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elementary OS 8.1 Released with Wayland Session by Default, ARM64 Support

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The elementary OS team released today elementary OS 8.1 as the latest stable version of their Ubuntu-based distribution using the modern Pantheon desktop environment.

The Net's Sleeping Giant: Gemini Protocol [original]

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At the moment, Geminispace grows rather than shrinks over time

Corporate Mobs vs the Free Software Community [original]

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politics are only a distraction from the core motivations of the mob

In 2025 Linux Got $8.4 Million, GNU Received a Lot Less [original]

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giving capital to hosting of GNU projects and various other essential functions

"No Kings" in Free Software [original]

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if your project or a project you rely on is stuck in GitHub, then Microsoft is your king.

In the Name of Love [original]

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The Web is filled with hate and vitriol

Calm Week Ahead, Looking Forward to 2026 [original]

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This year this site added over 10,000 new pages

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Valnet on KDE, Feodra, Arch, and More

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XDA and HowTo Geek on GNU/Linux

Moving to GNU/Linux With Proprietary Software and Impression

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a pair of articles

Valnet Articles on Using Raspberry Pi Devices

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3 Raspberry Pi articles

Distributions and Operating Systems: Nitrux, Distros That Look Better Than Vista 11, and Kolibri OS

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roundup of 3 recent articles

João Carrasqueira Explores Moving From Windows to GNU/Linux Distros

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4 articles, mostly João Carrasqueira

Trying the Terminal Instead of GUIs

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a bunch of recent articles

Docker and Proxmox: Working With Containers and Virtual Machines

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4 very recent articles

Audacity was too clunky, so I switched to this modern open-source audio editor

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Tenacity is a forked version of Audacity, but this open-source audio editor was born out of necessity when Audacity's ownership changed

Qubes OS 4.3 Brings Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18 Templates

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The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42

Best Free and Open Source Software

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Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here

Luxonis OAK 4 CS Edge-Inference Camera with CS-Mount Optics and PoE

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The platform runs Luxonis OS, a Linux-based operating system built on kernel 5.15

GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

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mostly GNU/Linux

Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, mintCast, and Linux Out Loud

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3 new episodes

Games: Old ROMS and GNU/Linux Games via Steam

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gaming leftovers

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers

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FOSS and coding

Hardware/Modding: Jetson Orin Nano, ESP32, and More

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Hardware leftovers

GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: ObsidianOS, Dual Booting, and ChromeOS

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3 new stories

Android Leftovers

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How to navigate with maps in Android Auto without cell service

Chimera Linux Releases New Images With Kernel 6.18

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Chimera Linux has published new December 2025 images based on kernel 6.18

5 hidden terminal surprises you can try on Ubuntu right now

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If you're trying to get into the terminal app on your Ubuntu computer

Kubuntu Focus M2: The power and privacy of Linux without the hassle

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Security experts often recommend installing Linux to avoid these problems

Add a Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas

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In past years I’ve shown you various ways to give Ubuntu a Christmas makeover,

Linux 6.19-rc2 is out

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before xmas

Ubuntu 26.04 Wallpaper Competition Opened for Submissions

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Wallpaper Competition for Ubuntu 26.04, Resolute Raccoon, opened for submissions. 6 of them will be included in the disc images

Free and Open Source Software

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Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here

Review: The best open source operating systems of 2025

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As the calendar draws to the end of 2025 I would like to take a few minutes and look back at some of the highlights of this year

EU OS: Which Linux Distribution fits Europe best?

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This post concerns the requirements of a Linux distribution for Europe in the context of the EU OS project and offers a comparison of Linux distributions

GNU/Linux Leftovers

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GNOME, GNU/Linux, and more

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards Leftovers

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FOSS and more

Programming Leftovers

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Development related picks

Hardware and Retro: ZuluSCSI, Raspberry Pi, and More

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hardware picks

Debian’s git transition and UCS (Univention Corporate Server) 5.2-4 released (based on Debian)

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Debian news

Grml - new stable release 2025.12 available

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code-named ‘Postwurfsendung’

Today in Techrights

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Some of the latest articles

XBox is Dead, What Next? [original]

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The future of gaming looks increasingly bright for "Linux", not "Windows"

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 21st, 2025

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The 271st installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on December 21st, 2025.The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text. Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):Span from 2025-12-16 to 2025-12-221320 /n/2023/08/29/rianne_fifth_blog_post.shtml 1146 /n/2025/12/17/Firefox_and_Mozilla_Commit_Suicide_With_Slop_Market_Share_Falls.shtml

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