disaster, It is Also Avoidable
there's a wide window of opportunity opening
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In Some Countries, Such as Thailand, Firefox is Already Measured at Less Than 2% (One Day Firefox Will Get Blocked, Not Only Lack Support)
Web consolidation around Chrom-isms will doom the Web as we know it
Killing the News With Spam and Slop Benefits Those Whose Desire is an Uninformed Population
adoption of Free software depends indirectly on political activities/activism
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Perhaps tomorrow or perhaps next week we'll share more information about what happened and what was reported to the California Privacy Protection Agency
Links 29/03/2025: More Crackdowns on Science, "Hey Hi" Slopping is Flopping
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IBM's BS (Bait, Switch) Regarding Ways to Stay Onboard
PIPs, RTOs, and forced relocations are just an illusion of choice (or ability to recover)
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the incidents in Costa Rica are Windows incidents
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Banned evidence: Ars Technica forums censored email predicting DebConf23 death, Abraham Raji & Debian cover-up
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