Other Sites

9to5Linux

GIMP 3.2.8 Image Editor Restores Support for Offset as a Non-Destructive Filter

Coming almost five months after GIMP 3.2.6, the GIMP 3.2.8 release adds DPI information when copying an image to the clipboard, restores Offset as a non-destructive filter, adds the ability to cancel font loading in the middle when quitting GIMP early, and improves Dot to Dot support to work better even on integer scaling.

aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10

Coming three months after aerynOS 2026.08, the aerynOS 2026.11 release is powered by the Linux 7.2 and Linux 6.18 LTS kernels, and features the latest and greatest GNOME 51 desktop environment by default on the live ISO, along with support for KDE Plasma 6.8 and COSMIC 1.11, and, for the first time, Budgie 10.10 desktop.

Audacity 4.0.2 Audio Editor Restores Automatic Saving During Recording

Coming a month after Audacity 4.0.1, the Audacity 4.0.2 release restores automatic saving during recording, restores trim, clear selection, and zoom shortcuts, adds PgUp and PgDown timeline scrolling, improves playback latency from input meter display, improves the status bar layout in narrow windows, and improves file importing on Linux.

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.4 Release Candidate

Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 7.3, which is already arriving in the stable repos of your favorite distros, which means that the merge window for Linux kernel 7.4 is now closed, so it’s time to test-drive the Release Candidate (RC) versions over the next couple of months, every Sunday afternoon.

Budgie 10.10.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements

Coming a month after Budgie 10.10.3, the Budgie 10.10.4 release overhauls panel automatic hiding and dock mode as hidden panels now stay above windows and reappear when you move the mouse to the screen edge, panels set to hide no longer reserve screen space, and a new Super+T shortcut shows the panel in full-screen apps.

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.7 Is Out with Support for Ubuntu 26.10

Coming seven months after Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.6, the Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.7 release introduces support for recent GNU/Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu 26.10, while dropping support for older, unsupported Linux distros, including Ubuntu 24.10, Fedora 42, Mageia 9, and openSUSE Leap 15.6.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 1st, 2026

I want to thank everyone who sent us donations; your generosity is greatly appreciated. I also want to thank all of you for your continued support by commenting, liking, sharing, and boosting the articles, following us on social media, and, last but not least, sending us feedback.

Linux Kernel 7.2 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.3

Linux kernel 7.2 was released on August 16th, 2026, introducing new features like cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driver, and Rust support for the IBM System/390 (S/390) architecture.

PorteuX 2.9 Released with Linux 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, and COSMIC 1.11

Coming more than two months after PorteuX 2.8, the PorteuX 2.9 release is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.3 kernel series and features the latest KDE Plasma 6.8.2, GNOME 51.1, COSMIC 1.11, Xfce 4.20, LXQt 2.4, Cinnamon 6.6.9, MATE 1.28.2, and LXDE 0.11.1 desktop environments as standalone flavors.

Kwi Is a New Ghostty-Based GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator for KDE Plasma

Meet Kwi (pronounced “kwee”), a new GPU-accelerated terminal emulator that follows the latest KDE HIG and UI conventions, built on the libghostty-vt library from the Ghostty project, Kirigami, and KDE Frameworks. Compared to Konsole, KDE’s venerable terminal emulator, Kwi promises up to 35x faster performance that should reduce battery usage.

schestowitz.com

The “Coffee Index”

The scarce joy

Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey in Manchester

his coming weekend (Sunday) Stevie Wonder will be back in Manchester. Mariah Carey comes here a month later. They will perform across the road from us.

Projection Tactics

“When you point the finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back to you”

Covering Elections From a Technical Angle

Back doors in machines

Less Than Two Months Left

The year went by so fast

A Year-Long Celebration

Techrights plans

Spending a Decade Explaining Lawfare is a Public Service

The public and our politicians need to know

ManCity for Liverpool FC

Just went past the new City Store

LinuxGizmos.com

RISC-V compute module brings ESP32-P4 to Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 carriers

The SCINTIX P4 is a compact compute module developed by RELOC around Espressif’s ESP32-P4 microcontroller, using the 55 × 40mm form factor of Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM5 modules. It combines dual-core RISC-V processing with an ESP32-C6 wireless companion, Ethernet, and MIPI display and camera interfaces for embedded control and HMI applications.

