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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 11, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Red Hat Layoffs "Affecting Over 400 Employees" This Week (Technical Staff) [original]

   Suppressed by the media industry

2. French government says it's ditching Windows for Linux - country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push

   2026 is set to be l’année de Linux.

3. Red Hat Puff Pieces, Promotion of Slop and 'Clown Computing' (the Usual)

   Red Hat in IBM clothing

4. Mass Layoffs at Red Hat This Week (Hundreds of Engineers Laid Off)

   as reported by Techrights

   New

5. Two Months Until Community Party [original]

   Today is the tenth of April, so we're exactly two months away from our community party

6. Next Week Dr. Richard Stallman Gives a Talk in University of Texas [original]

   Talk in Austin, Texas

7. GNU/Linux Leftovers

   3 more links for today

8. Debian vs Ubuntu Server and Debian-based TrueNAS

   Debian picks

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

   some standards too

10. Databases: SQLAlchemy 2 Coverage and IndexedDB for Search

    Database stuff

11. Web Browsers/Web Servers: the Power of RSS and Mozilla Waking Up After Selling Out to Microsoft, Killing RSS Support, Pushing Slop Against Users' Will

    Mozilla mostly

12. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

13. Linux Devices, Open or Flexible Hardware, Going Back to Landlines

    some hardware picks

14. "Ubuntu 26.04 will thrill gamer", Leadership Debate, and Media Mocks Ubuntu Over RAM Requirements

    Canonical/Ubuntu news

15. Games: Godot 4.7 dev 4 and FEX 2604 Tagged

    Games' development and more

16. KDE: Skrooge 26.4.0, Akademy 2026, and Testing org.kde.Platform Flatpak Built in CI

    KDE picks

17. Kernel News and Graphics Coverage

    Linux news

18. Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now, Dr. Luis Falcon in Cybershow (about GNUHealth)

    2 new episodes

19. Applications: Why GNU/Linux Works Better, LittleSnitch Targets GNU/Linux, Trying Flatpak, AppImage, and Snap

    software news and more

20. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical posts

21. Security Patches, News, Analysis

    Security leftovers

22. Openwashing and Scammers (Python Sells Out to Charlatans, Frauds, and Vicious, Shameless Plagiarists)

    really naughty

23. KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner

    KDE Frameworks 6.25 open-source software suite is out now with various improvements and bug fixes for KDE apps and the Plasma desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!

24. Android Leftovers

    Every Android phone is getting a free performance upgrade

25. Framework is teasing a lot of Linux for its April 21st event

    It features a few clear references to Linux

26. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

27. Tighter KDE Connect Integration

    In my opinion, KDE Connect is one of the finest pieces of software KDE has ever produced

28. My top 5 Linux desktops of 2026 (so far) - and I've tried them all

    I've spent decades testing nearly every Linux desktop

29. Can Garuda Linux Mokka Take Manjaro’s Arch-Based Crown?

    Our reviewer looks at Garuda Linix and finds a rolling-release Arch derivative with eye-catching visuals, a friendly installer

30. I tried CuerdOS and this niche Debian distro is dramatically fast

    CuerdOS is a lightning-fast Linux distro with an alternative approach to preinstalled software

31. Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server

    Calibre 9.7 open-source e-book management software is now available for download with support for grouping results by any field in the annotations browser and other changes.

32. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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