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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 07, 2025

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  1. Linux, Security, and Hardware
    Hardware mostly
  2. Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) Loses Millions of Dollars in Battle Over Licensing
    Vizio TV
  3. Jolla Launches Community-Funded Linux Phone
    Jolla launches its new Linux phone with a €99 refundable pre-order
  4. TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Debuts as Affordable Linux Desktop Replacement
    The TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 launches as an affordable Linux desktop replacement with an i9-14900HX
  5. 600,000 Objects [original]
    Next summer (in June) we turn 22 and GNU/Linux has never been as big and important as it is right now
  6. The Peanut Treat and Keeping on Top of GNU/Linux News [original]
    GNU/Linux is fast becoming mainstream

    New

  7. Homebrew and 3 useful Linux apps worth trying this weekend
    applications for GNU/Linux
  8. RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite
    Bazzite Desktop Edition comes in two main versions...
  9. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  10. GNU/Linux and Other Operating Systems
    some leftovers for today
  11. Linux Kernel: Cross-compiling for RISC-V with Nix and Brendan Gregg Leaving Intel
    kernel leftovers
  12. Applications: OBS Studio 32.0.3 Released and MinIO Ends Active Development
    some software news
  13. today's howtos
    only 4 more for now
  14. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  15. Content Management Systems (CMS) Complexity and Static Site Generators (SSG) Adopted
    Web stories regarding WWW
  16. FSF / Software Freedom: FSF, Guix, and the JS Trap
    3 stories
  17. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More
    Hardware picks
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Development news
  19. Latest on Fedora Development, Forks, and Red Hat
    Some IBM stuff
  20. today's howtos
    8 howtos for now
  21. Calibre 8.16 Adds LLM Slop for Hype's Sake
    Calibre 8.16 is out
  22. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    terminal, Red Hat, and Ubuntu
  23. FreeBSD Picks: gmirror swap and a revamp
    FreeBSD articles
  24. Android Leftovers
    Chrome Autofill getting two-line design on Android, Google Wallet integration, more
  25. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  26. Valve's FEX-Emu Support Shows a Better Way to Fund Open Source
    The company has quietly funded FEX-Emu since 2018 as an open source project
  27. Ghostty Terminal Emulator Transitions to Non-Profit Status
    Open-source terminal Ghostty moves under Hack Club’s non-profit umbrella
  28. Flora Linux-libre – distribution using the Linux-libre kernel
    Flora Linux-libre is a distribution is based on Debian Linux and its forks, which runs Linux-libre kernel
  29. This Week in Plasma: Better hardware support
    This week saw a bunch of user interface improvements and bug fixing
  30. Security Leftovers
    Security links
  31. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux, FOSS, and more
  32. IBM Red Hat Selling Nothing But Buzzwords and Loss-Generating Hype (or Pyramid Scheme)
    "AI" nonsense
  33. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2025-11-30 to 2025-12-06
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    1034 /n/2025/12/02/Linus_Torvalds_and_Another_Linus_Sebastian_Build_GNU_Linux_PC.shtml
    994 /n/2025/12/02/NVIDIA_590_Linux_Graphics_Driver_Enters_Public_Beta_with_Better.shtml
    950 /n/2025/11/30/NixOS_25_11_Released_with_GNOME_49_COSMIC_Beta_and_FirewallD_Su.shtml

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