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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 31, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Confirmed: Ubuntu Dev Discussions Moving to Matrix

   Ubuntu’s key developers have agreed to switch to Matrix as the primary platform for real-time development communications involving the distro

2. Python and Linux Kernel Stories in LWN

   4 new articles outside the paywall

   New

3. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers

   today's leftovers

4. Programming Leftovers

   Development leftovers

5. Security Leftovers

   Security centric leftovers

6. Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast, FLOSS Weekly, and More

   some new episodes

7. Applications: Snap vs Flatpak, GNU/Linux Digest, and FOSS Weekly

   Free software and blobs

8. Devices/Embedded/Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More

   hardware news

9. today's howtos

   many howtos, second batch today

10. KaOS Linux 2025.01 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS and KDE Plasma 6.2

    KaOS Linux 2025.01 independent distribution is now available for download with the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment and Linux kernel 6.12 LTS.

11. NVIDIA 570 Linux Graphics Driver Promises VRR Support on Multi-Monitor Setups

    NVIDIA published today the beta version of the upcoming NVIDIA 570 graphics driver for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems promising several new features and performance improvements.

12. EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.5.7 and EasyOS Scarthgap-series version 6.6

    two releases

13. GStreamer 1.24.12 Improves Performance Across Platforms

    GStreamer 1.24.12 multimedia framework is a bug-fix release that resolves crashes, improves compatibility, and enhances reliability across platforms

14. Latest From Red Hat

    From redhat.com

15. GCompris 25.0 Open-Source Educational Suite Released with Five New Activities

    GCompris 25.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source and cross-platform educational software suite suitable for children aged 2 to 10 with new activities and updated translations.

16. Android Leftovers

    iPhones finally catch up to Android in Netflix binging ease

17. OPNsense Celebrates 10 Years with the 25.1 “Ultimate Unicorn” Release

    OPNsense 25.1 open-source firewall and routing platform rolls out powered by FreeBSD 14.2, with a revamped UI, ZFS snapshot support, and more

18. GNU: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC and gprofng-gui 2.0 released

    some FSF/GNU news

19. Debian is Ditching X (Twitter) Citing These Reasons

    The Debian Publicity Team is stepping away from X/Twitter, citing concerns over values and diversity

20. Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: Pebble, Arduino, and More

    some hardware news

21. Security Leftovers

    Security news and more

22. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

23. Thunderbird Moves to Monthly Updates from March 2025

    The Thunderbird email client is making its monthly ‘release channel’ builds the default download starting in March

24. Windows TCO Leftovers

    things breaking and having holes

25. postmarketOS in 2025-01: systemd in edge, mobile-config-thunderbird and Lomiri

    One of the best ways to end the year is to visit the Chaos Communication Congress

26. LibreOffice project and community recap: January 2025

    LibreOffice 25.2 – our next major release – is due to arrive next week

27. Best Free and Open Source Software

    We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux

28. Linux Distros Debian-Based and Xfce4 Centric

    Armbian is a highly optimized base operating system specialized for single board computers

29. Games: F1 Arcade Experience, PS, DOOM, and More

    mostly from GamingOnLinux

30. Kubuntu 24.04 third review - It's shaping up nicely

    My first encounter with Kubuntu 24.04 was not very successful

31. today's howtos

    many howtos

32. Kernel Space: Making Linux Energy-Efficient, Kernel 6.13, 6.12.x in EasyOS, and More

    linux news

33. Here's the easiest thing Linux developers can do to win more users

    Many Linux distribution development teams overlook this issue, and by considering it

34. Plank-Reloaded - The Simplest Dock that's Fully Functional

    free open-source fork to make it fully functional in recent GNU/Linux Distributions

35. Decelopment and Free Software

    FOSS picks

36. Security Leftovers

    Security incidents and more

37. A mouseless tale: trying for a keyboard-driven desktop

    PaperWM solves both problems by providing a scrollable tiling interface for GNOME with a virtual viewport larger than the screen

38. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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