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Updated This Past Day

  1. digiKam 9.0 Open-Source Photo Manager Released as a Massive Update
    digiKam 9.0 open-source professional photo manager is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements.

    New

  2. HandBrake 1.11 Open-Source Video Transcoder Adds AMD VCN AV1 10-Bit Encoder
    HandBrake 1.11 was released today as a major update to this free and open-source video transcoder application for converting between a multitude of video file formats.
  3. GNU and the AI reimplementations
    Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
  4. A Record Year for Tux Machines [original]
    Traffic-wise and activity-wise we've never had a better year in our entire history
  5. The Tank [original]
    Maybe this coming summer we'll add some more fish to the group
  6. CachyOS ISO Release for March 2026 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.6, Winboat, and More
    Today, the developers of the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution published a new ISO snapshot for March 2026, including the latest package updates, new features, and improvements.
  7. GNOME is a Men's Club [original]
    Many women rightly learned to avoid GNOME, based on the project's track record
  8. Android Leftovers
    My Wi-Fi kept dropping until I toggled this hidden Android setting
  9. I'm a Linux bore now, so I used my new powers to resurrect a ten year-old laptop forgotten by Windows
    I pulled the old XPS laptop out of my wardrobe because I've started wearing cardigans and have therefore become a bit of a Linux bore
  10. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  11. This Week in KDE Apps
    New Glaxnimate release, source mode in Marknote and S3 support in Dolphin
  12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    only 3 more stories for now
  13. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux links
  14. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon, Going Linux, and This Week in Linux
    3 new episodes
  15. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Nginx, "Web is bearable with RSS", and Firefox
    News about WWW
  16. Algorithms, Data Visualization, R, and Literature
    programming leftovers
  17. Databases: YottaDB, PostgreSQL, and More
    Database news
  18. Open Hardware: Modding, Repairability, and More
    Hardware news
  19. New default wallpaper for EasyOS 7.x and release of EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.2.1
    distro updates and release
  20. Games: Payphone Go, GCompris, Valve, and More
    5 stories
  21. Wine 11.4 Released
    now ready to download
  22. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  23. Android Leftovers
    I mapped my Android's volume buttons to do this and it's incredibly convenient
  24. My Firefox for Android local build environment
    The Firefox for Android app has always had a complicated build process
  25. Linux has an identity crisis—and it's holding back desktop PCs
    Linux is everywhere, and that's not a bad thing
  26. This is the best Linux distro for creative Windows refugees
    Ubuntu Studio is a Linux distro from Canonical that's designed for creatives
  27. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  28. Money isn’t going to solve the burnout problem
    While I’m definitely not opposed to giving people money for their FLOSS work
  29. Service Under Maintenance 5 Days From Now [original]
    We don't expect any downtimes
  30. The Birds Have Won [original]
    it's important to push back and stand for one's beliefs
  31. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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How many years does Microsoft have left before payroll becomes impossible?
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experienced centuries of being colonised
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 111 Out of 200: Garrett and Graveley (the Latter Arrested for Strangling Women) Keep Ousting Their Collaboration in Litigation, Lawfare in a Foreign Continent
it's not law, it's just warfare disguised as "law"
European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Lobbying in Lisbon...
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