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- Jack Wallen is Promoting Slop-ware (LLM Slop / Plagiarism), Others Try to Normalise the Practice (Even on Linux)
really bad - .NET Problems and XBox 'Exclusives' Are No More
Microsoft and games - Inherent Problem in the Fake (by Design) "Trust" Model of So-called 'Authorities' (Whose?)
eMudhra problems - OpenBSD 8.0 Released
big release - Audacious 4.6.2 Open-Source Media Player Released with Wayland Improvements
Audacious 4.6.2 open-source media player is now available for download with support for SID files and parse more metadata, support for MPRIS OpenUri method, and other changes. - SparkyOS Unveiled as a Portable Arch Linux-Based SparkyLinux Flavor
SparkyOS distribution is now available for download as a new flavor of SparkyLinux based on Arch Linux and designed to run directly from a USB flash drive. - Linux Mint’s new system monitor does more than you’d expect
December’s Linux Mint 27 release will include a brand new system monitor tool preinstalled - KDE Plasma 6.8.1 Desktop Environment Released with Various Bug Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.8.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment series with various bug fixes and some small improvements. - Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles - KeePassXC 2.8 Released with ARM64 and Wayland Auto-Type Support on Linux
KeePassXC 2.8 open-source password manager is now available for download with Qt 6 port, Auto-Type support on Linux/Wayland, quick unlock on Linux, and many other changes. - GNU/Linux Inching Upwards in South America [original]
Yesterday Cloudflare measured GNU/Linux at 11% in Ecuador - Security Leftovers
patches and more - today's leftovers
with emphasis on GNU/Linux - Red Hat Promoting Plagiarism, GPL Violations, and More
Red Hat leftovers - GNOME: Crosswords 0.3.19 and Nautilus Tips
GNOME pair of picks - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
Emacs and mooore - Web Browsers, Framworks, Standards, and Feed Readers
WWW related picks - Programming Leftovers
Development news - PostgreSQL: FOSSASIA PGDay 2027 and Deprecations (Old Distros)
3 updates - Hardware Projects/Boards: Arduino, Purism, More
half a dozen picks - today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical leftovers - Games: Steam, PS5, and More
4 stories for now - Free is good
why are we talking about a 43-year-old mailing list post? [Ed: It was USENET, not a mailing list] - Debian-Based siduction 2026.1 “Big Crime” Released with Linux 7.2, KDE Plasma 6.7
siduction Linux 2026.1.0 distribution is now available for download featuring the Xfce 4.20 and KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environments, based on Debian Unstable. - Games: Raspberry Pi Guide to Retro Gaming and Latest Dozen From GamingOnLinux
mostly GamingOnLinux - Red Hat Speaks and Advertises as If It Abandoned Linux to Sell Slop Plagiarism so as to Help IBM Inflate the Stock (Based on Vapourware, False Marketing)
redhat.com latest - Africa Gravitates Towards Digital Independence With GNU/Linux and Software Freedom [original]
Windows lost a lot of its foothold - Android Leftovers
Your carrier can see every website you visit on Android. Here's how to hide it from them - Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software - openEuler brings China's enterprise Linux ambitions to the desktop
Surprisingly few organizations were promoting Linux distros at Open Source Summit Europe - I'd pick a 10-year-old desktop running Linux over a new $300 Windows laptop every time
You get two choices: either a Linux desktop that was released back in 2016 - AOSC OS – general-purpose Linux distribution
AOSC OS is a general-purpose Linux distribution developed by the Anthon Open Source Community - SnapOS – NixOS-based Linux distribution with familiar commands
SnapOS is a NixOS-based Linux distribution designed to make declarative system management more accessible - Getting ready to operate Taler in Germany
This post explains why this company is needed, what changed in the NGI TALER consortium, and how citizens who want to see Taler succeed can help, including as investors - New Pair of Routers [original]
In early 2018 we had an issue with a faulty router - Today in Techrights
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