(Updated) 16-TOPS AI SBC with SATA 3.0 runs on octa-core Sophgo BM1688

Orange Pi has published hardware details for the OrangePi O1, a 90 × 70mm SBC based on the Sophgo BM1688 processor. It pairs eight Arm Cortex-A53 cores with a RISC-V C906 coprocessor and a 16-TOPS INT8 TPU, along with up to 16GB of LPDDR4/LPDDR4X memory.

Compact AI workstation runs Ubuntu on Jetson AGX Thor with dual 10GbE

The MINIX T4000/T5000 is a compact AI workstation based on NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Thor platform, combining Blackwell GPU architecture with Arm Neoverse-V3AE processors. The system supports up to 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, dual 10GbE networking, PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage, and Ubuntu 24.04 for local AI inference and development.

Agilex 2X FPGA portfolio supports PCIe 7.0 and QuartusIQ AI design tool

Agilex 2X is Altera’s latest FPGA and SoC portfolio, consisting of four device families for applications ranging from industrial control to high-performance computing. The first announced family, Agilex 27, incorporates 256Gbps transceivers, PCIe 7.0 support, and a distributed HyperFlow data network. The company has also released QuartusIQ, an AI-assisted development tool integrated into Quartus Prime Pro 26.3.

news

Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 03, 2026

Updated This Past Day

The Tower of Babel

More is not better
When Large American "Tech" Companies Can No Longer Complete Payroll

In spite of several very large waves of Dell layoffs, which the media reported on, it seems like they are still experienceng payroll problems, maybe that's why money is being borrowed
Writing for Good

The Web has an abundance of junk
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXVIII - Microsoft Doesn't Want People to Speak About Microsoft-Controlled Restricted ('Secure') Boot, a Silent Injustice and Back Door/Kill Switch

Can we please stop treating this as normal or acceptable?

New
Links 02/11/2026: Bracing for US Election and New Zealand Has November 7 Election

Links for the day
Gemini Links 02/11/2026: Beginning With Gemini Protocol, Looking for CoCs, and Slop for Local Data

Links for the day
NDA-Compatible PIPs and RAs at IBM Red Hat

We welcome Red Hat whistleblowers who can share with us the NDA/s passed their way
GNU/Linux Rises in African's Largest Population

15% in Nigeria [...] A country with over 200 million people
The Register MS Has Just Published a Fake Article With "AI" 28 Times in the Page (Communist Party of China Entity Paid for That)

In IRC, someone has just pointed out that an article at The Register MS repeats Microsoft's lies about its financial situation
Windows Down to All-Time Low, Says statCounter, While Microsoft Tells 60,000 Workers They're No Longer Necessary

Microsoft must be feeling "salty" right now
A British Uphill Battle to Eliminate Microsoft and Its American Back Doors

There are places of work and homes where GNU/Linux is installed and regularly used, not as a mere hobby but as a hyper-productive, practical tool
Technical Coverage of US Elections

When elections are done by computers and decided by computers it becomes a tech issue
By Killing the "Linux News Section" in Softpedia (the Most Popular Section, Based on Its Editor) Softpedia Killed Itself

Enjoy Ballmer
Linkspam in "It's FOSS" Today (and It's Not Even FOSS)

free-to-access ad for some dodgy companies and the URLs are 'tampered' for cashback
Links 02/11/2026: Slop Destroying Mathematics and "Democracy is Not on the Ballot" (in US)

Links for the day
Celebrating Photography, Celebrating Life, Celebrating Magnificent Humanity, Not Plagiarism Disservices

Any time we adopt or spread slop imagery we are participating in the problem
Year-Long Celebration Starts on Saturday

This coming Saturday we turn 20
On Desktops/Laptops, Clownflare Sees Windows at Under 60% and GNU/Linux at 15% This Past Weekend

Impressive if accurate
Microsoft Lunduke is Slop

Microsoft Lunduke is just trying to stir up hatred
Intercontinental Brigading - Part XXVII - Shooting the Messengers (People Who Oppose Microsoft Back Doors), Even Across the Atlantic

Keep this in mind later this week when a dictator either discredits the voting or covertly tampers with the voting process
Microsoft Wants 60,000 Employees Gone (One Way or Another)

At IBM, 15% of staff got marked as candidates for removal; at Microsoft it's almost 30%
Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, November 01, 2026

IRC logs for Sunday, November 01, 2026

Jean-Claude Van Linus

Claude talking?

