@ken_fallon @paulgatling @klaatu Got around to looking up SparkyLinux this evening and the Web site put me off, probably forever. #Linux

Ich hab hier zwar bei weitem noch nicht so viele Follower wie drüben auf der eX-Vogelseite (pun intended), aber vielleicht mag ja jemand boosten?

Ich arbeite als "Hobbyprojekt" an einem Videotelefon für Senioren. Und es wäre echt schick, wenn sich noch ein paar Leute fänden, die das Projekt unterstützen. Boosten und Faven (auch auf andere Social-Media-Plattformen) hilft, direkt im Projekt mithelfen (Wiki pflegen, Social Media bespielen, Code schreiben, Mitbasteln) natürlich auch, und wer ein paar Euronen übrig hat, darf gerne selbst was in die Kasse werfen:

https://www.grannophone.de/unterstuetzer

#grannophone #senioren #makerfaire #hannover #make #maker #linux #voip #voipfone

Edit 1: Bild ergänzt, da es hier leider keine Linkvorschau mit Bild gibt.
Edit 2: Einen Satz entfernt, der mittlerweile keine Relevanz mehr hat.

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Drei Grannophone-Prototypen und ein Werbeschild auf einem Tisch

Why is my device a touchpad and a mouse and a keyboard?

If you have spent any time around HID devices under Linux (for example if you are an avid mouse, touchpad or keyboard user) then you may have noticed that your single physical device actually shows up as multiple device nodes (for free! and nothing happens for free these days!). If you haven't noticed this, run libinput record a

https://www.osnews.com/story/143134/why-is-my-device-a-touchpad-and-a-mouse-and-a-keyboard/

#Linux

@ken_fallon @paulgatling Her brother runs Lubuntu on a desktop PC. I wonder why there are so many different #Linux distributions, desktop environments and combinations.

Learning about #pentesting had a nice side effect: Keeping logs of what I do and have done is now basically second nature. This also helps in my dayjob and creates documentation basically as I go.

Did you know you can log your terminal with #tmux https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-logging? Or by using `script` and `scriptreplay` https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/linux-unix/script-command-in-linux-with-examples/

When using script, do not wonder about the color-code-chars in the log :)

#linux #terminal

A #Linux alternative? #Debian /Hurd shows microkernel #Unix dream is alive

#NetBSD

https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/debian_hurd_13/

TIL, wget2 is the successor of GNU Wget with much faster download speed due to usage of parallel connections and other such stuff. You can install wget using APT or DNF or package manager of your choice. But they have a web page too https://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2

#opensource #gnu #linux

Wisdom of crowds time:

Problem: My LibreOffice is showing me files as huge icons with truncated file names.

But I want a list where I can see full file names, file types and dates.

I cannot see how to set this. I hope it exists. Any help from fedi folk would be awesome :-)

#Linux #ubuntu #LibreOffice

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟴 (Valuable News - 2025/08/18) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟴/𝟭𝟴 (Valuable News - 2025/08/18) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/valuable-news-2025-08-18/

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

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

Hey #linux question. In #cinnamon, how can I change the default browser to Chrome like this.. but in the terminal?

I've tried so many things but nothing has worked.

This is the log when I run the settings from terminal

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Cinnamon settings showing default applications

I have *sincere* doubts whether SELinux truly improves security on a Linux desktop, or whether it is just a royal PITA.

Because clearly, an openvpn script wanting to drop in a dnsmasq config files & reload a systemd service should be this fun.

Just how many people do y'all think don't just swat this with "selinux=0" and move on with our lives?

(Outside the group of people developing SELinux or distribution maintainers.)

#Linux #SELinux

Two #blog posts in less than one week!

It was considered known that there is no support within GNAT (Ada) for illumos. We cross-build a complete native binutils+gcc toolchain for illumos to test out this claim.

...only to discover that illumos has full support within GNAT. Not a single test fails.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250817.html

#Ada #illumos #GNAT #GCC #GNU #freesoftware #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #linux #compiler #compilers

is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux? (tedu@) https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250817075800 #openbsd #performance #benchmarks #fork #development #freesoftware #linux #libresoftware

Just upgraded my test laptop to #Debian #Trixie. Upgrade process couldn't have been any smoother...or any more boring!

Will be upgrading the daily driver this week.

