Roy Schestowitz

• "Most of my life, I struggled with the concept of impermanence. I have a vivid memory of the disappearnace of Jell-O Pudding Pops and the angst it caused me." gemini://genxalt.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-12-25_On_Impermanence.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:37:45

• 🖼️ xkcd — Sauropods #3185 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3185.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:38:15

• The Homies: Salt and Thermometer gemini://ieve.me/squall/5.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:39:00

• 🔤SpellBinding — DGIRTUY Wordo: NOOKY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-25.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:39:31

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1516.jpg    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:41:06

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1866.jpg    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:41:11

• TV Detox 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/tvDetox2    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:43:50

• Removing my "normie" browser gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20251225-removing_my_normie_browser.txt    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:44:58

• Memory is running out, and so are excuses for software bloat https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/memory_software_opinion/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:50:18

• Right, Canonical? https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/Canonical_is_Making_the_Cost_of_PCs_Very_High_Due_to_Unnecessar.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 01:50:41

• Old: Richard Stallman visits our Parrots https://sonodam.hatenadiary.jp/entry/20050105/p4    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 02:43:27

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-26.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 02:54:09

• Will msft exist? https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/microsoft_rust_codebase_migration/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 05:34:54

• "crap: newish hardware or other stuff? CDs are not crap IMHO and are one of the last high-quality DRM-free media for distribution of audio." -iophk    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 08:02:18

• checking on Smith https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/1pvob9n/luke_smith/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 08:49:49

• Why the Term ‘AI-Washing’ Is Gaining Ground in Silicon Valley https://www.reporterbyte.com/technology/9913/why-the-term-ai-washing-is-gaining-ground-in-silicon-valley/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 09:17:45

• "Upwrapping OpenZFS gifs, Propolice the OpenBSD Stack Protector, refreshing zpools, and the FreeBSD 15.0 release." ☛ https://www.bsdnow.tv/643 | Source: The BSD Now Podcast    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:03:30

• "The Nightmare Before (Russian Orthodox) Christmas" https://www.thenextmove.org/p/the-nightmare-before-russian-orthodox    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:03:48

• "Blessed Christmas From Our Home to Yours" https://thenewsprint.co/2025/12/25/blessed-christmas-from-our-home-to-yours/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:03:56

• iophk: TheReg helping to keep them on the reservation https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/25/go_foss_keep_your_os/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Register_MS_All_I_Want_For_Xmas_is_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:04:19

• "Latvian President and Prime Minister post poetic Christmas messages / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/24.12.2025-latvian-president-and-prime-minister-post-poetic-christmas-messages.a627755/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:04:29

• "Polish jets intercept Russian spy plane" https://www.dw.com/en/polish-jets-intercept-russian-spy-plane/a-75307011    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:04:38

• "EU: Pre bunking – källkritik eller förhandscensur?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/12/26/eu-prebunking-kallkritik-eller-forhandscensur/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:04:47

• GStreamer 1.26.10 Brings Fixes for FLAC Opus and Matroska Handling ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gstreamer-1-26-10-brings-fixes-for-flac-opus-and-matroska-handling/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:16:28

• "Many of you probably remember the problems Arch faced just a few months ago due to massive DDoS attacks, which mainly affected the AUR." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/arch-linux-website-hit-by-ddos-and-temporarily-limited-to-ipv6/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:46:21

• "Sadly, just when it seemed those issues were behind, a new large-scale DDoS attack on Christmas Day once again made the distribution’s website effectively inaccessible."    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:46:31

• "Here is some news that both excited me and gave me pause. In its annual 2025 retrospective, published today, Arch-based CachyOS, widely popular among Linux gamers and heavily focused on performance optimization, reveals plans I did not expect: an expansion into the server space." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/cachyos-plans-new-server-edition-with-hardened-defaults/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:47:28

• TimeMap – personal knowledge tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/timemap-personal-knowledge-tool/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:48:28

• The "revolt against backdoored Windows 11" ☞ http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.842.3    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:49:31

• "According to a memorandum from the Illinois Department of Corrections, which was sent to all individuals in custody in September 2025" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/in-prison-holding-handwritten-cards-is-a-rare-joy-illinois-is-taking-it-away/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:51:31

• "removed a ‘60 Minutes’ segment at the last minute" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-12-24/cbs-in-crisis-after-pulling-a-report-on-trumps-deportations-to-el-salvador-which-later-leaked-online.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:52:09

• "And because so many people spoke out, we came back. Our show came back stronger than ever." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-12-25/jimmy-kimmel-alternative-christmas-message | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:52:16

• "My goal is to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/microsoft_rust_codebase_migration/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:53:32

