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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 01, 2024
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Linux Lite 7.2 Released with Lite Theme Manager, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Linux Lite creator Jerry Bezencon announced today the release and general availability of Linux Lite 7.2 as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based distribution using the lightweight Xfce desktop environment.
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Programming Leftovers
Programming picks, a handful only
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You Probably Don't Need to Compile a Linux Kernel Anymore
Compiling a kernel used to be a rite of passage for many Linux users back in the '90s and early '00s
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Network Maintenance in Tux Machines Next Week [original]
We try to serve pages in milliseconds, not seconds
New
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LibreOffice 24.2.7 Is Out as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 24.8
The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 24.2.7 as the seventh and last maintenance update in the LibreOffice 24.2 office suite series.
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Meson/GNOME, Ruby, and R
programming leftovers
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Audiocasts/Shows: Bake Your Own Linux Cake, Bitten By The Penguin
Coder Radio and FLOSS Weekly
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today's leftovers
games and more
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Distributions and Operating Systems: Alpine Linux, KolibriOS, Haiku OS
Some OS news
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Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pi, and More
Hacking on hardware, building things
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Thunderbird for Android now available
milestone from the project
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KDE Fund-raising and Kwave Update
KDE news
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Free Software: Mousam, RSS Readers, SCONE, and More
Free Software leftovers
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today's howtos
many howtos for today
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Security Leftovers
Security picks for today
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Kernel Space: DKMS vs kmod, DRM Panic, LKML, and Compiling Linux
some BSD/Linux picks
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All You Need to Know About the GNU/Linux Rolling Release Model
The GNU/Linux Rolling release model can be daunting at first glance. Learn what makes them tick and the pros and cons of using a rolling GNU/Linux distro today
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today's leftovers
a handful of more articles
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Latest From Red hat
redhat.com articles, latest
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Security and Windows TCO
Windows TCO and more
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Android Leftovers
This new Android phone looks like a photographer’s dream
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GStreamer 1.24.9 Rolls Out with Bug Fixes and Security Enhancements
GStreamer 1.24.9 multimedia framework is a bug-fix release delivering critical fixes for RTSP, latency, stream handling, and DRM
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Tails 6.9 Now Available with Tor and Thunderbird Updates
Tails 6.9 privacy-focused Linux distro released with the latest Tor Browser 14.0.1, Tor client 0.4.8.13, and Thunderbird 115.16
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10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make With the Linux Command Line (and How to Avoid Them)
Getting started with the Linux command line can feel like diving into the deep end
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Google Chrome Update Offers More Control Over Memory Usage
The latest stable update to Google Chrome introduces an enhanced Memory Saver feature which could help you reduce the browser’s memory footprint
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Interview with Newly Certified LibreOffice Developer Rafael Lima
The LibreOffice Engineering Steering Committee (ESC) has appointed Prof. Rafael Henrique Palma Lima
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Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
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KaOS – lean KDE-based Linux distribution
KaOS is an independent distribution focused on Qt and KDE
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Linus Torvalds bids farewell to gas guzzlers
He reckons it runs Linux
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Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Beelink, and More
Hardware-centric picks
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Games: Steam, Luma Island, COVEN, and More
half a dozen GamingOnLinux articles
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Instructionals/Technical Articles From HowTo Geek
a handful of HowTo Geek articles (HowTos)
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today's leftovers
a handful of stories for now
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today's howtos
a bit older than today
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Happy Halloween [original]
The coming weekend will be slow news-wise
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Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
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Security and Windows TCO
lots from CISA
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Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: New in Invidious and TLLTS
mostly new videos
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LWN Articles on Linux and Development
now outside the paywall
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A look at the aerc mail client
Email has become somewhat unfashionable as a collaboration tool for open-source projects, but there are still a number of projects—such as PostgreSQL and the Linux kernel—that expect contributors to send and review patches via emailA look at the aerc mail client
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Free-software foundations face fundraising problems
Python Software Foundation (PSF), KDE e.V., and the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) are seeing declines in fundraising while also being affected by inflationThe corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2024-10-25 to 2024-10-311283 /n/2024/10/24/Linus_Torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of_Russian_maintainers.shtml 959 /n/2024/10/23/Linus_Torvalds_Rants_About_Defective_x86_Designs_and_AI_Being_J.shtml 648 /n/2024/10/27/Programming_Leftoverss.shtml 616 /n/2024/10/29/Fedora_Linux_41_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_DNF5_GNOME_47_a.shtml 584 /n/2024/10/28/Raspberry_Pi_OS_Now_Enables_Wayland_by_Default_on_All_Raspberry.shtml 551 /n/2024/10/28/Mozilla_Firefox_132_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml 532 /n/2024/10/26/Jumpdf_keyboard_focused_PDF_viewer.shtml 526 /n/2024/10/26/PeaZip_10_Released_with_Revamped_GUI_Engine_Compression_Presets.shtml 521/n/2024/10/27/today_s_howtos.shtml