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GNOME Sees Progress On Variable Refresh Rate Setting, Adding Battery Charge Control ( www.phoronix.com )
As pointed out in This Week in GNOME, there's been some continued work on Variable Rate Refresh for the GNOME desktop. The VRR setting within GNOME Settings continues to be iterated on as the developers iron out how they'd like to present the Variable Rate Refresh setting for users. The developers have been discussing how to...
TIL about Earl Silverman, a domestic abuse survivor who founded a shelter for men. It was denied funding from the government and he was ridiculed. The shelter went bankrupt and he died by suicide ( en.m.wikipedia.org )
On "Wasting disk space" ( www.ypsidanger.com )
Flatpaks aren't huge at all. This is a debunked myth. I can't recommend reading this article enough.
Saudi Arabia won’t recognize Israel without a path to a Palestinian state, top diplomat says ( apnews.com )
Is it only me, or do you find all those "I deleted Windows"-posts annoying too?
TL;DR: I wonder why we always have the same 2 posts as top posts of the day....
Ruffle (a open source re-implementation of adobe flash player) reviews improvements made in 2023 ( ruffle.rs )
what's a normie KDE distro?
Looking for a normie KDE distro that works out of the box and is stable without issues.
As folks freeze to death in Milwaukee, Ohio pastor charged for offering shelter ( www.jsonline.com )
Whose responsibility is it to protect unhoused when it's freezing outside? An Ohio pastor opened his church to the homeless and was charged by city.
Panama Hits Activists With Terrorism Charges Over Successful Anti-Mining Protests. ( truthout.org )
$900 fine for a delivery rider’s death: Do couriers have any rights? ( www.aljazeera.com )
Amazon employee in Ontario collapses, dies after fire alarm sent staff into deep cold ( globalnews.ca )
The Ministry of Labour is investigating after an employee at the Amazon fulfillment center in Talbotville, Ont., south of London, collapsed and later died about an hour after a fire alarm sent staff out of the plant and into frigid conditions....
Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set ( www.theguardian.com )
Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins...
Why has nobody ever heard of Distrobox? Let me tell you why everyone should take a look at it!
TL;DR: It's basically a WSL for Linux. Linux subsystem for Linux if you will....
McConnell and 178 other Republican lawmakers sign Supreme Court brief on keeping Trump on ballot ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240119131926/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/18/mcconnell-trump-supreme-court-colorado-ballot/
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity ( www.wired.com )
"This is the story of the revelation in late 2013 that Bitcoin was, in fact, the opposite of untraceable—that its blockchain would actually allow researchers, tech companies, and law enforcement to trace and identify users with even more transparency than the existing financial system."
(Constructively) What is your least favorite distro & why?
I’ve been distrohopping for a while now, and eventually I landed on Arch. Part of the reason I have stuck with it is I think I had a balanced introduction, since I was exposed to both praise and criticism. We often discuss our favorite distros, but I think it’s equally important to talk about the ones that didn’t quite hit...
Benjamin Netanyahu Just Said “From the River to the Sea”, rejects the premise of a Palestinian state and promised that Israel will take over the entire region it currently occupies ( newrepublic.com )
"Must Try" distros and DEs?
Hey folks! I'm getting a fresh laptop for the first time in about a decade (Framework 16) in a couple of months and am looking forward to doing some low-level tinkering both on the OS and hardware. I'm planning to convert into a "cyberdeck" with quick-release hinges for the screen since I usually use an HMD, built-in breadboard,...
Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says ( www.theguardian.com )
IDF fails to confirm Gaza hostages' cause of death, mother claims poison ( www.jpost.com )
The mother of slain hostage Ron Sherman accused the IDF of 'poisoning' her son to death inside a Jabaliya tunnel.
Zelensky calls for seized Russian billions to rebuild Ukraine ( www.bbc.com )
President Zelensky has called for some of the Russian billions seized by world banks to be sent to rebuild Ukraine....
Far-right extremism is thriving in rural areas. Here's what it looks like in Upstate NY ( www.northcountrypublicradio.org )
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20240118131456/https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/49046/20240115/far-right-extremism-is-thriving-in-rural-areas-here-s-what-it-looks-like-in-upstate-ny