This Past Weekend in Tux Machines

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 23, 2023,
updated Oct 23, 2023

Updated This Past Day

1. Geary 44 Email App for Linux Adds Two Nifty Enhancements (UPDATED)

   Geary 44 sounds like an interesting release with useful changes

2. Meet ONLYOFFICE Docs v7.5: a built-in PDF editor, automatic hyphenation, Morph transitions and more

   ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, a free desktop application for Linux

   New

3. Today in Techrights

   one day's articles

4. The Curious Case of Australia and GNU/Linux

   There are quite a few famous Linux developers who come from Australia

5. The Journey of a Site With About 200,000 Web Pages

   And about 20,000 Gemini pages

6. Linux 6.6-rc7

   almost there now

7. today's leftovers

   Debian, Mozilla, and more

8. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Events

   Some FOSS leftovers

9. Prose linting with Vale and Flycheck in Emacs on FreeBSD

   Prose linting tool that runs on your local system

10. Open Hardware and Retro Leftovers

    Arduino and more

11. Security Leftovers

    Several stories, Free software focus

12. pgAdmin 4 v7.8 Released

    The pgAdmin Development Team is pleased to announce pgAdmin 4 version 7.8

13. Calamares & Arch (Derivatives)

    an independent Linux installer

14. today's howtos

    some Sunday howtos

15. 8 Best Free and Open Source Replacements for ls and a look at 'g'

    Some ls alternatives

16. AlmaLinux vs Ubuntu - How to Select the Best One?

    Whenever a newcomer drops into the Linux world, he or she gets bombarded with hundreds of different flavors of Linux, known as distros. And so, Linux enthusiasts always create comparison guides on the go.

17. Get Ready for Overskride: A Simple Bluetooth App for Linux

    Linux enthusiasts have a new reason to celebrate

18. PeaZip 9.5 File Archiver Brings UI and Performance Improvements

    The latest PeaZip 9.5 archiver unveils heightened performance, a faster mode for archive browsing, and polished file manager functionalities

19. Libre Arts - Weekly-ish recap — 22 October 2023

    Week highlights: new releases of LightZone, OSPRay, and Ardour, exciting changes coming to Krita

20. The Dinner Table Talk at Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

    IRC is a real-time communication protocol with many hundreds if not thousands of applications offering full support

21. Framework 13 Is The Last Laptop You Need To Buy

    true to its "build it the way you want it" philosophy, Framework doesn't force Windows on you

22. The Green Robot (Linux Inside) Has Taken Over Asia

    Android dominates. Android uses Linux.

23. Security and Digital Restrictions (DRM) Plots Like 'Attestation'

    3 stories

24. Programming Leftovers

    5 stories, various topics

25. Open Hardware: RISC-V, Arduino, and More

    3 stories

26. KDE Itinerary Update and Sam Thursfield's (GNOME) Update

    Some desktop-related work

27. Android Leftovers

    How to create generative AI wallpapers with Android 14

28. Warehouse: A Must-Have App Manager for Flatpak Enthusiasts

    Seeking an efficient Flatpak app manager? Warehouse’s intuitive GUI offers Flatpak users a seamless experience and efficiency. Check it out

29. today's howtos

    technical articles

30. Games: Steam Deck and Proton Updates

    Both by Liam Dawe

31. Reviewers Anonymous take a spin of Alpine and contrast it with antiX

    On a whim, I gave alpine a try

32. OpenBSD's buitl-in memory leak detection

    great malloc by the way, clean design and implementation

33. Libreboot 20231021 released!

    This new release, Libreboot 20231021, released today 21 October 2023, is a new testing release of Libreboot

34. KDE vs. GNOME: Choosing the Perfect Linux Desktop Experience

    A comparative study of two prominent Linux desktop environments, KDE and GNOME to assist you in making an informed choice.

