http://techcrunch.com – ‘Tis the season for holiday-themed schticks from startups (and their accompanying PR pitches) — and to be honest, most of them are more worthy of an eyeroll than anything else. (IT news)

http://blog.linuxmint.com – The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 14 “Nadia” RC. Linux Mint 14 Nadia For the first time since Linux Mint 11, the development team was able to capitalize on upstream technology which works and fits its goals. After 6 months of incremental development, Linux Mint 14 features an impressive list of improvements, increased stability and a refined desktop experience. (Distributions)

http://news.softpedia.com – Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was launched in 1977 and since then there have been countless versions released, ranging from laser discs to the latest Blu-ray, but now it's available at the highest quality possible, ASCII. (General)

http://crunchbanglinux.org – CrunchBang Talk :I am an Xfce fan, and use it on the Fedora box I have here (don't like GNOME, lukewarm on KDE, but both are way too bloated). (HowTos)

http://linuxgamingnews.org – Harmonia is an online, moddable, tactical RPG with a flexible scripting language that allows the community make their own content. The first goal is $15k, and almost $1k already been pledged with 24 days to go. As you can see from the screenshots, the developer uses Ubuntu which is a great sign for us the GNU/Linux gamers. An early alpha demo is already out so you can try and see what the game (Distributions)