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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 01, 2025

Updated This Past Day

1. PCLinuxOS Site Not Yet Properly Recovered [original]

   We continue to hope for a new and full ("proper") recovery of the Web site of PCLinuxOS, hopefully by 2026

2. Tomorrow is Another Fake Holiday [original]

   On Friday and Monday there is also a "black" and "cyber" fake 'holiday'

3. Android Leftovers

   Android Leftovers

4. I keep these operating systems on a Ventoy USB drive

   I started my Linux journey with Ubuntu in 2016 and have been using it on and off for nearly a decade now

5. December About to Start, Free Software Foundation Raising Money [original]

   the FSF strives to raise 400K to pay salaries and keep the infrastructure of GNU (and the FSF) going

   New

6. Linux Kernel 6.18 Officially Released, Could Be the Next LTS Kernel Series

   Linux kernel 6.18 is now available for download, as announced today by Linus Torvalds himself, featuring enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to file systems and networking, and more.

7. KaOS Linux 2025.11 Adds Support for the Limine Bootloader, KDE Plasma 6.5

   KaOS Linux 2025.11 has been released as the latest ISO snapshot for this independent Linux distribution built on top of the latest KDE software and using Arch Linux’s pacman package manager.

8. Armbian 25.11 Is Out with Support for Radxa ROCK 4D, NanoPi M5, and Debian Forky

   The Armbian team released Armbian 25.11 today as a major update to this Debian/Ubuntu-based distribution and build framework for ARM devices that enhances performance, security, and hardware compatibility.

9. NixOS 25.11 Released with GNOME 49, COSMIC Beta, and FirewallD Support

   The developers of the independent distro NixOS, whose set of packages can be used on other GNU/Linux distributions, released NixOS 25.11 today, a major update that introduces support for recent technologies and other changes.

10. PCLinuxOS Magazine: News and HowTos

    the latest issue

11. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards

    FOSS and more

12. Programming Leftovers

    coding and more

13. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

    mostly about GNU/Linux

14. Debian: Freexian Monthly Report and Proposal for Git-based Collaboration in Debian

    a pair of Debian posts

15. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, "Name that Ware", and More

    Hardware leftovers

16. Games: Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Space Is Red, and Pong Remembered

    Games leftovers

17. today's howtos

    a handful of howtos

18. Archinstall 3.0.14 Fixes Snapper-GRUB Snapshots

    Archinstall 3.0.14, a guided installer for Arch Linux

19. Algol 68 Front-End merged in GCC

    merged in GCC proper in its development trunk branch

20. I used a modern-day 250MB Linux OS, and it was a real struggle

    A little while ago, I reported on how someone got a modern-day Linux distro running on a 30-year-old CPU

21. 5 reasons people give up on Linux (and why it’s time to come back)

    Have you tried Linux in the past, but didn’t like the experience

22. I tested 5 lightweight Linux tools and they all earned a permanent spot

    I love my workflow and never intended to do an extreme overhaul

23. I replaced my Linux Xfce menu with this and never looked back

    After years of using Xubuntu, I wanted a panel that could adapt to how I worked rather than forcing me to adapt to it

24. Don't set up Linux from scratch, these Turnkey distros do it for you

    That is where turnkey Linux distros come in

25. 5 apps new Linux users should install on day one

    Most Linux distros are intentionally minimal to avoid bloat

26. Yes, Linux can do 'real work'—here are 5 things I do on my Linux PC

    Do you think Linux is just for homelabs or servers

27. You're probably pronouncing Ubuntu wrong—and these 7 other Linux terms

    The world of Linux and its open source ecosystem of software is riddled with acronyms

28. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

29. Mission Center vs. Resources: The Ultimate Linux System Monitor Showdown

    Two of the best GUI-based system monitors for desktop Linux users

30. October/November in KDE Itinerary

    In the past two months since the last post, KDE Itinerary’s journey search UI got simplified

31. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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