Roy Schestowitz

• Canonical and SpacemiT team up for Ubuntu on SpacemiT K1 and K3 RISC-V chips https://liliputing.com/canonical-and-spacemit-team-up-for-ubuntu-on-spacemit-k1-and-k3-risc-v-chips/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:40:27

• $199+ M5Stack AI Pyramid Computing Box Linux AI mini PC is based on Axera AX8850 SoC https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/199-m5stack-ai-pyramid-computing-box-linux-ai-mini-pc-is-based-on-axera-ax8850-soc/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:43:32

• Nvidia launches native GeForce NOW app for Linux in beta https://www.notebookcheck.net/Nvidia-launches-native-GeForce-NOW-app-for-Linux-in-beta.1221221.0.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:44:14

• I’m done pretending open-source software is free https://www.howtogeek.com/i-used-to-chase-open-source-purity-but-now-i-chase-reliability/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:44:49

• I tried the god mode of productivity apps on Linux and my workflow changed forever https://www.makeuseof.com/tried-god-mode-of-productivity-apps-linux-my-workflow-changed-forever/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:45:23

• If Linux is going to thrive, some distros have to die https://www.howtogeek.com/if-linux-is-going-to-thrive-some-distros-must-go/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:45:57

• I tried replacing Windows with Linux Mint, here's how it went https://www.howtogeek.com/tried-replacing-windows-with-linux-mint-heres-how-it-went/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:46:18

• These are the 3 coolest Linux apps you should try this weekend https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-this-weekend-february-6/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:46:42

• 5 ways Linux beats Windows that you only notice after you switch ⚓ https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-advantages-you-only-notice-after-you-switch/ ䷉ Source: HowTo Geek | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.howtogeek.com/linux-advantages-you-only-notice-after-you-switch/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:47:48

• Linux PCs Get Native NVIDIA GeForce NOW Support - TechPowerUp https://www.techpowerup.com/346037/linux-pcs-get-native-nvidia-geforce-now-support    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:48:53

• "Another day, another load of bug fixes coming from Valve for all Steam users and an especially nice one for Linux / SteamOS if you have a lot of games." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/steam-beta-fixes-games-from-large-libraries-on-linux-steamos-showing-as-not-valid-on-current-platform/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:49:24

• AMD GFX1170 “RDNA 4M” spotted in Linux patches, possible RDNA3 APU refresh https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-gfx1170-rdna-4m-spotted-in-linux-patches-possible-rdna3-apu-refresh    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:51:00

• Intel Arc B390 iGPU beats AMD Radeon 890M by 23% in Phoronix Linux gaming tests https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-b390-igpu-beats-amd-radeon-890m-by-23-in-phoronix-linux-gaming-tests    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:52:00

• Slop marketing disguised as science, from a company selling slop https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-c-compiler    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:53:44

• ShadowHS: A Fileless Linux Post‑Exploitation Framework Built on a Weaponized Hackshell https://socprime.com/active-threats/shadowhs-fileless-linux-framework/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:54:23

• "System76 have outlined some of their plans for upcoming upgrades to the new COSMIC desktop, and I have to admit I'm quite excited about what's coming to it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/system76-cosmic-vulkan-hdr-linux-gaming/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:54:54

• After decades on Linux, FreeBSD finally gave me a reason to switch operating systems https://www.zdnet.com/article/freebsd-linux-review/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 00:55:44

• Forget VirtualBox - I discovered a better, more reliable VM manager for Linux https://www.zdnet.com/article/virt-manager-better-vm-manager-than-virtualbox/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 01:05:48

• "ShaniOS maintains two separate environments. If an update - or anything - goes wrong with one environment, simply reboot and switch to the other." https://www.zdnet.com/article/shanios-linux-review/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 01:06:41

• MSFT layoffs. "thanks, I was hoping for around the 15th, just got a job offer tho!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfe36tba    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 01:27:12

• "doesn’t matter. A lot of high preformers were let go last round" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsqzeab    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 01:29:18

• IBM layoffs by PIPs. "They are liars" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgqs2dpd "People internally and in the office need to be way more vocal about the stacks 15/70/15 doesn’t work. Not whispering and rumors but calling out directly to mgt and leadership"    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 01:31:05

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2026-02-08.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 04:09:24

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1560.jpg    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 04:09:50

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1910.jpg    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 04:09:56

• "The weather report yesterday said there was a 60% chance of snow, from noon to midnight or so. I guess it was Tokyo's turn, since the north of Japan has been a winter wonderland for a few weeks now." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2026/FEB2026/entry-1    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 04:11:01

• "The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has since said it had taken the decision to "intervene into the group of firms", which include Proddow Mackay, Butterworths Solicitors, WB Pennine Solicitors and Angela Viney Conveyancing Services." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7y4nn2l4ro    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 06:11:00

• Too little, too late https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/07/The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_SRA_Delusion_Part_III_Women.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 06:12:38

• Life-long commitment to good causes = happy life    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 10:22:39

• When articles cause 'resignations' (firings) those impacted will go out of their way to hide, to deny, to obfuscate, not to give any credit to those who rightly led to it. Face-saving exercise.    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 10:57:44

• For that matter, will the Zemlins ever be held accountable for running an ACTUAL pyramid scheme? Sheela ran away after class action lawsuit.    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 10:58:30

• "I theorized about a setup with notmuch, and I had even implemented it partway on one of my systems, but the reading/writing part wasn’t quite there yet." gemini://thatit.be/2026-02-07-18-54-20.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:19:54

• snooze gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/snooze    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:21:49

• "Does shutting down major pirate sites simply drive people to other sites, or can it also increase legal consumption?" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/research-major-pirate-site-shutdown-boosted-visits-to-other-pirate-sites-and-netflix/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:23:01

• "The popular shadow library Anna's Archive has lost yet another domain name." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-loses-pm-domain-adds-greenland-gl-backup/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:23:33

• Trademarks: "National Football League" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/06/reminder-dont-believe-the-nfls-lies-about-its-super-bowl-trademarks/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:24:13

• "California Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) today introduced a bill to cap the resale of concert and live event tickets at no more than 10% above face value." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/05/ca-ticket-resale-value-cap-proposed/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:24:51

• "Europe’s emancipation from the US is the only alternative" https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1294507/europes-emancipation-from-the-us-is-the-only-alternative/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:25:38

• "How To Fight Outrage Fatigue - by Garry Kasparov" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/how-to-fight-outrage-fatigue    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:25:51

• old: "US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia’s ‘wish list’" https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/23/politics/us-senators-rounds-rubio-ukraine-peace-plan    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:26:04

• "As armed federal agents terrorize workers across the US, organized labor is increasingly stepping up to respond." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/more-and-more-unions-are-joining-the-fight-against-ice/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:27:20

• "Parents struggle to explain the occupation to their kids and teachers face empty classrooms as many students stay home." ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-ice-invasion-is-upending-daily-life-for-minneapolis-children/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:38:45

• "According to the latest aggregated data compiled by HRANA up to the end of the forty-second day since the beginning of the protests" ☛ https://www.en-hrana.org/day-42-of-protests-wave-of-arrests-and-intensified-security-crackdowns/ | Source: Human rights Activists News Agency    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:39:10

• "We object to the technology we build being used to power state violence around the world" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-google-employees-demand-answers-from-executives-about-ice/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:41:07

• "There's a catch, though: administrative subpoenas aren't self-enforcing." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/06/ice-can-demand-your-data-from-google-without-a-warrant.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:41:30

• "The posts will be internally archived but will no longer be on public view, the State Department confirmed to NPR." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5704785 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:42:34

• "The service, launched in 2018 by Steven Brill and Gordon Crovitz, employs a team of journalists to review the reliability of news sites and give them a score of 0-100" ☛ https://deadline.com/2026/02/newsguard-trump-ftc-lawsuit-1236711308/ | Source: Deadline    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:43:01

• "Media reliability organization NewsGuard sued the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, arguing the agency has used its regulatory muscle to attack it in retaliation for its low ratings of conservative outlets." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/media-watchdog-fires-back-at-ftc-over-retaliatory-probe/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:46:27

• "Will Lewis, the embattled chief executive and publisher of The Washington Post, has stepped down, the company announced Saturday, days after the newspaper came under widespread criticism for laying off hundreds of its journalists." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/technology/washington-post-will-lewis.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:46:47

• "He arrived after years of genteel decline at a newspaper that could go one of two ways: It could be a collapsing metro paper like the Chicago Tribune; or a global powerhouse like the New York Times." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/02/07/2026/washington-post-ceo-resigns-leaving-no-clear-strategy | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 11:47:01

• "Surprise! That actually exists! It's called Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the "anticircumvention" clause," ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/#effective-means-of-access-control | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:18:29

• "A man identifying as a member of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) shared a video on Jan 21 showing him cutting the hair braid of a member of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in Raqqa" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/sixteen-year-old-arrested-in-izmir-over-hair-braiding-video-316433 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:18:46

• "But there is a difference between contextual pressure and visible reality distortion. When global audiences can compare feeds in real time, the latter begins to resemble something else entirely: not editorial judgment, but narrative management." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:19:01

• "The allegations, which Gabbard’s office strongly denies, are part of a standoff between the whistleblower, who alleges intelligence officials have slow-walked the disclosure of their complaint" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/nsa-trump-whistleblower-tulsi-gabbard-b2916077.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:19:41

• "Software companies most at risk from the new tools were the hardest hit, as well as the investment funds that lend to these companies." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/the-dark-side-of-ai-weighs-on-the-stock-market/articleshow/128004564.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:27:37

• "HB204 is sponsored by Rep. Michael Petersen, R-North Logan" ☛ https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/02/06/utah-bill-higher-ed-accommodations-for-students-with-deeply-held-beliefs/ | Source: Utah News Dispatch    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:29:32

• "There's so many interesting things to work on, things I have done before and things I haven't." ☛ https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2026-02-07/why-i-joined-openai.html | Source: Brendan Gregg    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:29:43

• He joined a burning ship that burns money    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:30:08

• "Over on the Fediverse, I mentioned that we once missed noticing that there had been a power failure." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/NotNoticingPowerFailure | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:31:04

• "The exchange had ‌planned ‍to distribute small cash rewards of ‍2,000 Korean won ($1.37) or more to each ‌user as part of a promotional event" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/crypto-firm-accidentally-sends-44-billion-in-bitcoins-to-users/articleshow/128018884.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:31:18

• "Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/new-york-is-the-latest-state-to-consider-a-data-center-pause/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:31:40

• "Wired reporting on a proposed bill to pause building data centers in New York for three years: [...]" ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/02/07/data-center-pause.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:31:56

• "Their findings, published in the Journal of Marketing Research, argue that those households should not be shamed or ignored. Instead, they should be targeted." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-02-entice-guzzlers-incentives-outperforms-years.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:32:24

• "Researchers trying to find out about public attitudes to darkness attended events over three days in the North York Moors National Park." ☛ https://theconversation.com/why-walking-in-a-national-park-in-the-dark-prompts-people-to-turn-off-lights-at-home-272321 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:37:04

• "Without improved protections the group warned that these facilities could drive up energy bills, strain water resources and undermine the state’s effort to meet a 100% clean energy standard by 2040." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/06/michigan-sierra-club-presents-petition-calling-for-moratorium-on-data-centers/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:37:19

• "The Minerals Council of Australia says gold will overtake coal and natural gas to become the nation’s second-largest export earner this year." ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/volatility-is-normal-price-collapse-is-not-gold-s-record-run-and-sharp-fall-20260203-p5nz26.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:41:20

• "In this context, the “Zero Waste” project that the government has boasted about for years is also a striking example." ☛ https://bianet.org/yazi/waste-the-class-face-of-the-ecological-crisis-316373 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 12:41:34

• "I wouldn’t pay too much attention to this, Schneier has a long tradition of dramatizing and misunderstanding things." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/i-am-in-the-epstein-files.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:06:58

• "The DOJ's release of Epstein-related documents was supposed to be redacted, but whoever did the job left a backdoor wide open." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/02/06/how-sleuths-are-recovering-hidden-epstein-documents.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:07:14

• "By Tuesday, I had a scoopy piece almost ready to publish…but I’ve been unable to finish it. I have, to be perfectly honest, been overwhelmed." ☛ https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/we-all-live-in-jeffrey-epsteins-world | Source: Carole Cadwalladr    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:07:29

• "while the Heritage Foundation portrays its efforts as “oversight”, the sheer number of requests made by these groups creates logjams for everyone thereby preventing oversight." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/publishers-weaponizing-foia/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:07:57

• "Only first-stage Pokemon are found on Epstein Island" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/epstein-island-has-pokemon-go-pokestop-sparking-discussion-among-netizens-1777173 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:08:25

• "A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0207/Epstein-fallout-in-Europe-contrasts-muted-reaction-in-US | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:09:01

• "Chomsky flew on Epstein’s “Lolita Express” jet, stayed at his mansions in Manhattan and Paris, and regularly met him for dinner and other social occasions" ☛ https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-chomsky-epstein-files/290658/ | Source: Mint Press News    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:09:37

• "as a demonstrator" ☛ https://defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sas-first-locally-built-unmanned-surface-vessel-successfully-delivered/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:10:24

• "Often, the focus is on non-cooperation, by simply refusing to cooperate with the authorities." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/how-nonviolent-protest-can-break-autocratic-rule/a-75831436 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:15:27

• "Some governments and analysts worry that these camps are potential hotbeds for fomenting continued radicalism" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Editorials/2026/0206/Mending-the-vestiges-of-jihadism | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:15:56

• "Russian “Inspector” SIGINT spacecraft operating in geostationary orbit have intercepted communications" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russian-inspector-satellites-suspected-of-intercepting-european-communications | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:16:18

• "If the findings are sustained, TikTok could face a fine of up to 6% of its global annual turnover." ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-threatens-tiktok-with-fine-over-addictive-features | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:16:35

• "thrashing violently on the way down" ☛ https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/when-love-thy-neighbor-is-a-cry-of-resistance/ |    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:16:57

• Surveillance ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/briefs/federal-funds-will-help-arkansas-modernize-health-data-collection/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:17:58

• "These tools will improve healthcare coordination for patients, eliminate duplicative testing, bolster partnerships between hospitals and community providers, and strengthen rural healthcare infrastructure." ☛ https://healthy.arkansas.gov/article/arkansas-department-of-health-secures-13-3-million-to-expand-statewide-health-data-infrastructure-investment-comes-thanks-to-sen-boozmans-support/ |    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:18:24

• "In the email, Flickr said it disabled access to the affected system and removed all links to the vulnerable endpoint before notifying its email provider and demanding an investigation into the incident." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/flickr_emails_users_about_data_breach/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:18:41

• Microsoft dictators in control while "maintainers are drowning in a sea of low-effort contributions." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/02/reputation-scores-for-github-accounts/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:20:06

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/nitrogen-ransomware-programmers-lock-themselves-out-of-a-payment-key-management-bug-encrypts-victims-data-forever | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:20:29

• "TikTok's U.S. algorithm will be retrained with only Americans' data, according to the reported agreement." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/upscrolled-app-tiktok-users-downloading-censorship-9.7073441 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:21:41

• "The situation even led to currently pending criminal charges against two Michigan attorneys" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2026/02/06/trumps-racist-truth-social-post-also-included-whopper-on-debunked-michigan-election-fraud-theory/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:21:59

• "Finland's medicines agency (Fimea) is warning about social media challenges involving over-the-counter drugs" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20208900 | Source: YLE    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:22:23

• "recent genenerative AI movement." [pyramid scheme] ☛ https://addisoncrump.info/research/a-horrible-conclusion/ | Source: Addison Crump    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:23:52

• "It is a profound waste of resources, a theft machine masquerading as intelligence, and generally a tool which enables numerous social harms at scale. I am a firm proponent that we (academics) should not be involved in the rat race to improve or to use these systems because of their enormous ethical violations."    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:24:14

• ">'AI' is a dick move" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02/ai-is-a-dick-move/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:24:39

• "I didn’t ask for this and neither did you." ☛ https://nolanlawson.com/2026/02/07/we-mourn-our-craft/ | Source: Nolan Lawson    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:25:16

• "I think what’s been bothering me is that we’ve had a collective push by the anonymous “them” that everyone must use AI tools for everything or we’ll all fall “behind” (whatever that means.)" ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/leave-me-behind | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:25:56

• "Venture funds tied in part to Canon Japan and Panasonic Corporation are among the AI start-ups’ most recent investments through the Canon Marketing Japan MIRAI Fund and the Panasonic Kurashi Visionary Fund." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/genai-is-considered-a-threat-to-traditional-photography-so-why-have-these-two-camera-companies-invested-in-an-ai-startup | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:26:20

• "But not all efforts have been so successful" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/02/when-you-do-the-math-humans-still-rule/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:26:41

• "Thomas’s case is an example of AI psychosis, a term some experts are using to describe dangerous mental health episodes in which users become entranced by the sycophantic responses of an AI chatbot." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-psychosis-man-wakes-up-homeless | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:27:55

• "Of Nerniacular Latin To An Evoolitun On Nance Langusages" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/professor-defends-ai-textbook | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:28:20

• "The service is an API that allows applications to access mailboxes and data stores in Exchange Online and Exchange Server." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/microsoft_ews_shutdown/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:29:15

• "Then I made an important choice: after just a few months, I sold my super high-end gaming PC." ☛ https://contino.com/blog/back-sort-of | Source: Andrea Contino    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:29:27

• "Early last week, the Lancet released a study predicting the impact of last year’s cuts to USAID based on showing the benefits of past funding. Here’s CNN’s summary: [...]" ☛ https://emptywheel.net/marco-rubio-will-let-2-5-million-children-die-so-sarah-rogers-can-fund-far-right-extremists-in-europe/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:31:39

• "Now, a new study published in The Lancet medical journal aims to quantify the human toll of those budget decisions" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global-aid-cuts-intl | Source: CNN    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:32:05

• "This bothers me tremendously. It leads to this stupid toxic relationship with my phone" ☛ https://cliophate.wtf/posts/no-more-teleporting | Source: Kevin Wammer    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:32:18

• "The group is typically composed of experts in the area of autism research, along with policy experts and autistic people advocating for their own community." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr-s-picks-for-a-key-autism-panel-include-advocates-for-bizarre-theories/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:32:47

• "In a sense, the decline of book reviews, like the decline of newspapers themselves, is a story about disaggregation" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/books-news-washington-post/685897/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:33:14

• "Earlier today I came across a since-deleted post that stirred up some drama on discovery/trending. The topic was about blogging, to put it simply." ☛ https://pretendtypewriter.net/who-do-you-blog-for/ |    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:34:43

• "It’s a timeworn and tired tradition that bloggers love to blog about blogging" ☛ https://bix.blog/posts/2026-02-07-blogging-as-self-care/ | Source: Bix Frankonis    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:35:05

• "The first month of 2026 is in the books." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/january-2026-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:35:23

• "Some of these processes and incentives are “legible”, like OKRs or promotion criteria." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/heroism/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:35:42

• "the Big Turk and Tim Hortons" ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-scriptovision-super-micro-script.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:38:20

• "Which is exactly what that button is for. They market it as a way to permanently record precious memories—and wear them on your sleeve." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/02/creating-buttons-to-remember-things/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:38:35

• "Sometimes you have this project idea in your mind that seems so simple and straightforward, and which feels just so right that you have to roll with it." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/when-clever-hardware-hacks-bite-back-a-password-keeper-device-autopsy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:38:54

• "We like the hack, though we would be worried about adhesive tape anywhere near the shutter blind on an SLR camera." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/180-shots-on-a-roll-with-the-little-stupid-camera/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:39:11

• "The basic unit runs on a couple of LiPo packs, but a solar-powered circuit was also built and tested using two small-ish panels." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/making-a-diy-refrigerated-vest-with-battery-and-solar-power/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:39:31

• "You've got a shiny new Raspberry Pi 500+." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/summoning_the_spirit_of_the/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:39:54

• "Building HANX entailed over a thousand hours in the innovation lab and navigating government bureaucracy for approval, but the result is a drone that is secure" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2026/02/06/us-marine-designs-corps-first-ndaa-compliant-3d-printed-drone/ | Source: USMC    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:40:28

• "For a bit of a history lesson, here is the deployment screen from the original Gratuitous Space Battles: [..." ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/02/07/deployment-range-ui-for-ridiculous-space-battles/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:56:40

• "404Media is reporting that the FBI could not access a reporter’s iPhone because it had Lockdown Mode enabled: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/iphone-lockdown-mode-protects-washington-post-reporter.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:57:27

• "my Dad has been involved in studio and live broadcast" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/exploring-a-modern-smpte-2110-broadcast-truck-with-my-dad/ | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 13:57:50

• "Sometimes it’s not that we dislike quieter places. It’s that our system has been trained to live “open” by default." gemini://authentico.dev/resistance-negation/why-silent-spaces-start-to-feel-natural.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:08:04

• "There’s a quiet thing that happens when we spend a lot of time around “high-impact” inputs: strong flavors, strong colors, strong opinions, strong hooks." gemini://authentico.dev/resistance-negation/when-subtlety-starts-feeling-good-again.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:08:58

• "Some people are careful with food sourcing. Others are careful with finances. But information sourcing often gets treated as… optional. Not because people are foolish— because information doesn’t arrive looking like “a diet”." gemini://authentico.dev/resistance-negation/clean-inputs-clearer-mind.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:09:47

• "Pressure is real. And sometimes it’s not optional." gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/transforming-pressure-into-growth.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:10:41

• "Most people don’t lose direction in the middle of a normal moment. They lose it in transitions." gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/regain-control-of-transitions-2026.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:11:37

• Reclaiming Digital Agency gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/reclaiming-digital-agency.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:12:35

• "In a chaotic world, a lot of people are not “cold”. They’re overloaded." gemini://authentico.dev/conversation/rebuilding-connection-and-trust.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:13:46

• "Concerns that, as we noted at the time, turned out to be entirely justified." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/06/dojs-frivolous-boasberg-complaint-dismissed-while-nobody-can-explain-how-doj-got-the-evidence-it-never-provided/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:21:29

• "It’s the same trial twice" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/luigi-mangione-double-jeopardy-murder-1235512809/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:21:54

• "The CIA World Factbook occupies a special place in the memories of elder Millennials like me." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-administration-information-war/685901/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:23:10

• "CI is only valuable when it fails. When it passes, it's just overhead: the same outcome you'd get without CI." ☛ https://blog.nix-ci.com/post/2026-02-05_the-purpose-of-ci-is-to-fail |    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:24:04

• "If you have a Zig project with dependencies, two big changes just landed which I think you will be interested to learn about." ☛ https://ziglang.org/devlog/2026/#2026-02-06 | Source: Zig    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:24:20

• "Every package manager faces the same core problem: given a set of packages with version constraints" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/06/dependency-resolution-methods.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:24:34

• "For sensitive data that needs to be extremely accurate and timely, we use webhooks." ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/insourcing-your-data-warehouse.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:24:48

• "As I blogged last night, successful developers will now need to focus even more on other aspects of their business." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/02/07/read-the-code.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:25:04

• "The cost of turning written business logic into code has dropped to zero. Or, at best, near-zero." ☛ https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html | Source: Marc Brooker    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:25:19

• "Bill Hoffman, the original creator of the CMake language held a presentation at CppCon." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2026/02/c-and-c-dependencies-dont-dream-it-be-it.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:25:41

• "Sports are noisy. Teams change. Injuries happen. Upsets happen. But uncertainty is not the enemy—it’s the input" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/02/how-to-predict-sports-in-r-elo-monte-carlo-and-real-simulations/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:26:34

• "Stop playing “diagnostics ping-pong” with your users." ☛ https://drmowinckels.io/blog/2026/sitrep-functions/ |    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:26:44

• "MP 160: When we're discussing functions in Python, what do we call the different parts?" ☛ https://www.mostlypython.com/anatomy-of-a-python-function/ |    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:27:43

• "Normally I would use crontab for this job, but modern Linux systems come equipped with something more powerful" ☛ https://www.arjenwiersma.nl/automatically-storing-my-notes | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:28:02

• "KDE Linux hit its alpha release milestone last September, encompassing basic usability for developers, internal QA people, and technical contributors. Our marketing-speak goal was “The best alpha release you’ve ever used”." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:49:44

• "For a bit of a history lesson, here is the deployment screen from the original Gratuitous Space Battles: [...]" ☛ https://www.positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/2026/02/07/deployment-range-ui-for-ridiculous-space-battles/ | Source: Positech Games    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:50:34

• "If you’re having an issue with your router, computer, or another device on your network" ☛ https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/internet-control-message-protocol/ | Source: PIA    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:51:01

• "In lieu of that, I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands and build a NAS." ☛ https://arne.me/blog/buildlog-nas | Source: Arne Bahlo    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:51:13

• "There are two options for IPsec VPNs on NixOS: Libreswan and Strongswan." ☛ https://crumbles.blog/posts/2026-02-07-ipsec-vpn-nixos.html | Source: Daphne Preston-Kendal    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 14:51:30

• "I love the clipboard; it's my favourite part of an OS, and it's so under-used." ☛ https://jasper.tandy.is/blogging/i-love-the-clipboard-its-my-favourite-part-of-an-os-and-its-so-under-used-on-my-laptop-i | Source: Jasper Tandy    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:01:27

• At a Bonobo’s ‘Tea Party,’ Scientists Find Hints of Imagination ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/science/bonobos-apes-imagination.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:20:35

• A record 3.6 million young people in South Korea do not own homes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/a-record-3-6-million-young-people-in-south-korea-do-not-own-homes    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:21:22

• UN to approve sanction exemptions on N. Korea aid projects: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/un-to-approve-sanction-exemptions-on-n-korea-aid-projects-sources    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:21:50

• South Korean crypto exchange to reimburse some users after $51b error ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-crypto-exchange-to-reimburse-some-users-after-51b-error    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:22:14

• ‘I was turned away’: High gold prices cause cash crunch at Malaysia pawnshops ahead of CNY, Ramadan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/i-was-turned-away-high-gold-prices-cause-cash-crunch-at-malaysia-pawnshops-ahead-of-cny-ramadan    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:23:10

• China conducts naval, air patrols around disputed South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-conducts-naval-air-patrols-around-disputed-south-china-sea    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:23:58

• UN experts condemn denial of medical treatment to human rights defender in China ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-experts-condemn-chinas-denial-of-medical-treatment-to-human-rights-defender/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:24:40

• I Tried the TerraMaster F4-425 Plus as My First NAS; Here’s What I Liked (and Didn’t) ☞ https://itsfoss.com/terramaster-f4-425-plus-review/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:25:21

• We Ditched Clickup for Fizzy: An (Open Source) Kanban Board App ☞ https://itsfoss.com/fizzy-self-hostable-kanban-solution/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:25:56

• Meditation Can Reshape Your Brain Activity, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/meditation-can-reshape-your-brain-activity-study-reveals    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:26:32

• Why Do Some People Think We Live in a Simulation? An Expert Explains ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-do-some-people-think-we-live-in-a-simulation-an-expert-explains    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:26:47

• Mixing Up Your Exercise May Reduce Risk of Death, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mixing-up-your-exercise-may-reduce-risk-of-death-study-finds    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:27:02

• One Dietary Supplement Was Found to Reduce Aggression by Up to 28% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-dietary-supplement-was-found-to-reduce-aggression-by-up-to-28    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:27:17

• When Termites Became Monogamous, A Surprising Thing Happened to Their Sperm ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/when-termites-became-monogamous-a-surprising-thing-happened-to-their-sperm    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:27:33

• Fewer women in Japan plan to give Valentine’s chocolate as inflation bites ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/fewer-women-in-japan-plan-to-give-valentines-chocolate-as-inflation-bites    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:27:58

• Chaos in Minneapolis Exposes an Internet at War With Truth ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/minneapolis-ai-disinformation-misinformation-truth.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:28:27

• An Indian Film Embraces a Taj Majal Conspiracy Theory ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/business/the-taj-story-conspiracy-taj-mahal-hindu.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:28:40

• A collection of internet evergreens ☞ https://box.matto.nl/a-collection-of-internet-evergreens.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:29:03

• The Reviews are in on Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show, and May We Just Say: “Yikes” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/aronofsky-ai-show-reviews    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:31:24

• Australia’s opposition coalition reunites after split over hate laws ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-opposition-coalition-reunites-after-split-over-hate-laws    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:31:41

• UN warns child malnutrition reached alarming levels in Sudan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-warns-child-malnutrition-reached-alarming-levels-in-sudan/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:33:17

• coreutils @ Savannah: coreutils-9.10 released [stable] ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10854    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:34:29

• Christian Hergert: Mid-life transitions ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2026/02/06/mid-life-transitions/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:35:18

• Allan Day: GNOME Foundation Update, 2026-02-06 ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2026/02/06/gnome-foundation-update-2026-02-06/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:35:42

• Matthias Clasen: GTK hackfest, 2026 edition ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/gtk/2026/02/06/gtk-hackfest-2026-edition/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:36:05

• This Week in GNOME: #235 Integrating Fonts ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2026/02/twig-235/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:36:26

• Busy months in KDE GNU/Linux ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2026/02/06/busy-months-in-kde-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:39:50

• FOSS Weekly #26.06: Bash Manual in Epstein Files, GNU/Linux after Linus, Nano like Editors, France Takes on Big Tech and More ☞ https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-26-06/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:40:11

• JetBrains will enable Wayland support in IntelliJ 2026.1 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/intellij-native-wayland-support-2026-1    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:41:01

• Kapsule: Completing the KDE GNU/Linux Extensibility Story ☞ https://blog.lasath.org/2026/02/kapsule-completing-kde-linux.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:41:48

• HackerOS 4.3 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/hackeros    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:42:37

• openmamba 20260206 released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openmamba    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:42:54

• Andy Wingo: ahead-of-time wasm gc in wastrel ☞ https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/02/06/ahead-of-time-wasm-gc-in-wastrel    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:44:53

• UPC is illegal, but JUVE is in the pockets of Team UPC, so it keeps trying to legitimise this atrocity ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/berenice-thom-takes-over-second-panel-at-local-division-dusseldorf/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:48:29

• So many European Patents are nowadays fake though ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/veolia-and-heuking-land-win-against-supratec/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:49:14

• Stratacor digital content patent monopoly campaign - invalidity charts coming soon ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/2/6/stratacor-digital-content-patent-campaign-invalidity-charts-coming-soon    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:49:34

• Thermalright's LCD software for backdoored Windows ported to GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/liquid-cooling/enthusiast-ports-thermalrights-lcd-software-for-windows-to-linux-fully-fledged-port-supports-a-ton-of-models-and-enables-rgb-and-lcd-customization    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:50:53

• KDE Plasma 6.6 will finally fix those pesky fingerprint authentication issues ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/kde-plasma-66-will-finally-fix-those-pesky-fingerprint-authentication-issues/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:51:47

• LibreOffice 26.2 Now Available ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/LibreOffice-26.2-Now-Available    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 15:59:15

• Send a file to the first reachable KDE Connect device ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/43149/send-a-file-to-the-first-reachable-kde-connect-device    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:04:06

• FOSDEM 2026 ☞ https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/fosdem-2026/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:05:46

• Introducing the latest Arduino App Lab release ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/04/introducing-the-latest-arduino-app-lab-release/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:06:43

• 3D printing with a 4,000-pound industrial robot ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/02/04/3d-printing-with-a-4000-pound-industrial-robot/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:06:52

• KDE Gear 25.12.2 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.12.2/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:07:02

• The first good Raspberry Pi Laptop ☞ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/the-first-good-raspberry-pi-laptop/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:07:31

• How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:07:59

• Generating GTFS Feeds ☞ https://jbb.ghsq.de/kde/2026/02/07/Generating-GTFS-Feeds.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:09:23

• SuperTux 0.7.0 Beta 2 Released with Editor & Gaming Improvements ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/supertux-0-7-0-beta-2-released-with-editor-gaming-improvements/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:09:54

• “Fix” Giant Cursor Issue for Flatpak Apps in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/fix-giant-cursor-flatpak-apps-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:10:32

• Darktable 5.4.1 Released with Few Dozen Fixes [Ubuntu PPA Updated] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/darktable-5-4-1-released/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:10:55

• Changan Nevo A06 EV with sodium-ion battery ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/changan-nevo-a06-ev-with-sodium-ion-battery.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:11:43

• Russian Recruiters Target Africans as Fodder for War ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2026/02/russian-recruiters-target-africans-as-fodder-for-war/ "ran a Facebook (Farcebook) group helping Arab students go to Moscow to study"    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:12:41

• Russian General Is Shot in Latest Attack on a Top Military Leader in Moscow ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/europe/russian-general-shot-moscow-alekseyev.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:12:54

• Olympics Officials Signal Sanctions on Russia in Sports May End ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/world/europe/russia-olympics-sports-sanctions-ukraine.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:13:07

• UN experts denounce Russia conviction of ICC prosecutor ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/un-experts-denounce-russia-conviction-of-icc-prosecutor/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:13:27

• German wargaming ignores Baltic forces, sees Russia seize Suwalki Gap ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2830293/german-wargaming-ignores-baltic-forces-sees-russia-seize-suwalki-gap    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:13:43

• Lithuanian FM meets Moldovan president to discuss EU integration, Russian threats ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2829287/lithuanian-fm-meets-moldovan-president-to-discuss-eu-integration-russian-threats    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:13:56

• Volkov case assessed in broader context, says Lithuania’s intelligence chief ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2829171/volkov-case-assessed-in-broader-context-says-lithuania-s-intelligence-chief    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:14:08

• Lithuania urges ‘finally ambitious’ EU sanctions package against Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2829101/lithuania-urges-finally-ambitious-eu-sanctions-package-against-russia    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:14:19

• Washington Seeks New Path On Nuclear Arms As Treaty With Russia Expires ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/washington-nuclear-arms-treaty-cold-war-treaty-russia-us/33671375.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:14:33

• Officials: Top Russian Intelligence General Shot, Wounded In Attempted Assassination ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-general-gru-shooting-assassination-attempt/33671131.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:14:51

• Japan PM Takaichi to push Russia to restart visits to graves on disputed islands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichi-to-push-russia-to-restart-visits-to-graves-on-disputed-islands    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:15:56

• Russian Strikes Pummel Ukraine’s Power Grid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/world/europe/russia-strikes-ukraine-energy.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:16:12

• At Ukraine’s Request, Starlink Denies Internet Access to Russian Troops ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/world/europe/starlink-blocks-russian-troops-access.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:16:56

• Azerbaijan issues strong protest to Russia over lawmaker's comments on Karabakh trial ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/azerbaijan-issues-strong-protest-to-russia-over-lawmakers-comments-on-karabakh-trial    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:17:15

• Despite debate on warmer ties, Lithuania's stance on Belarus among EU’s toughest, says FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2829116/despite-debate-on-warmer-ties-lithuania-s-stance-on-belarus-among-eu-s-toughest-says-fm    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:17:32

• Release GCompris 26.0 ☞ https://www.gcompris.net/newsall-en.html#2026-02-04    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:21:17

• The Assault on Ukraine’s Power Grid ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-assault-on-ukraines-power-grid    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:21:36

• Zelenskyy Says US Wants War Ended By Summer As Russia Hits Ukraine's Power Grid ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-energy-attack-heating-war-infrastructure-freezing/33671993.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:21:51

• Suspects Reportedly Detained Over Shooting Of Top Russian Intelligence General ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/general-alekseyev-assassination-russia-intelligence-gru-ukraine-war/33672037.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:22:07

• Ukraine's Parliament Speaker Makes Sanctions Case On Capitol Hill, Warns Against Prolonged Talks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-stefanchuk-washington-sanctions-peace-talks-trump-russia/33672072.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:22:44

• Lithuanian municipalities allocate €50,000 for generators and heaters for Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2829581/lithuanian-municipalities-allocate-eur50-000-for-generators-and-heaters-for-ukraine    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:22:58

• US wants Ukraine and Russia to end war by June, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260207-live-us-wants-ukraine-russia-end-war-by-june-zelensky-says    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:23:13

• Russian strike knocks out power in Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russian-strike-knocks-out-power-in-kyiv    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:23:29

• Energy infrastructure severely damaged in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/energy-infrastructure-severely-damaged-in-ukraine    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:23:41

• US sets deadline for peace deal between Ukraine and Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/us-sets-deadline-for-peace-deal-between-ukraine-and-russia    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:23:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man pushes for peace in Ukraine ‘by June’, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260207-donald-trump-us-pushes-peace-ukraine-by-june-zelensky-trump-putin-witkoff-diplomacy-war    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:24:39

• $199+ M5Stack Hey Hi (AI) Pyramid Computing Box GNU/Linux Hey Hi (AI) mini PC is based on Axera AX8850 SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/199-m5stack-ai-pyramid-computing-box-linux-ai-mini-pc-is-based-on-axera-ax8850-soc/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:25:04

• FOSDEM 2026 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/02/07/fosdem-2026.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:26:19

• (SOK) Weekly recap (1) - KDE Docs PDF generation ☞ https://libremelon.com/blog/kde/2026/02/08/01-sok-kde-docs/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:27:51

• Jonathan Almeida: Test a Firefox Android variant alongside your daily driver ☞ https://jonalmeida.com/til/install-fenix-variants/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:28:40

• US Negotiating Team Visits Strike-Force Carrier Off Iranian Waters ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-lincoln-carrier-witkoff-negotiations-nuclear/33672170.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:28:58

• Script to run an app as any user ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202602/script-to-run-an-app-as-any-user.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:29:49

• Iran Is at Work on Missile and Nuclear Sites, Satellite Images Show ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/middleeast/iran-missile-nuclear-repairs.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:30:11

• One-third of consumers reject Hey Hi (AI) on their devices, with most saying they simply don’t need it ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/one-third-of-consumers-reject-ai-on-their-devices-with-most-saying-they-simply-dont-need-it-latest-report-highlights-privacy-fears-and-potential-costs-among-other-real-world-concerns    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:30:46

• Parametrized Keyframes - Status Report, February 2026 ☞ https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/dopesheet-status-1-26/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:31:43

• Fedora 43 templates available for Qubes OS 4.3 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/02/06/fedora-43-templates-available/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:32:32

• OLED gaming monitor shows only light burn-in after 3,000-hour torture test — 500 hours of Overwatch gameplay leaves a faint scar on the premium panel ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/gaming-monitors/oled-gaming-monitor-shows-only-light-burn-in-after-3-000-hour-torture-test-500-hours-of-overwatch-gameplay-leaves-a-faint-scar-on-the-premium-panel    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:33:19

• FreeBSD 14.4-BETA1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/freebsd    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:34:10

• Netbsd 11.0_RC1 also ready ☞ https://distrowatch.com/netbsd    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:34:20

• Lucas Baudin: Being a Mentor for Outreachy ☞ https://lbaudin.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/blog/posts/being-a-mentor-outreachy/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:34:51

• CC at the Hey Hi (AI) Impact Summit: Core Interventions for the Public Interest ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2026/02/06/cc-at-the-ai-impact-summit-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cc-at-the-ai-impact-summit-2026    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:35:37

• OpenJDK updates (Slackware packages) ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/openjdk-updates-slackware-packages/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:36:06

• Olimex HoT aims to be lightweight, easier-to-use alternative to Home Assistant ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/olimex-hot-aims-to-be-lightweight-easier-to-use-alternative-to-home-assistant/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:36:29

• An Old Trick in the Patent Book: Targeted Drafting from 1876 to 2026 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/patent-targeted-drafting.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:37:26

• Cassidy James Blaede: ROOST at FOSDEM 2026 ☞ https://cassidyjames.com/blog/roost-osprey-fosdem-2026/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:38:17

• systemctl Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/systemctl/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:40:22

• journalctl Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/journalctl/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:40:37

• Traceroute Command in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/traceroute-command-in-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:40:49

• xytz – TUI frontend for yt-dlp ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xytz-tui-frontend-youtube/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:41:29

• Proprietary software people speak for OSI ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/open-source-at-the-heart-of-europes-and-the-worlds-digital-future    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:48:26

• PC Play on GNU/Linux Is Growing in 2026, with 24k Titles and Steam Machines on the Horizon ☞ https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/linux-gaming-guide-2026/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:49:10

• Celerator – TUI to debug and monitor Celery tasks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/celerator-tui-debug-monitor-celery-tasks/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:49:41

• FuzPad – minimalistic note management solution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fuzpad-minimalistic-note-management-solution/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:49:53

• Geminispace Net Growth in 2026 About a Capsule a Day ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/06/Geminispace_Net_Growth_in_2026_About_a_Capsule_a_Day.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:50:07

• 6 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Gemini Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-graphical-gemini-clients/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:50:28

• IBM lobbied for software patents ☞ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/FopFFlxXm-qL8lT0OiSc8hsfXy0ZSQNY    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 16:51:22

• Paris cyber crime unit raids X offices, concerned by deepfakes and child safeguarding online ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-week-in-france/20260207-paris-cyber-crime-unit-raids-x-offices-concerned-by-deepfakes-and-child-safeguarding-online    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:02:21

• Hong Kong university student arrested for alleged doxxing after whistleblowing on academic integrity scandal ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/06/hong-kong-university-student-arrested-for-alleged-doxxing-after-whistleblowing-on-academic-integrity-scandal/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:02:55

• Microsoft purges backdoored Windows 11 printer drivers, putting millions of devices on borrowed time — legacy printers face extinction as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft stops distributing V3 and V4 drivers ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/microsoft-stops-distrubitng-legacy-v3-and-v4-printer-drivers    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:03:12

• Microsoft’s Hey Hi (AI) Efforts Are Faceplanting ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-ai-efforts-faceplanting    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:03:28

• Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/dutch-authorities-allegedly-seize-vpn-server-without-a-warrant-company-claims-that-law-enforcement-will-return-it-after-analyzing-the-device-fully    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:04:32

• Legendary backdoored Windows dev codes demos and games for ancient ‘War Games’ monitor — interfaces with the HP1345a vector display using an ESP32 microcontroller ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/legendary-windows-dev-codes-demos-and-games-for-ancient-war-games-monitor-interfaces-with-the-hp1345a-vector-display-using-an-esp32-microcontroller    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:05:32

• MElon Under Investigation for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material ☞ https://emptywheel.net/elon-musk-under-investigation-for-trafficking-child-sexual-abuse-material/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:06:53

• France’s Raid on X Escalates Trans-Atlantic Showdown Over Social Media ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/world/europe/social-media-free-speech.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:07:18

• Who Are You? YMTC’s Refusal to Identify Its Real Parties in Interest ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/refusal-identify-interest.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:07:50

• When Obviousness Rejections Pile On: Rethinking Multi-Reference Combinations ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/obviousness-rejections-combinations.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:08:04

• The ‘Narrow’ Question That Appears in Half of PTAB Obviousness Decisions ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/question-obviousness-decisions.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:12:23

• Patent Suit Over NASA’s Mars Helicopter Blocked by Government Contractor Immunity ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/02/helicopter-government-contractor.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:12:38

• Papers adds handwriting & text annotations in latest Nightly builds ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/papers-gnome-app-annotations-signature    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:13:42

• LibreOffice 26.2 released with Excel boosts & Markdown support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/libreoffice-26-2-new-features    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:13:52

• New Raspberry Pi 4 models splits RAM across dual chips ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/raspberry-pi-4-rev-1-5-dual-ram    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:14:03

• Ubuntu 26.04 is coming to SpacemiT’s K3 (RISC-V RVA23 SoC) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/spacemit-k3-rva23-ubuntu-26-04-lts    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:14:22

• GPG Update 2026 ☞ https://euroquis.nl/blabla/2026/02/03/gpg.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:14:42

• Jose E. Marchesi: godcc 1.0 released ☞    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:14:58

• 36 Years in Making, GNU's Very Own Kernel Project Hurd is Anything But Dead ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/gnu-hurd-progress-report/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:15:27

• Ubuntu 24.04 Has GNU/Linux 6.17 HWE Kernel Backported ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/ubuntu-24-04-linux-6-17-kernel-backported/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:16:11

• LibreOffice 26.2 Released with Markdown Import/Export, Vertical Tabs ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/libreoffice-26-2-released-with-markdown-import-export-vertical-tabs/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:16:53

• Krita Released 6.0 Beta with Qt6 Port & Native Wayland Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/krita-6-0-beta-qt6-wayland/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:17:03

• GCompris 26.0 Released with 2 New Activities & Teachers Tool ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/02/gcompris-26-0-released-with-2-new-activities-teachers-tool/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:20:58

• Manjaro 26.0.2 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:21:20

• Going Linux #475 · Listener Feedback ☞ https://goinglinux.com/episode-475-listener-feedback/index.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:22:16

• Jenin Younes on Threats to Free Speech from the Left and the Right ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jenin-younes-on-threats-to-free-speech-from-the-left-and-the-right    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:22:59

• How to Use Multipass on Ubuntu 26.04 ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-use-multipass-on-ubuntu-26-04    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:23:56

• European Commission urged to invoke digital law against Fentanylware (CheeTok) ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/02/european-commission-urged-to-invoke-digital-law-against-tiktok/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:24:55

• 31 Killed In Suicide Attack On Shi’ite Mosque In Pakistani Capital ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/suicide-attack-mosque-pakistan-islamabad/33671414.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:25:19

• Pakistani Authorities Make First Arrests After Deadly Mosque Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-mosque-attack-arrests-funerals-islamabad/33672178.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:25:33

• Isis claims suicide attack, Islamabad mourns 31 killed in bombing ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/isis-claims-suicide-attack-islamabad-mourns-31-killed-in-bombing    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:25:43

• Thousands in Islamabad mourn 31 killed in suicide bombing of Shi’ite mosque ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/thousands-in-islamabad-mourn-31-killed-in-suicide-bombing-of-shiite-mosque    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:25:54

• A Mosque Bombing Undercuts Pakistan’s Bid for Security ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/world/asia/pakistan-mosque-bombing.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:26:07

• Suicide bomber kills 31 in Shi’ite mosque in Pakistan’s capital, officials say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/suicide-bomber-kills-31-in-shiite-mosque-in-pakistans-capital-officials-say    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:26:23

• Suicide Bombing Kills 31 at Mosque in Pakistan’s Capital ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/world/asia/pakistan-mosque-attack-islamabad.html    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:26:33

• Tech Savvy Meets Principles in Emmabuntüs Debian 6 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/tech-savvy-meets-principles-in-emmabuntus-debian-6/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:27:17

• Need to Redact a PDF on Linux? Try Censor ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/02/need-to-redact-a-pdf-on-linux-try-censor/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:27:42

• How to Install Yarn on Ubuntu (26.04, 24.04, 22.04) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-yarn-on-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:28:37

• How to Install Python on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-python-on-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:28:58

• How to Manage Third-Party APT Repos on Debian with extrepo ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-manage-third-party-apt-repos-on-debian-with-extrepo/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:29:15

• How to Install Kotlin on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-kotlin-on-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:29:31

• How to Install PHP on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-php-on-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:29:48

• How to Enable BBR on Linux Mint (22, 21) ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-enable-bbr-on-linux-mint/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:30:10

• How to Install Composer on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-composer-on-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:30:34

• How to Install Git on Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-git-on-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:30:42

• goxe – log reduction tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/goxe-log-reduction-tool/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:31:09

• 4 Best Free and Open Source Elm Static Site Generators ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-elm-static-site-generators/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:31:27

• Formbricks – open source Qualtrics alternative ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/formbricks-open-source-qualtrics-alternative/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:31:47

• 7 Best Free and Open Source UPnP Media Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/upnpservers/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:32:05

• dekl – declarative package and dotfile management for Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dekl-declarative-package-dotfile-management-arch-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:32:52

• 6 Best Free and Open Source OCR Screen Capture Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-ocr-screen-capture-tools/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:33:02

• 5 Hot Free and Open Source Ruby Application Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-ruby-application-servers/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:33:13

• Beserk Arch – bleeding-edge, security-centric Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/beserk-arch-bleeding-edge-security-centric-arch-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:33:23

• FluxLinux 1.5 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/fluxlinux    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:34:56

• Talos 1.12.3 released as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/talos    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:35:29

• mnemo – note-taking app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mnemo-note-taking-app/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:35:49

• ChromeOS 16503.60.0 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/chromeos    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:36:00

• PairUX – collaborative screen sharing ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pairux-collaborative-screen-sharing/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:36:35

• BigLinux 2026-02-07 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:36:51

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based Mastodon Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-web-based-mastodon-clients/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:37:13

• LainOS 2026.02.06 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lainos    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:37:23

• grabIT – screenshot and screen recorder script ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grabit-screenshot-screen-recorder-script/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:37:42

• Berserk Arch 2026.02.06 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/berserkarch    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:37:56

• 6 Top Free and Open Source Erlang Web Frameworks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free-open-source-erlang-web-frameworks/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:38:15

• Lilidog 26.02.06 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lilidog    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:38:26

• Mastui – Mastodon client for the terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mastui-mastodon-client-terminal/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:38:46

• 9 Best Free and Open Source Host-Based Intrusion Detection Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-host-based-intrusion-detection-systems/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:39:03

• How To Install Terraform on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-terraform-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:39:37

• How To Install Kotlin on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kotlin-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:39:49

• How To Install SDKMAN on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-sdkman-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:40:01

• How To Install PeaZip on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-peazip-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:40:12

• How To Install Symfony PHP Framework on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-symfony-php-framework-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:40:26

• How To Install Micro Text Editor on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-micro-text-editor-linux-mint-22/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:40:45

• With Git Moving to Rust, How Long Until a Git Fork? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/with-git-moving-to-rust-how-long    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:41:16

• 5 Best Free and Open Source Encrypted FUSE-Based File Systems ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-encrypted-fuse-based-file-systems/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:41:39

• DailyDash – head-up display for developers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dailydash-head-up-display-developers/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:42:11

• LibreOffice 26.2 is here: a faster, more polished office suite that you control ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/04/libreoffice-26-2-is-here/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:42:50

• Video: New features in LibreOffice 26.2 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/07/video-new-features-in-libreoffice-26-2/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:43:22

• Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/02/06/why-ooxml-is-not-a-standard-format-for-office-documents/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:43:41

• Cape Verde now in Eurosur: Frontex gives details for surveillance aircraft in West Africa ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2026/02/05/cape-verde-now-in-eurosur-frontex-gives-details-of-surveillance-aircraft-in-west-africa/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:44:34

• Macau hotel rips up its trademark gold bricks from lobby, sells for US$13 million ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/02/07/macau-hotel-rips-up-its-trademark-gold-bricks-from-lobby-sells-for-us13-million/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:45:51

• Universal Music and ABKCO Score Summary Judgment Win in Marathon Copyright Battle Over Rolling Stones, ABBA Documentaries ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/02/06/universal-music-abkco-infringement-suit-win/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:46:22

• Pluralistic: End of the line for video essays (07 Feb 2026) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:47:02

• Fastchess – manage chess games with engines ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fastchess-manage-chess-games-engines/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:48:30

• marchat – terminal chat ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/marchat-terminal-chat/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:48:39

• Libro – terminal based book tracking tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/libro-terminal-based-book-tracking-tool/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:48:51

• Published controlled by Bill 'Russian Girls' Epsteingate (pedo) https://www.theverge.com/report/875077/linux-was-a-mistake    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:50:13

• 4 reasons I stopped using Ubuntu and don't miss it https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-im-not-going-back-to-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:50:33

• GOG has already started working on Linux gaming as it says they're "a big fan" of the OS https://www.xda-developers.com/gog-has-already-started-working-on-linux-gaming-as-it-says-theyre-a-big-fan-of-the-os/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:52:57

• Intel Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU Impresses in Linux Performance Tests https://www.techpowerup.com/346061/intel-arc-b390-panther-lake-igpu-impresses-in-linux-performance-tests    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:53:40

• 5 open-source apps I install immediately after installing Linux https://www.makeuseof.com/open-source-apps-i-install-immediately-after-installing-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:54:02

• "It’s been a few months since the KDE Project announced its in-house Linux distro, KDE Linux, and they’ve been very busy beefing it up with some of the latest technologies and hardware support for the upcoming beta release." https://9to5linux.com/kde-linux-gears-up-for-beta-release-with-plasma-login-manager-kde-initial-setup    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:54:24

• I broke my Linux system on purpose and recovered it without reinstalling https://www.makeuseof.com/broke-my-linux-system-on-purpose-recovered-it-without-reinstalling/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:54:45

• GOG is already working on native Linux support https://www.theverge.com/tech/875425/gog-native-linux-support    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:55:29

• January brought major updates to these 6 Linux distros https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-distros-got-major-updates-last-month/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:56:06

• Possible "RDNA 4M" iGPU spotted in Linux patches https://tech.sportskeeda.com/gaming-news/news-possible-rdna-4m-igpu-spotted-linux-patches    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:56:54

• DKnife Linux toolkit hijacks router traffic to spy, deliver malware https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dknife-linux-toolkit-hijacks-router-traffic-to-spy-deliver-malware/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:57:31

• DKnife sounds almosy like DrKnife    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:57:58

• Goose – database migration tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/goose-database-migration-tool/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:59:15

• 7 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Mastodon Clients ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-text-based-mastodon-clients/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:59:24

• Linux Candy: sigye – terminal clock ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-candy-sigye-terminal-clock/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:59:35

• riff – wrapper around diff ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/riff-wrapper-diff/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:59:47

• Frogmouth – Markdown browser for the terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/frogmouth-markdown-browser-terminal/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 17:59:56

• Basalt – TUI program to manage Obsidian notes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/basalt-tui-program-manage-obsidian-notes/    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:00:09

• Microsoft downtime https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-confirms-power-outage-at-data-center-says-services-impacted-include-microsoft-store-and-windows-update/articleshow/128045559.cms    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:20:29

• Frustraciones modernas gemini://text.eapl.mx/frustraciones-modernas    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:46:25

• "As a customer, I cannot trust IBM and its product, when IBM admits that 15% are "low performers". Would anyone eat in a restaurant knowing that at least 15% of the employees don't wash their hands after using the bathroom and the restaurant has a sign displaying that info. The stup1d Indian at the top is full of garbage and needs to be fired." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgtrz521    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:50:58

• "The issue with the 15/70/15 stack is this: I work on an R&D team of about ten people, and at the team level, all of our projects are important. We all understand that and respect each other’s work. But recently, some projects have been tied directly to customers. As a result, the people assigned to those projects are effectively exempt from the bottom 15%."    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:51:36

• "Meanwhile, those of us on projects without a direct customer tie are almost automatically at risk of falling into that category."    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:51:43

• "It stops being about performance and becomes about project assignment. This isn’t new — we’ve seen it before. The last time it happened, it created significant issues, especially when customer priorities shifted or projects changed direction. That’s part of why the approach was abandoned in the past. It’s disappointing to see it being revived again."    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:52:04

• "What’s a skill you use at work that AI will never be able to replicate? If you have one, great. If not, start expanding your skills." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgz0qa0f "Lying." Chatbots are actually very good at lying, but they're not AI, they're slop/LLMs and they have no notion of "lies".    

posted Sunday, February 08, 2026 at 18:53:47

• Cheeto hates Nacho (NATO)    

posted Monday, February 09, 2026 at 02:06:47