Tux Machines

Do you waddle the waddle?

Other Sites

9to5Linux

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base

Based on the recently released Debian 12.13 “Bookworm” operating system, Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 1.05 introduces a new script to make it easier for users to install the Wine software if they want to run Windows apps and games, sets the sound volume to 50% by default, and improves time zone and country selection.

GParted 1.8 Open-Source Partition Editor Released with Many Enhancements

Coming almost two years after GParted 1.6, the GParted 1.8 release is here to improve support for FAT filesystems by fixing a hang when setting FAT labels that match a root folder entry, as well as an issue where GParted displayed error messages along with the FAT label.

GIMP 3.0.8 Image Editor Released with Wayland and Font Handling Improvements

Coming almost four months after GIMP 3.0.6, the GIMP 3.0.8 release is here with better support for Wayland systems when listing input devices, and several font handling improvements by making font loading on startup a lot faster, waiting for fonts to be fully loaded before loading any file, and special-casing the Skia font family.

LinuxGizmos.com

Challenger+ T3217 Packages 8-bit ATtiny3217 in a Compact, Battery-Ready Board

The board is based on the ATtiny3217, an 8-bit AVR microcontroller running at up to 20 MHz from its internal oscillator.

Dabao Evaluation Board to Showcase Open-RTL Baochip-1x RISC-V MCU

The Baochip-1x uses a VexRiscv RV32IMAC processor with Sv32 MMU support, instruction and data caches, and optional cryptographic extensions.

Espressif Launches Industry’s First MCU-Based Matter Camera Solution

The architecture is built around a split-processing model designed to optimize efficiency. The ESP32-P4 acts as the primary application processor, handling the MIPI-CSI camera interface, multimedia processing, and AI workloads, and integrates a hardware H.264 encoder capable of Full HD (1920 × 1080) video at 30 frames per second.

news

Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 19, 2025

Banff Springs Hotel

Updated This Past Day

  1. "GNU/Linux" No Longer a Pandora's Box
    Cannot even make or crack a joke... when you have a target painted on your back
  2. TV Programmes in Geminispace
    Sort of like teletext except more cross-platform
  3. Techrights' Assessment of Red Hat Layoffs in 2025 (Yes, They Happened!)
    In short, Red Hat layoffs did occur this year, but even when they did the media did not mention these (and those would count as "IBM" regardless)
  4. The GPU Bubble (GPUs Marketed by Useless Slop)
    "they're selling GPUs for the sake of selling GPUs"

