Tux Machines

Do you waddle the waddle?

Other Sites

9to5Linux

qBittorrent 5.1.3 Adds Native Wayland Support to the AppImage, Fixes More Bugs

Coming more than four months after qBittorrent 5.1.2, a small update that only added fallback to the update mechanism and fixed a couple of bugs related to the WebUI, RSS, search, and Web API features, qBittorrent 5.1.3 fixes crashes related to the getrandom() function on specific Linux setups.

Firefox 146 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect

Firefox 146 promises to enable the Firefox Labs feature for all users, regardless of whether or not they choose to participate in studies or submit telemetry, and an updated address bar that shows English-language suggestions for holidays and other important dates for users in France, Germany, and Italy.

KDE Plasma 6.4.6 Released with Numerous Bug Fixes for Plasma 6.4 Users

KDE Plasma 6.4.6 fixes an issue that prevented the Breeze GTK style from being activated by default in Plasma, fixes some issues with printer ink levels in the printer widget, and fixes a recent regression that made some map apps not appear as options on the Default Applications page in System Settings.

GStreamer 1.26.8 Improves HDR Video Playback for the Showtime Video Player

Coming almost a month after GStreamer 1.26.7, the GStreamer 1.26.8 release improves HDR video playback for GNOME’s Showtime video player to no longer show washed-out colours when subtitles are active, and adds Rust support for 32-bit (x86) Linux to the Cerbero package builder.

Firefox 145 Is Now Available for Download, Drops 32-Bit Support on Linux

The biggest change in the Firefox 145 release is that it drops support for 32-bit systems on Linux. This means that Mozilla will no longer build and offer 32-bit builds of Firefox starting with version 145, recommending users to install a 64-bit version of Firefox for continued updates and support.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 9th, 2025

I would like to thank everyone who sent us donations; your generosity is greatly appreciated. I also want to thank all of you for your continued support by commenting, liking, sharing, and boosting the articles, following us on social media, and, last but not least, sending us feedback.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.1

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

LinuxGizmos.com

Engicam Showcases Computer Vision AI Kit Based on Renesas RZ/V2H Platform

The TIA RZ/V2H module integrates a Renesas RZ/V2H SoC that combines a quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 running up to 1.8 GHz, dual Cortex-R8 cores for real-time control, and a Cortex-M33 for system management.

