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a statement from Waterfox team: "... browsers are operating systems of their own, and a browser’s job is to be a good steward of that environment. AI, in its current form and in my opinion does not match that responsibility. ... The core browsing experience should be one that fully puts the user in control, not one where you’re constantly monitoring an inscrutable system that claims to be helping you. Waterfox will not include LLMs. Full stop." https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

🐧📲 Jolla Phone: technical specs 🔣 The up & coming freedom respecting premier Linux smartphone passed 6000 pre-orders. Goal of 10 000 (by the end of january '26) unlocks new The Other Half! ◉ MediaTek Dimensity 7000-series chip ◉ 12 GB RAM ◉ 256 GB storage ◉ 4G/5G support ◉ Dual SIM + microSD ◉ 50 MP main camera (Sony) Pre-order campaign 👉 https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder Further details 👉 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone-update-12-25/26509 #Jolla #JollaPhone #specs #technical #SailfishOS #Linux #PrivacyFromFinland @jolla@techhub.social

🐧 Merry Tuxmas & happy new year of Linux! 🎇 '26 is set to be a *fabulous* treat for the penguin: ◉ Steam Machine (/w Half-Life 3 ...?) ◉ Steam Controller ◉ Steam Frame ◉ KDE Linux ◉ Fedora Linux 44 ◉ Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ◉ Pop!_OS 26.04 (/w polished COSMIC desktop) ◉Linux 7.0 (rather than 6.20 - if the Finnish God of Linux bestows) ◉ Legion Go 2 (/w SteamOS) ◉ Jolla Phone Pictures are courtesy of Mark the Klowner! #Tuxmas #Xmas #Linux #NewYear #Valve #Jolla #KDE #Ubuntu #System76 #SteamMachine

🐧 Linux gaming is about to explode 💥 Valve announced 3 (!) new devices for 2026 🎮 🕶️ 🖥️ ◉ Steam Machine 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine ◉ Steam Controller 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamcontroller ◉ Steam Frame 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steamframe These new Steam devices are coming early 2026. Exact launches to be announced. #Steam #LinuxGaming #Linux #SteamOS #SteamMachine #SteamController #SteamFrame

Jolla: a fresh next-gen phone 🐧📱 Contemplating options for e.g. Your current Google Android device? Here's yet another true Linux answer for a functional daily driver (after Jolla C2). These devices come with preinstalled SailfishOS; also use Android (APK) apps WITHOUT Google. Your terms✌️ ◉ Pre-Order via 99€ (advance voucher) ◉ Full price that case 499€ ◉ Jolla C2 is 299€ 👉 https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder #Jolla #Phone #smartphone #SailfishOS #deGoogle #APK #Linux #PrivacyFromFinland #Suomi @jolla@techhub.social

🎞️ PeerTube progressing beautifully | V8 released ✅ YouTube has caused nerve crackin' more than few times? Why not start uploading your creations also on a free as in freedom alternative. ◉ New vid player ◉ Manage channels as a team ◉ Importing videos from other platforms improved ◉ Manually rerun if a failed import ◉ Notifications now match overall theme https://framablog.org/2025/12/09/peertube-v8-manage-your-videos-with-your-team/ #PeerTube #video #YouTube #alternative #OpenSource #development #contentcreation #decentralized #p2p @Framasoft@framapiaf.org

Waydroid 1.6.0 released 🤖 Waydroid? It is a container-based compatibility layer to boot a full Android system on a regular desktop Linux operating system such as Linux Mint. Waydroid keeps Android isolated from the rest of the system yet allows access to the local system's hardware. https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/releases/tag/1.6.0 #Android #Linux #desktop #mobile #Waydroid #releases

Valve is persuading the HDMI Forum to allow open source support for HDMI 2.1 on Linux (SteamOS) without restrictions 💫 This video standard brawl isn't a do-or-die problem for the Steam Machine - most won’t even notice. The HDMI Forum holds Linux gaming back artificially tho. Society could just drop HDMI, adopting free'er DisplayPort where common sense is missing 😉 If Valve succeeds towards '26 - it'll be a huge victory for all. https://www.techpowerup.com/343814/valve-trying-to-unblock-open-source-hdmi-2-1-support-on-steam-machine #HDMI_2_1 #HDMI #Valve #SteamOS #Linux

ScummVM 3.0 is coming - all hands needed for testing to make da big bang live up to its name 💥 ◉ New games ◉ Improved engines ◉ Galore o' bugs squashed ScummVM? The de facto entity to game all kinds of classic point 'n' click adventure games (+much more) easily on amazing number of platforms (even Nokia N95).. Grab the daily build & go for it. To test list 👉 https://github.com/scummvm/scummvm/blob/master/NEWS.md #ScummVM #classic #adventure #gaming #retro #LucasArts #Sierra #opensource #Linux #test #development @scummvm@manitu.social

What's also important: all earlier co-op and funding from AuroraOS many years back (of Russia) has been cut off by Jolla. Sailfish OS is NOT 100% closed source, as some still claim it to be. Jolla has also promised that the REMAINING blobs will be opened. There are good reasons for this situation. 95% of Sailfish OS bases on free / open source software. The OS itself utilize Linux kernel (which is open source). Mer that was used is open-source. Qt Framework API's base on open-source Qt API's.

