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Steinar H. Gunderson: Rewriting Git merge history, part 1

I remember that when Git was new and hip (around 2005), one of the supposed advantages was that “merging is so great!”. Well, to be honest,...

Presentation: From Confusion to Clarity: Advanced Observability Strategies for Media Workflows at Netflix

Naveen Mareddy and Sujana Sooreddy discuss the evolution of Netflix’s media processing observability, moving from monolithic tracing to a high-cardinality analytics platform. They explain how to...

Article: The Architect’s Dilemma: Choose a Proven Path or Pave Your Own Way?

Software platforms and frameworks act like paved roads: they accelerate MVP/MVA delivery but impose decisions teams may not accept. If the paved roads don’t reach your...

Dima Kogan: Using libpython3 without linking it in; and old Python, g++ compatibility patches

I just released mrcal 2.5; much more about that in a future post. Here, I’d like to talk about some implementation details. libpython3 and linking mrcal...

Birger Schacht: Status update, December 2025

December 2025 started off with a nice event, namely a small gathering of Vienna based DDs. Some of us were at DebConf25 in Brest and we...

Mesa 25.3.3 Ships Latest Bug Fixes, Intel Vulkan GTK4 Toolkit Workarounds

Mesa 25.3.3 shipped on Thursday as the newest stable point release for Q4’s Mesa 25.3 feature series. Now being into the new quarter, we have Mesa...

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Steam On Linux Ends 2025 With 3.19% Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use Approaches 72%

Back in November Steam on Linux use hit an all-time high at 3.2%. With the still increasing popularity around the Steam Deck powered by the Arch...

Devuan 6.1 Released For Latest Debian 13 “Init Freedom” Without systemd

Released back in November was Devuan 6.0 for Debian 13 without systemd dependence in order to provide “init freedom” with letting users instead opt for SysVinit,...

10 Biggest Ubuntu Changes in 2025

What changed in Ubuntu in 2025? From the “oxidisation” of sudo to the end of X11, here’s a recap of the 10 biggest changes the distro...

What Do You Want to See From Ubuntu in 2026?

What would make 2026 Ubuntu’s best year yet? Share your wishlist wants and must-haves, be it bold changes or resolving long-standing bugs. Sound off! You’re reading...

Russ Allbery: 2025 Book Reading in Review

In 2025, I finished and reviewed 32 books, not counting another five books I’ve finished but not yet reviewed and which will therefore roll over to...