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MSI MS-C936 Ultra-Thin Fanless Box PC Combines Intel Raptor Lake-P U-Series CPUs with Quad Displays and Dual 2.5GbE

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Tiny CM0IQ Board Runs Raspberry Pi CM0 Module with HDMI and CSI

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F&S FSSM8MP SMARC Module Features NXP i.MX 8M Plus with Dual GbE and Edge AI

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 8th, 2026

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HandBrake 1.11 Open-Source Video Transcoder Adds AMD VCN AV1 10-Bit Encoder

Coming six months after HandBrake 1.10.2, the HandBrake 1.11 release introduces an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder, a ProRes encoder, a DNxHR encoder, an AV1 VCN 2160p 4K preset for AMD 9000 series GPUs and newer, Production DNxHR presets, Production ProRes presets, and Preservation FFV1 FLAC and PCM presets.

CachyOS ISO Release for March 2026 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.6, Winboat, and More

Powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series, the CachyOS ISO snapshot for March 2026 ships with the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 6.6.2 desktop environment by default, which is accompanied by the KDE Frameworks 6.23 and KDE Gear 25.12.3 software suites.

digiKam 9.0 Open-Source Photo Manager Released as a Massive Update

Highlights of digiKam 9.0 include a dedicated Qt 6 port for a more modern UI/UX experience across all supported platforms, along with a redesigned Welcome page in a more modern style, as well as completely revamped GUIs of the File Copy and File Transfer dialogs for better usability.

Tux Machines original posts since 2026-02-09

2026-02-10

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Says It Cannot Keep Up With Abusive Legal Cases in the UK: Roy Schestowitz : Rianne will soon contact her politicians (representatives) about this
Microsoft's Implosion Will be an Opportunity for Further GNU/Linux Gains: Roy Schestowitz : Microsoft's layoffs will focus on Windows and XBox (gaming has been a complete catastrophe for Microsoft), so there will be room for GNU/Linux gains
When the UK's Regulatory Authorities Are Systematically Failing Women: Roy Schestowitz : This isn't the last resort but one of several
analytics.usa.gov Shows Rapid Erosion of Windows Market Share Since 'End of 10' (Vista 10): Roy Schestowitz : "There were 2.23 billion sessions in the last 30 days.
Institutional Failure at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Reported to Politicians: Roy Schestowitz : Because of the SRA, malicious "hired guns" harassed my wife for several years

2026-02-11

Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in Lithuania, Says statCounter: Roy Schestowitz : Windows was near 99% back in the Vista 7 days
Apple's iOS Looks Like It's About to Exceed Microsoft Windows Market Share in Switzerland: Roy Schestowitz : Microsoft's dominance wanes

2026-02-12

Microsoft Attack Dogs/Operatives Try to Put the Operators of Techrights and of Tux Machines in Prison: Roy Schestowitz : The hired guns in London are eager to turn the UK into another China

2026-02-13

Bullies Versus GNU/Linux Sites: Roy Schestowitz : Promoting GNU/Linux and condemning people who attack GNU/Linux is not a crime
The British Legal System Fails People Who Expose Crimes and Wrongdoing: Roy Schestowitz : We'll soon show messages that we transmitted to politicians

2026-02-14

6 Months From Now It'll Be 5 Years After Vista 11 Came Out, Its "Market Share" in US Government Sites is 13.5%: Roy Schestowitz : This coming summer it'll be 5 years since Vista 11 first got 'leaked'
800 Days Soon: Roy Schestowitz : One week from now it'll be 800 days of uptime for this modest laptop
ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Reach 5% in El Salvador: Roy Schestowitz : ChromeOS isn't for freedom, but at least it is not Windows

2026-02-15

GNU/Linux in Greece: Roy Schestowitz : Why does Greece like the platform more than the rest of Europe (on average)?
Never Give Up: Roy Schestowitz : For new adopters of GNU/Linux there are sometimes reasons to just "give up" or "call it quits"
GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Hit 5% in Anguilla: Roy Schestowitz : Anguilla is not a poor country
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Puff Pieces Won't Solve SRA Problems: Roy Schestowitz : The SRA is guarding against justice
Microsoft Windows' Decline, as Seen From Maldives: Roy Schestowitz : It seems like a global thing
Keeping the Site Fast in Spite of Annoying Bots: Roy Schestowitz : Running sites takes a lot of work and many skills

2026-02-16

The 'Bird Kitchen': Roy Schestowitz : 4 weeks ago we needed to confront some locals over the feeding of birds

2026-02-17

Chromebooks and GNU/Linux Appear to Have Gained Much Ground in Samoa (Independent State of Samoa): Roy Schestowitz : Having just checked the data statCounter has on Samoa, it looks very encouraging for GNU/Linux
The Efforts to Silence People Are Proportional to Their Positive Effect: Roy Schestowitz : Our community is besieged by thugs, bullies, and Microsoft money

