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I'm really getting a kick out of producing the "Weekly Tech News" with my bud, @gbryant.

It's short. It's tech news. It's... just goofy. Makes me smile.

LBRY: beta.lbry.tv/weekly-tech-news-

YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=trjHrSRID5

FreeDOS's Linux Roots
June 29, 2019, the FreeDOS Project turns 25 years old. That's a major milestone for any open-source software project! In honor of this anniversary, Jim Hall shares this look at how FreeDOS got started and describes its Linux roots. linuxjournal.com/content/freed

Nextcloud announces a new collaborative rich text editor called Nextcloud Text, not "a replacement to a full office suite, but rather a distraction-free, focused way of writing rich-text documents alone or together with others."
cloud.nextcloud.com/s/4Bi8CMtK

Download our #Linux Laptop Buyer's Guide (free). It was published in Dec 2018 but still very useful today. In it we review the:
* Chromebook
* Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition
* @purism Librem 13v2
* @system76 Oryx Pro
Enjoy!
linuxjournal.com/node/1340351
#laptops

Runs on Librem 5, Day 5:

GNOME Dictionary & Orientation Switching

youtube.com/watch?v=ZsLp_5iNsw

Today's piece in the Mercury News:

Headline: New generation of tech firms urges stronger privacy laws

Reject Big Tech efforts to weaken California law and regulate us. Seriously.

By Purism CEO, @todd and Brave CEO, @BrendanEich

mercurynews.com/2019/06/23/613

Ever dream of getting a 15" Librem laptop for $799?

Dream no longer, my friends. This is just for a limited time.

Librem 15 v3 No-TPM (UK keyboard): $799
shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-15-v3

Librem 15 v3 (UK or DE keyboard): $999
shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-15-v3

In the same spirit as when @lunduke declared ‘Linux Thursdays’, I’m hoping that if we were to declare the ‘Solstinox’ as the time of the season to donate to your favourite Free/Libre Open Source Software projects, it might give a little boost of money to help with further development and improvements and also show the developers that their work is appreciated.

The ‘Solstinox FLOSS Appreciation Donation’ campaign is just a working title for it–perhaps someone can come up with something catchier?

Today's #Linux News:

* Docker Is Porting Its Container Platform to Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
* Ubuntu 19.10 Will Drop 32-Bit Builds
* Children of Morta Still Coming to Linux
* Vulnerabilities Discovered in the Linux TCP System

Read more about these headlines:
linuxjournal.com/content/docke

As we approach the release of the Librem 5 smartphone (Q3 of 2019), we're going to take a look at 1 application (or game, or feature) running on the Librem 5 Development Kit every single day.

Starting with something fun:

Day 1 - AisleRiot Solitaire

youtube.com/watch?v=qBFRbOvZvx

Today's #Linux News:

* Lenovo ThinkPad P To Come With Ubuntu Pre-Installed
* Star Labs Now Offers Zorin OS On Laptops
* Remote Monitoring Software Pulseway v6.3.3 Released
* PCLinuxOS KDE Full Edition 2019.06 Released

Read more about these headlines:
linuxjournal.com/content/freeb

I was familiar with Ubi Soft's early PC adaptations of Zombi (Dawn of the Dead) and The Howling, but nothing prepared me for their Amstrad CPC game "Manhattan 95". Ooooohhh boy 🤣🤣🤣

The block button rules.

If people are being mean and unkind? I block em!

Doesn't infringe on their free speech -- they can be as mean and hateful as they like on their own timeline. I just don't need to listen to it. ;)

Now.

Who wants to talk about FreeDOS? :)

Black Hat drama this week shows the risks in creating a machine/process w/ the power to censor a group for personal views. Always starts w/ dangerous/unsympathetic views, inevitably expands to censor other groups based on shakier grounds.

@lunduke
Once lunduke fought Chuck Norris, we can tell who won, we hear from lunduke, Mr. Norris is at home on Linux now after his loss

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