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I Didn't Go Back to Windows After 6 Months on Linux Mint 22... Here's Why 17 QueerDuck Apr 28 4 hrs ago 6 822
New Linux Exploit Just Dropped (Before the Fix) - (Dirty Frag) 0 Sector 001 Yesterday Yesterday 3 222
Copy Fail: This Exploit Gives Root Access on Linux - SavvyNik 11 Sector 001 Apr 30 Wednesday 3 507
Stop Using Pop!OS -- It's Failing New Linux Users in 2026 17 Sector 001 Apr 20 Apr 27 6 911
This is a long text article about my discussion with Claude about linux and MacOS 31 LiberalArkie Apr 24 Apr 26 0 925
Ansel. Open-source photo-editing software for digital artists, based on Darktable. 🐧 Love Open Source 🐧 2 usonian Apr 6 Apr 6 3 538
Ubuntu, Fedora, Linux Mint Eye Age Verification Amid California Law Backlash 2 Eugene Mar 5 Mar 5 3 938
Open PDF Studio v1.20.0 (Github) 1 usonian Feb 28 Feb 28 5 608
How One Hack Nearly Took Down The Internet - Veritasium (Linux Backdoor) 1 Sector 001 Feb 25 Feb 25 3 723
The Pricelessware list still has some great programs... 6 justaprogressive Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 9661
"Secret" Santa, two of them, actually, donate almost $1 Million to Free Software Foundation. Oh Ho Ho!!! 0 usonian Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 719
9 free software copycats that work better than the real expensive programs 10 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2021 Dec 2025 17 11883
Cutting Edge Fedora Linux without reliance on Flatpaks - Ultramarine 43 KDE 2 LVZ Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1314
Opening the cage: the FSFE flies away from X (Twitter) 0 usonian Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 922
Coming sometime (unknown) Gimp 3.2 2 usonian Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1104
Discussion board software recomendations 6 tk2kewl Sep 2015 Jun 2025 0 5919
Strip unwanted Facebook tracking code from links 7 LVZ May 2025 Jun 2025 6 5029
'Anyone can do this': Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review -- Retraction Watch 0 erronis Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 1875
The Copilot Delusion 0 erronis May 2025 May 2025 2 1796
Gimp 3.0.4 released 0 usonian May 2025 May 2025 1 1699
Wow. GIMP 3.0.0 stable is available today. 6 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 3358
Find and compare the best open source alternatives to popular software tools. 0 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 2177
LibreOffice still kicking at 40, now with browser tricks and real-time collab 0 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 2037
Why 👺 Mark Zuckerberg 👺 wants to redefine open source so badly (ZDnet) 0 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 2333
Meta genai org in panic mode 1 usonian Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 2787
Coming Soon, GIMP 3.0 1 usonian Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 2628
Wild billboards around the Bay call attention to tech companies free-loading off open source projects 0 usonian Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 2594
Book excerpt: "I learned the language of computer programming in my 50s - here's what I discovered" 6 Pluvious Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 4099
Understanding the Linux Backdoor: Implications for Open Source - Dave's Garage 2 ItsjustMe Apr 2024 May 2024 2 2944
SeaMonkey 2.53.18.2 released 0 usonian Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 3864

Open Source and Free Software Continued...

