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Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here - Ubisoft Does Not Like GNU/Linux, Blocks Users (Despite Full Compatibility)
DRM lovers wants rootkits - Distributions and Operating Systems: Trusting-Trust Attack, FreeBSD, Zenwalk, and Fedora
OS picks - Framework Laptop 12 gets Fedora KDE Linux on pre-builts, along with new Intel Core Series 3 processors
Nice to see an expansion of Linux on devices, with the Framework Laptop 12 getting support for pre-builts to ship with Fedora KDE 44 and Intel Core Series 3 - Linux drowning in ocean of slop (sloppy) commits and false reports, "Linux's strict memory overcommit mode"
kernel picks - Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development
some takes from Debian Developers - 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. - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - GStreamer 1.28.7 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Adds Support for OpenCV 5
GStreamer 1.28.7 open-source multimedia framework is now available for download with support for building against OpenCV 5, missing API version suffix in HIP support library filename, and other changes. - Prioritising Animals [original]
Sharing is caring - I put Linux on Microsoft’s own hardware, and it works so much better than Windows
It came with Windows 10, then spent some time as a headless Ubuntu server, and when I eventually built a proper homelab - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
FOSS and more - Web Browsers Leftovers
mozilla and more - 3 Linux phones you can actually buy and use right now (and why you probably shouldn't)
Linux phones have come a long way from the days when that meant installing rough software and hoping for the best - GNU/Linux Leftovers
GNU/Linux picks - Alternative to Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE, Debian Code Search
Debian picks - Switching from Windows to Linux for retro-game emulation fixed problems I didn't know Windows was causing
I found that Linux actually has some serious advantages for emulation in a few different areas. Graphics processing - Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Android
gadgets and such - Programming Leftovers
Development related news/views - 4 Linux distros I'd trust with my gaming PC before SteamOS
SteamOS is an excellent OS for plug-and-play gaming on Valve hardware - Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and Linux Saloon
2 new episodes - ShreadOS destroys your old PC's data more thoroughly than a hammer ever will
ShredOS is a small Linux distro designed for securely erasing storage devices without worrying about someone recovering your data - NetBSD 9.5, NetBSD 11, and More BSD picks
BSD leftovers - New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, PS5 Emulation, and "I've Been Gaming On Linux For Five Years"
gaming picks - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical posts - 5 reasons Linux may be for people like you
Here are the reasons to tell if you've outgrown Windows and should consider checking out Linux - 5 gaming distros that beat vanilla Windows on the same PC
The Windows tax is very real, and I was curious as to how big of a difference there would be, when compared to Linux - This 25-year old patent just expired—and Linux video playback is one step closer to being perfect
For most people, a 25-year-old video patent expiring sounds like a piece of legal housekeeping that has nothing to do with their computers - Feel peak Windows was 7? You might like Kumander Linux
Debian and Xfce – solid, sensible choices – with a pretty skin - These Linux distros were abandoned by their creators, but they came back stronger than ever
Linux projects have one advantage proprietary operating systems rarely get - Asahi Linux takes on Apple M3, minus a few creature comforts
The Asahi Linux gang has announced support for Apple's M3 silicon - Fedora CoreOS – minimal container-focused Linux distribution
Fedora CoreOS is a minimal Fedora-based Linux distribution designed to run containerised workloads - Ikey Doherty vs Omarchy: Why He’s Building Barney Instead of Another Distro
Ikey Doherty, the creator of Solus and AerynOS, is back with Barney - Linux 7.3-rc2
Another Sunday afternoon, another -rc - 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 6th, 2026
The 308th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending September 6th, 2026. - Android Leftovers
I spent months testing the top Android keyboards; one easily replaced Gboard for good - OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes
OpenVPN 2.7.7 is now available for download as the seventh maintenance update to the OpenVPN 2.7 series with various improvements, as well as bug and security fixes. - Boox Picco: Ultra-compact, Linux-based e-reader set for November launch
The Onyx Boox Picco is a pocket-sized 3.97-inch e-reader expected to launch in November 2026 - 5 hard lessons I learned in my first week on Linux, and I'm better off for them
If you plan to make the jump from Windows to Linux yourself - Linux isn't lightweight by default—here's what actually makes it work on old hardware
A popular project is to install Linux on an old PC - Is This The Year Of The Linux… Television?
The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn’t been on its way for quite as long as nuclear fusion plants - Best Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - Review: Genuen 6.0.0
Someone asked me recently, since it has been a while since I had last reviewed a free software distribution - Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support
Shelly 3.1.3 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with improved AppImage and Flatpak support, improved package builder, and other changes. - Today in Techrights
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