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    Ubuntu picks
  2. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP, PineTime Pro, 3-D Printing, and More
    hardware and gadgets
  3. After 6 Years, One of Wayland’s Most Annoying Problems is Finally Getting Fixed
    The new xdg-session-management protocol finally brings session saving and restoration to Wayland
  4. Linux 7.0-rc6
    new RC

    New

  5. Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux Installer Released with New Textual UI
    Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux menu-based installer is now available for download with a new TUI (text-based user interface), new features, and various improvements.
  6. Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years
    Elive 3.8.50 LTS distribution is now available for download based on Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” and featuring support for the OpenRC init system and the latest Enlightenment desktop.
  7. Android Leftovers
    ‘Tap to Share’ gesture for Quick Share leaks in Samsung’s Android 17 update
  8. Sparky Linux 9 brings a rolling release to Debian
    Sparky Linux's rolling release edition delivers the rock-solid stability Debian is known for — plus the latest software
  9. I installed one Linux app I'd never heard of and it replaced three tools
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  11. Using FireWire On A Raspberry Pi Before Linux Drops Support
    Once the premium option for data transfers and remote control for high-end audiovisual and other devices
  12. It seems like every new Linux user goes through a phase of "distro-hopping," or constantly switching Linux distros
    It seems like every new Linux user goes through a phase of "distro-hopping," or constantly switching Linux distros
  13. This hidden Linux feature makes Windows look embarrassing for developers
    Yet, there is a feature so fundamental to Linux
  14. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  15. OpenBosniana OS – Debian-based Linux distribution
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  16. End of First Quarter [original]
    The main challenge will be to keep GNU/Linux free (as in freedom)
  17. Coreboot 26.03 Open-Source Firmware Adds Full Support for Intel PantherLake SoCs
    Coreboot 26.03 open-source firmware is now available for download with full support for Intel PantherLake SoCs and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
  18. 4MLinux 51.0 Released with Improved Support for ZX Spectrum and Atari Music
    4MLinux 51.0 distribution is now available for download with improved support for ZX Spectrum and Atari music and other changes. Here’s what’s new!
  19. Leftovers Regarding GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
    today's leftovers
  20. GNOME Desktop/GTK: "Cambalache’s First Major Milestone!" (1.0) and Thibault Martin on Blogs
    GNOME picks
  21. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Wikipedia, and Standards
    FOSS and more
  22. Programming Leftovers
    Development stories
  23. Games: New Steam Games and Williams Sinistar Arcade Documentary
    Recent gaming news/picks
  24. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  25. Valnet on Command Line Piping and tmux
    2 new articles
  26. Android Leftovers
    Android 17: Google Finally Brought This Useful Trick to Every App
  27. Get the best of LibreOffice Calc with the Calc Guide 26.2
    The LibreOffice documentation team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the Calc Guide 26.2
  28. 5 Linux Mint extensions that finally made my desktop feel complete
    Linux Mint is a beautiful and efficient operating system that just works out of the box
  29. Ubuntu was my first distro—here's why we went our separate ways
    I once used Ubuntu and followed its development with extreme excitement
  30. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  31. Debian Pixel – remix of the Raspberry Pi Foundation PIXEL
    Debian 12 Pixel allows you to run Raspberry Pi’s PIXEL Desktop on a PC or Mac
  32. Review: NetBSD jails
    About a month ago we shared that there is an effort underway to bring jails, a popular isolation technology used by FreeBSD, to the NetBSD operating system
  33. New Releases of Parted Magic and ExLight
    two recent distro releases
  34. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  35. GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Scheduled for September 16th, 2026
    The development cycle of the upcoming GNOME 51 “A Coruña” desktop environment kicks off with a draft release schedule suggesting the final release is expected later this year on September 16th, 2026.
  36. Protesting (Principled Stance) Pays Off [original]
    We stand with the protesters
  37. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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  38. How Third-Party Funding and 'Former' Microsoft Staff Spent About a Million Dollars Lawyering Up Against Us [original]
    a chance to catch up
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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The Cyber Show Debunks the Alleged Intelligence in Slop
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Links 16/09/2026: US Running Low/Out of Some Ammo Due to Wars, Slop Bots "Are Using an Outrageous Amount of Electricity"
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"AI Slowdown" is Code Word for Bubble Imploding (Trying to Make This Slowdown Seem Wilful, an Act of Safety and Responsibility)
They help one another by inflating the bubble and making false excuses when expansion stalls
SLAPP Censorship - Part 185 Out of 200: What Reputation?
