Tux Machines Bulletin for Thursday, December 25, 2025 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 26 Dec 02:49:43 GMT 2025 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at http://news.tuxmachines.org ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Tux Machines - 5 New Linux Distributions We Discovered in 2025 ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Calm Year ⦿ Tux Machines - Don't Forget to Help Animals ⦿ Tux Machines - Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations ⦿ Tux Machines - FreshRSS 1.28 Feed Aggregator Released With New Sorting Options ⦿ Tux Machines - Games: Proton Experimental, "Second Year of the Linux Desktop", and More ⦿ Tux Machines - Getting scanning to work with Gimp on Trixie ⦿ Tux Machines - GNU/Linux Leftovers, Software Freedom Conservancy Messed Up Copyleft Case ⦿ Tux Machines - GNU/Linux Reaches 4% in Colombia ⦿ Tux Machines - Going boldly into the COSMIC desktop environment ⦿ Tux Machines - Grav-Mass Today ⦿ Tux Machines - Investing One's Hard-Earned Money in Doing the Right Thing ⦿ Tux Machines - Kitty Terminal 0.45 Released With New Keyboard-First File Selector Kitten ⦿ Tux Machines - Linux 6.19 and 2025 Maintainers Summit at LWN ⦿ Tux Machines - My Holiday Hopes for Linux and Open Source ⦿ Tux Machines - Newly discovered Unix V4 tape ⦿ Tux Machines - Open Hardware/Modding/Hacking: Raspberry Pi 5 SBC, Arduino, and More ⦿ Tux Machines - Programming Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Proprietary Software is Not a Luxury ⦿ Tux Machines - QEMU 10.2 Officially Released with Live Update Support and Improvements ⦿ Tux Machines - Repair Café Foundation Replaces Microsoft Windows With GNU/Linux ⦿ Tux Machines - Security Patches, Security Breach, and Microsoft Promises Back Doors Would Get Even Faster! ⦿ Tux Machines - The Christmas Day Bird ⦿ Tux Machines - The Civil Infrastructure Platform after (nearly) ten years ⦿ Tux Machines - Today in Techrights ⦿ Tux Machines - today's howtos ⦿ Tux Machines - Ubuntu's new opt-in, open-source telemetry is a win-win for Linux users - here's why ⦿ Tux Machines - Want real privacy? 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Making a distro for your own needs is how this whole movement started in the first place, after all. At It's FOSS, we actively cover various Linux related topics. And in that process, we often come across new distros that we try to share with you. I am listing five of such new distros that we covered here in 2025. 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Calm_Year.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Calm_Year.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Calm Year⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025, updated Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Jacuzzi_bath⦈_ This year was, to me at least, a year of relaxation. For the first time in nearly 20 years I aimed to sleep more than 6 hours a night/day and last night I slept well over 8, almost 9. In the coming days there will be many annual tasks to finish and also literature_to_finish. Next year will probably be more of the same. To be clear, being relaxed that does not mean being less productive. Mental calm can lead to even high productivity and moreover accuracy. Being relaxed isn't a condition one can buy or impose upon oneself. There are practices that try to teach people how to attain "Zen" or how to find peace of mind. Running sites and adding GNU/Linux news (curating stuff) requires calm because better assessment or objective curation would not work if one feels highly emotional. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⢀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠉⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣠⣰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣷⣦⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣭⣍⣉⣙⣋⡛⣻⣿⣿⣠⣀⣈⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⡀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣠⡄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀ ⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡇⢰⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀ ⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠈⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⢀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⠀ ⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡅ ⠀⠀⢼⣿⣿⡟⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⣤⣿⡥⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⠋⢹⠏⠀ ⣿⡿⢻⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠿⢟⡛⢋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀ ⠙⠁⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢀⣀⣹⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⠄ ⠀⠀⠘⢿⢿⣿⠿⣃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⢿⠿⠿⠛⣀⣠⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣷⣿⣾⣼⡿⠿⠿⠀⠀⠈⠁ ⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠛⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣍⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠛⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣉⣋⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡘⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 341 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Don_t_Forget_to_Help_Animals.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Don_t_Forget_to_Help_Animals.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Don't Forget to Help Animals⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025, updated Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Dog_With_Speech_Bubble_Isolated_On_The_White_Background⦈_ When COVID-19 lockdowns started it changed nature The streets are very empty today. People stay indoors. It's cold, but not cloudy, it's calm, but animals still hunt for food. Later today I'll run to the park to feed the birds because it's Christmas and nobody will feed them otherwise (no visitors). It's easy to assume that because of large and full baskets/trolleys everything is "settled", but in nature the days are about as short as they get (solstice just days ago) for the northern hemisphere and yesterday on the road in Town I saw a dead bird. I tried to look away immediately. If you have a pet at home, that's one thing. Wild animals depend on visitors. 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The latter has nothing to sell; it's just a plain, simple categorized list of FOSS tools. If you scroll to the end, it even has a short list of alternatives to itself. Always remember the KISS principle. As a general rule, try to favor things that are plain, simple, and unornamented – there's less to go wrong. As a general rule, we suggest treating app stores for desktop OSes with suspicion and keeping them at arm's length. Apple has integrated its App Store deeply into macOS since 2001's Mac OS X 10.0, but you don't need it, and it's full of things that you can get for free elsewhere. Most native macOS apps update themselves, so even the App Store's handy automatic background updates aren't essential. * § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ o § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Some_notes_on_using_the_Sec-CH-UA HTTP_headers_that_Chrome_supports⠀⇛ A while back, Chrome proposed and implemented what are called user agent hints, which are a collection of Sec-CH-UA HTTP headers that can provide you with additional information about the browser beyond what the HTTP User-Agent header provides. As mentioned, only Chrome and browsers derived from Chromium (or if you prefer, 'Blink') support these headers, and only since early 2021 (for Chrome; later for some others). However, Chrome is what a lot of people use. More to the point, Chrome is what a lot of bad crawlers claim to be in their User-Agent header. As has been written up by other people, you can use these headers to detect inconsistencies that give away crawlers. * § Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)⠀➾ o ⚓ Paul Heinlein ☛ Hugo_Package_Install_on_MacOS⠀⇛ Beginning with version v0.153.0, the Hugo developers starting shipping the MacOS release of Hugo as a Mac- native pkg file rather than in the traditional compressed tar format. Since I use Hugo to build this site, I had long maintained a shell script that automated the installation of the old tar.gz distribution files, so I needed to rework my script to deal with the pkg file. The reworked version is below. o ⚓ Joost de Valk ☛ The_generalization_tax:_why_WordPress_is_still the_smart_architectural_base⠀⇛ I lean toward the Bull case, but not because I want to protect the old way of doing things. I believe WordPress is the superior long-term option because it is the only way to prevent “AI Slop”. Using WordPress (along with robust tools like ACF) as a base for custom applications is a sophisticated architectural choice. If you let an AI generate a “lean, custom engine” from scratch today, you are creating a massive maintenance liability for tomorrow. Without a standardized base, that AI-generated code will eventually become “slop”: unpatchable, insecure, and disconnected from the global web standards. