Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show !

https://youtu.be/iKzJAgDopVI

If you've read the #Bobiverse books:

It took me using Linux for a year to realize that the "rooms" the Bobs build for themselves are essentially desktop environments, including turning them off to gain some run time.

#FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #Linux #Debian #Gnome

#Linux users who have a pretty typical panel (clock, "start menu", maybe task bar, all in a single panel, or at least 2 of those) - where do you usually put that bar? Feel free to comment why.

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup! Read all about it on our forums: https://discuss.getsol.us/d/12206-solus-updates-for-week-49-2025

#FOSS #Linux #Solus #OpenSource

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#linux #linuxmint #fedora #debian #fedora43 #ubuntu #opensource #webdev #privacy #security #infosec #linuxgaming #bazzite #coding #vim #dev #nano #askfedi #kde #kernels #kernel #foss

Holy crap, the Lossless Scaling port on Linux (lsfg-vk) is AWESOME!

The games that were borderline unplayable during my budget gaming video (with the RX 570) like Dirt 5 and Spider-Man Remasterd are smooth as butter now, with nearly double the framerate!

I tried it with Bazzite's Steam Gaming Mode, and it just worked. So impressive! Now I have to try it on ALL THE THINGS.

https://github.com/PancakeTAS/lsfg-vk

#Gaming #Linux

This year brought great improvements to #accessibility in GNOME, including:

• Accessibility from the start on the login screen
• Full accessibility of GNOME Web
• Tons of improvements to Calendar
• Screen reader integration for Notifications
• Configure #Orca screen reader from Settings
• GTK apps integrated w/Windows & macOS accessibility

Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME so we can focus on accessibility even more in 2026!

https://donate.gnome.org

#a11y #GNOME #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Some of the Linux and open source tech from our past that inspired where we are today.

https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-110/

#linux #podcast #opensource

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Linux After Dark artwork

Audio is working for #PostmarketOS on #Fairphone5! 🎉

Congrats to Alexandre Ferrieux, who achieved this result, and to all contributors of @postmarketOS for providing a truly alternative and independent operating system for mobile! 💚

Now, AFAIK, Fairphone 5 will become the first mobile device where almost everything works with pmOS 🤩

#Fairphone #FP5 #OS #LinuxMobile #Linux

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/3793#note_518427

This year we delivered new Digital Wellbeing features for GNOME including Screen Time history and limits, break reminders for movement and eye health, and improved parental controls with Screen Time integration.

This work was coordinated by the GNOME Foundation thanks to a grant from Endless, and implemented by valued community developers @pwithnall and @ignapk with support from design team member @snwh.

#GNOME #Linux #OpenSource #DigitalWellbeing #FOSS #friendsOfGNOME

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Screen Time chart and settings in GNOME Settings

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Screen Time usage displayed in Parental Controls

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Child account Screen Time settings managed by Parental Controls

It really is hard to believe that in about 5 years, we went from gaming on #linux being a laughable sufferfest to "now all my gaming devices in the house run Linux, and it all just works'

Bloody well done #valve #steamDeck and #openSource in general.

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4 steamdecks lined up

I know I'm doing something right when I get emails like this:

"I took it to Best Buy to get it checked and they said it's using almost all of its brain power to cope with system updates. I'm thinking if I take the Microsoft system off and put in Linux, the computer might work just fine for me. "

Guess who's getting #nixbook

#linux

I was in the court today and look what I found at the hearing room.

The detailed agenda for the day shown in #Gnome

#Linux

Apparently it only took 2 people to create one of my favorite games of 2025. Go play Sektori. It is perfect.
#gaming #Linux

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The image shows a website with a photo of two young kids sitting in a chair. • The title of the screenshot is "CREDITS" in yellow text. • Below the title, there is a photo of a man and a child sitting in a chair. The man is wearing a red hat and a striped shirt. The child is wearing a yellow shirt and blue pants. They are both looking at the camera. • To the left of the photo, there is a box with yellow text that says "KIMMO LAHTINEN" and "TOMMI LAHTINEN". Below this, there is a paragraph of text that is too small to read.

