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Ubuntu 25.10 Beta Released with Linux Kernel 6.17, GNOME 49, and More

Powered by the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel and featuring the recently released GNOME 49 desktop environment, Ubuntu 25.10 (codename Questing Quokka) promises some notable changes like sudo-rs as the default implementation of sudo and Dracut as the default initramfs-tools.

KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

KDE Plasma 6.5 is packed with lots of goodies for everyone, including major UI improvements to the Sticky Note widget, support for displaying ink levels on your printers, rounded bottom corners for Breeze-decorated windows, and support for syncing the clipboard text between the client and server on remote sessions.

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Tails 7.0 Anonymous Linux OS Officially Released, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

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Characters - An Intro to Ubuntu Default Emoji/Unicode Application

Characters or GNOME Characters (not to be confused with Gucharmap) is Ubuntu default special character picker application. Speaking about its daily uses, you can use it to insert an emoji to your group chat text, or your national flag to your document just to note a few examples. Speaking about its technical aspects, it is written in C and GTK, developed in public by the GNOME community. And now we will learn more about it and a little bit about how to use it in real life. Let's start reading and enjoy!

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Nordic Semiconductor Expands nRF54L Series with High-Memory nRF54LM20A SoC

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AAEON Intelli i14 Edge Combines Intel Core i9 and NVIDIA RTX in Compact AI Vision System

According to AAEON, the Intelli i14 Edge is equipped with a 24-core, 32-thread Intel Core i9 CPU capable of handling parallel and latency-sensitive workloads simultaneously.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 06, 2024

Fence post enduring through time in its supporting role

Updated This Past Day

  1. Lazy 'Author' Continues Posting Fake Articles in linuxsecurity.com
    Don't they realise they will keep getting caught and publicly shamed?
  2. In Poland, Windows Falls Below Quarter, Android Up to 60%
    Windows is in trouble

    New

  3. GNU/Linux and ChromeOS in Malaysia: Now at 7% (and 6% in Singapore)
    This month's data from statCounter is encouraging
  4. Misuse of Courts and of Laws
    Where do IBM and Microsoft stand on this?
  5. GNU/Linux in Sudan: Up to Around 10%, Android (Linux) at 93% of "The Market"
    About 1 in 10 laptop/desktop Web requests is estimated to have come from GNU/Linux (not ChromeOS), and Windows is at around 2%% because Android dominates
  6. Gemini Links 05/06/2024: Returns to Gemini, New Releases, and People Going Off the Net
    Links for the day
  7. Links 05/06/2024: Illegal Kangaroo 'Court' (UPC) Turning One, OpenAI Insiders Blow the Whistle
    Links for the day
  8. Links 05/06/2024: More Nike Layoffs and Details on Thousands Laid Off at Microsoft
    Links for the day
  9. [Meme] I Don't Always...
    "I don't always defame Stallman; But when I do, I pretend to be left-leaning"
  10. Why There Has Been a Campaign of Defamation Against Richard Stallman (RMS), Professor Moglen, Linus Torvalds, Theodore Ts'o, Bruce Perens and Many Others
    The theory goes, as we noted here months ago, the serial defamers hope to "red-light" them or obstruct them from being listened to at the higher echelons (e.g. Congress), based on perceived "social" issues
  11. Election interference: fake news about harassment and abuse
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  12. Treats and More
    Over the next few days we'll probably be extra busy preparing snacks, sweets, and treats
  13. Microsoft's Silent Layoffs (Removal of Workers That They Don't Even Tell You About)
    Microsoft probably does this to quite a few people right now
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 04, 2024
    IRC logs for Tuesday, June 04, 2024
  16. Google Rose by 1%, Microsoft's Bing Fell Below 1% in Israel After All That Chatbots (LLMs) Nonsense
    We've recently taken a look or took stock of how Bing is dying, set aside mass layoffs in Bing
  17. [Meme] They Told Him Not to Come to Work Anymore...
    "I'm loving this work from home thing"
  18. The EPO is Boiling the Staff, According to the Central Staff Committee
    This is a classic "boiling frog" scenario
  19. Android (Linux) Overtakes Windows in the UK
    According to one firm anyway
  20. Microsoft Canonical
    First from Canonical this week

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

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-05-30 to 2024-06-05
    2189 /about.shtml
    1729 /n/2024/05/30/The_Campaign_to_End_Richard_Stallman_Part_III_The_Reddit_Mob_So.shtml
    1508 /n/2024/05/30/The_Campaign_to_End_Richard_Stallman_Part_IV_The_Legitimate_Con.shtml
    1188 /n/2024/06/02/statCounter_Bing_Has_Lost_Market_Share_Since_the_Chatbot_Hype_i.shtml
    1110 /n/2024/06/01/The_War_on_Free_Software_Reporters_Part_III_Doxing_and_LARPing.shtml
    990 /n/2024/06/01/Free_Software_is_the_Future_Open_Source_is_Just_Openwashing_Pro.shtml
    911 /n/2024/06/05/The_EPO_is_Boiling_the_Staff_According_to_the_Central_Staff_Com.shtml

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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 “Gigi” Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
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Photos can wait until next week
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Fedora Linux 43 Beta Released with Linux 6.17, GNOME 49, and KDE Plasma 6.4
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Lagrange is far from the only client
 
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