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The more things stay the same, the more they change: Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026 https://t.co/iwslKOGhdV

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Adds support for opening RPM packages in COSMIC Store and support for configuring playback speed in COSMIC Player: COSMIC 1.0.15 Adds Support for Multiple Full-Screen Windows per Workspace - 9to5Linux https://t.co/crktjkSpa3

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Yes, the Fedora 43 upgrade brought an interesting revelation for all Outlook users—one that Microsoft is unlikely to be thrilled about: Fedora 43 Upgrade revealed 20 years old Outlook Security Bug - Fedora Magazine https://t.co/sZHcH03jy9

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Fear of digital surveillance breeds silence: Supporting those who speak out | Tor Project https://t.co/qyzbfHMYQs

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Rhino Linux has always been a beautiful Linux distribution, and there are some major changes on the horizon that will converge mobile and desktop: Using Rhino Linux's new Lomiri snapshot took me back to the glory days of Unity https://t.co/lFR0rlYhit

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Cue the bugle player: KDE Plasma waves goodbye to X11 for Plasma 6.8 https://t.co/bhATjgOHMZ

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So, it's not the year of the Linux desktop yet: Steam Survey For May 2026 After Delay: Linux Just Under 4% - Phoronix https://t.co/elXqDQ0jPr

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Zstd sure is wonderful and LLVM is finally setting up Zstd-compressed binary archives to be published of their releases alongside the existing assets: LLVM To Begin Offering Zstd-Compressed Binaries For "Significantly Reduced" Downloads - Phoronix https://t.co/MZhS2HdUKq

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Brings improvements for KDE Itinerary, AudioTube, NeoChat, Tokodon, Kdenlive, Konsole, and other KDE apps: KDE Gear 26.04.2 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps - 9to5Linux https://t.co/WH1nHafc9o

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Short answer: Windows.

[Samay @Samaytwt]

Finally bought a brand new Windows laptop

What should I uninstall first?

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Also ships with the latest Tor 0.4.9.9 free overlay network for enabling anonymous communication: Tails 7.8.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release to Fix Serious Security Vulnerabilities - 9to5Linux https://t.co/lpyA7MkjCu

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As AB 1856 moves on to the Senate, EFF will continue fighting for amendments that reduce those harms: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: CA’s AB 1856 Exempts Open Source But Expands Age-Gating https://t.co/H2su2LoMYa

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We use neither, although we probably should use BleachBit: ClamAV and BleachBit - A one-two punch for Linux security and system maintenance | We Love Open Source • All Things Open https://t.co/2N0nqwl48z

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An open-source event has just been updated on FOSS Force's Calendar of Open Source Events! Nextcloud Summit 2026 https://t.co/QjXbW3Lw9I

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This release contains important security updates to the tor daemon and fixes some censorship circumvention problems: New Release - Tor Browser 15.0.15 | Tor Project https://t.co/C4enqiakBs

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A Debian-based live CD containing Clonezilla, a partition and disk cloning software. The latest release brings Clonezilla Live up to date with Debian's "Unstable" repository: Distribution Release - Clonezilla Live 3.3.2-31 (https://t.co/nCoydocw3O News) https://t.co/lOvjXcRvm2

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Fixes a bug that caused downloads to stall at 99% and improves downloading of blocklist files from remote URLs: Transmission 4.1.2 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Important Fixes - 9to5Linux https://t.co/w7IEsSdZtP

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This release adds the ability to copy the entire scene to another, force-change a scene, and clear all actions in the current scene or in all scenes: Giada 1.4.2 Open-Source Loop Machine Makes Working with Scenes Smoother - 9to5Linux https://t.co/7eFHaxY3yR

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Windows? Is that still a thing?

[⭕ Brock Pierson @brockpierson]

Which was the best Windows task bar design?

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Over on the AboutCode blog, lead maintainer Philippe Ombredanne writes about an agentic LLM system porting the ScanCode Toolkit to Rust: Ombredanne - An AI agent ported our codebase from Python to Rust https://t.co/jGmuKWsrz1