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Geany 2.1 Open-Source IDE Released with Improved UI and File Type Support

Geany 2.1 is here more than one year and eight months after Geany 2.0 with new features like support for searching the Messages and Compiler output, support for modern platform-native file selection dialogs, the ability to regroup file types by letter, and new filters for opening the documents sidebar and keybindings preferences.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 12, 2025

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  2. At the Root of the SLAPPs There Are Matters of GitHub Corruption and Microsoft Competition Crimes
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  3. Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: More on the Complaint, Which Also Points the Finger at Stefano Mafulli and Deb Nicholson
    Focus on what they are attempting to distract from
  4. "Linux" Foundation, Besieged by Microsoft, Isn't About Science But Against Science and Against Facts
    (and for Microsoft Dogma, Microsoft Domination, Microsoft Money)
  5. IBM Pays IDG's IDC to Market Proprietary Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Under the Guise of "Research"
    Proprietary RHEL promoted by FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt or just plain fear-mongering)

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  6. Links 11/04/2025: LLMs as Worthless Gimmicks, People in Trouble for Saying Too Much in (or Before) 'Cheeto Era'
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  7. Links 11/04/2025: "Getting Screamed At" and LLM Crawlers as Vandals Online
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  8. Links 11/04/2025: Microsoft Mass Layoffs Again, Zelensky Doubles Down on Claim That Many Chinese Are Fighting for Russia
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  9. Slopwatch: A Sea of LLM Slop About SparkyLinux, Kubernetes, Ubuntu, and Linux Kernel
    Welcome to the future? The future of the Web?
  10. Over at Tux Machines...
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