Linuxverse News – December 2025: News Events
Today, December 2, 2025, as usual at the beginning of each month, we offer you our brilliant, timely, and brief summary of some recent and outstanding events. «news from the Linuxverse (Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux)» up to the present time. And in which, we always take the opportunity to bring you much more information, with the aim that you can easily keep up to date with the «news event» which now begins.
For this reason, today we will be offering you 1 featured news related to each area of the Linuxverse. And finally, we will be mentioning The most recent known releases at the Distros and Software level for these first days of the month.
Linuxverse News – November 2025: News Events
But, before starting this present publication on the «news events of December 2025», we recommend you explore the previous related post, at the end of it:
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Linuxverse News for December 2025: Free Software, Open Source and GNU/Linux + *BSD
December 2025: Linuxverse News Roundup
Free Software – Successful conclusion of HFSF40 hackathon: Hundreds of free software supporters joined
The FSF website very recently has officially informed us about the realization and successful conclusion of the event known as FSF40 HackathonIn which many of the objectives set were successfully met, such as:
- The addition of the "unarchive" functionality in Org Mode;
- Identifying and removing verified non-free software from packages in free GNU/Linux distributions;
- Progress in the development of a new user interface for the Lewa project;
- Train new volunteers on how to edit the Free Software Directory;
- Positive participation from numerous new contributors to free software projects, such as: GNU Guix and Org Mode.
After months of preparation and excitement, we finally met on November 21st at 10:00 AM EST for the FSF40 global online hackathonwhich ended on November 23 at 10:00 AM EST. When we decided to organize this hackathon as part of our celebrations fortieth anniversaryWe did it with the hope of highlighting the arduous and often thankless work done by free software hackers and supporting many free software projects. Thanks to the number of people who attended over the weekend and who were incredibly involved in the important work that improves free software, whether as spectators or participants, this goal was achieved. And it's all thanks to you! Read more news on the FSF Blog
Open Source – How to turn a childhood interest into a career path with MIT's open learning resources
El Blog of the prestigious educational and scientific institution "MIT" He informs us with an exemplary example, such as the MIT OpenCourseWareOpenCourseWare, part of MIT Open Learning, can help many develop knowledge and deepen their passion in various scientific and technological fields. The example in question refers to Hinata Yamahara, a 17-year-old university student who, after exploring OpenCourseWare's resources, gained a solid foundation to apply his interest in urban planning and redesign to the real world. Consequently, in the summer of 2025, he was able to intern at a real estate firm in the Atlanta area, where he worked on a redesign project with a municipal agency. He is now very grateful to have been able to take advantage of OpenCourseWare's resources without having to submit an application or consider tuition or financial aid.
OpenCourseWare is an open publication of course materials from across the MIT curriculum, allowing users to explore content at their own pace. Students can watch video lectures, read lecture notes, and listen to expert instructors, with no registration fees or start dates. Read more news about the MIT Blog
GNU/Linux + BSD: ExTiX 25.12 LXQt Release
These first days of December, we have learned of the launch of the new update of the free and open operating system project ExTiX, under the number of 2025.11.01And according to the official announcement According to its developers, among its few known new features are the following: The operating system will be based on Debian Sid and the preview version of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon), which will offer Support until July 2031. In addition, when booted into live mode, it allows the use of Refracta Snapshot (pre-installed) to create your own live, installable Ubuntu system. Incorporates the custom Linux kernel 6.17.8-amd64-exton replacing the original kernel 6.17.0-6-generic, so that Refracta Snapshot works; and Refracta Installer replaces Ubiquity (Live Installer). And since, Its ISO file is only 2440 MB, facilitating high-speed execution entirely in the RAM of a modern computer. Finally, among many other features, it's important to highlight that ExTiX 25.12 LXQt, 64-bit, comes with LXQt 2.2 and is designed for optimal installation on systems with or without UEFI using the Refracta installer. Note that in previous versions of ExTiX LXQt, the Calamares installer could be used, which is no longer possible because the current Ubuntu base uses "Dracut" instead of "initramfs-tools," making the Calamares installer unusable.
Download directly: ExTix 25.12
ExTiX is an operating system project based on different GNU/Linux Distributions, mainly under a minimal and very lightweight desktop environment called LXQt, which is written in the Qt programming language that has been gaining popularity in recent years. Furthermore, it is developed and packaged by developer Arne Exton. Finally, this project also offers editions with other Distro bases ideal for Raspberry devices, of which it is worth highlighting: RaspArch (Arch Linux), RaspEX (Kodi) and FedEX (Fedora). About ExTiX
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Recent releases of GNU/Linux distros and free/open source software packages
And for this beginning of the month, there are also several releases of Distros and Packages reported by the DistroWatch website, quite striking and interesting, which correspond to:
- Updated GNU/Linux distros: Talos 1.12.0-beta1, MAX 12.5-20251115, ExTiX 25.12, Dr. Parted 25.12, Kiro 25.12.01.01 and DynFi 4.11.
- Updated GNU Packages: Linux Kernel 6.18 and Libvirt 11.10.0.
Summary
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