Do you Patch machines regularly? Even when your bandwidth is constrained take the time to patch them and be safe.

In this example I photographed the patching of one of the micro SD Cards of the SBC.

I've patched all of them.

For the X86 machines the Os on the main 2280 SSD is patched. Other SSD and HDD will follow. The BSD HDDs need patch Love 💕 too. They will get it

#Raspberry #Pi5 #SBC #technology #ARM #X86 #patching #Linux #OpenSource #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #programming

The #flatpak and @homebrew combo is really amazing on #linux - here's a handy new feature!

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/flatpak-support-in-brewfiles/

Check out the demo for Chipmatic an upcoming mining and automation game https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/check-out-the-demo-for-chipmatic-an-upcoming-mining-and-automation-game/

#Chipmatic #IndieGames #Linux #Gaming #PCGaming #Demo

Mesa 25.2.8 and Mesa 25.3.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/mesa-25-2-8-and-mesa-25-3-1-released-for-open-source-linux-graphics-drivers/

#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource

Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is `tmux`, the terminal multiplexer.

I know that `tmux` will be second nature to many of you, but I've been gradually learning it over the last year (https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/06/more-tinkering-with-tmux/), and I find it invaluable.

Although I had used `screen` for years, I wish that I had known about `tmux` sooner.

I use `tmux` both on local machines, for a convenient terminal environment (from which I can do an awful lot of what I want to do, computing-wise), and also on remote machines for persistent / re-attachable terminal sessions.

https://github.com/tmux/tmux

#Linux #tmux #terminal

The mighty world of BSD

Playing with again smolBSD, a fantastic metaOS system that I talked about a few weeks ago.
I'm a newbie, a greenhorn, when it comes to meta-operating systems built on top of NetBSD.

I am very eager to learn by doing, making mistakes in the process, correcting and feel the warmth of the BSD community, who is happy to correct, esp when I show that I read the docs after making the mistakes

The journey is fantastic, the learning process is fun. microVM's are amazing. I've registered 11ms boot times on this small machine with a few CPU cores (and 40GB RAM). The fun is endless

#programming #technology #BSD #netBSD #metaOS #microVM #networking #qemu #host #bmake #curl #sshd #Linux

https://smolbsd.org/

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pkg installations smolBSD

Looks like api.snapcraft.io will be removed from the blocklist in the near future:

https://github.com/RPiList/specials/issues/2252#issuecomment-3604485387

The #malware has been remove from the #snapstore (I've checked the store pages and snap download <pkg>)

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/report-of-fake-crypto-wallet-exodus-snap-s/49161/10?u=dwd

#Snapcraft #Ubuntu #Linux

Fin de Windows 10 : cette ville française refuse de jeter ses PC, passe à Linux et économise 69 300 €

“Un véritable diktat”, comment Blois échappe à l'obsolescence programmée de Microsoft

https://www.lesnumeriques.com/informatique/fin-de-windows-10-cette-ville-francaise-refuse-de-jeter-ses-pc-passe-a-linux-et-economise-69-300-n247520.html

#linux #windows10

Blender gains HDR workflows, Vivaldi simplifies its start page, and Shotcut video editor can make video clips from HTML – a digest of app updates that happened in November.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/linux-app-release-roundup-november-2025?v1

#Linux #OpenSource #tech

Got my home server upgraded to #Fedora #Linux 43 and #Nextcloud 32 this evening. 🚀🚀🚀

Is it cool that Linus Torvalds uses Fedora Linux? Yes!

But the really cool thing is to use the Linux distro that works best for you. :)

Having Linux get covered on LTT is such a big win for the open source community as more techies realize there is another way!

