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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 30, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Firefox 139 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect

   With Firefox 138 promoted to the stable channel today, Mozilla promoted the next major release, Firefox 139, to the beta channel for public testing, so it’s time to take a look at what to expect.

2. Urgent Update: Kali Linux Users Must Manually Install New Repository Key

   Kali Linux users must manually install a new archive signing key after the previous one was lost

3. Turning 21 in 6 Weeks [original]

   getting there soon

   New

4. Ubuntu, Free Software, and Openwashing

   today's leftovers

5. Mozilla and Mozilla-less Firefox

   a pair of updates

6. BSD and Kernel Leftovers

   mostly BSD

7. Programming Leftovers

   Development related picks

8. Security Leftovers

   Security picks

9. KDE and GNOME: KDE Snap, LabPlot 2.12, and GNOME GitLab

   3 updates from projects/people

10. Hardware and Games, Modders and Gamers

    some retro and more

11. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and More

    half a dozen links for today

12. Webinar Software, Mixxx 2.5.1, and GNU libsigsegv 2.15

    Software news

13. today's howtos

    last batch

14. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    software and more

15. today's howtos

    first batch today

16. Red Hat Leftovers

    from the official site

17. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Framework, and More

    Hardware picks

18. Android Leftovers

    I Tried This Cheap Android Phone. There's a Lot to Be Excited About

19. Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems - Help Net Security

    Peridio, a platform for building and maintaining advanced embedded products, has launched Avocado OS

20. Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for Linux

    Those looking for an easy way to “scrobble” music on Linux

21. NixOS Logo and Branding Update

    The NixOS logo was originally designed by Simon Frankau for Haskell as part of the 2009 Haskell logo contest

22. Best Free and Open Source Software

    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion

23. DebLight OS is a lightweight and fast Linux distribution

    DebLight OS is a lightweight and fast Linux distribution, particularly well-suited for older 32-bit PCs and 64-bit PCs

24. Plasma Sprint 2025 – A Recap

    This year’s Plasma Sprint had a very special meaning for me

25. Kdenlive 25.04.0 released

    We are proud to announce the release of Kdenlive 25.04.0

26. LibreWolf is now in my Slackware repository

    Resulting from a request in one of my other blog pages

27. While Windows 10 users panic, Ubuntu makes extending support easy - here's how

    Think you are about to lose support for Ubuntu 20.04

28. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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