Tux Machines original posts since 2025-10-12

2025-10-12
Brett Wilson LLP, the Firm That Lodged a Frivolous Lawsuit Against Tux Machines (for Talking About Abuses and Hate Crimes Committed Against Tux Machines), Got Sued by Its Very Own Clients
Roy Schestowitz : The Yanpolsky couple won't be their last nightmare
Keeping Healthy
Roy Schestowitz : Next month calm will increase
Daniel Pocock Has Three New Articles About Bedroom Nepotism in the Debian Project
Roy Schestowitz : Pocock is being demonised for the same reasons and by the same people who attack RMS
2025-10-13
How Not to Silence Tux Machines (It'll Only Backfire, Badly)
Roy Schestowitz : defending Microsoft while attacking this site
Investigative Journalism in Debian and the Wider Free Software Community
Roy Schestowitz : There's a whole lot of abuse going on there
Brett Wilson LLP Has Basically Just Admitted It Had Breached Civil Procedure Rules in Frivolous Case Against Tux Machines
Roy Schestowitz : We'll have plenty of time to write about the specifics
Tinkering With Gadgets
Roy Schestowitz : Fight for the right to control computers. If you don't, it might be too late to try.
2025-10-15
End of Vista 10, Ascent of GNU/Linux on Laptops/Desktops
Roy Schestowitz : Microsoft is 'killing' Vista 10, it's the 'end' of the only version (other than Vista 11) that gets security patches
Reason #1 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Security
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Reason #2 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Secure and Stable by Design
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Reason #3 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Software Freedom
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Full Chronological Index for Tux Machines Now Available
Roy Schestowitz : At the moment there are two versions (for two protocols) of the Chronological Index
Reason #4 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Cost Savings
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Reason #5 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Privacy and Confidentiality
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Reason #6 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Community
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Reason #7 to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: Science and Technology
Roy Schestowitz : Part of a short series of posts
Reasons to Move From Vista 10 to GNU/Linux: In Summary
Roy Schestowitz : Last in series of posts
2025-10-17
Interest in GNU/Linux as Desktop/Laptop Platform Has Grown
Roy Schestowitz : It seems certain GNU/Linux will grow in popularity over time
More Nature, Less Tech
Roy Schestowitz : Feeding the birds
Tux Machines Chronological Index Now Fully Operational
Roy Schestowitz : Check this out
Following the Now-Enhanced Tux Machines
Roy Schestowitz : Less duplication of effort
Bird Rescue
Roy Schestowitz : Stop Littering, You're Killing Animals
Almost 2026, a "Year of GNU/Linux"
Roy Schestowitz : Another one
2025-10-18
Waddle the Waddle
Roy Schestowitz : We've been seeing an uptick in GNU/Linux coverage, partly due to Vista 10 having its plug pulled.
BSDs and GNU/Linux: Not a Licensing Conflict
Roy Schestowitz : Stallman does not attack the BSDs or the BSD licence/s
BSDs and GNU/Linux: Learn One, Master the Other
Roy Schestowitz : There are mutual benefits
BSDs and GNU/Linux: Common Missions
Roy Schestowitz : There are bigger problems to deal with
2025-10-19
Tux Machines Never Deletes Factual Pages
Roy Schestowitz : Tux Machines is the victim here
GNU Web Site Down Due to Heavy Demand or More DDoS by LLM Bots
Roy Schestowitz : either unreachable or extremely slow in recent days
2025-10-20
Less Eating, More Feeding
Roy Schestowitz : There seems to have been a remarkable increase in GNU/Linux news
Brett Wilson LLP Versus Women Victims of Violent Men
Roy Schestowitz : Everything here will persist as normal
Richard Stallman to Give Another Talk Today in Bavaria (Bavarian Academy of Science)
Roy Schestowitz : in 4 hours from now
2025-10-21
The Real Xubuntu Story is a Story of Neglect by Microsoft Canonical
Roy Schestowitz : What has Microsoft Canonical become?
Vista 10 Died One Week Ago and GNU/Linux is Gaining
Roy Schestowitz : 7 days ago Vista 10 died
Implementing Search for Tux Machines Would Help Find Old Articles
Roy Schestowitz : It's working (internal beta for now), but we have reservations due to LLM bots and other Web junk
News Cycles Perish, But GNU/Linux is Getting More (Relative) Limelight