2026-02-18

Recursive Resolver Upgrade: Roy Schestowitz : If all goes well, it'll be over (the at-risk window) by 3AM tomorrow
Why We Still Won't Link to Linuxiac (Anymore): Roy Schestowitz : Even 1% slop is too much
A Unique 22nd Anniversary for Tux Machines, Motif Will be Green: Roy Schestowitz : Community anniversary party
Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on Firms That Have Nothing Left Except a Legal Licence: Roy Schestowitz : The SRA is worse than feeble
Spain: Windows at All-Time Low: Roy Schestowitz : Windows goes down steadily

2026-02-19

In Egypt, statCounter Can Only Verify About Half of Web Requests From Desktops/Laptops Are Windows: Roy Schestowitz : Windows used to be identified on 100% of client requests (99.6%), now it's down to almost 50%
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Fiasco Continues: Antisemitism and the SRA: Roy Schestowitz : Right now the SRA is having its month of reckoning because many people speak out about what the SRA did (or did not do) for them
Helping Animals is Fun (and the Animals Benefit From It): Roy Schestowitz : The BBC has published a video (from Manchester!) about vets and volunteers with their "pigeon repair kit"

2026-02-20

Why We Write About the The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Delusion: Roy Schestowitz : After the weekend we'll write some more about the SRA, sporadically at least
Uptime of 800 Days: Roy Schestowitz : Will it exceed 1,000?
Maintenance Over, No Downtime/Issues Encountered: Roy Schestowitz : We, the community (programmers, sysadmins etc.), do not anticipate any further interruption this month
Microsoft Windows Does Not Dominate Japan Anymore: Roy Schestowitz : Can Japan regain true independence by technical means?
Learning the Shells: Roy Schestowitz : they keep the tanks nice and clean

2026-02-21

"GNU Linux-libre turns 18 tonight": Roy Schestowitz : "before that, every distro that wanted to respect its users' freedom had to remove itself all of the binary blobs that were distributed as part of the kernel Linux's so-called sources"
In the US, Apple's Operating Systems Seem to Have Already Outpaced Microsoft's (Linux Also Nearly Catching Up): Roy Schestowitz : Definitely something to stare at and think about

2026-02-22

Projects as Gifts to Tux Machines' Community: Roy Schestowitz : Maybe those additional projects can become a "gift" to the community as it turns 22
Everything Down to the Basics: Roy Schestowitz : Thankfully our community pays to run the site and can cope with pricing burdens
Working With Plants: Roy Schestowitz : Our 'offices' are simple and fun to work in
Not Tolerating Intolerance: Roy Schestowitz : Intolerance is a big problem

2026-02-23

Science is the Root of Free Software: Roy Schestowitz : It's hardly surprising that some of the loudest opponents of Software Freedom and its luminaries also disregard or bend facts
Despite Problems at the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and SLAPPs From London, the UK Remains a Decent Place to Do Journalism: Roy Schestowitz : Let's face is, the media is universally (globally) under attack
Curating the News, a Community-Powered Endeavour: Roy Schestowitz : We're happy to say our community continues to grow and we get more people involved

2026-02-24

Several Web Surveys Agree: Microsoft Windows Lost Majority Market Share in Its Home Country, Now Below 40%: Roy Schestowitz : "Old Enough To Remember" when Windows was at over 90%
4 Days Till Spring, a Rebirth in Nature!: Roy Schestowitz : This year's colour motif is green

2026-02-25

Start of Gardening: Roy Schestowitz : Today it's expected to be partly sunny with temperatures rising as high as 15
Helping Birds in Manchester Recover From Injuries: Roy Schestowitz : Recently (this past week) a limping bird started visiting us
'Bottle' is Back: Roy Schestowitz : It seems like birding is seeing a surge after COVID-19

2026-02-26

Hardware Black Boxes: Roy Schestowitz : Reprinted with permission from Alex Oliva
Scheduled Network Maintenance This Month and Next Month: Roy Schestowitz : Hopefully no downtimes or timeouts will be experienced by anybody
Stricter is Less Popular: Roy Schestowitz : Reprinted with permission from Alex Oliva
The Currency of Software Freedom: Roy Schestowitz : People who do all this for financial gain are easy to corrupt
Finally! 3,300 Active Gemini Capsules Known to Lupa, a Geminispace Crawler and Analyser: Roy Schestowitz : Lupa indicates a new milestone was reaching this morning
Busy News Day, Almost Spring: Roy Schestowitz : spring is off to a rough start

