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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 29, 2023

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Red Hat's Latest Corporate Puff Pieces

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No community angle at all, just business sadly

Microsoft Tax Evasion

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More on that

New

Today in Techrights

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one day's articles

Wine 8.19

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New release

Google and Mozilla Destroy the Open Web

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They're not done yet

TDE R14.1.1 released!

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The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.1 release

today's leftovers

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4 more stories or shows

Security Leftovers

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Windows TCO and scams

today's howtos

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5 howtos for now

Review of RaZberry 7 Pro Z-Wave Raspberry Pi HAT and Z-Uno2 Z-Wave board

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Z-Wave.Me has sent us a couple of Smart Home devices based on Z-Wave technology for review, namely the RaZberry 7 Pro Raspberry Pi HAT and the Z-Uno2 board

Android Leftovers

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From AI-generated wallpapers to flashing notifications: The new Android 14 features you didn't know about

Did India copy Android-compatible GrapheneOS in building its ‘indigenous’ operating system?

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Security experts said doubts over the originality and security of the project could be resolved with more transparency

The Best Wallpaper Changer Extension for Ubuntu

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Looking for an easy-to-use desktop wallpaper slideshow tool for Ubuntu

Crunch – lossy PNG image file optimization

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It’s free and open source software

Unfinished projects

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During the last years, I’ve been doing a lot of coding and no blogging

today's leftovers

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LF, FOSS, and more

Apple’s and Microsoft's Failures, Blunders

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Some recent news

Programming Leftovers

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half a dozen picks

Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux Updates

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A couple of updates from RHEL cloners

Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (42/2023): A Sailfish Community Update and upstream Ubuntu Touch builds for PinePhone

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Also: A Ubuntu Touch Q&A, new Manjaro builds for PinePhone (Pro), Lomiri running on Mir 2 on postmarketOS, a timeline for Plasma 6, rustup packagaed in Debian and more!

Windows TCO

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The cost of relying on Microsoft

today's howtos

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8 howtos

DietPi October 2023 news

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DietPi is a lightweight and optimized OS based on Linux, specifically designed for single-board computers and small-scale devices

Reducing Confusion and Mindless Buzzwords

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instead of the term "cloud computing" you might instead see "clown computing"

October 2023 Web Server Survey

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Further decreases for Microsoft this month

KDE and GNOME: Unfinished Work, PlasmaTube, This Week in GNOME, and FlatSync Status Updat

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4 reports from today

Software: Data Science Notebook Software, Wallpaper Changers, and Crunch

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3 new articles or lists

today's howtos

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only 3 more for now

Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and Arduino Stories

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4 more stories for now

Netgate Announces to Stop Offering pfSense Home+Lab

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Netgate discontinues the pfSense Home+Lab offering due to unauthorized redistribution. Dive into the reasons and repercussions

today's leftovers

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Red Hat, Ubuntu, and more

Programming Leftovers

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R, Rust and more

Nimo Planet completes spatial computing system for hybrid work

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The solution is built on the foundation of Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and Linux, Nimo OS is based on the Android ecosystem

Security Leftovers

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Many of stories and CISA lists

Open Hardware: Pimoroni, Raspberry Pi, Retro, and 3-D Printing

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4 articles

Canoeboot 20231026 released!

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This new release, Canoeboot 20231026, released today 26 October 2023, is based on the Libreboot 20231021 release

today's howtos

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many howtos from this week

Audiocasts/Shows: The Linux Link Tech Show, Nextcloud, Fediverse, and Many Videos

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Audio and video

AlmaLinux 9.3 Beta, SCALE 23.10 Release

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Br OS 23.10 also

FreeBSD 14.0-RC3 Now Available

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The third RC build of the 14.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available

Taking Stock: The Present Condition of GNOME Web (Epiphany)

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We examine the present condition of GNOME Web (Epiphany) in this 2023 status update article with its accessibility, privacy features, and compatibility with modern web standards. Is this open-source gem poised to challenge Chrome and Firefox? Let's find out.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Cohesity Data Clown

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new announcement

Dave McKay's Latest HowTos

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half a dozen this past week

Developing Nations or B.R.I.C.S. Has a Thirst for Knowledge About GNU/Linux and BSDs

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Demand or a "growing thirst" for news about Free software seems not to come from Western nations as much as "developing" (poor) nations

Security Leftovers

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half a dozen more stories

Linux on Scratch Is Proven Possible, Thanks to This Clever RISC-V Emulator Project

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Running a Scratch port of Charles Lohr's RISC-V emulator, this clever project achieves the seemingly impossible.

Android Leftovers

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These Are the Best Android Apps for 2023

Programming Leftovers

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Java, Python, and more

today's howtos

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3 howtos only for now

A new accessibility architecture for modern free desktops

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My name is Matt Campbell, and I’m delighted to announce that I’m joining the GNOME accessibility team to develop a new accessibility architecture

Software: Tor Browser, Kafka vs RabbitMQ, and More

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updated and new pages

Microsoft and Security Issues

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Windows TCO etc.

Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5, SparkFun, and More

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Miniature computing

Open source vs 'sort of' open source is as old as software

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Then there are programs that started as open source, but their owners and licenses shifted the rules over time so that many people no longer even know that they were ever open source

Fedora Linux 39 Release Delayed Due to Last-Minute Bugs

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Due to some last-minute bugs, Fedora 39, slated for release on October 24, is postponed with a new release date of October 31

The 6 Best System Monitor Apps for Linux

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Want a system monitor app that will help you efficiently manage resources on your Linux PC? Here are some of the best options

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 gains upstream Linux support

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Linaro has announced upstream Linux support for the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform also codenamed SM8650

Linux Mint 21.3 to Ship with Cinnamon 6.0 and Experimental Wayland Support

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Linux Mint 21.3 will be the first release of Linux Mint to ship with an experimental Wayland session for its Cinnamon flavor.

These past 2 weeks in KDE: Wayland color management, the desktop cube returns, and optional shadows in Spectacle

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I challenge anyone to read this week’s (well, these past two weeks’) report and not find something they’ve been wanting for a long time

Coin-sized Linux Micro development board with Rockchip RV1103

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The Luckfox Pico Mini is a low-cost Linux micro development board equipped with a Rockchip RV1103

Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail: September 2023 Progress Report

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Welcome back to your monthly K-9 Mail update! The previous month ended with Mozilla’s All-Hands event in Montreal, Canada

Ready to play Mageia for gamers and creators

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Mageia offers an improved experience for gamers, digital content creators, video editing and all multimedia

Games: Valheim, ARK: Survival Ascended, Steam Scream: The Reveng, Blacksad: Under the Skin

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Latest 4 articles from Liam Dawe

Software Leftovers

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eza, Project Management Software, and more

today's leftovers

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LF and more

Programming Leftovers

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GNOME and more

Security Leftovers

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Lots of stories today

Fedora Family / IBM Leftovers

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Some Red Hat stuff

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