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  Zorin OS is one of the popular Linux operating systems. The distro was recently in news crossing over a 1 million downloads in short time (confirmed most by Windows users). Now they're giving back (in cash) to open source ecosystem benefiting us all. €500 donated to: ◉ Kdenlive ◉ Inkscape ◉ Dash to Panel ◉ Bottles ◉ Krita ◉ GIMP ◉ Tiling Shell ◉ Winboat ◉ Dublin Linux Community ◉ Tech Bridges to Malawi https://blog.zorin.com/2025/12/17/our-gift-to-the-open-source-ecosystem-this-holid...

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  @3qu@mastodon.social 👉 https://t.me/linuxsauna

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  🐧📲 Jolla Phone: technical specs 🔣 The up & coming freedom respecting premier Linux smartphone passed 6000 pre-orders. Goal of 10 000 (by the end of january '26) unlocks new The Other Half! ◉ MediaTek Dimensity 7000-series chip ◉ 12 GB RAM ◉ 256 GB storage ◉ 4G/5G support ◉ Dual SIM + microSD ◉ 50 MP main camera (Sony) Pre-order campaign 👉 https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder Further details 👉 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone-update-12-25/2...

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  🐧 Merry Tuxmas & happy new year of Linux! 🎇 '26 is set to be a *fabulous* treat for the penguin: ◉ Steam Machine (/w Half-Life 3 ...?) ◉ Steam Controller ◉ Steam Frame ◉ KDE Linux ◉ Fedora Linux 44 ◉ Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ◉ Pop!_OS 26.04 (/w polished COSMIC desktop) ◉Linux 7.0 (rather than 6.20 - if the Finnish God of Linux bestows) ◉ Legion Go 2 (/w SteamOS) ◉ Jolla Phone Pictures are courtesy of Mark the Klowner! #Tuxmas #Xmas #Linux #NewYear #Valve #Jolla #KDE #Ubuntu #System76 #Steam...

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  ➗ 🎮 Splittown | Retrotastic point 'n' click holiday gaming for fans of Sam & Max / Day of the Tentacle - big 1.1 update + -20% on Winter Sale ❄️⛄ ◉ Native Linux ◉ Steam Deck ✅ ◉ Story rich ◉ Classic familiar UI ◉ 30+ achievements ◉ Full controller support ◉ From 2 (!) independent enthusiast devs 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2117400/view/523111043238462462 #Splittown #adventuregames #pointandclick #retro #classic #gaming #SteamDeck #Linux #native #indiedev #LucasArts...

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  ⚛️ 🐧 Proton is the Jedi tool enabling Windows games on Linux | Valve hopes testing / bug hunting help for the next release (now RC) Proton 10.0-4 ✅ "We are interested only in issues that are new to the 10.0-4 RC builds. If you believe that something broke please confirm that the problem does not occur with 10.0-3 before reporting". A repertoire of more Windows games without Windows. Release Candidate testing reports / changelog 👉 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9323...

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  @hj@shigusegubu.club @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Sure - that is one way to see it. But there are surprisingly many ppl who cannot find their home in any of the free as in freedom browsers - and still want to use a PC computer - so there's that. Nothing prevents discovering other options later on - as the time goes by - and information about sorts of things you're talking about and are important to YOU, increase.

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  @hj@shigusegubu.club @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Basically there are just choices for pretty much everyone. If Vivaldi (for example) is the one making someone *looking for automatic AI:less browser* sticking with Linux - it's worth to put there innit. Have not heard much bad at all about Vivaldi either...

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  @hj@shigusegubu.club @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org There are many options and browsers (plus their teams) are prone to grow. Ladybird and Servo based ones in development then again provide a whole new ground. Happening already possibly next year.

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  Don't want AI in web browser? Alternatives having not (or will not) put in AI: https://librewolf.net https://floorp.app https://zen-browser.app https://vivaldi.com https://alohabrowser.com (Android) https://www.waterfox.com https://mullvad.net/en/browser https://dillo-browser.org https://www.falkon.org https://wolvic.org/en (XR) https://www.torproject.org (privacy) Upcoming new: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird https://github.com/servo/servo https://gitlab.com/verso-browser #b...

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  📽️ 🎬 🎞️ OpenShot 3.4 released - 32% faster | Free & open source video editing 🍿 OpenShot is for ones seeking a more direct & easy (yet still expansive) edit approach. Improvements: ◉ Performance ◉ Interactive cropping ◉ Timing Mode (drag to re-time) ◉ Workflow (repeat / loop / ping-pong) ◉ Importing / exporting (Final Cut Pro, etc) ◉ Media handling ◉ Stability ◉ Translations More 👉 https://www.openshot.org/blog/2025/12/15/new_openshot_release_340 Help via donation 👉 https://www.opens...

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  🎞️ PeerTube progressing beautifully | V8 released ✅ YouTube has caused nerve crackin' more than few times? Why not start uploading your creations also on a free as in freedom alternative. ◉ New vid player ◉ Manage channels as a team ◉ Importing videos from other platforms improved ◉ Manually rerun if a failed import ◉ Notifications now match overall theme https://framablog.org/2025/12/09/peertube-v8-manage-your-videos-with-your-team/ #PeerTube #video #YouTube #alternative #OpenSource #de...

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  Valve is persuading the HDMI Forum to allow open source support for HDMI 2.1 on Linux (SteamOS) without restrictions 💫 This video standard brawl isn't a do-or-die problem for the Steam Machine - most won’t even notice. The HDMI Forum holds Linux gaming back artificially tho. Society could just drop HDMI, adopting free'er DisplayPort where common sense is missing 😉 If Valve succeeds towards '26 - it'll be a huge victory for all. https://www.techpowerup.com/343814/valve-trying-...

