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Budgie 10.10.3 Desktop Environment Introduces Free Placement of Desktop Icons

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Coming one and a half months after GNOME 50.4, the GNOME 50.5 release improves the opening of windows created via the new-window action to appear on the correct workspace, improves keyboard navigation on the unlock dialog, improves switching of workspaces with direct scanout, and adds support for tracking magnifier mouse position without polling.

PeaZip 11.3 Archive Manager Improves ZPAQ Support, Adds New Themes

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Investigative Journalism Today

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So long

European Patent Office (EPO) Corruption, EPO Series: “A Tale of Two Antónios”

Time to resume

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ESP-Mosaico centers dual-core RISC-V ESP32-S31 around a 2.16-inch square AMOLED

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Open-source flight controller pairs i.MX RT1176 with Pixhawk PAB compatibility

ARK Electronics recently showcased the ARKV6X-RT, an NDAA-compliant flight controller based on the FMUV6X-RT and Pixhawk Autopilot Bus open standards. The module uses an NXP i.MX RT1176 microcontroller and includes three synchronized IMUs, onboard FRAM, a secure element and PX4 Autopilot support.

Pocket-sized OpenWrt router offers dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Gigabit Ethernet

GL.iNet has unveiled the Mango 2 (GL-MG1300), a compact travel router with dual-band Wi-Fi 5, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 3.0. The device supports WireGuard and OpenVPN, along with Ethernet, Wi-Fi repeater, USB tethering and USB cellular modem connections.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 27, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Temporary Public Office or Permanent Personal Feather-Bed?
    there are no visible signs that the Administrative Council has the slightest interest in contemplating a change in leadership at the EPO
  2. Brigading Against Women - Part IV - Death Threats, Threats to Women, and Threats for Pointing Out, Correctly and Based on Hard Evidence, That Garrett and Lozza Talk to Each Other About Me Every Year (for 4 Years)
    Brett Wilson LLP too is a toxic manosphere
  3. Making Oneself Obsolete With Slop
    Dr. Lemire also puts on display a degree of hypocrisy

    New

  4. Gemini Links 26/09/2026: Computer Cases Dreary, Web Drowning in Botspam
    Links for the day
  5. Reform UK auditor: Electoral Commission accounts, Companies House accounts, a going concern or not?
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  6. More GAFAM Layoffs at Apple, Second Time in Weeks (Silent Layoffs Silently Target Older and "More Expensive" Staff)
    How many layoffs happen at Apple silently and go unreported or very scarcely reported?
  7. Gemini Links 26/09/2026: Rant About Slop Ruining Crafts (Drowning the Signal With Plagiarism) and "Going Mechanical"
    Links for the day
  8. Links 26/09/2026: Microsoft Says Notification Data Breach/Surveillance Hole There by Design, EU Rapidly Dumping Microsoft for Digital Sovereignty
    Links for the day
  9. The Former Linux News Site ostechnix.com is LLM Slop
    Please do not link to sites that promote and/or spread slop
  10. Links 26/09/2026: Volkswagen Recalling ~50,000 Cars, US Attacks Its Own Media
    Links for the day
  11. Brigading Against Women - Part III - Racism Looms Large, Not Just Sexism
    threats from a racist
  12. Microsoft CEO Calls Layoffs "Streamlining" and Says Microsoft Layoffs Are "Great to See"
    The lack of honesty here is only to be expected from Microsoft
  13. Media silence deafening as Reform UK on brink of administration
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  14. Gemini Links 26/09/2026: Travel, Group Insurance Death Spiral, Stargazing, and Lagrange Meets LLM Slop
    Links for the day
  15. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  16. IRC Proceedings: Friday, September 25, 2026
    IRC logs for Friday, September 25, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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

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