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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 02, 2026

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    VLC 3.0.23 has been released as the latest stable version of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform media player software for GNU/Linux, Android, macOS, tvOS, and Windows platforms.
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  6. Another 365 [original]
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  10. Burying and Halting Proliferation of Slop Images by Leveraging the Public Domain [original]
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  16. Linux Kernel and Graphics Coverage
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  17. DebConf26, Freexian, and Debian Bloggers
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  18. Android Leftovers
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  20. Zorin OS says Windows users drove nearly 1M downloads, so I installed it to see why
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  22. Free and Open Source Software
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  24. Our Top Five Most Underrated Linux Distros for 2025
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  26. Sites About Software... That Build Their Own Software [original]
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  28. Arch Linux Kicks Off 2026 with New ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS
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  29. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  30. Does GNU/Linux Attract Smart People or Does GNU/Linux Make People Smarter? [original]
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  31. Keeping the Fish Healthy and Happy [original]
    This year was a good year in the fish tank
  32. Microsoft Slides in Central Europe, GNU/Linux Adds "Market Share" in 2025 [original]
    The same will continue this year
  33. Computing Does Not Improve Anymore [original]
    All this "AI" hype is a sign of it
  34. Tux Machines Off to a Strong Start [original]
    In January we'll see how long we can keep this going for
  35. Programming Leftovers
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  36. Open Hardware and Retro/Old: Orange Pi, HP/PA, and More
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  37. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  38. How-To Geek: Linux terminal and Linux installation
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  39. What exactly is Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu?
    Click around in the Linux world long enough and you'll no-doubt come across mentions of Canonical
  40. Linux App Release Roundup (December 2025)
    Got time for a final blast through smaller Linux app updates to round out 2025
  41. VisionFive 2 Lite SBC Review – Ubuntu 24.04 on a low-cost RISC-V SBC in 2026
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  42. The People of Emacs
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  43. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  44. These are the Linux Apps I Couldn't Live Without in 2025
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  45. UHU-Linux – Linux distribution from Hungary
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  46. 13 Open-Source Apps I Use from a Web Browser (And You Can Too)
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  47. Emoji Selector - An Intro to Kubuntu Default Emoji Picker Application
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  50. Today in Techrights
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