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The Long Camera with which the Monsters were Taken

The Long Camera with which the Monsters were Taken

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    Who does your technology serve?
  2. In Praise of Catalyst2, My Webhost Since 2004 [original]
    Here's to the next 22 years!

    New

  3. Another Geminispace Milestone [original]
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  4. March About to Commence [original]
    Today we were out all morning
  5. Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.6 Released with Linux 6.19, TLP Support, and More
    PorteuX 2.6 has been released today as the latest snapshot of this Slackware-based distribution inspired by Slax and Porteus and designed to be super fast, small, portable, modular, and immutable.
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security patches and more
  7. today's leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  8. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftofers
    RSS, LibreOffice, and more
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  10. Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications: The 'Smartphone' Fatigue and "State of [GNU/]Linux Mobile 2026"
    a pair of new articles
  11. Mozilla Development and Localization
    Mozilla Firefox links
  12. Software Freedom: Cory Doctorow, Moving off American Tech, and Choosing Nextcloud, not OpenCloud
    Software Freedom links
  13. Ubuntu: Snapshot, Open Hardware and Reduced Security With Rust Fetishists
    Ubuntu leftovers
  14. Tumbleweed and OpenSUSE Roundup
    OpenSUSE updates
  15. Games: Framework, Godot, and More
    gaming leftovers
  16. Hardware and Devices: ESP32, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  18. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    mostly from the Red Hat site
  19. Games: OrangePi Neo, Gambonanza, and More
    latest 8 from GamingOnLinux
  20. Linux-based Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld delayed due to rising RAM and storage costs
    The Orange Pi Neo gaming handheld has been delayed
  21. Linux Mint released its best version yet, and it’s the ultimate Windows replacement
    For people looking to switch from Windows, the common question asked is what the most suitable Linux distribution is
  22. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  23. today's leftovers
    OMEMO, WordPress, and More
  24. This Week in Plasma: Vietnamese lunar calendar and rounder highlights
    This week, in addition to the typical post-Plasma-release bug-fix spree, folks started working on UI improvements and features
  25. Canadian Software Boutique SimplyPHP Acquired by Startup-Focused TLM
    The deal pairs a boutique PHP outsourcing shop with a startup-focused product studio
  26. Open Hardware/Modding: Framework, Raspberry Pi CM5, and More
    Raspberry Pi and other devices
  27. Red Hat on hosted control planes (HCP) and Rocky Linux or CIQ selling long-term support (LTS)
    IBM and clones
  28. Linux explores new way of authenticating developers and their code and Linux 7.0
    Linux news
  29. BunsenLabs Carbon Is Here with Support for Wayland Sessions, Based on Debian 13
    BunsenLabs Carbon has been released today, more than two years after BunsenLabs Boron, with a new Debian base for this OpenBox-based and lightweight distro, the successor of the acclaimed CrunchBang Linux distribution.
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
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