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Long before memes and hashtags, Usenet was the place for sharing ideas online.

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Remembering Usenet - The OG Social Network that Existed Even Before the World Wide Web

Before Facebook, before MySpace and even before the Word Wide Web, there existed Usenet. From LOL to Linux, we owe a lot to Usenet.
Bill Dyer (It's FOSS)
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i've used usenet for such a long time, it's wonderful, thank you yahoo groups... ❤ binary archives the original pirated material
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Ԏєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪
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#History #books about #uucp and #usenet are not in good shape due to heavy use and 30 yrs of age. ( as like me🤔) However this O’Reilly nutshell really kept well . Today I learned (#TIL) that the author is a woman Grace Todino who wrote also the famous nutshell book Unix for beginners .
A vintage book titled "Using UUCP and Usenet" by Tadgh Dougherty is positioned next to a computer monitor and keyboard on a desk. The book cover features a drawing of a ram. The monitor displays no content, and the surrounding area
A spiral-bound notebook page displaying flowcharts related to UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy Protocol) and Usenet, outlining status messages, device selection, establishing connections, and potential issues in the process. The background shows a dark surface, possibly a
The image is a close-up of the cover and a few pages of a handbook titled "Using UUCP and Usenet" by Grace Todino, published by O'Reilly & Associates. It discusses communication between UNIX and non-UNIX systems,
#books #history #til #usenet #uucp
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The #Plushtodon (shown here with a small owl pal) is about a third larger than I expected, but I am delighted to report that it is just as friend-shaped as I hoped. :3
A yellow plush mastodon sits in an armchair next to a small brown plush owl. An old-style yellow-on-black Pittsburgh Pirates hat is perched on the mastodon’s head. The armchair sits in front of a pair of bookshelves; the books are difficult to make out, but appear to be largely TTRPG rulebooks and scifi and fantasy novels.
#plushtodon

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NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: platformer.news/meta-new-trans…
And in a follow-up questions about whether denying that a protected class violates the hateful content policy, Meta also answers no. It gave these as examples of posts that are now allowed on Facebook and Instagram: "There's no such thing as trans children." "God created two genders, 'transgender' people are not a real thing." "This whole nonbinary thing is made up. Those people don't exist, they're just in need of some therapy." "A trans woman isn't a woman, it's a pathetic confused man." "A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it." These seem like strange allowances for a policy that begins: “We believe that people use their voice and connect more freely when they don’t feel attacked on the basis of who they are,” and later states flatly, “we remove dehumanizing speech.” It is hard to imagine speech more dehumanizing than to tell someone that they have no gender and are an “it.”

Inside Meta’s dehumanizing new speech policies for trans people

"A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it," reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
Casey Newton (Platformer)

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the merchant at the fruit market:
email from JB hi-fi saying "hot deals on apple!"

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Do you think anyone will take over the project? 🤔

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Slackware-Based Distro Absolute Linux Discontinued by Developer

This Slackware-based distro is no more.
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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Helga Secures All the Things
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Helga Secures All the Things
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people have only so many hours of contribution in them... Absolute looks like a rather nice old-school distro. But folk only have so much contribution in them - I feel there often comes a point where it makes more sense to consolidate fewer derivatives rather than maintain a separate project, especially given how tough things are rn.

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Thin Section of the Saratov Meteorite in Cross Polarized Light.

Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: flic.kr/p/T4vGC1

#meteorite

Thin Section of the Saratov Meteorite in Cross Polarized Light. Solar Anamnesis, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/T4vGC1

Saratov Meteorite Thin Section - Gigapixel

L4 Panorama and additional information: Full-screen gigapixel krpano panorama: cdn.solaranamnesis.com/ThinSections/krpano/saratov/Meteor... Post: blog.solaranamnesis.com/2017/03/26/saratov-meteorite-thin... Tumblr: solaranamnesis.tumblr.
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#meteorite

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Billion dollar disasters are becoming more common. #ClimateChange
Number of disasters affecting the United States that caused $1 billion or more by year. Modern tallies are much higher than past. Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. COUNCIL on FOREIGN RELATIONS
#climatechange

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Hello! I have something new coming out soon! It's a big collection of some of my favourite little games from the past decade or so. More info here:

distractionware.com/blog/2025/…

Screenshot from the new version of At a Distance

Some of my other games – distractionware

distractionware.com

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Summary of the 2024 NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting science.nasa.gov/science-resea… #NASA #EarthScience

Summary of the 2024 NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting - NASA Science

Introduction The 2024 NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place from April 2–4, 2024 at the Marriott Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD. During the meeting, 75 people attended in-person.
science.nasa.gov
#NASA #earthscience

