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NetworkManager 1.56 Released with New Features and Improvements

Coming six months after NetworkManager 1.54, the NetworkManager 1.56 release introduces support for configuring the HSR interlink port via the “hsr.interlink” property, support for reapplying the “sriov.vfs” property as long as “sriov.total-vfs” is not changed, and support for reapplying “bond-port.vlans”.

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by Linux Kernel 6.17

Coming six months after Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS, the Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS point release is here as an up-to-date installation media, which includes all the latest software updates and security patches, for those who want to deploy the long-term supported Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system on new computers without having to download hundreds of updated packages from the repositories after the installation.

GitHub Tray GNOME Shell Extension Puts Your GitHub Repos in the System Tray

With GitHub Tray, you can check the recent activity of your GitHub repositories directly from the top bar of your GNOME desktop without opening a web browser, providing real-time notifications about forks, issues, stars, language, and last update time.

Tails 7.4.2 Anonymous Linux OS Released to Fix Critical Security Vulnerabilities

Tails 7.4.2 comes almost two weeks after Tails 7.4.1, an emergency release that fixes critical security vulnerabilities in the OpenSSL library, and it’s yet another emergency release that fixes critical security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.

Mesa 26.0 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Mesa 26.0 include KosmicKrisp, a new Vulkan to Metal layered driver for macOS, significant raytracing performance improvements to the RADV Vulkan driver for AMD GPUs, and support for ACO by default for the RadeonSI driver for better GPU performance and better compile times.

OpenVPN 2.7 Released with Support for DCO Linux Kernel Module, mbedTLS 4

Highlights of OpenVPN 2.7 include support for the new upstream DCO Linux kernel module, which will be available in future upstream kernel releases, multi-socket support to handle multiple addresses/ports/protocols within one server, mbedTLS 4 support, and TLS 1.3 support with bleeding-edge mbedTLS versions.

IPFire DBL Launches as a Community-Powered Domain Blocking for Everyone

IPFire DBL is designed to organize millions of domains into specific threat categories, based on your security and content policies, including malware, phishing, advertising, pornography, gambling, games, social networks, violence, piracy, dating, Smart TV, and DNS-over-HTTPS.

Parrot 7.1 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with Enlightenment Spin, Updated Tools

Coming one and a half months after Parrot 7.0, the Parrot 7.1 release introduces a new spin that uses the lightweight Enlightenment graphical environment, in addition to the MATE and LXQt desktops, and improves the management of the software repositories with Mirror Director.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 13, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. IBM Bubble Deflating After James Kavanaugh's Accounting Trick With 'Toxic Assets' Comes Under SEC Scrutiny
    If something goes up based on false speculations, bonus numbers and self-serving lies, then it'll come back down, eventually...
  2. The EPO's Corruption and Violation of Rules is Spreading to the United Kingdom (Software Patents)
    Yesterday a letter was sent to the chief regarding salaries while reminding him of the next strike, which is only 11 days away
  3. IBM Continues Tanking Today, Already $58+ Lower Than Recent High, Insiders Explain Why
    The same CFO from the inception of Kyndryl is still the CFO at IBM
  4. Put Criminals in Prison, Not People Who Report the Crimes
    Can people be sent to prison for opposing crime?

    New

  5. Mainstream Media Intentionally Ignoring EPO Strikes
    “EPO on Strike!”
  6. Jeffrey Epstein crypto disclosure: uncanny timing, Bitcoin demise, pump-and-dump, ponzi schemes
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  7. Gemini Links 12/02/2026: Avoiding Coffee, Trying Ubuntu, and "Open Source Robot"
    Links for the day
  8. Microsoft Slop CEO Speaks of Layoffs
    They will go along with the "replaced by AI" baloney
  9. In Systematic Contempt of the British High Court, Brett Wilson LLP Spent Two Years Lying to Courts and Breaking Rules Against Us
    We criticise Brett Wilson LLP quite lot because of its conduct
  10. IBM Kyndryl as "Aggressive “Enron” Accounting"
    IBM Kyndryl continues to nosedive today
  11. Relationships evidence: Tiago, Tassia, Thais, Antonio & Debian favoritism, nepotism
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  12. Debian pregnancy cluster: why it is public interest
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  13. State of the Slop, Slopfarms Containment
    Slopfarms still exist this year, but their visibility is limited
  14. Links 12/02/2026: Pushback Against, "NATO Is Expected to Step Up Arctic Security"
    Links for the day
  15. Links 12/02/2026: "Microsoft Just Forked Windows" and Windows Notepad is a Giant Security Hole
    Links for the day
  16. Windows Has Become Increasingly Irrelevant
    There's a very massive wave of layoffs coming Microsoft's way
  17. Our Most Successful Year Ever
    The hired guns in London are eager to turn the UK into another China
  18. Slopfarms Waning, But Not Extinct Yet
    Metrics show that usage of LLMs is declining
  19. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  20. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
    IRC logs for Wednesday, February 11, 2026

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

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