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ APNIC ☛ 2025_APNIC_Fellows_in_their_own_words⠀⇛ The 2025 APNIC Fellowship Program brought together 41 emerging and established professionals from across the Asia Pacific region to participate in technical workshops, policy discussions, and community-building activities. Fellows represented diverse economies and backgrounds, united by a shared commitment to strengthening Internet infrastructure, governance, and security in their local contexts. In this blog post, we asked fellows from the recent 2025 program to reflect on their experiences. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 737 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Free_Software_Foundation_receives_historic_private_donations.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Free_Software_Foundation_receives_historic_private_donations.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 Quoting: Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations — These extraordinary donations, both made to the FSF in the cryptocurrency Monero, are among some of the largest private gifts ever made to the organization. The donors wish to remain anonymous. "These incredible acts of generosity are a true gift in a challenging time for many, including many organizations like ours," said Zoë Kooyman, executive director of the FSF. "It proves that software freedom is recognized more and more as a principal issue today, at the core of several other social movements people care about like privacy, ownership, and the right to repair." The organization is in its annual winter fundraising drive, currently at three-quarters of its $400,000 USD winter goal, and will now switch its focus to a member drive thanks in part to these donations. Contributions to the FSF have always been driven by individual giving and a strong supporter base of associate members. "We are proudly supported by a large variety of contributors who care about digital rights. All donations matter, whether $5 or $500,000," Kooyman added. "Naturally, a large donation of this size boosts our work tremendously, but year after year we rely on a considerable number of donations, which maintains our independence. It makes it all the more special that these donors did not ask to be recognized." The donation will support the organization's technical team and infrastructure capacity, as well as strengthen its campaigns, education, licensing, and advocacy initiatives, and future opportunities. The FSF is seeking donations until year-end after which they aim to gain 100 associate members through its year-end fundraising ending January 16. Ways to contribute to the FSF are published on its site. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 799 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/FreshRSS_1_28_Feed_Aggregator_Released_With_New_Sorting_Options.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/FreshRSS_1_28_Feed_Aggregator_Released_With_New_Sorting_Options.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ FreshRSS 1.28 Feed Aggregator Released With New Sorting Options⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇FreshRSS_1.28⦈_ Quoting: FreshRSS 1.28 Feed Aggregator Released With New Sorting Options — The FreshRSS team has just unveiled version 1.28 of this popular self-hosted RSS feed aggregator, introducing new sorting and filtering capabilities, enhanced search tools, performance optimizations, and bug fixes. The update adds sorting and filtering by user-modified date, accompanied by a corresponding search operator, such as userdate:PT1H for the past hour. It also introduces sorting by article length, an advanced search form, and an overview of dates with the most unread articles. On top of that, users can now mark articles as read by age when sorting by publication date, and the UI exposes links for transitions between groups of articles and direct navigation to the next transition. Plus, FreshRSS 1.28 expands feed visibility options and enables feed visibility sharing through the API. 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This update was released on December 23rd, with another from earlier in December previously covered on GamingOnLinux with even more improvements. There's also Proton 10.0-4 with a release candidate for testing. * ⚓ Nolen Royalty ☛ ssh_tiny.christmas⠀⇛ I’m using wish to serve this over ssh and using bubbletea to render the interface. I’ve been working on a several of ssh games so this was all familiar territory for me. Wish and bubbletea are really neat, and I think ssh is a fun delivery mechanism. Some of the other ssh stuff I’ve been working on has required forking bubbletea (stay tuned!) but it was nice to use it as intended this time. * ⚓ Matthew Brunelle ☛ (My)_Second_Year_of_the_Linux_Desktop_(For_Gaming)⠀⇛ A look back at what it took for me to reach 0% Steam play time on Windows, even though I've been using Linux since I was a kid. Spoilers: Valve and the FOSS community are what made this possible. * § Graphics Stack⠀➾ o ⚓ [Repeat] Timur Kristóf ☛ How_do_graphics_drivers_work?⠀⇛ A graphics driver is a piece of software code that is written for the purpose of allowing programs on your computer to access the features of your GPU. Every GPU is different and may have different capabilities or different ways of achieving things, so they need different drivers, or at least different code paths in a driver that may handle multiple GPUs from the same vendor and/or the same hardware generation. The main motivation for graphics drivers is to allow applications to utilize your hardware efficiently. This enables games to render pretty pixels, scientific apps to calculate stuff, as well as video apps to encode / decode efficiently. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 942 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Getting_scanning_to_work_with_Gimp_on_Trixie.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Getting_scanning_to_work_with_Gimp_on_Trixie.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Getting scanning to work with Gimp on Trixie⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Debian_logo⦈_ Quoting: Getting scanning to work with Gimp on Trixie | Daniel Lange's blog — Trixie ships Gimp 3.0.4 and the 3.x series has gotten incompatible to XSane, the common frontend for scanners on Linux. Hence the maintainer, Jörg Frings-Fürst, has disabled the Gimp integration temporarily in response to a Debian bug #1088080. There seems to be no tracking bug for getting the functionality back but people have been commenting on Debian bug #993293 as that is ... loosely related :-). There are two options to get the Scanning functionality back in Trixie until this is properly resolved by an updated XSane in Debian (e.g. via trixie-backports): Lee Yingtong Li (RunasSudo) has created a Python script that calls XSane as a cli application and published it at https://yingtongli.me/ git/gimp-xsanecli/. This worked okish for me but needed me to find the scan in /tmp/ a number of times. This is a good stop-gap script if you need to scan from Gimp $now and look for a quick solution. 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This is exactly what happened recently, as the development team behind Arch Linux decided to upgrade the default NVIDIA GPU driver to version 590. This change means that Arch Linux will no longer support NVIDIA GPUs from the Pascal generation and older—this means GeForce GTX 1000 GPUs and older. Somewhat comically, this happened shortly after AMD's Linux kernel drivers extended support to AMD GPUs dating back to 2012. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Arseny ☛ FreeBSD:_Installation_on_a_ThinkPad_X200_Tablet_in 2025⠀⇛ I’ve been a ThinkPad fan for a long time; I really love their entire lineup. Recently, I came across the X200 model, which was manufactured starting in 2008 – I just saw a picture somewhere and really wanted it for my “collection.” Unexpectedly, it was even available for sale in Ukraine, so I bought this wonder- device. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Distribution_Release:_Gnoppix_AI_Linux_26⠀⇛ Andreas Mueller has announced the release of Gnoppix AI Linux 26, an updated build of the project's Debian-based Linux distribution with integrated privacy and artificial intelligence features. This version replaces Firefox with LibreWolf as the default web browser and Thunderbird with Betterbird as the preferred email client: [...] # ⚓ [Repeat] Jussi Pakkanen ☛ An_uncomfortable_but_necessary discussion_about_the_Debian_bug_tracker⠀⇛ Indeed it is not. However, using an email client as the only way of modifying bugs (which is how the Debian bug tracker works) is not only a bad idea, it is terrible idea. 