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- The Netherlands joins Europe's gradual migration from Windows to Linux on government PCs
Something very interesting is happening over in Europe in the world of FOSS - Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7
Fedora Linux 45 distribution is now available for public beta testing powered by Linux kernel 7.2 and featuring the GNOME 51 desktop environment. Here’s what to expect from the final release. - Emacs Chat, Using Emacs, and Org mode
Emacs stories - Qualcomm Snapdragon X2
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon X2 Linux Developer Preview - F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom
After more than a year of hard work, we are thrilled to announce the launch of F-Droid 2.0 - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - OBS Studio 33 Promises Support for Latest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs, Beta Out Now
OBS Studio 33 entered public beta testing today with support for newest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs for NVIDIA Audio Effects and Video Effects, a check for encoders being missing when loading a profile, and more. - The Dutch Fall in Love With GNU/Linux [original]
ClownFlare says about 10%, statCounter says about 13% on desktop/laptop - Shelly 3.1.5 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Adds Atoll-Powered AUR Browser
Shelly 3.1.5 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with Atoll-powered AUR browser, a build-and-install command, and native tools for maintaining your own package repositories. - GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
primarily GNU/Linux - Release or Availability of F-Droid 2.0, 5 Android Data Recovery Tools to Consider When Important Files Go Missing
Android picks - Raspberry Pi and ZimaBoard 2 Review
Hardware stories - Security and Microsoft TCO
bugs and incidents - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software & Standards Leftovers
FOSS and more - Programming leftovers
Development picks - Fuzzers in "AI" Clothing Clogging Up CVE Queues, a Burden for Distros
4 picks - Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers, About Half of It Selling Slop Plagiarism, Not Linux
sad, but true... - LibreOffice Conference 2026 Videos and The BSD Now Podcast
new shows or talks - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical articles - KDE Akademy 2026 Report and Rebellion Over Slop (LLM Junk) in KDE
KDE picks - Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM): COSMIC in System76, Xlibre in Peppermint, and WIMP
3 stories - Games: CONTROL Resonant, Faugus Launcher, Quake Champions, and More
mostly from Liam Dawe - The Kernel Report 2026 edition and Linux OOM on the desktop
Linux picks - 'Linux' Foundation Promotes (for Money) Slop Plagiarism, Fake Currencies, and Scams, Calling Sloppy Bots "Agentic"
4 picks today - Susan Linton Also Played a Role at DistroWatch [original]
DistroWatch is still going strong - Android Leftovers
Samsung starts rolling out Android 17, One UI 9 to Galaxy S26 in the US following delay - The Fairphone (Gen. 6+): Loved by critics. Plus more
A month in, and the conversation around the Fairphone (Gen. 6+) is only getting louder - I automated my entire Linux desktop with 4 bash scripts—and reclaimed hours every week
The more you get into using Linux, the more likely you are to start using the Terminal for various tasks - 5 free Linux distros I wish had premium versions – and why I’d pay for them
Why would I want to pay for something I can get for free? I've got plenty of reasons - I gave up on Windows and Linux for an OS that gives me the best of both worlds
Let me preface this with the fact that I love Linux - Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - MollyOS – Debian-Based Linux Distribution for Children
MollyOS is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for children and families - Bouncy Ball 3D and Taking KDE to the Pyramids
During this year's Akademy, while celebrating KDE's 30th birthday - Ubuntu is Tightening its Kernel SRU Cycle to Two Weeks, and Clankers Are to Blame
Ubuntu users will get kernel security fixes faster thanks to this - Finishing a Series About SLAPP Censorship Against Tux Machines [original]
Part 200 (the last) will be more technical - Today in Techrights
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