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Along with Slackware, it's one of the oldest Linux distributions in active development. If I'm going to invest the time in learning an operating system, I want one that won't be obsolete tomorrow. I can be confident that Debian will exist in the future. I don't fetishize legacy technology. Linux, with its appeal to developers, doesn't hesitate to jettison components that no longer serve a purpose. Witness how many distros switched to systemd over the old System V init system. Debian is also one of them. While Slackware retains some archaic choices, such as the use of the LILO bootloader, Debian maintains a sense of continuity while incorporating modern components. This is why it's one of my distros of choice. 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of engineers to package the AMD ROCm software libraries to streamline installation, support, and long-term maintenance on Ubuntu. Canonical will also submit these packages for consideration in Debian. * ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ Ubuntu_Will_Soon_Make_AMD_GPUs_Much_Easier_to_Use_for_Hey Hi_(AI)_Workloads⠀⇛ Canonical teams up with AMD to package ROCm directly in Ubuntu. * ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Evince_-_Intro_to_the_Default_Ubuntu_Document_Viewer Application⠀⇛ * ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Harnessing_the_potential_of_5G_with_Kubernetes:_a_cloud-native telco_transformation_perspective⠀⇛ This blog explores how Canonical Kubernetes empowers 5G and cloud-native telco workloads with high performance, enhanced platform awareness (EPA), and robust security, while offering flexible deployment via snaps, Juju, or Cluster API. We’ll also highlight its integration into industry initiatives like Sylva, support for GPU/DPU acceleration, and synergy with MicroCloud for scalable edge infrastructure. * ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ The_rhythm_of_reliability:_inside_Canonical’s_operational cadence⠀⇛ At Canonical, we take a different approach. For us, time is the fixed constraint. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 432 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Cinnamon_6_6_Desktop_Environment_Lands_With_Major_Menu_Redesign.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Cinnamon_6_6_Desktop_Environment_Lands_With_Major_Menu_Redesign.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment Lands With Major Menu Redesign⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025, updated Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Cinnamon_6.6_Desktop_Environment⦈_ Quoting: Cinnamon 6.6 Desktop Environment Lands With Major Menu Redesign — A year after the previous 6.4 release, the Linux Mint development team has rolled out Cinnamon 6.6, with the desktop environment set to debut in the upcoming Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” expected around Christmas. The main menu receives the most visible set of changes. Its layout has been modernized with simplified navigation, cleaner category handling, optional avatars, and configurable places and bookmarks. Moreover, system buttons now sit at the top, category icons use the new XApp symbolic style, and several performance issues around startup warnings and icon handling have been addressed. Improvements to hover effects and sidebar behavior further streamline navigation. Read_on Marius: * ⚓ Cinnamon_6.6_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Redesigned_Application Menu⠀⇛ Cinnamon 6.6 desktop environment is now available with a redesigned application menu, improved virtual keyboard, and other changes. 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A reader has taken note of the above, asking me to "refer also to [a] link about Finland flushing ~ 1.2 bn per year down the toilet on Microsoft licensing alone, not counting malware, incompatibilties, clunky UIs and other means of losing productivity". The original_is_in_Finnish, but we've covered the main points in English: * Russia_Has_Not_Invaded_Finland,_But_Microsoft_Did * Governments_Wasting_Billions_on_Worthless_and_Even_Harmful_Microsoft Licences * A_farewell_to_Finland,_an_occupied_territory * Finnish_Politician_Aura_Salla_Says_Finland_Must_Dump_Microsoft,_Citing Security_and_Control_Reasons,_Not_Costs It seems like the conversation about Software Freedom is changing, even if they use terms such as "sovereignty". 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Now the team says it’s updated the mainboard with a Rev 1.1 design that brings a number of significant changes, including a bunch of features you’re unlikely to find on any other smartphone. While there’s still no word on a price or release date, the team did recently release a video that appears to show a Linux-based operating system booting on a prototype of the new board. Read_on Also: * ⚓ A_Linux-Powered_Smartphone_That_Has_Features_You_Won't_Find_on_Most Phones⠀⇛ Being built as part of the Divine project, the Divine D. is a Linux smartphone running DawnOS. The operating system is built on Mobian and Debian, with Phosh serving as the desktop user interface. The hardware has a Rockchip RK3588S processor at its heart, with 4x Cortex-A76 cores running at 2.4 GHz and 4x Cortex-A55 cores running at 1.8 GHz. Graphics duties are handled by an Arm Mali-G610 GPU. The device features a three-core NPU that delivers 6 TFLOPS of processing power. This allows running language models locally without sending data to external servers. RAM goes up to 32 GB of LPDDR4x memory with storage options of 64 GB, 128 GB, or 256 GB via eMMC. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣤⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣴⣆⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡆⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢇⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠁⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣦⡂⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⣿⡿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠂⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡦⠄⠀⠀⠀⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣶⣾⡿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣀⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⡿⠿⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣴⣶⣿⡷⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣶⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⣽⠿⠛⠫⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣾⠀⠸⣿⣿⣶⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⣿⡿⠟⠋⠉⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠙⡻⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 691 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/European_Readers_Please_Contact_Your_National_Representatives_D.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/European_Readers_Please_Contact_Your_National_Representatives_D.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ European Readers, Please Contact Your National Representatives (Delegates) at the EPO, Tell Them About Software Patents and EPO Corruption⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025, updated Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇EPO_Series⦈_ A few days ago I_published this complete_list_of_contacts and ideas_of_things to_tell_them in their own language. Those people represent you this week if you live in Europe. Today they'll meet for the second time (second day of a two-day meeting). If you value GNU/Linux, then you probably care about coding and Free software. So you probably oppose software patents. Please contact_your_representatives about_it. There are also criminal_aspects. We've heard that our reporting is read by many and that it already has a positive impact. Even EPO_staff_is_rebelling. "Excellent," one reader said, as "the EPO work you do here is *very* important in getting patent reform and eliminating sw [software] patents". Contacting your representatives about it will probably just take a few minutes. Please do it. That can impact how they will vote today. 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This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Blarock_-_simple_music_player_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Linux offers a huge array of open source music players. And many of them are high quality. I’ve reviewed the vast majority for LinuxLinks, but I’m endeavoring to explore every free music player in case there’s an undiscovered gem. Blarock caught my attention as its first release is was available on Flathub. * ⚓ Tyr_-_intelligent_file_organization_powered_by_machine_learning_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Tyr is a fast file organizer built in Rust that automatically categorizes and groups your files. Unlike traditional organizers that only look at file extensions, Tyr uses machine learning algorithms to understand relationships between files and intelligently organize them. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ MDNS_Scanner_-_scan_networks_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ MDNS Scanner scans a network and create a list of IPs and associated hostnames, including mDNS hostnames and other aliases. This is cross-platform software that runs under Linux, macOS, Windows. MDNS Scanner is free and open source software. * ⚓ zur_-_AUR_helper_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ aur is just another AUR helper. The AUR is a community-driven repository for Arch Linux users that contains package build scripts (PKGBUILDs) for software not in the official repositories. 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Two castles, separated by a mountain, try to defeat each other with their cannonballs, either by killing the opponent’s king or by weakening the opponent enough so that the king capitulates. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Marmite_-_static_site_generator_for_blogs_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Marmite [Markdown makes sites] is a very simple static site generator. It does “one” simple thing only: Reads all .md files on the input directory. Using CommonMark parse it to HTML content. Extract optional metadata from frontmatter or filename. Generated html file for each page. Outputs the rendered static site to the output folder. It also handles generating or copying static/ and media/ to the output dir. * ⚓ clipsim_-_simple_and_fast_X_clipboard_manager_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ clipsim is a simple and fast X clipboard manager. It retrieves clipboard text when the window owning it is closed, and keeps a clipboard history. If an image is detected, it is saved in /tmp, and the respective filename is saved on history. The primary and secondary selection buffers are ignored. When copying text equal to some previous text, the history order is updated so that each entry is unique in the history. Additionally, clipsim can send a signal to a specific program when clipboard content changes, which is useful for updating a status bar. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ trickle_-_bandwidth_shaper_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ trickle is a lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper. Currently, trickle supports the shaping of any SOCK_STREAM connection established via the socket interface. Furthermore, trickle will not work with statically linked executables, nor with setuid executables. trickle is highly configurable; download and upload rates can be set separately, or in an aggregate fashion. This is free and open source cross-platform software. * ⚓ CSSLint_-_CSS_code_quality_tool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ CSSLint is a tool to help point out problems with your CSS code. It does basic syntax checking as well as applying a set of rules to the code that look for problematic patterns or signs of inefficiency. The rules are all pluggable, so you can easily write your own or omit ones you don’t want. A lint tool performs static analysis of source code and flags patterns that might be errors or otherwise cause problems for the developer. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ NooDS_-_portable_Nintendo_DS_and_GBA_emulator_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ NooDS aims to be a fast and portable DS and GBA emulator. It features accurate software rendering with upscaling, and can take advantage of multiple cores for better performance. NooDS should be able to run most things without any setup. DS BIOS and firmware files must be provided to boot the system menu, and can be dumped from a DS with DSBF Dumper. This emulator is available for Linux, Android, macOS, Windows, Switch, Wii U and Vita. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Vanish_-_rm_with_cache_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Vanish (vx) is a modern, safe file deletion tool with recovery capabilities. Accidentally deleted an important file? Vanish gives you peace of mind with a smart cache system that lets you recover files easily. Say goodbye to permanent deletion anxiety and hello to confident file management. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Eldiron_-_classical_RPG_creator_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Eldiron is a cross-platform creator for classic retro role- playing games (RPGs). Its primary goal is to enable the creation of RPGs reminiscent of the 1980s and 1990s while incorporating modern features such as multiplayer support, procedural content generation, and more. Eldiron natively supports 2D (like Ultima 4/5), isometric, and first-person RPGs, allowing developers to craft a variety of experiences effortlessly. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Dash_-_rich_terminal_UI_for_GitHub_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Dash is a rich terminal UI for GitHub that doesn’t break your flow. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Useful_Ubuntu_Touch_Apps_-_Sturm_Reader_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Digital books are well established. Project Gutenberg, an online library of books that can be downloaded free of charge, has been expanding its collection since 1971. Almost its entire library consists of books that are available in the public domain, although there are a few copyright texts which are also included. The popularity of digital e-books has been accelerated by a number of dedicated portable e-book readers. The various Amazon Kindle are extremely popular devices which have enabled readers to conveniently access a huge library of books, magazines and newspapers on the move. What is particularly noteworthy is that Linux is the operating system that runs the devices. Sturm Reader is an ebook reader for Linux tailored for Ubuntu Touch and portable devices. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Pipewire_Soundpad_-_soundboard_application_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ It provides a user-friendly graphical interface for managing and playing audio files, directing their output directly to the virtual microphone. This makes it an ideal tool for gamers, streamers, and anyone looking to inject sound effects into voice chats on platforms like Discord, Zoom, or Teamspeak. PWSP is designed with a clear separation of concerns, operating through a client-server architecture. It consists of three main components: pwsp-daemon: This is the core of the application. It runs silently in the background, managing all the heavy-lifting tasks. The daemon is responsible for: Creating and managing virtual audio devices. Linking these devices within the PipeWire graph. Handling all audio playback. pwsp-gui: This is the graphical user interface. It acts as a client that communicates with pwsp-daemon via a * UnixSocket*. This is how you interact with your sound collection, control playback, and configure settings. pwsp-cli: This is the command-line interface, also acting as a client. It provides a way to control the daemon without a GUI, allowing for scripting or quick command-based actions. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ KaTeX_-_fast_math_typesetting_for_the_web_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ KaTeX is a fast, easy-to-use JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. Fast: KaTeX renders its math synchronously and doesn’t need to reflow the page. See how it compares to a competitor in this speed test. Print quality: KaTeX’s layout is based on Donald Knuth’s TeX, the gold standard for math typesetting. Self contained: KaTeX has no dependencies and can easily be bundled with your website resources. Server side rendering: KaTeX produces the same output regardless of browser or environment, so you can pre-render expressions using Node.js and send them as plain HTML. KaTeX is compatible with all major browsers, including Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Edge, and IE 11. KaTeX supports much (but not all) of LaTeX and many LaTeX packages. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ dashi_-_simple_shell_for_Linux_window_managers_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Dashi is a simple shell for lightweight window managers on Linux with minimal resources. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Mensch_-_CSS_parser_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Mensch is a CSS parser. It’s a non-validating CSS parser. While it can handle the major language constructs just fine, and it can recover from gaffes like mis-matched braces and missing or extraneous semi-colons, mensch can’t tell you when it finds invalid CSS like a misspelled property name or a misplaced @import. This is free and open source software. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠀⠐⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠩⠦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠛⢷⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣠⣤⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⣀⢀⣾⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣦⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠉⠙⠿⢦⣄⣚⣵⣾⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣄⡀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡭⢭⣽⠩⠉⠠⠀⠉⢻⡆⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣄⢀⢉⡙⠳⣤⢭⣿⣯⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣴⣦⣼⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣶⣦⣨⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⡀⠀⠀⠀⢄⢠⠄⡙⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣷⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⣿⡄⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣴⣴⣤⡄⡸⣿⠀⠀⠈⡽⣼⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⣻⣄⣱⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⣆⢸⣿⣆⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣽ ⣿⣞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠂⠸⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠒⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⠽⠟⢛⣽⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠠⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠁⣼⣿⣵⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠫⠿⣿⣿⡿⠀⢹⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠟ ⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠓⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠉⠙⠀⠂⠀⠿⣕⠽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠿⠿⠟⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⡿⣿⡏⠉⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠈⠋⣉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠉⠈⠙⢉⣿⣿⣾⣶⣶⡄⣀⡰⠟⡻⠃⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠁⠈⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⢿⡿⠿⢿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠨⠟⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠋⠉⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣀⣀⣀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1209 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ Mitchell Hashimoto ☛ Ghostty_Is_Now_Non-Profit⠀⇛ Being non-profit clearly demonstrates our commitment to keeping Ghostty free and open source for everyone. It paves the way for a model for sustainable development beyond my personal involvement. And it also provides important legal protections and assurances to the people and communities that adopt and use Ghostty. * ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#25.50:_GNU/Linux_Power_Users,_Helium_Browser, Two_New_GNU/Linux_Phones,_Ubuntu_Starter_and_More⠀⇛ Gearing up for Tuxmas season 