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Fab 21 under construction in Phoenix, Arizona in November 2023

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty Leftovers
    slop and more
  2. The Quiet Clause That May Save Linux From Age‑Verification Laws
    As Colorado and California move age verification to the OS layer, exemptions for open source determine whether Linux desktops stay free of mandatory age‑gating
  3. Anderon - Like Kyndryl - Could be Far Deeper in Debt Than Its Alleged Worth (Vapourware)
    Time will tell, but it seems like a Federal-enabled (by the Federal Government) accounting scam, nothing more, nothing less

    New

  4. GNU/Linux: Kubernetes, KDE, and GNOME
    some leftovers
  5. Audio: Linux Matters, Red Hat on Ask Noah Show, "Wonders of Web Weaving"
    3 new ones
  6. BSDs, GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
    mostly Linux
  7. Firefox Tooling Announcements and Mozilla Lobbying
    Firefox and more
  8. Content Management Systems (CMS): Awkiawki, Ghost CMS, and WordPress
    good and bad
  9. Kernel: Hardware Support, Bluetooth Regression, Vivado, and More
    Linux leftovers
  10. Security Leftovers
    Security bugs and more
  11. Linux Devices and Future Hardware (e.g. Raspberry Pi 6)
    hardware picks
  12. Freedom-respecting Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications
    Android and more
  13. qBittorrent 5.2.1 and Burning GNU/Linux ISOs
    Applications for ISOs
  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  15. Games: Steam Deck/Android, Godot, and More
    gaming related picks
  16. Microsoft booster reviews GNU/Linux from Windows users' (and Microsoft marketer's) perspective
    a couple of new posts
  17. Canonical Launches Ubuntu Workshop for Sandboxed Development Environments
    Ubuntu maker Canonical launched today a new tool for developers called Workshop, which lets you launch sandboxed development environments on Ubuntu with a single command.
  18. Red Hat Leftovers
    from redhat.com
  19. Slop Considered Harmful and Undesirable to Web Browsers and Web Clients Like Dillo and cURL
    they talk about it
  20. Programming Leftovers
    Development with Python, Perl, and more
  21. Linux’s exFAT Progs 1.4 Released with Partition Table Creation Support
    Exfatprogs 1.4 exFAT utils for Linux has been released today with improvements and new features for the mkfs.exfat, fsck.exfat, and exfatprogs programs.
  22. Our Anniversary/Birthday a Fortnight Away [original]
    our community is bigger than ever before
  23. Android Leftovers
    Android's habit-learning feature is now spreading to more non-Pixel phones
  24. Fedora quietly became the best "everything" Linux distro—and no one noticed
    Most Linux distros are designed with a specific type of user in mind
  25. Free and Open Source Software, and Review
    This is free and open source software
  26. Linux On Android Provides Inexpensive, Powerful Computing
    Rather than trying to install a mobile-oriented Linux distribution (such as postmarketOS)
  27. CaramOS – Linux distribution based on Linux Mint
    CaramOS is a Linux distribution based on Linux Mint Cinnamon, itself built on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  28. Equestria OS – Arch Linux-based distribution
    Equestria OS is an Arch Linux-based distribution themed around My Little Pony and Equestria Girls
  29. Planet GNOME: Fuzzy Time Everywhere
    The current versions are Fuzzy Time GB, a Wear OS watch face, and Fuzzy Clock GB, a GNOME Shell extension
  30. You can easily make Zorin OS look and feel like Windows, MacOS, or Linux - here's how
    Zorin OS is one of the most popular Linux distributions
  31. Shows/Videos: Recent Clips About GNU/Linux and Linux
    via invidious
  32. I've tried so many Linux email clients - why Aerion just replaced Geary as my top pick
    Also, when I launch Geary on Pop!_OS, the app sometimes doesn't appear until I run the geary command
  33. Recently in Slashdot About Slop Causing Problems for Linux, AMD (Xilinx) Betraying Linux, and More
    recent discussions
  34. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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Slop is a bubble. Some people accept it later than others.
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Google (GAFAM) is an evil company deep in debt
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We could use some hints or evidence related to this
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While US Government Greenlights (or Bluelights) Bailouts for IBM Some Foreign Governments Blacklist It
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Good Thing When Home Appliances Are Ancient Antiques
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This problem isn't limited to weather sites or subsites
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Even if clustered together, news items still cover a broad spectrum (or spectra) of issues
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Garrett is scoring many own goals this year
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