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  1. openSUSE’s Agama Installer 17 Released with UI Improvements
    openSUSE's new Agama installer v17 brings improved storage UI
  2. LMDE 7 Will Be Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”, Linux Mint 22.3 Planned for December
    Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today in the project’s monthly newsletter that the team is working on the LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 operating system.

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  3. Security Patches and More
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  4. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  7. BSD News and Shows
    FreeBSD, OpenBSD, BSDNow
  8. Kernel: BSD, Proxmox/VB for VMs, Fixing False Positive Soft Lockups in net/sched Fuzzing
    some kernel level work/news
  9. Barry Kauler on Latest EasyOS Work, Focus on overlayfs
    overlayfs mostly
  10. Open Hardware/Modding: SparkFun, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware picks
  11. Fedora Family / Red Hat's Latest Marketing Pitch and "Hey Hi" Drivel (AI)
    mostly redhat.com
  12. today's howtos
    idroot and more
  13. KDE Frameworks 6.18 Lets You Use Your Laptop’s Copilot Key for Launching Apps
    The monthly KDE Frameworks releases continue with KDE Frameworks 6.18, published today by the KDE Project as a companion update to the recent KDE Plasma 6.4.5 desktop environment and KDE Gear 25.08.1 software suite releases.
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    Samsung Galaxy phones may get 3D capture ahead of Android XR headset debut
  15. Dash to Panel GNOME Shell Extension Gets GNOME 49 Support and New Features
    A big update to the popular GNOME Shell extension Dash to Panel is rolling out today with new features, bug fixes, and support for the soon-to-be-released GNOME 49 desktop environment series.
  16. VirtualBox 7.2.2 Maintenance Update Brings USB, Networking, and GUI Fixes
    VirtualBox 7.2.2 fixes crashes, GUI freezes, and USB/IP issues
  17. Fwupd 2.0.16 Released with New Search Feature
    Fwupd 2.0.16 introduces a new search feature and fixes FreeBSD update issues
  18. VirtualBox & vmugfx unsupported hypervisor error
    Recently, I encountered a weird little problem. An inconsistent little problem, too. On a Linux host
  19. Q4OS 6.1 Distro Is Out Based on Debian 13 with KDE Plasma and Trinity Desktops
    The Q4OS project announced today the release and general availability of Q4OS 6.1 as the newest stable (and LTS) version of this lightweight, KDE-oriented distribution featuring the latest KDE Plasma and Trinity desktop environments.
  20. Introducing The ASF’s New Logo
    going "woke"?
  21. Games: DOOM, Capcom Retro Revival Pack Humble Bundle, and More
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  22. This Linux-based operating system is the perfect secondary OS for your PC
    Choosing a Linux-based secondary operating system can feel overwhelming, especially with so many excellent Linux distributions available
  23. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  24. Happy with the Framework 12 Laptop
    I managed to put it together and install KDE Neon on it
  25. Stable kernels: Linux 6.16.7, Linux 6.12.47, Linux 6.6.106, Linux 6.1.152, Linux 5.15.193, and Linux 5.10.244
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.16.7 kernel
  26. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  27. Games: Godot 4.5 RC 2, Steam’s Sept Client Update, and More
    gaming related news
  28. Linux Lite 7.6: Plenty for Windows Refugees, But Too Dumbed Down for Comfort
    Though feature-rich, Linux Lite 7.6 might come off as patronizing to new users abandoning Windows 10
  29. Hardware Leftovers
    Hardware and Linux
  30. Free, Libre Software, LibreOffice, and Openwashing by Microsoft OSI
    FOSS leftovers
  31. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    holes and more
  32. today's howtos
    5 howtos
  33. FreeBSD Foundation Reports and Keeping Data Safe with OpenZFS
    BSD picks
  34. Debian: Gunnar Wolf, Sven Hoexter, and Dirk Eddelbuettel on Technical Work
    some Debian picks
  35. Programming Leftovers
    Development stories
  36. Videos/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, What’s in the SOSS?, and LWN's Jonathan Corbet
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  37. New Release of EasyOS and Some EasyOS Updates
    EasyOS roundup
  38. Debian stable updates explained: security, updates, and point releases
    Debian stable updates work through three main channels
  39. Today in Techrights
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Silent Layoffs (PIPs) Have Allegedly Accelerated Since IBM's Stock Cratered
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It's not hard to see Ubuntu users resisting and antagonising this
The Slop Bubble is Killing the Planet, Not Just the Economy
The chatbot/LLM speculation bubble not only causes a health crisis, a mental health epidemic, and climate change; it's also crashing the economy on several levels
 
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AFR wrote an article today. It is about Pocock and another contender.
Millions of Daily Requests
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In statCounter, a Lot of "Unknown" Turns Out to be GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux has more than doubled
3,500 Active Gemini Capsules Soon
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Gemini Links 26/07/2026: European Eclipse, Writing About Writing, and Comments on Formatting Gopher Posts
Links for the day
Stigma of Being Laid Off by Microsoft
One might call this the "curse" of having worked for Microsoft
Non-Techs Using Slop Run Fedora and It's Turning Out to be a Total Disaster
RIP, Fedora?