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Going boldly into the COSMIC desktop environment⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 After three years of development, Linux hardware provider System76 has declared the COSMIC desktop environment stable. It shipped COSMIC Epoch 1 as part of the long-awaited Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS release on December 11, just in time for Linux enthusiasts to have something to tinker with over the end-of-year holidays. With the stable release out the door, it seemed like a good time to check back in on COSMIC and see how it has evolved since the first alpha. For a first stable release of a new desktop environment, COSMIC shows a lot of promise and room to grow. System76 is, first and foremost, a provider of Linux laptops, desktops, servers, and other hardware. It originally shipped its hardware with Ubuntu preinstalled. It created the Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS distribution in 2017 after Canonical discontinued work on the Unity desktop. Rather than trying to maintain Unity alone, the company offered GNOME as its default desktop instead. Eventually, System76 introduced a GNOME shell extension to add tiling features, but maintaining the extension in the face of GNOME changes proved to be difficult. Ultimately, System76 decided that it would build its own Rust-based, Wayland-only desktop environment. As the version number indicates, this release is based on Ubuntu's 24.04 LTS, which has been out for about 18 months now. Pop!_OS users have had a longer- than-usual wait for the release because System76 decided to focus on its new COSMIC desktop environment rather than putting out a 24.04 release last year with the old GNOME-based desktop it had also called COSMIC. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1283 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Grav_Mass_Today.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Grav_Mass_Today.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Grav-Mass Today⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025, updated Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Bubble_Gum_Fly⦈_ The neighbours feed the birds today - an act of generosity and sharing 2025 was a very tough year for many people and for_companies. Democracy in the 'beacon' of democracy has rotten out of existence (this has gone on for a while [1, 2]), now it's attacking_its_own_press and even_press_abroad. Poverty is being covered up (same for real unemployment*) even in the_"happiest"_country, so many people here don't seem to be celebrating Christmas this year (they simply cannot afford to). Love, passion, and happiness cannot be bought. Before Christmas was all about consumerism (gifts as measured by spendings) it was about family, sharing, and all sorts of simple things. To many who cannot afford to live up to the societal expectations, keep Christmas simple or turn_to_Grav-Mass. █ ______ * "They don't write about it lately but > 13% are in poverty here," one person told me, as "*over* 2300 showed up for the charity meal [and] yes the real number is much, much higher [for unemployment] could be 25%; they bullshit about "consumer confidence" rather than long hour with low wages and lots of unpaid overtime. Finns can't afford booze any more, they turn to street drugs instead." ⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢀⣀⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣬⣉⣍⣙⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠁⢀⣤⣾⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣴⣾⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⠿⠏⠰⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣦⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢻⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣷⣠⣄⠀⠈⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠆⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡺⡅⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡖⠀⠈⠉⠻⠿⠧⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⣤⡆⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣷⣦⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠈⠠⠃⣿⣧⣄⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠻⠿⠻⠿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⣀⣸⡧⣶⠇⣿⡿⠟⠘⢠⣤⡀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠇⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣠⡾⠀⢹⡇⠀⠀⠘⣿⡁⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣶⣶⣦⡀⠀⢸⣿⠉⠙⠋⠙⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡋⠉⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⢰⡁⠀⠀⠀⠈⡇⠠⠀⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠶⢼⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢸⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⢳⣀⡄⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠁⠀⣼⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⣾⣷⠀⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⠁⢸⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⡿⢟⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⢸⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⢸⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1357 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Investing_One_s_Hard_Earned_Money_in_Doing_the_Right_Thing.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Investing_One_s_Hard_Earned_Money_in_Doing_the_Right_Thing.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Investing One's Hard-Earned Money in Doing the Right Thing⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025, updated Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Parable_of_the_Prodigal_Son.⦈_ The FSF, which started Free software and seeks to protect it in perpetuity, has just_said (yesterday evening) "it received two major contributions totaling around $900,000 USD." Those people could, instead, buy several houses. But no. Instead they chose to give 'firepower' to the FSF, the real and true protector of Free software, unlike opportunistic_copycats or splinter_groups. "One of the reasons for my complete resignation from the organization is the deception of a volunteer who gave them a bequest of €150,000," Daniel_Pocock_recalled. Last year_when_he_ran_for_European_politics he said: "Research found that some of the world's largest companies have spent over $120,000 trying to censor me even before I announced my candidacy. I guess that I might have something to say that is in the public interest." Last year and again this year my wife and I filed three lawsuits against men who had attacked women and Free software luminaries [1, 2, 3]. They were on the payroll of monopolists when they did this. Lawsuits are not cheap, but they are the necessary thing to do in this situation. In life, people must make sacrifices to do what's right and just. █ "Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents." -Mark 12:41-12:44 "He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”" -Luke 21:2-21:38 ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣉⣩⣭⢭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⢿⣿⠙⠋⠉⠉⠉⠙⠙⠉⠉⠍⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣩⡛⠛⢻⣿⡛⣫⠉⠽⠏⠉⢹⣿⣯⠟⠯⠹⠏⢉⣉⢩⣭⡯⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡊⢛⡛⠛⠿⠿⠛⣛⡛⠍⡁⠀⣰⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠏⠛⠳⠉⠉⠁⠀⡀⠀⠀⠈⢩⠀⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣯⡍⠉⣭⣭⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⣠⡤⠍⠀⠙⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢷⡔⣄⠀⠀⡈⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⢡⣽⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⣴⣄⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠴⠤⢐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⡟⢂⡠⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣽⣿⠿⠷⠗⠛⠛⠋⣛⠀⠀⠀⠈⢀⣟⣀⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⣶⡾⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠙⡁⡉⡀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣮⠛⣯⣿⣷⡞⠁⠀⡉⠭⢄⡨⡄⡡⠡⣠⣕⠆⠿⣳⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⢀⡀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣾⡿⣿⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡭⢘⠀⠠⠀⣽⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠟⠞⣿⣷⡟⠉⠄⠨⠛⣂⢉⣁⣉⣉⣻⡟⢿⡟⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣠⣧⡟⠀⢠⣼⣷⣶⣽⣶⣶⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣷⣯⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⢷⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣏⡀⣽⣶⣿⣿⣿⣦⣼⣧⣶⣼⡇⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠄⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣛⠆⠀⠀⠀⢀⣰⣾⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⡀⠀⠠⠐⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣩⣧⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢿⣿⠟⣹⣿⣿⡶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢷⣦⡄⠀⠘⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣷⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⣶⣽⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢹⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡿⠙⠻⣑⣽⢸⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⢻⣿⡦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣷⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⢿⣾⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⡭⣷⣽⣄⣀⣤⡛⠃⢽⡿⠿⡟⢸⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢽⣿⣿⣿⣆⢿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠈⠋⣿⣿⣿⣟⠰⢦⡄⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠻⢿⡟⠘⠁⠀⠀⠠⠀⢀⢠⠐⢫⣯⣿⣾⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡌⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⠐⣶⣿⣧⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢃⠀⣀⡬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡆⢻⣿⣿⡿⠿⠩⢃⡟⠛⣟⢙⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠑⠀⠀⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠸⣧⡀⠀⢾⣌