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Alright, #Linux people: I need to buy a new laptop. I've been on a Thinkpad T480s for a while, but the screen is dark, and the speakers are crap. I bought it for $400, so spending hundreds more to upgrade it feels dumb.

I want to buy used. I would prefer an enterprise laptop bc they're sturdy. I am aware of Framework, but I'm Canadian, so I'm going to buy from a Canadian dealer.

Para nuestra sorpresa, y después de casi 9 años, hay una nueva versión de #TORCS

Para quien no lo conozca, TORCS (The Open Racing Car Simulator), es un simulador de carreras que empezó en 1997, y del que salieron varios forks, como Speed Dreams.

La lista de cambios es larga: muchas correcciones, actualización de varias dependencias, soporte para mandos actuales, etc.

Descargar:
sourceforge.net/projects/torcs

Lista de cambios: sourceforge.net/p/torcs/code/c

sourceforge.netTORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator - Browse Files at SourceForge.netTORCS, The Open Racing Car Simulator is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulation. It is used as ordinary car racing game, as AI racing…

Another day .. where the @osi has not published the full election results ... It is not like they are being asked to do anything, just publish the results of the 2025 elections. codeberg.org/OSI-Concerns/elec #OpenSource misses the point #FLOSS #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OSI

@ed what are you hiding?

Summary card of repository OSI-Concerns/election-results-2025
Codeberg.orgelection-results-2025Petition to Open Source Initiative to publish 2025 Board election results. Sign using pull request (see below).

Linux may be a lot more buggy than commercial software--it's okay, we can admit it--but it feels like it was designed for people to actually use instead of being designed to push some other agenda. No account to sign up for. No credit cards. No exclusive "store." Just software made to perform a task.

What can I say. I am a convert.