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  1. Solus 4.9 “Serenity” Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More
    Solus 4.9 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, Budgie 10.9.4, KDE Plasma 6.6, GNOME 49.5, and Xfce 4.20.
  2. GNU/Linux and More
    today's leftovers
  3. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO (Windows Breaking Itself)
    security updates
  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    FOSS and more
  5. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  6. Abandoning Free Software While Blaming Slop and Clarifications on Discourse
    Cal.com and Discourse
  7. BSD Education: AsiaBSDCon and New York City *BSD User Group
    BSD picks
  8. PostgresSQL: PGDay Armenia and Swiss PGDay 2026
    PostgresSQL news
  9. Applications: Office Suites and Nixpilled
    3 misc. software links
  10. OpenSUSE: Tumbleweed Report and Planet News Roundup
    openSUSE picks
  11. Red Hat, Fedora, and Rocky Linux Leftovers
    mostly Red Hat picks
  12. Open Hardware/Modding: Orange Pi, ESP32, and More
    gadgets and more
  13. This Week in GNOME, GNOME Foundation Update, and More GNOME
    mixture of GNOME updates
  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  15. Games: Godot 4.7 Dev 5, Proton Beta, and More
    gaming news, all in one
  16. Shelly 2.1 Package Manager for Arch Linux Revamps AppImage Support
    Shelly 2.1 package manager for Arch Linux is now available for download with better support for AppImage, Flatpak, and AUR packages, as well as many other enhancements.
  17. The Man Who Wrote the Rules of Freedom for Software
    Towards the end of January 2026, I emailed Richard for an interview
  18. Emulation/Games: RPCS3, Gopher64, and Proton 11 Beta
    GamingOnLinux's latest
  19. Android Leftovers
    Google Blocks 8.3B Policy-Violating Ads in 2025, Launches Android 17 Privacy Overhaul
  20. FRED Comes To Hobby Operating Systems (and Linux)
    Of course, it would be silly to omit the fact that Linux received patches first
  21. Kdenlive 26.04 is Out with Animated Transition Preview & Screen Mirroring
    KDE announced the release of KDE Gear 26.04 on Thursday
  22. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  23. PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2026
    Toward the best PureOS yet
  24. This Week in Plasma: Per-Screen Virtual Desktops and Wayland Session Restore
    Last week over 20 KDE contributors converged on the Austrian city of Graz for our annual mega-sprint
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