@nixCraft os be #linux

I’m looking for anyone in my circles who:

• is a front-end web developer
• has some design sense
• understands the allure of buying a Linux computer
• is open to paid work

A Linux computer company reached out asking if I was available for paid work on their website and while I would love to, I’m just not able to find the time right now. But they’re a great company and I would love to connect them with someone!

#Linux #OpenSource #WebDesign #WebDev

`vet` is a CLI tool that acts as a safety net for the common but risky `curl | bash` command. It lets you inspect remote scripts for changes, run them through a linter, and require your explicit approval before they can execute on your developer or production machine.

Repo https://github.com/vet-run/vet

#security #unix #linux #opensource

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The Problem: We've all seen this pattern for installing software: This is convenient, but you're blindly trusting the remote script. ``` curl -sSL https://example.com/install.sh | bash ``` This is dangerous. The script could be malicious, the server could be compromised, or a transient network error could result in executing a partial script. The Solution: vet vet wraps this process in a secure, interactive workflow: Fetch: It downloads the remote script to a temporary location. Diff & Review: It shows you what, if anything, has changed since the last time you ran this script. Lint: If you have shellcheck installed, it automatically analyzes the script for potential bugs or malicious patterns. Confirm: It prompts you for explicit approval before executing anything. The new, safer way: ``` vet https://example.com/install.sh ```

Wayback 0.1 released via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/sf2q8y #linux
https://wayback.freedesktop.org/news/2025/07/23/wayback-0.1-released/

all operating systems suck uniquely. find the one that sucks the least for you and use it. also, shut up about it.

EDIT: "shut up about it", is about OS proselytizing. share all you like, just don't pressure me to use what you use. it'd be hypocritical to say this as I certainly don't shut up about my love for OpenBSD.

#Linux #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #Windows #Illumos #plan9 #9front #MacOS #DOS

For everyone wishing they were at GUADEC in person (hi all! 👋) but are elsewhere, there are video streams at:

Day 1, track 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BsL0VyCoWs

Day 1, track 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEhHObnCug

Live stream overview, which should have the other days too: https://www.youtube.com/@GNOMEDesktop/streams

(Note: You're able to jump back in time in streams to catch what you missed also.)

Schedule (you may need to adjust timezone in the top right): https://events.gnome.org/event/259/timetable/

#GUADEC #GNOME #Linux #FOSS

Window Maker Live

｢ Window Maker Live is an installable Linux Live ISO based on the current Bookworm branch of Debian. The system uses the Window Maker window manager as its default graphical user interface. Window Maker Live's components have been carefully preconfigured and the desktop environment has a consistent visual appearance ｣

https://wmlive.sourceforge.net/

#windowmaker #linux #opensource

@dalias @starsider @atax1a @avuko

I think that specialized is the wrong way around, there. Usually it is the generalized tool, the one that can do every possible niche task (e.g. openssl even containing a WWW server) that is complex. Whereas the specialized tool (e.g. other SSL tools that do only SSL wrapping) is the simpler.

#ifconfig is the example that most people bring up, but the tale of #ps on Linux is also interesting as a different case study.

#GNU #Linux

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A Z shell running on a terminal on a NetBSD system, executing the uname and then the ifconfig lo0 command. The Z shell prompt and the ifconfig output are in colour, and the loopback interface has several IPv4 and IPv6 addresses according to the output.

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A Z shell running on a terminal on a Debian system, executing the uname and then the ifconfig lo command. The Z shell prompt and the ifconfig output are in colour, and the loopback interface has several IPv4 and IPv6 addresses according to the output.

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A Z shell running on a terminal on a FreeBSD system, executing the uname and then the ifconfig lo0 command. The Z shell prompt and the ifconfig output are in colour, and the loopback interface has several IPv4 and IPv6 addresses according to the output.

Random #Debian hint

If you want to install some package and remove another one you can leverage "+" and "-" while using apt. 😎

Example:
apt install package1 package2-

This will install package1 and remove package2

#Debian #Linux #Ubuntu

Linux tip: Set `HISTCONTROL=ignoredups:erasedups` in your init script to prevent duplicate commands cluttering your history. Clean history makes command recall much more efficient. #Linux #SystemAdministration #SysAdmin

FINALLY! I'm happy to announce the R1 Open Source Project, a new project where release news, articles and documentation about Linux, BSD and FOSS software will be published

The new Mastodon account of the project can be followed here: @r1os
AND the account is also hosted on the BSD Cafe. Cheers to @stefano at this point.

All future FOSS release announcements will be published on the project account.

So grab a cup of coffee and stay tuned for a new website I'm currently preparing and will hopefully announce in a few days.

#opensource #freesoftware #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

There are more shells than Bash and I'm curious to see the % of how many people uses wich one of the more or less classic shells. Choose your preferred one.

#UNIX #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Plan9 #GNU #Linux

1,10!sort

Even better: Today’s batch of Slackware -current updates already includes ed 1.22. If you’re running -current and up to date, you already have the new version!

#unix #linux #ed #texteditor #posix #slackware

@ifixcoinops Okay, I did some poking. First of all, it's not an embedded system, but a full Slackware 9.1.0 (Sep '03) installation.

It had a lot of artefacts left behind, especially in root's bash history. It has a user called rocky, that runs the actual game. As I guessed, it was Xfree86 + Window Maker combo, which autostarts the game itself.

Here's what whoever put this together had done in shell:

https://pastebin.com/n8hSmPbh

When glancing through all that, I see the point where they seem to compile kernel modules, possibly for the arcade integration part.

