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  1. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and Linux Matters
    Two new episodes
  2. 4MLinux 47.0 Released with Installation Support for Virtual (KVM) Block Devices
    4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced today the release and general availability of 4MLinux 47.0 as the latest stable version of this mini Linux distribution featuring the lightweight JWM window manager.
  3. T2 SDE release version 24.12
    The release contains a total of 2158 changesets, including approximately 3280 package updates, 200 fixed issues, 206 packages or features added and 37 removed and around 20 improvements

    New

  4. Nobara Linux Takes on Fedora With a Custom KDE Plasma Desktop
    Based on Fedora, Nobara is a multimedia user's dream operating system
  5. 2024 Recap: Linux & FOSS Ecosystem’s Highlights
    Discover the biggest Linux updates, top FOSS breakthroughs, and community-driven innovations shaping the open-source landscape in 2024
  6. What will 2025 bring for Linux PCs?
    The year ahead has a lot in store for Linux users
  7. BSD: What Is It, and How Is It Different From Linux?
    BSD Is Dead, Long Live BSD
  8. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS news
  9. Web Leftovers
    Standards and Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) news
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development with R and more
  11. Open Hardware Leftovers
    Open Hardware and some gadgets
  12. Applications and Games, WINE
    Wine vs. VMs, gaming, and more
  13. Security and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO and more
  14. Regolith Linux Is a Great Introduction To Tiling Window Managers
    Modern GNU/Linux distribution
  15. Mixxx 2.5.0 Released! It Now Runs in iOS & Web Browser
    Mixxx, the free and open-source DJ software, released new major 2.5.0 version today
  16. Mixxx 2.5 Open-Source DJ App Released with Qt 6 Port, Improved Controller Support
    Mixxx 2.5 has been released as a nice Christmas gift for those who want to use one of the best open-source, free, and cross-platform virtual DJ software for performing live mixes.
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical articles
  18. Games: Star Fox 64, Thrive, and More
    latest from GamingOnLinux
  19. Security Leftovers
    mostly CISA
  20. Perl, Kubuntu, and Mobile GNU/Linux
    today's leftovers
  21. Welcome /e/OS 2.6.3
    We’re thrilled to introduce /e/OS 2.6.3, the latest version of our privacy-first operating system!
  22. NethSecurity project milestone 8.4 (NethSecurity 8.4 is Out
    We are excited to announce the release of NethSecurity project milestone 8.4 with image version 8-23.05.5-ns.1.4.1
  23. Fedora Chooses Forgejo!
    The Fedora Council is pleased to announce that we have chosen Forgejo as the replacement for our git forge
  24. 3 reasons you get more viruses on Windows than on Mac or Linux
    While Windows devices are more prone to malware statistically
  25. What Is Wine for Linux, and How Does It Work?
    Linux is at the peak of its popularity, but it's still an extremely niche desktop operating system
  26. Videos: GNU/Linux and Free Software in Invidious (or YouTube)
    many videos from recent days
  27. Parabolic – tool to download web video and audio
    It’s free and open source software
  28. The 3 most Windows-like Linux distros to try because change is hard
    If you want to keep your machine running smoothly and feeling familiar, check out these Linux distros
  29. This Linux laptop has a brilliant display and performance that rivals my MacBook
    If you're looking for a laptop with Linux pre-installed
  30. today's leftovers
    FOSS and standards
  31. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  32. Open Hardware/Modding: SBCs, ESP32, and More
    Hardware news
  33. Audiocasts/Shows: Bryan Lunduke on Wikipedia, LinDoz Preview, and Late Night Linux
    3 new videos/shows
  34. Canonical/Ubuntu: Weekly Newsletter and What to know when procuring GNU/Linux laptops
    a pair of updates
  35. Debian: free software career, Debian mirrors, dropping the git protocol, and more
    Debian people talking about projects
  36. Distributions and Operating Systems: DR-DOS and EasyOS/OpenEmbedded
    Some OS news
  37. BSD: zpool, OPNsense, and Emulating *BSD on ARM
    BSD picks for today
  38. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  39. CapyPDF 0.14 is out
    It has required a lot of refactoring work in the color code of Inkscape proper
  40. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  41. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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    587 /n/2024/12/21/CachyOS_Now_Uses_AutoFDO_Kernel_as_Default_Across_All_Supported.shtml
    557 /n/2024/12/15/Xfce_4_20_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Experimental_Waylan.shtml
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    508 /n/2024/12/17/Fedora_Asahi_Remix_41_Released_for_Apple_Silicon_Macs_with_KDE_.shtml
    507 /n/2024/12/19/_Kdenlive_24_12_Added_Multiple_Subtitle_Tracks_Removed_Qt5_Supp.shtml
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    507 /n/2024/12/23/today_s_howtos.shtml
    497 /n/2024/12/20/DXVK_2_5_2_Improves_Support_for_Alpha_Protocol_Borderlands_2_an.shtml
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Other Recent Techrights' Posts

