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New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a3

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.6

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

Keeping track of decisions using the ADR model

Note that this change only affects the TPA team. At Tor, each team has its own way of coordinating and making decisions, and so far this process is only used inside TPA. We encourage other teams inside and outside Tor to evaluate this process to see if it can improve your processes and documentation.

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KDE Plasma 6.6 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of KDE Plasma 6.6 include a new “Plasma Login Manager” display manager that could replace existing login managers like SDDM in popular distributions shipping with a KDE Plasma edition, such as the upcoming Fedora Linux 44, but most probably also in CachyOS, EndeavourOS, and other distros. One thing to mention is that Plasma Login Manager is dependent on systemd, so it won’t work on systemd-free distros.

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SparkyLinux 8.2 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 6.19, Updated Packages

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KDE Says Plasma Desktop Will Never Force Users to Use systemd

This comes after the developers of the KaOS Linux independent distro announced that they decided to replace the KDE Plasma desktop environment with a Niri/Noctalia setup to move away from systemd, saying that “Plasma pretty much demands systemd, and will be fully mandatory soon.“

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Latest From 'analognowhere' Comic Strip Focuses on GAFAM Politics
    Joint kingship is still kingship
  2. Court's Decision Misused in Attempt to Hide Transphobia (Censoring Perfectly Factual Articles About One's Own Words, Made in Public)
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  4. European Monopolies Office (EPO) is Ignoring the Rule of Law, Appeals Committee (ApC) Ignored for the Dictator's Benefit
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  5. Gemini Links 25/11/2025: Dolmenwood Loot, Unplugged in Stockholm, and More
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  6. Links 25/11/2025: Probably No Water on Mars, China Launches Shenzhou-22 Spacecraft Today
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  7. IBM RAs (Layoffs) Likely Impacting Kyndryl, Not Just Red Hat (PIPs and Other "Last Day" Walkout Loopholes)
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  8. With Chat Control 2, Are GNU/Linux and BSDs Going to Get 'Banned'?
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  9. Twitter is a Catastrophe (Data Loss, Outdated Caching, Restoration From Backup, Bugs, or Whatever Else)
    The days of this site are numbered
  10. Links 25/11/2025: Iberia Data Breach and Apple Layoffs
    Links for the day
  11. Thank You, Richard Stallman
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  12. Under IBM, Red Hat Seems to be Bribing or 'Schmoozing' Officials and Decision-Makers (Just Like at IBM and Microsoft)
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  13. EPO "Cocainegate" Cannot be Memory-holed
    If you have more information about "Cocainegate", please get in touch with us
  14. Being in Thorn on Microsoft's Side for 21.5 Years
    We were never 'soft' on Microsoft
  15. IBM Microsoft
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  16. Gemini Links 25/11/2025: Movable Types, Chat Control, and Stargazing Attempt
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  17. Search for Sovereignty, Get Paid Spam From The Register MS
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  18. Over at Tux Machines...
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  19. IRC Proceedings: Monday, November 24, 2025
    IRC logs for Monday, November 24, 2025
  20. Arduino Loses Its Appeal Only a Month After Qualcomm Took Over
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  21. Mass Layoffs at Apple, Just Like We Said Weeks Ago
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