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CentOS roots give way to homegrown containers, AI tools, and a workstation edition The Resister took for a spin: openEuler brings China's enterprise Linux ambitions to the desktop https://t.co/unvY5TuAny

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Encrypting your DNS does not hide everything. You still need a VPN to completely hide your traffic: Your carrier can see every website you visit on Android. Here's how to hide it from them https://t.co/YJglyvvv2C

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Mozilla has announced that it has received a report that private keys associated with eight eMudhra intermediate certificates have been compromised: eMudhra intermediate CA compromise https://t.co/7ITThd8Ylk

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Distro that uses packages from Debian's "Unstable" branch, offers Fluxbox, KDE Plasma and Xfce editions: Distribution Release - siduction 2026.1.0 (https://t.co/SNR376RSyY News) https://t.co/aavMaJxdkB

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GNU nano 9.3 is out, fixing long filename clipping in the mini bar and restoring the expected behavior of numeric keypad operator keys: GNU Nano 9.3 CLI Text Editor Released with Two Minor Fixes https://t.co/CSMRyDGcB5

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This version blocks compromised intermediate eMudhra certificates: New Release - Tor Browser 15.0.26 | Tor Project https://t.co/Gsjqrp6fGV

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Intermediate certs allow anyone to mint web credentials for any Internet server: The Internet goes on high alert after discovery of 8 compromised TLS certs https://t.co/rLvmQBe0eL

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This release brings improvements to COSMIC App Library, COSMIC Launcher, COSMIC Applets, COSMIC Edit, COSMIC OSK, COSMIC Notifications, and COSMIC Settings: COSMIC 1.11 Desktop Environment Released with New Touchpad Settings - 9to5Linux https://t.co/95JrbicVLx

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With ARM64 support, modern hardware drivers, and experimental builds: LiberNT - New ReactOS Fork Aims for Windows 11 Compatibility https://t.co/31s2OO61ch

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php2shell (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) – PHP critical vulnerability fixes available | Ubuntu https://t.co/ZvWWkkDueL

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Uh-oh, this doesn't sound good: Bitwarden Moves Official App Builds to Commercial License, Keeps GPLv3 Version https://t.co/LqCxM7xuXN

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Testing PostgreSQL- and MySQL-compatible engines reveals which database statistics you can trust: 42 databases, one boring question, eight wrong answers | We Love Open Source • All Things Open https://t.co/w7JFJM2C3K

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It's not only free, it's also open source, released under the MIT license: I tried the free PowerPoint clone on Linux - and it beats LibreOffice and Google Slides - ZDNET https://t.co/9kTeovBfPr

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Yet another distro comparison: I asked How-To Geek's writers which Linux distros convinced them to quit Windows, and I was surprised by some of the answers https://t.co/H3ECDS9P3N e-answers/

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You probably already know plenty about these three, too: 3 overlooked Linux desktops that are just as good as GNOME, KDE, and Cinnamon https://t.co/KYWAB4GG1X

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You probably know all this at least as well as the writer: Linux beats Windows at these 3 things, and Microsoft still has no answer https://t.co/iKHlvS6pvJ

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LXD 6.10 LTS is out with new image registries, improved disaster recovery, enhanced clustering, and long-term support through 2031: LXD 6.10 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released as New LTS https://t.co/3bZtMIQblj

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It's amazing how quickly bugs surface after software is released into the wild: KDE Plasma 6.8.1 Released With Dozens Of Fixes - Phoronix https://t.co/kHFirAYBGL

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Linus Torvalds began honoring pull requests overnight of new code entering the Linux 7.4 kernel -- as well as removing old code: BFS Removed With Linux 7.4 As Old UnixWare File-System - Phoronix https://t.co/0Va4slYNcD