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  1. GIMP @ Libre Graphics Meeting 2026
    The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is the annual meeting on Free and Open Source Software (FLOSS) for graphics

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  2. Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26
    Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS distribution is now available for download with GNU Linux-libre 6.8 kernel, MATE 1.26 desktop environment, updated packages, and various improvements.
  3. Too Much LLM Slop About France and GNU/Linux [original]
    In Google News, about half the 'articles' we see about France moving to GNU/Linux are mindless slopfarms
  4. First Look at Shelly, a Modern Graphical Package Manager for Arch Linux
    Meet Shelly, a new package management tool for Arch Linux that aims to be more intuitive and user-friendly than what’s already on the market.
  5. today's leftovers
    Server and BSD picks
  6. Standards and Sharing Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  7. RSS, Web Development and Firefox Web Browser
    Web centric news
  8. PostgreSQL: Several New Releases and News
    PostgreSQL leftovers
  9. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  10. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    Security leftovers
  11. Openwashing by Linux Foundation for Outsourced (Spied on, Compromised) Computing
    some promotional fluff
  12. Debian Reproducible Builds in March 2026 and Position on Privacy-Killing Pseudo-Verification of "Age"
    Debian leftovers
  13. Linux-centric Devices, Open Hardware, and Mobile Gadgets
    hardware leftovers
  14. OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup and Tumbleweed Reviews
    OpenSUSE updates
  15. Slop in Kernel (Linux) and nftables
    Linux leftovers (kernel)
  16. EasyOS 7.2.4 and More EasyOS News/Developments
    EasyOS leftovers
  17. Red Hat, Fedora, and Qubes Leftovers
    IBM stuff, slop hype as well
  18. Ghostty in Ubuntu and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Security Features
    Ubuntu picks
  19. Little Snitch on GNU/Linux
    Little Snitch spreading
  20. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  21. This Week in GNOME and GitPulsar – a lightweight, GNOME-native Git GUI
    GNOME picks
  22. Akademy 2026 Call for Proposals, KDE in Graz
    Planning ahead
  23. Games: Humble Choice, Legendary, Godot, and More
    9 new stories from GamingOnLinux
  24. HowTo Geek (Valnet) Advocating Use of GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop
    3 new articles
  25. Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance
    4 articles
  26. I switched to Ghostty and discovered Linux terminals could actually be fun
    Recently, I decided to give other Linux terminal apps a try
  27. Android Leftovers
    Google Messages for Android rolls out Trash folder
  28. PeaZip 11.0.0 Released with Improved Larger Archives Browsing
    PeaZip, the free open-source file manager and archive utility, released new major 11.0.0 version few days ago
  29. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  30. Analyzing KDE Project Health With git!
    I was reading the latest edition of Kevin Ottens’ excellent weekly web review and one particular article caught my eye
  31. stillOS – Linux distribution
    stillOS is a Linux distribution aimed at making desktop Linux easier for mainstream users
  32. Season Of KDE 2026 Conclusion
    Another year, another successful Season Of KDE for 20 contributors
  33. Slimbook Executive report 13 - Reasonable, can be awesomer
    Not only that, probably the worst part of the whole story is that this Linux-flavored system used to work superbly, until it didn't
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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IBM is "Taking the PIP" (Piss), People 'Retire' 'Voluntarily' to "Focus on Family"
IBM has a billion bucks for 'the butcher', but not a million dollars for critical projects and initiatives in Free software
It Should be Uncontroversial to Say That Social Control Media is a Weapon
Democracy is not compatible with the likes of Kapo-Berg and MElon controlling public discourse of billions
Debian: Plagiarism OK, Just be "Responsible" About It
The result isn't the worst, but it's not good either
Don't Let Them Kill Activism
Are the oligarchs shutting the lid on activism and whistleblowers?