• "Clare Melford runs a British group that helps identify disinformation." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/business/europe-us-online-censorship-free-speech.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:53:48

• "We saw the herd changing throughout the day" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/12/25/male-asian-elephant-calf-born-amsterdams-artis-zoo-public-name-newborn | Source: NL Times    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:54:36

• "for most solo participants to feel comfortable" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cryptomining/worlds-oldest-bitcoin-mining-pool-celebrates-15th-anniversary-has-mined-1-311-339-bitcoins-worth-usd115-billion-group-has-255-billion-times-more-hash-power-than-at-inception | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:55:01

• "The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste recycling" ☛ https://unitar.org/about/news-stories/press/global-e-waste-monitor-2024-electronic-waste-rising-five-times-faster-documented-e-waste-recycling |    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 10:55:22

• "On Sunday, the CBS News program 60 Minutes was set to air a report by Sharyn Alfonsi about CECOT" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cbs-news-60-minutes-bari-weiss-cecot-segment-transcript/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:02:44

• "Ali Maisam Nazary, a spokesman for the opposition group, accused the Taliban of orchestrating the assassination." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-ikramuddin-sartee-killed-iran-taliban/33632740.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:03:30

• "This new sense of isolation is forcing Europe to draw lessons from the most significant conflict to take place" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-12-25/war-lessons-for-a-europe-abandoned-by-the-us-without-air-superiority-tanks-are-useless.html | Source: El País    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:04:00

• "Tuesday’s reporting caught the attention of the former longtime executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW)" ☛ https://truthout.org/articles/admiral-who-ordered-bombing-of-boat-strike-survivors-asked-military-lawyer-first/ | Source: TruthOut    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:04:15

• Surveillance ☛ https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2025/12/edri-an-isp-and-a-packed-agenda/ | Source: Osservatorio Nessuno    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:05:21

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/pro-russian-hackers-claim-cyberattack-on-french-postal-service/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:05:42

• "OpenAI offers three prepared prompts for ChatGPT — constructed so as to disappoint small children." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/24/openai-does-norads-santa-tracker-with-apps-that-dont-work/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:06:13

• "sobering for computational creativity" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/researchers-let-an-ai-generate-thousands-of-images-without-human-input-the-lack-of-originality-was-sobering-for-computational-creativity-with-images-only-falling-into-12-cliched-styles | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:06:44

• "As AI systems increasingly generate and evaluate their own creative outputs" ☛ https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(25)00299-5 | Source: Cell Press    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:07:12

• "Time Magazine declared the “Architects of AI” as its Person of the Year in 2025 and there is something about flipping through these listings for cheap and horny ornaments that feels like living in the future." ☛ https://www.404media.co/weird-disney-shrek-etsy-christmas-tree-ornaments/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:07:48

• "If the past 12 months have taught us anything, it’s that the AI hype train is showing no signs of slowing." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/25/1130298/ai-wrapped-the-14-ai-terms-you-couldnt-avoid-in-2025/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:08:15

• "Researchers at Pen Test Partners found four flaws in Eurostar's public AI chatbot that, among other security issues" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/24/pentesters_reported_eurostar_chatbot_flaws/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:08:52

• "Assistance dogs for diabetes or cancer are not guided by supernatural forces." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/can-dogs-really-sense-danger/a-75147970 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:09:27

• "Chinese state-backed money is remaking the hemisphere’s ports — from Santos to Chancay — reshaping grain routes" ☛ https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/24/china-is-investing-billions-in-latin-america-potentially-sidelining-us-farmers-for-decades-to-come/ | Source: Arkansas Advocate    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:09:37

• "With costs from our suppliers continuing to increase" ☛ https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/updates-on-memory-pricing-and-navigating-the-volatile-memory-market | Source: Framework Computer BV    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:09:58

• "Well guess what. I’m back into education." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2025/12/i-changed-jobs-again/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:10:17

• "And with warmth and wisdom, he delivered a real holiday moment." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/donald-knuths-2025-christmas-lecture-the-knights-tours/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:11:20

• "There are four variants of the algorithm for shuffling an array, arising from two independent choices: [...]" ☛ https://dotat.at/@/2025-12-25-shuffle.html | Source: Tony Finch    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:11:32

• "The result was AlphaFold2, a system capable of predicting the three-dimensional shape of proteins with atomic accuracy." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/alphafold-changed-science-after-5-years-its-still-evolving/ | Source: Wired    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:11:52

• "Despite these claims, none of them are supported by peer-reviewed evidence or direct astrophysical data." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/scientists-edge-silent-3i-atlas-sparks-wild-theories-defies-everything-we-know-1765848 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:12:10

