| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-12-30 14:07:50

In the news: Two New Distros Adopt Enlightenment; Solus Linux 4.8 Removes Python 2; Zorin OS 18 Hits over a Million Downloads; TUXEDO Computers Scraps Snapdragon X1E-Based Laptop; Debian Unleashes Debian Libre Live; Valve Announces Pending Release of S…

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| by Scott Kilroy

Linux Magazine Full Feed 2025-12-30 14:07:49

Chronicler Zack Brown discusses AI in the kernel.

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Eko K. A. Owen joins the FSF board as the union staff pick

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (December 29, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF)
announced today that Eko K. A. Owen will follow in Ian Kelling’s footsteps by
becoming the second union staff-elected board member on the organization’s
board of dir…

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FSF News: Eko K. A. Owen joins the FSF board as the union staff pick

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA (December 29, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF)
announced today that Eko K. A. Owen will follow in Ian Kelling’s footsteps by
becoming the second union staff-elected board member on the organization’s
board of…

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| by Arround The Web

Jose E. Marchesi: Gemini capsule jemarch.srht.site

Recently I have been using Gemini, a sort of a modernized
Gopher, more and more, and have finally decided to create and
maintain my own Gemini capsule, that you can find at

gemini://jemarch.srht.site.

The plan, moving…

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Jose E. Marchesi: Gemini capsule capsule.jemarch.net

Recently I have been using Gemini, a sort of a modernized
Gopher, more and more, and have finally decided to create and
maintain my own Gemini capsule, that you can find at

gemini://capsule.jemarch.net.

The plan, movi…

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| by Arround The Web

Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations

Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Wednesday, December 24, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced it received two major contributions totaling around $900,000 USD.

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FSF News: Free Software Foundation receives historic private donations

Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Wednesday, December 24, 2025) — The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced it received two major contributions totaling around $900,000 USD.

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parallel @ Savannah: GNU Parallel 20251222 (‘Bondi’) released [stable]

GNU Parallel 20251222 (‘Bondi’) has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4

Quote of the month:

  Used?  gnu parallel is my new favorite toy

    — Eytan Adar @eytan.adar.prof

New in this release:

No new fea…

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GNU Taler news: GNU Taler 1.3 released

We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v1.3.

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GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.26.2

GNUnet 0.26.2

This is a bugfix release for gnunet 0.26.1.
It fixes some regressions and minor bugs.

Links

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FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 26, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, December 26 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

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FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, January 9, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC)

Join the FSF and friends on Friday, January 9 from 12:00 to 15:00 EST (17:00 to 20:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory.

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Looking Ahead: What 2026 Holds for the Linux Ecosystem

by George Whittaker

Linux has always been more than just a kernel, it’s a living, breathing world of innovation, community collaboration, and divergent use cases. As we roll into 2026,…

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Collection of Ubuntu 24.04 Tutorials Part IV: Camera, Tux Math, Tux Typing, Debian Trixie, and Find and Replace

This is the fourth compilation of our tutorials and other related articles on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat,” which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In the last compilation, we talked from the List of Ubuntu Default Apps t…

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Parrot OS Switches to KDE Plasma Desktop

Yet another distro is making the move to the KDE Plasma desktop.

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TUXEDO Announces Gemini 17

TUXEDO Computers has released the fourth generation of its Gemini laptop with plenty of updates.

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Top Linux Distributions for Beginners: Friendly, Stable, and Easy to Learn

by George Whittaker

Introduction

Linux has long been known as the operating system of developers and power users, but today it’s far more accessible than ever before. Thanks to user-f…

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health @ Savannah: GNU Health HIS 5.0.5 – Ready for Python 3.14

Dear community

I am happy to announce that since patchset 5.0.5, GNU Health Information system is ready for Python 3.14.

All GNU Health HIS packages have been updated so they allow Python 3.14. The GNU Health GTK client and GNU Health control …

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| by Scott Kilroy

Overview of 2D animation programs

With the right tool and a bit of artistic talent, you can create two-dimensional cartoons, even without Flash. In this article, we present four animation programs and look at how well they perform in practice.

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