Best Costco Labor Day deals 2025: 15+ sales up to $1,700 off

Shop Costco’s Labor Day sale online right now, with major deals from brands like Apple, Lenovo, LG, and more.

Rising from the Ashes: How AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux Redefined the Post-CentOS Landscape

by George Whittaker

When Red Hat announced the abrupt end of traditional CentOS in late 2020, the Linux ecosystem was shaken to its core. Developers, sysadmins, and enterprises that re…

New Details Emerge on Thunderbird Pro, Thundermail and AI Features

Mozilla’s Thunderbird team announced plans earlier this year to launch Thundermail, their own email service, alongside a premium Thunderbird Pro subscription providing a suite of enhanced features. This week, MZLA Technologies Corporation gave an…

Fooyin Music Player 0.9.0 Added Autoplaylists & Synced Lyrics

Fooyin, the free open-source Foobar2000 inspired music player, released new 0.9.0 (and 0.9.1 with quick fixes) version few days ago. In case you didn’t know Fooyin, it’s a music player features Foobar2000 look like appearance and Qt6-based user interface designed for KDE desktop. It uses FFmpeg library as backend for local music playback, and supports […]

Your smart plug is seriously underutilized: 7 ways I’ve programmed mine to automate my home

Smart plugs are a simple, affordable way to level up your home. Here are some clever ways I use them.

FOSS Weekly #25.34: Mint 22.2 Features, FreeVPN Fiasco, Windows Update Killing SSDs, AI in LibreOffice and More

A week of fiascos by Microsoft and Google (sort of).

Amin Bandali: Lispy Gopher Climate with screwlisp

Last night I appeared on screwlisp’s live show Lispy Gopher
Climate on aNONradio. It was a fun hour chatting with screwlisp
about Emacs, EmacsConf, computing science, free software, and
community, with lively audience participation on LambdaMOO and
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TerraMaster D1 SSD Plus Review: Experience a Faster External SSD

It is one of those devices that I did not know I needed until I used it.

FSF Blogs: Forty years, forty links

Source: Planet GNU

Free VPN Extension Found Taking Screenshots, Uploading Them

Security researchers found that a free VPN extension for Chrome with over 100k is taking screen grabs of users’ browsing and uploading them to a remote server.
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Linux Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.16

Linux kernel 6.15 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 6.16 kernel series as soon as possible.
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Distribution Release: Besgnulinux 3-0

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Besgnulinux is a lightweight, desktop Linux distribution based on Debian’s “Stable” branch, with JWM as its preferred desktop environment. The project’s latest release is version 3-0 and…

T-Mobile will give you 4 free Google Pixel phones right now – here’s how the deal works

Upgrading to the new Google Pixel 10? Don’t miss this T-Mobile offer for both new and existing customers with eligible plans and trade-ins.

LibreOffice 25.8 Released! PDF 2.0 Export & Many New Calc Functions

LibreOffice, the popular free open-source office suite, release new 25.8 version today! LibreOffice 25.8 is a new major release that features user interface improvements, many new spreadsheet functions, faster file loading, and many other new features. First, the new release added support for exporting PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2). The PDF export dialog now offers a […]

Groklaw Domain Hijacked? Site Now Serving Crypto Content

Groklaw’s storied domain has fallen into unexpected hands. What’s behind the sudden flood of crypto content—and is the site lost for good?
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I’m a longtime Pixel fan – but I’m skipping the latest model, and here’s why

Last year’s Pixel 9 Pro was nearly flawless. Is this year’s model a big enough step up to justify the upgrade?

Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold vs. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7: Here’s the clear winner after testing both

Samsung and Google’s new foldables target different types of users – here’s the one that’s right for you.

Google Pixel 10 Pro vs. iPhone 16 Pro: I’ve tried both flagships, and there’s an easy winner

The Pixel 10 Pro strikes a smart balance of performance and portability – but is it the better buy over the iPhone 16 Pro?

Google is giving a free $240 offer to all Pixel 10 Pro users – how to redeem it

If you are planning to buy a new Pixel 10 Pro, you are qualified for a special reward, including Google Cloud storage.

LibreOffice 25.8 Released with PDF 2.0 Export, Faster Performance

LibreOffice 25.8 released with PDF 2.0 export, 30% faster file opening, new Calc functions, better performance, and various user-interface tweaks.
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