📰 Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan
PLUS: Debian supports Chinese chips ; Hong Kong’s Christmas Karaoke crackdown; Asahi admits it should have prevented hack; And more! APAC in Brief Google and Apple last week started to allow developers of mobile applications to distribute their wares through third-party app stores and accept payments from alternative payment providers.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/asia_tech_news_roundup/
PLUS: Debian supports Chinese chips ; Hong Kong’s Christmas Karaoke crackdown; Asahi admits it should have prevented hack; And more! APAC in Brief Google and Apple last week started to allow developers of mobile applications to distribute their wares through third-party app stores and accept payments from alternative payment providers.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/asia_tech_news_roundup/
The Register
Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan
APAC in Brief: PLUS: Debian supports Chinese chips ; Hong Kong’s Christmas Karaoke crackdown; Asahi admits it should have prevented hack; And more!
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📰 Add a Roaming Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas
Add an animated Santa desktop pet to Ubuntu with Gnomelets GNOME extension. See Santa walk on windows, jump and roam your screen. Works with GNOME 45+.You're reading Add a Roaming Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/santa-desktop-pet-ubuntu-gnomelets
Add an animated Santa desktop pet to Ubuntu with Gnomelets GNOME extension. See Santa walk on windows, jump and roam your screen. Works with GNOME 45+.You're reading Add a Roaming Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/santa-desktop-pet-ubuntu-gnomelets
OMG! Ubuntu
Add a Roaming Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas
Add an animated Santa desktop pet to Ubuntu with Gnomelets GNOME extension. See Santa walk on windows, jump and roam your screen. Works with GNOME 45+.
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📰 13 Awesome Games Linux Users Can Grab in Steam Winter Sale 🎮 (Ends 5 January)
End 2025 on a winning note by grabbing some fun games for your Linux gaming rig!
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-games-steam-winter-sale-2025/
End 2025 on a winning note by grabbing some fun games for your Linux gaming rig!
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-games-steam-winter-sale-2025/
It's FOSS
13 Awesome Games Linux Users Can Grab in Steam Winter Sale 🎮 (Ends 5 January)
End 2025 on a winning note by grabbing some fun games for your Linux gaming rig!
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📰 Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale
Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan."Previously, users received 'pure' Trojan APKs that acted as malware immediately upon installation," Group-IB said in an analysis published last week. "Now, adversaries increasingly deploy.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/android-malware-operations-merge.html
Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan."Previously, users received 'pure' Trojan APKs that acted as malware immediately upon installation," Group-IB said in an analysis published last week. "Now, adversaries increasingly deploy.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/android-malware-operations-merge.html
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📰 Someone turned a 1955 radio into this cool ESP32-powered internet streamer
Whenever you want to combine a retro device with modern-day luxuries, you can always install some hardware that's small enough to fit within the original shell, yet powerful enough to get the job done. Previously, we've seen people use SBCs to bring new life into old tech, such as that one time someone put a Raspberry Pi into a jukebox.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/1955-radio-esp32-powered-internet-streamer/
Whenever you want to combine a retro device with modern-day luxuries, you can always install some hardware that's small enough to fit within the original shell, yet powerful enough to get the job done. Previously, we've seen people use SBCs to bring new life into old tech, such as that one time someone put a Raspberry Pi into a jukebox.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/1955-radio-esp32-powered-internet-streamer/
XDA
Someone turned a 1955 radio into this cool ESP32-powered internet streamer
Why not play Fallout tunes on it?
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📰 Docker Hardened Images now open source and available for free
More than a 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now freely available and open source for software builders, under the Apache 2.0 license.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/docker-hardened-images-now-open-source-and-available-for-free/
More than a 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now freely available and open source for software builders, under the Apache 2.0 license.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/docker-hardened-images-now-open-source-and-available-for-free/
BleepingComputer
Docker Hardened Images now open source and available for free
More than a 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now freely available and open source for software builders, under the Apache 2.0 license.
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📰 Qubes OS 4.3 Brings Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18 Templates
The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18, dropping support for older template versions.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/qubes-os-4-3-brings-fedora-42-debian-13-and-whonix-18-templates/
The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18, dropping support for older template versions.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/qubes-os-4-3-brings-fedora-42-debian-13-and-whonix-18-templates/
Linuxiac
Qubes OS 4.3 Brings Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18 Templates
The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18, dropping support for older template versions.