Gemini Links 26/07/2026: Beach Day, CAs, and Plaintext
Links for the day
Sweden Needs GNU/Linux and Free Software, Not GAFAM
home of IKEA and ABBA
Maintenance Today
Preparing for more mass-publication activities
Links 26/07/2026: "Zelenskyy Says Russia Wants To Bring North Korean Troops Into Ukraine", Muslim Van Ramming Attack on Berlin Pride
Links for the day
Centrica fraud exposed: worse than Palestine Action 'terrorists' with cardboard placards
Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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Links for the day
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: The Solution of No Choice: A Shortlist of One
deployment of the "shortlist of one" by Campinos
Wife of Dan Williams Has Explained Mental Factors Leading to His Death
"We need to be open and honest about mental health," his wife pleads
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we'll publish 8 series in tandem, in parallel
Insolvency as the New Norm in the United States' Economy
this is vastly worse than then 2008 subprime mortgage crisis
IBM's CEO Might 'Retire' or 'Step Down' by Christmas
PIP the CEO
Misleading Articles About YouTube and Google Financial Performance
The future of Google is self-serving monopolisation and destruction of the Web
Microsoft Cannot Survive the Fall of Windows
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Links 25/07/2026: Hong Kong Squashing Criticism/Dissent, Mirror Caught Breaking Into Voicemail
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PIPs Are Shrinking IBM and "IBM is Managing Decline, Not Building Growth"
IBM is going down the drain
IBM is Killing the Fedora Community, Replacing It With LLM Slop From IBM Staff
Krishna buys companies only to gut them. They've all learned this from experience.
Give Me Your "Dumbest" (Devices)
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Earlier This Year Dan Williams Prepared for Scenario Where Linus Torvalds Dies
He had only just started a job at NVIDIA
Links 25/07/2026: Data Breaches Abundant and Attribution Imperiled in the Age of Slop Hype
Links for the day
Gemini Links 25/07/2026: Poetry and Plaintext Pages
Links for the day
What is Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
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Poor Piece From Valnet: Microsoft Keeps Sabotaging GNU/Linux, So You Should Quit Using GNU/Linux
Really awful take
We Need More Encryption, Not Less of It
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At 3PM on a Friday The Register MS Collects Some 'Pyramid Scheme' Money From Communist China (ZTE)
This won't age well for The Register MS
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They try to impose their dumb vision on purchasers
What Freedom Does Not Mean
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Linuxiac is Plagiarism
We won't link to it, we're done [...] If you wish to support journalism about GNU/Linux, do not visit or link to slop
Verizon is Over 200 Billion Dollars in Debt (US Telecoms Collapsing, Wrapping Up the Failure in "Hey Hi" Clothing)
They will tell us this is "innovation", not a failure, and that only "Luddites" would oppose this
You've Been Conned If You Ever Believed That MElon (MUSK, Elon) Was a Trillionaire
Connected to corrupt officials
The People Who Tried to 'Cancel' (or Deplatform/Censor) Daniel Pocock Are Annoyed That He's Mentioned in Dozens of Press Articles
If Pocock's words did not matter, there would not be such a huge effort to silence him
Cybershow Explains Why Only Sociopaths Gravitate Towards Leadership Position in 'Tech'
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Speeding Up 'Down Under': Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania...
As things stand, the best we can do is let people retrieve pages within less than 0.1 seconds since a request is received
Google's Debt Trebled in Only 9 Months and It's Not Even the Full Picture (There's Secret Debt, Too)
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Links 24/07/2026: Mass Layoffs at Patreon, Netflix Deemed Bad for People's Brains
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Microsoft Layoffs in India
it's about cost-cutting
Deregulation is Blowing Up the Economy, Which Has Become a Multi-Level Scheme or Pyramid Scheme
Why did only Japanese media call out the BS; is that so hard to figure out and properly report on?
Google Spreads Misinformation, Google's Slop Makes Stuff Up and Calls That "Intelligence"
Google very well understands (and even publicly admits so, albeit only for legal reasons) that the slop does not work
Daniel Pocock Proves Wikipedia is for Rich People or People Who Work for Very Rich People (the True Owners of Wikipedia)
It's for billionaires and their faithful boot lickers
GNOME: Your Personal Opinions Must Overlap GAFAM's (Otherwise Those Opinions Are Impermissible)
Get well soon, GNOME
Making Excuses for Stressful, Unrewarding, and Immoral Jobs
excuses for difficult and/or barely-rewarding jobs. [...] People in tech must not be evaluated (or have their "worth" assessed) based on remuneration
US is Insolvent, GAFAM is Buying Time by Hiding (Not Disclosing) Its True Debt Which Explains Never-ending Layoffs (Unrelated to Slop or "Efficiency Drives")
Five Tech Giants are Hiding $1.65tn in AI Debt, Using the Trick that Toppled Enron
Almost 5 Years Without Social Control Media ('Mind Prison')
Life is too short to be stuck inside a skinnerbox
Linux Must be About People (Humans), Not Bribery From Slop Companies Trillions of Dollars in Debt and in Pursuit of Positive Press
We've lost Williams
John Dvorak Understood That "MSM" Was a Vehicle of Censorship
Independent publishing, which obviates the need to censor (influenced by existing advertisers or lookout for prospective advertisers), is the only credibly thing out there
To Understand Why Linus Torvalds Became a Boot-Licking Booster of Slop Look at Another Operative of 'Linux' Foundation, the "Mentor" of Clickfraud SPAMnil (According to SPAMnil Himself)
it seems like SJVN does not give a full disclosure
Blaming "Computers" Instead of Blaming Microsoft
Blaming Microsoft is "hate"
"Online We Are All Refugees" and Slop Pushers Are the Oppressors
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PIP Apocalypse (PIPocalypse) at IBM, CEO Promotes Vapouware (Lying to Shareholders)
Companies get to shrink while lying about it to the public, even to shareholders
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GNU/Linux is internationally approaching 8%
Calling Out the Worst Culprits in "Linux" Slop (Slopfarms That Manipulate Information and Engage in Plagiarism)
Once they're gone (offline), the slopfarms cannot carry on for much longer
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