Master Foo, watching a student try to debug a slow #Linux desktop system, offered, "The htop command reveals much. Mostly, that Firefox is still eating all your RAM. The universe, too, has its hungry daemons."

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A beautiful tabby cat with a very long, flowing white beard sits on a stone wall, eyes closed, appearing contemplative or asleep, with trees in the blurred background.

Linux with ZFS on root, using ZFS native encryption (no need for luks), works really well on Gentoo. I'm impressed with OddLama's installer tui-based scripts, the time savings are significant.

one item of interest: only two partitions required (three if swap is created). ZFS handles all of the usual requirements except EFI, just the way it should be.

- https://github.com/oddlama/gentoo-install

#linux #zfs #desktop

@paul @linus @stefano @whynothugo I chose Ubuntu (for KDE Plasma) because the installer provides root-on-ZFS.

With that base, I have not yet figured out which of these will be the simplest way forward:

― bemgr
― zectl
― ZFSBootMenu.

<https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/a65f5d819a6a8c54aff6079f63db33f6#user-content-management-of-zfs-boot-environments>

I see verbose guides, the verbosity creates a sense of complication.

I'd like the simplest possible guide to getting started, with any of the three options, where the boot environment layout/structure is predetermined by the installer for Ubuntu.

TIA

#rootonzfs #Linux #OpenZFS #ZFS #bemgr #zectl #ZFSBootMenu

#linux meme for you

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A two-panel Linux meme with the Drake on a yellow background. The top panel shows Drake looking displeased. Next to him, the text reads: "Password protect and encrypt your computer." The bottom panel shows Drake smiling and pointing approvingly. Next to him, the text reads: "Install i3wm so nobody knows how to use it anyway."

Git is a tool I like, a lot. Before git, you could do RCS {& some others} which is a totally different tool set.

In this video Linus Torvalds talks about the way he created Git two+ decades ago.

What immediately Springs into view, is the fact that Linus gave control of the git project to someone else, as soon as he could he did not want to stay with the project for too long.

Git was created because of pure necessity; it was vital for kernel revision control

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCr_gb8rdEI

#Git #Linus #Torvalds #kernel #Linux #RCS #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #GPL #programming

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The screencap shows a video player interface with a video titled "Two decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds." The video is paused at 8:05 out of a total duration of 41:49. Two individuals are seated in a room with a warm, brownish background. The person on the left is wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, while the person on the right, Linus Torvalds, is dressed in a gray jacket and blue jeans. They are seated on chairs with a small table between them, which holds two glasses. The room has a cozy atmosphere with plants and a painting on the wall. The video player interface includes typical controls such as play/pause, volume, and a progress bar, along with icons for sharing, liking, and starring the video. The battery level is at 87%, and the time displayed is 03:13. Ovis2-8B 🌱 Energy used: 0.645 Wh

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The screencap shows Linus Torvalds sitting at a table in a warm, indoor setting with large windows that allow natural light to fill the room. He is wearing a gray hoodie and has gray hair. The man is gesturing with his hands, suggesting he is engaged in a conversation or explaining git. The table has a glass container, possibly a water bottle, and a brown leather chair is visible. The background features a blurred view of greenery outside, indicating a peaceful environment. The overall atmosphere is calm and relaxed.

I'm a sucker for a good TUI.

Feed me your best TUIs in the comments, please.

#linux #terminal #TUI

FFmpeg Merges WebRTC Support https://git.ffmpeg.org/gitweb/ffmpeg.git/commit/167e343bbe75515a80db8ee72ffa0c607c944a00

#OpenSource #unix #linux

My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows … to see how it goes | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/my-week-with-linux

#Linux #Windows #Kubuntu #KDE #Plasma #Ubuntu #GNOME

If you and/or your relatives/friends are stuck with Windows 10, maybe here's some potential alternative for you!

https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/

My personal distro of choice is Fedora KDE, but Bazzite is also excellent (especially if you game).

#EndOf10 #Windows10 #KDE #Linux

I’ve been thinking of making some short form videos about historical #Unix versus current releases of #FreeBSD, #illumos, #Linux and macOS, occasionally 9front if I find way more time than I expect.
I’m leaning toward preferring v6 due to its preceding BSD1 & PWB, the Lions book, MIT’s xv6 (and modern projects like rust rewrites).

I’m planning to start with straightforward userland experience first: sh, cc, ed & basic file operations. Anyone got topics they’d like to see?

Server delivered - another successful migration from Linux to FreeBSD.