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

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

Span from 2026-10-27 to 2026-11-02
3197	/browse/latest.shtml
2983	/irc.shtml
2144	/index.shtml
1607	/browse/index.shtml
1290	/browse/page-00150.shtml
1061	/about.shtml
1047	/n/2026/10/29/What_Makes_Techrights_a_Community.shtml
913	/litigation.shtml
892	/intro.shtml
889	/n/2026/10/28/Turning_Point_for_the_Slop_Industrialists.shtml
857	/n/2026/10/28/100_Years_of_IBM_Racism.shtml
803	/n/2026/10/29/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
746	/n/2026/10/28/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
738	/n/2026/11/02/Microsoft_Lunduke_is_Slop.shtml
717	/n/2026/10/28/Racism_at_Microsoft.shtml
677	/n/2026/10/30/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
656	/n/2026/10/31/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
655	/n/2026/10/27/As_Microsoft_Tells_Close_to_30_of_Its_Staff_to_Leave_IBM_Takes_.shtml
646	/n/2026/10/27/It_s_Perfectly_Possible_That_Microsoft_Has_Just_Told_Most_of_It.shtml
643	/browse/page-0060.shtml
641	/browse/page-00003.shtml
641	/browse/page-00151.shtml
635	/n/2026/10/31/Slavery_at_Microsoft.shtml
632	/browse/page-00112.shtml
628	/browse/page-00097.shtml
626	/browse/page-00098.shtml
622	/browse/page-0058.shtml
619	/browse/page-0054.shtml
617	/browse/page-00148.shtml
617	/browse/page-00094.shtml
615	/browse/page-0035.shtml
613	/browse/page-0053.shtml
613	/browse/page-0059.shtml
612	/browse/page-00152.shtml
612	/browse/page-00095.shtml
585	/n/2026/10/29/Secure_Boot_Is_Not_Secure_Here_Are_News_Reports_About_the_Lates.shtml
577	/n/2026/10/28/Compelling_Examiners_at_the_European_Patent_Office_to_Fake_Grow.shtml
572	/n/2026/10/27/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XVII_The_Relevance_of_Silent_La.shtml
571	/n/2026/11/02/By_Killing_the_Linux_News_Section_in_Softpedia_the_Most_Popular.shtml
569	/n/2026/10/01/Red_Hat_Being_Phased_Out_of_Existence_Like_Many_Other_Companies.shtml
565	/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml
563	/browse/page-0046.shtml
555	/n/2026/10/29/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXI_Techrights_Was_Right_So_Why.shtml
551	/n/2026/10/29/Links_29_10_2026_Anthropic_Still_Sued_Over_Copyright_Infringeme.shtml
547	/n/2026/10/28/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XX_Restricted_and_Moot_or_How_S.shtml
538	/n/2026/11/01/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
536	/n/2026/10/28/Project_Glasswing_and_PHP2Shell_vulnerability.shtml
535	/n/2026/10/28/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_IX_Literature_About_Malignant_N.shtml
532	/n/2026/10/28/Links_28_10_2026_Slop_Bubble_Pops_in_China_Rocky_Linux_Creator_.shtml
530	/n/2026/10/30/What_Linus_Torvalds_Told_Me_Two_Decades_Ago.shtml
527	/n/2026/10/29/No_Microsoft_Isn_t_Doing_Well_It_Has_Struggled_for_a_Long_Time.shtml
526	/n/2026/10/28/IRC_Proceedings_Tuesday_October_27_2026.shtml
525	/n/2026/11/01/Links_01_11_2026_Digital_Ninimalism_and_Palantir_Cofounder_Anno.shtml
524	/n/2026/10/28/Links_28_10_2026_Rest_of_World_Faces_Prospect_of_Shutting_Down_.shtml
518	/n/2026/10/29/Intercontinental_Brigading_Part_XXII_Still_Radio_Silence_From_R.shtml
518	/n/2026/10/29/Linux_Links_29_10_2026_Refractor_Stargazing_and_Making_Better_U.shtml
517	/n/2026/10/31/AI_as_Surrogate_for_Debt_and_Distraction_From_Computing_Bots_De.shtml
515	/n/2026/10/28/The_Corrupted_Corporate_Media_is_Spinning_Massive_Microsoft_Lay.shtml
498	/n/2026/10/30/Links_30_10_2026_Google_Crashes_on_Slop_Disappointment_and_GAFA.shtml
496	/n/2026/11/02/Writing_for_Good.shtml
493	/n/2026/10/29/Gemini_Links_29_10_2026_London_Worcestershire_and_Robot_Exclusi.shtml
492	/n/2026/10/29/The_Register_MS_is_Publishing_Spam_About_AI_for_HP_Sponsored_by.shtml
488	/n/2026/10/30/Fake_Articles_in_The_Register_MS_Concerning_AI.shtml
486	/n/2026/10/27/EVENTS_as_Paid_Spam_Marketing_at_The_Register_MS.shtml