• "Growing up, all the holiday spirit feels like it materializes around you by itself, but that’s not true." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/next-christmas/ | Source: Ava    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:12:26

• "There are many reasons to have your own domain that don't involve email or a website, but for me, those are the two primary ones." ☛ https://chuck.is/self-reliant/ | Source: Chuck Carroll    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:12:36

• "This will be the seventh year I have written a recap or “wrap” of the year that has passed. I started writing these in 2019, and I have continued writing them since then." ☛ https://geshan.com.np/blog/2025/12/recap-2025/ | Source: Geshan    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:12:49

• "This series was an idea I had around this time last year, and it has been a substantial amount of work." ☛ https://xania.org/202512/25-thank-you | Source: Matt Godbolt    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:13:26

• "Anyway, here's a gift for you which I forgot I still had kicking around." ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-christmas-2007-video-present-from-old.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:13:41

• "I recently moved from Synology to TrueNAS and set up cloud backups to Backblaze B2." ☛ https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/backblazeb2cleanup/ | Source: Tymscar    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:13:54

• BSD Release: MidnightBSD 4.0 https://www.midnightbsd.org/notes/4.0/index.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:14:31

• "Unix-based systems have been around for more than 50 years now." ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/udl.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:15:07

• "OpenBSD and FreeBSD are renowned for their stability" ☛ https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20251225 | Source: Vincent Delft    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:15:34

• Anon: Boxing day / st stephen's day - "De vackraste julsångerna" https://arenan.yle.fi/1-76611487    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:17:12

• "I'd probably put in a bit more details about some names of the various servers and filesystems, but not too much more." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/WriteHighLevelSystemOverview | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:22:07

• "With UEFI, it’s not like that. UEFI systems typically have an active or main EFI partition in one of the drives, and that’s the one used to boot the system." ☛ https://rg3.name/202512252001.html | Source: Ricardo García    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:22:21

• "Have you ever wanted the power of email Blind Carbon Copy (BCC), but for SMS?" ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/sms-bcc | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:22:32

• "GuideOS, a beginner-friendly German Linux distribution based on Debian 13, has reached version 1.0." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12686 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:23:23

• "I will first talk about my overall reasons for choosing such a niche keyboard, then why and how I built it." ☛ https://rugu.dev/en/blog/corne/ | Source: Uğur Erdem Seyfi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:24:01

• "Are you a maker and suspect that you have a festive sneak‑a‑looker in your home?" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/maker-stem/the-christmas-present-peeker-trap-uses-an-esp32-cam-board-photoresistor-buzzer-and-connected-app-to-frame-even-the-sneakiest-of-gift-glimpsers | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:24:17

• "If you’re still reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve just unwrapped a shiny new Raspberry Pi." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/got-a-raspberry-pi-for-christmas-welcome-to-the-family/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:24:46

• MQTT ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/mqtt-pager-build-is-bringing-beepers-back/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:25:08

• "Here’s a thought experiment." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/25/cursed-bundler-using-go-get-to-install-ruby-gems.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:29:38

• "Scarred by bare metal programming during my formative years" ☛ https://yosefk.com/blog/enabling-c-threads-in-a-python-wasm-environment.html | Source: Yossi Kreinin    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:29:59

• "ZJIT is a new just-in-time (JIT) Ruby compiler built into the reference Ruby implementation, YARV, by the same compiler group that brought you YJIT." ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/launch-zjit/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:30:40

• "Exposure to Go made me realise how much I don’t want to use Rust anymore." ☛ https://pawelgrzybek.com/a-look-back-at-2025/ | Source: Paweł Grzybek    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:31:12

• "Ethics Shmethics... Sorry to burden you with this question on Christmas Day, but it nags at me." ☛ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/ethics-shmethics | Source: Robert Reich    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:32:21

• "Once again it’s FOSDEM time! Join us at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosch, in Brussels, Belgium." ☛ https://www.gentoo.org/news/2025/12/26/gentoo-fosdem-2026.html | Source: Gentoo    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:33:34

• "And finally, I’ve added them to my Hakyll setup." ☛ https://arkoinad.com/posts/sticky_posts_hakyll.html | Source: Abhinav Gopalakrishnan    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:34:00

• The 2026 Public Domain Freedom Jam ☞ https://jxself.org/2026-public-domain.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:35:12

• Putin hails ‘invincible friendship’ with North Korea in New Year letter: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/putin-hails-invincible-friendship-with-n-korea-in-new-year-letter-kcna    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:36:51

• Editors’ picks for 2025: ‘Ukraine’s drone attack offers fearful lessons for a Chinese invasion force’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2025-ukraines-drone-attack-offers-fearful-lessons-for-a-chinese-invasion-force/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:37:27

