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    Episodes for today and video of interest
  2. SaaS/Back End/Databases: DNSDB, "SaaS is mostly dead", and Greenmask Releases
    server-centric news

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  3. KaOS Linux 2026.03 Is Out with Linux 6.19, More systemd Components Removed
    KaOS Linux 2026.03 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.19, Niri 25.11 compositor, Noctalia 4.7 desktop shell, and more.
  4. GIMP 3.2.2 Released with Various Improvements and UI/UX Updates
    GIMP 3.2.2 open-source image editor is now available for download with various improvements, bug fixes, and UI/UX updates.
  5. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    GNU/Linux mostly
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    Mozilla and more
  7. Ubuntu Against Choice and Diversity, the Excuse Being 'Security'
    bad turn
  8. New Debian Developers and Maintainers and Samuel Henrique on Curl
    Debian leftovers
  9. Wikipedia Tarnished by Slop, Not Just 'Donations' From Rich People Who Control the Wiki
    Wikipedia woes, slop vs Open Access/Content
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development with Python and more
  11. Fedora, Red Hat, and Slop
    mostly Red Hat's site
  12. OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Review
    OpenSUSE news
  13. Season of KDE 2026 Report on Lokalize and More
    KDE development
  14. GNOME Desktop/GTK: This Week in GNOME, Gedit 50.0 Released, and Monitor Panel
    some GNOME updates
  15. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    "I stopped using Snap" and more
  16. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, SparkFun, 64-bit RISC-V, and More
    devices and gadgets
  17. Samsung and Linux UI
    5 new picks
  18. today's howtos
    from two domains only
  19. Games: Visual Game Script Editor, Alien Deathstorm, and More
    mostly Liam's articles
  20. Security Leftovers
    Security news with focus on Linux
  21. SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More
    SystemRescue 13 live Linux system rescue toolkit is now available for download with the Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, new tools, and HiDPI improvements.
  22. Recent Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software
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  23. Android Leftovers
    Android Auto has had a rough time lately, with yet another issue popping up
  24. Even if you have 16GB of RAM, this one "compressed swap" trick makes Linux significantly smoother
    RAM swapping is a common tool your OS uses to free up RAM in occasions
  25. This non-Chromium Linux browser can run Chrome, Firefox, and Safari extensions
    It can be really tough to settle on a browser if you're not a fan of Chromium, at least on Linux
  26. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  27. Mageia 10 Art Voting
    With the release of the first version candidate planned for the coming weeks
  28. LazyLinux – Void-based desktop Linux distribution with Xfce
    LazyLinux is a fully pre-configured Linux distribution originating from Hadrut, Armenia, built on top of Void Linux
  29. Coyote Linux – security-focused distribution
    Coyote Linux is a security-focused Linux distribution designed to deliver firewall
  30. Framework Becomes a KDE Patron
    Framework supports free open-source software and becomes KDE's latest patron
  31. This Week in Plasma: Easier Microphone Sensitivity Adjustment
    This week saw a large variety of improvements in fields as diverse as better support for multi-screen and multi-GPU setups
  32. Linux 6.12.79
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.12.79 kernel
  33. ODF is the future, OOXML is the past
    Whenever a user, a government, a school or a business chooses the format in which to store and exchange its digital documents
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
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