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German state gov. ditching Windows for Linux, 30K workers migrating 4 usonian Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 3361
Damn you Firefox! This is the third time... 11 TreasonousBastard Jan 2017 Apr 2024 0 11540
Communications of the ACM Relaunched as Open Access, Web-First Publication 0 usonian Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 2334
Open Source alternatives to popular projects. 1 usonian Dec 2023 Mar 2024 3 4170
Been Through Distro Hop Hell 11 JackCoop Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 4780
Ubuntu 23.10 and OpenBSD 7.4 released. 2 usonian Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 4988
How to use chatgpt with Blender for animation 0 salmannaseem07 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 4010
Mastodon 4.2 A new search experience and more! 1 BootinUp Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 5243
The Beautiful Origins of the Vim Text Editor 0 usonian Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2952
Vim: Message from the family of Bram Moolenar 3 Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 5758
The Reluctant Sysadmin's Guide to Securing a Linux Server 0 usonian Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 6212
Question about Easy Print add on for computer 4 Attilatheblond Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 3208
"A certain danger lurks there": how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI 1 SorellaLaBefana Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 6651
Seems I need a phone 11 CountAllVotes Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 6133
Best anti virus for Pc 7 philipcorndive Aug 2022 Jul 2023 0 6364
Hosting your own Mastodon server 2 usonian Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 4363
Posts gaining traction on the Mastodon network today 1 BootinUp Jul 2023 Jul 2023 10 6414
Zuckerberg vs. Musk 0 BootinUp Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 2570
Threads tracking activity posted about here 2 BootinUp Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 4063
What To Know About Threads - Mastodon blog post by Eugen Rochko 0 BootinUp Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 3434
As Twitter flounders, Mastodon refreshes its official app for Android users - Techcrunch+ 0 BootinUp Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 3972
I have a Google smart tv. It runs Silk as a browser. It sucks. 9 AndyS Jan 2023 Jun 2023 0 10686
Raspberry Pi in the natural world (fun stuff!) 1 usonian Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 3228
A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools ++ 5 usonian Jan 2023 Jun 2023 6 7849
boost and like syncing is coming to Mastodon 0 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 3 3975
Mastodon fixes "confusing" sign-up process to attract users fleeing Twitter - Ars Technica 0 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 3 5349
More features added to mastodon 0 BootinUp May 2023 May 2023 5 3658
Just Switched from linux to Windows and I must say the transition was smooth - Reddit 2 ItsjustMe Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 5978
"A really big deal"--Dolly is a free, open source, ChatGPT-style AI model - Ars Technica 0 BootinUp Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 3466
Google warns millions to change WiFi setting over security issues: check if your phone is affected 2 ItsjustMe Mar 2023 Mar 2023 12 10719

Open Source and Free Software Continued...

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Is OpenBSD for you? 6 usonian Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 4365
The WordPress Re-Installment That DIDN'T Happen 1 Rocknation Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 5044
Know anything about APK's? 3 Ferrets are Cool Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 5462
started using video editor Davinci Resolve. its free and pretty good. replacing the pay for 3 msongs Sep 2022 Nov 2022 1 7199
ZDNet article on twitter alternative Mastodon 3 BootinUp Nov 2022 Nov 2022 4 4707
# Explore pages at mastodon.social 2 BootinUp Nov 2022 Nov 2022 1 3231
good places to find royalty free video clips? 2 msongs Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 4846
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS upgrade and no Firefox bookmarks dilemma 5 GreenWave Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 7751
Video (youtube, etc..) downloader and to MP3 converter 6 SHRED Dec 2011 Jul 2022 1 12172
Looking for help in creating a gif 2 tiredtoo Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 3901
Any suggestions for FREE chess game software for Windows 10? Can play solo against computer. 5 Number9Dream Nov 2020 Jan 2022 0 12568
Any suggestions on how to unfreeze my mouse. Yes, I still use one, it keeps freezing..sigh. 14 monmouth4 Sep 2020 Jan 2022 0 13294
I switched to Linux, and so far I like it. 22 Quemado Sep 2019 Jan 2022 10 21229
Video converter and transcoder 3 canetoad Dec 2020 Dec 2021 3 8492
View Websites In Dark Mode With The Dark Reader Browser Extension. 6 ItsjustMe Sep 2021 Oct 2021 1 8108
I want to create a video tutorial showing screens as I move through the program. S/w ideas? 4 SharonAnn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 0 8587
Browser upgrades continue apace - Firefox 89 4 bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 Jun 2021 2 8355
7Zip RAR extractor is it safe? 6 brettdale Sep 2020 May 2021 0 10549
I really miss my old solitaire games package with Windows 7. 22 TygrBright Apr 2019 May 2021 3 28815
Need some help -- I must sign my absentee ballot request but have no printer 9 CatWoman Aug 2020 Aug 2020 1 8927
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