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Updated This Past Day

  1. New GeForce NOW native Linux support could lure Windows 10 refugees
    NVIDIA is reportedly preparing to bring NVIDIA GeForce NOW to Linux so that users finally have native support for the cloud gaming service
  2. GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Fiji [original]
    Maybe there's just something wrong in Windows...
  3. openmediavault/OMV8 (Synchrony) released
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  4. GNU/Linux Measured as Exceeding 7% in Burkina Faso [original]
    Many old [sic] PCs will have GNU/Linux put on them
  5. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux, BSD, and more
  6. today's howtos
    a handful of howtos
  7. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks for today
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  9. GNU/Linux Grew in 2025, LLM Slop About GNU/Linux Gradually Died [original]
    That's a relief!
  10. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, RISC-V
    Hardware with or for Linux
  11. today's leftovers
    a handful of stories
  12. Slashdot Discussions About NVIDIA Giving Middle Finger to Linux, 'Modern Standby', Schedulers, Package Forge, and More
    5 recent ones
  13. Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software
    via Invidious
  14. Android Leftovers
    I use MacroDroid to fix these 3 small Android annoyances automatically
  15. Two Linux Distributions I’m Watching Closely in 2026
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  16. What Is Liquorix Kernel? Should You Use It?
    In this jargon buster, we explain what is Liquorix kernel
  17. System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here — and it's amazing
    Most of the Linux distros I usually recommend to people tend to either use GNOME or KDE. Those 2 dominate the space
  18. 7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026
    Jokes about "the Year of the Linux Desktop" seem to have been around almost as long as Linux has
  19. Refine 0.7.0 added Hidden Break Reminder Options for GNOME
    Refine, the configuration tool for GNOME desktop
  20. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  21. Review: postmarketOS 25.06 and 25.12
    I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with how good the experience with postmarketOS running Phosh has become
  22. This Week in KDE Apps
    We kick off the year with everything that's new in the KDE App scene
  23. Forlinx Embedded introduces FET1126Bx-S industrial SoM for edge AI and vision
    On the software side, the FET1126Bx-S supports Linux 6.1
  24. New Year, New Reality: GNU/Linux Has Risen to Record High in New Zealand [original]
    GNU/Linux share nearly doubling in a year [...] Let's hope for more of the same until the end of this year
  25. PearlOS 13
    Release: Pearl Linux OS 13
  26. Gnoppix 26 - Merry Christmas - A Happy New Year from Gnoppix!
    "We are more than just an OS we are a movement"
  27. Besgnulinux JWM 3-2 Full, Simple and Core ready to use
    Besgnulinux JWM 3-2 version created three ISO images: full, simple and core, according to the different preferences of the users
  28. Linux 6.19-rc4
    The 6.19-rc4 kernel prepatch is out for testing.
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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