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today's leftovers

with focus on GNU/Linux
GNU and FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty

Free software leftovers
Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More

3 stories for today
Security Leftovers

Security news for today
This Week in GNOME and Goblint Notes

GNOME Desktop/GTK news
K Desktop Environment/KDE: Krita Monthly Report, Automatic Brightness in Plasma, and Qt No Contextless Connect

Qt/KDE stuff
Web Browsers: Incognito Mode Myths Debunked, Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine, Configuring Firefox

3 stories
Programming Leftovers

Development news
Kernel Space: Ceph, Slop Thrown Into Linux Without Audits, Useful Code Abandoned Based on Unverified Bot 'Audits'

Not a good trend
Fedora, Red Hat, and Flathub

IBM stuff mostly
Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications: GrapheneOS, GNU/Linux Terminal in Android, and Apple Gimmicks

3 stories for now
Fedora 44 New Release Date, Red Hat Pushing Slop, and Back Doors, and Microsoft (IBM Works for Microsoft)

really bad trajectory
today's howtos

Instructionals/Technical picks
Games: GNU/Linux on the Odin 2 Mini, MangoHud 0.8.3, and More

mostly from GamingOnLinux
Android Leftovers

Google Maps for Android Auto gets a subtle update that drivers will love
System76 Pangolin Pro is a 3.6 pound Linux laptop with a 16 inch screen and Ryzen AI 7 350

The new System76 Pangolin Pro is a Linux laptop with a 16 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel
CachyOS is great, but you should also try these 4 other gaming-focused Linux distros

If CachyOS is not your thing, there is no shortage of great alternatives
Ready to graduate from Linux Mint? These 3 distros are perfect for intermediate users

Linux Mint is a great place to start—but at some point, it stops being enough
Free and Open Source Software, and Review

This is free and open source software
Duff Linux – opinionated distro based on Void

Duff Linux is an opinionated desktop Linux distribution based on dani-77’s d77void project
This Week in Plasma: fanciness in Discover and more power efficiency

This week includes an interesting blend of improvements. Lots of visual stuff, so get ready for a ton of screenshots and screen recordings
Blacklist ntfs3 and use ntfs-3g for slower but stable experience

Linux handles that. For all practical purposes, you can even create and format partitions as NTFS using any one of the Linux partitioning tools
Today in Techrights

Some of the latest articles

The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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Microsoft Shutdowns in Africa, Mass Layoffs Also Reported This Week: further shutdowns
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Intercontinental Brigading - Part II - An Outline of This Series: What's to come
When Computers "Expire" Because Certificates Expire: People who promote Restricted Boot are liars. They lie for a living.
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Besieged by Blind Justice UK, Politicians Increasingly Involved: "Today we have written to Members of both Houses of Parliament"
Vance Has Helped Microsoft Implement Secret, Silent Layoffs: Nothing excites Microsoft more than means by which to discard many employees without an obligation to tell shareholders about it
To The Register MS, Microsoft is the Only Brand That's at the Main Menu!: Consider that the Editor of The Register MS is a longtime faithful Microsofter
Microsoft's Collapse Will Continue, It's Drowning in Debt Now: Expect many more mass layoffs
Legal Self-Sufficiency: The more impact our work has, the more legal bullying will come our way
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Customer Support Experience in 2026: Because the customer is never right
Gemini Links 13/10/2026: Dopamine Nation, Planner and Fatigue, and Moderators: Links for the day
Links 13/10/2026: Norway Fines Microsoft and Cops Can Creep on Airbnb: Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 12, 2026: IRC logs for Monday, October 12, 2026
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Mass Layoffs at Microsoft Again (October 2026), So-Called 'AI' Units Impacted Because Slop ('AI') Has No Real Future: So much for the future of Microsoft being "hey hi" (AI)
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Network Plumbing: We hope it'll help speed things up
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Links 12/10/2026: Strike on Riyadh and GOP Pays Voters ("Surprise $90 Social Security Payments"): Links for the day
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Links 12/10/2026: Shopify (Slop Booster) Has Security Issues, "Russia’s Yandex Says Data Center in Vladimir Shut Down After Drone Attack": Links for the day
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Voice for the Impoverished: the country's leaders attack the country's own press
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