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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 05, 2026

Flowers in September

Flowers in September

Updated This Past Day

    Updates:

    1. Planet News Roundup for OpenSUSE, Google Summer of Code (GSoC) Project in OpenSUSE
      pair of OpenSUSE picks
    2. Linux drowning in ocean of slop (sloppy) commits and false reports, "Linux's strict memory overcommit mode" [original]
      kernel picks
    3. Applications: gThumb 4.0 RC Released, Tether Introduced, and More
      a pair of picks
    4. Good News! CERN is Migrating Over 2,200 Control Systems to Debian 13
      The migration would move accelerator control computers out of the Red Hat ecosystem
    5. Haiku OS Releases Beta 6
      After just a little over 25 years of the Haiku project trying to keep the BeOS spirit alive
    6. Ubisoft Does Not Like GNU/Linux, Blocks Users (Despite Full Compatibility)
      DRM lovers wants rootkits
    7. Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 3 Is Now Available for Public Testing
      Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 3 is now available for public testing for early adopters and application developers.
    8. Richard Stallman’s Stallman.org Back Online [original]
      the front page is months old
    9. Audacity 4.0 Open-Source Audio Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
      Audacity 4.0 open-source audio editor is now available for download as a major update with numerous new features and improvements. Here are the details!
    10. Gloria Steinem Tackled Systemic Misogyny as an Activist and Journalist (Can be Both) [original]
      Gloria Steinem has died at the age of 93

    New:

    1. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles
    2. today's leftovers
      BSD, GNU/Linux, and more
    3. Desktop Environments: XScreenSaver, Bugs in KDE, and GSoC in KDE
      mostly KDE news
    4. Working From PCLinuxOS and PCLinuxOS Screenshot Showcase
      PCLinuxOS picks from latest issue (Sept.)
    5. Licensing Issues Due to LLM Slop Plagiarism, Open Data Versus Political Manipulation
      data issues
    6. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Vivaldi 8.2, Bots, Browser's Main Thread Is Expensive
      WWW related picks
    7. Mozilla/Firefox Leftovers
      Firefox for the most part
    8. Programming Leftovers
      Development related picks
    9. Security News and Breaches
      some big ones, too
    10. Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in Targets GNU/Linux
      3 new stories
    11. Open Hardware/Modding: Linux, ESP32, Arduino/Zephyr, and More
      hardware centric picks
    12. Fedora and Red Hat (Promotion of Slop Plagiarism, Paid-for and Fake Journalism, and Buzzwords Instead of Linux)
      IBM abandoned Linux
    13. Games: METRO 2039, Rebounder, MOZA, and Much More
      hardware and gaming
    14. today's howtos
      Instructionals/Technical picks, lots from PCLOS Magazine
    15. 'Linux' Foundation Became a Trojan Horse for Rogue Companies (and Pyramid Schemes Too) to Influence Policies, Openwashing LLM Slop and Calling It Secure (Opposite of the Truth)
      LF very rogue now
    16. 1Password Gets Associated With David Heinemeier Hansson
      3 picks
    17. LibreOffice 26.2.6 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 30 Bug Fixes
      LibreOffice 26.2.6 is now available for download as the sixth point release to the LibreOffice 26.2 office suite series with 36 bug fixes.
    18. Hardware-accelerated Omarchy Linux comes to locked-down Apple Silicon
      On a standard PC, installing Linux is straightforward, but on modern Apple Silicon Macs
    19. Android Leftovers
      I never have to type my phone PIN ever again after discovering this Android feature
    20. I stopped getting lost in KDE’s settings after finding these simple shortcuts
      Linux is well known for being receptive to customization, and KDE Plasma is no exception
    21. Yes, no AI is now a feature
      LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand
    22. Tux Machines Opposes LLM Slop. This Upsets People Who Use Slop to Make 'Articles' and They Think the Problem is Me. [original]
      "When you point the finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back to you"
    23. I outgrew Linux Mint, but I didn't want a harder Linux distro
      I've been using Linux more and more over the past year
    24. These awesome Linux distros run completely in RAM and barely touch your SSD
      Linux distributions built around "copy to RAM" boot modes decompress the entire file system to a RAM disk on boot
    25. I loaded Ubuntu Touch on an old phone to "de-Google" my life—here's where it all went wrong
      DeGoogling your digital life is difficult, though not impossible, when you have an Android phone
    26. Free and Open Source Software
      This is free and open source software
    27. Droidian – Debian-based Linux distribution for mobile devices
      Droidian is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed primarily for smartphones that originally shipped with Android
    28. Tiny OSM-MF module runs Linux on Sitara AM67 and 4-TOPS AI
      Ezurio’s software support includes Yocto Linux, Buildroot Linux, Android, Debian, and QNX for the Cortex-A53 cores
    29. Grml 2026.09 Linux Distro Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.1, Based on Debian 14 Forky
      Grml 2026.09 GNU/Linux distribution is now available for download based on Debian Testing/Forky and powered by Linux kernel 7.1. Here’s what’s new!
    30. Open Hardware/Modding: Minimalist Transceiver, DIY, Raspberry Pi, and More
      hardware stories
    31. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles

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