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New Release: Tails 7.14

The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of upgrading.

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.24

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

LinuxGizmos.com

Dual 2.5GbE and DDR5-6400 across four Wildcat Lake NUC platforms

ASRock Industrial has announced four compact platforms based on Intel Core Series 3 “Wildcat Lake-U” processors. The lineup includes the NUC BOX-320 and NUC BOX-304 mini PCs, alongside the NUC-320 and NUC-304 motherboards, with up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, DDR5 memory, dual 2.5GbE networking, and multi-display support for embedded applications.

Forlinx 20-TOPS M.2 AI accelerator supports PCIe cascading for local LLM inference

Forlinx Embedded has listed an M.2 AI accelerator card based on Rockchip’s RK1820 and RK1828 processors, providing 20 TOPS of INT8 computing performance and up to 5GB of integrated DRAM. The module uses an M.2 2280 interface and is designed to handle local AI inference, including large language models, vision-language models, and computer vision workloads on embedded Linux and Android systems.

9to5Linux

Archinstall 4.5 Arch Linux Installer Adds AArch64 Support for GRUB and Limine

Coming three months after Archinstall 4.4, the Archinstall 4.5 release introduces AArch64 support for GRUB and Limine EFI installations, AArch64 root partition type GUID support, RT kernel variants from upstream, optdepends support for the linux-firmware package, and Norwegian, Serbian, and Vietnamese translations.

Debian-Based and systemd-Free antiX Linux 26.1 Released with Updated Kernels

Still based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, antiX Linux 26.1 ships with updated packages from the upstream Debian Stable repositories and updated kernels across all supported architectures, namely the customised Linux 5.10.256 LTS kernel for the core edition and the Linux 6.6.139 LTS kernel for the 64-bit full edition.

OpenSSL 4.0.3 Is Out as Another Security Patch Release, Update Now

Coming a month after OpenSSL 4.0.2, the OpenSSL 4.0.3 release is here to address several important security vulnerabilities, including a use-after-free in X.509 extension cache under concurrent use (CVE-2026-84783), and a potential CPU DoS via O(n^2) fragment reassembly in QUIC (CVE-2026-42772).

You Can Now Upgrade Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Here’s How

To ensure a safe upgrade process for existing Ubuntu LTS users, Canonical delayed the upgrade path by about three weeks, but now it’s officially open, allowing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and enjoy its new features and improvements.

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 1.03 Adds New Accessibility Features, Debian 13.7 Base

Coming two months after Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.02, a small update that only improved Piper integration with flow rate, height, and volume management, the Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.03 release is based on the latest Debian 13.7 “Trixie” operating system and features the Xfce 4.20 and LXQt 2.1 desktop environments bundled on the same ISO image.

Mozilla Firefox 158 Enters Public Beta Testing with Better PDF Handling on Linux

Firefox 158 looks like yet another small update that promises better PDF handling with support for SkPDF, a PDF-generation backend for Skia, for PDF generation when saving as PDF and also printing on Linux and macOS systems, allowing PDFs to be more accessible and also addressing various PDF rendering issues.

qBittorrent 5.2.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with WebUI Improvements

Coming two and a half months after qBittorrent 5.2.3, the qBittorrent 5.2.4 release improves the WebUI with a shared dialog for adding multiple torrents, better support for manually adding peers, the ability to open http(s) URLs only from RSS articles and search results to prevent modifying settings, and support for using safe property for setting the element title.

Git 2.56 Adds New Options for Cleaning Up Branches and Resolving Conflicts

Coming three months after Git 2.55, the Git 2.56 release introduces a new --resolved option to the git add command to stage conflict-resolved paths while leaving unrelated local changes unstaged. It scans the unmerged paths for leftover conflict markers and aborts if any are found.

Mozilla Firefox 157 Is Now Available for Download with Brand-New Design

Highlights of Firefox 157 include the brand-new design that we previewed in Firefox Nightly back in July. The new theme is called Nova and promises to make the popular open-source web browser feel cleaner, faster, adaptable, and warmer, according to Mozilla.