    New

  5. We Don't Keep Logs
    Not for any considerable length of time
  6. Wall Street Journal is Publishing Puff Pieces About Quantum
    For IBM [...] a lot of articles about "AI" are basically a form of spam
  7. Is the Lid Being Shut on Top of LLM Slop?
    It sort of "feels" like slop is becoming passé
  8. Celebrating Digital Sovereignty
    Digital Sovereignty is connected very closely to the concept of Software Freedom
  9. Your Web Site is Connected to the Net and the Server is Powered On, But Cloudflare Takes It All Down
    Anything outsourced means that yet another party can get things wrong, resulting in problems for everyone else "in the chain"
  10. The Register's Latest Slop Spam, Another Paid-for Article to Inflate the Bubble
    Remember when celebrities advertised FTX?
  11. Quite a Few Red Hat Layoffs These Days (or Departures)
    Remember that if there are Red Hat Layoffs, they won't be called "Red Hat Layoffs" but instead be "IBM RAs" or some thing to that effect
  12. Today is an Excellent Day To Remind People to Dump Clownflare (Cloudflare)
    If people think that Clownflare (Cloudflare) will improve uptime and make access better (it sure makes accessibility far worse), remind them of all the times this clown show goes wrong, taking down with it a lot of the Web
  13. Links 18/11/2025: Asbestos Fears, Delays for GAFAM Undersea Cable
    Links for the day
  14. Links 18/11/2025: "Bitcoin Showing Signs of Severe Collapse" and CEOs of GAFAM Finally Speak About a Slop Bubble
    Links for the day
  15. Apparent Red Hat Layoffs in "AI" (Supposedly a Strategic Area for IBM)
    What is going on there?
  16. Gemini Protocol as a Growing Source of Audience (Mostly Technical People)
    Clients for Gemini Protocol are available for almost every platform imaginable
  17. EPO Change May be Afoot, Keep Pushing and Hold Those Feet to the Fire
    Backlash is brewing and societal trends reinforce backlash right now
  18. Links 18/11/2025: CISA Advisories, Climate, "U.S. Layoffs Surge and Blaming AI is Part of the Smokescreen"
    Links for the day
  19. Gemini Links 18/11/2025: "Block Them All", Annex, Signed Commits, and "Cryptography of the Internet"
    Links for the day
  20. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  21. IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 17, 2025
    IRC logs for Monday, November 17, 2025
  22. Right Under the Nose of Mainstream Media
    That the media fails to cover the matter mostly speaks volumes about the media
  23. Formalities Officers at the EPO Face Uncertain Future, Administration Gets Asked About That
    They're being too polite (perhaps) to people whose agenda is detrimental not just to the EPO but also the EPC
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2025-11-12 to 2025-11-18
    3553 /about.shtml
    2162 /index.shtml
    1704 /n/2025/11/12/The_EPO_s_Own_Drug_Bust_Berenguer_is_Gone_But_Who_Else.shtml
    1063 /irc.shtml
    1036 /n/2025/11/11/The_European_Patent_Office_EPO_is_Still_Hiding_From_Scandals.shtml
    1012 /n/2025/11/15/Annus_Horribilis_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO.shtml
    979 /n/2025/11/08/Adrian_Diana_von_Bidder_Senn_Debian_detailed_history_of_a_death.shtml
    939 /browse/latest.shtml
    925 /n/2025/11/11/Links_11_11_2025_Misinformation_Disinformation_in_Twitter_X_and.shtml
    903 /n/2025/11/16/Father_of_GNU_Giving_Keynote_Talk_Today_Father_of_Linux_Collabo.shtml
    840 /n/2025/11/13/The_EPO_Has_Spent_Years_Attacking_European_Media_Led_by_a_Cocai.shtml
    815 /n/2025/11/08/How_German_Media_Covered_Cocainegate_at_The_European_Patent_Off.shtml
    761 /n/2025/11/12/British_Army_Officer_Said_Ubuntu_Needed_to_Abandon_Sudo_for_Rus.shtml
    760 /n/2025/11/10/More_Media_Coverage_From_Austria_Regarding_Cocaine_Use_by_EPO_M.shtml
    746 /n/2025/11/15/Links_15_11_2025_Latest_in_Component_Abuse_Challenge_and_Qt_Kee.shtml
    732 /n/2025/11/12/The_Second_Largest_Institution_in_Europe_EPO_is_Playing_With_Fi.shtml
    728 /n/2025/10/28/The_Cocaine_Patent_Office_Part_II_The_Person_Who_Planted_Paid_f.shtml
    726 /n/2025/11/13/IBM_Trying_to_Memory_Hole_the_RA_With_Positive_News.shtml
    703 /n/2025/11/17/Plan_for_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Coverage_This_Month_Next_Mo.shtml
    698 /browse/index.shtml
    688 /n/2025/11/16/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    683 /n/2025/11/01/The_Cocaine_Patent_Office_Part_III_European_Patent_Office_Offic.shtml
    669 /n/2025/11/13/IBM_Layoffs_Seem_to_Have_Reached_Europe.shtml
    669 /n/2025/11/14/AI_is_a_Lie_It_Always_Was_What_They_Call_AI_Is_Not.shtml
    667 /n/2025/11/13/Prominent_German_Media_Dares_Not_Mention_Cocaine_at_the_Europea.shtml
    655 /n/2025/11/16/Canadian_Linus_Meets_Finnish_American_Linus.shtml
    632 /n/2025/11/17/Intel_Facing_Mass_Layoffs_Including_Many_Key_Engineers_Who_Work.shtml
    631 /n/2025/11/14/The_Europe_Conversation_The_EPO_Has_Cocaine_at_the_High_Level_M.shtml
    629 /n/2025/11/16/The_UK_s_Online_Safety_Act_OSA_Discourages_Technological_Entiti.shtml
    627 /n/2025/11/16/Gemini_Links_16_11_2025_Emacs_Font_Fun_and_UI_x_TUI_x_CLI.shtml
    617 /n/2025/11/16/Links_16_11_2025_Japan_China_Tensions_Grow_Surveillance_Giant_G.shtml
    616 /n/2025/11/15/BILD_is_Apparently_Covering_Up_Cocaine_Use_at_Europe_s_Second_L.shtml
    613 /n/2025/11/14/Links_14_11_2025_Goddard_Space_Center_Abused_by_the_White_House.shtml
    602 /n/2025/11/15/Links_15_11_2025_Openwashing_of_Kubernetes_and_Austerity_Planne.shtml
    586 /n/2025/11/15/Links_15_11_2025_Science_Conflicts_and_International_Politics.shtml
    584 /n/2025/11/12/Links_12_11_2025_Botulism_Outbreak_and_Increased_Russian_Censor.shtml

