what’s-new-in-the-ubuntu-26.10-flavours?

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Alongside the main edition, Ubuntu 26.10 brought new releases of community flavours, including Kubuntu, Xubuntu and a welcome return of Ubuntu MATE. All of Ubuntu’s official flavours share the same foundations as the main release, with the Linux 7.3 kernel, Mesa 26.2 graphics drivers, updated tooling and support for installingContinue Reading

fostering-community-amid-kendall-square’s-innovation

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Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is often cited as the most innovative square mile in the world. But when the Kendall Square Association gathered local stakeholders for its 18th Annual Meeting Thursday, the conversation focused on innovation primarily in the context of community. The event, which took place at theContinue Reading

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Violent unrest is gripping several countries across Europe, as student activists demand better education systems., NewsFeed Violent unrest is gripping several countries across Europe, as student activists demand better education systems. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed the demonstrations in his country on ‘foreign hands’. Published On 16 OctContinue Reading

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In 2021, New York-based Russian American filmmaker Julia Loktev went back to Russia to begin what turned out to be a truly epic documentary production. She was in Moscow to make a documentary about journalists who had been classified as “foreign agents” or “undesirable” by Vladimir Putin’s government. Then RussiaContinue Reading

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Truthdig lost a beloved contributor and friend last week when Jim Knipfel died at his home in Wisconsin following a yearlong illness. He was 61.  Jim was a celebrated memoirist, novelist and critic who published a column, “Slackjaw,” every week for 40 years. During the final years of his life,Continue Reading