• Editors’ picks for 2025: ‘A British university’s technology entanglements with Russia and China’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2025-a-british-universitys-technology-entanglements-with-russia-and-china/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:37:55

• Zelensky holds talks with US envoys as Russia sees 'slow but steady' peace progress ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251225-zelensky-holds-talks-us-envoys-russia-sees-slow-steady-peace-progress    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:38:20

• Ukraine fires Storm Shadows, drones at Russia’s energy facilities ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251225-live-oil-tanks-on-fire-after-alleged-ukrainian-drone-attack-on-russia-s-temryuk-port    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:38:49

• Ukraine Strikes Russian Port As Moscow Unleashes Overnight Drone Barrage ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-oil-tanks-fire-temryuk-drones/33632522.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:39:02

• No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/europe/ukraine-odesa.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:39:17

• ‘Carol of the Bells’ Once Filled the Air Here. Now It’s Only Bombs. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/europe/ukraine-carol-of-the-bells-pokrovsk.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:39:32

• Remembering Those Who Died This Year ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/the-lives-they-lived-2025-ukraine-peace-plan-christmas.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:39:58

• Russia made a 'proposal' regarding jailed French researcher Laurent Vinatier ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251225-russia-made-proposal-paris-over-french-researcher-imprisoned-russia-charged-with-espionage    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:40:23

• Russian enthusiasts planning do-it-yourself DDR5 memory amidst the worldwide shortage ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/russian-enthusiasts-are-building-their-own-ddr5-ram-amidst-the-worldwide-shortage-as-easy-as-sourcing-your-own-memory-modules-and-soldering-them-on-empty-pcbs    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:40:39

• ALT 11.2 "Workstation K" is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alt    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:40:56

• A partial ruling in the Vizio GPL suit ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051984/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:42:16

• RAM prices https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ddr5/russian-enthusiasts-are-building-their-own-ddr5-ram-amidst-the-worldwide-shortage-as-easy-as-sourcing-your-own-memory-modules-and-soldering-them-on-empty-pcbs    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:42:46

• How to Install Yandex Browser on Debian ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-yandex-browser-on-debian-linux/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:43:27

• A Christmas Story ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/christmas-story/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:44:07

• From Great to Greater: Our 5 Favorite ‘Distro of the Week’ Picks ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/from-great-to-greater-our-5-favorite-distro-of-the-week-picks/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:44:12

• OpenMediaVault 8.0.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openmediavault    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:45:09

• Grub no longer detected my backdoored Windows installation ☞ https://rg3.name/202512252001.html Sign it's time to leave Microsoft and Windows behind    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:47:39

• Ruby 4.0 Released With Ruby Box Isolation and New ZJIT Compiler ☞ https://linuxiac.com/ruby-4-0-released-with-ruby-box-isolation-and-new-zjit-compiler/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:48:24

• Wayback 0.3 Preview Arrives With Fedora and Alpine Availability ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wayback-0-3-preview-arrives-with-fedora-and-alpine-availability/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:48:57

• Konsist – static code analyzer tailored for Kotlin ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/konsist-static-code-analyzer-tailored-kotlin/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:53:49

• Kotlinter Gradle – plugin for linting and formatting ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kotlinter-gradle-plugin-linting-formatting/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:53:58

• SpeedyNote – simple note app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/speedynote-simple-note-app/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:54:04

• ktfmt – pretty-prints (formats) Kotlin code ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ktfmt-pretty-prints-formats-kotlin-code/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:54:11

• mdfried – Markdown viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mdfried-markdown-viewer/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:54:35

• Bookokrat – terminal-based EPUB reader ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bookokrat-terminal-based-epub-reader/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:54:59

• WinBoat – backdoored Windows for penguins ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/winboat-windows-penguins/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:55:26

• █████ https://www.linuxlinks.com/feed/ ██████████████████████ Thu, 25 Dec 2025 06:23:44 +0000 ███████ Blip – MySQL monitor    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:56:59

• "Blip is a MySQL monitor: it collects and reports metrics from MySQL to monitoring platforms like Datadog." https://www.linuxlinks.com/blip-mysql-monitor/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:57:24

• Arch GNU/Linux kills off Nvidia Pascal GPU support https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/arch-linux-kills-off-pascal-gpu-support-users-still-running-gtx-10-series-graphics-cards-will-have-to-manually-install-older-drivers    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 11:58:19

• A Time of Wonders ☞ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/24/A-Time-of-Wonders/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:04:21

• Custom Open in Terminal shortcut for GNOME Files using nautilus-python ☞ https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/12/26/nautilus-terminal.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:05:37

