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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Rude People Online [original]
    If you cannot behave, go offline
  2. Techrights' 5 Years in Geminispace [original]
    One might say we escaped to Geminispace 2 years before the deluge of slop on the Web
  3. Growing Interest in Gemini Protocol [original]
    We've been seeing growing interest in our capsule
  4. Maintaining the Routine of Curation, Activism, and Journalism [original]
    I really wish more people ran blogs instead of wasting time with "apps" and social control media
  5. Appealing a Judgement [original]
    What's at stake here is the reputation and credibility of the legal profession in the UK
  6. GNU/Linux Rises in Thailand While Microsoft Windows Falls [original]
    When it comes to the war against GAFAM, Thailand seems to be winning
  7. Site of GNU/Linux "Ultimate Edition" Still Seems Cracked (Weeks Already) [original]
    Is Glenn paying any attention?
  8. Datacentre Maintenance Done [original]
    Network maintenance

    New

  9. This security-focused Linux distro is switching to KDE
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  10. Canonical to distribute AMD ROCm AI/ML and HPC libraries in Ubuntu
    Canonical is pleased to announce an expanded collaboration with AMD to package and maintain AMD ROCm™ software directly in Ubuntu
  11. KDE Plasma 6.5.4, Bugfix Release for December
    Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.5.4
  12. Mozilla Thunderbird 146 Brings OpenPGP Keyserver Settings
    Thunderbird 146 open-source email client introduces a new OpenPGP keyserver setting and delivers a range of fixes improving stability
  13. AerynOS Delivers December Updates With New Alpha ISO
    AerynOS closes 2025 with major package upgrades
  14. GNU/Linux Gaming: Abxylute's $70 Retro Gaming Handheld, Steam Deck, and Steam Machines
    5 stories
  15. Linus Torvalds Indoctrinated by LF Sponsors ("AI" Scheme) and Microsoft Boosters
    Linus Torvalds and "follow the money"
  16. Security Leftovers
    Security centric picks
  17. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    GNU/Linux news leftovers
  18. Greg K-H on Linux kernel version numbers and on Linux CVEs
    kernel thoughts and information
  19. Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers
    hardware picks
  20. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  21. Licensing: "Open Source" and When Code 'Leaks'
    FOSS legal matters
  22. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  23. Web Browsers, Firefox, and Tor Browser
    WWW links
  24. FreeBSD: Adriaan de Groot on Recovering a Botched FreeBSD 14 Upgrade and Dan Langille on zpool
    BSD news
  25. Back to the Dawn, Godot, and CachyOS
    gaming picks
  26. GNOME: Javad Rahmatzadeh on Mindless Slop and Michael Catanzaro on Security Problem
    a pair of GNOME posts
  27. Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory Get Awards From the Free Software Foundation (FSF)
    latest winners
  28. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters, Ask Noah Show, and Destination Linux
    3 new episodes
  29. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    a few more GNU/Linux stories
  30. Recent Videos About GNU/Linux
    via Invidious
  31. today's howtos
    a handful of howtos
  32. Red Hat Official Site Advances Buzzwords and PR, Shallow Hype
    Latest from Red Hat
  33. Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update, Jolla, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  34. Mozilla on Firefox and Surveillance
    Firefox and more
  35. Is Linux market share going stonks or not stonks?
    we do have a few data sources, all of which could be taken into consideration
  36. Games: Overwatch 2, "Total War: MEDIEVAL III", and More
    new stories from GamingOnLinux
  37. Android Leftovers
    Google could be adding controller button mapping in Android 17
  38. First Steps With Wine 11 and Proton Experimental Updates
    WINE or Emulation
  39. Pebble Index 01 Arrives as a Private Open Source Voice Capture Ring
    Pebble Index 01 is an open-source smart ring that captures quick voice notes instantly and privately
  40. PeerTube 8.0 Brings a Modern Video Player and Team Channel Management
    PeerTube 8.0 decentralized video platform debuts a modern Lucide player
  41. Putting KDE On Raspberry Pi OS Simpler Than Expected
    Raspberry Pi boards are no longer constrained
  42. Ubuntu 26.04 Will Look More Like Vanilla GNOME Shell
    Ubuntu’s default desktop is about to look more like upstream GNOME than it has in years — but before you panic unduly
  43. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  44. There Is No “Commercial” Open Source – Only Open Source
    All of them include a simple rule: open source cannot restrict how the software is used or to which purpose
  45. 30 Reasons I ❤ KDE Plasma
    KDE’s 30th birthday is coming up next year
  46. 5 Signs You Have Become a Linux Power User
    You probably do not even realize how much you have improved since your first day with Linux
  47. VirtualBox, OVA import and E_INVALIDARG 0x80070057 error
    I wanted to export one of my Linux virtual machines
  48. Less Microsoft and Windows in Caribbean Seas [original]
    Microsoft may have many layoffs soon
  49. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  50. Apple and Microsoft Cannot Stop GNU/Linux [original]
    Windows sales have fallen off a cliff
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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