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Amen to that: Election integrity requires free software — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software buff.ly/ONWh067
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In an announcement on their website the CEO of Legacy Games mentioned you will be able to download games until February 28, 2027, after that - they're gone: Legacy Games store is closing down buff.ly/akABgGP
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Not only will the source code be available to view for non-console platforms, but it will also now be "made free for commercial use" starting January 1st, 2027: GameMaker announce their next-gen runtime GMRT will be free for commercial use buff.ly/PqYUZK6
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Oh Epic Games, what have you become? An AI shell of your former self. Please make it all stop: Epic Games has gone completely off the deep end with AI buff.ly/bANuCVC
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Improves TLS 1.3 security with hybrid key exchange, addresses OCSP vulnerabilities, and fixes handshake issues: LibreSSL 4.4 Released with Post-Quantum TLS Improvements, Security Fixes buff.ly/0EKYa63
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Tails 7.15.1 addresses compromised CA certificates that could allow attackers to impersonate HTTPS websites through malicious Tor exit nodes: Tails 7.15.1 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released as Emergency Security Update buff.ly/nIScCms
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The Brax Wink is a 4-inch phone that runs BraxOS and has a keyboard that clips onto the back: You Can Reserve This De-Googled Phone for $30 buff.ly/orh6Wpu
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As recently as a decade ago, headlines like this had a "wow!" factor in open source. Now it's just business as usual: LibreOffice Hits 9.4 Million Downloads in Just Eight Weeks buff.ly/Wzwkzbj
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"If spreadsheets are your thing, but Microsoft Office isn't, you might want to give the open-source clone, GridCraft, a try": GridCraft is the open-source Excel clone for Linux I've been waiting for - ZDNET buff.ly/refVySn
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I didn't read the article because the headline hasn't been true for more than 15 years. These days most new users find it easier than Windows: Linux Will Never Succeed on the Desktop Until It Stops Expecting Users to Be Experts - LinuxLinks buff.ly/RA2zJwJ
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For 3 days this month, 333 exit nodes were hacked in hopes of stealing sensitive data: 333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email buff.ly/k6Srrw8
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