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Ahead of the planned LibreOffice 7.6 open-source office suite in one month, LibreOffice 7.6 RC1 is available today for testing...

SUSE announces its own RHEL-compatible distro... again  The Register

smolOS brings a Linux-like command line interface to ESP8266 microcontroller  CNX Software

Can Oracle really be Linux's knight in shining armor?  ITPro

Chromium based browsers are not loading pages properly on Linux, here's how to fix it  Ghacks

How to Change Directory in Linux Terminal  Beebom

Oracle Takes On Red Hat In Linux Code Fight  Slashdot

Whats the absolute newest/latest linux for G3 processors?  MacRumors

Linux Desktop Market Share Crosses 3% for the First Time  WebProNews

For months Linux hardware vendor System76 has been teasing their in-house designed and manufactured "Virgo" laptop to be built at their facility in Denver. They are hoping to develop the quietest yet most performant Linux laptop. Today they published the initial open-source design files for their custom motherboard PCB in this laptop...

System76 Begins Publishing "Virgo" Laptop PCB Design Specs ...  Phoronix

Red Hat Faces Backlash From Oracle, Others Over Licensing Change  Business Insider

Linux Kernel 6.3 Reaches End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux 6.4  9to5Linux

As a devoted Thunderbird mail client user for the past nearly twenty years since its first release, I'm elated today by the release of Thunderbird 115...

Red Hat's shame is its short-termism and dumping its FOSS ethos  TechHQ

Linux Device Drivers In Only A Few Years  Hackaday

While GIMP 3.0 stable likely not set to debut in 2023 but rather at least release candidates are expected, Canonical is looking at shipping a GIMP 3.0 snapshot in Ubuntu 23.10 in hopes of GIMP 3.0 stable by the time of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or at least a near final v3.0 state...

SUSE will fork Red Hat Enterprise Linux  ZDNet

SUSE will fork Red Hat Enterprise Linux  ZDNet

Why SUSE is forking Red Hat Enterprise Linux  TechCrunch