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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 24, 2024
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Birthday Breaks [original]
2 things to celebrate this weekend
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Linux Has a Birthday This Weekend. Meanwhile in the Homeland of Linus Torvalds... [original]
Microsoft has apparently occupied the country
New
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Android Leftovers
Android Auto keeps asking ‘who do you want to call’ with no fix for voice commands yet
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Set Your Gravatar as User Account Pic in GNOME Shell
Do you like the idea of using the same profile picture for your Ubuntu user account as your Gravatar
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An Average of Half a Million Per Day [original]
A lot has changed on the Web since 2004
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5 lightweight operating systems I run on my old laptops
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our laptops. It’s inevitable, as time and technology marches forward, a laptop or two goes by the wayside
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today's leftovers
only 4 more links
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Programming/Development Leftovers
Some Web aspects too
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Security and FUD Leftovers
Some exaggerations
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Proton VPN Now Supports WireGuard on Linux
late, but...
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Microsoft Malware and Windows TCO
bad behaviour from Microsoft
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Openwashing, Slop and Privacy Lies
Slop being framed as "open"
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Free Software Leftovers
half a dozen FOSS picks
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Boards and Open Hardware: DIY, DeskPi, FairPhone
a handful of new picks
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Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and BSD Now
some new episodes
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today's howtos
half a dozen howtos
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Proton VPN Finally Adds WireGuard Support for Linux Users
Proton VPN gets better for Linux users
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Advanced memelogy - Convert video to HD GIF
Several weeks ago, I told you about the "can't send video" problem in WhatsApp
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Metrics in KDE – Are they useful?
Since Plasma 5.18, nearly five years ago, Plasma has shipped with a "telemetry" system
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Raspberry Pi 5 PCIe HAT+ board features gigabit Ethernet, 4G LTE (mini PCIe), two USB 3.2 ports
As the device is plug-and-play the company mentions that the board supports Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu, OpenWrt, and other operating systems with reliable network speeds
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Programming Leftovers
Programming related stuff
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Open Hardware: Mobile, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and RISC-V
Hardware on the freedom side
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Openwashing by OSI and Mozilla, Also Sponsored by Microsoft (to Mislead the Public)
really bad trend of PR
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Red Hat and IBM Leftovers
IBM related links
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Security and Windows TCO
Some news relating to security
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Android Leftovers
Pixel 6 line could get extra system support time; will the series receive Android 16
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today's howtos
morning batch of howtos
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Ubuntu Hits Pause on SRU Kernel Releases for September
Canonical has announced it will not ship stable release kernel updates during September
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How to install a tiling window manager on Linux (and why you'd want to)
Looking to make Linux even more efficient? A tiling window manager could be exactly what you need
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Games: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and More
Latest 8 from GamingOnLinux
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