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Mozilla has a new revenue stream that might actually work, GNOME OS gets closer to a stable release, Raspberry Pi OS for x86 machines returns, and Amazon has expensive new Android tablets that have the Play Store. Plus hacking old Echo Dots to work with Home Assistant, building ad blocking lists, and unbricking an M1 Mac with Linux in discoveries.
News
Mozilla introduces Firefox Enterprise
Introducing GNOME OS Preview
Raspberry Pi Desktop now available for PC and Mac
Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
Discoveries
Echo Dot Hacks
PiHole Blocking Tool
idevicerestore
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Some of our hot Linux takes including software bloat, ChromeOS being the best set and forget system, touch screen Linux still not being quite there, and Xfce being (nearly) dead to us.
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Supermarkets found out why their fridges shouldn’t be on the Internet and Samsung smart fridges broke after a firmware update, why we don’t recommend MoCA, some tips for running ethernet cables in your house, and why it’s fine to use a short TTL with your domains.
Plugs
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Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 2
News/discussion
Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
The username is admin and the password changes every day automatically to.. the current date
Freeze the Controller, Defrost the Food: Uncovering Vulnerabilities in Danfoss Refrigeration Controllers
Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges
Free consulting
Example coax cable tester
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A true legend of computer science leaves us, Fortnite is coming to Linux, Steam is finally moving away from 32-bit, Microsoft Defender comes to the Linux Desktop, Adobe’s flagship apps are cloned by AI as open source, and a quick KDE Korner.
News
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
The new Epic Games Launcher is finally here in Preview (Fortnite is coming to Linux)
Steam preemptively killed the only advantage Epic Games’ vibe-coded store would have had
Today’s Steam Beta Makes The Linux Client A 64-bit App
Secure Linux desktops with Microsoft Defender
“Software is over”: Bold AI developer takes aim at Adobe with open source clones
KDE Korner
KDE: The Documentary
Plasma 6.8
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When is it time to look for a new software development job? How do you cut through all the other applicants and get your foot in the door? When you do move on, how much notice should you give?
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Is the LTS model now fundamentally unsustainable? How do we encourage enterprises to decrease patch cycle times?
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Biggest ZFS Misconfigurations and How to Fix Them: Part 1
News/discussion
How I kept cool with NYC’s free battery program for window AC units
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Our favourite children’s books, what room we’d add to our homes, whether we’d go and live in the past, and early cinema visits. With Andy from Linux Dev Time, and special guest Danielle Foré who makes elementary OS.
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New Snapdragon SoCs will officially support Linux, Firefox’s redesign confuses us, the Dutch government is embracing NixOS, F-Droid has a new modern look, and Ubuntu starts shipping new kernels more regularly. Plus with the iPhone Duo about to come out, Graham is still enjoying his Pixel 9 Pro Fold but Joe’s 10 Pro Fold is in a drawer.
News
Inside Snapdragon Summit 2026: Agentic AI PCs, Googlebooks and Linux
The new Firefox design: More modern, more flexible, still Firefox
Dutch government turns to NixOS for a sovereign desktop
F-Droid 2.0: A New Chapter for Android Freedom
Google’s assault on F-Droid has begun
Ryanair Boarding Pass Liberation
Getting Ryanair tickets
Accelerating delivery of CVE fixes with a new Kernel release strategy
Kernel Recipes 2026
Tailscale
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How do we recapture the passion we once had for computers and technology?
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