Other Recent Tux Machines' Posts

Open Hardware/Modding: Mecha Comet, Raspberry Pi, and More
devices and more
MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems
Dislike systemd but occasionally need it for something? MX can help
FreeBSD is a No-Go for KDE's Plasma Login Manager
The OS is known for its advanced networking features
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
FOSS and more
Turning GNU/Linux Into Windows With Adobe Proprietary Software
via WINE
compromising encryption keys
In the case of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows, the true master is Microsoft
Georgia (the Country) Turns to GNU/Linux [original]
now it's measured at almost 10%, based on statCounter
 
Android Leftovers
Bigme B10 is a 10.3 inch E Ink color tablet with Android 14, 4G LTE, and pen and keyboard support
I found the key to gaming on desktop Linux
I get the chance to experiment with Linux a bit further and learn more about it
Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover – both for GUI and CLI users
A new look is coming, but command line users get the goods today
Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
Very Significant Gains for GNU/Linux in Tonga [original]
With a population of over 100,000
Happy Birds, Happy Life [original]
yesterday was a productive day for us
GNU/Linux Almost Reaches the 4% Bar in Dominican Republic [original]
GNU/Linux was typically small there
Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
Proton 10.0-4 Released with Support for Drop Dead: The Cabin, Quantum Threshold
Valve released Proton 10.0-4 today as the latest stable update to the Proton 10 series of this open-source compatibility tool for Steam Play based on Wine and additional components for playing Windows games on Linux.
Seven Years After, Stallman Is Still Stallman
Through the grapevine, I’m hearing that we’re likely to see more from Stallman in the future
Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 Gets New Accessibility Features, Debian 12.13 Base
The Emmabuntüs team informs 9to5Linux today about the general availability of Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5 version 1.05, a release that introduces updated components and accessibility improvements.
Android Leftovers
5 simple ways to give your old Android phone a second life
Ubuntu Pro subscription - should you pay to use Linux?
Ubuntu Pro is a subscription offering for Ubuntu users who want to pay for the assurance of getting quick and high-quality security updates for Ubuntu
Raspberry Pi OS alternative DietPi just got a big update
DietPi is a popular Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi computers and other single-board computers
The latest Linux distro to embrace Wayland also makes Arch more accessible
Fast, beautiful, and free to use, the CachyOS distribution gets a big upgrade
I ditched my favorite to-do app for a Linux terminal—here's what surprised me
The truth is that there are many good terminal to-do list managers for Linux
Stop wrestling with Windows 11: 5 reasons Linux is finally the simpler choice
For better or worse, on Linux you are in charge as long as you have the administrator password
I found a new Linux distro that's a productivity powerhouse right out of the box
Elegance is a relatively new Linux distribution designed to handle work, media, and gaming
Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
This is free and open source software
This new Linux distro folds a gorgeous COSMIC desktop into an immutable Fedora base
Origami Linux feels impressively fast, stable, and secure
GParted 1.8 Open-Source Partition Editor Released with Many Enhancements
GParted 1.8 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source partition editor software, which addresses several bugs to improve support for various filesystems.
GNU/Linux Leftovers
some GNU/Linux news
Hardware/Modding: LoongArch and More
Hardware leftovers
Programming Leftovers
Development picks and more
Kernel: Life is Strange, CachyOS Kernel 6.18.7, 20 Years of Linux Bugs
3 kernel stories (or Linux)
Games: An Old Windows CD-ROM, "Nexus Mods Vortex Gets Linux Support in 2026 Thanks to SteamOS", and "First Steam Machine Accessories Arrive"
gaming related picks
The Richard Stallman (RMS) Criterion for Purchasing Flight Tickets (Booking/Buying) [original]
In his latest talk he mentions how he pays for things
Their Projects, Their Rules [original]
You're not guaranteed a "Safe Space" from criticism
Linux 6.19-rc7
almost there now
Pop!_OS is what Ubuntu should have been for gaming PCs
When using a PC to play games, you traditionally used Windows as the operating system
Moving From Windows to GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop
desktop-centric coverage
GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: Universal Blue, Windows Copycat, and NixOS
GNU/Linux distros
Proxmox common mistakes and mods
Two recent Proxmox articles
Applications: Tmux, Keyboards, auto-cpufreq, and Docker