Helping monopolies and working for monopolies never made anybody popular
Gemini Links 16/09/2026: Slovenia, Catastrophe Ethics, and ROOPHLOCH 2026
Links for the day
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
IRC logs for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Microsoft Layoffs in September 2026 Are Silent, Hidden
Expect the same next month ahead of the fake results
Links 15/09/2026: 'Smartphone', Android TV Box, Stockholm Syndrome of [Slop Plagiarism] Acceptance
Links for the day
Carmen-Lisandrette Maris Prepares Audiobook to Explain Software Freedom/Digital Rights to Adolescents, Needs Help From Volunteers
needs help with narrating
Links 15/09/2026: Putin-Connected Money for The Insurrectionist Jr. and Turkey's Crackdown on Activists
Links for the day
publicdomainpictures.net Seems to Have Become Fed Up With Slop Contaminating Its Database (Wasting Storage, Bandwidth), Now It's Suitably Flagged, Should Be Demoted/Delisted
The site was redone, suffered some hours of downtime, then 'relaunched' with a new interface this week
Gemini Links 15/09/2026: Hiking in Munții Făgăraș, Scams, and Slop Plagiarism Considered Unethical
Links for the day
Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 1 - At the Beginning (Torvalds Knew It Was Trouble)
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EPO Staff is Preparing to Take Up a Notch the Strikes and Other Industrial Actions Ahead of October's Meeting (It Can Help Oust the Corrupt Leadership)
mobilising perhaps thousands of workers at a critical time in the history of the Office
unixcop.com is the Latest "Linux" Site to Have Become a Slopfarm After 2 Years of Death (Inactivity)
Not a way to stage a comeback
Allegedly Many PIP Layoffs in Nepal, IBM Does This Before a Known Death Toll in Avalanche (Caused by China-, Europe-, and US-Induced Global Warming)
Fresh wounds, before the bodies are even recovered (thousands still missing)
"Wail" by Alexandre Oliva
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License BY-SA (Attribution ShareAlike) 4.0 International
This Morning The Register MS Published a Page With "AI" 83 Times in it. The Register MS Got Paid to Do This.
The Register MS is not a serious publisher and a lot of the stuff about "AI" on the Web isn't journalism but paid-for SPAM
While GAFAM/Microsoft Disguise Financial Crisis as "Investment in AI" the Slop Giants Make Up a Narrative of Wilful Slowdown
A BS artist is good at the art of BS when the artist's failures or weaknesses get twisted as moral or professional leadership
SLAPP Censorship - Part 184 Out of 200: A Tiny Law Firm That Knows Nothing But Microsoft (But Merely Pretends to Understand "IT")
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Links for the day
It's Not About How Developers Vote
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Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, September 14, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, September 14, 2026
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Links for the day
LG Lies to Cover Up Lies About Its Spying TVs (It Records and Transmits Conversations in Rooms)
This is what a lot of "modern" technology is like
Oracle's Debt Continues to Soar (Increase of 60 Billion Dollars in 15 Months, Not Counting the Secret Debt, With Off-balance-sheet Debt Having "Grown Roughly Thirtyfold in Four Years")
Oracle debt continues to grow
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IBM typically settles out of court and demands secrecy (to avoid anyone else benefiting from the very expensive outcome)
Apple's iOS and macOS Measured as Bigger Than Windows in the US, Linux-Based OSes at Almost 30%
Expect the silent layoffs at Microsoft to continue at a rapid pace
Oracle, Like Microsoft, Drowns in Debt and Discards Tens of Thousands of Staff (Microsoft Does the Same More Discreetly)
The main difference between Microsoft and Oracle is that the latter is honest about what's going on
Gemini Links 14/09/2026: First Android Phone, Leaving Sony, and Rant About Gemini-to-HTTP Proxy Providers
Links for the day
Links 14/09/2026: "Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid" and Sweden Moving to the Right
Links for the day
Vista 11 Flunked
Microsoft cannot start a "Vista 12" campaign as it would only make matters worse
Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours)
Anything to distract from XBox fiasco
The PIPs or 'Voluntary Termination Offers' Help IBM Fake Its Situation
"IBM is not a tech company"
IBM Flying Away to Sweatshops (So Will Red Hat)
Even on Sunday people post about 'leaving' IBM
RFID Ambitions Already Established by Widespread Skinnerbox Adoption
A society that cannot maintain privacy for those who deserve it will not manage to assure dignity of citizens
SLAPP Censorship - Part 183 Out of 200: What Actually Happened Two Months Ago (Based on People Who Attended)
It's dangerous to assert what happened in a hearing you did not attend (there was no video stream or recording, either)
Phil Harvey, an Editor-in-Chief in a B2B Site, Explains Why ChannelFutures (Connected to TechTarget) and Other Sites That Used to Cover Linux Deleted Many Articles
Every old article in channelfutures is gone!
Software Freedom Day 2026 is 5 Days From Now, Fresh Reminder to Boycott Proprietary Software
Let this be a timely reminder of why people should avoid proprietary software
Links 14/09/2026: Slop Hardly Used for Actual Work (Chatbots Are for Lonely People), Slop Bots (Scrapers, Plagiarism) "Are Thirsty for Power"
Links for the day
Gemini Links 14/09/2026: Trip, Hiding, and OCR
Links for the day
IBM PIPs Are Layoffs (RAs Come Later Even If You Satisfy the "Performance" and "Plan")
Notice how "the media" almost never mentions silent layoffs, as if just because they're silent, there's nothing to investigate, nothing to see there
Slop Companies Engage in Plagiarising the Web, Now They Pay People to Contaminate the Web With Their Lies
Remember that the lawfare against us is funded by slop salaries!
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 13, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, September 13, 2026