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The Laptop That Wasn't: TUXEDO Computers Shelves Linux ARM Notebook Plans German manufacturer blames missing features and poor battery life.

TUXEDO Computers has stopped work on their Arm notebook.

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26.11.2025 05:02 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The first picture shows two beings hugging; the giant white dog is called "Linux", the human is called "new users". The second picture shows an older person smirking; they are called "Veteran Linux users who are just happy that more people are appreciating it."

We need more such people! 🤗 🐧

25.11.2025 13:45 — 👍 68 🔁 21 💬 6 📌 4

Backup and Restore Your Flatpak Apps & Settings Make a backup of your Flatpak apps and application data and restore them to a new Linux system where Flatpak is supported.

Easily back up and restore your Flatpak apps when switching distros or reinstalling your system.

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25.11.2025 08:53 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Linux First, Windows Later! Dell Launches Qualcomm NPU Laptop on Linux Before Windows Windows takes a backseat on Dell's latest AI workstation as Linux gets the priority. Windows 11 version will be coming in 2026.

Dell's new launch prioritizes Linux!

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25.11.2025 05:45 — 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Bye bye Windows! 🐧

24.11.2025 13:00 — 👍 38 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1

sad to hear this 🥲

24.11.2025 11:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah 🤣

24.11.2025 11:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Upgrading from Zorin OS 17 to 18 (In Early Access) Existing Zorin OS 17 users will soon be able to upgrade to version 18. The tool is in early access and we gave it a try.

Something for the Zorin OS 17 users:

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24.11.2025 11:01 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Literally every website these days. 😵

22.11.2025 15:45 — 👍 28 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 1

What I type: tar czf data.tar.gz data tar xzf data.tar.gz What I say in my head: "create ze file" "extrakt ze file" There is a bearded man holding a large pint of beer on the right.

Things are mostly silly inside my head. 😵‍💫

21.11.2025 15:13 — 👍 26 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

I Tried the Elecrow Mini PC Case — Beautiful, Powerful, But Not Perfect.

Mini PC Case: https://www.elecrow.com/small-mini-pc-case-with-1-3-oled-screen-for-raspberry-pi-and-jetson-nano.html?idd=6 Transform your Raspberry Pi 5 into a mini-PC with this case from… I Tried the Elecrow Mini PC Case — Beautiful, Powerful, But Not Perfect.

The Elecrow Mini is something worth checking out. 👇

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21.11.2025 15:00 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Enshittification of Arduino Begins? Qualcomm Starts Clamping Down New Terms of Service introduce perpetual content licenses, reverse-engineering bans, and widespread data collection.

How does Arduino's future look to you? 🤔

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21.11.2025 10:36 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Move Between the Distros: Back Up and Restore Your Snap Packages Make a backup of your Snap apps and application data and restore them to a new Linux system where Snap is supported. Works between Ubuntu and non-Ubuntu distros, too.

Switching Linux distros? Keep your snaps safe with our quick backup & restore guide.

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21.11.2025 08:05 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Deploy Your Thanksgiving Dinner with Cranberry sOSS This $13.37 jar of cranberry sauce can help open source.

Cranberry sOSS can be a yummy addition for your Thanksgiving table this year. 😋🦃

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20.11.2025 12:00 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

Blender 5.0 Released with HDR Support, Video Sequencer Overhaul, and ACES Workflows Plus Grease Pencil motion blur, performance improvements, and enhanced rendering features.

A new Blender release has landed with major upgrades!

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20.11.2025 08:33 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

There is a disassembled laptop here with its inner and outer bits visible. We can see the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, the cooling fan, the battery, some thin wires, and a few USB ports in this picture.

Is this what Mac users think our setups look like? 🤔

20.11.2025 03:15 — 👍 27 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0

There is a buff terminator (man-like) with a machine gun in its right hand firing at something; the terminator is called "Linux". On its left hand is a couch, with a person sat on it (Mr Bean) with a mop in his hand; he is called "My 15 years old PC".

A true workhorse, I tell you. 💪🔥

19.11.2025 12:45 — 👍 47 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature Comes With Warnings About Malware and Data Theft New opt-in experimental feature comes with some warnings and requires file access.

Like, why? 🙄

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19.11.2025 11:19 — 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 2

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory Role Mastodon's creator steps back from CEO role, transfers assets to non-profit organization.

Mastodon is transitioning to a new governance structure.

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19.11.2025 08:30 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Open Source Developers Are Exhausted, Unpaid, and Ready to Walk Away The foundation of modern software is cracking under the weight of burnout.

Open source runs on people, not magic. Burnout is harming the ecosystem. 🫠🥹

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19.11.2025 06:30 — 👍 25 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0

If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old, and you somehow exist at the same time as Linux and open source software.

Isn't that right? 😆

19.11.2025 03:00 — 👍 48 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

*Cloudflare down* Half of the internet: There is a picture of Thanos disappearing like dust after he snaps his fingers with all the infinity stones in them.

Cloudflare is down! 🚨 Major outages are affecting sites like X (Twitter), ChatGPT, and Claude!

18.11.2025 12:48 — 👍 57 🔁 13 💬 4 📌 1