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  1. Games: Classic BSD Game, Confronted, EVERSPACE 2, and More
    mostly GamingOnLinux

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  2. QEMU 10.0 Open-Source Virtualization Software Released, Here’s What’s New
    The open-source QEMU 10.0 machine emulator and virtualization software has been released as a major update that brings many new features and various improvements for next-generation emulation.
  3. OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition
    Today, the OpenMandriva project announced the release and general availability of OpenMandriva Lx 6.0, the latest stable version of this 100% community-driven GNU/Linux distribution and the direct successor to Mandriva Linux.
  4. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    GNU/Linux mostly
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  6. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  7. PostgreSQL: Pigsty, Ora2Pg, and SynchDB
    postgres news
  8. Servers, Containers, and Linux
    Containers and more
  9. Continuing with Fedora and RISC-V images for Fedora GNU/Linux 42
    some Fedora picks
  10. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, and Open Source Initiative Scandals
    4 new ones
  11. today's howtos
    many from idroot
  12. Sloppy 'Journalism' for Openwashing and Slop
    really poor
  13. Databases: DBIx and Postgres Miscellany (oid2bytea, PgBouncer, AgensGraph)
    Databases stuff
  14. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  15. Linux and Linux Foundation Leftovers
    mostly kernel
  16. MySQL 9.3 Brings Enhanced JavaScript Support
    MySQL 9.3 introduces logical user account dumps, improved JavaScript support
  17. Android Leftovers
    Why I still don’t fully trust Android’s spam call detection
  18. Open Hardware/Modding and Mobile Stories (Linux Focus)
    hardware picks
  19. Chimera Linux Introduces Key Bootloader Changes
    Chimera Linux's updated ISO images come with Limine bootloader adoption
  20. Banana Pi BPI-RV2 is a low-cost RISC-V router with a 2.5GbE port and five gigabit Ethernet ports
    The Banana Pi BPI-RV2 runs a fork of OpenWrt with Linux 5.10
  21. Fix Missing Monitor Brightness Controls in KDE Plasma
    I have experienced a recent weird issue on KDE Plasma 6.3 where the screen brightness controls disappear in the Brightness and Color applet in the system tray
  22. Free and Open Source Software
    K4DirStat is based on KDirStat, an abandoned graphical disk usage utility for KDE 3
  23. The 5 Linux AppImages I depend on daily - and how to add them to your desktop menu
    AppImages have come a long way in recent years
  24. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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The Importance of Full Disclosure and Transparency Online
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Slopwatch: Slopfarms and Serial Sloppers Still at It
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ComEd and Microsoft: A Mess of Spaghetti Held Together By Circus Clowns
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