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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 07, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

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    WWW links
  2. Red Hat growth slows, IBM lays off lots of workers
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  3. Tux Machines Site Search Can Use Same Code as Techrights' Search [original]
    It's not meant to be used heavily but rather upon necessity
  4. Back to a More Normal Life [original]
    We've regained speed and focus
  5. Techrights Turns 19 in Half a Day [original]
    All Set for Tomorrow

    New

  6. Jack Wallen on password managers for Linux and command-line tools
    new in ZDNet
  7. Blaming "Linux" for Microsoft and Hyper-V Breaches
    Windows TCO
  8. Linux Mint Devs Introduce New System Administration & System Information Tools
    Linux Mint project leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today in the monthly newsletter for October 2025 two new tools for Linux Mint users, System Information and System Administration.
  9. GNU/Linux, BSD, and Devices
    today's leftovers
  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    Free software and more
  11. Programming Leftovers
    Development with R and more
  12. Games: Steam, GCompris, FEX, and More
    gaming picks
  13. EasyContainers GUI fix and SeaMonkey 2.53.22 compiled in woofQ2 in EasyOS
    some EasyOS updates
  14. Latest From Red Hat and Why "Badly Crippled IBM Can’t Be Fixed"
    redhat.com mostly
  15. Openwashing of Slop/Plagiarism by OSI and Hypocrisy on "Cyber Resilience" After OSI Data Breach
    Some OSI fluff
  16. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO Tales
    security news
  17. today's howtos
    long batch for the afternoon
  18. antiX-25-full-beta1 available for public testing
    Here is the first beta iso of antiX-25 (64bit)
  19. KDE Gear 25.08.3 Is Out with More Bug Fixes, KDE Gear 25.12 Coming December 11th
    The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 25.08.3 as the third and last planned update for the KDE Gear 25.08 open-source software suite, with more bug fixes for your favorite KDE applications.
  20. Android Leftovers
    4 awesome (and practical) things you can do with a terminal on Android
  21. Changing these 5 KDE settings made my Linux desktop feel faster
    One of the most common uses for Linux is to breathe life back into old hardware
  22. Who Monitors The Monitor?
    The first release of Monitor as an elementary OS default app is here
  23. I once locked myself out of my files with a simple mistyped commanI once locked myself out of my files with a simple mistyped command
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  24. My new favorite diagnostic tool is a free, open-source Clonezilla GUI that's easier to use
    After moving from Windows to Linux, I learned the hard way that breaking my operating system is just part of the learning process
  25. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  26. Xray_OS – Arch-based Linux distribution
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  27. Famed software engineer DJB tries Fil-C… likes what he sees
    Development news/Programming with C
  28. Slimbook Titan report 7 - Nope, I'm not happy (again)
    We must talk about my for-Linux-only laptop, one Slimbook Titan
  29. Grinn GenioBoard Offers MediaTek Genio 700 SoM, Dual M.2 Expansion, and CRA-Ready Security
    According to the company, the GenioBoard supports Yocto-based and Debian Linux distributions
  30. Games: The Crew Motorfest, Sonic Rumble, and More
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  31. Latest From LWN, Microsoft Azure Falls Offline Again
    Outside the paywall
  32. Debian splits ftpmaster team
    For now, the same folks are doing the work but spread across two teams
  33. Today in Techrights
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