This is one of the reasons why I love Debian. Rock solid stability, predictable, and boring aren't just for servers!

#Linux

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A newly upgraded Debian Linux system running the hyfetch command line program. Hyfetch, a neofetch fork, prints the system's specs along with a Pride-colored Debian logo in a terminal.

If you missed this:

The Register: Linux is about to lose a feature – over a personality clash https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/sad_end_of_bcachefs/ @theregister @lproven #Linux

Dear #BSD / #Anti_SystemD peeps,

Please make friends with #Linux-only, #Systemd fans.

#X114EVR peeps, please make friends with #Wayland fans.

The only way the community at large moves forward is to keep conflict within the domain of friendship. That way we can hold our differences, and learn to synthesize the disagreements.

And please, please don't assume that someone is your ally just because they agree with you on one technical point. I don't have a problem with X11 being maintained until the end of time, I just don't want it to be led by someone with really horrible/destructive politics.

It's not #CancelCulture, it's mercy. I'm trying to cancel a destructive ideology; people are never my enemy.

C'est parti le compte à rebours a démarré pour dégager apple (prison dorée) et retour à #Linux (j'avais commencé en 96 ou 97 ? avec red hat 3 ? Franchement je ne sais plus, sauf que c'était pas simple, genre tu sautes au plafond de joie quand tu voix la croix noire de #xserver). Bref passage apple de 2021 à 2025 suite rachat de ma boite. Je me suis tourné vers @tuxedocomputers , je vous en dirai plus asap.

Debian turned 32 today! 🎉

💡 The Debian project was officially founded on August 16, 1993, by Ian Murdock. This day is also known as Debian Day.

#linux #debian

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Happy Birthday, Debian, August 16, 1993. There are two numerical balloons over the Debian logo on the left that say 32. Below, there are many balloons and confetti.

This came up on #HackerNews, too. And *of course* it spawned a rush of comments from people who had not read beyond the headline.

I was going to aim @ianb at it, but then dang the moderator changed the title. (-:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44916685

#OpenBSD #Linux #Concurrency #MultiProcessing

is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux? via @RunxiYu https://lobste.rs/s/q4t1wi #linux #openbsd #performance
https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/is-OpenBSD-10x-faster-than-Linux

☕ Good Morning Homelabs ☕

Freitagsgrußküsse von dem 💤 verschlafenen 🌞 annnyway, new place, new in-wall panel of cat6 terms and a 5GbE symmetric fiber line. I cleaned up the initial mess in June, second iteration this past week/ish. Generally, most of this hardware should be in one of the office racks (1U switch + 2x 0.5U patches + 1U UPS), specifically NOT in my walk-in closet. It's a work in progress.

#homelab #linux #freebsd #engineering #networking

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first iteration of the telco panel rebuild, just a bit messy

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in-between iterations, the OnQ parts arrived so mostly everything was removed. the two fiber boxes (shitty Comcast, and decent ATT) have to stay put.

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iteration number two, not horrible, needs more ethernet cable management and etc etc

The state of #Linux packaging seems to be a perpetual mess. There is no standard packaging format among distros (something that I don't think will be resolved any time soon) and I've always viewed third party packaging tools like #snap and #flatpak with skepticism, mainly from a #security perspective.

After reading this, I'd rather deal with the perpetual mess of different package managers than the unraveling security headache that is Flatpak.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/when-flatpaks-sandbox-cracks-real-life-security-issues-beyond-ideal

#tech #technews

@nigelharpur @OrionKidder … this is what it was like getting Kubuntu to work:

I need water in the kitchen.
25 steps. "Easy!"

But after each step I must stop & search the web for how to take the next step. I read 10 different opinions on how to do it, b/c the first 9 are unintelligible, sound too risky, or just don't work.

Eventually, a "solution" makes everything unstable. I have to stop and research to figure out if/how I can go back to zero.

Start over.

I fear I may die of thirst. #linux

#Linux #Hilfe #VM #Virtualbox

Moin.
Ich bräuchte bitte dringend Hilfe von Menschen mit Wissen zu Linux und Virtualbox:

Habe gerade entdeckt, dass meine VM (Virtualbox) nicht mehr läuft. Ich vermute, es wurde beim letzten Linux-Update im Kernel etwas geändert, weil ich bekomme folgende Fehlermeldung hier unten. (System: KDE Neon, Laptop Framework 13 mit AMD)

Nun hab ich schon gesucht im Netz dazu. Es gibt ein Konsolen-Befehl: sudo rmmod kvm_amd. Der bewirkt aber rein garnichts.
Möchte ich über systemctl kvm_amd disablen, sagt er mir, dass es kvm_amd nicht gibt.