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #IT #SysAdmin #Linux

this is the most brutal tech job interview process I’ve ever read for most popular #linux distro 😱

https://dustri.org/b/my-experience-with-canonicals-interview-process.html

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟲/𝟬𝟮 (Valuable News - 2025/06/02) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/valuable-news-2025-06-02/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟲/𝟬𝟮 (Valuable News - 2025/06/02) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/valuable-news-2025-06-02/

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

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

could someone test the makefile and manpage installing/building for my exfetch project? I only tested on #OpenBSD, so any other #BSD testing or even #Linux would be appreciated.

https://codeberg.org/Izder456/exfetch

Added 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟯 - 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗡𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘅 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮 to the 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗡𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲𝗡𝗔𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘 article.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/truenas-core-versus-truenas-scale/#truenas-drama

#freebsd #freenas #truenas #linux #openzfs #server #trueos #debian #zfs #ubuntu

If a #Linux kernel panic had a sound, what would it be?

👀 maybe you can get help to turn your Windows 10 thing into something better:
#linux #windows10

Follow @Endof10 https://floss.social/@Endof10/114584759101866642

My grandpa finally moved from Ubuntu to Linux Mint. He says he 'upgraded to the greener version.' He genuinely thinks he's being tech-savvy (but I think he just wants to annoy me using words like 'Green Ubuntu'). I just nod and try not to correct him. LMAO. #LINUX #OpenSource #grandpa

#Linux User: Sometimes, I just want to grep for happiness 🥹

Flatpak “not being actively developed anymore”

At the Linux Application Summit (LAS) in April, Sebastian Wick said that, by many metrics, Flatpak is doing great. The Flatpak application-packaging format is popular with upstream developers, and with many users. More and more applications are being published in the Flathub application store, and the format is even being adopted by Linux dist

https://www.osnews.com/story/142467/flatpak-not-being-actively-developed-anymore/

#Linux

I mean, #ChrisBarnatt from #ExplainingComputers literally makes easy-to-digest content (and for those that prefer/have to use reading over watching and/or listening there are writeups everywhere!) going over #migrating from #Windows to #Linux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8vmXvoVjZw

Not to mention the obvious benefits of ditching #Windows10 & #Windows11 for any #Linux distro!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSd7wD-2x4

@lemgandi that's just Chris Barnatt who does gloss over things in a noob-friendly way.

"#Linux" is literally the #OS equivalent of a #Diesel engine as it's customizeable and resizeable from a single cylinder tiny unit that has less displacement than a pint to a giant heavy fuel oil ship diesel who's displacement is measured in cubic meters and everything in between.

• So people can have anything from tiny to huge and from minimalist to fancy with only hardware requirements and their own patience limiting them.

(Some folks will say #NetBSD is a two-stroke becaise it can be made to run on anything!)

@happyborg And this just this week I decided to research why a nice mic, a Blue Yeti, quit working with Arch #Linux. It hadn't worked for more than a week.

I went through several troubleshooting steps only to find that at that moment, it had started to work again.

I have a new #Linux laptop. I have new Bluetooth headphones. But they frequently don’t connect.

This is an inconvenience for me but a critical failure for #blind users.

So I appreciated this rant and hope it spurs progress.

“I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 2 – The Audio Stack Is a Crime Scene — fireborn” https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-2-the-audio-stack-is-a-crime-scene/

obviously they are talking about desktop :P #Linux #macOS #Windows

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A four-panel meme showing operating system wars. Panel 1: Red macOS figure claims "macOS IS BETTER." Panel 2: Blue Windows figure counters "Windows is MUCH BETTER than macOS." Panel 3: Both look down at a small, sad yellow Linux figure. Panel 4: macOS and Windows figures tells the now happy Linux figure, saying "Linux is good too."

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed doesn’t enable automatic snapshots in the home directories by default. I enabled them myself and noticed that, from time to time, the computer would completely freeze.
After some research, I discovered that Btrfs has this issue when quotas are enabled. I disabled quotas and the problem went away - although now the system probably doesn't know how much space each snapshot takes.

FreeBSD on my (old) desktop and ZFS - any snapshots I want, on much older (2018) and more limited hardware - and I’ve never seen anything like that happen.

#FreeBSD #RunBSD #Linux #openSUSE

The SSH protocol contains a hidden "haiku mode" (`ssh -H`):

ssh -H -l user ec2-server-ip-address

If activated, all #Linux/#UNIX server messages are returned in perfect 5-7-5 syllable structure. Debugging becomes very poetic 🤭