• Voyager 13.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:09:22

• Canonical's Ubuntu is Bloatware ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/Canonical_s_Ubuntu_is_Bloatware.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:09:28

• Canonical is Making the Cost of PCs Very High, Due to Unnecessary Ubuntu Bloat ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/Canonical_is_Making_the_Cost_of_PCs_Very_High_Due_to_Unnecessar.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:09:35

• We had a White Xmas (cough)! ☞ https://rubenerd.com/we-had-a-white-xmas-cough/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:09:46

• QEMU 10.2 Officially Released with Live Update Support and Improvements ☞ https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-2-officially-released-with-live-update-support-and-improvements    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:11:56

• GuideOS 1.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/guideos    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:12:09

• Dihydroxyacetone Man launches ‘powerful and deadly’ Christmas Day strikes on ISIS targeting Christians in Nigeria: ‘Terrorist Scum’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/us-news/trump-launches-powerful-and-deadly-strikes-on-isis-targeting-christians-in-nigeria-terrorist-scum/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:12:41

• US launches air strikes against Islamic State militants in Nigeria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251226-us-launches-strike-against-islamic-state-militants-in-nigeria    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:12:54

• Japan's cabinet approves record $785 billion budget, vows to keep debt in check ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japans-cabinet-approves-record-785-billion-budget-vows-to-keep-debt-in-check    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:13:16

• North Korea’s Kim orders more missile production in 2026: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-signals-continued-missile-development-in-next-5-years    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:13:30

• U.S. Strikes ISIS in Nigeria After Convicted Felon Warned of Attacks on Christians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/politics/trump-isis-nigeria-strike.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:13:43

• What to Know About U.S. Military Action in Nigeria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/world/africa/trump-nigeria-military-christians.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:14:04

• KDE neon 20251225 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/kdeneon    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:14:51

• Video: Linus and Dirk keynote ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-linus-and-dirk-202512.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:15:41

• The Register MS: Don't Use GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/25/The_Register_MS_Don_t_Use_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:17:01

• Ruby 4.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051953/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:17:50

• US federal court blocks Texas app store age verification law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-federal-court-blocks-texas-app-store-age-verification-law/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:18:42

• "Perhaps the most beautiful aspect of mathematics is that it applies to literally everything, even things that do not exist in this Universe." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/treating-functions-as-vectors-in-hilbert-space/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:20:07

• Security updates for Thursday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1051978/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:20:55

• “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Edited by Someone in Couples Therapy ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-edited-by-someone-in-couples-therapy    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:22:04

• What is Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/what-is-malaysias-1mdb-scandal    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:22:17

• Malaysia’s Najib to face verdict in mega 1MDB graft trial ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-najib-to-face-verdict-in-mega-1mdb-graft-trial    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:22:25

• Malaysia’s Najib Razak: From prime minister to prison ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-najib-razak-from-prime-minister-to-prison    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:22:38

• Thailand and Cambodia hold talks on resuming ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251225-thailand-and-cambodia-hold-talks-on-resuming-ceasefire    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:23:04

• China accuses US of trying to thwart improved China-India ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-accuses-us-of-trying-to-thwart-improved-china-india-ties    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:23:23

• China urges travel agencies to cut Japan-bound visitors by 40%, say sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-urges-travel-agencies-to-reduce-japan-bound-visitors-by-40    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:23:39

• Japan PM Takaichi says Convicted Felon meeting in US being arranged for early 2026 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-pm-takaichi-says-trump-meeting-in-us-being-arranged-for-early-2026    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:23:51

• China chipmaker SMIC raises wafer prices by about 10% as memory demand tightens capacity ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/smic-raises-wafer-prices-by-about-10-percent-as-memory-demand-tightens-capacity    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:24:14

• LFP Battery ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/born-to-burn-the-battle-born-lfp-battery/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:24:39

• China social control media thrashes one-child policy after population control czar dies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-social-media-thrashes-one-child-policy-after-population-control-czar-dies    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:26:07

• Is slop-Powered Toy Terrorizing Your Child? ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-powered-toys-children    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:26:32

• acquihires = NO SALE. Fake number. NO MONEY! https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-buys-ai-chip-startup-groqs-assets-for-usd20-billion-in-the-companys-biggest-deal-ever-transaction-includes-acquihires-of-key-groq-employees-including-ceo    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:27:39

• The Way You Speak Can Signal Hidden Personality Disorders, Research Shows ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-way-you-speak-can-signal-hidden-personality-disorders-research-shows    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:29:12

• Psychologists Tap Into a Specific Mindset to Stay Positive, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/psychologists-tap-into-a-specific-mindset-to-stay-positive-study-finds    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:29:26

