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a2ps @ Savannah: a2ps 4.15.8 released [stable]

I am delighted to announce a new release of GNU a2ps, the “anything to
PostScript” system.

This is to announce a2ps-4.15.8, a stable release. This release fixes a
buffer overflow, and a failure to build on some older systems.

There have been 13 …

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Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam

by George Whittaker

For years, Windows users frustrated with constant changes, aggressive updates, and growing system bloat have flirted with switching to Linux. But 2025 marks a notic…

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Amin Bandali: Free software activities in November 2025

Hello and welcome to my November free software activities report.
I’ve been working on a number of things throughout this month but
they’re not quite ready for reporting yet, so this month’s report
will be quite short.
GNU & FSF

EmacsConf: I rec…

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Jose E. Marchesi: Algol 68 Front-End merged in GCC

I am very happy to announce that, after almost a year in the
works, today the Algol 68
front-end has been merged in GCC proper in its development
trunk branch. This means that we are no longer off-tree, and
that GCC 16 will …

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Simon Josefsson: Container Images for Debian with Guix

The debian-with-guix-container project build and publish container images of Debian GNU/Linux stable with GNU Guix installed.

The images are like normal Debian stable containers but have the guix tool and a reasonable fresh guix pull.

Supported…

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gnuastro @ Savannah: Gnuastro 0.24 released

The 24th release of GNU Astronomy Utilities (Gnuastro) is now available. See the full announcement for all the new features in this release and the many bugs that have been found and fixed: https://lists.gnu … -11/msg00001.html

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Disks – An Intro to Ubuntu Default Disk Utility Application

Disks, or GNOME Disk Utility, is the Ubuntu default disk storage management application. Its purpose is to manage everything about hard disk drives and other storage on your Ubuntu computer — including optical discs (CDs, DVDs) and USB flash drives. T…

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www @ Savannah: Malware in Proprietary Software – Latest Additions

The initial injustice of proprietary software often leads to further injustices: malicious functionalities.

The introduction of unjust techniques in nonfree software, such as back doors, DRM, tethering, and others, has become ever more frequent. N…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

https://www.theve … d-data-collection

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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

(

http…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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GNU Taler news: GNU Taler 1.2 released

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

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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…

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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…

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