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

Question for my #Linux peeps :

Will a cable like this work between two Linux (Debian) machines?

I'd like to move a ton of files around without using a thumb drive or SD card. One of the machines has no ethernet port, so that's not an option.

Link : https://www.walmart.com/ip/USB-Transfer-Cable-High-Speed-PC-To-PC-Data-Transfer-Cable-For-Computer/1155814337

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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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

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

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Do you use a drawing tablet with Linux? You can share your device info in two easy steps - no coding skills required! 💙

Help KDE devs like @redstrate build driver support.

More info at:

https://github.com/linuxwacom/wacom-hid-descriptors?tab=readme-ov-file#contributing

#linux #tablet #wacom #huion #stylus #artwithopensource #kde #freesoftware

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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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

👨‍💻 New post! I wrote up my experience daily driving Chimera Linux during a recent two-week trip to Central Queensland. I needed to work as usual on the weekdays, so I had to set up my work environment including: #Mercury, #Rust, and #Zed.

https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2025/daily-driving-chimera-for-work/

#ChimeraLinux #Linux

@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.)

@angelo
A large part of the community seems to adhere to Binary Thinking.

#Linux #mansplaining

@angelo

Stattdessen `info` zu nutzen konnte sich ja bislang auch nicht durchsetzen

#Linux #mansplaining

NEW VIDEO - Here's my thoughts on the XLibre vs. X11 thing!

#opensource #unix #linux #XLibre #x11 #garyhtech

https://youtu.be/sAjtQMVjqpw?si=SqTvu5TIB4rlnPCe via @YouTube

Stop #Linux from #mansplaining

alias woman=man

Vulnerability Advisory: Sudo chroot Elevation of Privilege https://www.stratascale.com/vulnerability-alert-CVE-2025-32463-sudo-chroot

#linux #unix

Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code - and counting https://www.zdnet.com/article/linuxs-remarkable-journey-from-one-devs-hobby-to-40-million-lines-of-code-and-counting/ by @sjvn

An insider tells the story of the #Linux kernel's 30+ year history.

A nice post about switching from a Linux distribution to freeBSD.

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The interesting thing here is that both are similar and yet very different, mainly owing to their very different histories, with freeBSD being a direct derivative of the original UNIX and its BSD derivative. One of the most significant differences is probably that Linux is just a kernel, with (usually) the GNU/Hurd userland glued on top of it to create GNU/Linux. GNU and BSD userland are similar, and yet different, with varying levels of POSIX support. This effectively means that freeBSD is a singular OS with rather nice documentation (the FreeBSD handbook).

The basic summary here is that freeBSD is rather impressive and easy to set up for a desktop, especially if you use a customized version like GhostBSD.
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https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/switching-from-desktop-linux-to-freebsd/

#BSD #GNU #GPL #Linux #kernel #freeBSD #ghostBSD

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#WhatsMissing: an interactive tour but for like #UbuntuLTS (or any other modern #Linux #distribution) that showcases #distro, it's features and helps #beginners to get a solid foot.

Instead of an #introduction post, I'm just going to put a whole bunch of tags in here:

#adhd #amiga #antifa #audhd #autistic #c64 #chiptune #civilrights #classical #classicalmusic #coding #commodore #commodore64 #debian #emulation #europe #eu #fanfiction #fiction #foss #gabber #gamer #gnulinux #linux #linuxgaming #metal #music #openbox #random #transgender #wargaming #warhammer40k #woman #writer #writing #writingcommunity #xorg

I tried tuning various parameters but after some reading came to the conclusion that lots of small files with very little RAM is about the worst case scenario for XFS.

#linux #snac #btrfs