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  1. GIMP 3.2 Open-Source Image Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
    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.
  2. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS news for today
  3. Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG): WordPress Gimmicks and Eleventy
    Web management news
  4. GNU projects: computing in freedom with GNU Emacs and Unifont 17.0.04 released
    2 couple of GNU updates
  5. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux news
  6. Games: Proton Games Wrongly Flagged as Unplayable, Steam Games With Native GNU/Linux Clients, and More
    Steam/gaming news
  7. SUSE/OpenSUSE: Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Review of the Week
    Reports of work/updates
  8. Open Hardware, Tinkering, and Mandating Kill Switches
    some hardware news picks
  9. Debian Development Updates and News
    Debian corner
  10. GNOME: Malika's Outreachy Internship and Libadwaita 1.9
    Some GNOME news
  11. Applications: diffoscope (Reproducible Builds), Namida, Hotspot, and More
    Software leftovers
  12. IBM's Red Hat Pivots to Slop, CIQ Follows (Slop, Not Freedom)
    RHEL waning, buzzwords instead
  13. CentOS and Fedora: Stagnation, "Community" Update (IBM), and Fedora-based Qubes
    not much of substance happening
  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
    patches and breaches, threats
  17. Nanny state vs. Linux: show us your ID, kid
    A new wave of age verification laws requires kids and teenagers to register before they can use a computer
  18. Qualys on CrackArmor
    CrackArmor news
  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.
  22. Games: Proton Experimental, Transport Tycoon Deluxe, GamingOnLinux's Statement Against Slop, and More
    8 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  23. Android Leftovers
    I turned on these 3 Android settings, and stealing my phone became almost pointless
  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
    Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma
  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
    Some of the latest articles

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Gemini Links 26/05/2026: A Year of Composting, Fedora Bricks Itself and Infuriates Users With Slop and Wayland (Not What Users Want, What IBM Wants), Crawlers on Geminispace a Nuisance
Links for the day
 
SLAPP Censorship - Part 89 Out of 200: SRA Admits Malfunction, That's Why Transparency is Paramount
There have been more efforts than we can to count or can enumerate (probably over 100 such efforts) to gag us and to prevent us writing about what has happened
Our Free Software Activist in Connecticut (USA)
We'll soon revisit the latest round of legislation on "age" (surveillance, ID)
Links 27/05/2026: Living Without 'Smartphoones' and "Russia’s Biggest Attack on Ukraine in 18 Months"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 27/05/2026: The USA as an "Experiment" and Some Ubuntu Manuals
Links for the day
[Video] Full Video of Richard Stallman's Talk in Rome
It seems inevitable that the official GNU site will have it
Slop is a Passing Fad, It's About Faking Productivity (Plagiarism, Misinformation, and False Positives)
Slop is a bubble. Some people accept it later than others.
Anderon - Like Kyndryl - Could be Far Deeper in Debt Than Its Alleged Worth (Vapourware)
Time will tell, but it seems like a Federal-enabled (by the Federal Government) accounting scam, nothing more, nothing less
The Media That Keeps Covering "AI" Because the Pushers of It Pay for Spam
23 times in the page they mention "AI"
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Codecs and Software Patents - Part XI - The Stance of RMS (Dr. Stallman) Reassured GNU Regarding AV1
cautioned against software patents since the early 90s if not earlier
Google: We Are Locking You Out of Your Account (Since 15+ Years Ago) Because You Don't Have a Spyphone We Remotely Control
Google (GAFAM) is an evil company deep in debt
Red Hat: Bluewashing by IBM, Followed by RAs (Layoffs)
We could use some hints or evidence related to this
Links 26/05/2026: "Making the Digital Physical"; "The Medical System Abandons Women When They Are Most Vulnerable"
Links for the day
While US Government Greenlights (or Bluelights) Bailouts for IBM Some Foreign Governments Blacklist It
"Albany leadership doesn’t know what they are doing but are damn good at pretending they do."
Good Thing When Home Appliances Are Ancient Antiques
dealing with the alarm has cost only time
The Bloating of the Web Contributes to Global Warming and Causes Burnout (Slowdown, Hardware Erosion, Waste)
This problem isn't limited to weather sites or subsites
IBM Bailouts and the IBM People Inside the Administration
It seems possible/plausible that it is bailout money down the drain or that this money will never arrive at all
Links 26/05/2026: Lithium Batteries Causing Fires (Even on Planes), 'Timmy' the Whale Dies
Links for the day
Why It's Ludicrous to Call Us "Microsoft Haters"
Even if clustered together, news items still cover a broad spectrum (or spectra) of issues
Pursuing Facts in an Age of Lies and 'Hallucinations' (Falsehoods Without Anyone Accountable, They Try Calling Computer-Generated Lies or Forgeries "Intelligence").
Our aim is to relay information while bypassing gossip networks like social control media and slop in "search" clothing
Computer-Generated Legal Filings Get You Reported to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
We'll write a lot more about this in the future
EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XII - In the Second-Largest Institution in Europe One Can Take Paid 'Sick Leave' for Doing Cocaine, Then Come Back
Cocaine addicts in the management were bullying colleagues. They're still in charge.
Sites in Their Twenties
We currently run concurrently a handful of series and have a lot more in the backlog
SLAPP Censorship - Part 88 Out of 200: Brett Wilson LLP is Defaming Trans People in America Because Garrett Pays Hired Guns to Silence Them
Garrett is scoring many own goals this year
Sloppy "Resource Action," (RA) or IBM Layoff, Leads to Another IBM Lawsuit, Alleging IBM Tries to Pass Liability to Algorithms
IBM is meanwhile resorting to slop to gaslight its remaining shareholders
The Latest IBM Layoff Rumours
What has happened to the company that invented so much of modern computing?
Holy See Recognises the Threat of GAFAM and Slop
Will the Holy See move away from GAFAM?
The Old Ways of Computing Were Objectively Better
Not as fast, but certainly much better
Social Control Media is a Giant Waste of Time (and There Are No Future Remedies for This)
Social Control Media is considered unhealthy to young people, but it is also collectively unhealthy to nations and nation-building
Codecs and Software Patents - Part X - Florian Müller Still Muddying the Waters for FOSS, Using Software Patents
Some things never change...
Gemini Links 26/05/2026: Slop Bug Reports and Crawlers Considered Evil
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 25, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, May 25, 2026
Slop Causes Global Warming
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Vatican Speaks Out Against Slop, Promoting Instead "Truth, Dignity of Work, Social Justice, and Peace."
Religion (no matter which) does not oppose machines, but LLMs aren't useful machines
SLAPP Censorship - Part 87 Out of 200: Access to Justice
this part will be short
A Promise IBM/Red Hat Could Not Keep
"all about control, not so much optics."
Links 25/05/2026: Russia Lobbing Oreshnik Ballistic Missile Again, Slop Comes Under More Fire
Links for the day
Gemini Links 25/05/2026: Injury in Gym and Abusive LLMs DDoSing Software Developers While Misusing Their Code
Links for the day
A 'Bank Holiday' When National Debt Doubles in a Decade
Maybe it's time to rename "Bank Holidays"
Links 25/05/2026: Lingering Environmental Concerns and Domain Registrars Targeted for Unmasking
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 24, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, May 24, 2026