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  1. Mozilla: Hey Hi (AI) Nonsense, Thunderbird Update, Plunder by the Executives, Surveillance, and Financial Interferences
    Bad and meh from Mozilla... company gone astray

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  2. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux, Free software, and more
  3. today's howtos
    3 howtos for now
  4. Games: SteamOS, Godot, and More
    3 picks for now
  5. FRAME sockets added to OpenBSD and NetBSD 10.1 available
    some BSD news
  6. Red Hat Leftovers
    DNF, CentOS, and More
  7. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More
    Hardware picks
  8. Debian-Based Grml 2024.12 Linux Distro Is Out with Support for 64-Bit ARM CPUs
    Grml, a live bootable Linux distro based on Debian GNU/Linux and designed for system administrators and users of text tools, has been updated today to version 2024.12, a release that extends hardware support and brings updated components.
  9. Applications: Kodi, Virtual Data Room (VDR), Quick Web Apps, GNOME Maps
    Some Free software news
  10. WordPress: Holiday Break
    I hope to find the time, energy, and money to reopen all of this sometime in the new year
  11. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical articles
  12. Want to save your old computer? Try these 6 Linux distros
    Here's how to save money, reduce e-waste, and extend the life of your old hardware at the same time
  13. Calibre 7.23 Brings Cover Preview and Tag Browser Updates
    Calibre 7.23 update: Manage book data files, expanded Tag browser, template import/export
  14. today's leftovers
    Debian, Canonical, IBM, and more
  15. Hardware: OpenWrt, Raspberry Pi, Armv9, and More
    Open Hardware focus
  16. FSF, Fake 'FSF' (FSFE, Sponsored by Microsoft), and Openwashing
    Some Free and nonfree picks
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  18. DXVK 2.5.2 Improves Support for Alpha Protocol, Borderlands 2, and Other Games
    DXVK 2.5.2 is out today as the second maintenance update to the DXVK 2.5 series for this Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine.
  19. Windows TCO, Security, and CISA
    incidents and more
  20. Games: Godot, FromSoftware, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, and New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients
    4 new stories
  21. Mobile testing in libadwaita
    Lately I’ve been working on touch controls overlays in Highscore
  22. Android Leftovers
    Google Keep making users ‘reload’ notes, rounds corners on Android
  23. These 6 Linux myths you still believe simply aren't true
    Linux is everywhere. It's on the majority of servers, powers the Steam Deck handheld gaming device
  24. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We recommend the best free and open source software
  25. New: the Fast Sketch Plugin for Krita
    Together with Intel, we have been working a new plugin for Krita
  26. Luckfox Reveals First Boards Featuring Rockchip RK3506G2 Triple-Core Processors with Linux Support
    Luckfox indicates on their Wiki pages that the Lyra series supports operating systems such as Buildroot and Ubuntu 22.04
  27. Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.6, Linux 6.6.67, Linux 6.1.121, Linux 5.15.175, Linux 5.10.232, and Linux 5.4.288
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.12.6 kernel
  28. Fedora Server User Survey: Your Cattle or Your Pets
    Your answers will help us focus our efforts to improve Fedora Server and provide better support for your use cases
  29. Today in Techrights
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    Span from 2024-12-14 to 2024-12-20
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    703 /n/2024/12/17/Kali_Linux_2024_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_GNOME_47_and_.shtml
    611 /n/2024/12/10/The_Shepherd_1_0_0_released.shtml
    597 /n/2024/12/16/Linux_6_13_rc3.shtml
    576 /n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.shtml

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