🎅 * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Firefox_Add-on_Reviews:_2025_Staff_Pick_Add-ons⠀⇛ While nearly half of all Firefox users have installed an add-on, it’s safe to say nearly all Firefox staffers use add-ons. I polled a few of my peers and here are some of our staff favorite add- ons of 2025… * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ Simon Späti ☛ Simplicity_of_a_Database,_but_the_Speed_of_a_Cache: OLAP_Caches_for_DuckDB⠀⇛ One option is to shift the compute of these SQL queries left, moving them to the dbt or data pipeline, and pre- compute. But sometimes this is not possible, as data needs to be aggregated on the fly as the user wants to switch between dimensions like region, date, product lines, companies, clients, and so on, on the fly. That’s why you can’t pre-store everything. Another option that usually comes into play is OLAP cubes, which are optimized for these kinds of queries and serve them really well as they have an internal cache layer and pre-aggregation. But that’s another system and another ingestion, combined with engineering work to integrate the pipelines and data on a frequent basis. o ⚓ Simon Späti ☛ Opinionated_Data_Platforms_vs._Open-Source:_The Chef’s_Choice_for_Your_Data_Platform⠀⇛ Depending on your preferences, an opinionated data platform might have all you need, and you get analytics with a single unified tool. No contract discussions with multiple vendors, talking to major sales teams just to get started. Just sign up, and start doing analytics. This article is a deep dive comparing open data platforms and their tools with a closed-source platform approach. We check what the differences are and see when to use which. We talk about the connecting thread such as open standards, pros and cons, current market, and much more. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ LibreOffice_Draw_not_in_menu⠀⇛ I continue to be surprised when we discover something vital is broken or missing. In this case, LibreOffice Draw is installed, but there is no menu entry. * § Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)⠀➾ o ⚓ Mike Rockwell ☛ Internet_Archive_Wayback_Machine_Link_Fixer⠀⇛ I haven’t had a chance to give this plugin a try yet, but I have a feeling it will become a permanent part of my setup. o ⚓ Chris Enns ☛ You_Should_Start_a_Blog_Now_(or_Later)⠀⇛ There are a hundred ways to type into your computer or phone and have them appear on the internet. I'm going to recommend two right now, but either will work just fine. And thanks to fancy words like "data portability", you can change to a different way of publishing words on the [Internet] if you decide to later. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ FOSDEM ☛ FOSDEM_2026_-_/dev/random_and_lightning_talks⠀⇛ The room formally known as “lightning talks” room is now known as /dev/random. Last year we experimented with running a more spontaneous lightning talk format, with a submission deadline closer to the event and strict short time limits (under five minutes) for each speaker. The experiment was a success, so we’re going to continue using this format in the upcoming FOSDEM edition and expand it slightly. o ⚓ Olimex ☛ We_will_run_Soldering_workshop_for_RVPC_–_the_Retro Style_RISC-V_computer_on_FOSDEM_2026⠀⇛ It is the largest European event dedicated to Open Source Hardware and Free/Libre Open Source Software, bringing together thousands of developers from around the world each year. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1366 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Games_Factorio_Dungeons_of_DUSK_and_More.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Games_Factorio_Dungeons_of_DUSK_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Factorio, Dungeons of DUSK, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ Factorio_mod_developer_and_Hooded_Horse_reveal_new_automation_game Substructure_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ This is going to be horrible for my free time. Substructure sounds like a real interesting entry into the factory building automation genre. Coming from the developer of the popular Factorio mod Ultracube, now going by Dubious Design and publisher Hooded Horse. With vertical layers, it's set to add some interesting design choices. * ⚓ The_retro_FPS_DUSK_is_getting_a_dungeon_crawler_with_Dungeons_of_DUSK_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Dungeons of DUSK has been announced from New Blood Interactive. It's a retro dungeon crawler set canonically between the episodes of the classic FPS DUSK. How exactly does it fit in? According to New Blood it "starts right after the end of Episode 1 of DUSK. Literally". * ⚓ Social_stealth_narrative_game_Better_Than_Us_is_all_about_creating_a web_of_lies_to_steal_from_the_ultra-rich_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ A political social stealth narrative game about lying and stealing from the ultra-wealthy? Better Than Us certainly sounds like a game for the times. Sitting somewhere between a point and click adventure and a visual novel, it has a really great style to it. * ⚓ Get_ready_for_another_adventure_with_The_Darkside_Detective:_Backside of_the_Moon_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ The lovely Darkside Detective series is set to expand with a new announcement of The Darkside Detective: Backside of the Moon. Coming from Irish developer Spooky Doorway and published by Akupara Games, there's no release date for it yet but most likely next year. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1428 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_Hardware_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/GNU_Linux_BSD_and_Hardware_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNU/Linux, BSD, and Hardware Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ I_brought_my_Linux_desktop_back_to_Christmas_1993⠀⇛ I love the Christmas season, especially nostalgic callbacks to Christmases past. Up until this year, I'd limited my decorating to just my house, but I came across a throwback animated decoration for Linux desktops I couldn't help but install. * § Kernel Space / Git⠀➾ o ⚓ Neowin ☛ Linux_kernel's_'d_genocide'_function_removed_to_align with_inclusive_language_guidelines⠀⇛ The controversial d_genocide() function has been stripped from the GNU/Linux kernel's upcoming update. Introduced two years ago, the code's name likely violated inclusive language rules. o ⚓ Git_Log_Styles_Every_Developer_Should_Know_(With_Examples)?⠀⇛ 🚀 20+ git log Styles Every Developer Should Know (With Examples)git log is one of the most powerful commands in Git, but most people only use the default view. With the right options, you can turn raw history into clean summaries, graphs, statistics, and custom reports that are perfect for debugging and code reviews. In this post, you'll see different styles of git log with ready-to-use commands and example outputs that you can copy into your terminal. * § Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ My_favorite_Linux_search_tools_make_it_easier_to_find your_files_-_no_command_line_needed⠀⇛ In the early days of Linux, searching for files was a command-line affair using either locate or find. Although the tools were suitable for the job, they would sometimes fail to find what I was looking for or would require complicated regular expressions to function properly. New users to Linux should avoid using regular expressions. This is especially true now, with the many great GUI applications available for Linux. After all, why would you bother with the command line when you can point and click your way to finding the files and folders you need? * § Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)⠀➾ o § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ New_Extension_to_Enable_GNOME_Top_Bar_in Multiple_Displays⠀⇛ For Ubuntu, Fedora Workstation, and other GNU/Linux with recent GNOME Desktop, there’s now a new extension to enable the top-bar in multiple monitors. As you know, GNOME top-bar by default only shows in the primary display for multi- monitors working in the “Join Mode”. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD_Foundation_Q3_2025_Status_Update⠀⇛ Here are some of the ways we supported FreeBSD in the third quarter of 2025. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Open_Build_Service_Service_Disruption⠀⇛ The Open Build Service (OBS) experienced a service disruption. Last Monday, December 1st, immediately following a deployment, OBS was inoperative for about 35 minutes. All OBS users were affected, and build.opensuse.org returned to normal operation around 12:30 UTC. We want to give you some insight into what happened and what steps we are taking to prevent similar problems in the future. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Modern_Commodore_64_cartridge_loaders⠀⇛ First, the Commodore 64 is awesome! I’ve been getting more stuck into 486-era PC hardware and the Apple II of late, but it bowls me over just how good the graphics and sound are every time I use it, especially for the time it was designed and released. It’s no wonder so many of my GenX friends and older have these machines etched into their soul. Compared to everything else at the time, it must have felt like an alien delivered the goods. I’m more a tinkerer than a gamer, but wow. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ STEVAL-ROBKIT1_–_A_robot_evaluation_kit based_on_STM32H725_and_STM32G0_microcontrollers⠀⇛ The STEVAL-ROBKIT1 is an evaluation kit for robotics applications based on ST’s STM32H725 and STM32G0 Arm microcontrollers. It’s the first such robot kit from the company, and it targets both traditional engineering teams, educators, and students. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1584 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Godot_4_6_Reaches_Beta_and_Microsoft_is_Very_Afraid_of_GNU_Linu.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Godot_4_6_Reaches_Beta_and_Microsoft_is_Very_Afraid_of_GNU_Linu.