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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023

GNU/Linux Now Exceeds 3.6% Market Share on Desktops/Laptops, According to statCounter
Links 05/12/2023: Debt Brake in Germany and Layoffs at Condé Nast (Reddit, Wired, Ars Technica and More)

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Linux 6.7-rc4 and More

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Yes, some stable ones too

In India, Windows Falls Below 15% Market Share While Android Rises to All-Time Highs, According to statCounter

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walking away from Microsoft

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Grisbi Revisited, Tips For Beginners, Part One

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PCLinuxOS Magazine (December Issue)

CXL Microconference, Annual Emacs Conference 'EmacsConf', and GNU World Order

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today's leftovers, GNU and LF focus

Spacedrive, Areca Backup, and Games

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4 stories, software focus

Programming Leftovers

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R, Debian, and more

FreeBSD 14 upgrade stories

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Dan Langille’s blog

today's howtos

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5 howtos

Security Leftovers

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Security incidents, patches, and FUD

GDB 14.1 released

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Version 14.1 of the GDB debugger is out

Django 5.0 released

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The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 5.0

Zorin OS 17 Beta Released with Quick Settings, Spatial Desktop, and More

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Today, the Zorin OS team announced the general availability for public testing of the beta version of the upcoming Zorin OS 17 release, which promises new and exciting features.

The Demise of News Sites on the Web is No Joking Matter

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Including sites that cover BSD and GNU/Linux

Android Leftovers

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Realme GT 5 Pro Storage, Connectivity Revealed; Confirmed to Get Three Android Upgrades

GNU/Linux, Our Path to Software Freedom

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Response to a provocative piece by Christian Siebold

today's leftovers

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Document Foundation, Windows TCO, and more

Programming Leftovers

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also education and LibreOffice

Qemu, Graphics, and Kernels

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4 links

Orange Pi AIPro SBC features a 20 TOPS Huawei Ascent AI SoC

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Orange Pi says the board supports Ubuntu and openEuler operating systems and can be used for a range of applications such as natural language processing

Open Hardware: Reverse Engineering, pico-WSPR-tx, Raspberry Pi, and Arduboy

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projects for hacking

today's howtos

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howtos for Sunday and Monday

Debian trademark canceled

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From a practical perspective, if the Scientologie.org precedent authorizes legitimate interest and fair use web sites

Cinnamon 6 Desktop: Best New Features

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A new release of the Cinnamon 6 desktop environment is now available with experimental Wayland support.

Today in Techrights

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Some of the latest articles

Mozilla Now Provide Firefox Beta & Developer Edition Debs

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Mozilla now provides Deb builds of Firefox Beta and Firefox Developer Edition for Debian-based Linux distributions (y’know, like Ubuntu)

Manjaro-based Mabox Linux 23.12 features new LTS kernel

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As we approach the end of 2023, the Linux community receives a delightful surprise

This App Records System Audio & Microphone Together in Ubuntu

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Looking to record system sounds and your microphone at the same time on Ubuntu, and save it to a single audio file

10 Best Free and Open Source Linux eCommerce Software

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To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 10 high quality free Linux eCommerce applications

Review: openSUSE MicroOS

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MicroOS is a special branch of the openSUSE project

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 3rd, 2023

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The 165th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on December 3rd, 2023.

Bootlin, Linux Revisionism, and More

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Some more leftovers

GNU/Linux Software: Alternatives to Apple Pages, Docker Commands, and October/November in KDE Itinerary

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3 new articles

Security Leftovers

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many Windows TCO stories, too

Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (47/2023): SIP calling on Genode and a FOSDEM stand

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FOSDEM 2024 will feature a Mobile Linux stand, Fractal 5, a new episode of the postmarketOS podcast, and a lot more!

today's howtos

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some from the past week too

Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers

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3 older links that we missed

Alpine 3.15.11, 3.16.8, 3.17.6 and 3.18.5 released | Alpine Linux

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availability of new stable releases

Audiocasts/Shows and Recent YouTube Videos

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Mostly Indivious links

Ultramarine Linux 39 Review: Fedora for Everyone

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A review of Ultramarine Linux 39, which brings the Fedora 39 base, the latest Kernel and customized desktops.

