Unix recap for week 2/2025

From 6/1/2025 to 12/1/2025

Articles #

• 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $120 USD 760 comments in 6 discussions

• Nvidia unveils powerful ARM-based Linux desktop hardware 636 comments in 2 discussions

• TPM-backed Full Disk Encryption is coming to Ubuntu (2023) 305 comments in 2 discussions

• What is your favorite Open Source game? Mine is Widelands. I have "wasted" so much time on this game 292 comments in 4 discussions

• SteamOS expands beyond Steam Deck | The Legion Go S - Powered by SteamOS is the first officially licensed third-party handheld powered by SteamOS 268 comments in 5 discussions

• Thanks to Nvidia, there's a new generation of PCs coming and they'll run Linux 245 comments in 2 discussions

• I spent 18 years in the Linux console and I don’t regret it 217 comments in 2 discussions

• Firefox 134: touchpad hold gestures on Linux, accelerated HEVC on Windows 212 comments in 1 discussion

• The Linux Foundation launches an initiative to support open-source Chromium-based browsers 212 comments in 1 discussion

• 2025: The Year of COSMIC — Alpha 5 Released! 188 comments in 3 discussions

• Linux Performance: Almost Always Add Swap Space 188 comments in 1 discussion

• Running Linux on an Intel 4004. The author wrote a MIPS emulator for a 4004 host! 188 comments in 4 discussions

• Today I learned that bash has hashmaps 146 comments in 2 discussions

• S32 Unix Clock (2023) 131 comments in 1 discussion

• Linux Foundation Announces the Launch of Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers 121 comments in 4 discussions

Releases #

• niri v25.01 released 20 comments in 1 discussion

Projects #

• Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset - Linux for 8086 119 comments in 2 discussions

• Remap A/B buttons on gamepad? [Arch Linux] 77 comments in 6 discussions

• ly Display Manager 74 comments in 7 discussions

• release niri 25.01 56 comments in 4 discussions

• okbob/pspg: Unix pager (with very rich functionality) designed for work with tables. Designed for PostgreSQL, but MySQL is supported too. Works well with pgcli too. Can be used as CSV or TSV viewer too. It supports searching, selecting rows, columns, or block and export selected area to clipboard. 41 comments in 4 discussions

• lc: List files in categories (and columns) – from Coherent Unix clone 36 comments in 2 discussions

• Made my first original software for FreeBSD 13 comments in 1 discussion

• Cannot Install Drivers Tenda AX300 W11MI (Wifi adapter). 11 comments in 1 discussion

• puppy-eye: a simple Linux monitoring utility 7 comments in 1 discussion

• Battery Healthy charging 4 comments in 1 discussion

Videos #

• Valve NEEDS To Release SteamOS... 223 comments in 1 discussion

• Why You Should Game on Linux (feat. GloriousEggroll of Nobara) 110 comments in 1 discussion

• Why I'm Switching to NixOS After 25+ Years of Linux: A Testimonial. 94 comments in 3 discussions

• Valve Is Finally Releasing SteamOS.. 66 comments in 1 discussion

• Valves Plans For SteamOS 40 comments in 1 discussion

• I never would of thought I'd hear Jensen say this... Too bad he didn't mean it 26 comments in 1 discussion

• Mecha Comet Linux Handheld at CES 2025 18 comments in 1 discussion