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  4. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  7. Programming Leftovers
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  8. today's howtos
    today's second batch
  9. Games: Immortal Boy, Mini Royale, and More
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  10. How artifacts are signed in Fedora
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  11. This Week in Plasma: zero VHI bugs and much more
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  18. Both Haiku and Linux get new FOSS Nvidia drivers
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  19. against proof of waste
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  20. Ubuntu Fixes Wi-Fi Connection Fail at Login Screen
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  21. today's leftovers
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  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  24. Videos/Shows About GNU/Linux (Invidious)
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  25. Hyperbola – simple and lightweight Linux distribution
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  29. today's howtos
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  30. Today in Techrights
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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We have so much in common
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Linux Kernel 7.0 Release Candidate Comes Out, Stallman Turns 73 in Three Weeks
It predates Microsoft and Apple
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Are those Danes recognising the risk of monoculture?
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Contrary to what some apologists try to say
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Wall Street does not react to reality; it reacts to panic, which is related to expectations
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New XBox CEO Typecast in Social Control Media
Microsoft apologists will fall back on (or shuffle between) the "racist" and "sexist" angle
Sites Without JavaScript Deserve Your Visits
We're not arguing that the Web should be as simple or barebones like Gemini Protocol/GemText
 
Security and blobs, by Alex Oliva (GNU Linux-Libre)
Reprinted with permission from Alex Oliva
Trusting the Evil Maids
Don't listen to liars and frauds
Aaron Swartz Has Already Explained What Reddit/Conde Nast Meant to Him and Why We Should All Avoid Reddit If We Value Software Freedom
Aaron Swartz did not start Reddit
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Let's hope they carry on like this
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Microsoft has got the media by the wallet (or balls)
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It does not improve efficiency or productivity, it reduces both
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Reasons to Go on Strike in the European Patent Office (EPO)
If you live in Europe and don't work for the EPO, you can still help
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Gemini Links 22/02/2026: Okonomiyaki and Midcrunch Crisis
Links for the day
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Something between experiment and prototype
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Censorship serves nobody except the masters that control this censorship
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Gemini Links 21/02/2026: Veganism and DeskPi RackMate T0
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2026 a Year of 'Top-Down' Microsoft Layoffs (Management First)
Stay tuned for what comes next
Your "Likes" Aren't Yours and They're Mostly "Worthless Clicks"
Social hermits are not popular, irrespective of how many "Facebook friends" or "likes" they get
Waggener Edstrom/Frank Shaw Lied, There Are Definitely Microsoft Layoffs
Microsoft never issued a formal statement, it made allusions by proxy
Microsoft-Controlled Media With Embargo and Press Operatives
This won't be the last example of media manipulation for narrative control or face-saving "damage control"
Slop Hype Makes Our Core Technology Less Reliable and Far Less Resilient (We Pay for the Catastrophe That Follows)
Only slop-free projects can be trusted
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universal records are vastly better
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Links for the day
GNU Linux-libre is a Grown-Up Today
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