☕ Speaking of anticheat / how some say "you can't play online multiplayer titles on Linux" - *you can* - but not ALL yet (not Linux' fault) 🚧 Game examples working /w anticheat on Linux: Sea of Thieves Red Dead Redemption Online CS2 Helldivers 2 Overwatch 2 The Finals Halo Infinite Ark Survival Evolved War Thunder Squad Arma 3 / Reforger Dota 2 Titanfall Battlefront 2 WoW Guild Wars 2 Albion Online Risky kernel-level anticheat should go anyhoo. #gaming #online #multiplayer #Linux #anticheat

⚛️ 🐧 Proton is the Jedi tool enabling Windows games on Linux | Valve hopes testing / bug hunting help for the next release (now RC) Proton 10.0-4 ✅ "We are interested only in issues that are new to the 10.0-4 RC builds. If you believe that something broke please confirm that the problem does not occur with 10.0-3 before reporting". A repertoire of more Windows games without Windows. Release Candidate testing reports / changelog 👉 https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/9323 #Proton #testing #help #gaming #Linux

📽️ 🎬 🎞️ OpenShot 3.4 released - 32% faster | Free & open source video editing 🍿 OpenShot is for ones seeking a more direct & easy (yet still expansive) edit approach. Improvements: ◉ Performance ◉ Interactive cropping ◉ Timing Mode (drag to re-time) ◉ Workflow (repeat / loop / ping-pong) ◉ Importing / exporting (Final Cut Pro, etc) ◉ Media handling ◉ Stability ◉ Translations More 👉 https://www.openshot.org/blog/2025/12/15/new_openshot_release_340 Help via donation 👉 https://www.openshot.org/donate #OpenShot #videoediting #Linux #opensource

Zorin OS 🐧is slated as an excellent pick for anyone switching to Linux right out of Windows | Zorin OS 18 passed *1 million downloads* in a month 📈 ◉ Zorin OS: based on Ubuntu and purposefully designed for new comers to Linux ◉ Over 78% of these downloads indeed came from Windows users ◉ Zorin OS is free but one can support the project via Pro license (+advanced features) https://blog.zorin.com/2025/11/18/test-the-upgrade-from-zorin-os-17-to-18-and-celebrating-1-million-downloads-of-zorin-os-18 #ZorinOS #Linux #distros #migration #Windows #deleteWindows

Yet another example on how Linux is one joyful diverse family 🌈 😎 ..SteamOS migrated to Arch Linux base - but the Steam Linux Runtime is using Debian as its basis.. There's absolutely no need for fussbuzz - ignore da bad actors *trying to pick on Linux ecosystem* - embrace yer choices & enjoy the ride. True Linux is friendly community ✌️ #Linuxthings #Linux #community #unity #diversity #family #peace #Love #understanding #SteamMachine #2026

Zoom Platform is an alternative DRM-free game store | Heroic Games Launcher to support it for extra convenience ✅ ...And nooo don't confuse it with that video conferencing thingy.... Sometimes these naming choices.... Maybe we'll have itch.io on Heroic soon too for a wonderful one spot experience to these lesser known DRM-free choices 🙏 https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/4882 #Zoom #ZoomPlatform #DRMfree #gaming #HeroicGamesLauncher #Linux

Final frontier for Linux gaming's unseen levels? Kernel-level anticheat ❌ However; kernel-level ac isn't as crushingly common as painted out to be. ◉ ~10-15% of multiplayer games use kernel-level AC. ◉ All PC games lumped in (single-player) the usage is in the spheres of ~4%. Kernel-level ac: full control over the system / its information - ultimate rootkit. Another way is needed - be it Linux OR Windows. It is not worth the risk just to play a game? #anticheat #Linux #Windows #kernel #PC

➗ 🎮 Splittown | Retrotastic point 'n' click holiday gaming for fans of Sam & Max / Day of the Tentacle - big 1.1 update + -20% on Winter Sale ❄️⛄ ◉ Native Linux ◉ Steam Deck ✅ ◉ Story rich ◉ Classic familiar UI ◉ 30+ achievements ◉ Full controller support ◉ From 2 (!) independent enthusiast devs 👉 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2117400/view/523111043238462462 #Splittown #adventuregames #pointandclick #retro #classic #gaming #SteamDeck #Linux #native #indiedev #LucasArts #Suomi

