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Ubuntu Desktop Shortcut Keys Reference Made Simple

This listing contains useful keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat" which makes use of GNOME 46 technology as its desktop environment. By using these shortcut keys, you can work quicker and more effectively. We made it simple by listing only a few those mostly used in daily works and removing a lot of the rest. Now let's start trying them!

Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Released with Download Links, Mirrors and Torrents

Congratulations to Canonical for the release of Ubuntu 24.10 "Oracular Oriole" on Thursday 10 October 2024! We happily welcome the latest, greatest Free/Libre Open Source Software and Technology coming with Ubuntu Oracular! In this listing, we collected the download links, mirrors and torrents as well as checksums of all Official Flavors. We also completed it with links to the Announcements and Release Notes from each official project and we hope you experience the best computing and community with the Ubuntu family.

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VirtualBox 7.1.4 Adds Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.12 and Other Linux Changes

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Solus 4.6 “Convergence” Released with Mesa 24.2, Experimental Software Centers

Still powered by the Linux 6.10 kernel series, Solus 4.6 ships with a newer graphics stack, namely Mesa 24.2, for an extra boost in games and other graphics software. It also brings more usr-merge work, which aligns Solus with the compatibility efforts from Fedora Linux and other distributions.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 13th, 2024

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Inkscape 1.4 Open-Source SVG Editor Released with Filter Gallery, Modular Grids

Coming more than 1 year and four months after Inkscape 1.3, the Inkscape 1.4 release introduces a new Filter Gallery dialog to make it easier to find the best filter for your needs, new grid selector buttons to make it easier to identify the grid of your choice, and new modular grids to plan layouts and create icons.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tor Browser 13.5.8 (Android only)

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

All donations to the Tor Project matched 1:1, now through Dec 31

Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing stories from some of the millions of people you’re helping when you support Tor, the impact we've made this year, details about what’s coming next to our suite of privacy and censorship circumvention tools, and ways you can help make privacy online easy and accessible.

LinuxGizmos.com

ASUS Fanless Chromebox CF40 with Celeron N4500 Released

The ASUS Fanless Chromebox CF40, powered by the Intel Celeron N4500 processor, is a compact computing solution designed for stable performance. Its fanless chassis provides quiet operation and effective thermal management, with a small form factor and an optional lockable VESA mount for versatile placement.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 01, 2024

Close-up of the face of a sleeping Polar Bear

Updated This Past Day

  1. From 9 to 5 to 996 and 24/7
    In terms of labour rights, the West has moonwalked back to Medieval standards
  2. Chatting to People Without Possessing a 'Smart' Phone
    Meeting in person is "limitless minutes"
  3. [Meme] A Techno-Yuppies's View of Society
    If only I could take a selfie now to share in Facebook/GAFAM, sponsors of the EFF
  4. Planning Our 18th Anniversary
    When I left my job, as I had planned since 2019, I was able to devote all my time to the site

    New

  5. Microsoft Running Totally False and Very Outdated (3 Months) Pieces Only Hours Before Julian Assange's First Speech in More Than Half a Decade
    This was false at the time. It's still false.
  6. Gemini Links 30/09/2024: Stargazing, PeerTube, and More
    Links for the day
  7. Links 30/09/2024: More Layoffs at Microsoft ("Mobile"), War in Middle-East Escalating Further (Ground Invasion May be Imminent)
    Links for the day
  8. [Video] Julian Assange Arrives Safely at France to Speak to Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
    Just out
  9. You Know Julian Assange is About to Give an Important Talk Because of the Media Smears, Preceding the Talk by Less Than a Day
    Do not be easily incited by relics disguised as "journalists"
  10. IBM is Still Spending a Lot of Money Just to Hide the Massive Scale of This Month's Layoffs
    "If One Madison Avenue has leaking toilets, it doesn't make the news. But if the place is hemorrhaging jobs thanks to Alvind, the company has to pay more money to keep that out of the news. Not all the media like the IBM company. IBM needs to bleed for all the layoffs the senior executives have done in the US. Couldn't happen to nicer people."
  11. Welcome Back, Julian Assange
    The "big day" is tomorrow
  12. Links 30/09/2024: Snapshot Blogging, Right to Remain Silent, and More
    Links for the day
  13. Gemini Links 30/09/2024: "Tower Defender" and Fake Swish
    Links for the day
  14. Short Explanation of the History of the Free Software Movement
    also gives credit to Richard Stallman
  15. [Meme] The EPO's Vision of 'Artificial Intelligence'
    First they attack the integrity of the task or destroy the complexity of it by throwing away the law (it gets in the way of profits anyway)
  16. This Spammy Nonsense Helps Microsoft Paint Itself as "15-20 Hours a Week" Job (in Reality It's More Like 60 Hours a Week)
    what MSN (Microsoft) published 2 hours ago is misleading marketing junk
  17. Blind Worship of Technology is a Misguided Fool's Errand
    Andy Farnell of the Cybershow used the metaphor of "golden calf" last week
  18. In a Multi-Polar World GAFAM Will Matter (and Control) a Lot Less
    A lot of things long taken for granted are going to be challenged in years to come, including the status of Microsoft
  19. Links 30/09/2024: Monopsonies and Political Catchup
    Links for the day
  20. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  21. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 29, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, September 29, 2024
  22. Torvalds (the Son) Isn't a Freedom Fighter, But He Deals With Politics
    Depending on how Torvalds (the son) defines "politics", he actually deals with politics all the time
  23. [Meme] GNU at 41
    Happy birthday, GNU
  24. The GNU/Linux Operating System Started 41 Years Ago
    The media has its darling "Linux", but a lot of the time when it says "Linux" it actually means something else
  25. This Should be a Reminder for Wikileaks to Quit Twitter (X) and Use Its Own Site
    What if Wikileaks got some "Musk leaks"? What would happen then?
  26. In September Microsoft Had Several Waves of Mass Layoffs, Even More Than in Prior Months
    It meanwhile looks like "open"AI is not only running out of money (to borrow) but also talent and leadership; the bubble is imploding as there's no profit in the 'sacred cow', which is vapourware
  27. IBM (and Probably Red Hat) Layoffs Until the End of November
    many people will be let go without being allowed to talk about it
  28. Gemini Links 30/09/2024: London Docklands Museum, MNT Pocket Reform, LLM Misnomers
    Links for the day

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

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

    Span from 2024-09-24 to 2024-09-30
    968 /n/2024/09/26/Why_We_Keep_Saying_Bryan_Lunduke_is_a_Liability.shtml
    776 /n/2024/09/28/WINAMP_Reminds_Us_That_Choosing_GitHub_is_Sign_of_Failing_to_Un.shtml
    617 /n/2024/09/24/A_Year_Since_the_Big_Switch_Part_III_Deliberate_Deceit_and_Misu.shtml

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