Roy Schestowitz : We expect that as more people adopt GNU/Linux more will blog about it
Buying Food for Winter
Roy Schestowitz : more sacks of seeds for the birds, which increasingly depend on our feeding
Halloweendows Next Friday
Roy Schestowitz : "Halloweendows" is a term I came up with around 2005 and used as a joke in Digg.com because Vista was threatening Microsoft's dominance
Proprietary Software in the Loo
Roy Schestowitz : This year our uptime was spectacular
2025-10-22
New Audio: "Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society" by Richard Stallman
Roy Schestowitz : Hours ago a talk by Richard Stallman in Munich (Germany) ended
The Fall of Windows: 3.1 and 3.11
Roy Schestowitz : Apple and IBM had alternatives
The Fall of Windows: 95
Roy Schestowitz : After Microsoft had weakened IBM (by cheating) it was trying to acquire a market monopoly in operating systems
The Fall of Windows: 98
Roy Schestowitz : Windows 98 was not particularly special in any way
The Fall of Windows: ME and 2000
Roy Schestowitz : It was time for Microsoft to pull off some more dirty tricks, including bribery, FUD campaigns, and entryism
The Fall of Windows: XP
Roy Schestowitz : XP rode the inertia of prior versions of Windows
The Fall of Windows: Vista
Roy Schestowitz : Vista flopped, so Microsoft needed to focus on attacking the counterpart
The Fall of Windows: Vista 7 and 8
Roy Schestowitz : Microsoft kept comparing "7" to its predecessor to make it look like the "lesser pig"
The Fall of Windows: Vista 10 and 11
Roy Schestowitz : Windows is rotting to death
The SLAPPs Against Us Are Funded by Rich People Who Hide Their Identity
Roy Schestowitz : We're actually sort of flattered or proud that such despicable people are so desperate to censor us
Hopefully Tux Machines Site Search Will be Ready in 2026
Roy Schestowitz : 2026 is already looking good for us
Brett Wilson LLP Has Just Again (Implicitly) Admitted Breaching Civil Procedure Rules in Frivolous Case Against Tux Machines
Roy Schestowitz : This wasn't done by accident because they know the rules
Pulling a Microsoft OOXML on an Independent Publisher
Roy Schestowitz : They try to overcompensate with sheer volume for a lack of solid, clear arguments (we are the victims here)
2025-10-23
Microsoft's Graveley, a Serial Strangler of Women, Pays People on Motorcycle (Dressed Like Hells Angels) to Drive in Heavy Rain From London to My Home's Doorstep
Roy Schestowitz : Mentioning someone was in prison for bad things isn't a crime, it's a public service
2025-10-24
What Happened To Limpopo
Rianne Schestowitz : Rest in peace my dear Limpopo, you will be missed
2025-10-25
Techrights Turns 19 Very Soon
Roy Schestowitz : Let us know if you need any accommodation-related arrangements
2025-10-26
An Hour Saved Ahead of Busy Week
Roy Schestowitz : The clocks have just moved backwards, so we "gained" an hour and daylight starts earlier
2025-10-27
Speaking For Limpopo
Rianne Schestowitz : I shall give an update on this report when I get more information, hopefully some time in the coming days
Owners of Computers Don't Always Control Those Computers, They Rarely Do
Roy Schestowitz : Let's strive to put computers back under the control of their users, no matter who purchased these (usually the users)
Sunny Days, Very Warm Days, and It's Almost Halloween
Roy Schestowitz : Time to buy more seeds for the birds
CAPCOM and Tux Machines
Roy Schestowitz : CAPCOM is a popular aggregator
2025-10-28
A Good Start for This Week
Roy Schestowitz : So far it's a productive week
2025-10-29
Another Computer on 700+ Days Uptime
Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux is a very stable platform. As long as one does not adopt the latest experimental stuff (which Wayland would qualify as), there's almost never a reason to reboot, except for kernel refresh.
2025-11-01
Back to Our Animals
Roy Schestowitz : The good news is, the fish coped OK in our absence
2025-11-03
Bicycle Repair, Shoe Repair, and Hacking
Roy Schestowitz : Learning how to do things on one's own isn't a bad thing
A Week of Unwinding
Roy Schestowitz : This coming spring this site turns 22
Wetherspoons Cuts the Sugar
Roy Schestowitz : it would probably improve health somewhat
2025-11-04
Rianne's Fish Have Survived Our Absence
Roy Schestowitz : Thankfully we won't be leaving them on their own any time soon
10 Reasons to Choose GNU/Linux, Not Apple, After End of (Vista) 10
Roy Schestowitz : To take control of your life adopt GNU/Linux
Meeting Us in Person This Week
