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  4. Kali Linux 2026.1 Is Out with New Default Theme, New Tools, and BackTrack Mode
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  7. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Access Leftovers
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  8. Mozilla's Privacy Posturing and Firefox's New Features
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  9. Events: Linux Plumbers Conference and All Things Slop; LibreOffice at MiniDebConf and ODF Gains in EU
    4 more stories
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for now
  11. Canonical/Ubuntu: Local Privilege Escalation (LPE), CVEs, and Boosting of Rust
    Canonical/Ubuntu leftovers
  12. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, ESP32, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  13. Games: Planet of Lana II, SteamOS, and WINE
    some gaming picks for today
  14. today's howtos
    many howtos for today
  15. IBM/Red Hat Promoting Slop and Other Products
    Slop mostly
  16. Security Leftovers
    7 leftovers for today
  17. Microsoft (et al) Front Group OpenSSF Promotes Self-Serving Plays as "Security" Under the Name "Linux"
    Distortion of public discourse
  18. Proprietary: Omni, Qt, Microsoft Trying to Mislead and Curtail GNU/Linux
    some leftovers
  19. Android Leftovers
    Android Auto connection issues leave Pixel and Samsung users stuck
  20. 7 settings I change after installing Ubuntu
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  21. 9 myths about the Linux terminal you should stop believing
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  22. I ditched GIMP for Krita and never looked back
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  27. NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Released as Latest Production Branch Version
    NVIDIA released today the stable version of the NVIDIA 595 graphics driver for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, introducing various new features and improvements.
  28. Krita 6.0 Digital Painting App Released with Wayland Color Management Support
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  29. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  30. Exton Linux ExLight 260322 drops with Enlightenment 0.27.1, Calamares 3.3.14-1, and more
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  31. Android Leftovers
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  32. I installed a full Linux desktop on my Android phone and it's buttery smooth
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  33. Games: New Titles, Graphics, and GE-Proton 10-34
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  34. Proprietary Microsoft Software (Slop-Made Slopware?) Breaks Itself, Similarly Bad Ideas for GNU/Linux
    3 new articles
  35. GNU/Linux on Desktop/Laptop: Disabling Back-Door/Kill Switch (Controlled by Microsoft), Microsoft Drives Away Windows Users, and More
    4 recent Valnet articles
  36. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  37. Valnet on "Unix workstations" and "year of Linux"
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  39. Software for Linux Devices: Proxmox, Home Assistant, and Pixel Desktop Mode
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  40. DietPi Advice and a Decade With Raspberry Pi
    3 Valnet articles
  41. Applications: A Look at Ghostty 1.3.0 and Ghostwriter
    Valnet on software
  42. Games: GNU/Linux on PlayStation 3, Moving From Windows, How SteamOS Changes Perceptions
    4 recent Valnet articles
  43. Distributions and Operating Systems: NixOS, Distro Hopping, and the Meaning of "Distros"
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  44. Today in Techrights
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-03-18 to 2026-03-24
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