Bonum Certa Men Certa

Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 27, 2026

Folded newspapers with PARIS headlining wallpaper

Folded newspapers with PARIS headlining wallpaper

Updated This Past Day

  1. Windows at New Lows in Viet Nam, GNU/Linux Measured at 7% [original]
    That in recent years GNU/Linux has been hovering around 5% territories is rather telling
  2. Proxmox, Home lab, Mini PC and Many More
    Proxmox has a built-in ACME manager, and I haven't dismissed a browser security warning in my home lab in a year
  3. Ubuntu LTS is the best Proxmox LXC base, even though Debian seems like the obvious choice
    If you spin up a container in Proxmox and go looking for the "right" base distro

    New

  4. Tux Machines Growing Bigger [original]
    4.5+ million requests in 4 days
  5. Xfce was supposed to be the last safe house for X11 holdouts, and it just started packing up
    If you'd asked Linux users a year ago which desktop environment would keep X11 alive the longest
  6. Android Leftovers
    Ubuntu on Android isn't a gimmick — it's how I manage my homelab from anywhere
  7. CachyOS rebuilds every package the 'wrong' way, and my Steam library runs faster for it
    There's a set of unwritten rules that every Linux distribution follows
  8. KDE Plasma became the best Linux desktop, but it's terrifying for new users
    I daily-drive KDE Plasma on CachyOS, and I got here the same way a lot of people did recently...
  9. Zorin Connect does three things that finally made me stop opening multiple apps
    So when I started using Zorin OS, I wanted to see whether Zorin Connect could handle those small everyday tasks without adding more hassle
  10. Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster
    Linux is often hailed as a magic fix for performance issues, especially on older hardware
  11. In Some Sense, GNU/Linux Already Measured at 20% in Sweden [original]
    figures show the combination of GNU/Linux and ChromeOS somewhere very near to 20%
  12. Appliances Got Scarce and Expensive [original]
    both heaters and filters
  13. Reversal of Narratives by "MAGA Americans" [original]
    We are besieged by horrible people
  14. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux and more
  15. Security Leftovers
    a few more picks
  16. CubicleNate on OpenSUSE and Linux Saloon Episode
    a pair from Nate
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and WWW Stories
    FOSS and more
  18. Release of Brave 1.92
    Brave 1.92 is out
  19. Release of GNU C Library 2.44
    GNU C Library 2.44 is out
  20. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  21. Demands of Rootkits Keep Marvel Tōkon Away From GNU/Linux
    bad "anti-cheat"
  22. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  23. Slop Contaminating Codebases
    3 new stories
  24. Games: Valve, GE-Proton, and More
    4 stories for today
  25. The Bootable USB Creator Ventoy 1.1.17 added Athena OS & EulerOS Support
    The new version of this free open-source software added two new Linux Distributions support
  26. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  27. Linux 6.12.98
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.12.98 kernel
  28. Mobile/Open Hardware/Modding: Jolla, PinePhone, and More
    hardware picks
  29. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  30. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-07-20 to 2026-07-26
    1487 /n/2026/07/25/Free_Software_Makes_Complex_Setups_Affordable_and_Feasible.shtml
    1054 /n/2026/07/20/Linux_7_2_rc4.shtml
    937 /n/2026/07/20/IPFire_2_29_Core_Update_203_Firewall_Distro_Replaces_Unbound_wi.shtml

Other Recent Techrights' Posts

Evri (HermesUK) is Now Run by Bots and Hallucinating Scammers
Years ago they virtually removed support and tried chatbots instead
Clown Storage Without Backups
Setting up several reliable copies of the data, plus several off-site backups (this data is nowhere as sensitive as medical data), should only cost a few grand
FreeCAD is Becoming Slop-ware, Use LibreCAD Instead
It has regular releases and "Qt5 is mandatory" now [...] they at least audit what they add
 
