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NixOS-Based Garuda Linux Dr460nized and Mokka Editions Are Out Now

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MX Linux 25.3 “Infinity” Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.2, Based on Debian 13.7

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 06, 2026

Oyster-Catcher Approaching Her Eggs

Updated This Past Day

Updates:

  1. Debian losses in Switzerland hidden until after DPL election debate
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  2. How to Dehumanise a Triple National
    Don't be easily incited against those who sacrifice a lot to inform the public of suppressed topics
  3. IBM CEO Says IBM Won't be Bankrupt by 2028 or 2029 (When He Reaches Retirement Age)
    IBM has no path to survival

New:

  1. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 05, 2026
    IRC logs for Wednesday, August 05, 2026
  2. Big Announcement Tomorrow
    Stay tuned...
  3. GNU/Linux Seen Exceeding 10% in Antigua and Barbuda
    In Antigua And Barbuda, what's seen this month is not far from the average
  4. Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Family Room, Smoke, and Alarm clocks
    Links for the day
  5. The Establishment, Oxford, Google & Debian artificial intelligence conspiracies
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  6. SLAPP Censorship - Part 140 Out of 200: You Become What You Eat, Your Clients Become You
    In 2024 Brett Wilson LLP failed to heed a decade-old warning
  7. Links 05/08/2026: Microsoft's (XBox's) "Devastating July" and "Never Write With" Slop, Says New York Times
    Links for the day
  8. Gemini Links 05/08/2026: No to Slop, Dangers of Clown Computing, and Reducing Internet Usage
    Links for the day
  9. analytics.usa.gov Says 7% of Sessions Come From GNU/Linux and ChromeOS. If ~40% (Mobile) Get Omitted, It's More Like 11%.
    In desktops and in laptops GNU/Linux has become a big player
  10. The Register MS Takes Money From NVIDIA and HP to Promote Their Ponzi Scheme, "AI", in a Fake 'Article' That Says "AI" 42 Times
    "The media"... selling us scams for profit
  11. Fertility app privacy, Britain's teenage pregnancies & faith based schooling
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  12. In Chile, GNU/Linux Approaches 4%
    Let's see if it can exceed 5% by year's end
  13. No Room for Misogyny and Incels in Free Software
    How can we ever trust men whose own family and their own partners cannot trust?
  14. In El Salvador, ChromeOS and GNU/Linux Now Measured at Around 12%
    signs of gradual and steady adoption of GNU/Linux
  15. Software in the Public Interest (SPI) Starts Spending Big Money in an Effort to Resist Lawsuit From Daniel Pocock
    They've lost over half a million dollars in the latest 3 years
  16. The Establishment, Cambridge, Steve McIntyre & Debian suicide cluster
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  17. Links 05/08/2026: Internet Archive Harmed by Slop Bot, "EBay And Former Execs Agree to Pay $56 Million For Trying to ‘Crush’ a Journalist"
    Links for the day
  18. Luxembourg and Software Freedom
    Luxembourg's adoption of GNU/Linux has quite consistently been higher than the European average
  19. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Web Site is Online, GNU's Site Having Issues (Ongoing Issues)
    We hope they can rectify the issues with the GNU Web site
  20. Freedom Includes the Liberty to Disagree (and be Listened to, Not Censored)
    Freedom is our collective strength
  21. Tanzania: GNU/Linux Now Seen on 8% on Desktops/Laptops (User Clients)
    numbers have more than doubled
  22. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  23. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, August 04, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, August 04, 2026
  24. Gemini Links 05/08/2026: Being Good, Tildeverse and Tilde.pink, Games
    Links for the day

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662 /n/2026/08/02/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
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642 /n/2026/08/02/Why_Techrights_Will_Still_be_Active_a_Decade_From_Now.shtml
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620 /n/2026/07/31/Daniel_Pocock_and_the_Important_Observation_About_Threats_of_Cu.shtml
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591 /n/2026/08/04/Rumours_of_Further_IBM_Shutdowns.shtml
572 /n/2026/08/01/Gemini_Links_01_08_2026_Retirement_Bike_Trips_Quake_Stuff_Usene.shtml
567 /n/2026/08/02/Amid_2026_Bing_Layoffs_Microsoft_Share_in_Search_Collapses.shtml
564 /n/2026/08/03/Fanning_the_Flames_of_Journalism.shtml
554 /n/2026/07/30/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Legal_Concerns_and_Suspicions.shtml
552 /n/2026/07/30/Links_30_07_2026_Age_of_Irrationality_Google_Losing_Money_and_H.shtml
548 /n/2026/07/29/As_Expected_Facebook_Collapses_Microsoft_Hides_Massive_Debt.shtml
547 /n/2026/08/03/Morten_Linderud_Has_Helped_Microsoft_Put_Locks_and_Kill_Switche.shtml
544 /n/2026/07/30/Today_The_Register_MS_Published_AI_Spam_and_Fake_Article_by_Sen.shtml
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534 /n/2026/08/03/Alexandre_Oliva_on_Slippery_Slop_LLMs.shtml
530 /n/2026/08/02/IBM_s_August_2026_Promotions_Annual_Ritual_Can_Turn_Into_a_Bloo.shtml
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