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Godot 4.6 Reaches Beta and Microsoft is Very Afraid of GNU/Linux Gaining Ground Among Gamers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ Godot Engine ☛ Dev_snapshot:_Godot_4.6_beta_1⠀⇛ Godot 4.6 enters beta! * ⚓ PC Gamer ☛ Microsoft_wants_to_make_Windows_'the_best_place_to_game—no matter_where_you_play'_but_Linux_and_Valve's_SteamOS_have_other_ideas⠀⇛ SteamOS is Linux-based, of course, and our own Josh made a pretty convincing case for "getting off this bus to hell called Windows on your gaming PC." As Josh says, what with, "useless AI in every wazoo, constant upselling on Office 365, the feeling of a gradually tightening noose as more and more apps try to corral you into this or that walled garden," Windows can be pretty grim. To that I'd add a choppy, unresponsive UI and incredibly intrusive update system. Anyway, it's hard not to conclude that this new blog post from Microsoft isn't entirely convincing. Microsoft has always got plenty of details right for gaming on Windows. It's set important standards with DirectX, but Windows has also always suffered from Microsoft's money-making ambitions and a broader sloth related to its dominant, near-monopoly position. There are certain things Microsoft can't be bothered with and the lack of competition means it basically doesn't need to. * ⚓ Microsoft_promises_to_make_Windows_“the_best_place”_for_gaming_in_2026, in_the_face_of_Linux_growth⠀⇛ SteamOS has already been shown to be more optimized for gaming than Windows, and perhaps Microsoft fears growing support for the operating system, especially with the Steam Machine on the horizon. Either way, any kind of competition to keep Microsoft on its toes is more than welcome. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1643 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Graphics_Linux_Graphics_and_Free_Code.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Graphics_Linux_Graphics_and_Free_Code.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Graphics: Linux Graphics and Free Code⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ Open_source_XR_runtime_Monado_25.1.0_released_with_expanded_hardware support_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Monado is an impressive open source XR runtime that aims to support a whole lot of hardware, with a focus on great Linux support and version 25.1.0 is out now. If you're a true XR enthusiast this is one for you to check out, as you might see some hardware you have working quite well with it. * ⚓ NVIDIA_announce_a_few_changes_for_GeForce_NOW_and_new_games_for December_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ NVIDIA recently revealed a fresh list of games coming to GeForce NOW during December, but there's also going to be a few changes. * ⚓ AMD_FSR_Redstone_arrives_with_AMD_FSR_SDK_2.1_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ AMD today properly revealed and released AMD FSR Redstone with the AMD FSR SDK 2.1, bringing many enhancements to their upscaling tech. Currently though, there's no direct support for Linux. Most likely, we'll have to wait and see how Valve's Proton / Wine can handle the new tech. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1690 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Here_are_Your_Choices_for_an_Open_Source_NAS_Operating_System.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Here_are_Your_Choices_for_an_Open_Source_NAS_Operating_System.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Here are Your Choices for an Open Source NAS Operating System⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇OpenMediaVault⦈_ Quoting: Here are Your Choices for an Open Source NAS Operating System — OpenMediaVault is a Debian based distribution that flaunts its easy out-of-the-box usage and compatibility with most things that you might want to make a server with, be it an old laptops or computers, single board computers, etc. In a way, it is a full-fledged OS that can be used on a daily basis that also happens to work as a NAS server. 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The Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant lets you bring your own Hey Hi (AI) service to power the inference engine that helps generate answers. These answers use enhanced context from retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) requests. This blog post shows you how to integrate a custom Hey Hi (AI) service to drive the inference process and get the most out of Ansible Lightspeed. * ⚓ CentOS ☛ December_2025_News⠀⇛ Secure boot is working on CentOS Stream 9 and 10. The CFP for CentOS Connect is open until December 15. Tell us about new developments or infrastructure for CentOS Stream, interesting developments in upstream projects, updates and innovations happening in our Special Interest Groups, and CentOS as a development platform for applications and derivatives. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1830 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/KDE_Gear_25_12.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/KDE_Gear_25_12.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ KDE Gear 25.12⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025, updated Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇plan_trip⦈_ Quoting: KDE 🎄 Gear 25.12 - KDE Community — Let's start with your holiday trips. Whether it is to visit family or to get away from it all, Itinerary has got you covered. We have added over a dozen more extractors (the add-ons that allow you to process information on your tickets automatically) for railway companies, events, and more, and the newest version of Itinerary simplifies the journey planning and can automatically determine your location as the starting point. Read_on Linuxiac: * ⚓ KDE_Gear_25.12_Apps_Collection_Delivers_Holiday_Updates_Across_Apps_and Tools⠀⇛ KDE has released Gear 25.12, a holiday-season update that brings improvements across its applications and tools. Here’s what’s more important to note. Itinerary receives one of the largest updates, adding more extractors for railway companies and events, along with automatic location detection for trip planning. The app now displays altitude during travel and includes a built-in currency converter, making it more useful on the move. System tooling also sees progress. 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The most important change is for touchscreens: you can now press the screen with one finger and hold it in the same spot to bring up the color picker. This is enabled by default in all input profiles. If it doesn't happen for you, either reset your canvas input settings to the defaults or manually assign the One Finger Hold gesture like this... Read_on Linuxiac: * ⚓ Krita_5.2.14_Rolls_Out_Enhanced_Touch_Controls_and_New_Color_Picker⠀⇛ Nearly three months after the previous 5.2.13 update, Krita, a popular open-source, cross-platform digital painting app, has just released version 5.2.14, marking the final bugfix update in the 5.2 series. The most visible improvement is the new one-finger touch-and- hold color picker. Users can now press and hold on the canvas to activate the picker, simplifying work on tablets and touchscreen devices. The color preview has also been redesigned, replacing the previous rectangular layout with a circular display around the cursor for better visibility. This preview now stays correctly aligned regardless of canvas rotation, resolving a long- standing issue. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣶⣦⣤⣴⣦⣄⣦⣤⣤⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣬⣭⣥⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠩⣍⣈⣄⣉⣁⣀⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⢴⣤⣦⣤⣤⣴⣦⡤⣤⣤⡤⠀⠀⠀⠁⡋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠋⠉⠛⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣶⣦⣶⣴⣶⣶⡦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠐⢛⣛⠛⣛⠋⡛⢛⠛⣛⠛⠃⣀⣀⡀⢀⢀⡀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⢀⡀⣦⣤⣤⣶⣴⣦⣴⣤⣤⣤⣦⣶⣴⣤⣶⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣴⣤⣤⡄⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢘⣿⣿⣻⣟⣻⣻⣛⣟⣛⣻⣿⣛⣛⣻⣟⣛⣿⣿⣿⣟⣟⣛⣟⣿⣛⣟⣛⣟⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣤⣥⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣵⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀ ⡇⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⢸⣿⡆⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢨⣭⣭⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠉⠉⢩⣩⣉⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣥⣬⣽⣬⣥⣧⣭⣥⣽⣥⣬⣯⣵⣤⣤⣤⣿⣯⣭⣭⣬⣭⣯⠁⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠦⣽⢦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣾⣶⣶⣶⣷⣷⣶⣶⣷⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣷⣾⣿⣶⣾⣾⣾⣶⣶ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣶⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⣭⣭⣭⢩⣭⣭⣭⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣭⡍⠍⣩⡭⢭⣩⣭⡍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣿⣻⣟⣿⣻⣿⣿⣻⣿⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛ ⡇⠀⠰⠶⠶⠲⠶⠶⢶⠶⠶⠶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣤⣤⢤⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢤⠠⢠⢤⠤⢠⣤⡤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣭⣭⣭⣭⣩⣭⣭⣍⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡤⣤⡤⠤⣤⣤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠄⠄⠤⠤⠠⢤⡤⠤⠤⢤⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣭⠭⡭⡭⢭⡭⢭⣥⢤⢤⠤⡠⢤⠄⠤⡄⠀⠀⢀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠴⠤⠤⠴⠤⠦⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠶⠦⠤⢦⡴⠄⠦⠴⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠦⠤⡤⠤⠶⠤⢦⡤⠤⠤⠤⠦⠦⠄⠦⠄⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠴⠤⠤⠴⠦⠦⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠄⠄⠶⠴⠠⠤⠤⠆⠦⠴⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠦⠤⠤⠤⠦⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠘⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣦⣤⣤⣄⣤⣤⣤⣀⣠⣄⣤⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣯⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠛⠻⡉⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠿⠿⠿⠟⠿⠟⠛⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠘⠳⠖⠶⠞⠳⠶⠲⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢲⡿⠶⠶⠾⠶⠶⠶⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣶⣦⣾⢶⣶⣶⡶⣶⣶⣶⡦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠲⠛⠒⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣅⣁⣈⣌⣉⣌⣀⣤⣀⣠⣠⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡇⠀⠀⠘⠛⢛⣛⣛⠛⠛⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⢠⣍⣉⣏⣩⣭⣭⣭⣭⡍⠛⠉⠉⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⣀⣄⣄⠀⠀⢠⣤⡄⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣉⣉⣙⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣉⣉⣉⣙⣛⣉⣉⣉⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣘⣋⣉⣉⣉⣀⣀⣈⣋⣁⣀⣀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2006 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Kubuntu_24_04_three_dots_later_it_still_keeps_me_on_edge.