GNU/Linux in Ecuador and Colombia: Growing, Still Below International Average
locals turn away from Windows and try GNU/Linux instead
IBM is Dead or Dying. Now It Asks Workers to 'Resign' Voluntarily.
To save face, to pretend no layoffs are happening (as it might alarm shareholders) [...] We keep hearing more and more stories like that
Links 18/08/2026: Sergey Brin Controlling State Policies, "Dario Amodei's (Anthropic) Wife Is Closely Linked to Jeffrey Epstein"
Links for the day
SBS News Interviews Daniel Pocock
The locals say this PR stunt (by the bigot, Farage) was a waste of money
Clownflare Sees One in 7 Web Requests in Libya Originating From GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux has taken a (foot)hold there
Openwashing and Manifestos Composed in Private by Dictators With Deliberately Addictive (and Subsidised, Bundled) 'Tech'
It's long, so make a cuppa first
SLAPP Censorship - Part 153 Out of 200: Decades of Debt, Weaponising Borrowed Money to Try to Put Their Critics in Debt
they've always had a financial report by now
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 17, 2026
IRC logs for Monday, August 17, 2026
Gemini Links 18/08/2026: Solar Power, Kipple and Impermanence, Catastrophe Ethics
Links for the day
Less Technology, More Life
Technology is being associated (sometimes rightly) with physical and mental problems
Google Search Has Gotten Worse (a Lot Worse)
getting worse
Birthday in 80 Days
we'll start decorating and party online with our community
Loans and Massive Debt at Microsoft, This Won't End Well.
Microsoft running out of money to pay salaries (to the point of paying people for 'voluntary' layoffs) is a positive sign?
Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Life in Plain Text, Mimicking KARL, Release of Jugulans, Avoiding Slop
Links for the day
Cuba and Venezuela High in Adoption of GNU/Linux
some of the "communist" nations
Links 17/08/2026: Myanmar’s Cholera Outbreak, China Sends Commercial Vessels Through Arctic
Links for the day
GAFAM Loyalty Has Come to an End, Morale Low, People Whose Future is Uncertain Choose to Become "Lifers"
morale is low and there's no loyalty anymore
SLAPP Censorship - Part 152 Out of 200: Injunctions Do Not Cover Criticism, They Have Scope
self-incriminating communications
Clownflare Sees About Quarter of Web Requests in Ireland Coming From GNU/Linux
Well, in Ireland it seems like many people adopted GNU/Linux
Clownflare: In Australia and New Zealand GNU/Linux Peaks at Over 10% During Working Hours
That right there is interesting in its own right
Slowing Down by Intention
At the moment we have 6 or 7 ongoing series
Gemini Links 17/08/2026: Chamboree, Partial Solar Eclipse, Lady Macbeth
Links for the day
Links 17/08/2026: "Bluesky Is Down Again!" and "Anti-Social Media"
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 16, 2026
IRC logs for Sunday, August 16, 2026
A Vortex of Beacons (or "Bluetooth Everywhere" Vision)
If someone (or someones) calls you paranoid for taking about "beacon"-like functionality, there will be no lack of authoritative citations (e.g. Web links) they can be provided to prove them wrong
Falkland Islands: GNU/Linux Elevated to 6%
GNU/Linux usage seems to have increased a lot there
Links 16/08/2026: Reading Outside, Going Offline More, and Art of Computer Programming
Links for the day
The Question of Patience
Is there a lesson here somewhere?
IBM May be Sued for Mass Layoffs Via PIPs
Some whole threads (with all the long comments in them) recently got nuked by thelayoff.com
Links 16/08/2026: Ceuta Reports Social Control Media Used as a Weapon
Links for the day
Links 16/08/2026: Europe in Crisis of Droughts While Energy- and Water-Consuming, Pollution-Emitting Chatbots Are Spread by GAFAM (US) to Keep a Ponzi Scheme Going
Links for the day
GNU/Linux is a Platform for Work (Usage Surges in Daytime)
GNU/Linux 15% in daytime
We Need Rain, Not Chatbots
There's no "anti-AI" (it's not even AI), there's opposition to fraud, to plagiarism, and to companies that profit more when there's global warning (caused in part by their business activities)
SLAPP Censorship - Part 151 Out of 200: Dealing With Sleazy People and Companies That Steal (While Employing These Sleazy People)
we offer a quick summary and we're reflecting
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 15, 2026
IRC logs for Saturday, August 15, 2026
Gemini Links 16/08/2026: Sterrenkijker Releases, Solar Gemini Server
Links for the day