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Working on dedicated Guides section for, pic from dev machine
pictures shows the new gamingonlinux guides section, with some demo article titles and thumbnails including a picture of former UK PM Rishi Sunak walking in shit-water as a joke

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Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11 gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/sid-…

#SidMeiersCivilizationVII #CivilizationVII #SteamDeck #Linux


Sid Meier's Civilization VII is Steam Deck Verified with the Linux version ahead of release on February 11

Quite a nice surprise! Sid Meier's Civilization VII from Firaxis Games / 2K has been given the green tick of approval from Valve, as it's now Steam Deck Verified ahead of release.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #SteamDeck #civilizationvii #sidmeierscivilizationvii
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Zikasak
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Zikasak
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great news! I don't play in Civilization usually but the more native ports (especially with Deck support) the better.
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thorcik
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thorcik
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hope I won't have to play the Windows version through proton as is the case with VI

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🎙️ Explore open source, privacy, and digital sovereignty with The Nextcloud Podcast!

Join us for insights from experts like Sven Thomsen on open source in government and Constanze Kurz on mass surveillance. 🎯

Tune in on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS!

pod.link/1517381474


The Nextcloud Podcast

Stay up to date with the Nextcloud community!
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Campaña: Internet resiliente con DWeb (Web Distribuida)
por @sutty

Recuperá tu página web, recuperá tu historia. Beca completa para organizaciones, colectivos y activistas de DDHH, defensa del territorio, transfeministas y/o economía social. Convocatoria abierta hasta el 13/01/2025

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Campaña: Internet resiliente con DWeb (Web Distribuida)

Sutty
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Campaña: Internet resiliente con DWeb (Web Distribuida)
por @sutty

Recuperá tu página web, recuperá tu historia. Beca completa para organizaciones, colectivos y activistas de DDHH, defensa del territorio, transfeministas y/o economía social. Convocatoria abierta hasta el 13/01/2025

Info: sutty.nl/campa%C3%B1a-internet…


Campaña: Internet resiliente con DWeb (Web Distribuida)

Sutty
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Campaña: Internet resiliente con DWeb (Web Distribuida)
por @sutty

Recuperá tu página web, recuperá tu historia. Beca completa para organizaciones, colectivos y activistas de DDHH, defensa del territorio, transfeministas y/o economía social. Convocatoria abierta hasta el 13/01/2025

Info: sutty.nl/campa%C3%B1a-internet…


Campaña: Internet resiliente con DWeb (Web Distribuida)

Sutty
@Sutty

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35 Years Ago: STS-32 Returns the Long Duration Exposure Facility nasa.gov/general/35-years-ago-… #NASA #JohnsonSpaceCenter #General

35 Years Ago: STS-32 Returns the Long Duration Exposure Facility - NASA

On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of
John J. Uri (NASA)
#NASA #general #johnsonspacecenter

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Helicopter Removes Artifact from NASA Armstrong Rooftop nasa.gov/centers-and-facilitie… #NASA #ArmstrongFlightResearchCenter

Helicopter Removes Artifact from NASA Armstrong Rooftop - NASA

When the NASA facility’s administration Building 4800 was built in the 1950s, the infrastructure was included to anchor the rooftop pedestal and dish as the
Dede Dinius (NASA)
#NASA #armstrongflightresearchcenter

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The Programming Games Humble Bundle is another sweet deal worth grabbing gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/the-…

#Gaming #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #Programming #PCGaming


The Programming Games Humble Bundle is another sweet deal worth grabbing

New Year, New You: Programming Games is a fresh Humble Bundle with 7 rather great indie games worth picking up. All of the games included have Native Linux support too which is rare for Humble nowadays.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#gaming #linuxgaming #programming #SteamDeck #pcgaming

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Friend of New_ Public @ntnsndr on why it's so dang hard for digital groups to self-govern, and a checklist of questions for setting your group up for healthy problem-solving.

colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2024/1…


How to Build Governable Spaces for Online Communities

By Kike Arnaiz, via Stocksy United I’ve seen it again and again: A group gets started, gets working on something good an important, and then falls apart because
Media Economies Design Lab
@Nathan Schneider

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Todas hacemos del #Fediverso una red más conectada

#2024

sursiendo.org/2024/08/todas-ha…


Todas hacemos del Fediverso una red más conectada | Sursiendo

Es el momento de revalorizar nuestra atención, enfocando nuestro interés y curiosidad en proyectos alternativos de redes sociales…
sursiendo (Sursiendo)
#fediverso

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The change has been drastic. 🥹

#linux

In the photo for “Me starting to use Linux with Ubuntu”, the person in seen happy. In the photo for “Me 3 years later with Arch Linux”, the person looks dead inside.
#linux
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AndiS 🌞🍷🇪🇺
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AndiS 🌞🍷🇪🇺
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I fear I have reached another level already.