Roy Schestowitz : The party will be in Manchester
Join Us in Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Roy Schestowitz : Those of our readers who have an IRC client or know how to install an IRC client are more than welcome to join us there
Speaking Truth to Power
Roy Schestowitz : Bad actors need to be called out
There Would be No Linux Without GNU
Roy Schestowitz : It started in Boston, not in Helsinki
2025-11-05
Tux Machines Was Always Run by Women
Roy Schestowitz : Rianne has already added close to 100,000 pages to this site
Techrights Turns 19 This Friday
Roy Schestowitz : Anniversary day
Taking Search Live, Slicing and Splitting Based on Multiple Criteria
Roy Schestowitz : Techrights can be used to test this before we do the same here
2025-11-06
Back to a More Normal Life
Roy Schestowitz : We've regained speed and focus
Techrights Turns 19 in Half a Day
Roy Schestowitz : All Set for Tomorrow
Tux Machines Site Search Can Use Same Code as Techrights' Search
Roy Schestowitz : It's not meant to be used heavily but rather upon necessity
2025-11-07
This Site and Techrights Now a Combined Age of 40+ Years
Roy Schestowitz : 19 years of Techrights and 21+ years of Tux Machines
IBM is Falling (That's a Problem for Red Hat)
Roy Schestowitz : Red Hat was acquired by IBM a long time ago (in relative terms) and it's turning out to be like Novell with S.u.S.E.
Speaking Out for Victims of Abuse
Roy Schestowitz : Collective sacrifices benefit the community
Kyle Chayka is Right, "Social [Control] Media" is Toxic, Better Off Avoided
Roy Schestowitz : Several years ago this site quit all social control media, even the 'free' (as in freedom) social control media
A Parrot in Manchester
Roy Schestowitz : we worry that a cold winter would be deadly to it
2025-11-08
Why We've Managed to Reach 40+ Years (as Web Sites)
Roy Schestowitz : We can hopefully continue doing the same for another 40+ years to come
We've Gotten Our Normal Life Back
Roy Schestowitz : Truth matters and throughout history people who insisted on what was right got vindicated, eventually
Going Outdoors More Frequently, GNU/Linux Has 'Critical Mass' Already
Roy Schestowitz : GNU/Linux felt like "activism" 20 years ago. Now it's mainstream.
In 2023 We Took Out 'The Trash'
Roy Schestowitz : There are plenty of bad people out there
2025-11-09
Sick Culture Online
Roy Schestowitz : and offline too, to a degree...
Productive Week Behind and Another Productive Week Ahead
Roy Schestowitz : We'll probably have another productive week this coming week
Lupa Knows of 3,208 Active/Online Gemini Capsules, Tux Machines Currently on Top
Roy Schestowitz : Gemini Protocol keeps being adopted and Geminispace is expanding
10 Days Ago We Were Down in London
Roy Schestowitz : Our Time in London
Next Milestone: Adding Search, Making Archives Easier to Navigate
Roy Schestowitz : Adding search would help find very old (historic) material that isn't online anywhere else anymore
Probably Our Most Active and Energetic Week, Ever
Roy Schestowitz : This coming week should be equally busy and active
2025-11-10
Turning 21.5 Year Exactly a Month From Now
Roy Schestowitz : 30 days from now this site turns 21.5
2025-11-11
The Bot Issue
Roy Schestowitz : The Internet is becoming like a giant botfarm
Back to Normalcy and High Productivity
Roy Schestowitz : The coming month is expected to be very cold, so we'll stay indoors a lot more and probably produce more stories than before
Scheduled Maintenance Tomorrow
Roy Schestowitz : It is expected that network redundancy will make this maintenance invisible to us, but IRC hangups or general slowness are still a possibility
Tux Machines Runs on Very Little CPU and RAM
Roy Schestowitz : We've basically reduced the environmental/carbon footprint of the site by a factor of ~100 (2 orders of magnitude)
Only One Universal Distro? No, Thanks.
Roy Schestowitz : don't take away freedom and choice, which are connected concepts
Microsoft is Gaming the Market
Roy Schestowitz : How much longer will we let Microsoft rig or game the market?
The World Wide Web Has Become Chrome (Proprietary), Let's Adopt More of Gemini Protocol Instead
Roy Schestowitz : There are more active Gemini capsules today (3,209) than ever before, based on Lupa
Apple and Microsoft Running Out of Cash Cows is an Opportunity for GNU/Linux
Roy Schestowitz : Many people are currently looking for a "way out" (from Windows, from Apple gadgets and so on)
2025-11-12
Firefox and I
Roy Schestowitz : Mozilla seems to be the biggest enemy of Firefox at this point