New #blog post: Monocultures Considered Harmful or: Why Linux Nerds Should Give BSD and Other "Weird" OSes a Try

https://rldane.space/monocultures-considered-harmful-or-why-linux-nerds-should-give-bsd-and-other-weird-oses-a-try.html

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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 #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #EdsgerDijkstra #Dijkstra #monoculture #monocultures #ConsideredHarmful

# New article is out #

Solus, a sparkling star in the Linux sky

https://darkblueraven.com/sites/articles/solus-review-january-2026.php

#darkblueraven #solus #xfce #budgiedesktop #gnome #kdeplasma #linux #linuxdesktop #opensource #freesoftware

```/bin/bash``` just turned 38.

Happy birthday, bash!

To display bash shell version press `Ctrl+x Ctrl+v`

#unix #linux #opensource

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A screenshot showing GNU/bash (shell.c) source code especially line that reads: /* Birthdate: Sunday, January 10th, 1988. Initial author: Brian Fox */

@rl_dane

That was an enjoyable read. I had a #ThinkPad #L530 in 2013 for some school stuff. Once done, I blew away #Windows7 for #Debian. Almost* everything worked out of the box. Fast, stable, and reliable.

Had I not tripped over the power cable (and thus violently tearing apart the AC adapter plug and internal connection, I'd still have it.

I've seriously considered going for another ThinkPad but I have a handful of spare laptops at my disposal and my daily driver is a sweet #Dell #Latitude 5400 (also running Debian).

The only thing that didn't work was the red dot in the keyboard. Oddly, it was supported under #openSUSE.

#laptop #linux #homelab

New #blog post: Why You Need A Stack of Thinkpads

https://rldane.space/why-you-need-a-stack-of-thinkpads.html

Thankful to Nanoraptor/Dana (will tag her elsewhere) for inadvertently reminding me to write this down. XD

Welp, I'm back in the saddle, I guess? Writing this gave me some nummy dopamine, so thank God for that!!!
Also, man is imgur ever a dreadful webshite. Just horrifying to use. XD

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

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

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Thinkpad #Thinkpads #Linux #BSD #RunBSD #eWaste #LossyPNG (in the blost)

Ich benutze die Anwendung "PasswordSafe" auf Windows und Android, um meine Passwörter und Zugänge zu verwalten. Auf Android gibt es ein extra Utility "Password Safe Sync", um die Passwortdatei über einen Cloudservice zu synchronisieren. Leider sind da nur GDrive, Onedrive, Dropbox und Box als Cloudstorage verfügbar, einen generischen Webdav oder andere Service sind nicht im Angebot.

Hat das schon jemand für den Auszug aus Bigtech gelöst?
#PasswdSafe #Linux #Android #Cloudsync

Has anyone thought about doing a Linux distribution that basically boots into a classic mac emulator in full screen, with maybe some proxies for web access and I/O running locally? Something like infinite mac, but locally.

This would be user friendly and probably quite fast.
You could probably store most of all existing classic mac software locally.

#classicmac #linux #retrocomputing #emulation

Question: what are y'all using as secret service on #Linux? (With #Wayland and #sway, if that matters.)

I did not like #GNOME #Keyring, because that pulled in tons of stuff I didn't want.

I'm currently using #KeePassXC, but let's just say it's a much better password manager than a Secret Service. (e.g., it can't remember authorized binaries over a session, and handling multiple databases isn't great.)

Ideally, I want something that does only this, but does it well.

TIL you can mount on top of symlinks; meaning, you can use a symlink as a mount point. This sounds like a really bad idea, specially after watching Alksa Sarai's talk at the Linux Plumber's Conf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8v7ovIeDRM

#Linux #Security

@nygl YES!!! very doable.

#Nextcloud is the best replacement for Office 365. If you're in an organization you can run local hosting, contacts, shared documents, email, video confererencing, and a whole lot more. Nextcloud is easy to deploy on your own hardware and many hosting companies offer the option to install out of the box.

You can easily #Linux individual machines in the organization. My preferred recco for easy switching from MS is #ZorinOS because it allows you to fully imitate the MS desktop environment so people don't feel lost or like they don't know where their settings are.

