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FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending January 2, 2026

Did you miss this week’s top articles? Here are the five most read article on FOSS Force for the week that just ended.
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FSF Blogs: Celebrate the new year: join the free software community!

Source: Planet GNU

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10 Biggest Ubuntu Changes in 2025

What changed in Ubuntu in 2025? From the “oxidisation” of sudo to the end of X11, here’s a recap of the 10 biggest changes the distro saw last year.
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What Do You Want to See From Ubuntu in 2026?

What would make 2026 Ubuntu’s best year yet? Share your wishlist wants and must-haves, be it bold changes or resolving long-standing bugs. Sound off!
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Linux App Release Roundup (December 2025)

I roundup a crop of December’s smaller Linux app releases, including the Clapper media player, QEMU virtualisation tool, Scribus DTP and ONLYOFFICE.
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Emoji Selector – An Intro to Kubuntu Default Emoji Picker Application

Emoji Selector is the Kubuntu default emoji selector application. Its purpose is to view a wide range of UTF characters to insert them into a document or a chat in the form of symbols, including country flags, foods, clothes, buildings, vehicles, etc. …

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Amin Bandali: The People of Emacs

GNU Emacs has been my primary computing environment of choice for over
a decade. Emacs has enabled me to perform a wide array of tasks
involving human and computer languages, such as reading and writing
notes, emails, chats, programs, and more, all …

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FSF Blogs: A message from FSF president Ian Kelling

Source: Planet GNU

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Shotcut 25.12 Adds Full 10-Bit Video Editing Support

Open source video editor Shotcut 25.12 adds 10-bit CPU pipeline support, linear color processing, and better hardware encoding on Linux.
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The Classic, Powerful GUI for APT

While modern software centers prioritize simplicity, Synaptic stands out for its comprehensive control over package management.

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Faster Finds with the xargs Command

If you’re processing a group of files in a single command pipe, the xargs tool just might save you some precious execution time.

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Analyzing Public Infrastructurewith Shodan

Every pen test begins with information gathering. Give yourself a head start with the Shodan search engine and its powerful toolkit.

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Comparing Video Codecs AV1  and  VVC

Video codecs help reduce bandwidth and save storage space. We compare AVI and VVC to help you decide which one is right for you.

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A Close Look at Pixel Tracking

Linux users bristle at the whole idea of getting "tracked," but pixel tracking is built into the very foundation of the commercial web. We examine the dark art of pixel tracking and tell you about some tools that will keep the trackers at bay.

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Connections

The term "vendor lock-in" has been in common parlance for as long as I’ve been working on this magazine. We don’t talk about vendor lock-in as much as we used to, but everyone knows it is still out there, operating in evermore subtle ways to …

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Evaluate and Display Your Accounting Data

Mike Schilli analyzes the accounting data exported from the YNAB financial tool to discover where his hard-earned money is going.

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Compute Numerical Values at the Command Line

Experts use tools such as bc and dc for arithmetic in the shell. The num-utils and datamash packages open up further opportunities for processing numerical values at the command line.

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An AI Terminal Assistant

Gemini CLI helps you write, debug, and test your code, all from the command line.

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Authentication Options

Multi-factor authentication and hardware security keys can help keep your information safe.

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Connecting Microcontrollers with Linux Hosts via USB

Learn how to enable a microcontroller’s USB interface and exchange data with a host Linux machine. We’ll first emulate a serial port, then build a pen-drive-type device, and finally create a fully custom data transfer interface.

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