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  ScummVM 3.0 is coming - all hands needed for testing to make da big bang live up to its name 💥 ◉ New games ◉ Improved engines ◉ Galore o' bugs squashed ScummVM? The de facto entity to game all kinds of classic point 'n' click adventure games (+much more) easily on amazing number of platforms (even Nokia N95).. Grab the daily build & go for it. To test list 👉 https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/master/NEWS.md #ScummVM #classic #adventure #gaming #retro #LucasArts #Sierra...

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  @kevin@social.interlunium.nl What are these "some AOSP-derived OS's" you refer to? And what is their functionality compared to SailfishOS in daily drive for regular people as alternative? What do you think? I suppose you can only research (via other people near you or so) as you don't own or use anything what is being discussed here. As said - SailfishOS is already ~95% open source / the main part remaining is the Silica UI (graphical user interface).

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  Jolla Phone matters more than ever. Every Android phone, every iPhone; your data, habits, convos: processed, analyzed, stored on someone else's terms. Jolla spent 12 years in wilderness keeping Sailfish OS alive through die-hard community. Next to them mobile OS graveyard filled up with names like Symbian, MeeGo, Firefox OS, Windows Phone - Jolla survived. • Physical privacy switch (kill cam/mic) • Replaceable battery • Android app compatibility (practical) #JollaPhone #SailfishOS #euro...

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  Jolla: a fresh next-gen phone 🐧📱 Contemplating options for e.g. Your current Google Android device? Here's yet another true Linux answer for a functional daily driver (after Jolla C2). These devices come with preinstalled SailfishOS; also use Android (APK) apps WITHOUT Google. Your terms✌️ ◉ Pre-Order via 99€ (advance voucher) ◉ Full price that case 499€ ◉ Jolla C2 is 299€ 👉 https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder #Jolla #Phone #smartphone #SailfishOS #deGoogle #APK #Lin...

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  🐧Steam Machine price speculation gathers steam / let's add a bit 🤫 ◉Apple's known for price gouging, yes. Even their Mac Mini is ~$500 is it not. ◉ RedDragon makes mini PC for $499 /w specs close to Steam Machine - does Valve have any big reason setting the price much more than $499? ◉ Steam's record revenue prolly helps Valve to lower the final price. Special deal with AMD. Priced as a PC is stated. Then again consoles aren't priced like game consoles no more. #SteamMachine #...

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  Waydroid 1.6.0 released 🤖 Waydroid? It is a container-based compatibility layer to boot a full Android system on a regular desktop Linux operating system such as Linux Mint. Waydroid keeps Android isolated from the rest of the system yet allows access to the local system's hardware. https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/releases/tag/1.6.0 #Android #Linux #desktop #mobile #Waydroid #releases

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  Zorin OS 🐧is slated as an excellent pick for anyone switching to Linux right out of Windows | Zorin OS 18 passed *1 million downloads* in a month 📈 ◉ Zorin OS: based on Ubuntu and purposefully designed for new comers to Linux ◉ Over 78% of these downloads indeed came from Windows users ◉ Zorin OS is free but one can support the project via Pro license (+advanced features) https://blog.zorin.com/2025/11/18/test-the-upgrade-from-zorin-os-17-to-18-and-celebrating-1-million-downloads-of-zorin-os-1...

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  Yet another example on how Linux is one joyful diverse family 🌈 😎 ..SteamOS migrated to Arch Linux base - but the Steam Linux Runtime is using Debian as its basis.. There's absolutely no need for fussbuzz - ignore da bad actors *trying to pick on Linux ecosystem* - embrace yer choices & enjoy the ride. True Linux is friendly community ✌️ #Linuxthings #Linux #community #unity #diversity #family #peace #Love #understanding #SteamMachine #2026

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  Zoom Platform is an alternative DRM-free game store | Heroic Games Launcher to support it for extra convenience ✅ ...And nooo don't confuse it with that video conferencing thingy.... Sometimes these naming choices.... Maybe we'll have itch.io on Heroic soon too for a wonderful one spot experience to these lesser known DRM-free choices 🙏 https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/4882 #Zoom #ZoomPlatform #DRMfree #gaming #HeroicGamesLauncher #Linux

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  ☕ Speaking of anticheat / how some say "you can't play online multiplayer titles on Linux" - *you can* - but not ALL yet (not Linux' fault) 🚧 Game examples working /w anticheat on Linux: Sea of Thieves Red Dead Redemption Online CS2 Helldivers 2 Overwatch 2 The Finals Halo Infinite Ark Survival Evolved War Thunder Squad Arma 3 / Reforger Dota 2 Titanfall Battlefront 2 WoW Guild Wars 2 Albion Online Risky kernel-level anticheat should go anyhoo. #gaming #online #multiplayer...

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  Final frontier for Linux gaming's unseen levels? Kernel-level anticheat ❌ However; kernel-level ac isn't as crushingly common as painted out to be. ◉ ~10-15% of multiplayer games use kernel-level AC. ◉ All PC games lumped in (single-player) the usage is in the spheres of ~4%. Kernel-level ac: full control over the system / its information - ultimate rootkit. Another way is needed - be it Linux OR Windows. It is not worth the risk just to play a game? #anticheat #Linux #Windows #ke...

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  🐧 Linux gaming is about to explode 💥 Valve announced 3 (!) new devices for 2026 🎮 🕶️ 🖥️ ◉ Steam Machine 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine ◉ Steam Controller 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller ◉ Steam Frame 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe These new Steam devices are coming early 2026. Exact launches to be announced. #Steam #LinuxGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamMachine #SteamController #SteamFrame