Our next major release is just around the corner! #LibreOffice 26.2 will be released in February, with many new features and improvements, thanks to our worldwide community. Help to test it, before the final release: qa.blog.documentfoundation.org… #foss #openSource #freesoftware

OK, TIL (Today I Learned):

If "apt-get install" tells you "after this installation, XX GB additional disk space will be used" – that means that YOU SHOULD LOOK if that's available. Because, APT DOES NOT – it simply … well, stops working when the disk is full 🤦‍♂️

Have fun then cleaning up. Glad I ran a Timeshift backup immediately before…

#Debian #apt

Wer wollte nicht schon immer mal bis zu 10 Lieblingssongs auf einmal hören? Ich hätte dafür jetzt das richtige Tool, auch wenn der eigentliche Zweck ein völlig anderer ist. 😄

MultiDeck Audio Player ist eine App für die simultane Wiedergabe von bis zu 10 Audiodateien oder Internetstreams. Seid gnädig mit mir, trotz beeindruckender KI-Unterstützung ist es meine erste GUI-Anwendung und enthält sicher noch Fehler.

Quellcod: github.com/schulle4u/multideck
Download für Windows: github.com/schulle4u/multideck…

RE: telescoper.blog/2026/01/19/bar…

Translation for Americans: a member of the Irish parliament (the Dail) who happens to be a barrister (an attorney specialising in advocacy in front of a judge, including criminal prosecution/defense) has formally written to the head of the Irish cybercrime unit setting out applicable charges against X/Grok and sternly requesting formal prosecution of that company on child pornography/trafficking charges.

in reply to Charlie Stross

If anyone wants more confirmation other than PasteBin, here's the Irish Independent's article on this, from yesterday.

independent.ie/irish-news/gove…

The Independent has been covering this quite a lot over recent days, and Barry Ward is not the only TD to speak up about this. Here's Niamh Smyth from the day before.

independent.ie/irish-news/elon…

Here's a Gardai rep speaking to an Oirechtas committee on the 14th.

independent.ie/irish-news/gard…

#Grok #BarryWard #IrishPolitics #Twitter #Garda

New language-pack setting: spellingDiphthongMode. Supported values right now: none (default) and monophthong. Detects “spelled-out acronym-like” words (heuristic: multi‑syllable, and every syllable is stressed), And it follows a vowel-like sound. It drops the offglide and marks the e as lengthened, so you get a long monophthong feel