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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 23, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. MX-25 Has 3 New Distro Releases (ISOs) That Do Not Contain Systemd [original]

   Beta for now

2. FLX1S is a new Linux phone that’s... mostly a downgrade from the FLX1

   While that price might seem a little steep for a phone with those specs, there are a few things that make the FLX1S unusual

3. Applications: VLC, libgnunetchat 0.6.0, and Yay

   Software leftovers

   New

4. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

   today's leftovers

5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

   FOSS picks for today

6. Akademy 2025 and Goodbye kwrite-devel@kde.org

   KDE news

7. Christian Hergert on Foundry and This Week in GNOME

   GNOME news

8. Games: Commodore 64 Ultimate, New Steam Games, and More

   Gaming news

9. today's howtos

   many howtos for Monday

10. Android Leftovers

    My old Android was laggy until I toggled this setting

11. MX-25 “Infinity” Beta Launches with Debian 13 “Trixie” Base

    MX Linux 25 “Infinity” Beta arrives with Xfce, KDE, and Fluxbox editions

12. Kdenlive 25.08.1 Released with Stability Fixes and UI Improvements

    The first maintenance update of Kdenlive 25.08 video editor improves usability and stability with key fixes for rendering

13. 6 free file managers on Linux that are better than anything on Windows

    Pretty much every GUI operating system ships with a utility to help you browse your directories, files, and documents

14. I tried using a FreeBSD distro that's meant to be run off a flash drive

    The sheer number of distributions is one of the many factors that separate Linux from Windows and macOS

15. LMDE 7 "Gigi" Beta Released With Debian 13 Base

    LMDE 7 is shaping up well, but you will need to wait a little longer for the final release

16. 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Switching to Linux from Windows

    Frustrated with Windows and considering switching to Linux

17. It's important to always keep a USB recovery media ready

    This open-source app installs once

18. 4 lightweight Linux tools I could never go without

    Linux is a slippery slope for new users, albeit one of the most rewarding

19. Zorin OS 18 Beta – A beautiful new chapter for Windows Switchers and Linux Lovers

    With Windows 10 reaching its end of life on October 14, 2025, millions of current Windows 10 users face a difficult decision

20. gThumb 3.12.8 added Viewing GPS Position Support

    gThumb, the Gnome image viewer, browser, and organizer application, released new 3.12.8 version in last week

21. Sparky 2025.09 Special Editions

    There are new iso images of Sparky 2025.09 Special Editions out there

22. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

23. Review: An alternative OS for work and play

    After five days I was happy to return to Linux where even the less hand-holdy distributions tended to do what I wanted with minimal fuss

24. Raspberry Pi M.2 HAT+ Compact Released with 2230 NVMe Support

    Raspberry Pi OS automatically detects connected NVMe drives, and with the latest firmware

25. RPM 6.0 Released with Support for Multiple OpenPGP Signatures per Package

    RPM 6.0 has been released today as a major update to this package manager system for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Linux-based distributions.

26. Linux 6.17-rc7

    "Let's keep the testing going, and we'll have the final 6.17 in a week"

27. Review: An alternative OS for work and play

    At the end of August I decided to try a slightly different approach

28. MX Linux 25 “Infinity” Enters Public Beta Testing Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

    The MX Linux team announced today the general availability of the beta version of the upcoming MX Linux 25 distribution based on the recently released Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series.

29. today's leftovers

    GNU/Linux and more

30. Programming Leftovers

    coding and more

31. Recent Articles From Valnet

    With GNU/Linux focus

32. TempleOS and 9front in Review

    lesser known operating systems

33. today's howtos

    4 howtos for now

34. Homelabs and Proxmox

    mostly Proxmox articles

35. I turned my broken laptop into the most useful device in my home without fixing it

    Then I set upon the only way I could put my old, broken laptop to good use: as a home server.

36. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    3 misc. links

37. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

    FOSS related picks for Sunday

38. Programming Leftovers

    Development related picks

39. Kevin Fenzi on Fedora and Fedora-based Qubes OS 4.3.0-rc2

    Some Fedora picks

40. Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers

    Canonical/Ubuntu related stuff

41. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More

    Hardware stories

42. KDE and GNOME Leftovers

    some desktop news

43. Kernel: Collabora, AirPort, and Multikernel

    kernel related leftovers

44. today's howtos

    idroot and more

45. Games: Proton Experimental, DOOM, and Standing Desk

    gaming related news

46. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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