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Kubuntu_24_04_three_dots_later_it_still_keeps_me_on_edge.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Kubuntu 24.04, three dots later, it still keeps me on edge⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇color_management⦈_ Quoting: Kubuntu 24.04, three dots later, it still keeps me on edge — The brittleness and the inconsistency of the Linux world kills me. It saps the essence of my optimism, and I've got plenty of it, despite what you may think. The fact I don't walk around with a fake Californian smile plastered on my face doesn't make me into a curmudgeon. Bad software makes me into a curmudgeon. And the funniest part is, with ALLLLLLLL its problems, Ubuntu (and friends) is still PARSECS ahead of all other distros when it comes to general usability, security, updates, and availability. But that gives me no solace. I have no desire to aim down and feel smug about it. I want operating systems to shine, and get out of my way when I use them. This has become harder as time goes by, especially in Linux. Ubuntu 14.04 was the peak. Since, it's been a downhill slide, with occasional extra jumps in the direction of gravity. My goals have never changed in the past two decades. I want stability and predictability. Nothing more. If something works, it must work forever. The torture of things going on off randomly, to the whim of casual development disconnected from any concept of product, is awful. Kubuntu 24.04 is okay, but nothing more than that. As hard as I try to like it, it just keeps sabotaging my goodwill. Anyway, this brings us to the end of another mega-happy article. 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A 2023 paper by Stijn Pletinckx, et al. (PDF) describes how automated traffic began hitting test servers “just seconds after publishing the [certificate log] entry” compared to no attempts against domains without a certificate. This traffic typically looks like attempts to find unpatched vulnerabilities, like basic SQL injection strings and bugs in common WordPress plugins. This abuse of C.T. logs is not unique to Let’s Encrypt. But it is popular and free, and that makes its logs a target-rich environment. Neither is this a reason to avoid using Let’s Encrypt. It just means one needs to be cautious about what is on their server from the moment they decide to install an HTTPS certificate. * ⚓ Ayer ☛ Certificate_Authorities_Are_Once_Again_Issuing_Certificates_That Don't_Work⠀⇛ Twice a year, the Certificate Transparency ecosystem undergoes a transition as certificate authorities start to submit certificates to new semiannual log partitions. And recently, the ecosystem has started transitioning to the new static-ct- api specification. Unfortunately, despite efforts to make these transitions extremely easy for certificate authorities, in the past week I have detected 16 certificate authorities who have bungled these transitions, issuing certificates that are rejected by some or all mainstream web browsers with an error message like "This Connection Is Not Private" or ERR_CERTIFICATE_TRANSPARENCY_REQUIRED. * ⚓ Let's Encrypt ☛ 10_Years_of_Let's_Encrypt_Certificates⠀⇛ On September 14, 2015, our first publicly-trusted certificate went live. We were proud that we had issued a certificate that a significant majority of clients could accept, and had done it using automated software. Of course, in retrospect this was just the first of billions of certificates. Today, Let’s Encrypt is the largest certificate authority in the world in terms of certificates issued, the ACME protocol we helped create and standardize is integrated throughout the server ecosystem, and we’ve become a household name among system administrators. We’re closing in on protecting one billion web sites. LWN: * ⚓ 10_Years_of_Let's_Encrypt_Certificates⠀⇛ Let's Encrypt has published a retrospective that covers the decade since it published its first publicly trusted certificate in September 2015: In March 2016, we issued our one millionth certificate. Just two years later, in September 2018, we were issuing a million certificates every day. In 2020 we reached a billion total certificates issued and as of late 2025 we're frequently issuing ten million certificates per day. We're now on track to reach a billion active sites, probably sometime in the coming year. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2167 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Linux_6_18_Rust_Inside_Linux_and_RISC_V_CPU.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Linux_6_18_Rust_Inside_Linux_and_RISC_V_CPU.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux 6.18, Rust Inside Linux, and RISC- V CPU⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Linux_6.18:_All_About_the_New_Long-Term_Support_Linux Kernel⠀⇛ Additionally, the gradual integration of Rust into the kernel continues, including support for a Rust Binder driver. This is a Google-driven rewrite of the Android Binder driver in Rust. This vital inter-process communication (IPC) system enables two processes on an Android-powered device to communicate with one another. * ⚓ LWN ☛ The_(successful)_end_of_the_kernel_Rust_experiment⠀⇛ The topic of the Rust experiment was just discussed at the annual Maintainers Summit [...] * ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Rust_Goes_Mainstream_in_the_Linux_Kernel [Ed: LF-funded propaganda in an LF-funded site]⠀⇛ This has been a long time coming. This shift caps five years of sometimes-fierce debate over whether the memory-safe language belonged alongside C at the heart of the world’s most widely deployed open source operating system. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Qualcomm_takes_RISC_on_Arm_alternative_with_Ventana buy⠀⇛ California chipset giant says it’ll develop Arm and RISC-V CPU cores in parallel ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2221 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Linux_Foundation_and_Microsoft_OSI_Are_Openly_Promoting_a_Giant.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Linux_Foundation_and_Microsoft_OSI_Are_Openly_Promoting_a_Giant.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Linux Foundation and Microsoft OSI Are Openly Promoting a Giant Ponzi Scheme (They Get Paid to Do This, Hijacking the Linux Brand to Sell Pyramids and Scams)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 Hijack the brand, associate it ("Linux") with fraudulent activities, based on fraudulent accounting practices * ⚓ 'Linux'_Foundation_Launches_Agentic_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Foundation_with Industry-Wide_Support [Ed: Any_scam_that_pays_is_OK_for_LF]⠀⇛ Anthropic's MCP, Block's goose, and OpenAI's AGENTS.md form the foundation of this new initiative. * ⚓ Model_Context_Protocol_(MCP)_Joins_'Linux'_Foundation_in_Major_Hey_Hi_ (AI)_Shift⠀⇛ MCP joins the 'Linux' Foundation, creating a unified open standard for building Hey Hi (AI) tools and agents across platforms. * ⚓ IT_Leaders_Face_New_Era_of_AI-Powered_Cyber_Threats⠀⇛ * ⚓ Quilter's_AI_just_designed_an_843‑part_Linux_computer_that_booted_on the_first_try._Hardware_will_never_be_the_same.⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_launches_Agentic_AI_Foundation⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Launches_Agentic_AI_Foundation_to_Standardize_Open Agent_Ecosystems⠀⇛ * ⚓ Major_AI_Players_Unite_With_Linux_Foundation_to_Prevent_Agent Technology_Fragmentation⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Says_New_Organization_Brings_Open_Governance_to Agentic_AI⠀⇛ * ⚓ Your_Next_AI_Assistant_Won't_Be_Locked_In:_OpenAI,_Anthropic_Unite Under_Linux_Foundation⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Forms_Consortium_to_Support_Open_Standards_for_AI Agents⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_launches_AI_agent_peace_treaty⠀⇛ * ⚓ OpenAI,_Anthropic_form_new_group_under_Linux_Foundation_to_standardise AI_agents⠀⇛ * ⚓ Anthropic,_OpenAI,_Block_Move_Agentic_AI_Infrastructure_to_Open_Source Governance_Under_Linux_Foundation⠀⇛ * ⚓ OpenAI,_Anthropic,_Block_launch_Agentic_AI_Foundation_under_Linux⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Partners_With_New_Group_to_Standardize_AI_Agents⠀⇛ * ⚓ OpenAI_co-founds_the_Agentic_AI_Foundation_under_the_Linux_Foundation⠀⇛ * ⚓ OpenAI,_Anthropic,_and_Block_join_new_Linux_Foundation_effort_to standardize_the_AI_agent_era⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Announces_the_Formation_of_the_Agentic_AI_Foundation_ (AAIF),_Anchored_by_New_Project_Contributions_Including_Model_Context Protocol_(MCP),_goose_and_AGENTS.md⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_Unites_Major_Tech_Firms_to_Launch_Agentic_AI Foundation⠀⇛ * ⚓ Big_Tech_joins_forces_with_Linux_Foundation_to_standardize_AI_agents⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_aims_to_become_the_Switzerland_of_AI_agents⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_announces_Agentic_AI_Foundation_joined_by_Anthropic, OpenAI,_Block⠀⇛ * ⚓ Anthropic,_OpenAI,_and_Block_donate_AI_agent_projects_to_new_Linux Foundation_body⠀⇛ * ⚓ Arcade.dev_Joins_Linux_Foundation's_Agentic_AI_Foundation_as_Gold Member⠀⇛ * ⚓ Linux_Foundation_forms_Agentic_AI_Foundation_to_be_new_home_for_MCP, goose,_and_AGENTS.md⠀⇛ * ⚓ OpenAI,_Anthropic_and_Block_Set_up_Agentic_AI_Foundation_Under_Linux Foundation⠀⇛ * ⚓ Open_Source_Without_Borders:_Reflections_from_COSCon’25 [Ed: Openwashing and, as usual, Microsoft OSI boosting the slop pyramid scheme]⠀⇛ Witnessing China’s Deepseek moment firsthand and learning about Kaiyuanshe’s dedication for over a decade building and championing China's Open Source community with such vision and commitment is truly inspiring. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2360 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/LWN_on_Rust_Inside_Debian_Kernel_Development_and_Development_To.