⣿⣦⣽⢛⡳⢦⣈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠠⣭⢽⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠈⠃⢸⣿⡿⠐⢧⠲⣿⣷⡟⡎⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢿⣇⠀⠀⠉⠙⢻⣿⡇⣿⡆⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⢈⣿⡷⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢰⣿⡇⢠⡑⠀⣿⣿⡧⠁⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣂⣰⢿⣿⣿⢻⣿⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠘⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⠟⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢪⡨⢿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⡇⠀⠋⢿⠃⠛⣻⣿⣿⡇⠀⡀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢤⣷⣯⠿⡋⠫⠍⡄⠀⠀⢻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢸⠀⢇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⣦⡟⣷⣻⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠂⢷⠀⠈⠁⠀⡄⣿⣿⣟⣵⣿⣡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠈⠉⠉⡭⣯⣽⢻⣿⡸⠁⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣶⣶⣷⠄⠀⢸⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⡅⣨⡄⠀⠈⡀⡠⢏⠛⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣯⡗⠀⠀⢸⣿⣽⣄⡘⣣⠀⣀⡸⠃⢻⡯⡾⡫⣿⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⡇⣿⠏⡿⠋⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡺⠄⠀⠀⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢵⠦⢏⠃⠀⠼⠃⠛⠚⠃⠺⠇⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣟⢳⡯⠿⣿⡇⠘⣱⣷⣿⢻⣷⢺⣝⡻⣟⣿⣥⣦⢂⢀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠹⣷⠏⠀⢀⡆⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣽⣿⡿⡧⠀⠀⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠄⠚⠧⡠⣬⠈⢀⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡧⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⣿⣿⠟⡐⢅⣚⠛⠱⢰⢸⣿⣿⡎⢿⣞⣿⣿⣿⡯⡿⣷⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠰⡄⠀⠀⣠⡿⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⢿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡅⠀⠀⠀⠐⣆⠚⣳⢿⡾⣽⡟⣿⣿⡎⠀⣿⣿⣿⡘⠿⠿⠻⢛⠅⣰⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠙⢦⡾⠛⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠾⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠁⡇⠀⠀⢀⢸⣤⢱⣟⣽⣿⣧⢹⣿⠷⠄⣿⣿⣿⣷⣀⣠⡴⢂⣼⣿⠿⢉⡠⠀⠀⠀⢰⡄⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡄⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡀⠃⠀⠀⠸⠈⢁⣌⢽⣿⣿⣿⡇⢿⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣝⠉⢝⣠⠾⣋⣥⢾⣋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣆⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⡄⢀⠀⠀⢁⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⡀⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⠆⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠁⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠙⠂⠙⠋⠉⠉⢸⣷⣠⣄⣤⣉⣍⣉⣭⣄⣒⠋⣴⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣼⠃⢸⠀⠀⠈⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠥⠇⣯⡿⠆⠘⢸⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣶⡖⣼⣿⠟⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣧⢠⣠⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⠀⣼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣏⣤⣀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢴⣾⣿⣾⢟⣵⣾⣿⣿⣿⢓⠈⠉⠙⠛⠻⠿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣯⣵⣟⣯⣽⣯⣀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠀⣀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣄⣔⣶⣶⣾⣾⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠹⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⡷⡻⠛⠋⠉⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠐⢾⣿⠿⠿⠿⠋⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠶⣶⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1460 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Kitty_Terminal_0_45_Released_With_New_Keyboard_First_File_Selec.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Kitty_Terminal_0_45_Released_With_New_Keyboard_First_File_Selec.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Kitty Terminal 0.45 Released With New Keyboard-First File Selector Kitten⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Kitty_0.45⦈_ Quoting: Kitty Terminal 0.45 Released With New Keyboard-First File Selector Kitten — Kitty, one of the most feature-rich, GPU-accelerated, and highly efficient cross-platform terminal emulators, has just unveiled its latest update, version 0.45. The most visible addition is a new kitten designed for fast file selection using a keyboard-first workflow. The tool supports previews for a wide range of content, including text files with syntax highlighting, images, videos, and e-books. Image handling sees notable improvements through updates to the icat kitten. The built-in rendering engine now supports animated PNG and animated WebP files, netPBM images, ICC color profiles, and CCIP color space metadata. New and refined scaling options have also been introduced, including a –fit flag to better control how images adapt to the screen, and more consistent behavior for the existing --scale-up option. 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Over 8,000 of those commits came in after our first 6.19 merge-window summary was written. The second part of the merge window was focused on drivers, but brought in a number of other changes as well. * ⚓ LWN ☛ The_2025_Maintainers_Summit⠀⇛ Once each year, a small group of kernel maintainers meets to discuss important process-oriented concerns that may not lend themselves well to a public mailing-list discussion. The 2025 gathering was held on December 10 in Tokyo, Japan, alongside the Open Source Summit Japan and the Linux Plumbers Conference. o Toward_a_policy_for_machine-learning_tools_in_kernel_development: what sort of role should large-language models play in the development process, and how should that process change, if at all, to accommodate them? o Best_practices_for_linux-next: how can the community's integration repository be made to work better? o The_state_of_the_kernel_Rust_experiment: the discussion on removing the "experimental" label for Rust in the kernel and what comes next. o Better_development_tools_for_the_kernel: an update on work being done within and around kernel.org. o Development-process_discussions: what happens if Linus Torvalds disappears, and what other topics are developers concerned about? ⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣼⡀⠀⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⠀⠋⠁⠀⢻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠻⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⢤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⢩⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣶⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠇⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢼⡶⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⢛⡛⣿⣿⡃⠀⠛⢻⣿⣿⠾⠧⣉⡉⣿⡏⠹⣿⠉⠉⠉⡙⠛⠋⠉⡍⠉⢉⣯⡱⣶⠩⠛⠛⠛⠋⠉⠟⣻⡛⠛⣽⡟⢛⣛⡛⠽⣿⠠⣠⡀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⣿⡄⠀⠀⠠⢀⠀⠀⠀⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠋⠁⠀⠀⢿⡟⠟⠛⠀⠘⠙⠃⠿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠂⣀⡁⠀⠰⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⢵⡆⠀⠀⠀⢻⡟⠀⠨⣏⣸⣿⣷⠀⠻⠀⣿⠃⠐⢹⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⣸⣱⣿⠀⠀⢀⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣀⠀⠐⠀⠀⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠁⠀⢰⣇⠘⣿⣷⡄⠈⠁⠻⠃⠀⠁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠨⠻⠦⣦⡉⠇⢀⣱⣻⣿⣶⣤⣸⣿ ⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠃⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⡎⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠺⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠈⠻⠐⠘⡄⠈⠣⠁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⣇⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠐⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣢⠀⠀⠀⠸⣦⣀⠀⣀⣤⣴⠈⢢⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⡧⢤⣤⣤⣤⢠⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣄⣤⣄⠀⠀⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠋⠀⡀⠀⠀⠐⠿⢧⣽⣿⡅⠀⢰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠁⢼⣿⠉⢻⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⡟⣿⣾⠀⢰⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠒⠃⠀⠀⠛⣿⣿⢉⣴⠋⠟⠀⠀⢀⠸⠇⠀⠉⠉⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⡶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠿⠹⠇⠀⠸⠉⣙⣛⣛⣭⣹⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⢇⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡁⢸⣿⠀⡻⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⣿⡏⠘⡟⠀⠀⡀⠀⢸⠃⡇⠀⢠⠀⠀⢰⡆⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⣀⣽⡈⠘⡀⠁⠀⠀⠀⣽⠀⠀⠃⣿⡏⠐⣟⣽⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡆⠀⡇⠀⢸⠀⣿⡇⢸⢇⠀⠀⠁⡇⠘⠀⡇⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⣷⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡆⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿ ⢉⡩⠝⠠⣽⠇⢤⡟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠂⣻⡇⠰⠟⢻⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠃⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⣿⡇⣸⠈⠀⡁⠀⠃⠀⠠⠗⠀⠸⠃⠀⠸⠿⠇⠀⢠⣿⡆⢠⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣄⣀⠤⠂⠉⠀⠈⠁⠀⣠⣶⣆⡀⣶⡆⣀⠉⣁⣒⠀⠀⠀⠶⠒⠂⠀⠑⠀⠐⢲⡖⢺⡇⠈⣀⣀⡀⠀⠚⠐⢁⣀⡀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠶⠒⠀⠐⠂⠀⠉⢉⡀⠀⠐⠶⢶⣶⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣶⣶⣾⣿⣆⣠⣶⣤⣴⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣾⣷⣶⣶⣿⣷⣾⣿⣷⣷⣷⣦⡀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠒⠀⢴⡆⠀⠀⣼⠏⣉⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣦⣤⣤⣬⣿⣟⣉⡀⠈⠉⣛⣻⣿⣾⣭ ⠀⠀⠘⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1610 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/My_Holiday_Hopes_for_Linux_and_Open_Source.