2026-02-27

Microsoft Windows Falls to All-Time Low in Antigua And Barbuda (57.48%): Roy Schestowitz : The world's preferences are fast changing
In 2026 Tux Machines is Improving: Roy Schestowitz : We have a common mission and every week we make measurable advancements
Years Ago Tux Machines Quit Social Control Media. Now Entire Nations - Liberal States Too - Recognise It as a Threat and Accordingly Ban Social Control Media (First for Children/Adolescents): Roy Schestowitz : Social Control Media made society so much worse off

2026-02-28

March About to Commence: Roy Schestowitz : Today we were out all morning
In Praise of Catalyst2, My Webhost Since 2004: Roy Schestowitz : Here's to the next 22 years!
Dr. Andy Farnell on Pulling the Plug: Roy Schestowitz : Who does your technology serve?
Another Geminispace Milestone: Roy Schestowitz : For those who don't know Gemini Protocol, it's simpler and thus faster than the Web

2026-03-01

Spending More Effort/Time on Gemini Protocol: Roy Schestowitz : More and more people recognise the Web's weaknesses and look for something else
Watching and Feeding the Birds: Roy Schestowitz : We've tried all sorts of seeds and suppliers over the years
Three Talks by Richard Stallman This Month: Risch-Rotkreuz, Rapperswil, Then Bern: Roy Schestowitz : Swiss readers of ours might want to attend

2026-03-02

Windows "Market Share" Sinks to All-Time Low in Europe: Roy Schestowitz : Here in the UK, GNU/Linux rose to all-time low at Windows' expense
Microsoft's Windows Falls to New Lows in Canada: Roy Schestowitz : things move in the right direction
statCounter Sees Rapid Adoption of GNU/Linux in Israel: Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux is provably more secure than Windows and that's a critical aspect there

2026-03-03

Windows Measured at All-Time Low in Switzerland: Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux is up again and Windows fell to new lows
The Harder They Attack Tux Machines, The More People Will Read Tux Machines: Roy Schestowitz : Last week was a record week for us in Geminispace and this week we maintain similar momentum

2026-03-04

In Japan, Windows Fell to About 30% "Market Share", Mobile Grew Beyond 50%: Roy Schestowitz : Now there are mass layoffs at Microsoft almost every month
Plumbing Tux Machines: Roy Schestowitz : The site is growing more popular this year
It's Not a Crime to Advocate GNU/Linux: Roy Schestowitz : At the end of the day, what we have here is a struggling laws firm instrumentalising their clients in another continent
Why There Are Microsoft Layoffs This Year: Roy Schestowitz : What we Microsoft have left to sell?
Writing in Liberty About Software Liberty: Roy Schestowitz : Yesterday we spoke to politicians and heard back. We intend to write a lot more about Software Freedom, as it is a matter of public interest and National Security.
FSF Advertises Stallman Talk in Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Campus in Rapperswil-Jona Next Monday: Roy Schestowitz : Moments ago

2026-03-05

Springtime is Here: Roy Schestowitz : March is when it "formally" counts as spring

2026-03-06

Our Static Site Generator (SSG) Turns 4 This Summer: Roy Schestowitz : It's still under active development in our Git servers
Firefox Fell From Almost 50% to 0.5% in Congo: Roy Schestowitz : For all its spiel and PR around diversity, Mozilla is failing to capture or retain large user pools
Sunday is International Women's Day: Roy Schestowitz : In a world where discrimination is still so rampant, more needs to be done to at least recognise this issue

2026-03-07

Tackling Abuse Against Women in Tech: Roy Schestowitz : The status quo discourages women from even trying to study Computer Science and related disciplines
We Saved a Lot of Money by Adopting Our Static Site Generator (SSG) in 2022 and the Site Got Vastly Faster: Roy Schestowitz : So why not revert back to basics?
Windows Falls to 70% in Slovakia and Microsoft Loses Ground in Europe: Roy Schestowitz : Do Slovakians recognise Windows as a threat to their national security?
In Praise of the Cyber Show: Roy Schestowitz : If your time is limited and you look for informative essays and shows (audio)
Women in Tech Need Men's Support, Not 'Mansplaining': Roy Schestowitz : International Women's Rights Day starts in about 6 hours in the UK

2026-03-08

The Birds Have Won: Roy Schestowitz : it's important to push back and stand for one's beliefs
Service Under Maintenance 5 Days From Now: Roy Schestowitz : We don't expect any downtimes
GNOME is a Men's Club: Roy Schestowitz : Many women rightly learned to avoid GNOME, based on the project's track record
The Tank: Roy Schestowitz : Maybe this coming summer we'll add some more fish to the group
A Record Year for Tux Machines: Roy Schestowitz : Traffic-wise and activity-wise we've never had a better year in our entire history

2026-03-09

Sloppyleft: Dealing With Plagiarism by Slop: Roy Schestowitz : Article by Alexandre Oliva