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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Raspberry Pi 5 16GB Model Is Now Available at $120 USD

   Raspberry Pi announced today the highly-anticipated 16GB model of the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computers for those who want their Raspberry Pi with 16GB RAM for a faster and smoother computing experience.

2. Audiocasts/Shows: Cybershow, OpenMandriva, and FLOSS Weekly

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3. Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

   Flatpak, the popular Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework, has been updated today to version 1.16, a major release that comes with new features and improvements.

4. KDE Plasma 6.3 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What’s New

   The KDE Project released today the beta version of the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop environment series, a major update promising numerous new features and improvements.

5. Open Hardware: GNU/Linux on Mobile, RUBIK Pi, OrangePi, and More

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6. today's howtos

   Instructionals/Technical articles

7. KDE Frameworks 6.10 Adds Support for Converting Between “Rack Units” in KRunner

   The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.10 today as a new monthly update to this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt, which provide commonly needed functionality for KDE applications and the KDE Plasma desktop.

8. Microsoft Traps and Windows TCO

   mostly Windows TCO

9. Tails 6.11 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Critical Security Fixes

   Tails 6.11 amnesic incognito live system distribution is now available for download with support for detecting partitioning errors and fixes for critical vulnerabilities.

10. KDE Gear 24.12.1 Is Out to Improve Dolphin, Kate, NeoChat, and Other KDE Apps

    The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 24.12.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 24.12 open-source software suite series to address various issues in your favorite KDE apps.

11. Fast Times at Ridgemont Oreon Linux High

    Oreon Linux has received a lot of attention for being a desktop OS based on AlmaLinux

12. Android Leftovers

    Google’s Quick Share Reportedly Lets Android Users Scan QR Codes to Transfer Files

13. Windows 10 Countdown: Make the Switch to Linux for a Fresh Start

    Linux desktop developers may see an increase in adoption in 2025 despite the lack of commercial marketing strategies hawking the benefits of running Linux on consumer computers

14. Qualcomm QCS6490-based Rubik Pi 3 AI SBC supports Android, Linux, and LU operating systems

    This device supports Qualcomm Linux, Android, and LU (Canonical Ubuntu for Qualcomm Platforms to be released in early 2025) operating systems that provide developers flexibility across various development platforms

15. Best Free and Open Source Software

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16. Games: Maze Mice, Deadlock, Heroes of Might and Magic II, and More

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17. Debian And Ubuntu Based Linux Distributions

    CutefishOS is a Debian– or Ubuntu-based with its own Cutefish Desktop Environment (CDE)

18. RUBIK Pi 3 Now Available for Ordering at $179 Following Global Launch at CES 2025

    Thundercomm has officially launched the RUBIK Pi 3, a Linux-compatible development board powered by the Qualcomm QCS6490 processor

19. Porteus v5.1 alpha

    It's time for a development release: 5.1-alpha, based on a snapshot of slackware current

20. New Releases of Archcraft

    as early as this week

21. Release of Ditana GNU/Linux 0.9-Beta

    Ditana GNU/Linux, a new Arch-based distribution that combines flexibility, user-friendliness, and advanced security features, is now available

22. today's leftovers

    GNU/Linux and FOSS stories

23. Programming Leftovers

    Development related leftovers

24. BSD Leftovers

    some picks about BSD

25. Games: SteamOS Spreading and Chess Hacks

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26. PostgreSQL Anonymizer 2.0 and pg_partman 5.2.4

    PostgreSQL related releases

27. Security Leftovers

    Security picks for today

28. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM: Sanctioning Volunteers, Pushing Microsoft SystemD, and Fake 'Security' (User Restrictions/Handcuffs)

    more of the same

29. Linux Coverage From Jakub Kicinski, LWN, Mike Blumenkrantz, and Arun Raghavan

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