• This Rare Condition Makes Your Eyes Sparkle Like a Christmas Tree ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rare-condition-makes-your-eyes-sparkle-like-a-christmas-tree    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:29:39

• Reindeer Eyes Do Something Incredible When Winter Comes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/reindeer-eyes-do-something-incredible-when-winter-comes    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:30:24

• Garlic Mouthwash Could Be The New Gold Standard. Here's Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/garlic-mouthwash-could-be-the-new-gold-standard-heres-why    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:30:40

• Powerful Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered Inside Japanese Tree Frog ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/powerful-anti-cancer-drug-discovered-inside-japanese-tree-frog    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:30:50

• FibreSeeker ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/fibreseeker-3-continuous-carbon-fiber-vs-chopped-cf/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:43:12

• "Cookie Launcher Makes You Catch Your Own Snack" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/cookie-launcher-makes-you-catch-your-own-snack/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:43:33

• Somalis vote under tight security in first local elections in decades ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251225-mogadishu-votes-in-first-local-elections-in-decades-under-tight-security    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:43:55

• Somalians vote in first local elections in decades under tight security ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251225-somalians-vote-in-first-local-elections-in-decades-under-tight-security    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:44:07

• In post-Assad Syria, wary Christians celebrate Christmas under tight security ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251225-syria-s-christians-celebrate-christmas-amid-pain-and-insecurity    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:44:17

• openKylin 2.0-SP2-20251225 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/openkylin    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:44:32

• iophk: CoCs pushed into FreeBSD? https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=50102.0 ("Why I am retiring from contributing to FreeBSD")    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:49:31

• They let him back in after that, it's said to be about egos rather than anything technical. Very few details - almost none - about the alleged "offence", so it's a lot like GNOME and Sonny.    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:50:50

• "Facebook Marketplace provides you with a free grain silo, so what do you do with it? If you are [saveifforparts], you mix it with other materials and produce a retro-style rocket ship prop." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/25/redneck-spaceship-from-trash/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:51:37

• Pi calculation world record shattered at 314 trillion digits with a four-month run on a single server — StorageReview retakes the crown, thanks to storage bandwidth ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/pi-calculating-record-shattered-at-314-trillion-digits-with-a-four-month-run-on-a-single-server-storagereview-retakes-the-crown-thanks-to-storage-bandwidth    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:51:51

• We Gave All Our Money to Protect Free Software ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/12/25/protecting-free-software/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:52:03

• Christmas Around the World in Photos ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/middleeast/christmas-2025-photos.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:52:11

• Name that Ware, December 2025 ☞ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/name-that-ware-december-2025/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:52:40

• Former Chinese gaming company with China govt ties accused of smuggling banned Hey Hi (AI) GPUs — Nvidia’s biggest Southeast Asia customer exposes the limits of U.S. Hey Hi (AI) export controls (Updated) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidias-biggest-sea-customer-exposes-the-limits-of-us-ai-export-controls    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:53:11

• TSMC’s Christmas Card evokes a retro 8-bit winter wonderland — ‘pixelated’ kids play Breakout with snowballs, carving out a festive scene ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/tsmcs-christmas-card-evokes-an-8-bit-winter-wonderland-pixelated-kids-play-breakout-with-snowballs-carving-out-a-festive-scene    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:53:26

• Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/politics/imran-ahmed-judge-order.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:54:15

• South Korea assembly passes controversial ‘fake news’ bill amid free press fears ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/south-korea-assembly-passes-controversial-fake-news-bill-amid-free-press-fears/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:55:00

• Kimmel Tells U.K. Viewers ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/world/europe/jimmy-kimmel-christmas-uk.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/How_Americans_View_Free_Speech_in_Practice.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Threats_Against_Techrights_Always_Come_From_Outside_Britain.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:55:40

• Like the Serial Strangler From Microsoft, Donald Trump is Out of Time and Has Jurisdiction Issues in the UK https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/Like_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Donald_Trump_is_Out_of.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:55:58

• As US battles China on AI, some companies choose Chinese tech ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/26/as-us-battles-china-on-ai-some-companies-choose-chinese-tech/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:56:27

• Surveillance Giant Google is allowing users to change their Gmail address, per official Surveillance Giant Google support doc ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/google-workspace/google-is-allowing-users-to-change-their-gmail-address-as-per-official-google-support-doc-experimental-gmail-feature-rolling-out-in-india-first-no-official-announcement-yet    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:57:04

• Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite's latest Linux benchmarks show significant regressions, performs similarly to five-year-old defective chip maker Intel Tiger Lake chips — promising chip continues to be plagued by software support issues ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/ultrabooks-ultraportables/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elites-latest-linux-benchmarks-show-significant-regressions-promising-chip-continues-to-be-plagued-by-software-support-issues    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:58:03