The Linux seems to live on the 1st partition, the game again on the 4th one.

It'd probably fire up in a virtual machine except it appears to use NVidia's proprietary drivers, so the game most likely won't start.

#linux #arcade

What to expect from the new #Debian 13 - great article about that!

https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2025/07/20/what-to-expect-from-debian-trixie-newintrixie/

#Debian #Linux

I just caught an error that was causing chvt n@tty0 and chvt p@tty0 to go the wrong way on #Debian #Linux .

A change introduced by the work done to port to #NetBSD , which has yet another oddball subset of the SCO Multiscreen CONSIO API.

I'm not sitting idly by. Testing is still happening. (-:

#nosh

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2025/07/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/valuable-news-2025-07-21/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2025/07/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/valuable-news-2025-07-21/

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

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

I'm always reminded of how much I miss #BSD and #Linux when I boot my #Windows 11 install for some gaming...
Microsoft seems to think that memory and cpu power grows on trees.

No bashing here, just crazy how heavyweight there OS has become over the years (Not even starting with AD's and backdoors etc.)

Guess I still live in the XP/98 days - resource wise.

It feels/behaves sluggish.
Quite different to my #Debian #KDE install - where everything is snappy.

Well, it is only for gaming anymore.

I think we will see quite some systems being sold on eBay in the forseeable future given the planned obsolescense of systems not being "capable" of running Windows 11....

The amount of e-waste will be insane sadly

Hopefully most systems find a new home running #Linux or #BSD

Some Linux users might be interested, reading about this (Subscriber link, that bypasses the Paywall, since I find this information important to spread for awareness):

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1029767/0a550f0972703141/

„Linux users who have Secure Boot enabled on their systems knowingly or unknowingly rely on a key from Microsoft that is set to expire in September. After that point, Microsoft will no longer use that key to sign the shim first-stage UEFI bootloader that is used by Linux distributions to boot the kernel with Secure Boot. But the replacement key, which has been available since 2023, may not be installed on many systems; worse yet, it may require the hardware vendor to issue an update for the system firmware, which may or may not happen.“

#linux #secureboot #microsoft #security #servicetweet

SSHFS in fstab or a user cronjob?
Or something else?

Trying to make a "permanent" share to a remote server

#illumos #omnios #trbblix #bsd #linux

The first version of Ubuntu Linux 4.10, codenamed "Warty Warthog," and it was released on Oct/2004. Ubuntu brought the Linux desktop experience to many developers and IT folks for the first time espcially forlks coming from Win/NT/2000 days. They were an early distro to support ease of installation for proprietary firmware and drivers for network, wifi, and sound/video, and that made them very popular as compared to other distros. They also used to send discs by post. #Linux #Ubuntu #OpenSource

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Ubuntu Linux 4.10, codenamed "Warty Warthog," desktop screenshot

!! VERY EARLY PREVIEW !!

KFediViewer (Preliminary name): An application for KDE Plasma, to view the personal data export of a Mastodon instance in a timeline-like manner.

Usefor if someone has exported the personal data as a .zip file from a Mastodon instance and want to view it locally.

Will be published sometimes 2025 on Codeberg under a free (FOSS) license 🙂

#fediverse #mastodon #kde #kdeplasma #linux #activitypub #opensource #foss

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Screenshot of KFediviewer. A local tool to view Mastodon data exports

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Expanded Image view of KFediviewer. A local tool to view Mastodon data exports

PuTTY, the renowned FOSS SSH client for Windows, is not the same people as those behind the PUTTY.ORG website." – and now putty.org is spouting anti-vaccination propaganda "because a bunch of communists hate me."

"An unfolding controversy over the contents of a website that contained links to several different pieces of SSH-related software has escalated. At the time of writing, the owners of the website have replaced this content with anti-vaccination propaganda." #Putty #SSH #Linux

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/17/puttyorg_website_controversy/

🚨 The real Putty software website: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

🔗 putty.org archive before: https://archive.ph/oyGCU
🔗 Putty.org archive after: https://archive.ph/ArTC7
🔗 All: https://archive.ph/putty.org

has Unix or Linux command (more like bash script) checks presence of various command line tools on the PATH and reports their installed version https://github.com/kdabir/has

#linux #unix #opensource

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This screenshot shows has command which checks presence of various command line tools and their versions on the path.

Amazing how many people are installing a Linux distro on weekdays. Decades ago, it would be a weekend project.

Who knew that Microsoft would drive adoption rates so well? /s

#Linux

This question is for anyone that manages their own servers and monitors the health of services.

What is your preferred method of receiving alerts?

#FreeBSD #Linux #SelfHosting #monitoring #OpenBSD #Cloud #BastilleBSD

It's more than useful. It's correct. (-:

There's a behavioural contract for process 1 on #Linux, and shells do not fulfil it. They don't handle things that process 1 has to handle, and they conversely do things that process 1 should never do.

Ironically, sh as process 1 is nowhere near a truly minimal approach. With two significant exceptions, one of which was a BSD project that failed, there is no proper process 1 program that does parsing in process 1, for starters.

#BusyBox

Dear #NetBSD people:

It would be good if there were some sort of kernel command-line option that told it what program image file to run as process #1, that could be overridden from the boot prompt on the fly.

#Debian has had a switchable symbolic link for over a decade; #Linux itself has an init= kernel command line option; and #FreeBSD has the easy enough init_path setting in loader.conf.