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: What Happened to Ubuntu MATE 26.04 LTS?
: Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04 LTS → Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
: Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 1.01
: Eighth Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Seventh Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Sixth Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Fifth Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Fourth Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Third Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Skiing P10 to Huron and Shilly Shally
: Second Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Skiing from P7 to Shilly Shally
: First Skate on the Rideau Canal
: Skiing from P16 to Healey Cabin and Back
: New Bluesky Video: Skating on the Rink Of Dreams
: Ubuntu Flavours and Wayland: Where are We Today?
Stories
- Ruth's eulogy
(36 kB download) - Ruth Denounces Parking Lot Midways, story & cartoons
(170 kB download) - Are you going to give a High School Valedictory Speech? Why not save yourself all that time writing a new one and use my Valedictory Speech instead?
(60 kB download)
Social Networking
Bluesky is the place to meet on the internet these days and is growing fast.
You can find us on Bluesky:
I wrote a review and hints article about it.
Feel free to join us there.
Linux
I have been using Linux-based computer operating systems since and you could be too, for free!
I am currently using the Ubuntu Cinnamon operating system. Linux is free, very stable, has tens of thousands of free applications to do everything you need and doesn't run Windows viruses or spyware. If you want to read about my experiences switching from Windows to Linux, have a look at The Ubuntu Diaries.
These two websites have some very useful background for people new to Linux:
For information on free and open source software for Windows have a look at the Windows Open Source/ Freeware Project.
For a list of recommended free software for all operating systems see the Free Software List.
Worthwhile free software that we use
- Android Open Source Project - mobile Linux operating system

- APT - package manager

- Coreboot - firmware

- FileZilla - file transfer protocol



- Firefox - web browser


- GNOME Disks - storage device manager

- GNOME Document Scanner - scanning utility

- GNOME Files - file manager
- GNOME Papers - PDF reader

- GNOME Showtime - video player

- GNOME Text Editor - text editor

- GParted - partition editor

- GPRename - bulk file renamer

- Gufw - firewall

- Kdenlive - video editor


- LibreOffice - office suite



- mtPaint - image editor


- Transmission - bit torrent client


- Ubuntu - desktop Linux operating system

- Ventoy - live USB boot writer


- Wget - web page downloader



- WhoIs - domain system tool
