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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 23, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. IPFire 2.29 Core Update 196 Improves WireGuard Support, Console Graphics Stack

   IPFire 2.29 Core Update 196 has been released today as a new stable update to this open-source hardened Linux firewall distribution introducing various improvements, updated components, and other changes.

2. Fwupd 2.0.13 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for HP USB-C 100W G6 Dock

   Fwupd 2.0.13 has been released today as the thirteenth maintenance update to the fwupd 2.0 series of this open-source Linux firmware update utility, adding support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes.

   New

3. FSF and GNU: GNU Parallel, Fund Raising, and GNU gettext

   some GNU picks

4. Databases: Data Sharing, Autobase 2.3.0, and Slop Gone Wrong/Rogue

   some DB-related stuff

5. Retro/Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Jetson, and More

   hardware picks

6. Thunderbird 141 Open-Source Email Client Adds ‘Archive’ Action to Notifications

   Thunderbird 141 is out now as the latest stable version of this popular, open-source, free, and cross-platform email, address book, chat, news, and calendar client for GNU/Linux.

7. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers

   mostly redhat.com

8. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and Late Night Linux

   2 new episodes

9. Applications: Kitty Terminal and Gradia

   Software news/views

10. Games: Mario Kart 64, Distros for Gaming, and Crisis at Microsoft

    gaming picks

11. Firefox 142 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect

    Firefox 142 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with various new features and improvements.

12. Android Leftovers

    US Fairphone OS devs hit back against GrapheneOS security claims

13. 4 decades, 4 freedoms, 4 all users

    The registration for the FSF40 celebration is open

14. A very warm welcome to 152 new associate members

    The Free Software Foundation (FSF)'s spring fundraiser has come to an end

15. Google Debuts OSS Rebuild Project

    Google launches the OSS Rebuild project to verify open source packages and combat supply chain attacks through reproducible builds

16. General-Purpose Linux Distros Explained

    Learn what general-purpose Linux distros are and why they’re the go-to choice for many desktop and server users

17. Thunderbird 141 Arrives with Archive Button, OpenPGP Expiry Warnings

    Mozilla Thunderbird 141 open-source email client is out now with a new Archive button

18. Arch Linux users told to purge Firefox forks after AUR malware scare

    The distro's greatest asset is arguably also its greatest weakness

19. The 10 Retro Games That Shaped Unix and Linux

    Unix and Linux aren't names you might normally associate with games

20. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion

    Free and Open Source Software

21. today's howtos

    5 howtos

22. World's first RISC-V tablet is finally fully baked - PineTab-V now ships with functional Linux for $159

    At the 2025 RISC-V Summit, a full Debian-based table was introduced

23. Linux 6.16-rc7

    released by Linus

24. today's howtos

    some howtos

25. HowTo Geek on Homelab, NAS, and GNU/Linux

    3 recent articles

26. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

27. 5 reasons my Intel N100 mini PC running Linux is perfect for streaming

    For an affordable and compact device, my Intel N100 mini PC, running Linux

28. Garuda Linux Is Revamping Its Hardware Support

    The Garuda Linux team announced over the weekend changes to several packages that enable hardware support

29. 5 reasons why BlueStar is the most beautiful Linux distro I have tried yet

    What you consider beautiful is very subjective

30. Games: "Fallout: Bakersfield", Mycopunk, Xenopurge, and More

    9 articles from GamingOnLinux

31. KDE Plasma Adds Rounded Bottom Window Corners to Apps

    KDE Plasma is getting in on the rounded bottom window corners action in its next major release

32. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

33. I Found a New Open Source Grammar Checker Tool And I Like it... Well... Kind of

    Sometime simple is better

34. Fedora Must (Carefully) Embrace Flathub

    Opportunity is upon us! For the past few years, the desktop Linux user base has been growing at a historically high rate

35. Games: Steam Deck, Gaming on Raspberry Pi, and Steam Games on RISC-V Processors

    3 gaming picks

36. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

37. HowTo Geek on LibreOffice, Homelab, and Plex Media Server

    assorted recent articles

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