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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 21, 2025

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1. Reflecting on a Good Year [original]

   2025 was a good year for us overall because we probably hit a record high for number of new pages and we were generally happy

2. Kodi 22 “Piers” Preview Shows FFmpeg 8 Upgrade and New Format Support

   Kodi 22 “Piers” is taking shape with FFmpeg 8, HEIC support

   New

3. Copying the Competition [original]

   not a great idea

4. Mageia 10 Development Update: Planning and Key Highlights

   On December 1st, the Mageia development team met to discuss the progress of Mageia 10

   New

5. Security Leftovers

   Security related picks

6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Programming Leftovers

   FOSS and coding

7. today's leftovers

   mostly GNU/Linux stuff

8. Operating Systems: GNU/Linux Distributions, FreeBSD, Tumbleweed, Red Hat Going Astray ("AI" Nonsense)

   OS news

9. Open Hardware/Modding: Homelab, Raspberry Pi, and More

   Hardware leftovers

10. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to arrive in April with Linux 6.20 kernel

    Plans for the next LTS

11. Docker Licensing / Legal: Enterprise-Grade Hardened Image Now "Apache License 2.0"

    Licence changes

12. GNOME Foundation Update and Roundup of This Week in GNOME

    GNOME news

13. Distributions and Operating Systems: BSD, GNU/Linux, HaikuOS and More

    today's leftovers

14. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Sharing, Also Standards

    FOSS and more

15. Programming Leftovers

    Development related picks

16. Games: SteamOS, Game Engines, and Godot

    gaming themed posts

17. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers

    mostly redhat.com

18. Mozilla: Politics and Firefox Nightly

    latest from Mozilla

19. The FreeBSD Foundation Taking Stock of 2025

    several new posts

20. today's howtos

    some more stories for today, howtos for now

21. Fwupd 2.0.19 Released With New CRC Tools and udev Support

    Fwupd 2.0.19 introduces new CRC calculation tools

22. OpenZFS 2.4 Extends Linux Kernel Support to 6.18 and Supports FreeBSD 14–16

    OpenZFS 2.4 extends Linux kernel compatibility up to 6.18 while supporting FreeBSD 14, 15, and 16

23. Android Leftovers

    Your Pixel just got a major update. Here’s how to download Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 right now

24. Debian Gets Its Own PPA-Like System as Debusine Repositories Launch

    Debian introduces Debusine repositories

25. pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree

    Revived distro returns on Arch with KDE Plasma, global menus

26. We can't advocate for freedom without your help

    It's getting harder to live in freedom and it shouldn't have to be

27. Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

28. How I assembled my own Plasma desktop

    I also want to use Linux on this box, through virtualization

29. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

30. Proprietary Software, Qt, and Systemd on Linux

    not so free after all

31. Security Leftovers

    Security picks for today

32. GNU/Linux Leftovers

    3 more stories

33. Open Hardware, Retro, Modding, and Linux

    Hardware picks

34. PostgreSQL: pg_llm_helper 0.1.0 and tds_fdw

    PostgreSQL news

35. '$100 Steam Machine' with Bazzite (GNU/Linux) and More Gaming News

    Games in the news

36. LibreOffice 25.8.4 Released, Czech translation of LibreOffice Draw Guide 25.8

    LibreOffice 25.8.4 released, more news from the project

37. Denmark Begins its Exit from Microsoft — and This is Just the Beginning

    The move is part of a government-wide effort to reduce dependency on Abusive Monopolist Microsoft software

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