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Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)
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GNOME Desktop/GTK
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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Reviews
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TecMint ☛ openKylin 3.0 Review: Is This the Smartest AI Linux Desktop Yet?
If you have used an AI chatbot for Linux work, you have probably had it tell you exactly which nmcli command to run, and then you still had to open a terminal and type it yourself.
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BSD
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Klara ☛ FreeBSD Release Cycles and Enterprise Requirements: Why LTS Matters
FreeBSD’s release cadence works well for many environments, but enterprise systems and products often operate on much longer lifecycles. This article examines how long-term support addresses the gap between FreeBSD’s support window and the security, hardware, and migration requirements of production environments.
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers
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OMG Ubuntu ☛ New FOSS web browser Blanc opts for a different kind of UI
Blanc is a new open-source web browser that swaps a traditional, always-visible tab strip and address toolbar for a minimal floating ‘island’. A dynamic pill sits top the of the browser’s window (not over the web page, which feels a missed trick) so that the site address and site security info is visible, and provide quick buttons to open new tab, navigate back/forward and favouriting sites. It’ll expand as-needed, from where you can open, manage and switch between tabs, type web addresses, run searches or sift through your browsing history and bookmarks.
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Mаthias Schäfer ☛ My practical approach to surfing the web safely – How I use browsers for privacy and security
There are many approaches to safe and private browsing depending on the threats and attacks you need to protect yourself against.
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Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)
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Nolan Lawson ☛ Goodbye WordPress
This blog has moved from WordPress.com to self-hosting. If you were following it via WordPress, you should use an RSS reader pointed at nolanlawson.com/feed instead.
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Digital Sovereignty
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Zimbabwe ☛ Zimbabwe’s Embassy Has a Cybersecurity Problem Hiding in Plain Sight
I am not suggesting that the mere use of Yahoo proves that a foreign government is reading Zimbabwe’s emails. That would be an allegation requiring evidence. But it is precisely the kind of unnecessary third-party dependency that a government dealing with sensitive diplomatic, consular and potentially national-security information should be examining.
Yahoo’s own privacy documentation says that Yahoo systems may analyse and store communications content, including incoming and outgoing email. Yahoo also states that information can be transferred, processed and stored in countries other than the user’s own, including the United States and that it may be required to disclose personal data in response to lawful requests from public authorities.
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Openness/Sharing/Collaboration
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Open Access/Content
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Medievalists.net ☛ Nearly 600 Medieval Manuscripts from German Monasteries Now Online
Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from two German monasteries are now available to explore online, following the completion of a six-year digitisation project. The collections preserve texts ranging from theology and philosophy to law, medicine, history and classical literature.
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