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📰 Intel Releases VA-API libva 2.23 Adds AV1 Profile 2 Support
Intel today released libva 2.23 as the newest feature release for this Video Acceleration API "VA-API" reference library implementation. Most significant with libva 2.23 is adding AV1 Profile 2 support...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-libva-2.23-Released
Intel today released libva 2.23 as the newest feature release for this Video Acceleration API "VA-API" reference library implementation. Most significant with libva 2.23 is adding AV1 Profile 2 support...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-libva-2.23-Released
Phoronix
Intel Releases VA-API libva 2.23 Adds AV1 Profile 2 Support
Intel today released libva 2.23 as the newest feature release for this Video Acceleration API 'VA-API' reference library implementation
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📰 Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/evolution-sim-thrive-hits-the-1-0-release-completing-the-microbe-stage/
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/evolution-sim-thrive-hits-the-1-0-release-completing-the-microbe-stage/
GamingOnLinux
Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage
Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready.
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📰 Away from Cloud: This Local, Offline Tool is Perfect for Personal Project Management on Linux Desktop
We have all been there. You start the week with a massive to-do list, only to feel overwhelmed by Tuesday afternoon. While heavy-duty project management tools exist, sometimes you just need a digital version of "sticky notes on a wall".
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/schedule-kanban-board/
We have all been there. You start the week with a massive to-do list, only to feel overwhelmed by Tuesday afternoon. While heavy-duty project management tools exist, sometimes you just need a digital version of "sticky notes on a wall".
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/schedule-kanban-board/
It's FOSS
Away from Cloud: This Local, Offline Tool is Perfect for Personal Project Management on Linux Desktop
We have all been there. You start the week with a massive to-do list, only to feel overwhelmed by Tuesday afternoon. While heavy-duty project management tools exist, sometimes you just need a digital version of "sticky notes on a wall".
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📰 What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows
Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card Opinion I've run Linux desktops since the big interface question was whether to use Korn or Bash for your shell. Before that, I'd used Unix desktops such as Visix Looking Glass, Sun OpenWindows, and SCO's infamous Open Deathtrap Desktop.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/what_linux_desktop_really_needs/
Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card Opinion I've run Linux desktops since the big interface question was whether to use Korn or Bash for your shell. Before that, I'd used Unix desktops such as Visix Looking Glass, Sun OpenWindows, and SCO's infamous Open Deathtrap Desktop.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/what_linux_desktop_really_needs/
The Register
What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows
Opinion: Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card
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📰 elementary OS 8.1 Released with Wayland Session by Default, ARM64 Support
elementary OS 8.1 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS and powered by Linux kernel 6.8. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/elementary-os-8-1-released-with-wayland-session-by-default-arm64-support
elementary OS 8.1 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS and powered by Linux kernel 6.8. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/elementary-os-8-1-released-with-wayland-session-by-default-arm64-support
9to5Linux
elementary OS 8.1 Released with Wayland Session by Default, ARM64 Support - 9to5Linux
elementary OS 8.1 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS and powered by Linux kernel 6.14.
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📰 Christams Comes Early With elementary OS 8.1 Release
Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/elementary-os-8-1-release/
Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/elementary-os-8-1-release/
It's FOSS
Christams Comes Early With elementary OS 8.1 Release
Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements.
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📰 Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 Improves Drive Filtering and AppImage Bundle on Linux
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 microSD card flashing utility is now available for download with performance improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-3-improves-drive-filtering-and-appimage-bundle-on-linux
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 microSD card flashing utility is now available for download with performance improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-3-improves-drive-filtering-and-appimage-bundle-on-linux
9to5Linux
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 Improves Drive Filtering and AppImage Bundle on Linux - 9to5Linux
Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 microSD card flashing utility is now available for download with performance improvements and bug fixes.