35. Unifont 15.1.03 Released

    Unifont 15.1.03 is now available

36. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, Linux Weekly Roundup, and Kernel

    3 stories

37. Red Hat's Puff Pieces of the Week

    And one article about AlmaLinux

38. Perl and Python Programming

    4 links for now

39. Openwashing and Free Software

    Openwashing and more

40. Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Linux Link Tech Show, and mintCast

    3 new episodes

41. Security Leftovers

    Security links for Satuday mostly

42. today's howtos

    many howtos for the night

43. Why Ubuntu 23.10 ISOs Have Been Temporarily Withdrawn

    Due to the hate speech found in some of the translations in the Ubuntu 23.10 desktop installer, the ISOs were withdrawn from the mirrors

44. Voyager 23.10

    New release

45. FreeBSD 14.0-RC2 Now Available

    The second RC build of the 14.0-RELEASE release cycle is now available

46. New YouTube Videos (Over Invidious)

    Regarding GNU/Linux this past week

47. Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) Officially Released with Linux 6.5 and GNOME 45

    Canonical officially released today the Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) operating system, which comes with some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies, improved hardware support, and many other changes.

48. VirtualBox 7.0.12 Adds Initial Support for Linux 6.6 and openSUSE 15.5 Kernels

    Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.0.12 as another maintenance update in the latest VirtualBox 7.0 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software.

49. Fedora 39 is Preparing for Release

    The latest release from the Fedora team is about to be unleashed and it includes plenty to excite users of all types

50. Heavy Toll for Sites That Relied on Google and Search Engine Manipulation (SEO)

    Google sells ads, not news

51. Kernel Build and Mesa Graphics

    Tom's Hardware on Linux and BK on Kernel 5.15.135

52. Ubuntu on Laptops and Proprietary Software

    2 Ubuntu stories

53. Programming Leftovers

    C, Rust, and more

54. Raspberry Pi and Arduino Stories

    4 stories for now

55. Software: YuranPad, WorldWideWeb, Listmonk, and More

    FOSS for GNU/Linux and more

56. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Events

    PGConf.EU 2023, EuroBSDCon 2023, and more

57. Security and Windows TCO

    incidents and analyses

58. today's howtos

    many howtos for today

59. Bitwarden vs. Proton Pass: Comparing Top Open-Source Password Managers

    Bitwarden and Proton Pass are two excellent open-source password managers

60. How to Build a Corporate Pyramid

    I strongly feel like the company is exploiting the presence of women as a sort of bait - a bait for the critics, especially ones who are guys

61. Fedora Family / IBM: From airport ground staff operations to Fedora Operations Architect, report from Things Open 2023 (Raleigh, NC)

    People of Red Hat/Fedora

62. Gnuastro 0.21 released

    I am happy to announce the release of GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro) version 0.21

63. Games: Gearbits, Blender, Lutris, and More

    half a dozen new ones from Liam Dawe

64. Linux Desktop Migration Tool

    I looked around and asked around, so that I could build on something instead of starting from scratch. But all I found were very personal scripts with hardcoded values, specific use cases… nothing generic enough.

65. Locked and Loaded with new COSMIC DE Updates!

    The wallpaper in this mockup is an image from Greg Rakozy on Unsplash

66. GNOME, Gear, Pipewire update in Tumbleweed

    Snapshots of openSUSE Tumbleweed this week ranged from small- to medium-sized updates

67. Geany 2.0 Open-Source IDE Released with UI Improvements, Initial Meson Support

    Geany 2.0 has been released today as a major update to this fast and lightweight GTK-based open-source IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

68. Peppermint Mini: The Newest Member of the Peppermint OS Family

    Still in beta, Peppermint Mini promises enhanced flexibility and options. Get a sneak peek at what it has to offer here

69. Finally, An Open-Source 8088 BIOS

    For retrocomputing enthusiasts, it’s of great value to have a open-source BIOS that can be shared, modified, and tweaked as needed to suit a wide variety of end uses

70. Octa-core Rockchip based SBC for autonomous mobile robots

    This SBC also supports the latest Debian 12 Bookworm in addition to Yocto

71. More About the PineTime

    Since my initial review of the PineTime 10 days ago [1] I’ve used it in more situations

72. GNU/Linux is Only Growing

    It's good to be advocating something that's on the rise