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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 10, 2025

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GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

various picks
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards

mostly FOSS picks
Hardware and GNU/Linux Migrations

some more stories
Danish Ministry switching from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice

Following the example of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein
Games: Godot, FEX, and Lossless Scaling Frame Generation

Games-related picks
SUSE to roll out Sovereign Premium Support

as Microsoft takes a fall
Web Browsers: Curl, Chrom*, and Mozilla/Firefox

mostly Firefox
Open Hardware: Radxa, Pi, RISC-V, and More

Linux centric hardware
Ubuntu Pro, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, and More

Some Ubuntu news
Debian Leftovers

Some Debian stories
Software: OCR, PhotoPrism, Blender, and syslog-ng

some software news
today's howtos

mostly idroot
Programming Leftovers

Development picks for today
Security Leftovers

patches and breaches
Windows TCO Tales

Windows very expensive to use
Security and Windows TCO Leftovers

mostly Windows TCO
PCLinuxOS and Open Hardware Leftovers

GNU/Linux and more
today's howtos

half a dozen howtos
Android Leftovers

Google Pixel Phones Receiving Android 16-Based Monthly Software Update for July 2025: What’s New
I run these 4 commands first on every fresh Linux install

When installing Linux for the first time
I Left Windows 11 for Linux—Here’s the Best Distro to Start With

Switching from Windows to Linux can feel daunting
Games: Rhythm of Resistance, Bazzite, and More

Only 4 stories from GamingOnLinux for now
Floating Mini Panel GNOME Extension Adds Auto Mode

The Floating Mini Panel GNOME Shell Extension I wrote about recently now includes an option to automatically activate the compact
Celebrating 20 Years of openSUSE

To celebrate the project’s vibrant history
GIMP Tutorial: GIMP 3.0 Review

GIMP 3.0.4 is out!
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles
GNU/Linux Leftovers

3 more stories
Raspberry Pi Leftovers

some Raspberry Pi projecta and news

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

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Drone Strikes on Amazon (GAFAM) Datacentres Highlight Azure's Miniscule Share: Azure is failing
SLAPP Censorship - Part 35 Out of 200: How to Make ~10,000 Pound Sterling (13,220.50 United States Dollars) by Copy-Pasting and Editing 10 Pages: Today it's Easter Sunday, so we'll keep this part relatively short
Gemini Links 05/04/2026: Artemis II Mission Tracker, Meditation on Copyright, Alhena 5.5.5, "Gemini as the Final Frontier of Human Cognition": Links for the day
Mainstream Media on "Practical Survivalism": Suffice to say, panic buying begets more panic and price surges
Cloud Computing as a Cloud of Smoke (Your Hosting Provider is a "Legitimate" Military Target): When a French datacentre went up in flames people joked that the "cloud" meant a cloud of smoke
Andreas Tille Congratulates Sruthi Chandran Before the Election for Debian Project Leader (DPL) is Even Over: Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader (DPL) who has been in this role for nearly 24 months
When You Try to Change the World for the Better and Somehow They Find a Way to Say You Are the Villain: Don't be a fool. Don't fall for inversions of narratives.
Slop Was a Flop and Energy Crisis Will be Slop's Final Blow: Today we see no slopfarms in Google News
Links 05/04/2026: "Taiwanese Airlines to Hike Fuel Surcharges 157%" and Openly Racist Voter Suppression Starts in the US: Links for the day
Gemini Links 05/04/2026: Playing with Hyprland and Migrating Antenna Filters: Links for the day
Links 05/04/2026: "Confidential Computing" as Proprietary Bundle of False Promises and "The Web Is an Antitrust Wedge": Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 04, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, April 04, 2026
SLAPP Censorship - Part 34 Out of 200: The Necessity of Transparency, Illuminating Garrett's and Graveley's 'Tag-Team' Act, Misusing the British Docket (From Far Away in America) in Efforts to Hide Bad Behaviour: Transparency is paramount
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The So-called 'AI' (Slop) Companies Will Have the Plug Pulled: It can vastly accelerate this bubble's implosion
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Windows Lows Across the Mediterranean: Judging by this month's data from statCounter
The Future of the Net is 'in Space': Gemini Protocol is growing and GemText remains the same, so it's made to endure
Linux Foundation Profits From Scams, Fraud, and Grifting: Don't be misled by the name "Linux Foundation"
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Microsoft Transmits Malware and Back Doors to GNU/Linux Servers, Media Points the Finger at Everyone But Microsoft's Servers: Is Microsoft too poor to vet and check what it hosts and transmits?
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Links 04/04/2026: eBay Scam, "Music Publishers’ X Copyright Lawsuit Officially on Pause": Links for the day
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Reaching the End/Event Horizon of LLM Slop: Are we moving towards a post-LLMs world?
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, April 03, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, April 03, 2026
Gemini Links 04/04/2026: STXGE and Computer Relationships: Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 33 Out of 200: Garrett Sued by My Wife and I, Then His Microsoft Acquaintance Files Another Lawsuit and Our Webhost Receives Legal Threats Too: Today we also show how our solicitor Mark Lewis responded to it
Good Friday, Leaving IBM for Good: Even on holidays
Links 03/04/2026: Rejection of More Software Patents and Social Control Media in Several Continents: Links for the day
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Links 03/04/2026: USPTO’s Latest Greenwashing and Internet Blackouts Impact Journalists in War Zones: Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 32 Out of 200: Garrett Made Spurious Requests (Later Withdrawn) the Same Week Someone He Later Spoke to by E-mail Sent Threats to Our Webhost: The "plot thickens" because there's a multi-party tag-team act, as confirmed by Garrett after he had sworn on the Bible
IBM is a Dying Company, Nowadays It Kills Red Hat With Slop: when your last day is a national holiday in IBM's country
"Independence Drives" and Community-Run Sites: Independence in reporting is a much-valued trait
When Charlatans Are Only Good at Losing Money and Storytelling (e.g. About Investment in Them): Wait till a a barrel of oil costs $300
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The "Pale Blue Dot" Moment Had Returned: To many people, the "bitter-sweet" observation of how small we are
Saudi Arabia Does Not Rely Much on Microsoft/Windows: Putting aside politics, this is good for Free software
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Easter Moon Mission and Its Reminder of IBM's Demise: A lot of NASA operations now rely on GNU/Linux
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Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 02, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, April 02, 2026
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