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/My_Holiday_Hopes_for_Linux_and_Open_Source.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ My Holiday Hopes for Linux and Open Source⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇2026⦈_ Quoting: My Holiday Hopes for Linux and Open Source - FOSS Force — 2025 is coming to an end. Regardless of how you felt about the year, it would be a challenge to argue that it wasn’t a good year for Linux and open source. The big question now is, what happens in 2026? Will it be the year of the Linux desktop? I know, I know: the question has been asked for a very long time. However, this go-round seems different. There’s something brewing, and it could be big. To that end, I thought I’d share with you my hopes for Linux and open source for 2026. Are you ready for it? 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A significant development it introduced was the rewriting of large parts of the system’s kernel in a high-level language (early C) rather than PDP-11 assembly language. The tape contains a complete system dump, including both source code and the compiled binaries and kernel. For inclusion in the Unix history repository, I removed the binaries, to match what is normally put under source code version control. * ⚓ Tom's Hardware ☛ 52_years_later,_only_known_copy_of_Unix_v4_recovered from_randomly_found_tape,_now_up_and_running_on_a_system_—_first_OS version_with_kernel_and_core_utilities_written_in_C⠀⇛ The only known complete copy of Unix v4 has been recovered from a tape found at the University of Utah. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1719 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Open_Hardware_Modding_Hacking_Raspberry_Pi_5_SBC_Arduino_and_Mo.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Open_Hardware_Modding_Hacking_Raspberry_Pi_5_SBC_Arduino_and_Mo.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware/Modding/Hacking: Raspberry Pi 5 SBC, Arduino, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Firefly_CAM-3576_series_–_Tiny_Rockchip_RK3576_SBCs_for commercial,_industrial,_and_automotive_applications⠀⇛ Firefly Technology has introduced the CAM-3576 series of tiny (38 × 38 mm) SBCs based on the Rockchip RK3576 processor with a 6 TOPS NPU for AIoT, edge AI, smart vision, industrial, and automotive applications. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ CrowPi_3_Hey_Hi_(AI)_Learning_Kit_is_powered_by_a Raspberry_Pi_5_SBC,_works_with_Arduino_Nano,_BillBC_Micro:bit,_and Raspberry_Pi_Pico_boards⠀⇛ Elecrow CrowPi 3 is the latest CrowPi learning and development kit featuring 41 built-in modules and over 150 lessons, and offering compatibility with Raspberry Pi 5, Arduino Nano, BillBC Micro:bit, and Raspberry Pi Pico single board computers and development boards. * ⚓ Arduino ☛ Arduino_speaks_teletype_to_an_old_Lorenz_15⠀⇛ Brian got his hands on an old Lorenz 15 teletype machine, which was made in the 1950s. He also managed to snag an appropriate teletype modem. But the modem couldn’t seem to understand recorded teletype messages, so Brian used an Arduino Mega 2560 to “speak” teletype and get the Lorenz 15 printing. * ⚓ Yorick Peterse ☛ I'm_returning_my_Framework_16⠀⇛ In contrast, Framework laptops has many supposed benefits: they're upgradable, repairable, actively work on Linux and even FreeBSD support (or at least sponsor developers working on this), allow you to customize the keyboard using QMK/VIAL. In fact, on paper it sounds like the perfect developer laptop. In reality, I'm not so sure. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_A_High-Performance_Shifter_For_Sim_Racing⠀⇛ These days, sim racing is more realistic than ever. There are better screens, better headsets, and better steering wheels with better force-feedback, all of which help make you feel like you’re driving the real thing. If you’re looking for a stick shifter to complete such a setup, [DAZ Projects] might have just what you’re looking for.  * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Printing_With_Metal_On_The_Ender_3_Using_Only_A_Friction Wheel⠀⇛ Printing metal as easily as it is to printed with thermoplastics has been a dream for a very long time, with options for hobbyists being very scarce. This is something which [Rotoforge] seeks to change, using little more than an old Ender 3 FDM printer and some ingenuity. Best of all is that the approach on which they have been working for the past year does not require high temperature, molten metals and no fussing about with powdered metal. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mesh_“Lens”_Lets_Your_Camera_Make_Weird_Pixel_Art⠀⇛ We seldom talk about 3D printing lenses because most techniques can’t possibly produce transparent parts of optical quality. However, you can 3D print something like a lens, as [Luke Edwin] demonstrates, and get all kinds of crazy pictures out of it.  * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Disposable_Camera_Viewfinder_Becomes_3D_Printed_Lens⠀⇛ Disposable cameras are a fun way to get into classical photography. However, they can also be a valuable source of interesting parts that can be put to other uses. For example, as [Billt] demonstrates, their viewfinders can be repurposed into a rather interesting lens for more serious cameras. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Abusing_X86_SIMD_Instructions_To_Optimize_PlayStation_3 Emulation⠀⇛ Key to efficient hardware emulation is an efficient mapping to the underlying CPU’s opcodes. Here one is free to target opcodes that may or may not have been imagined for that particular use. For emulators like the RPCS3 PlayStation 3 emulator this has led to some interesting mappings, as detailed in a video by [Whatcookie]. * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ DIY_E-Reader_Folds_Open_Like_A_Book⠀⇛ There are plenty of lovely e-readers out on the market that come with an nice big e-paper display. There aren’t nearly as many that come with two. [Martin den Hoed] developed the Diptyx e-reader with such a design in order to better replicate the paper books of old.  * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Roll_Your_Own_Hall_Effect_Sensor⠀⇛ If you read about Hall effect sensors — the usual way to detect and measure magnetic fields these days — it sounds deceptively simple. There’s a metal plate with current flowing across it in one direction, and sensors at right angles to the current flow. Can it really be that simple? According to a recent article in Elektor, [Burkhard Kainka] says yes. * ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Lattice_Semi_MachXO4_FPGA_family_offers_up_to_9400_LUTs, 448_kb_user_flash,_improved_“hot_socketing”⠀⇛ Lattice Semiconductor has recently launched the MachXO4 low- power FPGA family featuring 896 to 9400 LUTs, fabric performance of up to 150 MHz, and improved “hot socketing” with a low leakage current of 350 μA. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1867 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Nissan_Confirms_Impact_From_Red_Hat_Data_Breach⠀⇛ The personal information of 21,000 customers was stolen after [intruders] compromised Red Hat’s GitLab instances. * ⚓ Sean Goedecke ☛ Nobody_knows_how_large_software_products_work⠀⇛ Large, rapidly-moving tech companies are constantly operating in the “fog of war” about their own systems. Simple questions like “can users of type Y access feature X?”, “what happens when you perform action Z in this situation?”, or even “how many different plans do we offer” often can only be answered by a handful of people in the organization. Sometimes there are zero people at the organization who can answer them, and somebody has to be tasked with digging in like a researcher to figure it out. How can this be? Shouldn’t the engineers who built the software know what it does? Aren’t these answers documented internally? Better yet, aren’t these questions trivially answerable by looking at the public-facing documentation for end users? Tech companies are full of well-paid people who know what they’re doing1. Why aren’t those people able to get clear on what their own product does? * ⚓ Sandor Dargo ☛ Time_in_C++:_Inter-clock_Conversions,_Epochs,_and Durations⠀⇛ By now in this series, we’ve spent time looking at the major standard clocks and their behavior. We’ve talked about wall- clock time, monotonic clocks, and the myths around “high resolution”. Today, we are going to talk about a subtle area: how clocks relate to each other, how epochs differ, and what happens when you - need to - convert durations. * ⚓ Matt Godbolt ☛ Switching_it_up_a_bit⠀⇛ The standard wisdom is that switch statements compile to jump tables. And they do - when the compiler can’t find something cleverer to do instead. Let’s start with a really simple example: [...] * ⚓ Matt Godbolt ☛ When_compilers_surprise_you⠀⇛ Every now and then a compiler will surprise me with a really smart trick. When I first saw this optimisation I could hardly believe it. I was looking at loop optimisation, and wrote something like this simple