software leftovers
today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical posts
Android Leftovers
OnePlus is denying shutdown rumors, but the Android world should still be worried
Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
Review: Setting up a home server
Then consider the Linux budget home server
Victims of Abuse Are Not the Problem [original]
This is how lawfare and SLAPPs work in the UK
Americas Leaning to GNU/Linux, Americans Lessen Dependence on GAFAM [original]
Good times for GNU/Linux in the Americas
Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux?
Xbox has fallen way behind other platforms in the console space
Guernsey: 5% GNU/Linux This Year [original]
GNU/Linux has surged there
GNU/Linux Leftovers
GNU/Linux howtos, games news
Vista 11 in Chaotic State, Microsoft Tries to Extinguish the Fire Again
bricks itself again
Malawi: GNU/Linux Rises Above 4% This Year [original]
GNU/Linux is doing fairly well
Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
ELEGANCE 4 "Leanora" With Style
A facelift is necessary
TROMjaro 2026.01.13 (Unity is back as Default!)
When I released TROMjaro with XFCE I realized that I can simulate the Unity Layout since XFCE is so damn easy to customize
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 25th, 2026
The 276th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending January 25th, 2026.
Android Leftovers
5 Android camera features you can only use on a foldable phone
Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal
It's not that Linux became “GUI only”, but that the Linux desktop has become far more complete
Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need
Emmabuntüs is just another Linux distro
GIMP 3.0.8 Released
We are happy to announce the fourth micro-release GIMP 3.0.8
Best Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
AfagOS – Linux distribution
AfagOS is a Linux distribution that is similar to AgarimOS, but with a more vanilla experience
Bouncy Ball will always bounce back
Bouncy Ball. A proper KDE 4 classic
The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - as someone who's tested hundreds of them
Which Linux distributions will rise above the competition in 2026 to dethrone the old guard
Linux Mobile Systems: LineageOS, Fairphone, NexPhone, OnePlus, and More
gadgets with GNU or Linux/GNU or just Linux
Microsoft just gave us another great reason to switch to Linux
Microsoft can hand over BitLocker recovery keys to governments, meaning your encrypted data isn’t private
I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Much Better
A Cleaner Desktop Without the Clutter
GNU/Linux Leftovers
GNU/Linux picks and more
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
FOSS and standards
Programming Leftovers
Development picks
EasyOS Development News
Updates on EasyOS
Games: Oldies, Steam, and WINE
mostly new titles
today's howtos
Sunday's batch
Video: Free/Libre Software And Our Freedom: Our shield against many digital injustices. [original]
The format is widely supported
Snap Store Neglect
Snap Store issues
Microsoft Confirms Windows Back Doors, 'Agentic OS' (Slopfest) Backfires Also
2 Windows failures
I’m new to Ubuntu, but these 6 things are already better than Windows 11
The user interface is incredibly nice
Tux Machines Grew Because of Attacks on Tux Machines [original]
It cannot be silenced, it won't be silenced, and it has more momentum than ever before
Games: ARC Raiders, Sid Meier Collection, and Steam Deck Milestone
new from gamingonlinux
Free Software Has No "Kings" or "Queens" [original]
Kings are a symbol of dependence or misuse of power
SteamOS proved the Linux desktop doesn't need to look like Windows to succeed
I don't know Linux the way I know Windows, in and out
Vanilla OS 2 is the bulletproof Linux distro I recommend to friends
Most people on Windows use the latest version of the OS
Raspberry Pi's USB upgrade, Photoshop on Linux, and more: Linux news roundup
This was another busy week for Linux news, with a helpful update to Raspberry Pi boards
CachyOS is the latest Linux distro to put Wayland first in its new update
In just a few months, we've seen a few Linux dev teams go for a Wayland-first approach
I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Much Better
Linux Mint beats Windows 11 in more ways than I expected
Why I recommend these 5 Linux file managers over GUI - and they're all free
There are instances when a GUI file manager just won't work
Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
Original screenshot courtesy of hikari_no_yume
This sure sounds like a meme project, but there's more to it
Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
GIMP 3.0.8 Image Editor Released with Wayland and Font Handling Improvements
The GIMP project released GIMP 3.0.8 today as the latest stable update in the GIMP 3.0 series of this widely used open-source, cross-platform, and free image manipulation program.