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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 12, 2025

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today's leftovers
Programming Leftovers

Development news and views
PostgreSQL Coverage and pgCompare Community v1.0.0 Released

Some PSQL news
Linus Torvalds Ranting and Intel Layoffs Impact Maintainers

Linux news
Open Hardware/Modding: Compulab, Amiga, and More

Hardware picks
today's howtos

half a dozen howtos for today
Dark mode improvements in Plasma

Dark mode has been available in Plasma for quite a while now but the next release explores new areas where it can be taken one step further
Android Leftovers

Your Sony TV is finally getting its Android TV 14 upgrade — here’s who qualifies
Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

This is free and open source software
Paper 7 Is an Open-Source E-Paper Frame with a Spectra 6 Display

Paper 7 is a 7-inch open-source e-paper frame with a Spectra 6 color display
Windows vs. Linux: Which Is Best for Your Homelab?

It seems like the fight between Windows and Linux will never end
I tried out these 5 Linux desktop environments that aren't GNOME or KDE, and they're surprisingly decent

When I first stepped into the Linux rabbit hole ages ago
Free and Open Source Software

This is free and open source software
Review: Rhino Linux 2025.3

I have talked about the Rhino Linux project a few times in the past year
XpressReal T3 Compact SBC with Realtek RTD1619B Runs Chromium OS Variant

The XpressReal T3 is designed to run openFyde, a fully open-source Chromium OS variant
GNU/Linux Applications and Hardware Leftovers

5 sorted story picks
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 10th, 2025

The 252nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on August 10th, 2025.

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

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

More Shutdowns at Microsoft, Hundreds of Workers Impacted Shortly: It's not the entire wave, just part of it
Linux is Not Controlled by Linus (Torvalds): Torvalds has become "90% marketing hype"
The "No Pain No Gain" Expectations in Publishing: Sometimes truth hurts; but that does not mean it mustn't be told
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XIII - Censorship by All Means Available in a Continent So Far Away, as 'Secure' (Restricted, Restriction by Microsoft) Boot Has a Crisis of Legitimacy: it's about America controlling sites and computers everywhere
Links 24/10/2026: Oligarchs Already Buy US Elections, GAFAM Front Group "EFF" Speaks of "Vulnerability Apocalypse": Links for the day
Gemini Links 24/10/2026: Automobile Differential Tire Movement, Samsung Washer Woe, and Slop Scraping: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 23, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, October 23, 2026
As Usual, Late on a Friday XBox (Microsoft) Releases Evidence of Its Demise: We covered several such Friday announcements earlier this year
Gemini Links 24/10/2026: Break/Fix and OpenStreetMap: Links for the day
Links 23/10/2026: Slop "is Scaling Transnational Repression" and Infringement and DMCA Suits Against Suno/Anthropic (Plagiarism Blenders): Links for the day
The Register MS: About 60 Mentions of "AI" in One Day Are Paid-for Spam (Sponsored Hype, Composed by the Companies Covered): The Register MS is a dying site
Links 22/10/2026: MElon (Elon Musk) Election Interference and Perl/Raku Foundation by the Numbers: Links for the day
Techrights Audience Grew as a Function of the Intensity of Attacks on Its Existence: We try to publish fewer stories but better (not necessarily long but at least important) stories
TechRepublic is Becoming a Slopfarm: It seems like TechRepublic became LLM slop (maybe all of it, maybe only some of it for now)
Techrights is Not About GNU/Linux, Tux Machines Is: When we say "GNU/Linux" we emphasise the GNU
The World Needs Activists With Social Skills and Perseverance: An everyday activist makes life better for everybody, everywhere (not for personal gain or even credit)
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XII - Lawfare to Cover Up Microsoft's Restricted Boot Calamity (Microsoft as Authority Over Linux), Garrett Wants to Talk About Penises Instead: When lawsuits become a political weapon
Without Microsoft's Monopoly (and Monopoly Rents) the Inevitable Microsoft Mass Layoffs Carry on Endlessly: Microsoft Windows is not retaining the dominance it once had
IBM's Debt Grew About $2 Billion in 3 Months: The silent layoffs still seem to impact Red Hat
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, October 22, 2026: IRC logs for Thursday, October 22, 2026
Gemini Links 22/10/2026: Solar MiniBBS, Building Major Tom, and Zig: Links for the day
Links 22/10/2026: Busan’s Celebrity Shark in Canal Again: Links for the day
Links 22/10/2026: "Software Developers Have Been Promoted Into Incompetence": Links for the day
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XI - Losing Over a Million Pounds (Borrowed Money) to Try to Silence Critics of Restricted Boot With Microsoft-Controlled "Certificates": Garrett is also very jealous of Daniel Pocock
Links 22/10/2026: eBay to Lay Off a Tenth of Staff (Again), Node.js and PHP Security Crises, Climate News: Links for the day
Red Hat Layoffs Still Going on This Week (Whilst IBM's Debt Grows in Spite of Mass Layoffs): IBM is bluffing/cheating the shareholders again
IBM's Debt Continues to Increase While the Company Rapidly Shrinks: This is what a dying company looks like
Linux Kernel Needs Diversity and Diversity of Good Code, Not LLM Slop: Linux (and Linus) are kicking a can down the road
Microsoft Shrinks Every Year: Microsoft will try to spin or twist this as "efficiency"
Gemini Links 22/10/2026: Holiday Inn and Emacs: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, October 21, 2026: IRC logs for Wednesday, October 21, 2026