function that sums all the numbers up to a given value: [...] * ⚓ Jeffrey Paul ☛ Jeffrey_Paul:_My_2024_Code_Styleguide⠀⇛ I have documented and published, for the first time, my personal code style guide. It is a living document (which is why it’s in git) that I will update periodically as I consciously notice more of my longstanding habits and techniques. I estimate it’s 70-80% complete (at least for Go) presently; the other languages included are just stuff that’s off the top of my head. Half the trouble with documenting things like this for publication is that a ton of my experience and methods are so ingrained that I don’t even notice them anymore. * ⚓ Andrew Nesbitt ☛ Package_managers_keep_using_git_as_a_database,_it never_works_out⠀⇛ Using git as a database is a seductive idea. You get version history for free. Pull requests give you a review workflow. It’s distributed by design. GitHub will host it for free. Everyone already knows how to use it. Package managers keep falling for this. And it keeps not working out. * ⚓ Ruby ☛ Ruby_4.0.0_Released⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 4.0.0. Ruby 4.0 introduces “Ruby Box” and “ZJIT”, and adds many improvements. * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Day_22_–_Numerically_2026_Is_Unremarkable_Yet_Happy_– Raku_Advent_Calendar⠀⇛ The computations in this document are done with the Raku package “Math::NumberTheory”, [AAp1]. o ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Day_23_–_A_Day_Late_and_A_Fish_Short_–_Raku_Advent Calendar⠀⇛ Hello again! I return during this week of winter solstice to tell you about my experience participating in the Langjam Gamejam. I planned to use Raku, partially so that you could have an advent blogpost to read today, but also because Raku’s builtin support for grammars ensure that I would not get stuck when writing my parser. o ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Day_24_–_Maze_Making_Using_Graphs_–_Raku_Advent Calendar⠀⇛ This document (notebook) describes three ways of making mazes (or labyrinths) using graphs. The first two are based on rectangular grids; the third on a hexagonal grid. All computational graph features discussed here are provided by “Graph”, [AAp1]. The package used for the construction of the third, hexagonal graph is “Math:: Nearest”, [AAp2]. o ⚓ Manuel Matuzović ☛ For_the_Love_of_
_-_HTMHell⠀⇛ When you list all the things HTML can do out of the box without the help of CSS or Javascript, it can seem like a short list. Headings and lists will come to mind. You will most likely think of things like images and video. Any good list of HTML elements will grow to include form elements like input and select, the original interactive elements, too. Recently, a lot of work and attention has turned to some of the lesser known semantic HTML elements too. The work of Heydon Pickering comes to mind, and his incredible effort to explain every HTML element in alphabetical order. Among the lists and the images and the forms and the videos though, I think there is an unsung hero. There is a piece of semantic markup that exists at the intersection of SEO, accessibility, performance and interactivity. I am talking of course about the
element and its partner, the element. * § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ o ⚓ Balthazar Rouberol ☛ Creating_yearly_reminders_from_the_macOS terminal⠀⇛ I wanted to be able to quickly make note of someone's birthday without having to know their year of birth, and still get a yearly reminder to wish them happy birthday. It turns out, I can write a small birthday bash script wrapping osascript. * § Rust⠀➾ o ⚓ Ben Congdon ☛ RAII_Guards_and_Newtypes_in_Rust⠀⇛ I’ve been having a bunch of fun in Rust recently. I’ve finally gotten past the point of fighting with the borrow checker and now am solidly in the plateau of productivity with the language.1 One of the first things that struck me about Rust was how confident I felt that if I wrote something sane-looking that passed the compiler, I was more likely than in other languages to have a program that actually worked. The borrow checker does a lot of the heavy lifting here, of course. But there are some other useful language conventions that help too. o ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in_Rust_631⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2092 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Proprietary_Software_is_Not_a_Luxury.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Proprietary_Software_is_Not_a_Luxury.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Proprietary Software is Not a Luxury⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025, updated Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Antique_luxury_canopy_bed_in_a_vintage_richly_decorated bedroom⦈_ Luxuries can come in many shapes and forms. They try to sell us an "experience" or some "ambiance". They typically assert to be "the best" even if they're almost the same and mostly indistinguishable, e.g. a little more leg room in the plane (for a passenger who pays 3-4 times the "normal" fare, which they call "coach" or "standard" so that they can upsell stuff as "business" or "first class"). We see this in the food industry ("cuisine" or "gourmet"), in the fashion industry, and also in the software industry. Alcohol is bad for internal organs (and the brain) no matter the "brand". Fashion (typically clothing, garments) is made in sweatshops in southern Asia, irrespective of the "label". When it comes to proprietary software, it tends to come with a higher price tags, sometimes more bells and whistles. But it contains a lot of bugs, those bugs don't tend to be fixed (sometimes they charge for new versions that tackle bugs), and in most cases there's bloat and a growing risk that the maintaining company - not a community but a single point of failure - will go out of business. Proprietary software is not a Luxury. 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For ARM architectures, QEMU 10.2 introduces support for a new ‘amd-versal2- virt’ board model, and improvements to existing ‘AST2600’/’AST2700’/’AST1030’ and ‘xlnx-zynqmp’ boards, as well as support for the FEAT_SCTLR2, FEAT_TCR2, FEAT_CSSC, FEAT_LSE128, FEAT_ATS1A, FEAT_RME_GPC2, FEAT_AIE, FEAT_MEC, and FEAT_GCS CPU features. 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"It aims to maintain and spread repair expertise, and to promote social cohesion by bringing together neighbours from all walks of life and sets of motivations in the form of inspiring and accessible meetings." Now that Vista 10 is without support and many PCs cannot have Vista 11 on them it's hardly surprising that GNU/Linux becomes a more attractive/compelling option. "One more thing," a reader told me this week, "maybe you have heard of the Repair Café Foundation? They are actively promoting the use of Linux to replace mswin. Definitely a good thing." █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡘⠉⠃⡰⢱⠀⡇⠭⢹⠨⠍⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠒⠁⠃⠁⠃⠃⠀⠘⠐⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠈⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠁⠀ ⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣨⣍⣂⣇⣃⣰⣸⣂⣇⣈⣐⣸⣐⣀⣆⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣻⣻⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣻⣻⣿⣟⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⢿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢛⣿⣾⡗⡏⠛⡟⣇⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣷⢀⣧⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⢟⠟⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⡄⢰⡞⣿⠸⠈⡃⡇⠢⠀⠰⠀⠀⠠⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣻⠸⡇⠿⠀⠠⠀⠀⡀⠀⠈⠰⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡻⠿⢿⡻⡿⢿⡿⢿⡿⢿⢿⣻⣿⡿⢿⢿⢿⢿⢿⢿⡿⢿⣿⢿⠿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⡿⢿⡿⡿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠊⠀⢈⡂⠋⠀⠈⠀⡖⠰⠲⠺⣰⣂⣠⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⣿⢿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡿⢿⢿⢿⠿⢿⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⢿⢿⢿⡿⢿⢿⢿⡿⡿⣿⠿⢿⣿⢿⠿⣿⢿⣿⠿⡿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠠⠀⣸⣀⡤⢤⠀⡶⡗⠀⠈⠉⠀⠄⠂⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡿⡿⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⢿⢿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⢿⢻⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⡿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⡿⠀⢀⡤⢀⣀⠏⠀⠀⠄⠠⠀⠂⠐⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠸⣽⠀⠄⠲⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠄⠐⠀⠆⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢛⣿⠿⡿⢿⣿⢻⢻⠛⠿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⢫⠀⠀⠀⠢⢭⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢄⠐⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣷⣾⣿⣾⣾⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠄⢰⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⠿⢿⡿⠿⣿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡜⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣐⣀⣀⣀⣂⣐⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣽⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣻⣽⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣿⣭⣿⣭⣿⣭⣽⣿⣽⣭⣽⣽⣯⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2311 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Security_Patches_Security_Breach_and_Microsoft_Promises_Back_Do.