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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 27, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Solus 4.7 Released with Linux 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and Xfce 4.20
    The development team behind the Solus distribution announced today the release and general availability of Solus 4.7 as the latest ISO snapshot of this independent rolling-release distro featuring Budgie, GNOME, KDE Plasma, and Xfce editions.
  2. Shotcut 25.01 Update Brings Bins, HSL Filters, and More
    Shotcut 25.01 video editor rolls out with new features like Playlist Bins

    New

  3. today's leftovers
    Security and software
  4. Audiocasts/Shows: GNU World Order, BSD Now, and Enterprise Linux Security
    3 new episodes
  5. GNU/Linux on Old (and New) PCs
    a pair of articles
  6. Games: Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients and SteamOS News
    Games-centric picks
  7. KDE: On Kdenlive and Mnemonics
    KDE picks
  8. today's howtos
    only a few for now
  9. anyon_e is a DIY Linux laptop with an RK3588 processor, OLED display, and custom aluminum chassis
    The resulting laptop is called anyon_e, and it’s a laptop with a 4K AMOLED display, a custom aluminum chassis, about 7 hours of battery life
  10. today's leftovers
    BSD and GNU/Linux and FOSS
  11. Linux: Zentyal Is the Small Business Server You May Need
    One such distribution is Zentyal, which is a Linux alternative to Windows Server
  12. Programming Leftovers
    Development linkdump
  13. Distributions and Operating Systems: Solus 4.7, CP/M, Snowdrop OS
    3 picks
  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical articles
  15. Games: The Last of Us Part, War Thunder, FF7 Rebirth
    Gaming news
  16. pgwatch3 and pg_squeeze 1.8 released
    postgresql-related release
  17. Android Leftovers
    Don't look now, but Android Find My Device trackers suddenly work great
  18. Dovecot 2.4 Secure IMAP Server Released
    Dovecot 2.4 secure IMAP server has been released with a new signing key
  19. How-To Geek: Installations (Ubuntu) Laptops
    You just installed Ubuntu—awesome
  20. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  21. Dynebolic – Linux distribution
    Dynebolic is a 100% Free Software Operating System for multimedia production
  22. FRDM-IMX93 with Arm Ethos U-65 MicroNPU Runs on Debian Linux
    The board is compatible with Linux and FreeRTOS, with the NXP Debian Linux SDK providing an NXP-provided kernel
  23. Operating Systems: EasyOS, Fedora, CentOS, Debian's Sam Hartman
    today's leftovers
  24. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  25. Security Leftovers
    Security links
  26. today's howtos
    3 howtos only
  27. Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    Hardware related picks
  28. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: MakulaLinux, DeVault vs FOSDEM, Hackaday Podcast
    Episodes for today
  29. Today in Techrights
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