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GNU/Linux / Server
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DIGITIMES Insight: Why Linux could outpace Windows in race to power local AI agents [Ed: Slop hype, no substance]
The rise of local large language models (LLMs) and AI agents is reshaping operating system competition, according to DIGITIMES Intelligence...
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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FOSS Force ☛ Inside Unraid OS 7.4.0: Specialized GNU/Linux for NAS
This paid GNU/Linux distro takes a different approach to storage, booting from USB and running in RAM—with containers and virtual machines along for the ride.
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HaikuOS ☛ Coding sprint report
Haiku used to have coding sprints once or even twice a year. Unfortunately, after the end of the BeGeistert conference, we have lost the habit of doing that. The previous ones in 2025 and 2022, organized just after FOSDEM, were not hugely successful, with few people attending or staying for only part of the week, and, as you can see from the date, they have not been a regular occurrence.
This year the idea to run a coding sprint was prompted by Waddlesplash traveling to Europe to attend the GSoC mentor summit. KapiX stepped in to organize the logistics and host the sprint. At first it looked like it would be only the 3 of us, but eventually more people decided to join: Korli, as well as Dridiha and Zeldakatze, both of whom had never joined a sprint before.
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SUSE/OpenSUSE
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OpenSUSE ☛ Tumbleweed ARM Monthly Update - November 2026
The second half of October brought a two-version jump of GRUB2 to 2.16 with serial console and NVMe boot features, a security-focused Linux kernel 7.2.11 and Plasma 6.8.0, while the first half of November opened the 7.3 kernel series, moved u-boot to 2026.10 for the Raspberry Pi, delivered QEMU 11.1.3 with emulated ARM hardware fixes, and refreshed Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Tegra firmware across the SBC spectrum.
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Debian Family
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Chiark ☛ Colin Watson: Free software activity in October 2026
My Debian contributions this month were all sponsored by Freexian.
I upgraded both openssh and openssh-gssapi from 10.5p1 to 10.6p1, started generating MLDSA44-ED25519 host keys by default now that upstream no longer considers them experimental, and fixed a problem where switching between the normal and GSS-API variants followed by purging the old packages caused some configuration files to disappear.
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Tor ☛ New Release: Tails 7.17 | The Tor Project
If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails 7.17 directly: [...]
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