borgbackup 1.4.4 was just released!

Some important fixes, a few small new features, check the change log please!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.4

#borgbackup #backup #linux #macos #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

I"M GOING TO PUNCH THE FUCKING SCCREEN THROUGH IF YOU DONT. STOP. FLICKERING, ThinkPad T480 #lang_en #Linux #IHopeYouDie

🚨 We are pleased to announce the release of #GNOME 50. You can read about what our contributors have been working on in

https://release.gnome.org//50/

We take the chance of this new release to thank our contributors who have made this happen!

Let us know what you think! ❤️

#OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

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Blue themed background based off GNOME 50 default background and the next "GNOME 50"

Good timezone Fedi - what desktop environment or window manager do you use and why? If you could recommend it in a 1 sentence, what it would be?

#wm #de #xorg #x11 #wayland #linux #macos #windows #dos #haikuos #plan9 #freebsd #runbsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonlfybsd #linux

Here's a #security question that's been bugging me for a few weeks now:

I'm a professor and there are #Windows PCs in the classrooms. Login in a controlled domain, users have no admin perms etc.

Sometimes I #ssh from these machines to my #Linux box at my office to show some numerical stuff to the class.

Which security practice is more reasonable? Keep a (passworded) key file in the windows machines and risk an (unlikely) extraction or login with a password and risk keylogging? #secops

#Linux experts (#Mint #Debian):

Who has recommendations for...

(1) Graphical #cron-job editor
(2) Graphical #Systemd editor - specifically timers
(3) Graphical file-share / #Samba configurator
(4) Graphical File transfer client (SFTP/S3), like Cyberduck
(5) Video editor (similar to #FinalCutPro on #MacOS)
(6) Easy to use vector drawing tool (Simpler and easier than #inkscape )
(7) Simple document editor (I used to like #AbiWord back in the day - #LibreWriter feels very complicated to me)

"Every good thing in this story was born from constraint"

#history #technology #unix #linux #OpenBSD

Thank you @cesarbrod for sharing this elsewhere 🙏

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/the-unix-origins

This just hurts, its so dumb.

https://www.creativebloq.com/design/logos-icons/firefox-drops-its-fox-in-tease-for-new-logo

#Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

The resistance against age verification is growing. 

There's now a dedicated Linux distro that stands against it. 😼🗿

https://itsfoss.com/news/ageless-linux/

#linux #ageverification

New #blog #post: The Farmer's Station Wagon: A Parable

https://rldane.space/the-farmers-station-wagon-a-parable.html

1280 words

This was inspired by a recent interview between the #Fedi's own Jason Evangelho and Mike Kelly.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn @ay

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #linux #nixbook #upcycle #eWaste #FOSS #Freedom

After weeks of trial & error, I finally had #FreeBSD run #Python Torch software (the #AI / #MachineLearning stuff) with my NVIDIA Thunderbolt eGPU using the #Linux Binary Compatibility. Here are the notes summed up and sorted.

https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/generative-ai-using-linuxulator-and-egpu-on-freebsd/

It's great to see more #Linux content aimed at new users. But....y'know what's even cooler? More #FreeBSD content aimed at new users!

Just stumbled across this video while looking for other things. I think it does a good job at introducing it as a desktop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EFG3BO6oVY

#tech #desktop #operatingsystem #unix #newbie #computer #pc #awesome

After around 23 years, I think I finally made a decision to switch from #Linux to #OpenBSD. It gives me this fantastic feeling of discovering new horizons and seems much more coherent. Also has no #techbros behind it.
I might even remove Linux from main SSD and leave it only on my USB disk to play one old Windows game that I have.
It seems like the only thing I will miss is battery life on Linux. But I'm ready for this tradeoff.

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Screenshot of neofetch command showing details of OpenBSD installation.

Why I Love freeBSD

freeBSD

Processing

I've only skimmed this nice post.
Thorough reading will follow later

Some highlights which resonate with me *as flageolets on a string instrument* are captured here in screenshots I've made on an Android

• Many tools still work exactly as they did (decades ago)

• The feeBSD handbook taught me an enormous ammount, more than many of my University courses, including things that had nothing to do with freeBSD specifically

• This is vital

• The handbook taught me the right approach

  understand first, act second

This is a principle I use since I've been a peuter (NL).

• Analyze what occured
• understand why it occured
• find out under what circumstances it can occur
• close or limit those conditions
• fix the problem by repairing, cooling, modifying the break
• analyse the proposed fix before implementing
• Only replace when all other methods fail or repair is more expensive than replacement

Sources

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2026/03/16/why-i-love-freebsd/

#freeBSD #IT #notes #ITNotes #dragas #programming #OpenSource #no #Linux #logic #analysis

@stefano

I enjoyed and appreciated reading this post.

"I realized almost immediately that GNU/Linux and FreeBSD were so similar they were completely different."

This right here.

My initial impression with #FreeBSD in 2006 was quite similar. Of course, #Linux back then was a much different beast than what it has evolved (mutated?) into today.

Had I not pursued Linux system administration as a career, I *probably* would have stuck with FreeBSD.

We can make all the technical comparisons between the two OSes all day long but what drove my interest and enthusiasm are (1) the documentation and (2) the community.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/03/16) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/valuable-news-2026-03-16/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟯/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2026/03/16) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/valuable-news-2026-03-16/

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

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

borgbackup 2.0.0 beta 21 was just released!

