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    If the future of GNU/Linux is Software Freedom, then this future isn't Red Hat or IBM
  2. Attacking People Accomplishes Nothing [original]
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  3. Publishing Originals is Hard [original]
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  4. Small/Mobile Systems: AOSP (Android), Raspberry Pi, and RISC-V
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  5. Check Point Spreading Fear of Linux, Without Explaining the Real Cause
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  6. GNU/Linux Rose to All-Time High in Bolivia This Year [original]
    Will it be over 5% by year's end?

    New

  7. GRUB 2.14 Released with EROFS, Argon2 KDF, and Shim Loader Protocol Support
    GNU GRUB 2.14 has been released today as a major version for this popular multiboot boot loader that can be found on almost all of today’s GNU/Linux distributions and UNIX-like operating systems.
  8. Wireshark 4.6.3 Released with Updated Protocol and Capture File Support
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  9. Servers and Hi-Dee [original]
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  10. What to Use Except Ubuntu and Ubuntu-Based Distros [original]
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  11. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks
  13. Mozilla Firefox: Tooling Announcements, Developer Experience, and Firefox Nightly
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  14. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks, releases
  15. Games: Playing Factorio On A Floppy Disk Cluster, Cooking Pot For Doom, and Vanilla OS vs. Bazzite
    GNU/Linux and other
  16. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly from Red Hat's site
  17. Debian: Freexian Collaborators Outline, 30,000 FAIme Jobs, and Debian Libre Live 13.3.0
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  18. Canonical/Ubuntu: ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Archive Packages, Spring Boot, 'Debloated' Ubuntu for a Fee
    4 picks for today
  19. Praises of Joplin and More
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  20. Early Coverage About Upcoming FOSDEM 2026
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  21. today's howtos
    many howtos for this evening
  22. Security and Microsoft Zero-Days Exploited
    as usual also
  23. Android Leftovers
    Is your Android Phone’s Volume Button Glitching? You’re not Alone, Google Says
  24. Our members help secure the future of a free society
    Three more days: that's how long we have before our deadline to reach our goal of welcoming 100 new FSF associate members
  25. Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server Remain the World’s Most Popular Databases
    Relational databases continued to dominate enterprise and cloud workloads in 2025
  26. Unraid Plans Internal Boot Support and Multiple Arrays for 2026
    Unraid’s 2026 plans include booting without USB flash drives
  27. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  28. KDE Ni! OS – Plasma Login Manager teaser
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  29. KDE Gear 26.04 release schedule
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  30. Games: "Games For Everyone", Hytale, Winnie's Hole, and More
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  31. Today in Techrights
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    2341 /n/2026/01/11/I_replaced_Windows_with_Linux_and_everything_s_going_great.shtml
    2310 /n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml
    2307 /n/2026/01/11/5_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_should_try_out.shtml
    2295 /n/2026/01/11/Manjaro_Is_Arch_Linux_for_Newbies.shtml
    2275 /n/2026/01/11/Linux_made_my_old_PC_fast_again_and_it_hasn_t_slowed_down_since.shtml

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