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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 01, 2025

Seasonings In Jars

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
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2025-11-24 to 2025-11-30
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    1221 /n/2025/11/24/Linux_6_18_rc7.shtml
    1173 /n/2025/11/24/Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2_0_Released_with_Revamped_UI_and_Device_De.shtml
    1145 /n/2025/11/21/Zorin_OS_18_Hits_1_Million_Downloads_in_Just_One_Month.shtml
    1101 /n/2025/11/24/New_Raspberry_Pi_OS_Release_Supports_Setting_HiDPI_Scaling_Upda.shtml
    1071 /n/2025/11/24/Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2_0_Debuts_With_a_Complete_UI_Redesign.shtml
    966 /index.shtml
    877 /n/2025/11/24/Talos_Linux_Kubernetes_optimized_Linux_distro.shtml
    866 /n/2025/11/24/Stable_kernels_Linux_6_17_9_Linux_6_12_59_and_Linux_6_6_117.shtml
    862 /n/2025/11/26/KDE_Plasma_6_8_Desktop_Environment_to_Drop_the_X11_Session_and_.shtml

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