@rl_dane @OpenComputeDesign I would argue that LFS helps you understand what #Linux actually is - basically just the kernel and a build chain. Everything else is a distribution, not "Linux" - or, more properly "a" Linux.

The core of Linux is very understandable - it's the distributions and add-ons that create the convolution. Sometimes that's for better, sometimes that's for worse. I will say that for all it's faults, systemd has massively increased the approachability factor of using Linux distros by standardizing a bunch of things that didn't used to be. There are other similar items; that's just the big white elephant.

Been a lot of talk lately about #Mozilla stepping in it. Did you know that #Vivaldi has a well maintained #Linux release?
It works very well.

Right before christmas, the R1OS Forum is ready and registrations are open. The forum is for all people that need some support or want to discuss about free and open source software, especially Linux and BSD operating systems.

Please note that the forum is not affiliated with any projects and cannot help with official problems related to these. Please use the official channels if you need specific help with a project.

#r1os #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

okay #Linux folks, what do you use to organize/tag your photos?

I am using #LMDE which comes with Pix (based on gThumb), but haven't really dived into it yet.

Bonus: anything that works particularly well with synced/remote storage? (Currently using Dropbox for photos but open to other options.)

Big Tech is getting more and more involved in politics. During the last US election, Crypto bros spent more than $100 million on the election, which got some of them out of jail. Now Big Tech is active again, this time with focus on AI, as reported in this Washington Post article.

It is time to take a stand against companies that behave this way.

#politics #AI #elections #technology #crypto #Browser #Linux

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/19/tech-super-pacs-midterms-ai/

@nixCraft

I was fortunate enough to learn the Control L shortcut way in the beginning of the alpha versions of Linux, when distributions were not even a figment of the imagination.

It has saved me hundreds of thousands of keystrokes

#sh #csh #ksh #zsh #ash #bash #programming #OpenSource #technology #Linux

The focus for us at @Vivaldi has always been to do what our users want us to do. So we have spent time on things like:

- Work spaces and tab stacks
- Tab tiling
- Mouse gestures
- Customizable keyboard shortcuts
- Tracker and ad blocker
- Panels and Web panels
- Cross platform, encrypted sync function
- Advanced bookmarking function with speed dials
- Customizable dashboard
- Massive customization options in general.
- Notes functionality

We have also added stuff like this in our desktop browser

- Mail client
. Calendar
- Feed reader
- Proton VPN integration

Not everyone uses everything we make, but that is also the point. The fact that we listen to special requests is IMHO a feature and not a bug. We value power users as well.

On the other hand, we have stayed away from certain things. Things like:

- Blockchain / Crypto currencies
- AI

You can find us on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS. You can even find us in many cars running Android Automotive.

We are not the largest browser company in the world, but we are dedicated and we are growing. More and more are giving us a try. Have you?

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #ios #Browser #Vivaldi #AI #Technology #Computing

https://vivaldi.com

A first of its kind Linux CVE dropped and in kernel code rewritten in Rust. The Rust rewrite introduced a race condition in a multi-threaded doubly linked list implementation leading to memory corruption.

This is the first formal CVE located in the Linux Rust code, a bit of an auspicious milestone.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/First-Linux-Rust-CVE

#Rust #Linux #cybersecurity

Is it Linux? Is it Windows? It's Winboat (https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat) a real Windows 11 VM, running inside a Docker container. Accessing the individual applications via xRDP.

And it works surpsisingly well! 🙂

#windows #linux #winboat #docker

I have it running on #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #Linux, #MacOS, #IllumOS, #iOS, and have a user on the legacy #Android OS. That's basically everything that matters.

"Too many #ThinkPads???"

I don't even know what that means!

#Linux #FreeBSD #OpenBSD

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Foreground; Thinkpad X260 (FreeBSD) with a couple Analog Nowhere stickers. Background: X390 Yoga (Fedora KDE for now, no stickers) on top of an X200t (OpenBSD) with only a UT Dallas sticker visible.

Two things in this Google Trends graph.

First, search interest in #Ansible peaked in 2019 and has been in general decline since. It's down about 25% from peak volume. During the same period, search volume for #NixOS has increased about 25%.

