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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 08, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. OpenWrt 24.10 Brings Kernel 6.6 and Initial WiFi 7 Support
    OpenWrt 24.10 open-source router firmware debuts with initial WiFi7 support

    New

  2. today's leftovers
    Games, KDE, and more
  3. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  4. Distributions and Operating Systems: BSD and More
    BSDs and GNU/Linux
  5. Applications: CLI Tools, Docker Desktop 4.38, GTK, pgexporter 0.6
    Application news
  6. WAL-G 3.0.5 and pgAdmin 4 v9.0 Released
    psql releases
  7. today's howtos
    3 howtos only
  8. Events: ShinyConf and FOSDEM Coverage
    3 stories
  9. Security Leftovers
    Security stories
  10. Microsoft Entryism/Microsoft-Dominated 'Linux' Foundation/Canonical Promoting Windows
    WSL club
  11. Microsoft-dominated 'Linux' Foundation Still Promoting Scams, OpenInfra Wants to Get a Vote/Input Going
    very sad
  12. Linux Kernel Space and Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD)
    Linux leftovers
  13. Calibre 7.25 Adds Support for Importing KFX Files from 2024 Kindle Devices via MTP
    The weekly Calibre updates continue with Calibre 7.25, released today by developer Kovid Goyal as the latest stable version of this powerful, cross-platform, free, and open-source suite of e-book software.
  14. Free Software and GNU/Linux Leftovers
    Leftovers for today and last night
  15. Red Hat's Leftovers
    mostly Red Hat's puff pieces
  16. Android Leftovers
    The Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra is basically an ROG Phone 9 Pro
  17. Reproducible Builds and Security Gaps in Debian-Based Tails
    Debian picks
  18. Games: Steam Deck, Valve, and “Multi-User Dungeons”
    gaming news
  19. FOSSASIA 2025 – Operating systems, open hardware, and firmware sessions
    The FOSSASIA Summit is the closest we have to FOSDEM in Asia
  20. Events: Inkscape Summit Frankfurt 2025, FOSDEM 2025, and Univention Summit 2025
    3 events
  21. Canonical/Ubuntu on Security and Its Promotion of Microsoft Windows (WSL)
    sellouts
  22. Live virtual memorabilia auction on March 23, 2025
    The Free Software Foundation will auction off original GNU drawings, awards
  23. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  24. Web Browsers/Web: Release of Curl 8.12.0; Mozilla Once Again Picks a Senior Vice President From Facebook (Privacy Violator), Promotes LLM Slop, Spreads Rust (Microsoft GitHub)
    Firefox and more
  25. Programming Leftovers
    coding related picks
  26. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  27. today's howtos
    first for Friday
  28. Games: Monster Hunter Wilds, Combined Arms RTS, Duskers, and More
    latest from Liam et al
  29. The right to repair supports more than just sustainability and affordability
    The right to repair is one of four pillars supporting software freedom
  30. Papers Expects to replace Evince as GNOME Default PDF Viewer
    As you may know, GNOME is moving to GTK4 + LibAdwaita in recent years
  31. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  32. YunoHost – Linux distribution simplifying server administration
    YunoHost is a Debian-based Linux distribution which aims to simplify server administration and democratize self-hosting
  33. Axon Platform Featuring RockChip RK3588S and Support for LLM Frameworks
    The Axon platform supports operating systems such as Android 12 and Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy
  34. Keeping your system-wide configuration files intact after updating SteamOS
    SteamOS 3.6 introduced a new mechanism to decide what to to keep after an OS update
  35. EasyOS/OpenEmbedded: New Software and Updates
    distro news from BK
  36. Hackers Are Becoming a Rarer Breed
    Throughout history, many hackers have stood firm and challenged corporate capitalism and government surveillance
  37. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2025-02-01 to 2025-02-07
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    747 /n/2025/02/01/Freedesktop_looking_for_new_home_for_its_GitLab_instance_mesa_2.shtml
    693 /n/2025/02/03/Mozilla_Firefox_135_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml
    690 /n/2025/02/03/Linux_6_14_rc1.shtml
    637 /n/2025/01/31/Collabora_Outsources_to_Microsoft_Microsoft_LF_Linux_Foundation.shtml
    583 /n/2025/02/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml
    580 /n/2025/02/01/today_s_howtos.2.shtml

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