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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 13, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Richard M. Stallman Speaks in US College for First Time in 8 Years [original]
    11 days from now Richard M. Stallman will give a talk in Georgia
  2. Stress and Anxiety at Red Hat Today [original]
    Red Hat whistleblowers say layoffs are planned
  3. Linus Torvalds' AudioNoise Project: A New Era of Coding with Vibe
    The implication, according to detractors, is that the hype around AI may be masking deeper quality and accountability issues

    New

  4. Android Leftovers
    I Love Dark Mode On My Android Phone
  5. Microsoft Didn't Deny Mass Layoffs in the Making, The Mainstream Media is Selling Us Land on the Moon [original]
    There are '100% Made Up' reports that say Microsoft denied the layoffs
  6. Firefox 147 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
    Mozilla has published today the final builds of the Firefox 147 open-source web browser ahead of its official unveiling on January 13th, 2026, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and improvements.
  7. today's leftovers
    BSD and GNU/Linux picks
  8. Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and This Week in Linux
    2 new episodes
  9. today's howtos
    3 howtos
  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Coding, and Standards
    FOSS and more
  11. Databases: MySQL and PostgreSQL
    Database news
  12. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Homelab, and More
    Hardware picks
  13. FutureOfGamming.com, Games Playable on the Steam Deck, and Game Jam for Free Software Desktop Games
    3 stories about games
  14. Linux Kernel: Linux tc, Linus Torvalds Turns to Slop, Kernel 6.12.64 in EasyOS, and Vizio Trial Delayed
    4 stories
  15. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  16. Auto-cpufreq 3.0 Released With CPU Turbo Controls
    Auto-cpufreq 3.0, a CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux
  17. 3 hidden Linux features that save me hours every week
    Linux does not save time politely
  18. I tried out North Korea's leaked OS so you don't have to
    I’ve already written about Linux distros I’d avoid at all costs
  19. One of the best Linux distros for Windows users just got a fresh update
    The good news is, there are so many Linux distros out there for you to try
  20. Xibo open-source digital signage solution now works with Raspberry Pi 5 thanks to the Arexibo project
    Long-time readers of CNX Software may remember that I played around with the Xibo open-source digital signage player many years ago (2011-2012)
  21. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  22. Some Weekly Updates on Tux Machines [original]
    This week we celebrate another important milestone
  23. Review: MenuetOS, SparkyLinux with CDE, iDeal OS 2025.12.07
    Going into the holiday break I was hoping to try something new or at least something unusual
  24. Stable kernels: Linux 6.18.5, Linux 6.12.65, Linux 6.6.120, and Linux 6.1.160
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.18.5 kernel
  25. ArchEX (Arch Linux) Live System with MATE 1.28.2-2 DE, Calamares 3.4.0 and kernel 6.18.2-arch-2-1
    After a full system upgrade the Pantheon menu is gone and you can’t get it back
  26. Peropesis 3.1: PHP, dosfstools, pciutils, tgpt, p11-kit, hyfetch
    All software distributed in the Peropesis Linux distribution is listed in the bundle page
  27. GNU/Linux in Guam at All-time High [original]
    a small Pacific island and military base
  28. Linux Restores Performance on Older PCs and Keeps Them Fast
    On affected systems, the most noticeable change is immediate
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-01-06 to 2026-01-12
    2230 /n/2026/01/11/Orion_Browser_Takes_First_Step_Toward_Linux_Availability.shtml
    2228 /n/2026/01/11/I_replaced_Windows_with_Linux_and_everything_s_going_great.shtml
    2196 /n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml
    2193 /n/2026/01/11/Manjaro_Is_Arch_Linux_for_Newbies.shtml
    2190 /n/2026/01/11/5_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_should_try_out.shtml
    2179 /n/2026/01/11/Linux_made_my_old_PC_fast_again_and_it_hasn_t_slowed_down_since.shtml
    1469 /n/2026/01/04/Manjaro_26_0_Released_with_Linux_6_18_LTS_Xfce_4_20_KDE_Plasma_.shtml

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