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/LWN_on_Rust_Inside_Debian_Kernel_Development_and_Development_To.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ LWN on Rust Inside Debian, Kernel Development, and Development Tools⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * § Debian Family⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ APT_Rust_requirement_raises_questions⠀⇛ It is rarely newsworthy when a project or package picks up a new dependency. However, changes in a core tool like Debian's Advanced Package Tool (APT) can have far- reaching effects. For example, Julian Andres Klode's declaration that APT would require Rust in May 2026 means that a few of Debian's unofficial ports must either acquire a working Rust toolchain or depend on an old version of APT. This has raised several questions within the project, particularly about the ability of a single maintainer to make changes that have widespread impact. [...] However, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz complained that Klode's wording was unpleasant and that the approach was confrontational. In another message, he explained that he was not against adoption of Rust; he had worked on enabling Rust on many of the Debian architectures and helped to fix architecture-specific bugs in the Rust toolchain as well as LLVM upstream. However, the message strongly suggested there was no room for a change in plan: Klode had ended his message with ""thank you for understanding"", which invited no further discussion. Glaubitz was one of a few Debian developers who expressed discomfort with Klode's communication style in the message. * § Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Checked-size_array_parameters_in_C⠀⇛ There are many possible programmer mistakes that are not caught by the minimal checks specified by the C language; among those is passing an array of the wrong size to a function. A recent attempt to add some safety around array parameters within the crypto layer involved the use of some clever tricks, but it turns out that clever tricks are unnecessary in this case. There is an obscure C feature that can cause this checking to happen, and it is already in use in a few places within the kernel. o ⚓ LWN ☛ Some_6.18_development_statistics⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds released the 6.18 kernel as expected on November 30, closing the last full development cycle of 2025. It was another busy cycle, featuring a record number of developers. The time has come for a look at where the code came from for this kernel release, but also for the year-long long-term-support cycle which has also reached its conclusion with this release. o ⚓ LWN ☛ BPF_and_io_uring,_two_different_ways⠀⇛ BPF allows programs uploaded from user space to be run, safely, within the kernel. The io_uring subsystem, too, can be thought of as a way of loading programs in the kernel, though the programs in question are mostly a sequence of I/O-related system calls. It has sometimes seemed inevitable that io_uring would, like many other parts of the kernel, gain BPF capabilities as a way of providing more flexibility to user space. That has not yet happened, but there are currently two patch sets under consideration that take different approaches to the problem. An io_uring "program" is built by placing a series of entries in a submission queue managed in a ring buffer shared between the kernel and user space. Each submission-queue entry (SQE) describes a system call to be performed, and may make use of special buffers and file descriptors maintained within io_uring itself. Each SQE is normally executed asynchronously, but it is possible to link a series of SQEs so that each is only executed after the successful completion of the previous one. The result of each operation is stored in a completion-queue entry (CQE) in a second shared ring. Using io_uring, an application can keep many streams of I/O going concurrently with a minimum of system calls. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Zig's_new_plan_for_asynchronous_programs⠀⇛ The designers of the Zig programming language have been working to find a suitable design for asynchronous code for some time. Zig is a carefully minimalist language, and its initial design for asynchronous I/O did not fit well with its other features. Now, the project has announced (in a Zig SHOWTIME video) a new approach to asynchronous I/O that promises to solve the function coloring problem, and allows writing code that will execute correctly using either synchronous or asynchronous I/O. In many languages (including Python, JavaScript, and Rust), asynchronous code uses special syntax. This can make it difficult to reuse code between synchronous and asynchronous parts of a program, introducing a number of headaches for library authors. Languages that don't make a syntactical distinction (such as Haskell) essentially solve the problem by making everything asynchronous, which typically requires the language's runtime to bake in ideas about how programs are allowed to execute. Neither of those options was deemed suitable for Zig. Its designers wanted to find an approach that did not add too much complexity to the language, that still permitted fine control over asynchronous operations, and that still made it relatively painless to actually write high- performance event-driven I/O. The new approach solves this by hiding asynchronous operations behind a new generic interface, Io. o § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Unpacking_for_Python_comprehensions⠀⇛ Unpacking Python iterables of various sorts, such as dictionaries or lists, is useful in a number of contexts, including for function arguments, but there has long been a call for extending that capability to comprehensions. PEP 798 ("Unpacking in Comprehensions") was first proposed in June 2025 to fill that gap. In early November, the steering council accepted the PEP, which means that the feature will be coming to Python 3.15 in October 2026. It may be something of a niche feature, but it is an inconsistency that has been apparent for a while—to the point that some Python programmers assume that it is already present in the language. o § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Just:_a_command_runner⠀⇛ Over time, many Linux users wind up with a collection of aliases, shell scripts, and makefiles to run simple commands (or a series of commands) that are often used, but challenging to remember and annoying to type out at length. The just command runner is a Rust-based utility that just does one thing and does it well: it reads recipes from a text file (aptly called a "justfile"), and runs the commands from an invoked recipe. Rather than accumulating a library of one-off shell scripts over time, just provides a cross-platform tool with a framework and well-documented syntax for collecting and documenting tasks that makes it useful for solo users and collaborative projects. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2555 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/OpenSUSE_vs_Manjaro_Which_powerhouse_Linux_distro_is_best_for_y.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/OpenSUSE_vs_Manjaro_Which_powerhouse_Linux_distro_is_best_for_y.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ OpenSUSE vs. Manjaro: Which powerhouse Linux distro is best for you?⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 Quoting: OpenSUSE vs. Manjaro: Which powerhouse Linux distro is best for you? | ZDNET — A long, long time ago, I remember using SUSE Linux. That was before it became SUSE Enterprise Linux Server and evolved into one of Europe's most widely used enterprise server operating systems. Over the years, I've also used Arch Linux for several desktops. Every time I install openSUSE or an Arch-based Linux distribution like Manjaro, I'm reminded just how powerful Linux can be. Each of these distributions demonstrates just how far Linux can go and what it can accomplish. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2593 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/OpenTofu_1_11_Introduces_Ephemerality_for_Safer_Temporary_Crede.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/OpenTofu_1_11_Introduces_Ephemerality_for_Safer_Temporary_Crede.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ OpenTofu 1.11 Introduces Ephemerality for Safer Temporary Credentials⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇OpenTofu_1.11_open-source_infrastructure-as-code_tool⦈_ Quoting: OpenTofu 1.11 Introduces Ephemerality for Safer Temporary Credentials — OpenTofu, an open-source infrastructure-as-code tool for defining, provisioning, and managing cloud and on-prem resources declaratively, maintained as a community-driven fork of Terraform, has released version 1.11 with two main new additions. The first one is support for ephemeral resources and write-only attributes. Ephemeral values exist only in memory during a single OpenTofu operation and are never written to plans or state snapshots. This allows temporary data—such as time-limited credentials, SSH tunnels, or transient configuration inputs—to be generated and consumed securely without appearing in stored files. 