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📰 RADV Adds Support For New Performance Counters To Help Game Developers
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics team has landed improvements for the Mesa 260 RADV driver to support new performance counters in conjunction with AMD's Radeon GPU Profiler 2.6 release...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RADV-RGP-2.6-Counters
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics team has landed improvements for the Mesa 260 RADV driver to support new performance counters in conjunction with AMD's Radeon GPU Profiler 2.6 release...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RADV-RGP-2.6-Counters
Phoronix
RADV Adds Support For New Performance Counters To Help Game Developers
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics team has landed improvements for the Mesa 260 RADV driver to support new performance counters in conjunction with AMD's Radeon GPU Profiler 2.6 release.
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📰 Google Taps More Performance Out Of AMD Zen CPUs With BPF-CCX Scheduling
For helping with thread placement on modern AMD Zen systems with multiple CPU core complexes, Google has been developing "BPF CCX" that leverages the Linux kernel's eBPF capabilities paired with a user-space agent for fine-grained thread control. Google has found very positive performance results out of their use of this alternative means of high performance scheduling for achieving even greater performance on AMD processors under Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-AMD-BPF-CCX
For helping with thread placement on modern AMD Zen systems with multiple CPU core complexes, Google has been developing "BPF CCX" that leverages the Linux kernel's eBPF capabilities paired with a user-space agent for fine-grained thread control. Google has found very positive performance results out of their use of this alternative means of high performance scheduling for achieving even greater performance on AMD processors under Linux...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-AMD-BPF-CCX
Phoronix
Google Taps More Performance Out Of AMD Zen CPUs With BPF-CCX Scheduling
For helping with thread placement on modern AMD Zen systems with multiple CPU core complexes, Google has been developing 'BPF CCX' that leverages the Linux kernel's eBPF capabilities paired with a user-space agent for fine-grained thread control
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📰 Intel Linux Driver Preps For Up To 13 Different Panther Lake H SoCs
It looks like the upcoming Intel Panther Lake H SoCs for the next-gen premium/high-end performance laptop market there could be quite a few different SKUs. A new patch for an Intel open-source driver expands the Panther Lake H line-up from three to 13 different IDs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Panther-Lake-H-EDAC-13
It looks like the upcoming Intel Panther Lake H SoCs for the next-gen premium/high-end performance laptop market there could be quite a few different SKUs. A new patch for an Intel open-source driver expands the Panther Lake H line-up from three to 13 different IDs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Panther-Lake-H-EDAC-13
Phoronix
Intel Linux Driver Preps For Up To 13 Different Panther Lake H SoCs
It looks like the upcoming Intel Panther Lake H SoCs for the next-gen premium/high-end performance laptop market there could be quite a few different SKUs
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📰 Stop Manually Checking GitHub Releases — These Tools Automatically Install & Update Apps on Linux
These handy utilities tools simplify installing and managing binaries from GitHub releases on Linux.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/github-binaries-tools/
These handy utilities tools simplify installing and managing binaries from GitHub releases on Linux.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/github-binaries-tools/
It's FOSS
Stop Manually Checking GitHub Releases — These Tools Automatically Install & Update Apps on Linux
These handy utilities tools simplify installing and managing binaries from GitHub releases on Linux.
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📰 Critical n8n Flaw (CVSS 9.9) Enables Arbitrary Code Execution Across Thousands of Instances
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0. The package has about 57,000 weekly downloads, according to statistics on npm."Under certain.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/critical-n8n-flaw-cvss-99-enables.html
A critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in arbitrary code execution under certain circumstances.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0. The package has about 57,000 weekly downloads, according to statistics on npm."Under certain.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/critical-n8n-flaw-cvss-99-enables.html
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📰 Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers
An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck... On Meta Servers. Meta has found that the scheduler can actually adapt and work very well on the hyperscaler's large servers...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SCX-LAVD-Steam-Deck-Server
An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck... On Meta Servers. Meta has found that the scheduler can actually adapt and work very well on the hyperscaler's large servers...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SCX-LAVD-Steam-Deck-Server
Phoronix
Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers
An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..
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📰 Here's our 2025 GOTY picks
The year is almost over and so it’s time to let you know what we enjoyed the most this year while gaming on Linux..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heres-our-2025-goty-picks/
The year is almost over and so it’s time to let you know what we enjoyed the most this year while gaming on Linux..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/heres-our-2025-goty-picks/
GamingOnLinux
Here's our 2025 GOTY picks
The year is almost over and so it’s time to let you know what we enjoyed the most this year while gaming on Linux.
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