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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 04, 2025,
updated Mar 04, 2025

Container port at Jilong, Taiwan

Updated This Past Day

  1. Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Released with VoLTE Support for Volla Phone Users
    The UBports Foundation announced today the release and general availability of Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 as the eighth stable update to the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa).
  2. Mozilla Firefox 136 Is Out with Vertical Tabs and Official ARM64 Linux Binaries
    Mozilla published today the final build of the Firefox 136 open-source web browser for all supported platforms ahead of the March 4th, 2025, official release date.

    New

  3. Videos/Shows About GNU/Linux
    Recently, via Invidious
  4. I Bought These Laptops Because They Actually Value Privacy
    Most people who use Linux opt to install it on their existing hardware
  5. Android Leftovers
    Here’s a closer look at Samsung’s Android XR headset and the Galaxy S25 Edge [Gallery]
  6. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    news about GNU/Linux
  7. Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Thoughts and Plans
    WWW building
  8. Events and Education: Ebooks, Perl and Raku Conference 2025, EuroBSDCon 2025
    some FOSS picks
  9. Games: JRPGs, Steam Survey, Doom on Linux
    Some gaming picks
  10. I've tested every Linux email client - and this is the one to beat
    I've tried a bunch of Linux email clients over the years, but I found the one that's my ride or die
  11. Programming Leftovers
    development picks foor today
  12. BSD Leftovers
    BSD picks for today
  13. IBM Lays Off Almost 2,000 While Red Hat Chases Big Telecoms
    IBM leftovers
  14. Open Hardware/Modding: Olimex, Arduino, and More
    more hardware picks
  15. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and This Week in Linux
    2 new episodes
  16. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical
  17. This is the most effective way to build a Linux gaming machine
    So it’s understandable that lots of users are increasingly opting to build their gaming rigs using Linux distributions (distros)
  18. Software progress and source code release for CIX P1 Armv9 SoC and Orion O6 motherboard
    There will also be a website to track the Linux upstreaming process, but it’s not up yet or I missed it
  19. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 2nd, 2025
    The 229th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on March 2nd, 2025.
  20. PCLinuxOS Magazine Latest Issue
    some key PCLinuxOS Magazine articles
  21. Android Leftovers
    10 ways you are unknowingly ruining your Android experience
  22. Linux Mint is Redesigning the Cinnamon App Menu
    Last year saw the Cinnamon desktop receive a much-needed modern makeover
  23. Why I Just Can't Love Linux Mint
    Linux Mint is a stable, reliable, and user-friendly Linux distro that provides a smooth transition for Windows users coming to Linux
  24. Here's Why There Are So Many Linux Distros
    Anyone who has stepped into the world of Linux knows it's not a singular operating system like Windows or Mac
  25. Free and Open Source Software
    It’s free and open source
  26. OSI’s Roster of Board Election Candidates Doesn’t Include Faraone
    Under fire from several different camps for a variety of reasons
  27. Review: Orbitiny 0.01
    The new desktop has some neat concepts and lots of intriguing shortcuts
  28. FreeBSD and KDE Plasma generations
    I have one desktop machine, my daily-driver, which runs FreeBSD 13
  29. Games: Heroic Games Launcher, Steam, and Broadside Renegades
    Latest half dozen from GamingOnLinux, including appeal for funding
  30. Security Leftovers
    Security picks, a few for now
  31. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux and FOSS news
  32. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Framework, and RISC-V
    hardware picks
  33. FreeBSD for Web, FreeBSD-based GhostBSD 25.01
    BSD picks
  34. Red Hat "day of learning and IBM laying off 1,800+ workers
    IBM news
  35. Sparky and Debian Leftovers
    Sparky based on Debian
  36. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  37. Games: Door Kickers 2, SteamVR Controller, and More
    Games-related news
  38. Have Your Linux Terminal Read to You With the espeak Command
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  39. Windows 11 vs Linux for business: which operating system should you embrace?
    by Bryan M Wolfe
  40. Linux 6.14-rc5
    Another normal week, nothing strange stands out
  41. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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

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    720 /n/2025/02/25/KDE_Plasma_6_3_2_Released_with_Animated_WebP_and_GIF_Support_fo.shtml
    694 /n/2025/02/25/4_Linux_distros_you_should_use_instead_of_upgrading_to_Windows_.shtml

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