Other Recent Tux Machines' Posts

Linux Mint Devs Introduce New System Monitor and Terminal Emulator Apps: Linux Mint devs unveil new system monitor, archive manager, and terminal emulator apps for Linux Mint, along with a preview pane for Nemo and hibernation support.
Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.7 Is Out with Support for Ubuntu 26.10: Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) R14.1.7 desktop environment is now available with support for new distributions, new features, and various enhancements for nostalgic KDE 3.5 fans.
GNU/Linux Has Shot Up to 7% Worldwide, Says statCounter today [original]: How much higher might it go next year?
The Loud Sound of Silence (Regarding UEFI Back Doors/Bug Doors) [original]: not a single mention - not a single word or any link - about the above-mentioned highly critical flaw
Introducing Kwi, a new KDE terminal emulator: I've started work on a new KDE application. It's called Kwi (pronounced kwee)
This Week in Plasma: An Avalanche of Performance Improvements and Bug Fixes: This week the Plasma team continued to polish up Plasma 6.8, fixing many bugs
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
GIMP 3.2.8 Image Editor Restores Support for Offset as a Non-Destructive Filter: GIMP 3.2.8 open-source image editor is now available for download with Offset as a non-destructive filter, DPI information when copying an image to clipboard, and other changes.
today's leftovers: only 4 for now
GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: 3 picks for today
GNU/Linux Preloaded on Desktop/Laptop: 3 picks
Linux and OpenBSD Kernel Picks: Kernel picks
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical picks
Devices and Linux-friendly Hardware: Hardware picks
Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers Leftovers: Web news and picks
Programming Leftovers: Development leftovers, 3 for now
Standards/Consortia: File Extensions, Slop Plagiarism, and Time Units: mixture of leftovers
GNU/Linux Measured at 6.22% in Russia [original]: If that reflects real charge or adjustment, as in calibration by statCounter, then all the better
aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10: aerynOS 2026.11 has been released today and it’s now available for download for this independently-develop distribution featuring some of the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software
Brazil's GNU/Linux "Market Share" Rises to 8.4% Based on statCounter [original]: Can this be sustained until the end of this year?
Power Redundancy [original]: The bigger (and planned) maintenance window is this coming weekend
statCounter Measures GNU/Linux at Around 9% in Africa, 7% in Asia [original]: It is vastly higher than anything we saw before
GNU/Linux Reaching 10% in Japan by Year's End [original]: statCounter reckons about 1 in 12 PCs in Japan runs GNU/Linux
Audacity 4.0.2 Audio Editor Restores Automatic Saving During Recording: Audacity 4.0.2 open-source audio editor is now available for download with automatic saving during recording, trim, clear selection, and zoom shortcuts, improved playback latency, and more.
Android Leftovers: There are five different versions of Firefox for Android (and a reason to use each one)
Record Traffic [original]: Good times
Forget lightweight Linux, this forgotten OS is reviving ancient PCs: Most old PCs end up running a lightweight Linux distribution
I've used a KDE Linux desktop for years. Here's why I'm switching to Xfce today: KDE Plasma has been my desktop for years, and it earned that spot
5 Linux distros that give you a reason to leave Windows: If you're thinking of switching, these Linux distros give you a solid reason to leave Windows behind
I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't either—here's why: The first time I gave money to a Linux project felt weird
I finally found a distro that convinced me to quit Linux Mint: Linux Mint was my daily driver for years
Enlightenment desktop 0.28 released with better networking: Enlightenment 0.28 has been released, the first major update to the open-source desktop environment since early 2025
Linux Mint 27 will Adds Hibernation Support, New Default Apps: Linux Mint 27, the next major release of the popular Ubuntu based distribution, will get hibernation support
Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
Review: Super Lite Linux 24.6: Super Lite Linux is a customised variant of antiX
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
Essora Eos SonicDE — A New Home for X11, Built the Essora Way: A new home for X11. A modern desktop, built the Essora way.
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.2 - 24.04-1.6: eMudhra CA Security Fix: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.2 and 24.04-1.6 release
Maze Linux 2026.10.26: Qlam 2, Maze Wallpaper and gaming out of the box: Last release was about fixing what was already there
RefreshOS 3.1: Updated the underlying Debian 13 “Trixie” system from the original Debian 13.4 build to include updates available through Debian 13.7
