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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 15, 2024,

updated Aug 15, 2024

Software Freedom in Perspective - Part 5 - When Richard Stallman Came to Argentina
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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New Release: Tails 6.6

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For more details, read our changelog

Sparky 2024.08

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This is an update of Sparky semi-rolling iso images of the Debian testing line

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Security Leftovers

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Linux At All-Time High, But Still Tiny On Desktop

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But this is just on the desktop. On mobile Linux in the shape of Android dominates and then for microcontrollers there's Pi OS, again Linux.

Open Hardware: RISC-V, ESP32, Pi, and More

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Some hardware related news and projects

Distributions and Operating Systems: Lix and EasyJWM in EasyOS

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Some OS updates or coverage

Education: Monthly Tech Meetups and Educational Games for Students, Kids, and Teens

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Some education themed picks

Programming Leftovers

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Programming related links for today

today's howtos

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only 3 more for now

Fedora: Kevin Fenzi on Flock 2024 and Flathub Marks Two Billion Downloads

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Some Fedora news

Canonical Reselling Microsoft, Introduces VP of Engineering, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter

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Some Ubuntu related news

Standards, Consortia, and the Web

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Standards-centric news

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

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FOSS news in a nutshell

Back End/Databases: PostgreSQL, BeaconDB, and More

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PostgreSQL mostly

Security and Windows TCO Leftovers

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patches and more

Review of (or for) Framework Laptop, Including GNU/Linux Perspective

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a pair of reviews or puff pieces

Android Leftovers

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Google Pixel 9 Pro pre-orders are live: Where to get the best deals on the just-announced Android smartphone

Firefox Is (Almost) Ported to HaikuOS and Some Haiku Development Reports

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Haiku news

Red Hat and Security Leftovers

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mostly Red Hat stuff

today's howtos

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many howtos for today

Windows TCO: Serious Flaws, Breaches, and Worse

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9 stories

Miracle-WM 0.3.1: Preparing for a Smooth Fedora Spin

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Miracle-WM 0.3.1 brings essential bug fixes

Calamares Installer 3.3.9 Released, Here’s What’s New

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Calamares Installer 3.3.9 debuts with bug fixes, improved Arabic translation, and a key update for FDE users using luksbootkeyfile

RebeccaBlackOS 2024-08-12 live Linux drops support for 32-bit processors and replaces Qt5 with Qt6

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Made by a fan of Rebecca Black, the Debian-based distribution simply called "RebeccaBlackOS" is a beta-stage live Linux with a login manager for Wayland

Framework Laptop 13 reviewed, again: Meteor Lake meh, Linux upgrades good

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The ever-evolving Framework Laptop 13 is back again, this time with some Linux-friendly upgrades and Intel's new Meteor Lake-based Core Ultra CPUs

Community Member Monday: Khushi Gautam

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My major contributions have been to LibreOffice

Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations

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All of the servers are published under an open source license

5 most beautiful Linux distributions: 'Equal parts user-friendly and eye candy'

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These are the best darn looking Linux options I've found. See what you think

Kubernetes v1.31 and More

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Mostly new Kubernetes release

Games: Stormgate, Steam Deck, Battle Train, and More

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