Hat jemand eine Ahnung, wie ich das Problem behebe?
Ich brauche die VM dringend leider... 😓

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Foto der Fehlermeldung.

This is AMIga Window Manager (amiwm) is a stacking window manager for the X Window System
https://www.lysator.liu.se/~marcus/amiwm.html Sadly it is not updated any more (last update was in 2010).

#unix #linux #history

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A screeshot of amiwm is an X window manager for Linux and Unix.

There's a new #Linux distro in development, #omarchy headed by DHH of Ruby on Rails fame.

He feels good enough about it to make the default OS for his employees at 37 Signals.

Rather than attempt to copy Mac or Windows, it leans into a distinct aesthetic with tiling window management and no toolbars on terminal apps and some web apps.

https://world.hey.com/dhh/all-in-on-omarchy-at-37signals-68162450

Right now Omarchy is #ArchLinux + #hyprland plus some scripts and customizations.

There's been a flood of Debian 13 users sending bug reports to upstream(s) again.

A lot of them are closed as "fixed in newer version."

The bug reports are appreciated, but they're going to wrong place! Please report them to Debian directly!

#Debian #Linux

@Lydie

#Linux is much user-friendlier than it was even a few years ago, and there are lots of other benefits in having a computer that isn't constantly trying to get one over on you. But I agree that it isn't yet ready for the average person to install and use without help.

I look at it like this: #Windows will boot up and appear to work on your machine, but you're at risk of viruses, fraud, spyware, vendor lock-in, advertisements, dark patterns, and generally being treated like a cash cow. In contrast, Linux will occasionally not support all your hardware and you may encounter problems that take time and research to solve, but the OS and the apps you run are working for you rather than against you. No one is spying on you, advertising at you, trying to lock you in, or demanding expensive subscriptions.

It's annoying and unjust that the bulk of the market has gone to the extractive OS and ecosystem, but every person who uses and advocates for Linux helps to break Microsoft's hegemony.

@CppGuy @Lydie I'm going to be honest because it's Mastodon; as soon as I saw 'display driver' I was like, "Yeah, except for that.' I've only been using #Linux for a few years. I still get too excited.

A new #blog post appears!

I discovered that the GNU D compiler has been broken on FreeBSD 14 for over a year and it seems no one noticed. Let's discover the issue and brainstorm some solutions to it.

A great case study for why operating system package maintainers matter.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250813.html

#dlang #dlanguage #freebsd #bsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #unix #gcc #gdc #gnu #compiler #compilers #d #linux #opensource #freesoftware

Ceci n'est pas Linux.

#illumos #SmartOS #Debian #Linux

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The default Apache Debian index.html - but actually running inside a LX zone on SmartOS

I've never hidden my admiration for #illumos-based systems. I have a few setups based on #OmniOS and #SmartOS, and they're solid as a rock. I like them both: OmniOS is more "malleable", while SmartOS is more of a hypervisor like #xcp-ng or #xen - meaning you install it on the host and delegate everything else to the zones.

I also love #FreeBSD jails, but zones sometimes cover use cases that jails can't (and vice versa). For example, imposing RAM limits in jails works, but it effectively "denies more ram" to a process when it requests more memory. The end user doesn't see this directly. On illumos, the user sees everything. I have some `lx` zones with Debian and Virtualmin, and users have never noticed that they aren't really on #Linux. A free or top will show only the assigned RAM.

And that's one of the biggest problems with open-source operating systems: they all have something good, and I always feel the urge to use them all! 🙂

#OpenSource #IT #SysAdmin

Dear #Linux Distributions,

Please switch to #BSDTar by default. It's the archive Swiss Army Knife, able to read many, many additional file formats thanks to #libarchive.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk,

#WinningWithBSD

If you're running Nextcloud on top of Apache2 on Debian 12 server and after upgrading to Debian 13 server it refuses to start up again, do the following:

a2dismod php8.2
a2enmod php8.4
systemctl restart apache2

At least that was what I needed to do.

#Nextcloud #Apache2 #Debian #Linux