• "Names and labels are difficult. Take this “3D Printed” water-cooling loop by [Visual Thinker] on YouTube." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/pc-watercooling-uses-everything-but-cnc-machining/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 12:58:36

• "It's Christmas time, and I have come bearing gifts. Here's a PDF that contains a compilation of various nifty command line tips. Enjoy." https://itsfoss.com/newsletter/foss-weekly-25-52/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:05:10

• Linux-VServer.org Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation with Launch of v3: A Revolutionary MDM Software for Linux Infrastructure https://www.openpr.com/news/4328793/linux-vserver-org-celebrates-25-years-of-innovation-with    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:05:52

• "Nvidia Linux driver 590 axes support for GTX 10 series GPUs" https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/arch-linux-kills-off-pascal-gpu-support-users-still-running-gtx-10-series-graphics-cards-will-have-to-manually-install-older-drivers    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:06:15

• This open-source app lets you run any Windows app on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/run-any-windows-app-linux/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:07:02

• "Performance regressions take a Snapdragon X Elite machine back to the Intel Tiger Lake era." https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/ultrabooks-ultraportables/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-elites-latest-linux-benchmarks-show-significant-regressions-promising-chip-continues-to-be-plagued-by-software-support-issues    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:07:41

• They're confusing people by conflating Windows with "Linux" https://www.howtogeek.com/my-favorite-way-to-run-linux-apps-on-windows-without-a-virtual-machine/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/The_Evolution_of_Microsoft_s_War_on_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:08:51

• "As part of my job, I read about Linux distributions, test them out, and discuss them. Through all of that, I've noticed a few Linux distributions hyped and promoted that I think newbies in the Linux world (or people in general) should steer clear of." https://www.howtogeek.com/skip-these-distros-and-use-these-instead/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:10:16

• Sidero Labs Extends Talos Linux Directly to Broadcom VMs https://thenewstack.io/sidero-labs-extends-talos-linux-directly-to-broadcom-vms/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:10:37

• Linux 6.19 Revives Old AMD GPUs with 30% More Performance https://www.eteknix.com/linux-6-19-revives-old-amd-gpus-with-30-more-performance/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:11:13

• Linux is not Windows https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/2025-might-have-been-the-year-for-linux-gaming-but-theres-still-a-way-to-go-until-i-switch-from-windows/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:18:56

• Linux Foundation SPAM for a Ponzi scheme, hurting the Linux brand https://analyticsindiamag.com/global-tech/linux-foundations-safe-harbour-for-the-agentic-ai-era/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/09/Linux_Foundation_Has_Found_a_New_Business_Pyramid_Schemes.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/12/To_Linus_Torvalds_the_Microsoft_Linux_Foundation_is_Increasingl.shtml    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 13:21:02

• "ZFS isn't natively supported on Linux." https://www.xda-developers.com/zfs-great-for-storage-maintenance-nightmare/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:26:52

• 10 terminal commands that helped me finally understand Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/terminal-commands-that-made-me-finally-understand-linux/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:27:59

• This is the most underrated Linux feature that made me rethink Windows https://www.xda-developers.com/this-is-the-most-underrated-linux-feature-that-made-me-rethink-windows/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:28:51

• NixOS broke my brain, but now I can't use anything else https://www.xda-developers.com/nixos-broke-my-brain-but-now-i-cant-use-anything-else/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:29:29

• 6 things I loved and hated when I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma https://www.xda-developers.com/things-loved-hated-when-switched-gnome-kde-plasma/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:30:12

• One of the best Linux distros for Windows escapees just got easier to troubleshoot https://www.xda-developers.com/one-of-the-best-linux-distros-for-windows-escapees-just-got-easier-to-troubleshoot/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:31:19

• 5 Proxmox tricks that turned my old laptop into a powerful home server https://www.xda-developers.com/proxmox-tricks-that-turned-my-old-laptop-into-a-solid-home-server/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:32:09

• Parrot OS 7.0 finally introduces my favorite desktop environment into the mix https://www.xda-developers.com/parrot-os-70-finally-introduces-favorite-desktop-environment/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:34:28

• "For most people, their computer desktop is a mix of friction and efficiency." https://www.makeuseof.com/automated-my-linux-desktop-didnt-have-to-touch-terminal/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:38:40

• "2026 is the year of the Linux desktop, I promise." https://www.makeuseof.com/linux-gaming-is-finally-great/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:39:11

• How to build a Linux home office server for creative work https://www.makeuseof.com/all-you-need-for-a-home-server-on-linux/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:39:47

