The Framework 16 laptop detects when it's booted partially assembled. It boots into a special mode to walk you through completing the assembly. The screen updates to reflect your progress and prompt the next step. This requires no tools to complete. Impressive! Watch:

@frameworkcomputer

#Framework #FrameworkLaptop #Framework16 #Linux #Video

@robpumphrey

man dmesg

That said, I think that this is a KERN_EMERG level message.

"There is nothing that I can do about it, and I just do not want to know." is a good summary of what the message is saying.

#Linux

I do wish my terminals did not get spammed with this kernel message:
kernel:[4967650.370357] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 31 on CPU 2
kernel:[4967650.370362] Dazed and confused, but trying to continue

There is nothing I can do about it, and I just don't want to know.

I wonder if there is some magic to suppress these messages?

#Linux

When the Windows laptop regularly drove my computer-hating wife to tears of rage, I got her a cheap mini desktop machine from System76 with #Linux (PopOS) pre-installed. Took just a few minutes to set up.

It’s been a couple of months of daily use and… she’s been happy! Hasn’t even had a question for me. It was that easy. She likes the office suite better than what MS Office has become. No pestering to use AI or to put her stuff in the cloud or to install apps she doesn’t want or need. Peace!

'... the only thing we both seemed to really fundamentally agree on in that discussion was "we're done". Linus'

#linux #bcachefs

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The most interesting man in the world recommends: "I don't always watch dramas, but when I do, I check #bcachefs"

Systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success

The year is 2013 and I am hopping mad.

systemd is replacing my plaintext logs with a binary format and pumping steroids into init and it is laughing at me. The unix philosophy cries out: is this the end of Linux (or, as many are calling it, GNU plus Linux)?

The year is 2025 and I’m here to repent. Not only is systemd a wort

https://www.osnews.com/story/142741/systemd-has-been-a-complete-utter-unmitigated-success/

#Linux

I switched to Kubuntu with root-on-ZFS:

― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lr4ayi/switched/

FreeBSD is not entirely abandoned:

― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1lr4ayi/comment/n1cnfy2/?context=1

Pinned (seeking guidance):

― https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/114640816892663471

#FreeBSD #Linux #KDE #Plasma #OpenZFS #ZFS #bemgr #zectl #ZFSBootMenu

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Screenshot: KDE Plasma, Discover, Dolphin, Firefox, GKrellM, htop in Konsole, Remmina, Spectacle, Synaptic, Bluetooth, VirtualBox, Visual Studio Code, Zotero …

Am I cheating if I use bash command? #ubuntu #linux

New 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗶𝘁 [Crucial FreeBSD Toolkit] article on the blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/crucial-freebsd-toolkit/

#verblog #beadm #bectl #devfs #diskinfo #free #freebsd #fstab #gstat #jails #linux #lsblk #sensors #sockstat #systat #tar #truss #truncate #zfs

So I'm curious, #Musicians

There are now legions of people using #Linux for recording, synthesis, processing, etc - it's a full-on cottage industry at this point.

There are also a large number of Music Professionals using #BSD, but they call it MacOS.

But what I'm curious about, what is the state of Music Production on #FreeBSD and other non-Apple BSD.

I will not be surprised if it turns there are none, nor will I be surprised if it turns out that there is a tiny community of elite DSP nerds making high-end products with it.

When I complain that some software (or its dependencies) doesn't work on *BSD but requires Linux, I'm not criticizing Linux. For me, it's not an OS battle, but a matter of freedom and avoiding a dangerous and rampant computing monoculture. And when people reply to me with "well, just use it on Linux" - while they're giving me sensible advice - they're missing the crucial point: if it ONLY runs on Linux, it's not Linux's fault, but we are, precisely, creating a dangerous monoculture.

#Linux #SysAdmin #OSS #RunBSD #BSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #illumos

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is a linux-16color terminal type in Dickey #terminfo. It has been there since 2009.

The #Linux KVT does not support more than the standard 8 colours, and some sleight of hand has been employed to get sort-of 16.

Unfortunately, the sleight of hand is broken.

If you've ever set TERM=linux-16colour and wondered at some strange scrolling and redraw artifacts, it is because the "op" capability doesn't undo the sleight of hand used by the setab/setaf capabilities.