🐧Steam Machine price speculation gathers steam / let's add a bit 🤫 ◉Apple's known for price gouging, yes. Even their Mac Mini is ~$500 is it not. ◉ RedDragon makes mini PC for $499 /w specs close to Steam Machine - does Valve have any big reason setting the price much more than $499? ◉ Steam's record revenue prolly helps Valve to lower the final price. Special deal with AMD. Priced as a PC is stated. Then again consoles aren't priced like game consoles no more. #SteamMachine #price #Valve #PC

@hj@shigusegubu.club @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Basically there are just choices for pretty much everyone. If Vivaldi (for example) is the one making someone *looking for automatic AI:less browser* sticking with Linux - it's worth to put there innit. Have not heard much bad at all about Vivaldi either...

@hj@shigusegubu.club @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org Sure - that is one way to see it. But there are surprisingly many ppl who cannot find their home in any of the free as in freedom browsers - and still want to use a PC computer - so there's that. Nothing prevents discovering other options later on - as the time goes by - and information about sorts of things you're talking about and are important to YOU, increase.

@hj@shigusegubu.club @warmbeverageenjoyer@fsebugoutzone.org There are many options and browsers (plus their teams) are prone to grow. Ladybird and Servo based ones in development then again provide a whole new ground. Happening already possibly next year.

@hj@shigusegubu.club Firefox derived does not mean "equals Mozilla Firefox" - since Firefox itself is open source; forks can rip out anything they want and go "clean".

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl What mostly remains to be completely opened in the big picture is the Silica UI (so the graphical user interface). Jolla has stated that they could open source it when they've more established market space, so from marketing standpoint there is no point releasing the code too early (?). And this is "only" a graphical UI. This is the only true independent alternative that one can just buy with pretty much all there by default for common everyday use. Android app compatibility a must.

Here's the recent one from Jolla on their open source stance and commitment: https://techhub.social/@jolla/115485823755920033

@D_113CR@ieji.de The level of specs were voted on by the community - check this out: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone/23882 But hang on not much longer for final word: Faq: "When will full specs be available?" A: "Once the manufacturing pathway is confirmed at 2000 pre-orders." -That is achieved now (at the time of writing Jolla Phone is at 104%) ✅

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl Additionally - you have chosen Debian (which is not endorsed by Free Software Foundation that you appear to follow strictly) - it includes non-free software repositories and non-free firmware in its installation media by default. Why not, as in your view, choose a more free as in freedom distro to begin with? By default you need to alter the default Debian installation image, making your own? Yet there are already those (such as Trisquel) without any stuff you cannot accept.

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl Ok, so China is not a problem for your company for these parts. Can you give examples for kinds of work you do in your company with this equipment in your company? You would *possibly* make an additional buck as an attraction too, for those wanting to see 100% open software / hardware company in action in your daily routine? This is *very* rare if all you state is 100% accurate in this free as in total freedom usage in every aspect.

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl This is getting even more interesting. What kind of devices do you actually use in your company with your associates then as you can't accept regular devices legal terms? Phones, computers, TV:s, whatnot pretty much generally have some kind of legal terms and conditions, EULAS. So what all you guys use - whereas you supposedly don't have to accept anything of that sort? Build your own or what?

@3qu@mastodon.social 👉 https://t.me/linuxsauna

@scoonch@mamot.fr Distro doesn't matter. Use what you've used to use (unless you wanna experiment of course).

@scoonch@mamot.fr More like what to consider in this equation is driver support for your hardware.

@cynical13@social.vivaldi.net Yes, so user can choose. Regular Mozilla Firefox is making it opt-out (and probably via needlessly technical way - not with a "click of a button").

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl What are these "some AOSP-derived OS's" you refer to? And what is their functionality compared to SailfishOS in daily drive for regular people as alternative? What do you think? I suppose you can only research (via other people near you or so) as you don't own or use anything what is being discussed here. As said - SailfishOS is already ~95% open source / the main part remaining is the Silica UI (graphical user interface).

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl So, how much more years you reckon this gadgets can still fly? It's already like 13 years is it not? Discontinued more than 10 years ago? What are you going to do when these last generation ones really go under? How long do you reckon you can keep replacing parts? Can you replace ANY part?

@kevin@social.interlunium.nl Apart from guessing, you *could* try these things out in your company? It's an interesting changing area currently. What about that usability in means of daily driving? What is your guess on that factor. You mentioned LineageOS GrapheneOS, /e/OS. Oh, and the GUI you refer to is not 100% proprietary - it is only the last bastion to be opened. Indeed SailfishOS is about 95% open at this point (also recently more things were opened) so they don't *intentionally* keep any things closed.