Lenovo offers cheaper laptops with Linux pre-installed.
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Lenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installed
Lenovo is doing something that many aren't.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
‘Reeks of Eugenics’: RFK Jr.’s Autism ‘Registry’ Draws Nazi Germany Comparisons
ASAN, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, warned: “There is no indication that autistic people whose data is being taken would be afforded any say in whether their data is used or what it is used for. This raises significant moral, legal, and practical concerns. People have a right to decide what is done with data about their health. Unethical science is bad science.”
‘Reeks of Eugenics’: RFK Jr.'s Autism 'Registry' Draws Nazi Germany Comparisons
The Trump administration reportedly has plans to scrape your private medical data from sources like your doctor, your pharmacy, your insurance company, the lab that processes your bloodwork, your smartwatch, and your fitness apps—to create a “registr…David Badash (The New Civil Rights Movement)
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IIRC they said they want to find the families and give them damage awards (socialism!). I figure that's about as much vapor as the DOGE Dividend—but just enough to keep the families from carping about having their privacy invaded, til it's too late.
I am super extra glad that this aspect of my health does not exist for insurance purposes.
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Did you go to university or college? If you did, please take a look at the attached link, and if your institute of higher education isn't on the list, please write to them and encourage them to participate. THANK YOU! ❤
A Call for Constructive Engagement
"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education. We are open to constructive reform and do not oppose legitimate government oversight. However, we must oppose undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, and work on our campuses. We will always seek effective and fair financial practices, but we must reject the coercive use of public research funding."
Have courage, be kind!
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"This intersects with a soft form of cynicism about our fellow human beings. People underestimate how warm, open-minded, friendly, and trustworthy others are. We make these bleak assumptions about each other in the abstract when asked what “people” are like, and less so when interacting with real, flesh-and-blood humans. This means two things: On the dark side, cynical assumptions cause us to avoid the very social interactions that could make us happier. On the bright side, when we overcome inertia and take a leap of faith on other people, pleasant surprises are everywhere."
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Why Is Social Connection So Hard for Young Adults?
Young people are struggling with mental health and relationships, but there are small shifts in beliefs and behaviors that could help.Greater Good
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🚀 Join Ludovic Dubost, CEO of @xwiki, as he introduces the powerful integration of XWiki and CryptPad with Nextcloud!
Find XWiki and CryptPad now in the Nextcloud App Store and take your collaboration to the next level!
¿Qué diablos es la #InteligenciaArtificial sostenible?
un artículo del Instituto Latinoamericano de Terraformación
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¿Qué diablos es la Inteligencia Artificial sostenible?
En el Instituto Latinoamericano de Terraformación vemos con preocupación que nuestros gobiernos, en su carrera por ser parte de la cade...Instituto Latinoamericano de Terraformación
NVIDIA disclose new security flaw in their Linux GPU drivers gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/nvid…
NVIDIA disclose new security flaw in their Linux GPU drivers
NVIDIA sent out a security bulletin today to reveal a fresh security flaw found in their Linux GPU drivers. So it’s time to get updating again to be safe.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
A brief history of Bash.
Credits - SA1GON
Frostrail from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes' gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fros…
#Frostrail #Linux #LinuxGaming #Gaming
Frostrail from the devs of Barotrauma 'eager' to support Linux with a 'tentative yes'
Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Deck Verified round-up highlights for late April 2025 gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/stea…
#SteamDeck #Gaming #LinuxGaming
Steam Deck Verified round-up highlights for late April 2025
Come and see what Valve have been rating Steam Deck Verified recently, and perhaps you might just find your next game to play through. All games will work on Desktop Linux too thanks to Valve's Proton.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
We're happy to welcome Timo Väliharju to the #NextcloudSummit25 stage! 🎤
Exec. Director at COSS & co-founder of APELL, Timo's been championing open source since the early 2000s.
💡 Don’t miss his insights in Munich — register now!
Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/disc…
Discord CEO steps down, replaced with former Activision Blizzard CSO as they work towards being a public company
As Discord forces in more adverts and paid customization towards becoming a public company the CEO and Co-Founder, Jason Citron, has announced they're stepping down as CEO.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
the problem is afaik there is no alternative which provides:
- always on voice channels you can join (and peek at the current users)
- screenshare
- videocalls
- (federation, im looking at you revolt why dont you federate :/ )
I think the first 3 are instrumental to get people of discord
11 bit studios are remaking the original Frostpunk in Unreal Engine 5 with Frostpunk 1886 gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/11-b…
#Frostpunk1886 #Frostpunk #Gaming #UnrealEngine
11 bit studios are remaking the original Frostpunk in Unreal Engine 5 with Frostpunk 1886
11 bit studios have announced today that their popular city building survival strategy game Frostpunk from 2018 is getting a remake in Unreal Engine 5.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Polterguys: Possession Party is a funny competitive party game worth a look gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/polt…
#PartyGames #IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming
Polterguys: Possession Party is a funny competitive party game worth a look
Polterguys: Possession Party from Madorium Ltd is a party game that's highly competitive. As a bunch of ghosts, you and friends are trying to get away from a monster, so you need to sabotage everyone else to survive.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS fixes issues with AMD FSR3 on Steam Deck and adds a Photo Mode gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/dyna…
DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS fixes issues with AMD FSR3 on Steam Deck and adds a Photo Mode
KOEI TECMO recently released a small update for DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS that released in January, making it more playable on Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Check out the unique demo for Insectile, a bug-catching creature collection game with puzzle-battles gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/chec…
#Insectile #PCGaming #Linux #Gaming #IndieGames #Demo
Check out the unique demo for Insectile, a bug-catching creature collection game with puzzle-battles
Insectile is an upcoming game that blends together exploration, creature collection and puzzle battles into what looks like quite a unique and charming experience. It will have Native Linux support and a demo is now available.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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AHOY! European Social Web Day 2025
Social media is worth fixing - and you can help! Join us in Hamburg on April 24, 2025 to connect with early adaptors from 10+ countries of the Bluesky and AT Protocol ecosystem.AHOY! European Social Web Day
Popular mobile game Final Outpost: Definitive Edition arrives gets a PC release on May 22 gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/popu…
#FinalOutpost #IndieGames #Linux #PCGaming
Popular mobile game Final Outpost: Definitive Edition arrives gets a PC release on May 22
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Time-travel adventure Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/time…
#OldSkies #IndieGames #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Time-travel adventure Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games is out now
The latest point and click adventure from Wadjet Eye Games is out now with Old Skies sending you through time. It has Native Linux support and is Steam Deck Verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam Client update brings fixes for screenshots, notes and more for Steam Deck and Desktops gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/stea…
#Steam #Linux #Gaming #SteamDeck
Steam Client update brings fixes for screenshots, notes and more for Steam Deck and Desktops
Valve released a small stable update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck, along with another one-fix Beta update for Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Is Fedora 42 a good choice? Learn more:
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- 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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Oh YEAH! All the unexpected pronunciations! hehehe!
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- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music that you love, upload original content and share it all with friends, family and the world on YouTube.youtube.com
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Discover the future of search with these 10 AI-powered engines!
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10 AI-based Search Engines I Tested Recently
No one's happy, but they're here. And, for the sake of it, we take a look at some AI search engine options.Community (It's FOSS)
The political system of sortition may seem a little exotic to some people. When you experience it in action, I find it seems every day and sensible. Scotland has a house of sortition called the Citizens Assembly. The last council region I lived in regularly called citizens assemblies to consult on public projects, so that they suited the citizens who live there.
When I was a kid in the US people freaked out about socialism, and yet we still have a socialised public education system. Here in Australia we have socialised medicine, we are the envy of the US for that. Most people haven't heard of sortition, but it does seem alien until you realise all the places where it already exists and works quite well.
Here is a BBC report on Scotland's experiment with sortition.
Scottish Citizens Assembly unveils vision for the future
Scotland's first Citizen's Assembly publishes 60 recommendations aimed at improving how the country is run.BBC News
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Making professional television and films is expensive. As such anyone who doesn't have big money behind them is most often squeezed out of the game. Those at the top of society are the ones who have the means to select what is and is not made and how. A certain amount of liberal views are tolerated if they bring in audiences and money.
Not all British TV and film makes it to the US, though more is these days. Usually, it's those works that glamorise aristocracy. From the outside everything looks like it is essentially working just fine under a British hierarchy.
BUT despite the name, the "United Kingdom" is not united at all. It is a collection of densely populated islands that are divided by culture, language, and politics. England is still a colonial power, but it robs their neighbours rather than India these days.
These letters in The National are highly enlightening.
Scotland needs government of the people, by the people, for the people
WESTMINSTER is the English Parliament, described as “ … the English Parliament continuing …” and swallowing up the Scottish Parliament in an…Readers of The National (The National)
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You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/you-…
#DOOM #Wolfenstein #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
You can get DOOM, DOOM Eternal, more DOOM and multiple Wolfenstein games in this latest Humble Bundle
If you're needing to build up your shooter collection, the new id & Friends Humble Bundle might perhaps be exactly what you want with plenty of DOOM.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Seminar: What are Meetings?
What are meetings? What do they want from us? In this seminar, Danny Spitzberg will debut a new zine based on a learning club facilitated at Bathers Library in 2024, designed for you to use with your own learning club.lu.ma
Added a new feature to the anti-cheat compatibility page. You can now link someone to a search on it like "Call of Duty":
gamingonlinux.com/anticheat/?s…
Easy to link to people, and each game in the list has a search link you can copy to send on.