Debian and an increasingly grey beard 😉

@It's FOSS

@It's FOSS

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Is AI able to generate a picture of watch showing a specific time? Guess what, it can't. Here is an image #ChatGPT generated and no matter how hard I tried it made the same mistake over and over.

A fundamental issue with #GenerativeAI models is that they haven't seen something before they can't produce it. Watch images on the net all show 10:10 hence models only know how to produce that specific configuration.

If you think you're interacting with something that's "smart" think again!

#ChatGPT #generativeai

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We have a new content tag for you to follow to make it easier to see what you want: gamingonlinux.com/articles/cat…
As a reminder all of our tags have RSS feeds too.

#Gaming #HandheldGaming


Article category: Handheld Gaming | GamingOnLinux

Linux gaming news from the Handheld Gaming category
GamingOnLinux
#gaming #handheldgaming

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Razer announced the Razer Handheld Dock Chroma for your Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go and more gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/raze…

#Razer #SteamDeck #HandheldGaming


Razer announced the Razer Handheld Dock Chroma for your Steam Deck, ROG Ally, Legion Go and more

Seems like making a dock for handheld gaming PCs is now some rite of passage for accessory and hardware vendors, as even Razer have jumped in now with the aptly named Razer Handheld Dock Chroma.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#Razer #SteamDeck #handheldgaming
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Adam Honse
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That looks great, definitely need to get one and add it to #OpenRGB! Well, I hope it has a software control option and not just a dedicated button. Buttons are nice, but software allows custom and synchronized effects.
#OpenRGB
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Achieving Instrument High Accuracy In-Orbit nasa.gov/image-article/achievi… #NASA

Achieving Instrument High Accuracy In-Orbit - NASA

One of the most challenging tasks in remote sensing from space is achieving required instrument calibration accuracy on-orbit. The Moon is considered to be an
NASA
#NASA

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Can 2025 please be the year more games add Text and UI Scaling gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/can-…

#GameDev #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck


Can 2025 please be the year more games add Text and UI Scaling

I get it, you worked hard for hours and days and weeks on your incredibly cool-looking interface for your game. You made it so all the text perfectly lines up everywhere and picked a slick looking font, but it's all too darn small.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#gamedev #gaming #SteamDeck #pcgaming

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New video alert! 🚨 Learn about media server software. 👇

youtube.com/watch?v=acDPd0o6iF…

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.
www.youtube.com
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RIBBBITn3rding
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RIBBBITn3rding
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Just to add confusion to the whole thing... I'm in the throes of writing my own media server... No blackjack or hookers yet, but it's pretty cool. You can try it out here: github.com/taobear68/rmvod

GitHub - taobear68/rmvod: RIBBBITmedia VideoOnDemand

RIBBBITmedia VideoOnDemand. Contribute to taobear68/rmvod development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub

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NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasa… #NASA #CommercialLunarPayloadServicesCLPS #Artemis #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #SpaceTechnologyMissionDirectorate

NASA Lander to Test Vacuum Cleaner on Moon for Sample Collection - NASA

Lunar Planet Vac, or LPV, is one of 10 payloads set to be carried to the Moon by the Blue Ghost 1 lunar lander in 2025.
Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
#NASA #artemis #spacetechnologymissiondirectorate #marshallspaceflightcenter #commerciallunarpayloadservicesclps

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The Tiling Assistant extension is a good addition for your GNOME system.

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How to Use Tiling Assistant on GNOME Desktop

Wondering how to use tiling windows on GNOME? Try the tiling assistant. Here's how it works.
Sagar Sharma (It's FOSS)

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Refurbished Steam Deck LCD and Steam Deck OLED back in stock in UK and Europe - act fast gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/refu…

#SteamDeck #SteamDeckOLED


Refurbished Steam Deck LCD and Steam Deck OLED back in stock in UK and Europe - act fast

If you're wanting to pick up a Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED a bit cheaper, Valve's Certified Refurbished program is a great way to do it. And if you're in the UK and EU, they're back in stock.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#SteamDeck #steamdeckoled
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Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
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Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮
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@danddv77 gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/gefo…

GeForce NOW is getting full Steam Deck support with a native app

After NVIDIA previously released a Beta script to setup GeForce NOW on Steam Deck, they're about to make it a whole lot better with a native app for full Steam Deck support.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
@Daniel🔻
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Matthias
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Matthias
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@danddv77 I actually got the Steam Deck because so few have from my library were available through Geforce Now. 🤷‍♂️
@Daniel🔻

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The rumored Raspberry Pi 5 16GB has arrived!

news.itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-…

#raspberrypi


Raspberry Pi 5 Just Got Bigger and Better: 16 GB Variant is Here!