#VirtualTerminals

Last night, I set up the new workstation for my father-in-law. He was using a roughly 10-year-old computer with Windows 10 and an old monitor. It has been replaced by an Intel N150 MiniPC and this HP monitor, which was on sale at the shopping center near his house.

The total cost for the setup shown (excluding headphones but including the monitor) was 240 euros.

It's running openSUSE Slowroll, which I'll update occasionally when we visit him.

He started working and exclaimed, "It's super fast!"

You don't need a lot of money to have a valid and performant workstation, especially if you choose the right OS.

My only regret is not being able to use one of the BSDs, as none of them were perfectly supported by the MiniPC.

#Linux #openSUSE #OwnYourData #KDE #Plasma #kde_plasma #plasma6

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A well-organized desk features a monitor displaying a YouTube video of a rabbit in a field, flanked by two green speakers. In the foreground, a pair of black and gold over-ear headphones rests with its coiled cable. To the right of the monitor are a small silver box (the MiniPC), a black device (an old webcam), and various cables, all against a dark brown wooden door in the background.

Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟮 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 [UPDATE 2 - Interim Solution] to 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 [Failed Backup Server Build] article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/failed-backup-server-build/#interim

#verblog #freebsd #hardware #backup #NAS #rsync #linux #zfs #openzfs

A critical Linux vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in Sudo lets any local unprivileged user gain root via the --chroot (-R) option

🔒 Affects default configs on Ubuntu, Fedora & others — no Sudo rules needed
🛠️ Fix: Update to Sudo 1.9.17p1+ (no workarounds)
👀 CVSS: 9.8 (Critical)

Highlights persistent risks in open-source privilege handling 🧩

https://cybersecuritynews.com/linux-sudo-chroot-vulnerability/

#Linux #Sudo #FOSS #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #OpenSource #Vulnerability #Root #Exploit #SysAdmin #DevSecOps #Tech @TechNews

pwn.college has added a few new challenges to Linux Luminarium, and in order to keep my 100% score, I took a stab. It was fairly easy, and I liked running "rm -fr /" most 🙂

#ctf #cybersecurity #pwncollege #linux #lunacy

Good news! For the first time, #Linux desktop breaks through 5% share in USA OS market as per Statcounter https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america

Oh, absolutely, Microsoft, please, by all means, continue with your grand experiments like Recall Spyware, deleting email accounts in far-flung corners of the globe or stealing data for AI training. Rest assured, these brilliant strategies will have absolutely no bearing on Win11 desktop adoption. None whatsoever. We thank you from Linux HQ. Lmao.

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A screenshot showing various OS desktop share in the USA. For the first time, Linux desktop breaks through 5% share in USA OS market as per Statcounter https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america

Help me fedi!

In bash or fish shell, is there some way to automatically get the pull/push status compared to origin repo when opening path?

Currently i have to manually fetch and i always forget to do so.

Even nicer would be somekind of periodic fetching like vscode has but in my terminal instead.

Halp!!

#git #linux #terminal #bash #fish #shell

@nina_kali_nina I've been using #XMPP for the last year or so, wondering if the halcyon ICQ days of yore are still to be had.

After testing it with several friends connecting to my own self-hosted #Prosody server, here's what I found:

- Yes it all works, on all XMPP clients. But MacOS/iPadOS/iOS clients are not all that mature at this time. The #Linux (#Gajim, despite no video or audio calls) and #Android (#Conversations) XMPP clients are the best, IMHO. Always favor those, I say, and they are confidently installable and reliable today.
- Yes, use OMEMO encryption on personal chats. But when it comes to group chats, OMEMO is not necessarily the right move.
- If you don't need privacy in an XMPP group, then don't create a private group, but rather a _public_ group (the safer choice for reliability of message delivery). No OMEMO is possible in a public group, and the messages propagating around will be reliable, even to clients who vanish and re-appear after prolonged absences.
- If you really need OMEMO encryption in a group chat, create a _private_ group, not a public group. **Clients who vanish from the group for prolonged periods may miss out on some of the messages when they return (say, a few weeks later)**.
- I kept a wiki with several more quirks noted, which came up, and felt confusing and frustrating to my (non-geek) friends using XMPP.

As to your Apple-ecosystem-confined friends, at this moment in time, maybe talk to them 1:1 in #Fluffychat/Matrix, which affords encryption, and is all #OpenSource, like everything above. (Groups in #Matrix have a track record of failing for everybody in them very badly every 2 or 3 years or so.)