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA

But it is pretty neat tho what Linus uses 😎

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

Beautifully said, @degville 💙
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(Today was the first of several big, fun conversations with people in the community for the relaunch of the Linux For Everyone podcast! So, a huge thanks to Graham for being the first person to join me in the virtual recording studio. Stay tuned!)

#Linux

The last new #Linux #kernel for 2025 was just released and there are some really cool changes all around. One of the new additions is detection for FreeBSD's #bhyve #hypervisor. Wicked cool!

From the article:

"In what might be a sign of the quiet continued spread of FreeBSD, the kernel can now detect and handle that it is running under FreeBSD's built-in bhyve hypervisor. Coincidentally, FreeBSD 15.0 just appeared as well, and in this release bhyve supports over 255 virtual processors [PDF] in a VM. Now Linux can handle that configuration."

The juicy details are here:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/03/kernel_version_618/

#openSource #technews #FreeBSD #tech

Red is Dead, 4K Anniversary Remaster Director's Cut

https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/176437648

(consider supporting my work pls https://analognowhere.com/support )

#unix_surrealism #analognowhere #redisdead #penguin #linux #arch #debian

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Red is Dead poster featuring 3 penguins with weapons and computers in a trench during the Corpo-Foss war.

Since we’re gonna be around all day to read, respond, and boost stuff on the fediverse… what are YOUR favorite things about GNOME? 👀

#GNOME #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

Back in 2022, my son (now 9) needed a homeschool computer to just do basic stuff like pop on zoom classes.

I almost just got a cheap chromebook, but the #hp Dev One was just released partnered with @system76 and I had to get one. So decided to go overboard and get it.

Other than the hinge issue that I fixed, the laptop has been great. Deal with daily abuse from a child, and he's now even developing 3d games with #gdevelop on it.

It's also one of the testing computers for #nixbook #linux

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RE: https://floss.social/@alcinnz/115656753727530902

Can't understate how annoyed I am with #windows for doing exactly this. At least #linux is saving the day for me. I have too many functional devices at home that are now thriving thanks to linux desktop distros.

Humble Choice for December 2025 has Nine Sols, Like a Dragon Gaiden, Streets of Rage 4 and more https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/humble-choice-for-december-2025-has-nine-sols-like-a-dragon-gaiden-streets-of-rage-4-and-more/

#Gaming #PCGaming #NineSols #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Linux

For the #RaspberryPi crowd, the welcome news that Raspberry Pi OS "Trixie", based on Debian 13, has *finally* received support for the Raspberry Pi AI Kit and AI HAT+ Hailo-based machine learning/artificial intelligence accelerators.

Oh, and the AI Camera's got a new trick up its sleeve, too.

https://www.hackster.io/news/raspberry-pi-os-trixie-gets-hailo-based-ai-kit-ai-hat-support-and-a-new-ai-camera-feature-5e8523191150

#Technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SingleBoardComputer #Linux #News #Hackster

Valve have been funding FEX to get x86 games on Arm Linux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-have-been-funding-fex-to-get-x86-games-on-arm-linux/

#FEX #Arm #Linux #SteamOS #LinuxGaming #SteamFrame

Fixed the Steam Tracker for the Linux user share over time page not working with some date selections: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

#Linux #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Der #Zendis-Fanboy hat wieder zugeschlagen. Ja, ich gebe es zu, das ist wichtig und die machen gute Arbeit. Ihr könnt ja zum Ausgleich ein wenig Kritik am Artikel und am ZenDiS in die Kommentare schreiben? (€)
@zendis #opensource #linux #digitalesouveränität #digisov #digitalisierung
https://www.golem.de/news/digitale-souveraenitaet-warum-das-zendis-so-wichtig-ist-2512-202786.html

Fedora Linux 44 will get improved NTSYNC enabling for Proton / Wine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fedora-linux-44-will-get-improved-ntsync-enabling-for-proton-wine/

#Fedora #Linux #NTSYNC #Wine #Proton