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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2025

Updated This Past Day

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   And no, your site doesn't miss out by staying out of worthless, time-wasting, addictive platforms which attract abuse

2. Growing Demand for Information About GNU/Linux [original]

   For GNU/Linux, being "mainstream" isn't unprecedented

3. Microsoft Windows Falling to All-Time Low in Europe [original]

   We've not linked to statCounter lately

   New

4. Audacity 3.7.6 Audio Editor Adds FFmpeg 8 Support, Spectrogram Wavelet Analysis

   Audacity 3.7.6 has been released as a new stable version of this open-source digital audio editor and recording software to improve the stability and reliability of the software.

5. Raspberry Pi OS Now Lets You Safely Eject HDD and NVMe Drives Connected via USB

   A new version of the Raspberry Pi OS Debian-based distribution for Raspberry Pi single-board computers is now available for download with new USB features and a few bug fixes.

6. Recent Videos and Shows About GNU/Linux and Free Software

   via Invidious

7. Perl Leftovers: LPW 2025, Perl License, and More

   programming news

8. today's leftovers

   mostly GNU/Linux and FOSS

9. today's howtos

   only 3 more howtos for now

10. Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM): XScreenSaver 6.13 and some things on X11's obscure DirectColor visual type

    a new release and some comments on the visual types in X11

11. Some WordPress improvements and WordPress Considered Harmful/Bloated

    Content Management Systems (CMS) rants, trying Static Site Generators (SSG) now

12. Programming Leftovers

    Development related picks

13. BSD: FreeBSD on Laptops and ZFS Commentary

    some BSD news

14. Bum education

    The typical non-thinker sees only two options, those who are "racing to embrace the future", and sour Luddites living in woodland shacks who will be "left behind"

15. Games: Humble Choice, Facepunch Liberated, and "Unfounded DMCA Claim"

    9 stories from GamingOnLinux

16. Android Leftovers

    Android Security Alert: Update your phone now to fix vulnerabilities

17. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

18. KStars v3.8.0 is Released

    KStars v3.8.0 is released on 2025.12.03 for Windows & Linux

19. MetaComputing Launches 45-TOPS Arm Linux-Ready PC Powered by CIX CP8180

    According to the product page, the system ships with Ubuntu 25.04

20. After using an Android phone with liquid cooling, I'm not sure if I can go back to my Pixel

    If you've ever used a Redmagic smartphone, you know the brand places a particular emphasis on two things

21. These 4 “hidden” Linux commands are ridiculously useful once you learn them

    The terminal isn’t some relic of the past; it’s one of the biggest strengths of using Linux in the first place

22. Linux Weekly News (LWN) on Kernel and Homebrew

    LWN without the paywall today

23. Fedora / RHEL / IBM: Red Hat's Hummingbird, Oracle Rebrands Products as "AI Database" for Linux, and Fedora Flatpaks Discussed

    Some IBM centric stuff

24. Debian debates amending architecture support stratagem and current state of Linux architecture support

    A pair of articles from LWN

25. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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