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Security_Patches_Security_Breach_and_Microsoft_Promises_Back_Do.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Patches, Security Breach, and Microsoft Promises Back Doors Would Get Even Faster!⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 * o ⚓ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (container-tools:rhel8, grafana, opentelemetry-collector, and thunderbird), Red Hat (kernel), and SUSE (cheat, libsoup, mariadb, mozjs52, python310, python315, qemu, rsync, and zk). o ⚓ Aflac_breach_exposes_personal_and_health_data_of_more_than_22M people⠀⇛ Insurance company Aflac Inc. has disclosed that a cyberattack that targeted the company in June resulted in the theft of records relating to 22.65 million individuals, making it one of the largest data breaches reported this year in the U.S. insurance sector. o ⚓ Microsoft_promises_to_nearly_double_backdoored_Windows_storage performance_after_forcing_slow_software-accelerated_BitLocker_on backdoored_Windows_—_new_CPU_hardware-accelerated_crypto_will_also improve_battery_life,_but_requires_new_CPUs [Ed: This is back- doored [1, 2]]⠀⇛ The new BitLocker implementation offloads encryption and decryption to dedicated crypto engines on supported SoCs, delivering faster storage performance and reduced CPU usage. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2363 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Christmas_Day_Bird.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Christmas_Day_Bird.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Christmas Day Bird⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025, updated Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇It's_a_human_holiday,_keep_feeding_me⦈_ Sometimes some birds come by and don't leave until it's dark, as they expect to get extra seeds and maybe be bottle-fed. Today, for some reason, a dark bird came by the door and kept parking there, looking or staring at us each time we opened the door to offer more. We got worried it would be too dark to fly away safely, but this bird looks healthy and seems sane. It has no name and we don't know its gender. This is very unusual. There are potential predators near the ground and no "safety in numbers" (flock). Eventually the bird flew away at 16:37 (with some talking and pressuring, "time to go"). Maybe it knew we were staying home and happy to give "extras". We've just had a nice drink and some vegetarian faggots. Soon it's time to unbox the presents. █ ⣿⣷⣶⣤⣄⡀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣟⡻⡿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣿⣗⢒⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⠵⢣⣤⣿⣿⣷ ⠈⠉⠛⠛⠿⢱⣿⡿⢻⡟⡻⢻⠻⠻⢻⢻⠛⡿⢻⢻⡟⠿⡻⣿⣿⣇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣎⣿⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⡿⠿⠇⢻⡇⢸⣿⡟⣿⢹⡄⠸⠣⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣾⣶⣷⣾⣾⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣾⣶⣷⣿⣿⡟⠘⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢚⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣵⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢁⠈⣡⣈⣱⣾⣿⣇⣿⣬⣥⣤⣤⣤⢢⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⡿⠿⡿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⢶⢿⣿⣿⣿⢧⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⢿⡟⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶ ⣤⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠻⣿⣵⣥⣤⣴⣧⣧⣥⣬⣮⣾⣭⣷⣬⣼⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢼⣾⡃⣾⣛⠿⢻⣶⢸⠟⡛⡟⡅⢸⢀⠈⡉⢹⡇⠀⠀⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⣿ ⠙⠛⣻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⣿⣿⡁⠿⢻⡅⢸⣿⠟⡇⣿⠃⢁⢸⢸⠀⡇⢸⡇⠀⠀⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⢀⢟ ⠉⠉⣹⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠃⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⠿⡟⣫⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠋⠋⢹⡀⣸⣤⠼⡧⠖⡇⢏⣈⠘⣸⣸⠀⣧⢸⡕⣏⣶⣿⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠈⡄⣸ ⣶⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠠⢠⣿⡷⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣶⣿⠿⠛⠋⠁⣨⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣀⠀⠈⢀⣻⣿⣶⡳⠈⠱⠯⠉⠒⠈⠈⠀⠇⡈⠀⠀⠙⣛⣛⣥⣤⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠡⠇⠓ ⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣰⠾⠞⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠉⠁⠀⠀⢀⣴⠞⠁⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣟⣛⣻⣿⣟⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣴⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠶⣃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⡿⠷⠤⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡈⠈⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠈⢀⣐⣀⠁⠀⠁⠉⠉⠀⠂⠀⣀⣀⣀⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠤⠴⠶⠶⠶⠶⠒⠒⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣧⡐⠄⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⠩⢭⣭ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣽⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⡿⡟⠛⠤ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⣤⡄⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡟⠛⠿⡟⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣦⡀⣠⣴⣾⢷⣷⣶⣧⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠈⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣻⣿⡧⢾⣿⡿⠑⡇⣿⣿⡏⣄⣟⣿⣿⡟⡥⣒⣲⣿⣿⣿⠁⣁⣿⡅⣇⡏⢸⢸⢙⣼⣿⡟⠀⣿⡆⠐⢒⣀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡅⠀⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⡇⢨⣟⡵⠁⡇⣿⣿⢘⣸⣹⣽⣿⡧⣷⣿⣿⡷⡶⣺⠀⠬⠍⠀⠃⡇⠈⢸⠸⢫⡯⢗⠀⢺⠇⠠⠄⠀⠈⠍⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⠄⠀⢸⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⣸⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠧⠌⣿⣵⡤⠇⣿⠧⢖⣒⡪⠯⣿⣿⣿⠏⠭⢖⣵⣿⠤⠀⣿⠄⠀⠇⠀⢸⠀⠘⣿⣶⠤⠙⡆⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈ ⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⠄⣶⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢙⣻⡺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢺⣷⣶⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣇⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠉⠁⠠⡅⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠿⡿⠃⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠻⠿⡿⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⢯⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⡌⠏⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣴⣶⠼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠉⠁⢀⣐⣒⣛⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢩⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⡺⠉⠋⠁⠀⠀⠈⣷⣌⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⢸⣯⣉⣾⡷⠆⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠓⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣼⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠀⠀⠿⣿⣧⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠶⠬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣂⣭⣦⣤⣧⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⢫⣾⣾⣠⢰⣤⣀⣀⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠁⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡂⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡛⠛⠛ ⠀⠀⣀⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣤⣀⡀⠀⢀⢟⡿⠿⠙⢻⣦⣤⣔⣂⠫⢻⣆⠀⢀⡀⢸⢙⡻⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠤⠤⣤⠄⠤⠄⠀⣿⡇⠈⠭⣽⣿⣿⣟⣛⣋⠃⠀ ⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢁⣼⣠⣶⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣶⣾⣆⢑⣿⣾⣏⣥⠀⠳⣶⣭⣬⣝⡀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⡃⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠉⠉⠉ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2429 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Civil_Infrastructure_Platform_after_nearly_ten_years.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Civil_Infrastructure_Platform_after_nearly_ten_years.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Civil Infrastructure Platform after (nearly) ten years⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Yoshitake_Kobayashi⦈_ The Civil_Infrastructure_Platform (CIP) first launched in that form in April 2016, so it has a tenth-anniversary celebration in its near future. At the 2025 Open_Source_Summit_Japan, Yoshitake Kobayashi talked about the goals of this project and where it is headed in the future. Supporting a Linux system for even one year is a challenging task; maintaining that support for a decade or more is rather more so, and a changing regulatory environment complicates the task further. The mission of CIP is to provide "industrial-grade Linux" as an open-source base layer, Kobayashi began. CIP has run up a few achievements in its first ten years, starting with the "super long-term support" (SLTS) kernels, which are supported for a minimum of ten years. CIP has been working toward alignment with industry standards, and IEC_62443 (which is concerned with "requirements and processes for implementing and maintaining electronically secure industrial automation and control systems") in particular. The project has also made significant upstream contributions to projects like Debian and KernelCI. 