Then for the MS office suite tools, #LibreOffice is so, so good. They'll remind you of how stable and capable MS Office tools were like, 15 years ago before they went all Cloud-centered. Does everything you want and nothing you don't want, and NO AI.

Most MS cloud infra can run on linux anyway so it's a question of moving from Windows Server (ugh) over to Ubuntu or Fedora (far better).

LMK If you want more help. And this is obv more about how the organization works and collaborates, as that is my specialty, but I am also happy to discuss other options and issues.

If he hates Linux how it is so much, why doesn't Lennart Poettering fork it? #lang_en #Linux

Mal eine Frage in die Bubble:
Es scheint auf #Linux #Mint die software #rclone das Mittel der Wahl zu sein, um Daten aus der Cloud einzubinden. Leider funktioniert das schlechter als Dropbox vor 15 Jahren, mit einem Mount nur bei vorhandener Connectivity kann ich nicht soooo viel anfangen.

Es sollten zumindest die Stubs alle angelegt werden, und konfigurierbar sein, welche Verzeichnisse als Kopie vorgehalten werden. Und dann bei Zugriff nachgeladen. Gibbet da was? Bin ich zu doof?
#DID #DUT

Debian needs your help on this. 👨💻

https://itsfoss.com/news/debian-data-protection-team/

#linux #debian #volunteers

Evergreen

#OpenBSD #RunBSD #Linux #Jokes

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FishLinux meme with 3 panes: First pane: one person representing linux, the second representing OpenBSD, and a grandma. The grandma says "Hey it's-a the Linux bros!" Second pane: OpenBSD person says: "Mama, why do you never remember my name" Third pane: grandma says "I'm-a sorry, Fish Linux"

manpageblog is written in Python and available for many systems, including #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD or #Solaris based ones like #Illumos but also on #Linux like #Debian or #Ubuntu.

Changelog v1.6:

• Pagination support added
• Sitemap support added
• SEO optimized
• LD+JSON support added

The project source is available on GitHub at:
https://github.com/gyptazy/manpageblog
You can find a real-life demo on my website at https://gyptazy.com

#opensource #devops #minimalism #purism #web #blog #blogengine #blogging #coding #python #website #manpageblog

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manpageblog - a UNIX man page themed static blog engine

Wer hätte gedacht, dass das 11 Jahre alte Notebook unter Linux noch so flott rennt für Alltagsaufgaben. Und dabei habe ich noch nicht mal die sparsamere XFCE-installation gewählt, sondern Cinnamon. Very Nice.
Unter Windows 8 gekauft war es grade ok, unter Windows 10 schon eher langsam. #DUT #Linux

"The gist of the idea is to run the whole user environment, desktop and all, inside WINE. So it's something like a bare-metal WINE sitting on top of the Linux kernel."

The Register: What if Linux ran Windows… and meant it? Meet Loss32 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/06/loss32_crazy_or_inspired/ @theregister @lproven #Windows #Linux

@jbowen I have been using a #Librem5 as primary phone since 2022-05-01. It started as a one week test, and I've been using a Librem 5 since then.

PureOS, the default #Linux operating system for the @purism products is maintained, and the new #Crimson release is getting closer.

Many things improved over time, and things are still improving.

https://janvlug.org/blog/one-week-librem-5-field-trial-day-1/

I can say, however, that I've reunited with an "old friend" who is still in great shape. Before I get dozens of replies about it being insecure: in theory, it is, but it's not accessible from the outside. It's isolated within its own network and is only able to connect and fetch backups for 'extreme disaster recovery' (only at specific times, restricted by specific firewall rules). It served its purpose today, and tomorrow, it might be even more useful.

18:33:01 up 3188 days, 4:47, 1 user, load average: 5.09, 4.73, 4.74

Debian, Btrfs, and zero internal dust.
It's kept in a sterile, extremely protected room.

#IT #SysAdmin #Debian #Linux #Uptime #ServerUptime

The old idea of a "spatial" file manager in which every directory opens into a new window died as storage increased drastically and web browsers became popular.

But the deliberately retro Haiku OS is still doing it. Now, via @osnews I see someone is going for it on MATE https://www.osnews.com/story/144111/desktop-classic-system-wants-to-bring-some-classic-mac-os-to-mate-and-debian/

This is the fun kind of GUI diversity that only exists in the non-profit OS world now.

#linux #freebsd

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