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Mozilla Thunderbird 157 Email Client Released with New Enterprise Policies

Mozilla Thunderbird 157 introduces two new enterprise policies, namely DisableChat and DisableFileLink, to disable the Thunderbird Chat functionality and the Thunderbird FileLink functionality, respectively, makes the IMAP/POP manual configuration port field optional, and updates the built-in Thundermail add-on to version 2.0.16.

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Audacity 4.0.1 adds support for exporting each track or each labelled region to its own file, restores the missing keyboard shortcuts from the Audacity 3 series, adds clickable carousel dots on the Welcome screen, adds a Liquid Glass app icon on macOS, and adds an “Open in file manager” option to the Cloud projects tab.

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.

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.

Tor Project blog

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.

schestowitz.com

Football and the UK’s High Court

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OK, good start?

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It’s coming

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 05, 2026,
updated Jul 05, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Brett Wilson LLP is Downsizing, Apparently Closing Down the Oversized and Overpriced Office
    Address changed 13 hours ago
  2. The United States Lost Freedom of Speech
    independence refers to a condition, not an activity
  3. SLAPP Censorship - Part 127 Out of 200: Lawsuits by Americans Filed in the UK a Burden on British Taxpayers, No Way to Recover the Funds When Americans Lose Their Cases
    Are Garrett and Graveley 'pulling a 4Chan'?

    New

  4. BRICS and Windows: All-Time Lows
    Expect many more Microsoft layoffs in years to come
  5. Do No Evil, Do Not DDoS
    Sites that attract DDoS attacks because of their message are sites that are difficult to debunk or debate
  6. France is Winning the Race Against Windows
    France instructs, then orders, government agencies to adopt GNU/Linux
  7. Not 2.5% and Not 2.5 Billion Dollars for "Hey Hi"; 2 Waves of Microsoft Layoffs Rumoured This Month, July 8th, Then July 22nd (Just Before 'Results')
    People there join unions, knowing they will be terminated silently or otherwise
  8. Microsoft Double Trouble With Slop
    What does Microsoft even sell at this point?
  9. Based on US Government Sites, GNU/Linux Has Reached About 8% "Market Share" in Desktops/Laptops
    Culled to exclude mobile platforms, GNU/Linux would likely be above 8%
  10. TheLayoff.com is Deleting Comments About IBM Offshoring
    Meanwhile, rage-baiting Internet trolls and sometimes trolls who paste in LLM slop are immune from censorship
  11. American Independence Needs Independent Media
    The American regime's hostility towards media is an international problem
  12. Techrights Was Always a Community Platform
    Techrights is about whistleblowers
  13. Phenomenal Growth for GNU/Linux in Afghanistan
    This is impressive because for many years it was registered at near 0%
  14. Daniel Pocock Pursuing Complaint in the United States Against Software in the Public Interest (SPI) et al
    It seems like the only people who don't support him are those whom he criticises
  15. Gemini Links 04/07/2026: Busy Squirrel, Independence Day Celebrations, PalmOS Programming
    Links for the day
  16. Canonical/Ubuntu is Breaking CP (cp) to Help Microsoft Turn Coreutils Into Proprietary Software for Windows
    What we could do reliably in the 1970s (before GNU) we cannot do in 2026?
  17. Free Software Has No Kings or CEOs
    The kingdom is a cross-border phenomenon, so national flags and other such symbolism overlook the core problem [...] Free Software can help lead us out of the current imbalances
  18. IBM Replacing the People Who Built IBM With Cheaper and Younger Staff, According to IBM Insiders
    This is a very common sentiment in IBM
  19. For USA 250 Microsoft is Messing With Our Minds (2.50%) to Distract From Mass Layoffs
    The slopfarms contribute to this noise
  20. "Defective by Design" Turns 20
    DBD is still as relevant as ever (probably more relevant than ever before)
  21. A Bicycle for the Feeble Mind, or How Computers Got Worse for Productivity (Intentionally)
    Many of us still adopt and champion the "workstation" mentality
  22. Links 04/07/2026: Microsoft Tax Haven (Evasion) Tactics, Tobacco Bans, and More
    Links for the day
  23. Links 04/07/2026: 2026 Old Computer Challenge and Trying Gopher
    Links for the day
  24. Links 04/07/2026: USMCA (Covering Software Patents) Might Not be Renewed, Slop Bros Try to Pay Weird Al to Endorse Their Scheme
    Links for the day
  25. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  26. IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 03, 2026
    IRC logs for Friday, July 03, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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    608 /n/2026/07/01/The_Media_is_Shooting_Its_Own_Foot_by_Peddling_Slop_and_Spam.shtml
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    604 /n/2026/06/21/IBM_Pays_the_Media_and_Cons_Some_Journalists_Into_Participating.shtml
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