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Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 * ⚓ Darren Goossens ☛ Wake_on_LAN_again⠀⇛ I want to wake and log into a Ubuntu/Debian box from a Windows computer. In the MS store, searched for wake on LAN and pick one. I tried ‘Simple Wake-on-LAN’. It’s a couple of MB. No satisfaction; then tried ‘Easy WOL’ and it worked. In Linux box, need to check that WOL is enabled. Opened a terminal window and: [...] * ⚓ Manuel Matuzović ☛ The_three_semantics_of_HTML_-_HTMHell⠀⇛ Let me ask you a fundamental question: do you pay attention to HTML semantics? If the answer is "yes", then good job, your elephants are happy and thriving 🐘! However, if the answer is "no"… Don't make them sad, find a little bit of time and enhance your HTML. Throw away extraneous s, add a couple of headings, embed some metadata! There is no need to do everything at once; do it step by step. Every little improvement matters and can make someone's day a little better. A screenreader user will be grateful for that additional heading, your fellow web developer will thank you for that extra class, and a crawler… Well, it won't feel anything, but hey, it will understand your content better! If you do not know how to start, I suggest removing all distractions – including CSS – and focusing on the raw content. Copy it to your favourite word processor and think about the role of each element and its relationship with other elements. And then format all of them according to your findings. That's your content's semantics, waiting to be ported back to HTML! Do it, for your users, for your fellow web developers (not necessarily for crawlers…), but most importantly – for the elephants! * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_deploy_and_benchmark_vLLM_with_GuideLLM_on Kubernetes⠀⇛ To truly understand an LLM's real production potential, you have to measure the performance of its serving engine. The high-performance inference technology at the core of Red Bait Hey Hi (AI) is based on the vLLM open-source project, whose performance optimization techniques are key to achieving speed and throughput at scale. * ⚓ Kevin McDonald ☛ Encryption_vs._Compression⠀⇛ Compression shrinks data, encryption obfuscates it. Should you compress or encrypt first? If you get this wrong and you will waste CPU, storage, and bandwidth. Pick wisely. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2990 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Ubuntu_s_new_opt_in_open_source_telemetry_is_a_win_win_for_Linu.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Ubuntu_s_new_opt_in_open_source_telemetry_is_a_win_win_for_Linu.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Ubuntu's new opt-in, open-source telemetry is a win-win for Linux users - here's why⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 Quoting: Ubuntu's new opt-in, open-source telemetry is a win-win for Linux users - here's why | ZDNET — Telemetry: the in situ collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication). When you mention that word to anyone who's been around technology long enough, you'll probably be given a response akin to derision. That's because most people associate telemetry with an invasion of privacy. In today's world, companies and services go out of their way to collect data from users because it has value. Data can be used to create profiles for targeted marketing. Data can also be sold. Companies pay anywhere from a few cents to a few dollars per user because they know how troves of user data can help them. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3032 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Want_real_privacy_Ditch_big_tech_OSes_and_go_Linux.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/Want_real_privacy_Ditch_big_tech_OSes_and_go_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Want real privacy? Ditch big-tech OSes and go Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ADS⦈_ Quoting: Want real privacy? Ditch big-tech OSes and go Linux — Linux is built on fundamentally different principles. Of course, I can't speak for every distro ever, but in general, these are not-for- profit ventures. Linux is built to be open and transparent. There is no mandatory account to register for, no stockholders demanding maximum share value, and no incentive to spy on you at all. Community Developers don't gain anything by tracking you.The people who develop Linux are working to solve technical problems, not business issues. Linux respects that this is your computer. You've got full control, sometimes to your own detriment, but the buck stops with the one who wields sudo. The last time my Windows computer actually felt like it belonged to me was with Windows XP. At least my Mac still makes me feel like I have ownership of my computer, but deep down I know it's only a feeling. 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The system was fast, updates were predictable, and I had complete control over my computer. What's not to love about that? Sadly, I didn’t have to wait long to discover I still depended on Windows. Some Windows applications didn’t exist on Linux or had poor web-based versions. * § Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ FOSS_Weekly_#25.52:_Free_eBook,_GNU/Linux_in_2026, New_Distros_of_2025_and_a_Lot_More_Before_the_Year_Ends⠀⇛ Gifts for you, gifts for us. Merry Christmas! o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ nak_–_nostr_army_knife⠀⇛ nak is the nostr army knife command-line tool. This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. o ⚓ ZDNet ☛ This_fresh_new_text_editor_is_the_nano_replacement_I've been_waiting_for⠀⇛ The tagline for Fresh is, "A terminal text editor you can just use," and that's spot on. Where nano depends solely on the keyboard, Fresh opts to add in mouse support and more common keyboard shortcuts (such as Ctrl+C for copy and Ctrl+V for paste) for everyday tasks like cut and paste. Fresh is the best of both worlds: a text-based editor with GUI-like options. I'm all for it. Fresh has a menu system that you can access with your mouse, and it also features a built-in file manager. One of my favorite features in Fresh is the ability to click anywhere in a file (which can be up to 10GB in size), and the cursor is automatically there. In nano, I have to use the keyboard arrow keys or page up/down keys to navigate to where I want the cursor to be placed. In a large file, that can be time-consuming. Fresh also offers a short list of themes to choose from (dark, light, high-contrast, and nostalgia), and you can even set a custom background image. The only caveat to setting the background is that it is done in the scripts/ landscape-wide.txt file, which isn't created by default. o § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Chromium_on_MediaTek_Genio_700_and_720:_from test_plans_to_real‑world_performance⠀⇛ Detailed post about the current status of Chromium enablement on MediaTek Genio SoCs ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3200 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/ZDNet_on_CachyOS_vs_Nobara_5_favorite_distros_of_Linux_past_and.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/25/ZDNet_on_CachyOS_vs_Nobara_5_favorite_distros_of_Linux_past_and.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ZDNet on CachyOS vs. Nobara, 5 favorite distros of Linux past, and ZDNet's SJVN at The Register MS⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 25, 2025 * ⚓ ZDNet ☛ CachyOS_vs._Nobara:_Which_obscure_Linux_distro_is_right_for you?⠀⇛ This time around, in my "vs." series, I decided to go a different route and choose two distributions that are quite different. Instead of possibly clearing confusion between two similar Linux distros, I thought showing off the diversity the Linux desktop has to offer might be a good thing. Hence, CachyOS vs. Nobara. Two operating systems that cater to different types of users. But which users are they? * ⚓ ZDNet ☛ My_5_favorite_distros_of_Linux_past_-_and_why_I'm_still thinking_about_them⠀⇛ I've been using Linux for so long that I've forgotten how many of the distributions I've tried are no longer with us. At the same time, there are some distributions that have lodged in my memory and refuse to vanish. Some of those distributions hang about in my gray matter because of nostalgia, while at least one is a sore spot among the Linux faithful. But what are my favorite Linux distributions that no longer exist? * ⚓ [Repeat] The Register UK ☛ What_the_Linux_desktop_really_needs_to challenge_Windows⠀⇛ First, though, why you might want to get the hell away from Windows while the going is good. Besides the usual security crap – 41 zero-day CVEs so far in 2025 at the time of writing – there have been new features such as Microsoft Recall, a privacy disaster disguised as a feature. Then there's the way Microsoft is forcing AI functions down our throats. If I wanted Copilot when I'm making a grocery list in Notepad, I'd… wait a second. I'll never want an AI program looking over my shoulder in a simple note app and then reporting to Microsoft that I'm picky about my green peppers. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 3271 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 33 seconds to (re)generate ⟲