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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 17, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Life's Simplicity and Poetry Online (Not the Web, Simpler Protocols) [original]

   Try to find the things in your life that can make things simple

   New

2. FFmpeg 8.1 “Hoare” Multimedia Framework Brings D3D12 H.264/AV1 Encoding

   FFmpeg 8.1 has been released today as a minor update to this open-source multimedia framework that introduces new decoders, encoders, filters, as well as various improvements.

3. today's leftovers

   GNU/Linux, BSD, and more

4. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugge and This Week in Linux

   2 new episodes

5. Applications: Paperback, ROX-Filer, and KPhotoAlbum 6.2.0

   Software picks

6. Red Hat/IBM: CentOS, Fedora, and More

   Red Hat/IBM leftovers

7. Programming Leftovers

   Development with R and more

8. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Compass, Web Access, and Curl

   Some WWW news

9. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and More

   Some hardware news

10. Games: Tempest 2000 on the Atari Jaguar, Save Myrient, OpenTTD, and More

    gaming news

11. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical posts

12. Android Leftovers

    875 Million Android Phones Face Risk Due to Hidden Chip Flaw

13. To tackle plastic waste, tackle DRM

    DRM-locked printer ink cartridges are contributing to plastic waste. It doesn't have to be this way

14. OpenRazer 3.12 adds Linux support for a good selection of new Razer accessories

    Fortunately, the Linux community is by no means a stranger to coding up solutions for hardware that doesn't have official support for their distros

15. My laggy Linux desktop looked idle, but something was clearly wrong

    A Linux system can feel slow without actually being slow

16. SteamOS proved the Linux desktop works when you stop trying to make it look like Windows

    For decades, the path to Linux adoption felt like a desperate game of "Spot the Difference

17. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

18. PipeWire 1.6.2 Released with Audio Mixer Optimizations and Various Bug Fixes

    PipeWire 1.6.2 audio/video server for Linux is now available for downlaod with audio mixer optimizations and various bug fixes.

19. SparkyLinux 2026.03 Rolling Ships with Linux 6.19, Latest Calamares Installer

    SparkyLinux 2026.03 has been released as the March 2026 ISO snapshot of the SparkyLinux Rolling edition based on the Debian Testing repositories.

20. Linux 7.0-rc4

    So last week looked very calm - for a few days

21. Android Leftovers

    I turned on this Android Auto feature and driving got way less distracting

22. CachyOS dethrones Arch as the top desktop distro for Linux gamers on ProtonDB

    Gaming on Linux is no longer the joke it used to be

23. Kagi’s Orion browser hits public beta on Linux

    A public beta of Orion for Linux is now available to download and try

24. Is Firefox getting a new logo? Mozilla’s socials suggest so…

    Some (not exactly subtle) changes on Firefox’s official social media accounts

25. Sparky 2026.03

    New SparkyLinux 2026.03 “Tiamat” ISO images are available of the semi-rolling line

26. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

27. Review: d77void GNU/Linux

    The experiment with d77void this week was disappointing, unusually disappointing in most aspects

28. PWAs Without the Browser?

    It’s been, what, 4? 5 years since I’ve had anything meaningful to talk about in the world of Open Source

29. KJournald 26.04 Features

    KDE Gears 26.04 hit beta phase just a few days ago, so it is time to give an update on the new features in KJournald

30. 10 Things Linux Can Do That Windows Still Can’t

    Linux offers more freedom than Windows in many ways

31. Valnet Linux Leftovers

    4 recent articles

32. Switching to a tiling window manager and from GNOME to KDE Plasma 6.6

    Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM) op/eds

33. Valnet on GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: MX Linux 25, the ‘Big Three’, and "4 derivatives of popular Linux distros that are better than the originals"

    4 recent articles

34. Valnet Coverage pf Proxmox and Homelabbing

    recent articles

35. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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