Raspberry Pi 5 with more RAM is here!
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
#RaspberryPi

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You can get Against the Storm, Jagged Alliance 3 and Blasphemous 2 in Humble Choice for January 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/you-…

#LinuxGaming #SteamDeck #PCGaming


You can get Against the Storm, Jagged Alliance 3 and Blasphemous 2 in Humble Choice for January 2025

Humble Choice for January 2025 has a pretty darn nice selection of games, so here's what's in it and the compatibility expected for Steam Deck / SteamOS and Desktop Linux.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linuxgaming #SteamDeck #pcgaming

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👋 Tschüss x! Weiter gehts u.a. auf Mastodon. Unsere Gründe: verdi.de/presse/pressemitteilu…
Meme-Bild: ein Auto biegt auf einem Highway bei voller Fahrt scharf rechts ab. Text auf dem Verkehrsschild geradeaus: "Teil von Elon Musks Demokratiezerstörung sein". Text auf dem Verkehrsschild nach rechts: "Endlich X verlassen"

ver.di und GEW verlassen Twitter-Nachfolger X

Beide Arbeitnehmerorganisationen kritisieren die Plattform als Forum für die Verbreitung von Demokratiefeindlichkeit und Desinformation.
www.verdi.de
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Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode launches January 23, plus Beta 28 is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/dwar…

#DwarfFortress #LinuxGaming #SteamDeck


Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode launches January 23, plus Beta 28 is out now

Bay 12 Games / Kitfox Games have announced that Dwarf Fortress - Adventure Mode is set for release on January 23rd, and there's a big Beta update out now.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linuxgaming #SteamDeck #DwarfFortress

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Freejam studio closing with Robocraft and Robocraft 2 shutting down gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/free…

#Robocraft #Robocraft2 #Freejam


Freejam studio closing with Robocraft and Robocraft 2 shutting down

End of an era for another game studio, as Freejam developers of Robocraft and the in-development Robocraft 2 are closing and so both games will also be shut down.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#robocraft #robocraft2 #freejam

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When I was taking this photo a guy passed and said 'You missed it!' (referring to a point perceived as the best of the bluebells) to which I smiled and said 'Did I?'.

Film - Ektar 100

#FilmPhotography #Photography #BelieveInFilm #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Scotland #WomenInPhotography

A colour photograph of a bluebell woods. There is dappled light on the flowers which are a sea on the ground, light blue and green.
#Photography #landscapephotography #landscape #scotland #filmphotography #believeinfilm #womeninphotography

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Bazzite the popular SteamOS-like Linux gets expanded NVIDIA support in Beta gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/bazz…

#Bazzite #SteamOS #Linux #NVIDIA #PCGaming #LinuxGaming


Bazzite the popular SteamOS-like Linux gets NVIDIA support in Beta

If you're wanting something similar to SteamOS right now that has much wider hardware support for your gaming handhelds like the Lenovo Legion Go, ASUS ROG Ally, GPD, Ayaneo or even your laptop / desktop then Bazzite is likely one of the best choices…
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #Nvidia #linuxgaming #steamos #pcgaming #bazzite
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Raspberry Pi 5 gets a 16GB model now on sale gamingonlinux.com/2025/01/rasp…

#RaspberryPi5 #RaspberryPi #Linux #ARM


Raspberry Pi 5 gets a 16GB model now on sale

Raspberry Pi 5 has expanded with a new 16GB edition joining the 2GB, 4GB and 8GB models for those who need that extra bit of room. Ready for you to run more intensive applications, games and Linux distributions.
Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#linux #RaspberryPi #ARM #raspberrypi5

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Microsoft has open sourced its Phi-4 AI model!

news.itsfoss.com/microsofts-ph…

#opensource #ai


Microsoft’s Phi-4 AI Model Goes Open Source!

Microsoft's Phi-4 AI model, one of Azure's exclusive options, is now available for everyone to test!
Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
#opensource #AI
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ObsolescentSapien
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ObsolescentSapien
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I always wonder if when a corporate behemoth open sources a model, they’re simply saying “we don’t think it’s profitable, and that’s all that matters.”

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Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250109.ht… #APOD

APOD: 2025 January 9 - Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
apod.nasa.gov
#APOD

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