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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 27, 2026

A Selection of Shapes

A Selection of Shapes

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  1. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  2. These 7 apps helped me use Linux after ditching Windows
    Here are the ones I installed immediately after switching to Linux

    New

  3. COSMIC 1.0.14 Desktop Adds Keybind Support for Non-Latin Keyboard Layouts
    COSMIC 1.0.14 desktop environment is now available with improvements to COSMIC Files, COSMIC Term, COSMIC Edit, COSMIC Settings, COSMIC Panel, COSMIC Store, and COSMIC Applets.
  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Education, Standards
    FOSS and more
  5. Licensing / Legal Issues at Bambu Lab
    it's bad again
  6. Content Management Systems (CMS) Headaches and "You Probably Don’t Need a Content Management System"
    CMS stuff
  7. GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
    today's leftovers
  8. KDE and GNOME Leftovers
    3 for today
  9. Audiocasts/Shows: Age verification and Politics
    Latest on nuisance in America
  10. Web Browsers/Web Leftovers
    Vivaldi, Firefox, and more
  11. Red Hat Busy Promoting Buzzwords Like Slop and "Quantum" for IBM
    latest from Red Hat's site
  12. Hardware: Linux and Projects/Chipsets
    ESP32, Raspberry Pi etc.
  13. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  14. Security Leftovers
    Security related news
  15. Linux Bait-and-Switch and Removal of Hardware Support
    a couple of stories
  16. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  17. Games: Shortages, Mankala Engine, Originality, and RPCS3
    gaming leftovers
  18. Slop as a Time-Wasting Nuisance to Linux Development
    Torvalds awakens too late
  19. The Stadium Nourishes the Surroundings, More so When It Gets 20 Trophies in 10 Years [original]
    The city developed a lot during his time, our area in particular
  20. Mozilla Firefox 151.0.2 Is Out Now to Improve Split View, Disk Caching, and More
    Mozilla Firefox 151.0.2 open-source web browser is now available for download with improvements to the Split View feature, disk caching, website and forms compatibility, and more.
  21. NVIDIA 610 Linux Graphics Driver Adds Vulkan and Wayland Improvements
    NVIDIA 610 graphics driver is now available for download with support for new Vulkan extensions, support for creating Vulkan logical devices from multiple physical devices, and more.
  22. IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202 Linux Firewall Distro Released with OpenVPN 2.7
    IPFire 2.29 Core Update 202 hardened Linux firewall distro is now available for download with OpenVPN 2.7, security patches for Dirty Frag and Copy Fail vulnerabilities, and other changes.
  23. New Security Defects in Rust
    just now, yet again
  24. AlmaLinux OS 10.2 Released as a Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2
    AlmaLinux OS 10.2 distribution is now available for download as a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2. Here’s what’s new!
  25. Why Bun leaving Zig is Great for Zig
    The tech internet is reacting exactly how you would expect to the news that Bun has merged a near-total rewrite from Zig into Rust
  26. PipeWire 1.6.6 Improves the Pulse Server, Volume Initialization in Filter Graph
    PipeWire 1.6.6 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with more improvements for the Pulse server, filter graph, and more.
  27. Many Topics to Cover This Year [original]
    Even if clustered together, news items still cover a broad spectrum (or spectra) of issues
  28. I left Windows to escape preinstalled bloat, and then I found it on Linux
    Using KDE as my desktop environment had so far been a breeze on CachyOS
  29. End of an Era for the Team [original]
    We still don't know who will lead ManCity and if there will ever be another Champions League trophy
  30. Arcris – live Linux distribution based on Arch Linux
    Arcris is a live Linux distribution based on Arch Linux
  31. blood glucose monitoring with open source
    There was a open source android app to talk to these sensors
  32. Android Leftovers
    4 Android tricks you can only unlock with a USB cable and a terminal
  33. Valnet on Tolaria, Pipes, and Ditching Ubuntu
    3 recent articles
  34. Proxmox for Home Servers and and HA
    Proxmox articles
  35. Desktop/Laptop Becoming Mainstream, Say Valnet Pundits
    2 articles
  36. Winpodx and Imitating Windows to Make GNU/Linux Work for More People
    2 Valnet articles
  37. KDE: Plasma Big Screen, Wayland, and Kdenlive Rave
    articles from Valnet
  38. Hosting Data Instead of Outsourcing (Good and Bad)
    Two recent articles
  39. Games: Bazzite, CachyOS, and Why GNU/Linux Outperforms Windows
    recent Valnet articles
  40. Raspberry Pi as GNU/Linux Pocket Server and Mac Mini With GNU/Linux
    2 recent articles
  41. Today in Techrights
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    1044 /n/2026/05/18/Linus_Torvalds_says_AI_powered_bug_hunters_have_made_Linux_secu.shtml
    966 /n/2026/05/20/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_10_2_Released_with_Optional_Command_Li.shtml
    947 /n/2026/05/20/Tails_7_8_Anonymous_Linux_OS_Patches_Recent_Kernel_Flaws_Remove.shtml
    917 /n/2026/05/20/HP_Linux_Imaging_and_Printing_HPLIP_3_26_4_Drivers_Add_Support_.shtml
    888 /n/2026/05/23/Linux_Mint_23_Getting_New_Cinnamon_Screenshots_Tool_Network_Imp.shtml
    878 /n/2026/05/20/HP_Is_the_Latest_to_Sponsor_the_Linux_Vendor_Firmware_Service_L.shtml
    842 /n/2025/08/13/PinePhone_Pro_Linux_smartphone_has_been_discontinued_but_the_or.shtml
    838 /n/2026/05/21/Fedora_Pulls_the_Plug_on_Deepin_Over_Security_and_Maintenance_F.shtml
    785 /n/2026/05/24/I_joyfully_reunited_with_my_first_Linux_distro_at_the_Virtual_O.shtml
    775 /n/2026/05/24/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml

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