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KDE Plasma 6.4 Desktop Environment Enters Beta Testing with Many New Features

KDE Plasma 6.4 promises a major UI revamp for the Spectacle screenshot utility, support for per-virtual-desktop custom tile layouts, KWin-X11 easy to use, but flexible X window manager, and the Aurorae theme engine for KWin window decorations.

Arch Linux Installer Now Supports Labwc, Niri, and River Wayland Compositors

Archinstall 3.0.5 is here to add support for the Labwc Wayland window-stacking compositor, Niri scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, River dynamic tiling Wayland compositor, and XMonad dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell, as profiles.

You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.10 to Ubuntu 25.04, Here’s How

Ubuntu 24.10 was released on October 10th, 2024, and will be supported for a couple more months, until July 2025. Since this isn’t an LTS (Long Term Support) release, users might want to consider upgrading to Ubuntu 25.04 as soon as possible.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 10, 2024

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  1. Let's Get Rid of Software Patents in Europe and Elsewhere
    help us squash software patents for good
  2. Links 09/02/2024: Buzzwords, Hype, and Layoffs Still Dominate
    Links for the day

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  3. Microsoft's Share in Servers Shrinking in Recent Years (No Wonder Azure Has Had Mass Layoffs Every Year Since 2020)
    So now they try to paint it with the "HEY HI" (AI) brush
  4. Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low, Globally
    This company is not "worth" 3,000 billion dollars
  5. Thanking Readers and Volunteers for the Support
    Behind the scenes many people work hard and take risks, especially whistleblowers, who rarely receive appreciation because their identities are unknown to the public
  6. Soylent News Demonstrates Success by Focusing on Key Technology and Science Issues
    They joined Twitter in February 2014 (yes, the site is 10 now)
  7. Links 09/02/2024: Further 'Enshittification' With Digital Restrictions (DRM)
    Links for the day
  8. Even the Doas Camp is Unhappy About What Microsoft Does to Sudo
    Theo de Raadt's opinionated words elucidate the issue with some tongue-in-cheek sarcastic message
  9. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  10. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 08, 2024
    IRC logs for Thursday, February 08, 2024
  11. [Meme] EPO Management's 'Meetings' With Staff Representatives
    Nepotism begets cover-up
  12. In 2024 Dialogue at the European Patent Office (EPO) is Broken, Laws Cease to Apply
    A new leaked publication
  13. [Meme] Sadly He is Above the Law
    Carry on then, persist with your crimes
  14. EPO Staff Explains That With Phony 'Quality Audits' the EPO is "in Breach of the EPC" (European Patent Convention) and Patent Examiners Are Compelled to Act in Breach of the EPC
    this paper of theirs is less than a day old
  15. Links 09/02/2024: Microsoft Shutting Down More Offices, FTC Threatens to Halt Microsoft-Activision Merger
    Links for the day

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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