This HP laptop is a great MacBook alternative – and it’s 50% off for Memorial Day

The OmniBook 5 is on sale for $530. It’s a solid laptop with a long battery life, an OLED screen, and strong performance.

FSF Shows Strength With 46 LibreLocal Meetups in 2026

With Richard Stallman back on the road and FSF backing 46 community-focused LibreLocal meetups worldwide, the free software movement looks anything but finished.
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Canonical to shutter Ubuntu Pastebin after 18 years of service

Canonical will decommission its long-running text-hosting service Ubuntu Pastebin on May 31. The company is pulling the plug as part of a broader “infrastructure modernization and migration project”. Ubuntu Pastebin, which works similarly t…

Ubuntu 26.10 daily builds now available to download

Daily builds of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ are now available for download, as development on the distro’s next major release kicks in to gear. As the name suggests, new ISOs are produced from development code on a (mostly) daily…

Distribution Release: Besgnulinux 4-0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Besgnulinux development team has announced the release of Besgnulinux 4-0, the latest update of the project’s Debian-based Linux distribution featuring the lightweight JWM window man…

Samsung will give you a free 32-inch Odyssey monitor right now – here’s how to qualify

Samsung’s BOGO monitor deal is back, back, back again. Here’s what you need to know to snag yours.

Best Buy just discounted top gaming monitors for Memorial Day

Memorial Day is almost here, but you can already find great discounts on gaming monitors from Samsung, LG, and more at Best Buy.

I’m expanding my smart home, and these are the Memorial Day deals I’m shopping

Smart home devices are on sale this Memorial Day weekend, and I’ve gathered the best deals available right now.

Amin Bandali: Thinking about life – chat with Protesilaos

In the recent weeks I’ve been engaging Prot as a coach to help review
my new ffs package for GNU Emacs as I worked on preparing it for
inclusion in GNU ELPA, as well as discussing other Emacs- and
life-related topics.

UPDATE 2026-05-23 22:39:15 -…

I test robot vacuums for a living, and these are the 11 best Memorial Day deals right now

This is one of the best times of the year to buy a robot vacuum, thanks to these Memorial Day deals.

FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending May 22, 2026

Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read articles on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
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This Windows tablet will outlast my iPad Pro in the mud and rain – but I can’t take it seriously

The Getac G140 puts power in the hands of fire & rescue, automotive, and utility workers.

I joyfully reunited with my first Linux distro at the Virtual OS Museum

Feeling nostalgic? From Amiga Unix to XVM/RSX, anyone can run over 570 extinct OSes. Try it now on Linux, MacOS, or Windows.

This QLED canvas art TV isn’t made by Samsung, and it’s $650 cheaper this weekend

Amazon is selling the 2026 Hisense Hi-QLED S7 Canvas TV for 43% off during Memorial Day weekend.

Firefox Just Saved Us All from Spammy Online PDF Tools

Firefox’s PDF viewer just got a feature that online tools have been charging for.

I’ve tested portable speakers from Bose, Sony, JBL, more – these deals are actually worth it

I found the best Bluetooth speaker deals for your holiday weekend festivities.

In a Weird Case, German Deutsche Bahn's Website Was Locking Out Linux Users

DB says it was not intentional, and the block seems to have been fixed.

You can snag a 2TB Corsair SSD for 60% off at Best Buy – and it gets my approval

Expand your Mac and iOS storage space for large program downloads, photos, and more with the 2TB Corsair EX400U SSD.

FSF News: Forty-six free software meetups on six continents

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, May 19, 2026) — The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) reports that its global call for free
software supporters to organize LibreLocals this May resulted in free
software supporters organizing forty-six LibreLoc…

Forty-six free software meetups on six continents

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (Tuesday, May 19, 2026) — The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) reports that its global call for free
software supporters to organize LibreLocals this May resulted in free
software supporters organizing forty-six LibreLocal e…