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  1. GNU Guix on Using Codeberg and GIMP 0.54.1 Released Again in 2026
    GNU Project umbrella
  2. Richard Stallman's FSF Looking to Raise Money This Month [original]
    Led by a young man (Ian), Richard Stallman's FSF is still devoted to Software Freedom

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  3. COSMIC 1.1 Desktop Environment Released with COSMIC Monitor and Improvements
    COSMIC 1.1 desktop environment is now available with COSMIC Monitor and improvements to COSMIC Files, COSMIC Term, COSMIC Edit, COSMIC Applets, COSMIC Comp, and more.
  4. Microsoft Second to Unknown in Ghana [original]
    What happens in Ghana is happening in many countries
  5. Security Leftovers
    Security incidents and more
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  7. Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers Leftovers
    browsers and more
  8. GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: Nix, OpenSUSE, Debian, and EasyOS
    distro news roundup
  9. Applications: Astra and BudsLink
    a pair of articles about software
  10. Steam Machines and Valve Leftovers
    mostly Steam Machine
  11. Canonical on Arm64, RISC-V, and Ubuntu Summit
    Canonical/Ubuntu news
  12. Raspberry Pi Handhelds and A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W-based DIY Camera
    Raspberry Pi projects or products
  13. Red Hat's Latest (Slop Promotion Dominates) and Latest From CentOS
    redhat.com mostly
  14. AUR Hit Again with Malicious Packages and 6 Essential Arch Linux Maintenance Tasks for a Stable System
    Arch news
  15. KDE: Krita, Network Shares, and More
    KDE picks
  16. Miracle-wm and preview release of Xfce's Wayland compositor
    Wayland news
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  18. Kernel: eBPF, NVIDIA, and 7.2 (Linux)
    Linux picks
  19. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: Late Night Linux and More
    4 picks of interest
  20. Games: Steam Machine, FSR Upscaling, OpenMW 0.51, and More
    latest 9 from GamingOnLinux
  21. Valnet Articles on GNU/Linux and More
    mostly GNU/Linux
  22. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  23. Open Hardware, Arduino, and Homelabs
    Some projects for hackware/hardware hacking
  24. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  25. GNU nano 9.1 CLI Text Editor Released with Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes
    GNU nano 9.1 open-source command line text editor for Linux-based operating systems is now available for download with a couple of improvements and various bug fixes.
  26. KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Desktop Is Out with Fixes for Kickoff, Discover, and KWin
    KDE Plasma 6.7.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment series with various bug and regression fixes, and some small improvements.
  27. 12,000 Pages Per Year [original]
    The team behind the site continues to grow, become more efficient, and develop better tools for improved curation
  28. Android Leftovers
    5 Android Phones That Will Stop Getting Support In 2026
  29. Ubuntu 26.04 Gimmicks, Dumping Ubuntu Server
    3 recent articles
  30. Games: Immutable distros, SteamOS, and undervolting
    gaming news
  31. KDE: COSMIC and Leaving GNOME
    two Valnet pieces
  32. HexOS and Lightwhale OS
    Two from Valnet
  33. Valnet on Proxmox and Homelabs
    4 recent articles
  34. I finally got KDE looking the way I always wanted — and it starts with one setting most people skip
    KDE isn’t particularly pretty looking out of the box
  35. The Cyber Show on Free/Libre Software and Ethics
    2 new articles
  36. openSUSE Tumbleweed is the unsung rolling distro for people afraid of rolling distros
    When you approach the world of Linux
  37. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  38. Sailfish OS is Linux on a phone for people who don’t want Linux on a phone, and I love it
    No terminal needed
  39. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  40. Canonical Announces Live Kernel Patching Support for Ubuntu on ARM64
    Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today that its Canonical Livepatch live kernel patching is now available for Ubuntu systems running on the ARM64 (AArch64) architecture.
  41. Kubuntu Focus M2 and Zr Linux Laptops Now Ship with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
    Kubuntu Focus launches refreshed versions of the Focus M2, Focus Zr, and Focus XE laptops, along with a new Focus Ar laptop with latest generation Intel processors.
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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    Span from 2026-06-17 to 2026-06-23
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    921 /n/2026/06/17/Sailfish_OS_GNU_Linux_on_Commodore.shtml
    915 /n/2026/06/21/postmarketOS_26_06_Alpen_Avocado_Released_with_GNOME_50_and_KDE.shtml
    814 /intro.shtml
    804 /n/2026/06/17/Raven_Prism_is_a_Linux_Computer_That_Happens_To_Be_A_Pair_of_Gl.shtml
    779 /n/2026/06/19/Microsoft_Has_Put_a_Microsoft_Kill_Switch_Inside_Linux_and_Linu.shtml
    768 /n/2026/06/19/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
    742 /n/2026/06/20/I_tested_9_Arch_based_Linux_distros_here_s_how_I_rank_them.shtml
    740 /index.shtml
    739 /n/2026/06/21/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    733 /n/2026/06/19/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    705 /n/2026/06/19/Debian_Based_SparkyLinux_2026_06_Rolling_Brings_Linux_Kernel_7_.shtml
    701 /n/2026/06/19/today_s_howtos.shtml

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