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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 24, 2024
=> Gemini Links 24/08/2024: Photos and Summer Recap at WPN | IRC Proceedings: Friday, August 23, 2024
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2 things to celebrate this weekend
=> ↺ HTTP: Linux Has a Birthday This Weekend. Meanwhile in the Homeland of Linus Torvalds...
Microsoft has apparently occupied the country
Android Auto keeps asking ‘who do you want to call’ with no fix for voice commands yet
=> ↺ HTTP: Set Your Gravatar as User Account Pic in GNOME Shell
Do you like the idea of using the same profile picture for your Ubuntu user account as your Gravatar
=> ↺ HTTP: An Average of Half a Million Per Day
A lot has changed on the Web since 2004
=> ↺ HTTP: 5 lightweight operating systems I run on my old laptops
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our laptops. It’s inevitable, as time and technology marches forward, a laptop or two goes by the wayside
only 4 more links
=> ↺ HTTP: Programming/Development Leftovers
Some Web aspects too
=> ↺ HTTP: Security and FUD Leftovers
Some exaggerations
=> ↺ HTTP: Proton VPN Now Supports WireGuard on Linux
late, but...
=> ↺ HTTP: Microsoft Malware and Windows TCO
bad behaviour from Microsoft
=> ↺ HTTP: Openwashing, Slop and Privacy Lies
Slop being framed as "open"
=> ↺ HTTP: Free Software Leftovers
half a dozen FOSS picks
=> ↺ HTTP: Boards and Open Hardware: DIY, DeskPi, FairPhone
a handful of new picks
=> ↺ HTTP: Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and BSD Now
some new episodes
half a dozen howtos
=> ↺ HTTP: Proton VPN Finally Adds WireGuard Support for Linux Users
Proton VPN gets better for Linux users
=> ↺ HTTP: Advanced memelogy - Convert video to HD GIF
Several weeks ago, I told you about the "can't send video" problem in WhatsApp
=> ↺ HTTP: Metrics in KDE – Are they useful?
Since Plasma 5.18, nearly five years ago, Plasma has shipped with a "telemetry" system
As the device is plug-and-play the company mentions that the board supports Raspberry Pi OS, Ubuntu, OpenWrt, and other operating systems with reliable network speeds
=> ↺ HTTP: Programming Leftovers
Programming related stuff
=> ↺ HTTP: Open Hardware: Mobile, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and RISC-V
Hardware on the freedom side
=> ↺ HTTP: Openwashing by OSI and Mozilla, Also Sponsored by Microsoft (to Mislead the Public)
really bad trend of PR
=> ↺ HTTP: Red Hat and IBM Leftovers
IBM related links
=> ↺ HTTP: Security and Windows TCO
Some news relating to security
Pixel 6 line could get extra system support time; will the series receive Android 16
morning batch of howtos
=> ↺ HTTP: Ubuntu Hits Pause on SRU Kernel Releases for September
Canonical has announced it will not ship stable release kernel updates during September
=> ↺ HTTP: How to install a tiling window manager on Linux (and why you'd want to)
Looking to make Linux even more efficient? A tiling window manager could be exactly what you need
=> ↺ HTTP: Games: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and More
Latest 8 from GamingOnLinux
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