Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 05, 2026

Updated This Past Day

1. Linux 7.1-rc2

   second one out late Sunday

   New

2. Android Leftovers

   It’s official: Android Auto finally fixes a decade-old bug that infuriated millions of drivers

3. I installed a Linux gaming distro and got better frame rates than Windows on the same PC

   Every year, someone declares it's finally the year of the Linux desktop

4. Free and Open Source Software

   This is free and open source software

5. Scaleclaw – Linux distribution image built around Universal Blue’s base image

   Scaleclaw is a Linux distribution image built around Universal Blue’s base image

6. GNU/Linux, BSD, and Free Software Leftovers

   mostly GNU/Linux

7. Security Leftovers

   very few for today

8. LibreOffice Report and OnlyOffice Faking 'Open Source' (Openwashing)

   office suites' news

9. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and This Week in Linux

   2 new episodes

10. Valve Officially Releases New Steam Controller with 35-Hour Battery, Grip Sense

    Valve releases new Steam Controller for $99 USD with four haptic motors, two full-size magnetic thumbsticks with capacitive touch, two capacitive areas, and a 35-hour battery.

11. Programming Leftovers

    Development picks

12. End of Jeeves or Ask.com

    Web history

13. Distributions and Operating Systems: Chromebook Without ChromeOS, vixalien, and KaikuOS

    some OS news, hacks, and developers' updates

14. Hardware, Arm64, Banana Pi, and Various GNU/Linux Devices

    Hardware leftovers

15. Games: Linux Support and Valve Steam Deck OLED, OptiScaler Client

    Games-related news

16. today's howtos

    terminal, howtos, and more

17. KDE: Tux Manager, Mega Sprint, Drawy, Plasma Tips and Tricks

    KDE news and updates

18. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

19. nellaOS – Linux distribution made in Venezuela

    nellaOS is a Linux distribution made in Venezuela that aims to work on all 64-bit computers

20. Android Leftovers

    Stop struggling with big phones: Android's hidden one-handed setting changes everything

21. This extension finally turns KDE into a tiling window manager

    KDE is great. It’s probably my favorite desktop environment

22. GNOME is good, actually

    While I’m normally a KDE user

23. Finland: Windows Falls to New Lows, Fast (GNU/Linux Measure at Over 10%) [original]

    the growing platform isn't Apple's but GNU/Linux

24. GNU/Linux and Development Leftovers

    From end of April

25. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update: Slow Seventeen and 7 Cameras

    how freedom shapes up

26. NixOS forced me to declare my entire system, and now I can't imagine Linux any other way

    There's a version of you in every Linux machine you've ever set up

27. ReactOS Gets Unified Installer Image and a New Storage Stack

    Although the ReactOS project is in no rush to dethrone Windows as the desktop operating system of choice

28. I left GNOME for COSMIC, tried KDE next, and only one felt right in the end

    Desktop environments can make or break your overall Linux experience

29. After months of desktop hopping, I finally understand why Linux users can't agree on anything

    I was installing roughly three extensions just to add a taskbar to GNOME

30. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

31. MoltOS – security-based Linux distribution

    MoltOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution built for privacy, defensive security analysis, network research, forensics, data recovery, and cybersecurity education

32. Dolphin 26.04 release

    I want to highlight a few changes that came to Dolphin 26.04 and add some nuance to the release announcement

33. Review: Xubuntu 26.04

    This has not been a good year for Xubuntu, the Xfce-based Ubuntu flavour

34. Gestures in Graz, and beyond

    KDE's Mega Sprint 2026 in Graz brought a group of about 20 KDE contributors together in early April

35. KDE email, part 3: don’t filter your email

    This is part 3 in my series about email management, with the prior one being about using email client apps

36. Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: GNU/Linux and Free Software/Coding Clips

    recent via Invidious

37. Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 Vulpecula Stable

    Redcore Linux Hardened 2601 (codename Vulpecula) stable ISO

38. Asmi Linux 26.04

    Asmi Linux 26.04 is now available based on Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon)

39. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

40. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 3rd, 2026

    The 290th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending May 3rd, 2026.

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