ZelixOS Aurora 1.0.0: ZelixOS Aurora 1.0.0 release is here
Linus 7.4-rc1: on they go
Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.4 Release Candidate: Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability of the first Release Candidate (RC) of the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel series for public testing and early adopters.
US Government Sites: GNU/Linux at 7.3%, About 11% When Limited to Desktops/Laptops [original]: Vista 11 has been out for over half a decade, it's the only version of Windows still supported, and GNU/Linux is quickly catching up with it in the US
GNU/Linux "Market Share" Very High in Germany [original]: Will Germans adopt Free software or just "Linux"?
Budgie 10.10.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements: Budgie 10.10.4 is now available as the fourth maintenance update to the Wayland-only Budgie 10.10 desktop environment series with various improvements and bug fixes.
Emacs turns 50: MIT Technology Review marks 50 years of EMACS, one of the first full-screen text editors and still in use today. It grew out of TECO, a text editor Dan Murphy wrote in 1962 for the PDP-1 at MIT, and Carl Mikkelsen’s Control-R add-on from 1971, which showed edits on video terminals as they happened.
Making More With Less [original]: When some Free software project abandons support for "old" things or demands more and more (not necessarily money but expensive things like new peripheral) we can rightly suspect that it jumps the shark
Linux is a Brand, Not a Philosophy [original]: It's also a project, a kernel
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: November 1st, 2026: The 316th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending November 1st, 2026.
BSD: Release of GhostBSD 26.2 and ZFS: BSD picks
Announcing Gnoppix 26.11: Enhanced Control, Local AI Breakthroughs, and Universal Threat Protection: This release brings significant updates across network management, privacy services
Linux Kernel 7.2 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.3: Linux kernel 7.2 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 7.3 kernel series as soon as possible.
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and More: standards also
Forcing a "#VALUE!" error in LibreOffice Calc and How Microsoft/Politics Interrupted Migration: Free software news
GNU/Linux Desktop and More: leftovers regarding GNU/Linux
KDE Activities and Plasma Oxygen Icons: KDE picks
Linux Devices and Open Hardware Projects: 4 picks for Sunday
Programming Leftovers: Development related picks
Emacs News and Hacks: Emacs leftovers
Intel 486 PC emulator in a browser: project of sorts
Security Leftovers: Security with Linux focus
GNU Project: Mtools 4.0.50, automake-1.19.92, and GNU Parallel 20261022: GNU releases
EasyOS: Yradio ripping improvement and depth of focus problem with action camera: 2 stories from BK
PorteuX 2.9 Released with Linux 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, and COSMIC 1.11: PorteuX 2.9 Linux distribution based on Slackware is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, COSMIC 1.11, and various improvements.
Applications: Compatibility, YARA-X 1.22.1 Release, ZL Limiter: 3 stories
today's howtos: Instructionals/Technical picks
Games: Grid, New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, PS5, and Rootkits: gaming picks
TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 Mini Linux PC Launches with Intel CPU, Up to 128 GB RAM: TUXEDO Computers unveils the TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 mini PC with a fast Intel processor, a wide range of internal and external ports, and up to 128 GB of DDR5 RAM.
OpenShot 4.1 Video Editor Is Out with Native ARM64 Linux Builds and Text Editing: OpenShot 4.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with native text editing, native Linux ARM64 builds, CLI automation, and more.
IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 205 is available for testing: IPFire protects networks all over the world, from home offices in Brazil to schools in Romania and companies in Japan
Best Free and Open Source Software: Each one helps readers find useful free and open source software
Distributary: my artwork proposal for Debian 14 "forky": Debian is the river much of the Linux world forks from
Wine 11.21: The Wine development release 11.21 is now available
A Linux Maintainer Wrote the NSA Into the Kernel Before Snowden: A chip no one could check was picking the numbers behind your keys. One Linux developer took that power away.
Kwi Is a New Ghostty-Based GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator for KDE Plasma: Meet Kwi, a new Ghostty-based GPU-accelerated terminal emulator app for the KDE Plasma desktop environment that promises up to 35x faster performance, a more modern UI, and better protocol support.
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles