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Gary Benson: Slow boot?

Does your Linux box take forever to boot? The command you’re looking for is systemd-analyze blame

parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20251122 (‘Mamdani’) released [stable]

GNU Parallel 20251122 (‘Mamdani’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4

Quote of the month:

  ainda não inventaram palavras capazes de expressar minha gratidão aos desenvolvedores do GNU Parallel

    — @nue…

Jose E. Marchesi: Version 6 of the Algol 68 GCC Front-End posted

Today I submitted the version 6 of the patch series for the Algol 68
GCC Front-End:

https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2025-November/701589.html

Since last submission we have added a modules system based on the
Modules and S…

Collection of Ubuntu 24.04 Tutorials Part III: The List, Cursor Size, Thunderbird Emails, Winamp-like Player and the Recommendations

This is the third compilation of our Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat tutorials, which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In the last compilation, we talked about useful things like Telegram and Synaptic, among others. In this episode, we…

remotecontrol @ Savannah: Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats

https://www.theve … d-data-collection

GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.26.1

GNUnet 0.26.1

This is a bugfix release for gnunet 0.26.0.
It fixes some regressions and minor bugs.

Links

Source:

https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnunet/gnunet-0.26.1.tar.gz

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http…

Simon Josefsson: Introducing the Debian Libre Live Images

The Debian Libre Live Images allows you to run and install Debian GNU/Linux without non-free software.

The general goal is to provide a way to use Debian without reliance on non-free software, to the extent possible within the Debian project.

O…

GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.26.0

GNUnet 0.26.0 released

We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.26.0.

GNUnet is an alternative network stack for building secure, decentralized and
privacy-preserving distributed applications.
Our goal is to rep…

health @ Savannah: GNU Health HIS server 5.0.3 patchset bundle released

Dear community

I am happy to announce that the GNU Health Hospital Information System 5.0.3 patchset has been released!

In addition to the patches, you will notice a tarball significantly smaller than previous bundles, mainly from not excluding…

GNU Taler news: GNU Taler 1.2 released

We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v1.2.

Devuan GNU+Linux 6 "Excalibur" Released with Download Links, Torrents and Mirrors

Devuan 6 “Excalibur” GNU+Linux is finally released! It has been released on Monday, 3 November 2025. Devuan (pronounced dev-one) is the free software operating system for computers derived from Debian GNU/Linux without systemd. This rele…

health @ Savannah: GNUHealthCon 2025 – December 20th

The GNU Health Conference 2025 will take place December 20th, and it will be online!

Join us and get the latest on Free Software in healthcare and social medicine!

#GHCon2025

More info and registration:

https://www.gnuhe … h.org/ghcon/202…

unrtf @ Savannah: unrtf 0.21.11

unrtf 0.21.11 is released, fixing recently submitted security issues and a number of older bugs. Until the tar file can be uploaded to the proper location on ftp.gnu,org, you can find it on the project home page

coreutils @ Savannah: coreutils-9.9 released [stable]

This is to announce coreutils-9.9, a stable release.
This is primarily a stabilization release,
details of which are summarized in the NEWS below.

There have been 106 commits by 10 people in the 7 weeks since 9.8.
Thanks to everyone who has contr…

Download Fedora 43 Full Editions (Workstation, Server, IoT Included)

The forty-third release of Fedora GNU/Linux is here. It’s released on
Tuesday, 28 October 2025 or the same month Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing
Quokka” was released. It is available in a lot of editions, mainly:
Workstation, KDE Plasma Edition (new!), Serve…

Gary Benson: Terminal colours

\x1B[38;5;105m and \x1B[38;5;141m are a great combo.

Announcing the winners of the FSF40 Photo Contest

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Thursday, November 6, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the winning photo submissions in the FSF40 Photo Contest held in August.

FSF News: Announcing the winners of the FSF40 Photo Contest

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Thursday, November 6, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the winning photo submissions in the FSF40 Photo Contest held in August.

FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, November 7, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, November 7 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

GNU Guix: Update on the Guix Fundraising

We’re on our wayIt’s been a month since we started the fundraising campaign to Sustain and Strengthen Guix. So far we’ve raised €6562 which is around 40% of our €15000 annual goal. If you’d like to support the project’s fundraiser there’s still tim…