2026 Linux Bingo card

This is my 2026 Linux bingo card uhhhh enjoy

1. Linux will reach ~5% of worldwide user base

2. More apps will become native because of the steam machine

3. Steam machine selling ~1 mil in the whole year

4. Nvidia will still be an asshole

5. There will be more tools for making Linux Experience much smoother

6. Wayland will become superior

7. Flood of people from Windows (Microsoft will probably do some dumb shit)

8. More handhelds with Linux distros

https://redd.it/1pzz4h4
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waybarconf - configuring waybar in an easy way
https://github.com/ronmurphy/waybarconf

https://redd.it/1pzzn9y
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Bluefin 2025 Wrap-up: State of the Raptor
https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin-2025/

https://redd.it/1pzzmn7
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Some Meaningful Performance Benefits For Clang + LTO Built Linux Kernels
https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-kernel-llvm-clang-lto

https://redd.it/1q03wsq
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StackOverflow: The Great Unracking: Saying goodbye to the servers at our physical datacenter
https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/12/24/the-great-unracking-saying-goodbye-to-the-servers-at-our-physical-datacenter/

https://redd.it/1q05s9o
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I created a wrapper around 'ss -tunlp' to display cleaner output of all open ports
https://redd.it/1q0bi9s
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Soccer live updates on your terminal
https://redd.it/1q0d9h6
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Happy new year penguins!! What distro spent the most time in your machine?
https://redd.it/1q0dimu
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Intel's Xe Linux Driver Ready With Multi-Device SVM To End Out 2025
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Multi-Device-SVM-Linux-7

https://redd.it/1q0dv88
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appman V2: your TUI appstore for thousands of portable apps
https://redd.it/1q0h1he
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OpenCV 4.13 brings more AVX-512 usage, CUDA 13 support, many other new features
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenCV-4.13-Released

https://redd.it/1q0j2r3
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I created a wrapper of ps+lsof+ss
https://redd.it/1q0h9p4
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My first time using Linux

I just wanna say I love linux. This is my first time using it and it feels so more smooth and amazing! I should've used this a long time ago ngl. At first I was confused because I didn't know where to start but it went smooth.

https://redd.it/1q0mtnk
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Please read to understand the implication...in spite of Linus's simple explanation for decades, people are still getting confused....meh .....it's about GPLv2
https://social.kernel.org/notice/B1aR6QFuzksLVSyBZQ

https://redd.it/1q0pwr7
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Not an endorsement, but Ableton making a hackable Linux-based portable DAW and even outright showcasing it as a use case for the RPi CM wasn't exactly on my bingo card
https://redd.it/1q0qesn
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I'm using Linux again after an 15 year break. Wow

I started using linux when I was in middle school. My first install was redhat that I installed with floppy disks (no joke). I quickly moved onto Slackware and FreeBSD (i know, not linux), which I used for years and then Arch. I used it as my primary OS, if something was broken I figured it out. I read slashdot, wrote my own iptables, did my own shell noscripting, absolutely loved it. Everything took a ton of work though. I would spend days troubleshooting at times. Then I got decided on a massive career change from IT security to healthcare. I got an iphone and mac and left linux in the past.

I got bored and decided to install ubuntu LTS on an XPS i bought just for it. Wiped the drive clean and just went for it. Wow, shit just works now. The drivers for everything work perfectly. All the keyboard keys work. Gaming on steam is even better than windows! The UI is sooo clean. Wayland is a HUGE upgrade from x11. Linux is truly ready for prime time now, though I guess people just don't care as much about using a PC now.

Sorry, just had to share. All my linux nerd friends long ago quit and went to OSX and had families same as me. I'm very impressed so far, though I feel kind of like a tool using ubuntu. I'll probably get my feet wet and go back to Arch. Anything anyone else would suggest? What else did I miss over these 15 years?

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Linux 6.19 Closing Out 2025 With Several Laptop Additions
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-EOY-Laptop-Work

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Uninstalling steam from the official ubuntu app store flooded tge root and bricked my pc
https://redd.it/1q0u3t0
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Tracking kernel commits across branches by Greg Kroah-Hartman
http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2025/12/15/tracking-kernel-commits-across-branches/

https://redd.it/1q0qeae
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New life for an old laptop.
https://redd.it/1q0z0ge
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Micro (editor) 2.0.15
https://github.com/zyedidia/micro/releases/tag/v2.0.15

https://redd.it/1q0zt6s
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