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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 23, 2024
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You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 23.10 to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Here’s How
After a long wait of almost a month, Ubuntu 23.10 “Mantic Minotaur” users can now finally upgrade to the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS “Noble Numbat” release.
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GNU/Linux in Finland in 2024 [original]
that's over 7% in total for some kind of GNU/Linux
New
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today's leftovers
several more stories
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Programming Leftovers
Programming picks
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Open Hardware: BreadboardOS, Arduino, and More
Linux-centric hardware news
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Software: Stratus, Floorp Browser in Linux, and mpv
Some software picks
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Ubuntu in Malaysia, Games, and More
Some Ubuntu news/views
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AlmaLinux, Red Hat, and Fedora
Some IBM-themed news
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Security Leftovers
Security matters and news
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today's howtos
5 howtos for now
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Elon Musk Suggests Shifting 'Consumer Desktops To Linux' As Satya Nadella Promotes Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature 'Recall' With Photographic Memory
“Maybe it is time to move consumer desktops to Linux.”
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Mesa 24.1 Linux Graphics Stack Released with Vulkan X11 WSI Explicit Sync Support
The Mesa 24.1 open-source graphics stack for Linux-based operating systems is now available for download as a major update that introduces new features for supported drivers and numerous improvements for many games.
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Android Leftovers
/e/OS Is Better Than Android. You Should Try It
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Alpine Linux 3.20 Released with Initial Support for 64-Bit RISC-V, KDE Plasma 6
The Alpine Linux team announced today the release and general availability of Alpine Linux 3.20 as another major update to this independent and security-oriented GNU/Linux distribution.
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AlmaLinux Launches Engineering Steering Committee
ALESCo takes the helm in AlmaLinux's technical development, ensuring alignment with the community's needs and tech trends
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Alpine Linux 3.20.0 Released
We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.20.0, the first in the v3.20 stable series
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
FOSS links
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Programming Leftovers
Programming links
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Windows TCO Leftovers
Windows TCO, handful of examples
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Red Hat Leftovers
Red Hat related news
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Devices: Raspberry Pi, SparkFun, and More
Some hardware news
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today's howtos
many howtos
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LibreOffice 24.8 Alpha1 is available for testing
LibreOffice 24.8 will be released as final at the end of August, 2024
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Games: King under the Mountain (Mountaincore) Liberated and More
8 picks for today
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Oracle Abandons Terraform in Favor of OpenTofu
Oracle phases out HashiCorp's Terraform in favor of OpenTofu, aiming for more open infrastructure solutions
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Sovereign Tech Fund Backs FFmpeg Project with a €157K Infusion
The FFmpeg project gets €157K from Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund, ensuring ongoing innovation
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Slack Linux App Fixes Screen Sharing Under Wayland
If you use Slack on Ubuntu and were frustrated that screen sharing under Wayland was only showing a black screen (or crashing the entire app entirely)
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Best Free and Open Source Software
We recommend the best free and open source alternatives
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Google thinks the public sector can do better than Microsoft’s ‘security failures’
Google is pouncing on Microsoft’s weathered enterprise security reputation by pitching its services to government institutions
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Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
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RMS (Richard Stallman) and Cancel Culture - Lugcast Clips Ep. 244
New video
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Moldova is Adopting GNU/Linux, Windows Down From 99% to About 33% [original]
primarily because of Android, which uses the Linux kernel
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Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Pi, and More
devices and more
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Fedora, Red Hat, and Layoffs Inpending
Some IBM stuff
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Coding, Kernel, and Kiwi TCMS 13.3
Assorted links
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KDE Goals Sprint and Haruna 1.1.1
Some KDE news
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Audiocasts/Shows: Going Linux, Late Night Linux, Destination Linux
3 new episodes
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Security Leftovers
half a dozen stories
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today's howtos
4 more howtos
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Ubuntu Leftovers
Ubuntu related news
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Linus Torvalds on Why He Does Not Like Cryptocurrencies | The Visionary Creator of the Linux Operating System Calls Crypto ‘A Great Vehicle for Scams’
In a recent forum post, renowned Finnish-American software engineer Linus Torvalds, best known for creating the Linux operating system, expressed his skepticism about cryptocurrencies.The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-05-16 to 2024-05-221078 /n/2024/05/16/NetBSD_s_New_Policy_No_Place_for_AI_Created_Code.shtml 1013 /n/2024/05/22/Oracle_Abandons_Terraform_in_Favor_of_OpenTofu.shtml 951/n/2024/05/19/today_s_howtos.shtml 922/n/2024/05/18/today_s_howtos.shtml 889 /n/2024/05/18/Winamp_Media_Player_Goes_Open_Source.shtml 860 /n/2024/05/18/Wine_9_9_Introduces_Wow64_Mode_and_Enhanced_ARM_Support.shtml 833 /n/2024/05/14/Manjaro_Linux_24_0_Wynsdey_Officially_Released_with_Linux_Kerne.shtml 814 /n/2024/05/17/GNOME_OS_Migrates_to_Systemd_Sysupdate.shtml 812 /n/2024/05/18/OpenSUSE_Announcing_Agama_8_and_Review_of_openSUSE_Tumbleweed_P.shtml