Nitrux 3.2 Released with Aesthetic FHS, Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS, and Updated Installer

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Nitrux 3.2 systemd-free and Debian-based distribution is now available for download with Aesthetic FHS file system implementation, Secure Boot support, and Linux kernel 6.6 LTS.

UCS 5.2 Alpha: Preliminary version of the next UCS released

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UCS 5.2 will be based on the latest stable Debian version: Debian 12 “Bookworm”

/e/OS 1.17 Released with Enhanced Privacy and Functionality

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The /e/OS 1.17 just relased, bringing a wave of enhancements, from improved privacy measures to a redesigned user interface.

NixOS 23.11 “Tapir” Released with the GNOME 45 Desktop and Wi-Fi 6 Support

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NixOS, a Linux distribution and a set of packages usable on other Linux systems and macOS, has been updated today to version 23.11.

4MLinux 44 Adds System-Wide VA-API Support, Improves Printing Support

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4MLinux creator Zbigniew Konojacki announced today the release and general availability for download of a new stable and major release of his independent and lightweight GNU/Linux distribution, 4MLinux 44.

Armbian 23.11 Released with Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS and Support for New Devices

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The Armbian project announced today the release and general availability of Armbian 23.11 as the latest version of this GNU/Linux distribution tailored for ARM-powered embedded devices.

FSF-EEE on "Public Money? Public Code!" and Router Freedom

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2 updates from the fake (imposter) FSF

Devices: Raspberry Pi 5, OpenMV, and Orange Pi

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3 stories

Kernel Space/Linux News

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mostly kernel stuff

The EU’s Cyber Resilience Act, Security Incidents, and Windows TCO

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security incidents mostly

Programming Leftovers

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R, AWK, and more

Distributions and Operating Systems: Qemu, Debian-Based Distros, and EasyOS

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4 news picks

GNU Taler v0.9.3 released

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We have addressed over 200 individual issues, our bug tracker has the full list. Notable changes include: [...]

Ruben Schade's Compaq retrocomputer and retrocomputer FPGAs

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some tech festing

Steam Deck Raises GNU/Linux's Profile in Gaming, SteamOS 3.5.8 Coming Soon

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Some gaming news

today's howtos

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some Sunday howtos

HPLIP 3.23.12 is out with New HP Printers Support for Linux

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The new release add some new HP devices support

KStars 3.6.8 is Released

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It's a bi-monthly bug-fix release with a couple of exciting features

5 Most Privacy Focused Web Browsers

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LibreWolf get rids of all the telemetry, DRM protection, and adds various improvements to the security-side of things

11 Best Free and Open Source Log Analyzers

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Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion

digiKam 8.2.0 is released

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After five months of active maintenance and long bugs triage

Small but mighty, 9Front's 'Humanbiologics' is here

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Plan 9

How Meta Patches Linux at Hyperscale

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Patching Linux is easy. Except when you need to patch tens of thousands of servers without downtime. Here's how Meta does it.

today's leftovers

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KDE, GNOME, and more

Programming Leftovers

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5 more links, focus on Python and R

Coverage of Applications for GNU/Linux (or Free Software)

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medevel mostly

Proprietary Security Failures: Microsoft and Apple

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5 stories

RADXA ROCK S0, Robot Pianist, and Pimoroni's £13.50 NVMe Base

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Open hardware stuff

today's howtos

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5 more howtos

Why SUSE CEO Melissa di Donato Got Fired, OpenSUSE's OBS Down

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Inside stories

Security Leftovers

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mostly news about incidents

Microsoft Breaking the Law, Then Bribing the British Government

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typical

No More Prisoners of Windows (POWs)

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In the world's most populous nation, India, GNU/Linux seem to have grown massively

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