Jeff Bezos is saying the quiet part out loud. They want to kill local computing.

You will own nothing and be happy. You will rent your computing power from the cloud. You pay a subscription for the privilege of using a computer.

AI demand is artificially spiking DRAM prices and Big Tech is pushing "AI PCs," the squeeze is on to force us into a rental model.

Reject this future.

Keep your hardware local.

Run #Linux.

Own your data.

The "cloud" is just a landlord for your data.

#NoAi #FOSS #OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHost #SelfHosting #BigTech #RightToRepair #RAM #Amazon #EatTheRich

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/jeff-bezos-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-bezos-envisions-that-youll-give-up-your-pc-for-an-ai-cloud-version

If your computer desktop was an infinitely-sized canvas that your monitor was a viewport into, would you want that?

Some scrolling window managers for #Linux (like #Niri) now offer infinitely-wide workspaces. If you add a new window column to the right, one may scroll off-screen on the left.

It's convenient like a large house is convenient. You can fill it with even more stuff before you need to clean it. But if you want to find something? You've got a much larger haystack for your haystack.

The PAM Duress is a module designed to allow users to generate 'duress' passwords that when used in place of their normal password will execute arbitrary scripts.

This functionality could be used to allow someone pressed to give a password under coercion to provide a password that grants access but in the background runs scripts to clean up sensitive data, close connections to other networks to limit lateral movement, and/or to send off a notification or alert (potentially one with detailed information like location, visible wifi hot-spots, a picture from the camera, a link to a stream from the microphone, etc). You could even spawn a process to remove the pam_duress module so the threat actor won't be able to see if the duress module was available.

https://github.com/nuvious/pam-duress

#security #Linux #Arch #Debian

Anyone here tried using a Dasung e-ink monitor for development work?

I'm considering buying one so I can use my Framework laptop outside (the LCD panel is only really good enough for cloudy days or shade).

#dasung #eink #linux #freebsd #monitors

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟭/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/01/12) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/valuable-news-2026-01-12/

Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟭/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/01/12) available.

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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday

My USB microphone has a problem where after a while, the recording turns robotic. To stop it, I need to turn the profile from analogue stereo duplex to off, then back to analogue stereo duplex. This happens both on #Linux and on FreeBSD as far as I know, but it most recently happened to me on Linux. PulseAudio is directly backed by ALSA in this case, but it can also happen with the `alsa_in` programe and JACK. #lang_en

New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try

https://rldane.space/monocultures-considered-harmful-or-why-linux-nerds-should-give-bsd-and-other-weird-oses-a-try.html

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cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful

# New article is out #

Solus, a sparkling star in the Linux sky

https://darkblueraven.com/sites/articles/solus-review-january-2026.php

#darkblueraven #solus #xfce #budgiedesktop #gnome #kdeplasma #linux #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

```/bin/bash``` just turned 38.

Happy birthday, bash!

To display bash shell version press `Ctrl+x Ctrl+v`

#unix #linux #opensource

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A screenshot showing GNU/bash (shell.c) source code especially line that reads: /* Birthdate: Sunday, January 10th, 1988. Initial author: Brian Fox */

@rl_dane

That was an enjoyable read. I had a #ThinkPad #L530 in 2013 for some school stuff. Once done, I blew away #Windows7 for #Debian. Almost* everything worked out of the box. Fast, stable, and reliable.

Had I not tripped over the power cable (and thus violently tearing apart the AC adapter plug and internal connection, I'd still have it.

I've seriously considered going for another ThinkPad but I have a handful of spare laptops at my disposal and my daily driver is a sweet #Dell #Latitude 5400 (also running Debian).

The only thing that didn't work was the red dot in the keyboard. Oddly, it was supported under #openSUSE.

#laptop #linux #homelab

New #blog post: Why You Need A Stack of Thinkpads

https://rldane.space/why-you-need-a-stack-of-thinkpads.html

Thankful to Nanoraptor/Dana (will tag her elsewhere) for inadvertently reminding me to write this down. XD

Welp, I'm back in the saddle, I guess? Writing this gave me some nummy dopamine, so thank God for that!!!
Also, man is imgur ever a dreadful webshite. Just horrifying to use. XD

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Thinkpad #Thinkpads #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #eWaste #LossyPNG (in the blost)

I guess this warrants a screenshot, as I keep seeing #GNOME + #Linux threads where folks freak out about the "middle click paste" gsetting being set to False by default in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/merge_requests/119. Some ask "How dare they hide this into a gsetting to be toggled", or "they should add it to GNOME Tweaks" etc.…

Thing is, it's *already* in GNOME Tweaks, since 2016: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-tweaks/-/commit/2f9b1b3b

We were told multiple times the gsetting is not getting removed. I'll keep using it & move on.

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Screenshot of the "GNOME Tweaks" GUI application, that provides a "Middle Click Paste" setting toggle in the "Mouse & Touchpad" section.

Ich benutze die Anwendung "PasswordSafe" auf Windows und Android, um meine Passwörter und Zugänge zu verwalten. Auf Android gibt es ein extra Utility "Password Safe Sync", um die Passwortdatei über einen Cloudservice zu synchronisieren. Leider sind da nur GDrive, Onedrive, Dropbox und Box als Cloudstorage verfügbar, einen generischen Webdav oder andere Service sind nicht im Angebot.

Hat das schon jemand für den Auszug aus Bigtech gelöst?
#PasswdSafe #Linux #Android #Cloudsync

Question: what are y'all using as secret service on #Linux? (With #Wayland and #sway, if that matters.)

I did not like #GNOME #Keyring, because that pulled in tons of stuff I didn't want.

I'm currently using #KeePassXC, but let's just say it's a much better password manager than a Secret Service. (e.g., it can't remember authorized binaries over a session, and handling multiple databases isn't great.)

Ideally, I want something that does only this, but does it well.

TIL you can mount on top of symlinks; meaning, you can use a symlink as a mount point. This sounds like a really bad idea, specially after watching Alksa Sarai's talk at the Linux Plumber's Conf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8v7ovIeDRM

#Linux #Security

Merge #PDF Files in #Linux: Complete pdfunite Guide (2026)

https://ostechnix.com/merge-pdf-files-linux-pdfunite-command/

Thema #AusweisApp unter #Linux #Mint als #flatpak.
Hat das jemand laufen *mit USB Kartenleser* ?

Mit Smartphone als Lesegerät ✅
Als Systempaket & USB-Lesegerät ✅
flatpak & USB ❌

Problem könnte Versionsunterschied von pcsc-lite in der flatpak sandbox vs außerhalb der Sandbox sein, aber da bin ich sehr weit aus meiner Kompetenzzone.

#AskFedi

@nygl YES!!! very doable.

#Nextcloud is the best replacement for Office 365. If you're in an organization you can run local hosting, contacts, shared documents, email, video confererencing, and a whole lot more. Nextcloud is easy to deploy on your own hardware and many hosting companies offer the option to install out of the box.

You can easily #Linux individual machines in the organization. My preferred recco for easy switching from MS is #ZorinOS because it allows you to fully imitate the MS desktop environment so people don't feel lost or like they don't know where their settings are.

Then for the MS office suite tools, #LibreOffice is so, so good. They'll remind you of how stable and capable MS Office tools were like, 15 years ago before they went all Cloud-centered. Does everything you want and nothing you don't want, and NO AI.

Most MS cloud infra can run on linux anyway so it's a question of moving from Windows Server (ugh) over to Ubuntu or Fedora (far better).

LMK If you want more help. And this is obv more about how the organization works and collaborates, as that is my specialty, but I am also happy to discuss other options and issues.

We’ve upgraded Slackware AArch64 to Linux 6.18 LTS and, after several days of testing, everything has been running smoothly. If you hit any issues, reply to the forum thread on LinuxQuestions.

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=6609702#post6609702

I’ve also added a substantial amount of new hardware support to make onboarding Slackware on to new hardware models much easier, & merged a large set of changes needed for Chromebook support. Huge thanks to William Burlamachi for his work on that.

#slackware #linux #opensource

If he hates Linux how it is so much, why doesn't Lennart Poettering fork it? #lang_en #Linux

Mal eine Frage in die Bubble:
Es scheint auf #Linux #Mint die software #rclone das Mittel der Wahl zu sein, um Daten aus der Cloud einzubinden. Leider funktioniert das schlechter als Dropbox vor 15 Jahren, mit einem Mount nur bei vorhandener Connectivity kann ich nicht soooo viel anfangen.

Es sollten zumindest die Stubs alle angelegt werden, und konfigurierbar sein, welche Verzeichnisse als Kopie vorgehalten werden. Und dann bei Zugriff nachgeladen. Gibbet da was? Bin ich zu doof?
#DID #DUT

Debian needs your help on this. 👨💻

https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-data-protection-team/

#linux #debian #volunteers