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Future Ubuntu Releases Will Ship with the Latest and Greatest Linux Kernel

Ubuntu is probably the only distribution out there that doesn’t offer users access to the very latest kernels, at least not officially and not in an easy manner. Shipping a new Ubuntu release with the latest and greatest Linux kernel was probably one of the most requested features of the Ubuntu community.

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How To Use DuckDuckGo as Search Engine on Ubuntu 24.04

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How To Install LibreWolf Browser on Ubuntu 24.04

This tutorial will help you install LibreWolf, a privacy-promising web browser derived from Firefox, on Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat". It is available in Ubuntu standard format DEB although it comes from its own repository as today it is still not available in the official repository. Finally, it can be considered as an alternative to the preinstalled Firefox which comes in Snap format and both can be used together. Now let's install it!

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T-Deck Plus: An ESP32 Handheld Device with GPS and LoRa Support

At the core of the T-Deck Plus is the ESP32-S3FN16R8, a dual-core LX7 microprocessor that supports 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5 LE connectivity. The device is equipped with 16MB of flash memory and 8MB of PSRAM. Additionally, the T-Deck Plus includes a Micro SD card slot, allowing for further expandable storage.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 13, 2024,
updated Aug 13, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Cluecon 2024 Now Live
    Started streaming 43 minutes ago
  2. Former GitHub CEO and Mono Chief Nat Friendman Donated to Ron Paul, Manipulated the Media, Censored Embarrassing Information
    how the media reacts to women who were abused (sort of like Debian Project covering up for powerful men and tossing aside "comfort women")
  3. Founder of Gemini Protocol (Solderpunk) Has Noticed Deterioration in the Debian Project
    Our Gemini capsules always ran from Debian

    New

  4. How the Growth of GNU/Linux, a Growth of Worldwide Extent, is Rapidly Accelerating Microsoft Layoffs
    Microsoft layoffs are back in the headlines this week
  5. Links 12/08/2024: Bracing for More Mass Layoffs at Microsoft, Hey Hi ("AI") Bubble Continues Popping
    Links for the day
  6. Gemini Links 12/08/2024: Rest, Internal Phishing Test, and More
    Links for the day
  7. Daniel Pocock Gives a Talk at ClueCon in Chicago at 3PM (Central Time Zone)
    "USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTION CAMPAIGN"
  8. Promiscuous Behaviour (Even Nude Parties) by Microsofters Needs to be Illuminated
    The response of "Team Mono" was to litigate
  9. What's Left of the Mainstream Media After the Olympics
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  10. [Meme] Always the Victim
    Troll face pill time meme
  11. Marion County Record: police raid anniversary, securing small business, journalists
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  12. "Protecting the Identity" as a Cover for Protecting the Pervert (Not the Abused)
    Do not let women's rights be hijacked by men looking to protect other men (their buddies)
  13. Busan Could Teach Debian Project a Lesson on Comfort Women
    Daniel Pocock has covered lots of examples of these "false promises of employment". He also named some of the repeat offenders/culprits.
  14. [Meme] After the Purges (of Debian Developers Who Spoke Out for Women Who Had Blown the Whistle About Abuse)
    Daniel Pocock is giving a public talk today
  15. Cross-national Load Time of Tenth of a Second
    That's how Pingdom sees it anyway
  16. [Meme] The Future of the World Wide Web, Protecting You From "Misinformation" and "Hate Speech"
    After revoking certificates of "bad" sites
  17. A Growing Movement of Web-savvy Geeks Who Say Go Static (Simple Web Pages) and Move to Gemini Protocol
    Gemini is still growing
  18. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  19. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 11, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, August 11, 2024
  20. x86 is Beyond Redemption, We Need Lean Software and Hardware That We Can Understand
    x86 has a lot of issues, aside from the defects and severe security problems
  21. While GNU/Linux Adoption Has Soared in Egypt Vista 11 Stalled and Many Still Use Vista 7
    it looks like many people there move to GNU/Linux
  22. It Was an Oligarchs' Festival
    The organisers really don't care what these athletes think
  23. [Meme] Next Target of GNOME CoC
    Why would anyone wish to donate time to an autocracy like this?
  24. Links 12/08/2024: Microsoft Outages, Facebook Bans Biology
    Links for the day
  25. In Ireland, Where statCounter is Based, Windows Has Fallen to Just 18% Market Share (Based on statCounter)
    all-time lows
  26. Links 12/08/2024: Available Offline an Updates from Solderpunk
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-08-06 to 2024-08-12
    1217 /n/2024/08/10/Reminder_A_Few_Days_Before_Julian_Assange_Was_Kidnapped_the_Sta.shtml
    999 /n/2024/08/10/It_Has_Now_Been_3_Years_Since_Wikileaks_Last_Added_a_New_Leak_t.shtml
    958 /n/2024/08/04/In_Europe_Even_Yandex_is_Closing_in_on_Microsoft.shtml

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