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    These 16 Car Brands Just Got A Huge New Android Auto Feature

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  2. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux mostly
  3. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters, Ask Noah, and The Law Bytes Podcast
    3 new episodes
  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  5. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  6. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  7. Mozilla: Servo Report, MozPhab 2.10.0 Released, Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest
    Some projects' news
  8. Debian: Thomas Lange's FAIme, Junichi Uekawa, and Debian-based Apertis v2026
    3 updates from/on Debian
  9. Arch Linux’s April 2026 ISO Is Out Now with Linux Kernel 6.19 and Archinstall 4.1
    Arch Linux 2026.04.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for April 2026, powered by Linux kernel 6.19 and featuring the Archinstall 4.1 text-based installer.
  10. OpenBSD Leftovers
    OpenBSD picks for today
  11. Open Hardware/Modding: Seeed, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware picks
  12. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  13. "Custom-Built Handheld Runs a Full Linux Desktop in Your Palms" and a Look at CentOS-Based Webminal
    a couple of projects
  14. Proprietary Fake 'Linux' (Windows) Against GNU/Linux and Microsoft Sells Back Doors as "Sovereign Cloud" or "Sovereignty"
    "sovereignty" for Trump
  15. Microsoft NPM Causes Security Catastrophes, Microsoft Transmits Malware to Sites and More
    Microsoft doing its best
  16. IBM Red Hat is Selling Slop/Plagiarism, OpenShift, and JBoss
    but mostly slop
  17. Games: Lakehopper, Skull Horde, and More
    latest from GamingOnLinux
  18. Slimbook Creative Linux laptop packs RTX 5070, Thunderbolt 4 and 99 Wh battery into 1.9 kg chassis
    The Slimbook Creative Linux notebook returns
  19. Elive 3.8.50 Stable ‘Retrowave’ is released!
    The Elive Team is pleased to announce a new stable release
  20. CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark
    There was a time when gaming on Linux pretty much boiled down to SuperTuxKart
  21. You’re probably ready for Arch Linux. Here’s how to tell
    If you're new to Linux, you might have heard Linux experts talking about how good Arch Linux is
  22. How Small Can A Linux Executable Be?
    With ever increasing sizes of various programs (video games being notorious for this), the question of size optimization comes up more and more often
  23. GParted Live – small bootable Linux distribution
    GParted Live is a compact, bootable Linux distribution created for one job
  24. These are the 6 worst Linux recommendations I keep hearing—here's why they're wrong
    Whatever the world of Linux may be short of, it isn’t opinions
  25. The door to digital sovereignty is open, please come in
    For decades, a community of developers, activists, researchers and public officials has quietly worked on the idea that free and open-source software based on open standards is not only the best technical choice
  26. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  27. JSP Educa – Linux distribution for use in the educational field
    JSP Educa is a Linux distribution for use in the educational field
  28. Krita 5.3.1 Released!
    Today we're releasing Krita 5.3.1 and 6.0.1
  29. This month in KDE Linux: March 2026
    Welcome to the March 2026 edition of development news for KDE Linux
  30. ONLYOFFICE Gets Forked as "Made in Europe", Sparks Licensing and Trust Debate
    Euro-Office is a new European fork of ONLYOFFICE
  31. Six Months [original]
    We need sunlight, not silent threats made in secrecy
  32. OSPO Notes: Open Source Governance — Who Decides, and How
    Open source governance answers one question: who decides, and how
  33. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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Andy's Passing Thoughts on Media Dying, Not Reporting News (Even Critical News About Itself)
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The Torvalds-led Slopfest as a Reminder to Pursue Software Freedom, Not Plagiarism Endorsed (for Money) by 'Linux' Foundation
What's happening this month moreover proves that he is not in control of important decisions in his project
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IRC logs for Friday, October 16, 2026
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LLMs are hype
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IBM is a dying company
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