All the Govt. schools and colleges in my state (in India) uses Linux for education

https://preview.redd.it/qn5b8jujwu1g1.png?width=1163&format=png&auto=webp&s=3420cc47d12eadb356050e0721a85eb4afe8edf9

Kerala, a southern state in India with a current population of over 35 million, has consistently led the way in embracing free and open-source software (FOSS) across various sectors. Since 2006, the state has championed a transition to open technologies, reflecting its commitment to sustainable and accessible digital development. This movement is most evident in the education sector, where the government has seamlessly integrated FOSS into its school curricula.

this was my first introduction to linux during my high school now im posting this using my arch machine.

https://redd.it/1ozndgd
@r_linux

Can I run any Linux distro in this PC
https://redd.it/1ozpso7
@r_linux

I fear that a lot of new Linux tools are losing the “Linux way “

More and more software seems to be abandoning the “older” ways of Linux and maybe even unix, more and more modern tools seem to entirely forgo man pages and more and more software seems to be using non copyleft licenses (MIT specifically), I fear that this is a misstep, man pages are a staple for a reason and are usually easier to use than the average -h of a program, MIT and similar licenses allow malicious actors to just steal the source code and sell it without repercussions or to just not give back to the people that worked on it originally

https://redd.it/1ozslwz
@r_linux

This is my university’s graduating class plaque
https://redd.it/1ozvk6n
@r_linux

Git 2.52 Released With More Preparations Toward Git 3.0
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.52-Released

https://redd.it/1ozteqy
@r_linux

SUSE Developer Working To Reimplement SSH Using The Zig Programming Language
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SUSE-SSH-In-Zig-Language

https://redd.it/1ozwn4d
@r_linux

systemd Lands Experimental Support For musl libc
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-musl-libc

https://redd.it/1ozwg4l
@r_linux

Will we see a Linux OS on smartphones that can revive old devices like it can do with computers?

I'm a desktop user and needed a laptop for bench testing and didn't want to spend money just to buy a piece of crap laptop. So I dug out my Lenovo T400 from 2009and installed mint and bam, it's working like a charm! Even the after market battery I had like over 10 years ago surprising holds a charge which it didn't when I last installed windows eons ago.

Also recently, my pixel 7 pro battery swelled up so I ended up using my old Essential PH-1 phone all the way back from 2018. Albeit a bit slower it's still working and I don't even want to get a new phone.

That made me wonder if it's possible we will see an OS for smartphones we could reuse existing order hardware. Unlike computers, most smartphone applications aren't even that demanding. And doesn't Android run on some sort of a Linux Kernel?

https://redd.it/1ozzunh
@r_linux

Gaming on Linux

Some background. About 4 years ago I started using Linux. Mostly a basic ass I3 setup on my homework/work laptop because tiling window managers are absolutely goated for taking notes. Haven't really done anything Linux related on it besides run updates for a long time because i3 never changes.

I mostly use my desktop to game. I tried Linux, but it was less than ideal. There were always weird stutters while shaders compiled. Most games ran, but a lot of them took a shit ton of troubleshooting and performed badly. I gave up and went to windows for gaming.

Not long ago, my kid wanted me to help set up Linux on his computer. I decided to try it on my desktop again.

Holy shit, what happened? Games just work now, perfectly smooth, instantly. You can easily find noscripts on GitHub that give you a fully functional Hyprland setup in minutes, instead of spending a full day screwing around and troubleshooting it, please don't judge me.

Anyway, the point is that desktop Linux feels like it came a shockingly long way in a very short amount of time. I don't know who the people are that are doing this, but I just want to let you know I appreciate the hell out of all of you. GG



https://redd.it/1p01c8o
@r_linux

GIMP 3.2 RC1: First Release Candidate for GIMP 3.2
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/11/17/gimp-3-2-RC1-released/

https://redd.it/1p02l4q
@r_linux

Eye tracking mouse?

I'm a disabled eye tracking user and the technology has become an amazing tool on Windows with stuff like Mill Mouse that makes hands free AAA gaming possible. Do you know of anything on Linux, apart from Talon Voice ( it's complex to setup and jittery)? I'd be prepared to pay anyone who build something basic and easy to setup for mouse cursor control (for Tobii 4C).

https://redd.it/1p0bkr6
@r_linux

Avahi DoS vulnerability (CVE-2025-59529): Logic flaw allows unprivileged users to exhaust daemon resources
https://zeropath.com/blog/avahi-simple-protocol-server-dos-cve-2025-59529

https://redd.it/1p0hnb4
@r_linux

Python Developers Looking At Introducing The Rust Programming Language In CPython
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proposal-Rust-In-CPython

https://redd.it/1p0j2cp
@r_linux

List of Linux distributions on Wikidata // Largest collaborative table of distros
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:List_of_Linux_distributions

https://redd.it/1p0lb72
@r_linux

Black Friday
https://redd.it/1p0rwx2
@r_linux

2007 MacBook Pro Running Linux Mint Flawlessly
https://redd.it/1p0wfww
@r_linux

Arch Linux
https://redd.it/1p0vf6q
@r_linux

Laptop fan not working on Linux Mint — tried ACPI fixes in GRUB but still no luck
https://redd.it/1p12hgn
@r_linux

Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150: FreeBSD, SmartOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD and Linux Compared
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/19/static-web-hosting-intel-n150-freebsd-smartos-netbsd-openbsd-linux/

https://redd.it/1p139ji
@r_linux

The bus uses arch btw
https://redd.it/1p16nle
@r_linux

I switched to KDE LINUX (latest edition), and I am loving it, few bugs on first day but now its working fine.
https://redd.it/1p18a4v
@r_linux