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Updated This Past Day

  1. GOG calls Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client
    People wouldn't develop games for Linux because gamers didn't use it
  2. Brax Open_Slate offers an open source Ubuntu and Android tablet with M.2 SSD support
    Privacy-focused hardware company Brax returns with an open-source 2-in-1 tablet offering a user-replaceable battery
  3. Games: Terraria, Valve Lawsuit, MECHBORN, GOG, Heroic Games Launcher, and More
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  12. Fedora, Red Hat, and CentOS (More People Exit Red Hat, Join Amutable)
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  14. Games: $903 Million Lawsuit Against Valve and Heroic Games Launcher on GNU/Linux
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  15. Kernel: Preparing for Disaster and "AMD Prepares Radeon Low-Latency Video Decode for Linux Drivers"
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  16. Applications: Astrology Hooey, Notepad Next, Ptyxis, and IBKR Desktop
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  17. today's howtos
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  18. Google’s Desktop Operating System "Aluminium OS" Has Leaked
    As a test unit, this marks a significant shift from the Android OS used on mobile Arm-based systems, as Aluminium OS now operates smoothly on x86 architecture
  19. Open Invention Network is Trying to Make Money Out of Its Software Patents 'Protection Racket' (Piggybacking the "Linux" Name)
    OIN again
  20. VirtualBox 7.2.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.19
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  21. GNU/Linux Leaps to Almost 10% in Trinidad And Tobago This Year [original]
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  22. Debian-Based GParted Live 1.8 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8
    Following the release of GParted 1.8 as a major update to the popular open-source partition editor, Curtis Gedak released GParted Live 1.8 today as the latest version of this Debian-based live system to graphically manage disk partitions.
  23. Krita 5.2.15 bugfix release!
    Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.15
  24. TUXEDO Computers Unveils Intel-Powered InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 Linux Laptop
    Linux hardware vendor TUXEDO Computers unveiled today the Intel variant of the InfinityBook Max 15 Linux-powered laptop, which was previously only available for purchase with an AMD processor.
  25. Programming Leftovers
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  26. today's leftovers
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  27. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Arduino, and More
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  28. PostgreSQL News: WAL-G 3.0.8, pgDay Paris 2026, and Nordic PGDay 2026
    3 PostgreSQL picks
  29. Android Leftovers
    One of my favorite Android security features just got even better
  30. Linux is still a developer OS, and that’s why it won’t go mainstream
    Linux fans like to dream of the day when Linux is a mainstream OS instead of a hacker's tool
  31. I switched to Linux and I can't imagine going back to Windows in 2026
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  33. Why desktop Linux matters, even if (almost) no one uses it
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  36. KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta Release
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  38. It’s time for the Mageia 10 art contest!
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  39. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux
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  41. Transmission 4.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Massive Update
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