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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 22, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. Proprietary Software in the Loo [original]

   This year our uptime was spectacular

2. Halloweendows Next Friday [original]

   "Halloweendows" is a term I came up with around 2005 and used as a joke in Digg.com because Vista was threatening Microsoft's dominance

3. Buying Food for Winter [original]

   more sacks of seeds for the birds, which increasingly depend on our feeding

4. News Cycles Perish, But GNU/Linux is Getting More (Relative) Limelight [original]

   We expect that as more people adopt GNU/Linux more will blog about it

5. Implementing Search for Tux Machines Would Help Find Old Articles [original]

   It's working (internal beta for now), but we have reservations due to LLM bots and other Web junk

   New

6. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

   GNU/Linux mostly

7. Security Leftovers

   Security breaches and more

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

   Hardware stories

9. Release of GNUnet 0.25.2 and Free Software Directory meeting on IRC this week

   Some GNU news

10. Programming Leftovers

    Development related picks

11. Latest Updates on EasyOS Development

    By BK on Monday

12. Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 Adds Support for Cloning MTD Block and eMMC Boot Devices

    Clonezilla Live developer Steven Shiau released Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 as a new version of this Debian-based, free, and open-source bootable live system for cloning disk drives and partitions.

13. VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.18

    Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.2.4 as the second maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series for this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization solution from Oracle.

14. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

    mostly GNU/Linux links

15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Web Browsers

    some FOSS leftovers

16. Programming Leftovers

    Development related picks

17. Databases: PostgreSQL-Related Releases and News

    psql leftovers for today

18. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Linux User Space

    2 episodes

19. Security Leftovers

    Security picks

20. today's howtos

    only 7 for the time being

21. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO

    4 more picks

22. Kubernetes: Autoscaling, Minikube on Debian 13, and Common Kubernetes Pitfalls

    some Kube-related picks

23. KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

    The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.5 as the latest stable version to this popular desktop environment for Linux-based operating system that brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

24. Games: EdenSpark, Coal LLC, and More

    GamingOnLinux's latest

25. Android Leftovers

    One of the best Android Auto dongles now plays nice with Apple CarPlay

26. Uptime Kuma 2.0 Arrives with MariaDB Support, Modern UI Refresh

    Major Uptime Kuma 2.0 update adds MariaDB

27. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

28. Astra SL2600 processors from Synaptics combine Arm cores and RISC-V Coral NPU

    According to the official Astra documentation, the kit includes a 15 V @ 1.8 A USB-PD power adapter, USB-C cable, and a pre-installed Yocto Linux image on eMMC storage

29. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

30. Vista 10 Died One Week Ago and GNU/Linux is Gaining [original]

    7 days ago Vista 10 died

31. The Real Xubuntu Story is a Story of Neglect by Microsoft Canonical [original]

    What has Microsoft Canonical become?

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