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More than 700 instances have been compromised in the ongoing attacks, according to Wiz researchers, who described the zero- day discovery as "accidental" and say that it happened in July while they were investigating malware on an infected machine. * ⚓ AdventOfCode ☛ Day_10_-_Advent_of_Code_2025⠀⇛ The Elves do have the manual for the machines, but the section detailing the initialization procedure was eaten by a Shiba Inu. All that remains of the manual are some indicator light diagrams, button wiring schematics, and joltage requirements for each machine. For example: [...] * ⚓ AdventOfCode ☛ Day_11_-_Advent_of_Code_2025⠀⇛ One of the Elves notices you and rushes over. "It's a good thing you're here! We just installed a new server rack, but we aren't having any luck getting the reactor to communicate with it!" You glance around the room and see a tangle of cables and devices running from the server rack to the reactor. She rushes off, returning a moment later with a list of the devices and their outputs (your puzzle input). * ⚓ Clayton Errington ☛ Updating_Umami_Analytics,_part_2⠀⇛ About two years ago I wrote about how easy updates are. Being able to sync the fork and the CI/CD integration that runs and builds the front end and gets it all updated is a nice easy solution. However in the latest updates for Umami there was an the update from version 2 to version v3.0.0. * ⚓ Tor ☛ Twenty_contributors,_three_days,_one_goal:_Bringing_the_Tor community_together_|_The_Tor_Project⠀⇛ Tor, in no small part, runs on the many contributions from our community of global volunteers. Since we all collaborate remotely, it was important to us to make time to see each other face-to-face and socialize. Having regular real-world meetings is especially crucial for integrating new volunteers into and maintaining existing relationships in our community. * ⚓ Sandor Dargo ☛ Time_in_C++:_std::chrono::high_resolution_clock_—_Myths and_Realities⠀⇛ If there’s one clock in that causes the most confusion, it’s std::chrono::high_resolution_clock. The name sounds too tempting — who wouldn’t want “the highest resolution”? But like many things in C++, the details matter. * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Day_11_–_Raku_To_The_Stars_–_Raku_Advent_Calendar⠀⇛ Datastar does not take this approach; it aims to handle both browser-side state using signals and the server-side connectivity which htmx and Phoenix LiveView do. The main differentiating factor for Datastar is that it automatically handles Server-Sent Events (SSE) and text/ event-stream responses, making it really good for real- time applications. Datastar also allows you to return a regular text/html response just like htmx; it morphs the HTML fragment into the DOM using a forked version of the same DOM-morphing library htmx uses. Datastar also accepts a application/json response from the server which it uses to patch signals (which are JSON objects), and it also accepts a text/javascript response from the server, which it uses to run custom Javascript on the browser. o ⚓ Perl ☛ Perl_Advent_Calendar_2025_-_Teaching_Art_to_Computers_the Hard_Way⠀⇛ Okay, let's start working on the generator; this is the fiddly bit of the whole problem. In sub generate, which will need no parameters other than the object it$self, we can start by calculating and initializing the whole "canvas": [...] o ⚓ Arne Sommer ☛ Special_Progression_with_Raku⠀⇛ You are given an array of integers. Write a script to return the average excluding the minimum and maximum of the given array. * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ Yordi Verkroost ☛ Advent_of_Code_2025_-_Day_10⠀⇛ Party people! We're back for day 10 of Advent of Code. And I've got to say: thank God for Python libraries. Again. Why, you say? Well, let's take a look. o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Noticing_a_shift_in_Python_idioms,_or_my use_of_them⠀⇛ For reasons outside the scope of this entry, I was recently reminded of some very old entries here where I compared some Python code with some Perl code to do the same thing. One of the things that stood out to me is that way back then I said: [...] ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2810 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2_0_2_Improves_Write_Speeds_And_UI_Stabilit.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2_0_2_Improves_Write_Speeds_And_UI_Stabilit.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.2 Improves Write Speeds And UI Stability⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025, updated Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2.0.2⦈_ Quoting: Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.2 Improves Write Speeds And UI Stability — Only two weeks after the major 2.0 release, Raspberry Pi Imager, a tool that helps users easily write OS images to an SD card for booting the Raspberry Pi, has just released version 2.0.2 as the first update to the series, now available for download. The new version introduces a more efficient data path during writes by using direct I/O bypass on Linux, macOS, and Windows, combined with a zero-copy ring buffer to reduce overhead between downloads and disk operations. An asynchronous cache writer now overlaps network and storage operations, while dynamic queue-depth tuning adapts to available memory for steadier throughput. Read_on Marius: * ⚓ Raspberry_Pi_Imager_2.0.2_Adds_Support_for_Multiple_SSH_Keys,_Direct_I/ O_Bypass⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.2 microSD card flashing utility is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements. 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The SUSE security team reviewed its privileged KAuth helper component already_in_2017 which led to the_discovery_of CVE-2017-8422 (general KAuth authentication bypass) and CVE-2017-8849 (local root exploit via smb4k mount helper). o ⚓ Qubes_Canary_045⠀⇛ We have published Qubes_Canary_045. The text of this canary and its accompanying cryptographic signatures are reproduced below. For an explanation of this announcement and instructions for authenticating this canary, please see the end of this announcement. o ⚓ Google_Patches_Gemini_Enterprise_Vulnerability_Exposing_Corporate Data⠀⇛ GeminiJack is a zero-click Gemini attack that could have been exploited using specially crafted emails, calendar invites, or documents. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2964 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Standards_Consortia_Creative_Commons_ePub_and_SWIM_Protocol.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Standards_Consortia_Creative_Commons_ePub_and_SWIM_Protocol.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Standards/Consortia: Creative Commons, ePub, and SWIM Protocol⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Integrating_Choices_in_Open_Standards:_CC_Signals and_the_RSL_Standard⠀⇛ At Creative Commons, we’ve long believed that binary systems rarely reflect the complexity of the real world—nor do they serve the commons very well. The internet, like the communities that built it, thrives on nuance, experimentation, and shared stewardship. That’s why we’re continuously working to introduce choice where there has been little, and to advocate for systems that acknowledge the diversity of values and needs across the web. CC signals is one expression of that thinking, and lately we’ve been exploring how those ideas can travel into other emerging standards that are shaping the future of the web. * ⚓ Manuel Matuzović ☛ How_HTML_changes_in_ePub⠀⇛ ePub is the W3C standard for ebooks. It lets you take your knowledge of the web, and use it to produce little self- contained sets of documents that can be freely distributed as a single file ready for reading on extremely low-power devices, and they even reflow to fit any screen. Yet while I said that you can use your knowledge of the web to build ePubs, the technology in use is twisted in unforeseen ways, and you might have to unlearn the things you think you knew. Prepare yourself… * ⚓ Ben Congdon ☛ SWIM:_Outsourced_Heartbeats⠀⇛ How does a distributed system reliably determine when one of its members has failed? This is a tricky problem: you need to deal with unreliably networks, the fact that nodes can crash at arbitrary times, and you need to do so in a way that can scale to thousands of noes. This is the role of a failure detection system, and is one of the most foundational parts of many distributed systems. There are many rather simple ways to solve this problem, but one of the most elegant solutions to distributed failure detection is an algorithm that I first encountered in undergraduate Computer Science: the SWIM Protocol.1 SWIM here stands for “Scalable Weakly Consistent Infection-style Process Group Membership”. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3033 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Tails_7_3_1_Launches_After_Security_Issue_Delays_Release.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Tails_7_3_1_Launches_After_Security_Issue_Delays_Release.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Tails 7.3.1 Launches After Security Issue Delays Release⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Tails_7.3.1⦈_ Quoting: Tails 7.3.1 Launches After Security Issue Delays Release — Tails has issued version 7.3.1 after discovering a security vulnerability in one of the software libraries bundled with the distribution during the final stages of preparing the planned 7.3 release. So, instead of shipping with a known issue, the team restarted the entire release process to ensure the fix was included, resulting in this updated build. According to devs, the goal remains the same: keep the amnesic, privacy-focused system as secure and up to date as possible for users who rely on it for anonymous communication. The update brings several refreshed components central to Tails’ security model. Tor Browser moves to version 15.0.3, delivering upstream privacy patches and stability improvements for browsing over the Tor network. 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Back in the day, Linux was lucky to get Frozen Bubble or Tux Racers. But then came Loki Games to prove gaming could be a real thing for the open-source operating system. (But then Loki folded, and that was that.) But there was still Wine. And then Proton. And then SteamOS. Today, gaming on Linux is no longer an afterthought. Case in point: Some distributions are built specifically for gaming (and others are perfectly suited for the task). I've come up with seven of my favorite distributions for gaming, so you don't have to hunt them down. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3141 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/The_Fairbuds_XL_were_already_good_We_made_them_better.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/The_Fairbuds_XL_were_already_good_We_made_them_better.