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What Happens When a Community Wires Itself: Lessons from Colville on the Power of Indigenous-Led Connectivity

When commercial Internet providers declined to serve the Colville Reservation in Washington, United States, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation decided to build their own network. By connecting tribal offices, schools, and community centers, they strengthened the infrastructure the community relies on daily. A recent study examines what changed after the network went live and offers evidence that connectivity can support local economic opportunity.

9to5Linux

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.6 Drivers Add Support for More Printers

HPLIP 3.26.6 adds support for printers in the HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow series, including HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow N9000 sn1 and HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow 9000 s1, as well as printers in the HP ScanJet Pro series, such as the HP ScanJet Pro 4200 s1.

Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 4 Is Out for Public Testing with Linux 7.2

Development of Ubuntu 26.10 (codename Stonking Stingray) kicked off on April 30th, 2026, with the usual toolchain upload, based on the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) release. Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 4 is running the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series.

GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of GNOME 51 include support for saving and restoring monitor brightness, support for elogind as a libsystemd provider, a new API to generate QR codes, support for the input capture portal to integrate with the clipboard, and improved screencasting by minimizing stage paints and buffer copies.

LinuxGizmos.com

OpenMote turns a Wiimote-style remote into an ESP32-S3 Home Assistant controller

Hat & Hammer has launched a Crowd Supply campaign for OpenMote, a programmable universal remote built around an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module. The device supports infrared transmission and reception, Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, motion sensing, audio, haptic feedback, and Qwiic/STEMMA QT expansion, while also targeting smart-home and game-controller applications.

32-channel logic analyzer supports 1.4GS/s sampling and USB 3.2 Gen2 streaming

Sipeed is preparing the SLogic32U3, a compact 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2. The device supports configurable sample rates based on the number of active channels, direct streaming to a host system, optional analog acquisition modules, and software support across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tails 7.13

Follow our installation instructions.

schestowitz.com

GNU/Linux Turns 43 Very Soon

Good day, not great weather though

It Feels Like the End of the World Wide Web is Already “in Progress”

Bots are chewing up way too much ‘traffic’, hoping to ‘monetise’ it at someone else’s expense

GNU/Linux at 10% in North America

t has been over 5 years since its release and Vista 11 is pegged at measly 15.6% in the US, whereas GNU/Linux grows a lot.

Man City vs Norwich

EFL Cup

Microsoft Layoffs in September and October 2026

Silent layoffs

Techrights Site Turning 20, But Not the Techrights Community

Techrights still growing

Indoor Days

Plan to go to the park won’t work

EBay Infuriates and Insults Users Using Its Broken Bots

Same thing Evri does with its bots!

Keeping Things Simple, Stupid

Animations that are simple work, the plot/story matters more than CG brute force

Shouting at Me Doesn’t Mean I’m Wrong

Keep calm and fix your laptop