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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 23, 2025
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elementary OS 8.1 Released with Wayland Session by Default, ARM64 Support
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.
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The Net's Sleeping Giant: Gemini Protocol [original]
At the moment, Geminispace grows rather than shrinks over time
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Corporate Mobs vs the Free Software Community [original]
politics are only a distraction from the core motivations of the mob
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In 2025 Linux Got $8.4 Million, GNU Received a Lot Less [original]
giving capital to hosting of GNU projects and various other essential functions
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"No Kings" in Free Software [original]
if your project or a project you rely on is stuck in GitHub, then Microsoft is your king.
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In the Name of Love [original]
The Web is filled with hate and vitriol
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Calm Week Ahead, Looking Forward to 2026 [original]
This year this site added over 10,000 new pages
New
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Valnet on KDE, Feodra, Arch, and More
XDA and HowTo Geek on GNU/Linux
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Moving to GNU/Linux With Proprietary Software and Impression
a pair of articles
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Valnet Articles on Using Raspberry Pi Devices
3 Raspberry Pi articles
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Distributions and Operating Systems: Nitrux, Distros That Look Better Than Vista 11, and Kolibri OS
roundup of 3 recent articles
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João Carrasqueira Explores Moving From Windows to GNU/Linux Distros
4 articles, mostly João Carrasqueira
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Trying the Terminal Instead of GUIs
a bunch of recent articles
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Docker and Proxmox: Working With Containers and Virtual Machines
4 very recent articles
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Audacity was too clunky, so I switched to this modern open-source audio editor
Tenacity is a forked version of Audacity, but this open-source audio editor was born out of necessity when Audacity's ownership changed
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Qubes OS 4.3 Brings Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18 Templates
The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42
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Best Free and Open Source Software
Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
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Luxonis OAK 4 CS Edge-Inference Camera with CS-Mount Optics and PoE
The platform runs Luxonis OS, a Linux-based operating system built on kernel 5.15
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GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
mostly GNU/Linux
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Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, mintCast, and Linux Out Loud
3 new episodes
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Games: Old ROMS and GNU/Linux Games via Steam
gaming leftovers
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers
FOSS and coding
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Hardware/Modding: Jetson Orin Nano, ESP32, and More
Hardware leftovers
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GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: ObsidianOS, Dual Booting, and ChromeOS
3 new stories
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Android Leftovers
How to navigate with maps in Android Auto without cell service
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Chimera Linux Releases New Images With Kernel 6.18
Chimera Linux has published new December 2025 images based on kernel 6.18
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5 hidden terminal surprises you can try on Ubuntu right now
If you're trying to get into the terminal app on your Ubuntu computer
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Kubuntu Focus M2: The power and privacy of Linux without the hassle
Security experts often recommend installing Linux to avoid these problems
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Add a Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas
In past years I’ve shown you various ways to give Ubuntu a Christmas makeover,
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Linux 6.19-rc2 is out
before xmas
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Ubuntu 26.04 Wallpaper Competition Opened for Submissions
Wallpaper Competition for Ubuntu 26.04, Resolute Raccoon, opened for submissions. 6 of them will be included in the disc images
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Free and Open Source Software
Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
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Review: The best open source operating systems of 2025
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
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EU OS: Which Linux Distribution fits Europe best?
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
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GNU/Linux Leftovers
GNOME, GNU/Linux, and more
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards Leftovers
FOSS and more
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Programming Leftovers
Development related picks
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Hardware and Retro: ZuluSCSI, Raspberry Pi, and More
hardware picks
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Debian’s git transition and UCS (Univention Corporate Server) 5.2-4 released (based on Debian)
Debian news
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Grml - new stable release 2025.12 available
code-named ‘Postwurfsendung’
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Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
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XBox is Dead, What Next? [original]
The future of gaming looks increasingly bright for "Linux", not "Windows"
New
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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 21st, 2025
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