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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 13, 2025

Birds fly above the water

Updated This Past Day

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    I am not a lawyer (IANAL), but something doesn't seem right
  2. What Freedom Means to Me [original]
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  3. If You Value Software Freedom, Consider Downloading a Gemini Client (Browser) and Using Geminispace [original]
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  4. Keep an Eye on GNU/Linux in Turkey [original]
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  7. GNU/Linux in Spain as 2025 Ends [original]
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  12. Record Traffic in Gemini Protocol [original]
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  13. Gamers Are Flocking Away From Microsoft and From Windows [original]
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  14. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
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  15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    FOSS and standards remnants
  16. today's leftovers
    BSD and more
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  18. Hardware: Home Assistant, SBC, Purism, and More
    some gadgets and such
  19. Haiku R1/beta5 as a "Daily Driver" and Creating User-Friendly Installers Across Operating Systems
    Some New regarding "Distributions and Operating Systems"
  20. BSD and Linux Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization
    ZFS and more
  21. Linux Graphics: NVIDIA news and benchmarking NVENC video transcoding on the Pi
    3 stories
  22. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  23. Red Hat on Buzzwords and Paid-for 'Articles' About Oneself
    Red Hat leftovers
  24. Articles on the Duel Between GNU/Linux and Windows, Which Microsoft is Ditching (or Whose Users Get Abandoned)
    Wallen and more
  25. today's howtos
    5 howtos
  26. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Pebble Index 01, and More
    Hardware picks
  27. Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools
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  28. Games: Kitten Space Agency, Project Zomboid, and More
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  29. Ubuntu’s New Telemetry Tool Will ‘Phone Home’ Monthly
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  30. Bazzite isn’t the best Linux gaming option anymore — this is
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  31. ShaRPiKeebo pocket Linux computer will start shipping soon (3 years after crowdfunding)
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  41. When a Bird Dies [original]
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  42. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
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  43. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  44. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS stories
  45. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, KiCad, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  46. Outreachy in GNOME and Rewriting Cartridges (GNOME)
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