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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 08, 2026

Antenna of a June beetle, magnified 25 times

Antenna of a June beetle, magnified 25 times

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  8. GNU/Linux Distributions and Related Leftovers
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  10. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
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  15. today's howtos
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  16. Applications: Optical Character Recognition, Inkscape 1.4.4, Package Management, and VPNs
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  17. Graphics: Rowhammer in GPUs and "Why Intel Merged Jay Into Mesa"
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  18. Kernel Space: CPPC HighestFreq, Phomemo, and LVFS Sponsorship Announcement (IBM Ropes in Lenovo, Dell)
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  19. Security Leftovers
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  20. I switched to a tiling WM and stopped wasting time on window management
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  21. KDE Gear 26.04.1 Is Out with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps
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  23. Announcing the new LibreOffice website!
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  27. KDE Gear 26.04.1
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  30. Strawberry is ripe for managing music collections
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  31. Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update and Some Fun Projects
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  32. Programming Leftovers
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  33. Android Leftovers
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  39. fomeOS – Debian-based Linux distribution designed for kiosk systems
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Links 29/08/2026: Wave of Social Control Media Bans, Suno Data Breach Class Actions
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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")
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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
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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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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
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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
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