Flatpak 1.18.4 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Fixes Security Issues

Coming only a week after Flatpak 1.18.3, the Flatpak 1.18.4 release is here to address several security vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-97024 to prevent privileged overwrite of arbitrary files with an empty file or a symlink to /run/host/monitor/resolv.conf when a malicious application is installed.

schestowitz.com

Corruption in Europe

Yes, in Europe

Addiction on the Net

his coming February marks 5 years since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. It (same month) also marks the time I quit all social control media ‘cold turkey’.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) the Much Bigger Culprit

OK only for Qatar?

Andy Burnham Complains That Social Control Media is “Running Britain Down.”

He identifies the cause:

Durian and Peanut

Already loved

Technology and Science Lose Ground to Charlatans

Palace of Culture and Science

Sleeping Birds (at the Home)

Second time in a week

How Manchester City (ManCity) Cheated, It’s a Lot Like the Slop Companies Trillions of Dollars in Secret Debt

The make-up of fake accounting

Climate Change and Slop (or People Who Actively Finish Off the Planet)

We are accelerating the causes of climate change

Going Strong

Good news

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 21, 2026

Paris Catacombs

Updated This Past Day

  1. Former Debian Project Leader Branden Robinson Cautions Against Cover-up and Censorship in Debian
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  2. It's Friday Again and Many People Leave IBM for Good (IBM Should be Reported for Illegal NDAs That Hide Layoffs)
    we very seldom see anyone deviating a lot from the "template-like" narrative, let alone mentioning "layoffs" or "RA" or some other term that implies non-consensual departure
  3. What Do People Ever Buy From Microsoft Anyway (Not PCs)?
    Microsoft sells two things these days: 1) vapourware/promises. 2) its stock.
  4. Gemini Links 20/02/2026: "Mainstream Unix, Underground Unix", Slop Staging DDoS Attacks Against Small Sites
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  5. IBM Inclusivity: Red Hat Summit is for Rich Sponsors Like Microsoft and Rich Guests Who Pay $500 a Day
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    New

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  7. Not Only Leaders of XBox Got Sacked (Layoffs)
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  8. 9PM on a Friday Night: Microsoft Says the Layoffs Are Not Layoffs
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  9. Gemini Links 20/02/2026: Misfin Server and Magic in Programming
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  10. analytics.usa.gov Reckons Windows "Market Share" Fell to Just 38%, Vista 11 Not Even a Third of Windows Users
    This coming summer Vista 11 turns 5
  11. The New Digg.com is Slop
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  12. Linus Torvalds: Bill Epsteingate Good Enough for Me to Wine and Dine With
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  13. Our Uptimes Are Always Better Than Any Site That Uses Clownflare
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    If accurate, this represents a new problem for Microsoft and a big win for Software Freedom
  15. Sponsored Videos and 'Articles' in The Register MS, Stenography as a Service/Product
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  16. The Little Clique of Sloppers/Spammers About "Linux" Got Even Smaller
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  17. Links 20/02/2026: Microsoft Intentionally Kills Older Hardware, "The Story of XBox" Shows How Defective Microsoft Hardware Really Was
    Links for the day
  18. Turkmenistan One of Many Countries Where Microsoft Fell to Distant Third in Search
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  19. Don't Wait for "Red Hat Layoffs" Because After Bluewashing They're IBM RAs and Don't Wait for "IBM Layoffs" Because They're Perpetual
    IBM layoffs are silent and "forever" (small trickle that never ends and is widespread - after all IBM is a very global and ubiquitous firm)
  20. Links 20/02/2026: Standards, Science, and Politics
    Links for the day
  21. GNU/Linux Adoption is Higher in Richer Countries
    Is it because freedom is actually expensive - something that only privileged people can pursue?
  22. Links 20/02/2026: Windows TCO Versus Deutsche Bahn, Europe Seeks More Independent Digital Future
    Links for the day
  23. IBM, Red Hat and Fedora: Don't Say "Master", It Offends People. Also IBM, Red Hat and Fedora: "Master Podman".
    The hypocrisy at Red Hat and Fedora shows no boundaries
  24. IBM Layoffs Aren't Just in IBM 'Proper'
    Who is still using Lotus after the HCL move?
  25. The Register MS Gets Paid by Gartner to Promote a Ponzi Scheme for Gartner, Microsoft, and Others
    The credibility of that site will suffer because it tries to sell a major scam to its audience
  26. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  27. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 19, 2026
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