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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 09, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. The Birds and the Sun, Relaxing Day [original]

   It's expected that the next few days will be cloudy

   New

2. Microsoft is Worse than You Think

   Microsoft is worse than the “friendly software company” image suggests, because the story keeps repeating: squeeze the market, normalize surveillance, then call it innovation

3. Favourable Trends for GNU/Linux in Chad [original]

   Are people in Chad looking to recycle "old" PCs with GNU/Linux instead of throwing these away?

4. GNU/Linux Leftovers

   misc. GNU/Linux picks

5. Canonical/Ubuntu Bloat in Perspective

   who's to blame?

6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Sharing Leftovers

   Sharing and FOSS news

7. Standards: Documenting the OpenDocument Format, NSA Undermining Standards for Back Doors

   Standards/Consortia leftovers

8. Programming Leftovers

   Development picks

9. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Mozilla, Chrome, and More

   mostly browser news

10. GNU nano 9.0 CLI Text Editor Released with New Features and Improvements

    GNU nano 9.0 command line text editor for Unix-like systems is now available for download as a major update introducing new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new!

11. Open Hardware/Modding: CyberDeck Pi, RISC-V, Arduino, and More

    Hardware projects and news

12. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers (Slop and Microsoft Promotion Again)

    Red Hat mostly

13. *BSD discovery on the PINE64 ROCKPro64 and Podman on FreeBSD

    BSD leftovers

14. Applications: Istio 1.27.9, Speed of Sound, and shuffleDNS

    Releases and overviews

15. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical posts

16. Security Leftovers, Windows TCO, and Devices That Don't Get Patched

    security news

17. Some Linux Kernel Security Worries

    printing and more

18. Games: Opera GX on GNU/Linux, GNU/Linux Users Surpass 5% Representation on Steam, and Hacking by "m0rpheus23"

    gaming news picks

19. How to rescue an old laptop by installing Linux on it

    Linux offers a lightweight, simple operating system for your aging hardware.

20. Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8 Released with Fastboot Improvements, Bug Fixes

    Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.8 SD card flashing utility is now available for download with fastboot improvements, OS Customisation changes, SSH and write operations enhancements.

21. Audiocasts and So-called 'FSFE' on Free Software

    3 more stories

22. GNU Taler: TalerBarr is now available to everyone

    Free, Libre, and Open Source Software in Finance

23. Programming Leftovers

    Development stories

24. Flatpak 1.16.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Important Security Fixes

    Flatpak 1.16.4 open-source Linux application sandboxing framework is now available for download with important security fixes.

25. Slowness This Morning, Problem Tackled [original]

    Apache was slow to respond to requests

26. Android Leftovers

    Galaxy XR's 'key' Android Enterprise update makes it viable in healthcare and retail

27. 3 Linux distros to try now that you've outgrown Linux Mint

    Mint is an excellent distro for Linux newcomers

28. Our sense of meritocracy

    Meritocracy is one of the founding principles of the free and open-source software movement

29. The New Writer Guide 26.2 Just Arrived

    Continuing our mission to provide the best LibreOffice documentation for our end users

30. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

31. Summertime-Like Weather [original]

    This week will be calm and normal

32. RK3588-Based 3.5-inch SBC Offers 8K Video, PCIe 3.0, and Multi-Display Support

    The board supports Android and Linux operating systems

33. OpenShot 3.5.1 Video Editor Adds New Optimize Preview Built-In Proxy Workflow

    OpenShot 3.5.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with a built-in Optimize Preview workflow, multi-selection trimming improvements, enhanced ComfyUI tools, and more.

34. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

35. GStreamer 1.28.2 Adds Caching Support to NVCodec Plugin to Speed Up Initialization

    GStreamer 1.28.2 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with caching support for the nvcodec plugin to speed up initialization and many other changes.

36. GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.19.10 and GParted 1.8.1

    GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Debian-based live system for performing disk partitioning tasks using the GParted partition editor is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.19.

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