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Fairbuds XL were already good. We made them better⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 Quoting: The Fairbuds XL were already good. We made them better. - Fairphone — Spare parts for the new Fairbuds XL? They are backwards compatible with the original edition. So, in case you happen to have a pair lying around and want to upgrade your listening experience, keep what you have and only upgrade the speaker drivers. Or you might want to stick to the original’s PU leather ear cushions. It’s up to you. Because that’s true modularity. That’s the Fairphone way. The Fairbuds XL. Premium Sound. Built to last. Hear the difference here. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3176 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Time_to_Support_the_Free_Software_Foundation_Maker_of_GNU_GPL_a.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Time_to_Support_the_Free_Software_Foundation_Maker_of_GNU_GPL_a.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Time to Support the Free Software Foundation, Maker of GNU, GPL, and GCC (Prerequisites for Linux)⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025, updated Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Support the Free Software Foundation⦈ Without the Free Software Foundation (FSF), there would probably be no "Linux" or a Linus-made Linux would never go mainstream (maybe some BSDs would, instead). 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17. ⚓ Just_a_Little_Slop_About_"Linux"⠀⇛ Slop about Linux isn't that common anymore 18. ⚓ Links_10/12/2025:_McDonald’s_Latest_Slop_Gaffe_(After_Dumping_IBM's Slop)_and_"Scam_Altman’s_Panic_Sweats"⠀⇛ Links for the day 19. ⚓ Links_10/12/2025:_Ransomware_(Windows_TCO)_Has_Crippled_Economies,_Slop (Fake)_"Videos_Have_Flooded_Social_(Control)_Media"⠀⇛ Links for the day 20. ⚓ IBM_Has_Become_a_"Plantation"⠀⇛ IBM is basically being destroyed for some cash at this point 21. ⚓ It's_Not_Too_Late_to_Send_an_E-mail_to_Your_European_Representative Regarding_European_Patent_Office_Abuses⠀⇛ If you live in Europe and have not done so already, please contact your national delegates, whose job is (at least on paper) to represent you 22. ⚓ Almost_a_Thousand_EPO_Workers_Have_Voted_for_Industrial_Action⠀⇛ Mandate given to SUEPO for action plan to stop the salary erosion of EPO staff 23. ⚓ Why_So_Many_Software_Projects_Are_Quitting_Microsoft_and_GitHub⠀⇛ Be more like LibreWolf. Move away from Microsoft and GitHub. 24. ⚓ Many_of_the_Attacks_on_Us_Apparently_Boil_Down_to_Jealousy⠀⇛ Envy is a negative trait that leads people to self harm 25. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 26. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Tuesday,_December_09,_2025⠀⇛ IRC logs for Tuesday, December 09, 2025 27. ⚓ Valuing_One's_Work_by_the_Effort_or_Budget_Taken_to_Undermine_It⠀⇛ As long as what we publish is factual, nothing prevents its publication 28. ⚓ IBM_Says_It_Buys_Another_Company_for_"AI",_So_Why_Does_IBM_Fire_Its_Own "AI"_Experts?⠀⇛ As people rightly point out, this has nothing to do with "AI" 29. ⚓ The_Boundaries_of_Criticism⠀⇛ The harder the EPO will push back, the better the job we must have done 30. ⚓ New_EPO_Series:_Mafia_Culture,_Mobbing,_Nepotism,_and_Illegal_Drugs⠀⇛ The series shall start later today 31. ⚓ Richard_Stallman_Was_Right_About_"AI"⠀⇛ "Considering Stallman worked in the MIT AI lab in the era of symbolic AI, and has written GCC (an optimizing compiler is a kind of symbolic reasoner imo), I think he has a deeper understanding of the question than most famous people in tech." 32. ⚓ With_3_Weeks_Left_(Sans_Extensions)_the_Free_Software_Foundation_(FSF) Has_Already_Raised_About_Half_of_the_Money_Set_as_Fund-Raising_Goal⠀⇛ “Idiots can be defeated but they never admit it.” — Richard Stallman 33. ⚓ Gemini_Links_10/12/2025:_Cranberry_Juice_and_Gramophones⠀⇛ Links for the day ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text. 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The_hidden_NordVPN_trick_that_most_Android_users_never notice⠀⇛ Until I discovered that I could keep the VPN on without slowing my phone down completely, which is what I started doing when I found out NordVPN has a split tunneling option. * ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHP_8.5_on_Debian_Linux⠀⇛ * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Mesa_Drivers_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Graphics performance on GNU/Linux systems depends heavily on properly configured drivers. Mesa drivers provide the foundation for smooth graphics rendering, gaming, and GPU-accelerated applications on Debian 13. Whether you’re experiencing sluggish graphics, need better OpenGL support, or want to maximize your system’s visual capabilities, installing or updating Mesa drivers can significantly improve your experience. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Zed_Code_Editor_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ The landscape of code editors continues to evolve with innovative solutions that push the boundaries of performance and collaboration. Zed Code Editor represents a paradigm shift in modern development environments, combining lightning-fast performance with multiplayer capabilities and native Hey Hi (AI) integration. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Kodi_on_Fedora_43⠀⇛ Transforming your Fedora 43 system into a powerful entertainment hub is entirely achievable with Kodi, a free and open-source media center application. Whether you’re building a home theater PC, establishing a centralized media server, or simply seeking a robust media player for your GNU/Linux system, Kodi delivers professional-grade capabilities without the enterprise price tag. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_KubeSphere_on_AlmaLinux_10⠀⇛ Container orchestration has become essential for modern application deployment and management. KubeSphere emerges as a powerful, enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform that simplifies container management through an intuitive web interface. Combined with AlmaLinux 10’s robust foundation and enhanced security features, this pairing creates an optimal environment for deploying scalable containerized applications. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Stop_downloading_GitHub_binaries_manually:_Do_this_instead [Ed: Nothing there should be presumed trustworthy]⠀⇛ Have you ever struggled to install obscure software? You try your distro's software repositories first, falling back to community repositories. Sometimes you fail, and it's not on the Snap Store or Flathub either, so you manually download it from GitHub as a last resort. There is a better way, and I'll show you how. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3833 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/today_s_leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/today_s_leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ I_converted_this_tiny_laptop_into_a_Linux_work_machine, and_it_shouldn't_work_this_well⠀⇛ The X Plus Storm 10 laptop flies through demanding tasks and runs Linux seamlessly. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ ICYMI_Python_on_Microcontrollers_Newsletter: DRAM_Shortages_Affect_Board_Pricing,_New_Linux,_Switching from_Arduino_and_More!⠀⇛ [Slop] is devouring RAM worldwide, causing shortages for boards like PCs and single board computers (SBC), subsequently raising prices. If you’re deploying a large number of Raspberry Pi SBCs, there is now an easy way to software provision them all. And it appears Python is gaining popularity as folks shy away from Arduino, amid controversy. All of this and much more in this issue. Grab a hot cocoa (or iced drink in Australia) and I hope you enjoy this issue. – Anne Barela, Editor * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ dtSearch®_Adds_Linux_ARM64_Build_to_Engine, Making_x64_and_ARM64_Now_Available_for_Windows,_macOS_and Linux;_Document_Filters_Enhance_JSON_and_CSV_Support⠀⇛ dtSearch announces the release of version 2025.02 of its enterprise and developer product line for instantly searching terabytes of online and offline data. The product line's proprietary document filters cover popular "Office" formats, PDFs, website data, databases, compression formats and emails with attachments. dtSearch products run "on premises" or in a cloud environment such as Azure or AWS. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3907 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Two_Ubuntu_Flavours_Won_t_Be_LTS_Releases_Next_Year.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/11/Two_Ubuntu_Flavours_Won_t_Be_LTS_Releases_Next_Year.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Two Ubuntu Flavours Won’t Be LTS Releases Next Year⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 11, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇different_distro_logos⦈_ Quoting: Two Ubuntu Flavours Won't Be LTS Releases Next Year - OMG! Ubuntu — No Ubuntu Unity LTS? Expected in light of challenges facing the distro (there was no Ubuntu Unity 25.10 release) because the incumbent project lead is, reportedly, now busy with higher education. Upside: new contributors want to take over1 and keep it going. No Ubuntu MATE LTS? It has produced an LTS release every 2 years since it became an official flavour in 2015 but, like Ubuntu Unity, is low on contributors stepping up to keep things going. Ergo, resources rather than will is likely the reason it opted-out. Anyway, that’s the state of things right now. Things could change (appeals, etc), and both Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Unity are still able to request to release non-LTS versions. 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Last time, I tested the UP TWL SBC with Nx Meta and UP AI Toolkit, and most AI workloads would pass, but since these were running on the Intel N150 CPU or GPU, the performance was not optimal for most. I’ll now switch to the UP Squared Pro TWL “mid- range” AI devkit review with another Intel Processor N150 SBC fitted with a 13 TOPS Hailo-8L M.2 AI accelerator. Both the UP TWL and UP Squared Pro TWL come with a 64GB eMMC flash, and I found out it was rather tight since AI software and models can take a lot of space. The UP Squared Pro TWL has a few M.2 sockets, so I’ll install an NVMe SSD to expand storage before installing the UP AI toolkit. As usual, I’ll run a few benchmarks and test the board’s key hardware features before focusing on the AI part. 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