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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 23, 2026

Updated This Past Day

Updates:

1. Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Picks With Concerns or Focus on PHP
   various news
2. qBittorrent 5.3 BitTorrent Client Is Out as a Major Update, Here’s What’s New
   qBittorrent 5.3 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with many new features, improvements, bug fixes, and many other changes.
3. Android Leftovers
   Android Users Beware: Google Is Linking Your Phone Number To Accounts Without Asking

New:

1. Today in Techrights
   Some of the latest articles
2. Shelly 3.1.9 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AUR Support
   Shelly 3.1.9 graphical package manager for Arch Linux distributions is now available for download with file migration support to RLPM, more reliable AUR builds, and other changes.
3. Security Leftovers
   Security picks
4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Web Leftovers
   FOSS and more
5. Tor Browser 15.0.26 and Firefox Leftovers
   mostly Firefox news
6. Programming Leftovers
   Development related picks
7. today's leftovers
   GNU/Linux mostly
8. Canonical targets slop and Ubuntu 26.10 is here
   Canonical/Ubuntu picks
9. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, ESP, and More
   hardware picks
10. IBM Red Hat Pays Linux Foundation to Promote Slop Plagiarism or Coding With LLMs
    not good
11. Latest From Red Hat, Lots of Promotion of Slop Plagiarism
    Red Hat dot com mostly
12. Qubes on Star Labs and Nitrokey sponsorship
    3 picks for this week
13. Linux Kernel, DRM, and Apple
    kernel related picks
14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
15. Games: SNES, PS5 GNU/Linux, and Lots More
    gaming leftovers
16. Trying To Get Linux Running On A Nokia E6
    The Nokia E6 is a smartphone from back in the old days when Symbian was a thing
17. My favorite Xfce-based Linux distros – because your desktop shouldn’t be boring
    Life's too short for dull desktops, and Xfce is so customizable that there's no excuse
18. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
19. openSUSE Releases Agama 25 Installer with Web-Based Terminal, Exit Option
    openSUSE releases the Agama 25 web-based installer for Tumbleweed, Slowroll, and MicroOS with a web-based terminal, enhanced bond port selection, and polishing of the OpenAPI specification.
20. PipeWire 1.6.10 Is Out to Improve JACK, Bluetooth, Pulse Server, and ALSA Plugin
    PipeWire 1.6.10 audio/video server for Linux is now available for download with improvements to JACK, Bluetooth, GStreamer, and ALSA support.
21. DietPi 10.8 Released with New Tool to Manage WireGuard Servers and Clients
    DietPi 10.8 distribution for single-board computers is now available for download with a new tool to manage WireGuard servers and clients, support for ATAPI/SCSI CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives on Quartz64, and many other changes.
22. Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Vulkan Games on Linux
    Valve released a new stable Steam Client update today to fix a few bugs to improve support for Vulkan games on Linux, the Steam updater UI, and Remote Play when using NVENC.
23. Snapdragon X2 Linux Laptop Support: What Works, What Doesn’t
    Linux support is progressing for Snapdragon X2 laptops
24. I installed this Linux distro for gaming and stayed for something else
    When it comes to performance-focused Linux distributions
25. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
26. ZacOS 9 – Debian-based Linux distribution inspired by classic Mac OS
    ZacOS 9 is a Debian-based Linux distribution that recreates the appearance and behaviour of the classic Mac OS 8 and 9 desktop
27. If your Plasma desktop forgets its DPI, here's a solution
    But the similarities are uncanny. You have a Linux system, probably one clad in Plasma
28. Linux-based industrial Pi controller supports stackable I/O modules
    Synergy Logic has launched the SLM-RP4, a UL-listed industrial edge controller based on the Raspberry Pi 4 platform
29. Stable kernels: Linux 7.2.12, Linux 6.18.58, Linux 6.12.114, and Linux 6.6.160
    I'm announcing the release of the 7.2.12 kernel
30. No Impact [original]
    The scheduled work was completed a few hours ago
31. Perl and LWN Leftovers (LWN Paywall Expiry)
    lots new in LWN
32. KDE Linux at two
    KDE Linux, the KDE Project's second stab at creating its own distribution, was first introduced as "Project Banana" at the Akademy conference in 2024 by Harald Sitter
33. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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867	/n/2026/10/20/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
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