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    The GIMP project released GIMP 3.2 today as a major update of this open-source, free, and cross-platform image editing software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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    FOSS news for today
  3. Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG): WordPress Gimmicks and Eleventy
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  4. GNU projects: computing in freedom with GNU Emacs and Unifont 17.0.04 released
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  8. Open Hardware, Tinkering, and Mandating Kill Switches
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  9. Debian Development Updates and News
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  10. GNOME: Malika's Outreachy Internship and Libadwaita 1.9
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  11. Applications: diffoscope (Reproducible Builds), Namida, Hotspot, and More
    Software leftovers
  12. IBM's Red Hat Pivots to Slop, CIQ Follows (Slop, Not Freedom)
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  13. CentOS and Fedora: Stagnation, "Community" Update (IBM), and Fedora-based Qubes
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  14. The web in 1000 lines of C and Mozilla Firefox news/analysis
    latest on the Web
  15. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  16. Security and Integrity Leftovers
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  17. Nanny state vs. Linux: show us your ID, kid
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  18. Qualys on CrackArmor
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  19. today's howtos
    many howtos for today
  20. "Be a Better Person" [original]
    Imagine a world where everyone tries to be better to peers and family instead of competing to death
  21. Debian 13.4 “Trixie” Released with 111 Bug Fixes and 67 Security Updates
    The Debian Project announced today the general availability of Debian 13.4 as the fourth update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system series.
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    8 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  23. Android Leftovers
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  24. I put Asahi Linux on my M1 MacBook and it’s surprisingly usable in 2026
    I've put Linux on many of my older Macs as a way to extend their life or to learn more about the Linux operating system
  25. These 4 distros tried to reinvent Linux (but failed)
    Linux is an accepted OS in the tech world
  26. 3 things Linux users always get wrong
    If you watch new Linux users and their struggles with the system
  27. I tested Omega Linux to see if it can revitalize an old PC, and it made Ubuntu distributions look bad
    If you're looking for a distribution for an aging machine
  28. Dolphin Emulator 2603 Released with Triforce Games Support
    Dolphin, the free open-source GameCube and Wii game emulator
  29. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  30. Plasma Keyboard: FLOSS/Fund, diacritics, and more
    Plasma Keyboard has interesting news to share
  31. This Week in Plasma: Press-and-Hold for Alternative Characters
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  32. KDE Frameworks 6.24.0
    KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 6.24.0
  33. Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.8, Linux 6.18.18, and Linux 6.12.77
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.19.8 kernel
  34. Today in Techrights
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 189 Out of 200: A Terrible Idea to Condemn Projects for Using Slop 'Code' When Your Own Employer Does This (and Profits From Every Company Doing So) or to Call Distros 'Not Secure' While You Advance Back Doors
"I don’t want a back door. I want a front door."
Slop Ruins Development and Reverse Engineering, It Rewards Retarded "Slop Kiddies" (to Quote Andy ‘TheFlow0’ Nguyen)
Slop is just a fatal cancer that kills the body, then dies with the body it killed
 
Links 19/09/2026: "OpenAI and Microsoft Knew They Were Starting a ‘Doom Loop’ [of Mass Plagiarism 'Normalised' by Brute Force] for the web", Calling It "Hey Hi"
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8 Series Going on at the Moment in Techrights
4 series about SLAPPs and related matters
Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 4 - Outsourcing to Microsoft, Approaching 10 Gigabytes
Can we blame Microsoft for those DDoS attacks? Partly.
Software Freedom Day 2026 is Today, Week-long Celebration in Brazil
In Brazil, Clownflare reckons about 1 in 20 laptops/desktops might use GNU/Linux already
Red Hat Lost 2,000 Staff (Net Loss)
Maybe by year's end it'll be a 20% reduction
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 18, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, September 18, 2026
Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Setting Goals, Tiredness, and Admissions From LLM Purveyors It Was All Along About Building Plagiarism Engines Sold as "Intelligence"
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Links 18/09/2026: Microsoft Boasted Slop is Just Copyright Infringement/Plagiarism, Floods in Europe
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and Mailing Lists Are Still Better Than Discord, Slack, and Discourse
Discourse is "open" "bossware"
Links 18/09/2026: Disgust Over LLMs and Why "Agents" (Bots) Are Nothing More Than "Spam"
Links for the day
Software Freedom Day is Tomorrow
events coming
Illegal and Unconstitutional Tribunal That SLAPPs Critics Does the Illegal and Unconstitutional: It "Rubberstamps Software Patents"
This is not a legal system. This is mafia.
Privilege in 'Linux' Foundation (Double Standards) and What the FSF Should Avoid Doing
If RMS can talk about politics, others too should be able to talk about politics
Seems Like Many Microsoft Layoffs Are Going On Right Now (Forever Layoffs)
Like IBM, Microsoft hopes shareholders will not know of morale and financial problems
More Threats From the Person of Restricted Boot Infamy
Remember this is the man who is the principal purveyor of restricted boot and who landed restricted boot in Linux
Snooping EPO Management, Sniffing Up Every Staff Action
It this a problem for whistleblowers? Of course.
Don't Do That
Options do exist. People should exercise freedom.
Iran Has Debunked GAFAM and Cloud Computing as Safety of Data
Cloud of smoke?
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 17, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, September 17, 2026
SLAPP Censorship - Part 188 Out of 200: Used, Then Discarded, by Microsoft (as We Predicted All Along, It's Always Like That)
The longer they carry on with it, the more scandalous this will get
Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 3 - Besieged by LLM Bots, Now Hiding Behind a Wall of JavaScript
The series began 3 days ago
Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Modern Linguistic, Boxing, Turning 40, and Solar MiniServer
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Links 17/09/2026: Studio Closures and Negative Rumours About Microsoft XBox Again
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What's Wrong with Microsoft's GitHub, New Article by Jacob Bachmeyer and Richard Stallman
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
EBay is Going to Die Soon
Users will flee
Red Hat PIPs. The Only Question is, How Many?
Insiders know what's coming soon
This Week The Register MS Published a Page With "AI" 34 Times in It and It Was, as Usual, Paid SPAM!
Does The Register MS understand that it is doing harm to its audience (for temporary gains)?
43rd Anniversary of the GNU Project Announcement
Coming soon
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The media absolutely does not cover this and that's intentional
SLAPP Censorship - Part 187 Out of 200: Reminding Ourselves of the Great Damage Garrett Did to Linux (for Microsoft)
he rejects freedom
Cancel Culture is a Cancer That Harms Democracy, Justice, and Science. It's Designed to Help Corporations Vanish Their Critics.
"Codes of Conduct" sounds benign; in practice, however, it is not
Links 17/09/2026: Class Action Lawsuit Over GAFAM's "NameTag" and Automattic Hides What It Did to CEO Mullenweg (or Why)
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Gemini Links 17/09/2026: Google Signals the End, ROOPHLOCH Coverage, EBay Uses Offensive Bots to Falsely Accuse Users of Stuff
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IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 16, 2026
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