GamingOnLinux Anti-Cheat Compatibility List for Steam Deck and Linux
A page dedicated to showing you the expected compatibility for Steam Deck and Linux desktop with games that have anti-cheat enabled.GamingOnLinux
The anti-cheat vendor name link also now uses the anti-cheat name, instead of our database ID for it.
Much cleaner, example - viewing games with BattlEye: gamingonlinux.com/anticheat/ve…
GamingOnLinux Anti-Cheat Compatibility List for Steam Deck and Linux
A page dedicated to showing you the expected compatibility for Steam Deck and Linux desktop with games that have anti-cheat enabled.GamingOnLinux
el más reciente número de la Revista Internet Ciudadana que aborda cómo las movilidades también están presentes en la tecnología:
"La Humanidad seguirá migrando, también en lo digital."
Thank you, BBC, for a story that’s a delight to read:
A man is walking 53 miles (85km) in a homemade bird costume to raise awareness and funds for conservation projects.
Mr Trevelyan said: "Those who know me well know I was eventually going to build a giant curlew.”
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h/t @sarahdalgulls @BathNature
#birds #uk
Man sets off on Nidderdale walk dressed as a curlew
Matt Trevelyan made the Eurasian curlew costume out of polystyrene and bamboo.Grace Wood and Kat Cowan (BBC News)
Could using US cloud services to handle European personal data become illegal at any moment? 🤨
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework is at risk. 🚨 Is it high time we moved away from US cloud providers?
In our new article, we’re on a quest for answers.
👉 nextcloud.com/blog/eu-us-data-…
EU-US Data Privacy Framework is defunct: what does this mean for businesses? - Nextcloud
While DPF is practically defunct, we explain why companies relying on US clouds for handling EU personal data do so at their own risk.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Get Rekt Apple and Meta
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Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act
Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data.European Commission - European Commission
Popular idle game Melvor Idle is getting a sequel with Melvor Idle 2 bringing some huge new features
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#MelvorIdle2 #IndieGames #PCGaming #Linux #Godot #GodotEngine
Popular idle game Melvor Idle is getting a sequel with Melvor Idle 2 bringing some huge new features
Coming sometime soon to Early Access, Melvor Idle 2 has been announced by developer Games by Malcs. Building upon the success and popularity of the first game, but with some big new features to hook you in.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Helga Secures All the Things
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •I prefer laptops without any OS. They are rare, but they are out there. I used to prefer ones with Windows, but I fell in love with Ubuntu few years ago and now it's the first thing I install on my laptops.
I don't know why people transition relatively easily from Windows to MacOS, but something like Ubuntu is so alien to them even though it's almost the same damn transition as it is to MacOS. Even the dock is there...
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •In many devices from Lenovo you can choose which OS you want - or if you don't want one at all. In terms of Linux you can choose Ubuntu which makes a difference of 100 EUR compared to Windows 11 Professional here in Germany.
This isn't that new but a great indicator in terms of compatibility and a great option these days, too.
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •glad that they are offering linux pre-installed, especially because for some people its the hardest part and if they can make everything to work, or at least make it easier to use out-of-box for the user, then its really good! And they can save money not choosing windows either!
For me, advanced user, I wish they would offer laptops without OS, so I can do my own installation without forcibly paying for the windows which I dont want or need
Hopefully in the future we see more brands
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •I'm not sure about other countries but #Dell AU/NZ customer support is apparently happy with installing Linux on any laptop before shipping it if you arrange in advance, according to what they told me.
#LinuxPreinstalled #LinuxLaptops #gnuLinux
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •and a community project is looking into building EU OS, an OS based on fedora Linux to create an alternative to Windows and MacOS. This could in the long run mean more software independent of the US. Exciting times for Linux.
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EU OS: A Bold Step Toward Digital Sovereignty for Europe | Linux Journal
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •recent #Lenovo #Thinkpad #Laptop like T14 Gen 5 has pretty decent #repairability score:
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Not as good as #framework but it is still good to have alternatives.
Be aware of proprietary binary blobs in #firmware and #bios hence I can recommend to also have a look here for other great #laptops:
coreboot.org/
puri.sm/
system76.com/
shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-re…
And more here: pad.hacc.space/green-hardware-…
#ifixit #right2repair #rightToRepair #coreboot #libreboot #purism #system76 #MNT #mnt_reform
Laptop Repairability Scores | Most Repairable Laptops
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in reply to It's FOSS • • •@crosswalk It's not quite straightforward, as you need to use the terminal to install VeraCrypt in Linux Mint (and, I assume, a distro like Ubuntu as well, as that serves as Mints basis).
This guide is reasonably clear: linuxcapable.com/how-to-instal…
I've been a Windows user for a long time but I've been using Mint for quite a while as well. I've learned a lot and especially not to be afraid of the terminal window when it's needed to get things done 😆
How to Install VeraCrypt on Linux Mint 22 or 21 - LinuxCapable
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