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KDE Plasma 6.4.1 Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes

Coming only a week after KDE Plasma 6.4, the KDE Plasma 6.4.1 release improves text contrast for labels used in subtitles or other secondary roles throughout the Plasma desktop, improves the text readability of list items in KRunner and Discover when their are pressed or clicked, and improves the readability of graph axis labels throughout the Plasma desktop to meet the WCAG AA standard.

Clonezilla Live 3.2.2-15 Disk Cloning/Imaging Tool Released with Various Changes

Still powered by the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, the Clonezilla Live 3.2.2-15 release adds the dhcpcd-base package in the live system as a replacement for the deprecated dhclient package, adds krb5-user and libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit in the live packages list, and adds the ldap-utils package in the live system.

GIMP 3.2 Promises New Paint Mode, Support for Importing Photoshop Patterns

GIMP 3.2 promises new features like theme colors for Brush, Font, and Palette, a new paint blend mode called Overwrite that lets you directly replace the pixels over the area you paint, a new setting in the text tool to control the direction of the text outline, and automatic match of Linux and Windows OS themes.

Firefox 140 ESR Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Highlights of Firefox 140 include a new Unload Tab feature that lets you unload tabs by right-clicking on a tab (or multiple selected tabs) to reduce Firefox’s memory and CPU usage, support for adding custom search engines in Search settings, and support for keeping more or fewer pinned vertical tabs in view.

qBittorrent 5.1.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Improves Wayland Support

qBittorrent 5.1.1 is here almost two months after qBittorrent 5.1 to improve support for Wayland sessions for Linux users who encountered issues with the preview not opening, as well as to add a fallback for the random number generator for Linux systems.

IPFire Linux Firewall Now Ships with Support for the WireGuard VPN Protocol

The biggest change in the IPFire 2.29 Core Update 195 release is support for the WireGuard modern VPN (Virtual Private Network) protocol, which can be used for both net-to-net and host-to-net (Roadwarrior) VPN connections.

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Banana Pi Puts RZ/V2N Vision AI MPU into Embedded Platform with Jetson-Like Form Factor

Banana Pi has shared hardware details about an embedded platform built around the Renesas RZ/V2N Vision AI MPU. Designed for applications such as smart cameras, industrial vision, and embedded AI systems, the BPI-AI2N combines a compact SoM with a versatile carrier board.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 29, 2024

Early morning mountain road

Updated This Past Day

  1. [Meme] 'Secure' Boot in a Nutshell
    Ask Microsoft if it is "safe" to boot Linux
  2. A 3-Year Campaign to Coerce/Intimidate Us Into Censorship: Targeting Guest Writers (Intimidation)
    Some high-profile people have told me that the serial defamer is a "monster" (their word), so why would Neil Brown wish to help him?

    New

  3. [Meme] 3 Years Later
    If you're going to start a fight, make sure you can handle it
  4. When You Leave a Bad Employer and Move on to Better Things
    Perhaps my main mistake was not resigning from my job sooner
  5. No, Your Site Likely Does Not Need WordPress
    I was one of the first users of WordPress
  6. GNU/Linux in Cameroon: Rising Steadily While Windows Falls From 99% to Just 6%
    If one also counts mobile (mostly Android)
  7. Monkey See, Monkey Share
    on deprivation of users
  8. From 0.17% to 10% or More (GNU/Linux in Dominica)
    Dominica isn't well known, but it does seem to have embraced Chromebooks in recent years
  9. Links 28/05/2024: Tensions in East Asia, UK Mandatory National Service
    Links for the day
  10. Gemini Links 28/05/2024: NetCrawl and Living in Lagrange
    Links for the day
  11. Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Handed Over Its Web Site to Chatbots That Generate SEO Garbage
    They need to be called out on it
  12. statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows at Below 1% in American Samoa
    Not even 1%!
  13. Windows Down to 60% of Guam's Desktops/Laptops and Down to a Quarter Overall
    No wonder Microsoft is panicking
  14. Today in UEFI 'Secure' Boot Debates (the Frog is Already Boiling and Melting)
    Over at LQ today
  15. [Meme] A "Modern" Web's Message in a Bottle
    So-called 'security'
  16. Brittany Day: Still Chatbot Slinging, Producing Fake 'Articles' About "Linux"
    random garbage produced (and censored) by Microsoft
  17. Almost 4k Gemini Capsules, 5th Anniversary Only Weeks Away
    The Web will continue to deteriorate
  18. Microsoft: $1 Million a Day for Contempt of Court Orders (Justice Department)
    Microsoft behaves as if it's 100% exempt from laws
  19. Catbodia? In Cambodia, Microsoft's Windows Fell to All-Time Low of Less Than a Quarter.
    Cambodia is leaving Microsoft behind
  20. [Meme] Deadnaming
    Guess who uses a name that was deprecated well over a decade ago?
  21. New Press Report Explains Microsoft Severance and Quiet (Undisclosed) Layoffs
    Some people will call this "loophole", whereas others will opine that it is outright illegal (but kept secret to circumvent scrutiny)
  22. Global South is Android/Linux (Windows Era Has Come to an End Already)
    I've decided to take a quick glance at South American trends for all operating systems
  23. [Meme] Unified Patent Troll
    Unified Patent Court remains illegal and unconstitutional
  24. The European Patent Office is Sinking
    Officials (or national delegates) at the European Patent Organisation have long been warned about this (by staff representatives from the European Patent Office), but they ignored the warnings
  25. Summer in the Air
    We have a good pace going on owing to health, positivity, inertia and good software tools
  26. GNU/Linux Activity in Belize
    From an economic point of view, Microsoft needn't worry about Belize, but when it comes to preserving the Windows monopoly/monoculture Belize matters
  27. Links 28/05/2024: Back to MP3, NVIDIA Sued by Authors
    Links for the day
  28. Gemini Links 28/05/2024: Bad Beach and TLS
    Links for the day
  29. Microsoft Windows Fell From 100% to Just 7.5% in Sierra Leone
    Based on statCounter
  30. In Benin, Microsoft's Windows Fell Below 10%, GNU/Linux Surged to 6% or Higher on Desktops/Laptops
    That's nearly 7% - a lot higher than the average in Africa
  31. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  32. IRC Proceedings: Monday, May 27, 2024
    IRC logs for Monday, May 27, 2024

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-05-22 to 2024-05-28
    2156 /n/2024/05/26/A_3_Year_Campaign_to_Coerce_Intimidate_Us_Into_Censorship_Targe.shtml
    1665 /n/2024/05/26/In_the_Pacific_Mostly_Islands_Around_Oceania_GNU_Linux_Grew_a_L.shtml
    1661 /n/2024/05/23/The_Rumour_Said_Later_Today_Red_Hat_IBM_Might_Announce_Layoffs.shtml
    1445 /n/2024/05/24/Getting_a_Thank_You_From_Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Will_.shtml
    1177 /n/2024/05/27/What_is_Secure_Boot.shtml
    1170 /n/2024/05/17/Microsoft_Connected_Sites_Trying_to_Shift_Attention_Away_From_M.shtml
    939 /n/2024/05/26/Links_26_05_2024_Google_Search_Morphing_Into_Disinformation_Fac.shtml
    783 /n/2024/05/24/The_D_in_Debian_Stands_for_Dictatorship_That_Extents_to_Censors.shtml

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