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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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IBM's Payroll: Cannot Even Pay the People What They're Legally Entitled to
How financially-stressed is IBM at this point?
 
Cultification: best candidates avoiding Debian leader elections
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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Under Open Access
The Register MS, on Verge of Collapse, Keeps Promoting a Ponzi Scheme for China
Publishers that participate in this simply don't care about their readers
Overview of False Narratives and Lies Used to Lower Salaries at the European Patent Office (EPO), Abandoning Patent Quality and the EPC
Many of the latter slides are the same as Munich's
Links 12/03/2026: Atlassian Layoffs, GAFAN Covering up Slop-Induced Outages, "Age-verification in Operating Systems and the Internet"
Links for the day
The EPO's President, Who Covers Up Cocaine Use, is Trying to Suppress Communication Between EPO Staff Under the Guise of 'Privacy' (and in Defiance of a Court Ruling)
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Exactly One Week Before Next EPO Strike, Media Intentionally Not Mentioning EPO Strikes
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Suicide of disgruntled employee? Bus fire at Kerzers / Chiètres, Switzerland, at least six dead
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Gemini Links 12/03/2026: "on Urbit" and the True Cost (or Criticism) of "Social Control Media"
Links for the day
Slop About "linux" in Google News
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The cost of maintaining illusions
Slides From the European Patent Office (EPO) Explain Why They're Striking, How They're Striking, and What Comes Next
A week from now the strike will go ahead
GAFAM Datacentres Are Facilities of War, So Risk of Downtime by Missiles or State-Sponsored Cracking Has Vastly Increased
How safe is your business in "clown computing" or DCs marked as some "legitimate targets" at wartime?
Companies That Take Away Blood and Sweat From the Community to Sell a Ponzi Scheme to Everybody
We need Free software that is run by communities
1,234 People Gather Online to Plan Next EPO Strikes and Other Industrial Actions
yesterday an online gathering orchestrated the next moves by EPO staff
Links 11/03/2026: Fake Videos Swarm YouTube, "Ukraine Can Now Manufacture ‘China-Free’ Drones"
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Kafkaesque: Unlawful Activities in the UK to Cover Up Unlawful Activities in the United States of America
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Links 11/03/2026: EPO and USPTO Software Patents Thrown Out Again, Copyright Concerns Over Slop (Plagiarism Using Buzzwords)
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If you assault women in the United States, there's a barrister available for you in the UK
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The official word of Fedora is partly slop
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Links for the day
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the message circulated regarding the open letter to the Administrative Council
Jeff Bezos as an Individual Said to Have Enough Capital to Buy IBM
Assuming a market capitalisation of 234.70 billion
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There are some inside stories we can tell
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Geminispace Will Soon Have 5,000 Capsules
Very Little Slop About "Linux"
We hope to see slop eradicated by year's end
BBC Lied for Its Longtime Sponsor (Bribes for 15+ Years) Bill Epsteingate, in Effect Covering Up Sex Trafficking of Underage Girls
The state of the media is truly awful
Microsoft GitHub is Not Free Hosting and It Won't Last
Not for much longer [...] Microsoft is afraid to say that it is pulling the plug, but it seems inevitable
Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, March 2026
When will the media properly investigate this?
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British Sovereignty at Stake
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The mass layoffs at Microsoft continue, but Microsoft hides those in some of the same ways IBM does
Doing More With Less
primacy of concepts rather than bells and whistles
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