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    During BSDCan, the FreeBSD Foundation holds its annual meeting and Board elections

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  3. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux picks and Haiku
  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  5. Ubuntu 26.04 Bugs (Too Busy Adding Buggy Clones That Don't Work), Ubuntu DDoS Attack Discussed
    Ubuntu picks
  6. IBM Red Hat Mostly Focused on Slop Plagiarism, Not Much About Linux These Days
    IBM agenda
  7. Server: Istio 1.30.3, Istio 1.29.6, and 10ZiG
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  8. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters and BSD Now
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  9. KDE Mega Sprint 2026 and Server-side Drop Shadows
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  10. Accessibility in GNOME and Icon for Demostage
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  11. BSD: OpenZFS, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and OPNsense
    BSD leftovers
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  14. Technological Sovereignty, FSF Raising Money, and Paleoenshittification
    FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty leftovers
  15. Programming Leftovers
    Development leftovers
  16. Standards/Consortia: ITU, USB, HEIC, and More
    Standards and more
  17. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    Security picks
  18. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical leftovers
  19. Games: RPCS3, Godot, Denuvo Workaround, and Performance
    gaming leftovers
  20. Slopfarms Rejoice as After Boss of Linus Torvalds Receives Millions to Promote Slop Plagiarism, Then Torvalds Becomes His Master's (Money) Voice
    Really bad, Linus Torvalds
  21. 'Secure' Boot Redundant and Only a Net Loss for Security
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  22. Technical Computer Scientist and Free Software Expert Running for a Seat (Clacton-on-Sea by-Election) [original]
    We envision he'll soon do some media interviews and some Web pages will help bring exposure to his message
  23. GNU/Linux Rises to About a Quarter of OS Usage in Iraq [original]
    For a long time Windows was measured at 100% there
  24. Open Source Won’t Save Us
    The FSF fights for your freedom.
  25. Winner Takes It All, the Loser Can Take 'Bronze' [original]
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  26. Pocock-on-Sea: nomination for Clacton by-election, 13 August 2026 [original]
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  27. Wayland 1.26 Is Now Available for Download with New Features and Improvements
    Wayland 1.26 open-source replacement for the X11 window system protocol is now available for download with support for new events, funxtions, and requests, and bug fixes.
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  29. Productivity on the Rise Again [original]
    "...tasks expand to fill the time available"
  30. Belize: GNU/Linux Up to About 10% [original]
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  31. Linux doesn't force me to use the terminal—these 3 tools prove it
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  32. AMD driver causing massive performance loss on all major Linux distros
    Ubuntu warns an upcoming Linux kernel severely slows AMD down in certain compute workloads due to a drive issue
  33. Does Linux really run faster than Windows? I tested both to find out
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  34. Free and Open Source Software
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  35. Vocalinux Turns Your Speech Into Text Without Giving Away Voice Data
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