Michael Catanzaro's Latest Blog Post Affirms Rumours of Red Hat Changes and RAs/PIPs at IBM
reading between the lines, IBM is "spitting out" Red Hat staff
 
Links 29/08/2026: Microsoft GitHub Outage (Again), "Displaying Ads Directly on Your Monitor", and "Election Deniers Could Soon Control Elections"
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Misuse of Bots (Now Sold as "Agents", "Hey Hi", "Automation", and "Efficiency")
They even try to rebrand robotics as "hey hi" and try to sell slop as "work"
SLAPP Censorship - Part 165 Out of 200: Two Years Since My Wife and I Sued
In early September 2024 we hit back
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 28, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, August 28, 2026
Gemini Links 29/08/2026: Death Notice, Systems Biology, and Gopher
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Links 28/08/2026: Chatbot Pushers Admit They're Used Heavily for Social Engineering Scams, Strong Backlash Against "Smart Glasses" (CCTV on Legs)
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If Linux Was Written in Rust, 80% or More of Linux Developers Would Not Understand It (Same If It's Composed by LLM Slop)
The licence (GPL) is not enough when there are ways to bypass it
Gemini Links 28/08/2026: Absurd Tomodachi Summer, Screen Piggery, and Jugulans 1.0.3 Released
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Links 28/08/2026: "UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem" and "Growth at All Costs is Cancer"
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 164 Out of 200: Patent Troll SLAPPs, Defamation Trolls, and Stranglers From America
You start to wonder if the core issue is insecurity
Rumours of More PIPs and Layoffs at Confluent Just Months After IBM Bought It
It is meanwhile apparent IBM will have mass layoffs next week (September)
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 27, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, August 27, 2026
After Many Waves of PIPs (Silent Layoffs) IBM Makes Non-Silent Layoffs, Effective Next Week (September)
What we heard is turning out to be true
Gemini Links 27/08/2026: Oklahoma, Tennessee, Haiku OS, Digital Resistance, and Staying Offline
Links for the day
Links 27/08/2026: Facebook to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion to Cover Up Known Harms, Nepal Landslide Kills Many
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The Register MS Has Just Published Paid Spam That Says "AI" 19 Times
1.5 hours ago
Mainstream Media is Paid to Link "AI" Criticism/Boosting to Jeffrey Epstein Enablers, in Effect Showing How Corrupt This Media Became
Many readers will have noticed what was a paid-for PR campaign of a global scale
RSS is King: Why Having Subscribers or Followers in Sites You Neither Own Nor Control is Loss of Autonomy and Search is Mostly Slop (Plagiarising Sites, Not Linking to Them)
Because digital connections in third parties aren't assets; they endow another party with tremendous power over people (e.g. MElon getting to decide who can and cannot reach people or what messages to "dim down")
Claims of Tens of Thousands of 'Silent Layoffs' at IBM (and Red Hat)
Looking at recent activity in thelayoff.com, about 80% of the comments and posts are about PIPs
Links 27/08/2026: "Flock’s CEO Is Lying to Cops" and Microsoft's GitHub Actions Breaks Down Again (Too Many Layoffs, Loss of Knowledge)
Links for the day
Clownflare Sees GNU/Linux and ChromeOS at Over 13% in Bahamas
Narrowing down to desktops and laptops, and judging by Web requests that go through Clownflare, many people there use GNU/Linux or Google's 'bastardised' version of it (with spyware preloaded)
Richard Stallman Complains That Linux Gives a Bad Name to GNU and Asks for Feedback on What's Wrong with Systemd (and Wayland)
Maybe some people want to send him a detailed, polite explanation
GNU/Linux Does Not Need Social Control Media to Succeed
When it comes to Social Control Media, Richard Stallman was right
Increasing Focus on Patent Injustices
We'll soon cover the EPO a lot more
SLAPP Censorship - Part 163 Out of 200: Attack on Computer Science and on Computer Security (or Associating Back Doors and Kill Switches With "Security")
Nowadays there are many who pretend to be security professionals
There's No "Next XBox"
Nothing comes ahead except layoffs and price hikes
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GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Gemini Links 27/08/2026: Conditioning, Lagrange 1.21, and Computer Games
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