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    Opera and more
  2. Kdenlive 25.12.1 released
    The first maintenance release of the 25.12 series is with the usual batch of stability fixes and workflow improvements
  3. Open Hardware/Modding: ThinkNode M3, ForgeFPGA, Raspberry Pi Latches Onto the Slop Cargo Cult
    Hardware and devices
  4. Latest Article in Linuxiac Deemed 100% LLM Slop (or Most Certainly Slop) [original]
    Linuxiac is causing its own downfall
  5. statCounter Reckons 1 in 5 Desktops or Laptops in Finland Runs GNU and Linux (Not Counting Android) [original]
    That's just what statCounter is seeing
  6. Using a modern fork of this 90s Linux desktop was a nostalgic nightmare
    Ever since I went full-time with Linux about nine months ago
  7. GNOME 50 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing as a Wayland-Only Release
    GNOME 50 Alpha desktop environment is now available for public testing with X11 session removal, initial support for session save/restore, and many other enhancements.

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  8. Birds, Server Speed, and GNU/Linux Gains [original]
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  9. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  10. Programming and Standards
    Development and the Net
  11. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Access Leftovers
    FOSS and sharing
  12. Mozilla Firefox: WebRTC and GFX
    a pair of development updates
  13. Open Hardware/Modding: PureOS, RISC-V, Raspberry Pi-Like ARM Devices
    Hardware picks
  14. BSD Leftovers: Applications, Discussion, and More
    mostly OpenBSD
  15. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  16. Security Leftovers
    patches, breaches, and more
  17. Fedora Games Lab Spin to Switch from Xfce to KDE Plasma with Fedora Linux 44
    The Fedora Project announced plans to migrate the Fedora Games Lab spin to the KDE Plasma desktop environment with the upcoming Fedora Linux 44 release, due out in April 2026.
  18. PipeWire 1.4.10 Backports Filter-Graph Channel Support and Fixes More Bugs
    The PipeWire project has released PipeWire 1.4.10 today as yet another maintenance update of this popular open-source server for handling audio/video streams and hardware on Linux systems.
  19. Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 Improves Handling for Files Larger Than 4GB
    Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.4 SD card flashing utility is now available for download with improved handling of files larger than 4GB and other changes.
  20. Red Hat's Latest and Hype Frenzy Around Slop (So-called 'Hey Hi')
    Red Hat Family and IBM hype
  21. Canonical Ubuntu Pretends That US (Outsourcing) is OK With "European Sovereignty", Chris Siebenmann Looks at Netplan
    Ubuntu picks
  22. Android Leftovers
    One Android setting fixed how I deal with my notifications
  23. I boosted my old laptop’s battery life by switching to this power-efficient Linux distro
    This is where Lubuntu is a great OS to download
  24. Games: Valve, Less Miserables, Terraria, and More
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  25. The best Arch Linux distro for beginners just got even easier to set up
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  26. FSF Scheduled Activities
    Join FSF founder Richard M. Stallman for his talk at the Georgia Institute of Technology
  27. Free and Open Source Software
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  28. EDATEC CM0 NANO Combines Raspberry Pi CM0 with Full I/O in a Small SBC
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  29. Taking the Slop Train to Nowhere, Linuxiac Reverts Back to Slopfarm Mode [original]
    It's not even denying it, even given a chance to deny it
  30. Today in Techrights
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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    2352 /n/2026/01/11/I_replaced_Windows_with_Linux_and_everything_s_going_great.shtml
    2330 /n/2026/01/11/5_Windows_like_Linux_distros_you_should_try_out.shtml
    2325 /n/2026/01/11/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml
    2313 /n/2026/01/11/Manjaro_Is_Arch_Linux_for_Newbies.shtml
    2287 /n/2026/01/11/Linux_made_my_old_PC_fast_again_and_it_hasn_t_slowed_down_since.shtml

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