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Updated This Past Day

  1. Days After FSF Turns 40 RMS Will Speak in Haaga-Helia University in Pasila, Helsinki, Finland [original]
    "Free software, Crucial for Freedom in a Digital World"
  2. Our Next Anniversary [original]
    the number of GNU/Linux users grows

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  3. FSF confirms Ian Kelling as its new president
    The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that Ian Kelling
  4. Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for DualSense Controllers on Linux
    Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today for all supported platforms that improves support for DualSense controllers on Linux systems and brings various other changes.

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  5. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    GNU/Linux mostly
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks for now
  7. Web Browsers and RSS Readers
    FOSS picks regarding the Web
  8. OSI Pretending to Still Function, a Co-Founder Explains Why CoCs Seed Ruin
    OSI picks
  9. Security Leftovers
    Security picks, inc. Red Hat
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  11. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    Red Hat and mostly from its own site
  12. Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: Orange Pi, PCBs, and More
    hardware picks
  13. Applications: FOSS Weekly, Marvelous Designer, and More
    Applications for GNU/Linux
  14. today's howtos
    many howtos for Friday
  15. Android Leftovers
    This Android tablet with 8 speakers is your new ultimate entertainment hub
  16. Korai – manga reader
    This is free and open source software
  17. Open-Source Model Near Breaking Point Despite Trillions in Value
    Software industry experts within major open-source foundations say the current system is unsustainable
  18. Games: Godot 4.5.1 RC 1, Dwarf Fortress, MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, and More
    Godot 4.5.1 RC 1 and 7 picks from GamingOnLinux
  19. Immich Reaches First-Ever Stable Release with Version 2.0
    After nearly four years of development with 271 updates
  20. Why the (Old) GNOME Screenshot App Doesn’t Work in GNOME 49
    Apropos of nothing, but as someone who habitually uses the old desktop GNOME Screenshot app on Ubuntu
  21. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  22. ElementaryOS 8.0.2: Not a Grand Slam, but a Solid Base Hit
    Although downloading the distro might feel like a confrontation with an overzealous panhandler
  23. The solution to deadlines is usually “cut scope”
    Deadlines come for all of us, even in open source projects
  24. GNU/Linux and BSD, FOSS Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  25. Recent GNU/Linux Videos
    From Invidious

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  26. NeptuneOS 9.0 “Maja” Released
    release of NeptuneOS 9.0, codename “Maja”
  27. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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

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