• Enjoy the "light" back doors :) https://www.makeuseof.com/atlas-lightweight-windows-mod-is-faster-than-linux/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:40:55

• "Track system performance, kill tasks, and more with these beautiful resource monitors." https://www.howtogeek.com/these-linux-apps-let-you-monitor-system-resources-in-style/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:42:51

• I use these 5 grep options to find anything fast https://www.howtogeek.com/grep-command-cheatsheet-with-examples/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:43:28

• Jellyfin's desktop app has new features and a new name https://www.howtogeek.com/jellyfins-desktop-new-features-and-new-name/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:44:58

• "Holding you over until Kodi 23 is ready." https://www.howtogeek.com/kodi-22-3-released-big-fixes-for-linux-and-xbox/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:45:44

• "The development team wants to know if (and how) the default layout for new installs should change." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:46:14

• "The development team wants to know if (and how) the default layout for new installs should change." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-studio-26-04-will-have-a-new-layout/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:46:22

• "Ubuntu Studio comes preloaded for visual art, 3D, music production, and more. Just install one ISO and start creating instead of configuring." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-studio-is-linuxs-best-kept-secret-for-creators/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:46:41

• 18 Bash string tricks that fix common scripting headaches https://www.howtogeek.com/bash-string-tricks-that-fix-common-scripting-headaches/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:47:20

• Homey takes on Home Assistant with self-hosted server software https://www.howtogeek.com/homey-takes-on-home-assistant-with-self-hosted-server-software/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:48:34

• "Linux takes productivity to a new level." https://www.howtogeek.com/5-features-that-make-linux-more-productive-than-windows-or-mac/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:49:45

• "Linux destruction for science!" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-ran-the-one-command-in-linux-you-should-never-run-heres-what-happened/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:50:09

• "Ubuntu has given has some amazing animal wallpapers in the last few years. Here are my favorites ranked, and why." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-best-ubuntu-wallpapers-of-all-time-ranked/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:50:38

• "It's true: not all of the thousands of distros out there are worth your time." https://www.howtogeek.com/skip-these-distros-and-use-these-instead/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:51:03

• 5 open-source projects I’ll happily open my wallet for https://www.howtogeek.com/open-source-projects-ill-happily-open-my-wallet-for/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:51:27

• "This article is sponsored by Kubuntu" - at least they admit it https://www.howtogeek.com/kubuntu-focus-m2-the-power-and-privacy-of-linux-without-the-hassle/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:52:43

• "VLC, arguably the best media player around, dons a festive Santa hat every holiday season. The hat appears automatically, but you can remove it or prevent it from even appearing in the first place in just a few seconds. Here's how." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-remove-the-vlc-logos-christmas-hat/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:53:36

• "It'll download and flash the Armbian OS edition of your choosing for its catalog of 300+ supported SBCs." https://www.howtogeek.com/armbians-raspberry-pi-imager-alternative-is-here/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 14:54:23

• "On Christmas Eve I got up and made tea and toast for everyone. There was a jar of jam that was nearly empty. I scraped out the remainder, put it on one of the toast slices, and rinsed the jar. Water came out of the bottom. There was a piece if glass chipped off the bottom." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-12-26_Careful_what_you_eat__you_numpty.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:19:47

• "Nothing very much happened in November until the very end where a huge bunch of stuff happened all at once. December has a few events too, and is overall quite eventful." gemini://isoraqathedh.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-12.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:20:42

• 🔤SpellBinding — WEIKLVA Wordo: JOINT gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-26.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:21:14

• My Secret Santa gemini://ieve.me/romcoms/my_secret_santa.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:22:28

• "It’s red. VERY red. All red. Big-league red. I’m tempted to go into the DOM inspector and find out if it’s just #f00 or if they’re reaching into P3-only colors with oklch(). Because I’m on macOS 26, the entire window is red." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:23:32

• "It seems that my default consumption speeds for reading and eating (and maybe everything else) reduce the rewards of those things significantly, undermining the point of doing either." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:25:20

• MIT's anti-RMS site now has a Chinese version https://www.mittrchina.com/news/detail/15691    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:45:12

• it credits Techrights.org today    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 15:45:52

• "FSF receives a $1 million Bitcoin donation from the Pineapple fund" https://www.fsf.org/history/#pineapple    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 16:18:45

• Did Sam get 'canceled'? If so, who (or what) by? https://itwire.com/journalist/sam-varghese.html    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 16:44:07

• Inactive since Sept. https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 18:09:23

• Busy taking assignments (for writing) from Microsoft and Zemlin    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 18:09:47

• Chrome passing 50% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/guam/#monthly-200902-202512    

posted Friday, December 26, 2025 at 18:14:05