Please help testing!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b21

#borgbackup #linux #macos #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #omniOS #haikuOS #windows #backup

Episode 8 of Dark Blue Weekly released

https://darkblueproject.com/sites/news/dbw-e8.php

#darkblueproject #darkblueweekly #opensource #freesoftware #linux #endeavouros #cachyos #debian #gimp #libadwaita #gnome

#NetBSD #Linux #windows7 #macos

The #future of #Microsoft #Windows is downright terrifying. If their previous OS releases haven't motivated you to switch to #Linux or some kind of #BSD, then after watching this video I think you will be.

#opensource #RunBSD #OwnYourData #selfhost #NoAI #tech #privacy #spy #surveillance #masssurveillance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7a89ZYcTo8

40 days in the Japanese desert: the third Oni

https://triapul.cz/japanese_jesus

#japanese_jesus #triapul #linux #thinkpad

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after 40 days japanese jesus came across a vintage comput jj: "4:3?!" he felt the rickety fan and knew it was good jj: "dad! you shouldn't have!" oni: "jj!" the third oni oni: "give up your father's core2duo and take my m5 macbook! it will make you the fastest prophet!" jj: "nah" oni: "what? that's insane! what's so special about that brick?!" jj: "you would not understand."

@nixCraft ok, thanks to you I installed this and then also remembered to reinstall fortune and cowsay :)
#linux

Run the following to see your PATH settings in easy to read format on screen:
```
tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH"
tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH" | lolcat
```
This is a little more portable
```
echo "$PATH" | tr ":" "\n"
echo "$PATH" | tr ":" "\n" | lolcat
```

#unix #linux

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a screenshot showing output of the `tr ":" "\n" <<<"$PATH" | lolcat` command to see your system's PATH environment variable in a readable and colorful format using lolcat command. This command will print your system's search paths using the `$PATH`, lists them one per line, and makes them look pretty just for fun. You can skip the `lolcat` bit if you don't want colors.

I still can't even that my now nearly 80 year old mom has been on Fedora on a thinkpad e520 (2011) for a decade and it all just works.

I checked her laptop just now and it's fully up to date on fedora 43, so she's done like 20 version upgrades autonomously too. The battery has degraded a little but the whole thing still works fine and she's very happy with it.

This is how things should be, this is peak computing tbh.

#Fedora #Linux

RE: https://mamot.fr/@Khrys/116221336008626645

In my most recent Linux attempt I was in the process of picking up Fedora & then I saw them waffle on AI & immediately switched my efforts to Zorin...

- so yeah, I'm ready.

#linux #ai

You just provisioned a fresh Linux server. Within minutes, the SSH brute-force bots will arrive.

There are too many ways to build a firewall in Linux. I wrote a practical guide to the four major tools: iptables, nftables, firewalld, and ufw, including their mental models and deployable configs.

Also includes a deep dive into the "Docker Trap" (why Docker silently bypasses your default-deny rules) and how to fix it.

(And yes, I still spend the intro and conclusion reminding everyone that FreeBSD's PF is the undisputed king of packet filtering. Let's argue in the replies.)

Read it here: https://blog.hofstede.it/linux-firewalls-how-to-actually-secure-a-cloud-server-iptables-nftables-firewalld-ufw/

#Linux #Sysadmin #DevOps #Security #Netfilter #Docker #Networking

Saturday mobile Linux-ing in the sun.

#Linux #termux #BBSG

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Photo of a vertical Pixel set atop a Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard, on a wooden picnic table. The screen is showing a tmux session in termux, running the BSSG build process.

#Linux Runs the Entire #World but #Everyone Still Uses #Windows by #CodingwithDee #yt xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuNVIKur8Q

Artix Linux sure looks appealing all of a sudden. I think I might go ahead and install the Cinnamon edition with Dinit on my desktop. I've been wanting to do some distro hopping here lately, anyways.

#NoAI

#ArtixLinux #Cinnamon #Artix #Linux #systemd #Dinit #OpenSource #FOSS

Happy International Pi Day! Celebrating the infinite possibilities of clean code and extreme portability.

What a better day to remind everyone: Of course it runs NetBSD! 🚩

#NetBSD #PiDay #PiDay2026 #OpenSource #RetroComputing #RunBSD #linux

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116218353347856328

Oh no, systemd started using LLMs. 🙁

Every mainstream Linux distribution from Ubuntu to Arch uses systemd as far as I know.

So just as users are migrating from Windows to GNU/Linux, we are hit with the slop.

#linux #systemd #GenAI

An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills

https://lwn.net/Articles/1062779/ #LWN #Linux

Well shit
I blew up my Slackware install thanks to the internet blowing up during a major update earlier today.I think it destroyed my startup for good since all I get now is LIL then blinking cursor.
Just as well ,I want to reinstall using KDE this time.It was XFCE before.
Fk you very much Xfinity for the hour long outage today.
#linux
#pc
#slackware

RE: https://chaos.social/@davidak/116205913072553471

After some research today it becomes clear that you can't have a linux system without running LLM generated code, since the linux kernel itself and also systemd has it.

Maybe not running LLM generated code becomes a niche thing like running linux-libre and libreboot. It is not something the average user can achieve.

We need a more specific approach to handle software with LLM contributions.

https://lwn.net/Articles/1026558/
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Asystemd%2Fsystemd+Claude&type=commits

#GenAI #LLM #Linux #systemd #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

Pendant que l'Éducation nationale re-signe pour 4 ans de plus et 150 millions d'€ avec #Microsoft…
« L'administration fiscale dit non à Microsoft et choisit #Linux ! »

https://www.generation-nt.com/actualites/fisc-choisit-linux-abandonne-windows-2072130

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Le logo de la DGFIP (Direction Générale des Finances Publiques) superposé à une photo en fond d'écran du bâtiment du Ministère de l'économie et des finances, à Bercy (Paris).