Second, every year in December, Google searches for #Ansible in the US plummet.

#Linux #DevOps

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Screenshot of Google trends graph with searches for Ansible going steadily down and NixOS searches going steadily up. Still about twice as many searches for Ansible, but if trends continue, the lines may cross in the next five years with NixOS being more popular.

"What if" Wednesday

What if we could continue using the computers we have but no new computers could be built, what would that look one year, five years or even ten years later?

How long would your laptop last?

How long would your operating system last?

How long would the internet last?

#ShowerThoughts #WhatIfWednesday #FreeBSD #Linux #Computing #NetBSD #OpenBSD #OpenSource

New #blog post!

I install #FreeBSD 15.-0-RELEASE on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. You can too!

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20251216.html

#openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #arm #arm64 #aarch64

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and Cosmic Epoch 1 released

https://r1os.com/sites/news/pop-os-24-04-lts-released.php

#r1os #popos #cosmicdesktop #ubuntu #linux #linuxdesktop #system76

Announcing Vojtux - Accessible Linux distro which is almost pure Fedora via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/w5j6io #a11y #linux
https://www.freelists.org/post/orca/Announcing-Vojtux-Accessible-Linux-distro-which-is-almost-pure-Fedora

I can help with that!

He found me through a web search and looked at my website. So websites still do matter.

#thinkPad #linux

Another crowd wisdom toot...

I'm looking for an affordable #art /#drawing tablet. It should be reliable and work with #krita under #linux and maybe #windows.

I have no idea what I should be looking for/at, so any and all help or #retoot appreciated.

Good.

AI slop (AI generated code) will be not allowed in GNOME shell extensions: "At this point, we have to add a new rule to the EGO review guidelines. So the packages with unnecessary code that indicate they are AI-generated will be rejected."

Read blog post: https://blogs.gnome.org/jrahmatzadeh/2025/12/06/ai-and-gnome-shell-extensions/

#linux #gnome #opensource

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2025/12/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/valuable-news-2025-12-15/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟭𝟱 (Valuable News - 2025/12/15) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/15/valuable-news-2025-12-15/

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

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

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS delivers a great desktop experience!

https://itsfoss.com/news/pop-os-24-04-review/

#linux #popos #system76

Anyone on #Linux have a favorite method of containing the access and permissions of #AI agents (besides abstinence)?

"packnplay" by @obrajesse is a new option: https://blog.fsck.com/2025/12/10/packnplay/

Are there other options you like?

For example: If the task at hand is to help with a coding project, limit the file system access to only that directory and maybe some supporting tools,

Thanks all who engaged on this thread re: my problems w/ hibernate (suspend-to-disk) on my new @novacustom laptop V54.

I've confirmed this problem has nothing to do w/ #NovaCustom, but an #Anker #Thunderbolt hub that I bought. Details: https://novacustom.com/forum/d/619-resume-after-hibernation-initially-worked-but-now-fails-every-time/2

The only thing left is I'd love advice on how to report this bug upstream to #Linux. I've truly never understood how to make useful bug reports to Linux itself, as problems are often so hardware specific.

Cc: @kees @bwh @mray @debian

New blog post:

Building and running Linux off a Floppy Disk
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/12/building-and-running-linux-off-a-floppy-disk/

#blogging #blog #linux #floppinux

When you try to install a software on FreeBSD, using the official "install.sh" way but it tries to write binaries in /usr/bin instead of /usr/local/bin

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #Linux #Linuxisms #IT #SysAdmin

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Toy Story meme: Linuxisms, Linuxisms everywhere

So, I'm now desperate, as this is the only big blocker for my @novacustom laptop to meet my computing requirements.
I realize hibernatation to an encrypted partition can be tricky, but the tricky part isn't the problem because (given the logs) clearly the hibernate image is found during startup. I don't get why it says:
https://novacustom.com/forum/d/619-resume-after-hibernation-initially-worked-but-now-fails-every-time
“Hibernate inconsistent memory map detected!”
“PM: hibernation: Image mismatch: architecture specific data”

@debian users, any ideas?

#AskFedi #Linux