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- Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 1.03 Adds New Accessibility Features, Debian 13.7 Base
Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.03 distribution is now available for download based on the Debian GNU/Linux 13.7 “Trixie” operating system and introducing new accessibility features. - OpenShot 4.0.1 Video Editor Released with Timeline and Zoom Improvements
OpenShot 4.0.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with timeline and zoom improvements, updated Razor tool, faster keyframe and color editing, and more. - The GNOME LLM Policy That I Want
KDE is on the news because of a controversial proposal to define an official “AI” (LLM) policy (archived link) - Linux 7.3-rc5
just the same old, same old. - Git 2.56 Adds New Options for Cleaning Up Branches and Resolving Conflicts
Git 2.56 open-source distributed version control system is now available for download with new features, new options, and performance improvements. - gThumb 4.0 Released with GTK4 Port! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 26.04
gThumb, the open source image viewer and organizer application designed for GNOME, released new 4.0 version today - Project rebrand: Nura
From now on this project is known as Nura - 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 - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - Three More Months [original]
The final tally will be after Boxing Day - Security Leftovers
Security patches and more - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
FOSS picks - Firefox Nightly and Firefox 157
Mozilla's latest - PostgreSQL: pgEdge Starfleet and PL/Haskell v6.0 Released
psql news - FSF, GNU, and FOSSY (SFC)
several misc. links - Programming Leftovers
Development picks - Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and More
mostly Raspberry Pi today - Canonical/Ubuntu: Slop, 5G, Kubernetes, Ubuntu 27.04 Codename, and Slopfarms Spewing Out Nonsense
leftovers regarding Ubuntu - Red Hat/Fedora: Lots of Slop Promotion (IBM's Policy), Fraud, and JBoss
mostly redhat.com - openSUSE Asia Summit 2027, openSUSE 16.1 RC, and More
Some OpenSUSE news - Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, and More
3 picks for today - Kernel: Hans de Goede from IBM to Qualcomm, "FreeBSD Kernel Frame Unwinding with DWARF CFI", eBPF, and More
4 picks - Archinstall 4.5 Arch Linux Installer Adds AArch64 Support for GRUB and Limine
Archinstall 4.5 text-mode installer for the Arch Linux distribution is now available with AArch64 support for GRUB and Limine EFI installations, AArch64 root partition type GUID support, and other changes. - Games: DenuvOwO (Breaking DRM Shackles), SteamOS
Games related picks - PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 3 Emulator RPCS3
PS related picks - Three Reports From Akademy 2026
Akademy 2026 blog posts - Winter is Coming [original]
Fun times ahead - Debian-Based and systemd-Free antiX Linux 26.1 Released with Updated Kernels
antiX Linux 26.1 distribution is now available for download based on Debian 13 “Trixie” without systemd/libsystemd0 nor elogind/libelogind0. - OpenSSL 4.0.3 Is Out as Another Security Patch Release, Update Now
OpenSSL 4.0.3 open-source TLS/SSL and crypto library is now available for download with bug fixes and mitigations for various security vulnerabilities. - You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Here’s How
This is a step-by-step and easy-to-follow tutorial (with screenshots) to show you how to upgrade your Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) installations to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). - Microsoft tells nonprofits their deleted M365 data isn't coming back
Microsoft accidentally wiped some nonprofit customers' M365 data before their retention period expired - Why I find Linux keyrings actually very useful: 5 reasons
If you care about security and want to hide sensitive data from prying eyes, you should be using a keyring on Linux - 5 reasons why Linux really will dominate the future of desktop computing
Linux is on the rise, and if the signs continue pointing upward - These 4 tiny Linux distros outperform Ubuntu on low-power hardware
There are many Linux distros designed to run on a PC that doesn't come anywhere close to meeting Ubuntu's requirements - Best Free and Open Source Software, and Many More
This is free and open source software - Source Mage – source-based Linux distribution
Its main grimoire is restricted to free and open source software - Lunar Linux – source-based Linux distribution
Lunar Linux is a source-based Linux distribution that compiles software locally - postmarketOS: The Nura Project ASBL
Nura team has been working for a long while in the creation of a legal entity - GhostBSD is Replacing MATE With a New Desktop Named After a Typo
Eric Turgeon has shown off a new desktop environment that would ship with custom components in GhostBSD - Forlinx 20-TOPS M.2 AI accelerator supports PCIe cascading for local LLM inference
The software ecosystem supports models originating from TensorFlow, PyTorch, and ONNX, while Linux and Android are listed as supported host operating systems - Potions in Mageia. 05 – How Mageia ranks amongst the best ‘user-friendly’ distros, even though many people aren’t aware of it
The way applications are managed and packaged in Mageia - Today in Techrights
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