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)
The PIPs or 'Voluntary Termination Offers' Help IBM Fake Its Situation
"IBM is not a tech company"
General Assembly Covers EPO Strikes on Thursday, September 17th (2026)
The EPO's staff representation at The Hague has asked people to join an upcoming online session about industrial actions
 
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
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
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!
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 13, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, September 13, 2026
Microsoft is Laying Off All Year Long (It's Just Keeping Quiet About It)
The issue here is also the media. It's complicit.
MElon's Twitter Takeover Was Meant to Amplify People Like Himself or David Heinemeier Hansson (Slop Pyramid Schemes and Bigotry)
Social control media is not neutral
Microsoft Lunduke of 'Linux Sucks' (and Microsoft Corp.) Tries to Replace GNU/Linux With Toxic Discussions About Toxic Politics
Poisoning the well people drink from
Links 13/09/2026: Republican Campaign Aide Uses Nazi Photo and Convicted Felon is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech
Links for the day
Gemini Links 13/09/2026: Never Settling, Plain Text Digital Life, and Newsgroups
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 182 Out of 200: UK Dockets With Machine-Generated Applications to the Court (From American Slop Companies)
Earlier this year Garrett was using machine-generated output as legal papers and submissions
Efforts to Cancel Matt Mullenweg Have Made Us More Sympathetic Towards Mullenweg and More Sceptical of the People Who Run Automattic (Named After Mullenweg)
Mullenweg, unlike Automattic, is not "in it for the money"
Boosters of Omarchy Are No 'Underdogs'
There are many Arch derivatives that do not rely on "viral" marketing in MElon's child porn-pushing social control media and are instead relying on real development, not slop
PIPs Are a Setup: They Set Workers Up to Fail While Working Their Arse Off Before Getting Kicked (Out) in the Arse
Malicious and exploitative
SLAPP Censorship - Part 181 Out of 200: This is Really More Like Brett Wilson LLP v Schestowitz (Using Money From American Slop Companies, Plagiarism Pushers)
We approach the parts where we explain that the Application to the Court with Garrett's name on it was instead complaining about fair criticism of the combative law firm (irrelevant to any injunctions) as if it was impermissible to explain what it had done - and still does - to my wife and I
It Sometimes Feels Like Slop Companies Are Committing Online/Digital Crimes
"GPT" out of control
Gemini Links 13/09/2026: Why Omarchy is "Plain Disgusting" and "AI Slop" and Why "Plain Text To Do List" Rocks
Links for the day
Links 13/09/2026: Scam Altman Admits Issues (Financial), Rival Says Stop Slop (Plagiarism)
Links for the day
Windows Down to New Lows as Switzerland's Federal Government Abandons Microsoft (Where Feasible for Now)
That's how it starts...
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, September 12, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, September 12, 2026
Televisions Have Become Billboards
Bottom line: you get what you pay for
Mass Layoffs at Microsoft as "Voluntary Separation Agreement" (or PIP)
the man who kept lying about the layoffs has just left the company
The Cyber Show on Media Clickbait About Slop as 'Existential Threat' and Derek Thompson's Response to That
Ignore the hype, focus on real news
Links 12/09/2026: "Revolt Is Here" Against Slop and "Top Chinese Court" Cracks Down on Slop That's Fake/Misleading
Links for the day
Gemini Links 12/09/2026: Rants About Slop, Switching From QWERTY, and Why TVs Are 'Cheap'
Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 180 Out of 200: A Third Act, (Mis)Using Your Client's Application to the Court for Your Own Purposes as a Law Firm (Reputation Management and Censorship)
How much can a lawfare firm get away with?
Canonical Has Withdrawn Ubuntu 24.04.5 Installer Due to a Critical Bug Connected to Microsoft-Controlled Restricted Boot and TPM
already breaking systems running GNU/Linux [...] Who asked for TPM in Linux?
SLAPP Censorship - Part 179 Out of 200: Using One's Clients to Save Face at Their Expense
Who's being served really?
Switzerland's Software Freedom/Digital Sovereignty is Improving as People Move to GNU/Linux
Well done to them
Links 12/09/2026: "U.S. Debt Surpasses $40 Trillion" and "Trump Wants to [Illegally] Bribe Voters."
Links for the day
Gemini Links 12/09/2026: Readjusting, Fighting Sleep, and FreeBSD bhyve
Links for the day
Matt Mullenweg Got the 'Linus Treatment' or 'RMS Treatment'
"back, but not in charge any more..."
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 11, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, September 11, 2026