GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 06, 2026

GNU/Linux

• Graphics Stack

  • XDA ☛ Your Linux desktop has two clipboards, and the reason goes back to a 1980s design decision Wayland chose to keep

    Did you know that, on many Linux distributions, you can highlight text, move to another window, and click the middle mouse button to paste? You never pressed Ctrl+C, and if you press Ctrl+V in the same spot, you'll probably see entirely different text. That's all thanks to the fact that Linux desktops can use two separate selections: PRIMARY, which holds highlighted text, and CLIPBOARD, which handles explicit copying and pasting.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • Arch Family

    • Distro Watch ☛ Distribution Release: Artix Linux 20261102

      The Artix development team has updated Artix Linux to stable version 20261102. Artix Linux is a set of Arch-based, systemd-free distributions with a choice of Cinnamon, KDE Plasma, LXDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce desktops. The KDE Plasma variant wasn't originally deemed ready for the release, but it has now also appeared on the project's download server with a 20261104 version number. [...]

• Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

  • Undeadly ☛ OpenSSH 10.6p2 released

    Even if this release is caused by issues that do not affect OpenBSD systems, please help spread the word to those who run systems where the issue exists.

  • [Repeat] Ruben Schade ☛ My A–Z toolbox: htop

    The letter H is a bit thin compared to previous letters, but htop was an easy winner. It’s an interactive process viewer similar to top(1), but with colour, bar graphs for CPU and RAM usage, and easy to use filters. I’m a fan of running OSs stock, but htop has long become essential for BSD and Linux machines.

  • Joshua Blais ☛ Editing at the speed of thought in emacs - The Universe of Joshua Blais

    While I’ve seen numerous posts and videos over the years about the ability to “edit at the speed of thought” with vim, I have really never seen that take on (default) emacs. This is my attempt at said post after finally seeing the light and dropping all modal editing, choosing instead the default emacs binds and methodology of editing.

  • It's FOSS ☛ FOSS Weekly #26.45: Fedora 45, Immutable Ubuntu, Mint New Feature, Dual Boot Without USB and More Linux Stuff

    Fedora 45 is finally here as Mint gears up for the next release with new features. Stay updated with the latest FOSS Weekly newsletter.

  • Collabora ☛ Real-time Hey Hi (AI) video analytics on Renesas at electronica 2026

    Next week we'll be at electronica in Munich! In partnership with Renesas, Collabora will showcase real-time, low-latency ML video analytics on Renesas RZ/G2L and RZ/V2H platforms, using GStreamer for integrated video processing and on-device Hey Hi (AI) inference.

  • Web Browsers/Web Servers/Feed Readers

    • Kevin Renskers ☛ Loopwerk: Safari’s tab bar has a dark mode bias

      But when macOS is in dark mode, then Safari will only respect dark websites. Light-colored websites will not get a light tab bar: [...]

    • Mozilla

      • Servo (Linux Foundation) ☛ The Servo Blog: September in Servo: <progress>, rounded rectangles, and more!

        Servo 0.7.0 contains all of the changes we landed in September, spanning 527 commits!

  • Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

    • Document Foundation ☛ New LibreOffice “Get involved” flyers for handing out (and translations!)

      LibreOffice’s marketing team helps spread the word about the software (and the community that makes it). It produces flyers that can be translated, printed and handed out at events – and now we have an updated design of the “Get involved” flyer.

  • Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)

    • Kiwi TCMS: Feature spotlight: Model Context Protocol

      Kiwi TCMS v17.0 introduced machine-readable API docs which is a big step forward for agents which already know how to call an HTTP Hey Hi (AI) but it still leaves them at the level of "read the docs, then construct a JSON-RPC request".

  • Education

    • MWL ☛ 136: sshd and Emacs

      Here’s a chunk from the caching chapter of OpenZFS Mastery.

    • [Old] Internet Archive ☛ ShmooCon 2025 : ShmooCon : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

      The videos in this collection are from ShmooCon 2025, which occurred on 10 - 12 January 2025, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. - For more information about ShmooCon please visit https://www.shmoocon.org.

    • [Old] CyberRisk Alliance LLC ☛ ShmooCon ends 20-year run with tears, malware and electronic fun | perspective

      The final ShmooCon was held this past weekend (Jan. 10-12) in Washington, D.C., capping 20 years of the East Coast's leading hacker conference.

    • [Old] CSO ☛ ShmooCon to take its final bow in 2025 | CSO Online

      The high level of success and appreciation that ShmooCon has garnered makes news of its final event next year even more surprising, but the decision is based on a personal time clock that the Potters had established for themselves. Heidi Potter tells CSO: “A number of years ago, I had kind of maybe jokingly said, ‘Yeah, this is great, we’re going to keep doing it.’ But maybe offhandedly, I said I was not going to do this past the age of 50. It’s a weird thing I’ve done in my life where I’ve set markers for myself. Then, as we approached that time and we were looking at where the con was going with the nature of the event and the momentum of the event, it really started to make sense. And, so, we just made it a thing.”