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Shelly 3.1.3 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AppImage Support

Shelly 3.1.3 is here to introduce a new button for removing all built AUR package archives and their matching signatures from Shelly’s cache, support for configuring environment variables for each installed AppImage package, and improved parallel downloads of packages and the repository database.

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We Love Manchester

Manchester’s week ahead is moderately OK

Upgrades for the Fish and Shells

Because winter is coming and they need more heat (and T.L.C.)

Manchester City Still Top

Manchester City deserves it

Bianco Apache / White Apache (1987)

Hard to find

Does a Law Degree in the UK Mean “Above the Law” Status?

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) does nothing

Cited This Weekend in ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

High-profile publisher

Remembering When Sunday Was Rest Day

‘ve already asked around before writing this, as I generally wanted to ensure this observation and sentiment was not just my own.

Man United Looks Good

Just got ahead…

Manchester/Northwest and London

Manchester City fan will be watching

Year of Journalistic Accomplishments

Across several areas

news

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 06, 2026

RIPE ☛ Closing the IPv6 First-Packet Gap with GRAND

There is a subtle asymmetry in IPv6 Neighbour Discovery: a host knows how to reach its router before the router necessarily knows how to reach the host. GRAND fixes that asymmetry by making the host proactively advertise its address, and I implemented that mechanism in FreeBSD.
Linuxize ☛ btop Command in Linux: Monitor System Resources

Monitor CPU, memory, disks, network traffic, and processes with btop. This guide covers installation, keyboard shortcuts, process actions, and configuration.
OSTechNix ☛ Testing Your Website’s Global CDN Performance from the Command Line

Learn how to test CDN performance from the command line using curl and dig. Measure TTFB, DNS latency, cache hits vs misses, and HTTP/3 performance.

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