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    COSMIC 1.2 desktop environment is now available with improvements to COSMIC Files, COSMIC Term, COSMIC Edit, COSMIC Applets, COSMIC Setings, COSMIC Store, COSMIC Monitor, and COSMIC Greeter.
  2. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  3. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    Purism and more
  4. Mozilla, Firefox, and Tor Browser
    Mozilla focus
  5. BSD: FreeBSD, BSDCan, and OpenBSD
    BSD leftovers
  6. Security Incidents, Patches, New Bugs
    Security with focus on Linux
  7. Programming Leftovers
    Development related links
  8. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Banana Pi, and More
    hardware projects, gadgets etc.
  9. Red Hat, RHEL, and Fedora-Based Qubes
    IBM and more
  10. KDE: Latest Work on Krita and Kdenlive (Student Project)
    some technical details
  11. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Wonders of Web Weaving Podcast
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  12. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  13. Games: Rewarding Clickbait, Mouse Lag in KDE Plasma, Pong, and More
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  14. Microsoft in Freefall This Week [original]
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  15. United Arab Emirates: Microsoft's Irrelevance [original]
    Mass layoffs at Microsoft are expected later today or some time tomorrow
  16. Wine 11.12
    The Wine development release 11.12 is now available
  17. Aruba: Another New Low for Microsoft Windows [original]
    Windows sank to 47.88%
  18. KDE Plasma 6.7.2 Is Out Now to Improve Support for Chromium-Based Apps
    KDE Plasma 6.7.2 is now available as the second point release to the latest KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes.
  19. Mageia 10 Officially Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.5, and More
    Mageia 10 is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.18 LTS and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.5, GNOME 49, and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments as standalone flavors.
  20. ParrotOS 7.3 Released with Linux 7.0, Optimized Builds, and Official Vagrant Boxes
    ParrotOS 7.3 security-oriented distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.0, updated tools, optimized builds, official Vagrant boxes, and other changes.
  21. GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in South America [original]
    If one annuls that "OS X" spike, then it's also an all-time low for Windows
  22. Android Leftovers
    You don't need to free up RAM on your Android phone (in fact, you shouldn't)
  23. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  24. Money Does Not Make Free Software Activists Happy [original]
    But sometimes it can help
  25. Overcoming Barriers [original]
    Misogyny is a barrier in almost every facet and discipline
  26. Valnet on GNU/Linux and Free Software
    more recent articles
  27. GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop: Recent Coverage by Valnet
    3 recent articles
  28. Games: Steam Deck, Alternatives to Bazzite, and Valve's Steam Machine
    gaming picks
  29. COSMIC's new design might just give Apple a run for its money, COSMIC is doing things KDE and GNOME still can’t
    COSMIC coverage
  30. FreeBSD 15 reminded me that boring operating systems are sometimes the whole point
    FreeBSD 15 does not feel designed to win a screenshot contest, and honestly, that’s part of why it caught my attention
  31. Today in Techrights
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    789 /n/2026/06/27/Alpine_3_22_5_3_23_5_released.shtml
    758 /n/2026/06/26/Shotcut_26_6_Open_Source_Video_Editor_Released_with_Vulkan_on_L.shtml
    757 /n/2026/06/25/Games_Proton_Experimental_GE_Proton_SteamOS_and_More.shtml
    744 /n/2026/06/25/DXVK_3_0_Released_with_Shader_Compilation_and_D3D9_Improvements.shtml
    717 /index.shtml
    714 /n/2026/06/28/I_refuse_to_upgrade_to_Windows_11_here_s_what_I_m_doing_instead.shtml
    709 /intro.shtml
    708 /n/2026/06/26/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml

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