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Bcachefs Merged into the Linux 6.7 Kernel (www.phoronix.com)

www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Merged-Linux-6.7

Bcachefs has been merged into Linux 6.7 (git.kernel.org)

I got this email this morning: lkml.org/lkml/2023/10/30/1098🥳

6 Reasons Why You Should Consider Using NixOS Linux (itsfoss.com)

Linux Kernel 6.6 Officially Released (9to5linux.com)

Linux kernel 6.6 is now available for download with Intel shadow-stack, new RISC-V features, new drivers, better hardware support, and more.

Mozilla Finally Launches An APT Repository For Easy Firefox Nightly Updating (www.phoronix.com)

NixOS Reproducible Builds: minimal installation ISO successfully independently rebuilt (discourse.nixos.org)

Great achievement by the NixOS Developers. Congratulations!

Martin Goetz, Who Received the First Software Patent, Dies at 93 (www.nytimes.com)

See also ESP Wiki’s entry on Martin Goetz.

5 reasons Linux is the best OS for coding (www.xda-developers.com)

From XDA

These past 2 weeks in KDE: Wayland color management, the desktop cube returns, and optional shadows in Spectacle (pointieststick.com)

Bluefin | The Next Generation Linux Workstation (projectbluefin.io)

OCI images that you can turn into a full-fledged developer workstation shipping Devbox, Nix, Homebrew, devcontainers and DevPod with one command. Pretty swanky!

Wayland heading for default as Mint devs add to Cinnamon 6 • The Register (www.theregister.com)

TLDR: XFCE and Cinnamon devs are begging beginning to work on Wayland support.

Linux Mint bringing Wayland sessions to Cinnamon (blog.linuxmint.com)

Geany 2.0 is out! | Geany (geany.org)

The Paperweight Dilemma: Original Pinephone might lose future kernel updates if devs can't pay down tech debt (blog.mobian.org)

I think I’m reading this blogpost correctly: Mobian devs working on maintaining Linux kernel support for Pinephone painted themselves into a corner with tech debt, and may not be able to continue porting new kernel updates. Pinephone Pro runs a different chipset with wider community support, so it’s not affected....

GitHub - flattool/warehouse: A versatile toolbox for viewing flatpak info, managing user data, and batch managing installed flatpaks (github.com)

GitHub - awesome-lists/awesome-bash: A curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources. (github.com)

How I messed up by accidentally replaying all my keystrokes from the last few days (github.com)

After getting a comment from the creator of kanata (an awesome piece of software by the way) that he found my story amusing, I figured that I’d also post it here, partly as fun, partly as a cautionary tale. Also, I’d appreciate any tips as to what to check for in my system, it’s a weird feeling to know that some stuff...

Mozilla Firefox 119 Is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New (9to5linux.com)

How to find serial number of Lenovo laptop from Linux (www.cyberciti.biz)

From nixCraft cyberciti.biz/…/how-to-find-serial-number-of-leno…

Xwayland rootful - part1 (ofourdan.blogspot.com)

Rootful xwayland allows X11 window managers to work on top of wayland compositors like cage....

Mozilla Firefox 119 is Now Available for Download, Here's What's New (9to5linux.com)

How Ubuntu Linux snuck into high-end Dell laptops (and why it's called 'Project Sputnik') (www.zdnet.com)

Today, the Dell XPS-13 with Ubuntu Linux is easily the most well-known Linux laptop. Many users, especially developers – including Linus Torvalds – love it. As Torvalds recently said, “Normally, I wouldn’t name names, but I’m making an exception for the XPS 13 just because I liked it so much that I also ended up buying...

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