schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
Arvon parviäly, pari kysymystä! Yritän auttaa Linuxiin vaihtamista harkitsevaa yliopisto-opiskelijaa, mutta en ole varma tiedänkö tarpeeksi siihen tänä päivänä liittyvistä erikoistarpeista, eikä hänkään niistä kaikista välttämättä ole tietoinen ennen kuin tulee ongelmia.
Vieläkö esim. Zoom ja Teams toimivat Linuxissa hyvin päivittäisessä käytössä? Onko jotain muuta huomioitavaa, mitä tulee mieleen? Yliopiston VPN?
(tuuttausta saa tehostaa)
hey, Linux boffins, a request: we want a book.
we know how to use a computer. we know how to crack open a wiki. we know how to structure a web search. but when it comes to Linux, we're missing the *basics.* the bits that don't go in the wiki in the same way that *how to use a mouse* doesn't go in the wiki, because why would you explain that.
is there a book we can get – from our local library or said library's Libby subscription or, idk, the archive dot org anization or whatever – that can shore up our understanding? like the catalog lists book titles but we don't know how to judge them, so we'd like to be able to just type a title *y'all* name into the box and see if it comes up.
- 🦊? 🐍?
Is there any "network device" simulators out there that would allow me to host 20+ network devices on one host to troubleshoot DHCP issues?
I would like to spin up a VLAN between some infrastructure switches, a DHCP server and a host. The host will just request a bunch of DHCP operations over a few hours simulating multiple devices. I prefer using it on #FreeBSD but would accept #Linux, macOS, and if I have to Windows.
After much deliberating I've decided to replace my ageing Thinkpad T470 with Tuxedo's Infinitybook Pro14 gen10 (AMD):
Why @tuxedocomputers?
✅ Specs & price match
☑️ EU based, but hardware is manufactured by TongFang a Chinese OMD.
✅ Allow customization & DIY repairs
✅ Offer support & share fixes
❓ Seem to support Linux ecosystem & local community
❓Sustainability is a bit vague
My first non-Lenovo laptop. Exciting!
#Linux #Laptop #Hardware #Tech #Tuxedo
@frameworkcomputer was considered, but fell short:
❌ Price & spec didn't match
❌ ☑️ Sustainability is a bit of a ruse; components can only purchased at #Framework & replacement boards are expensive; ✅ Still easier todo diy repairs
❌ US company, hardware is manufactured by Taiwan Compal Elec though
❌ VC capital funded
❌ Questionable handling of sponsorships
❌ Promoting Omarchy - distro by extreme rightwing techbro David Heinemeier Hansson
I prefer small cosy tents ⛺
I recently install #linuxmint (#linux) on the relatively new laptop of my SO, and after that (really totally frictionless) experience and the enthusiastic reaction to the new system, I am going to try and slip this to relatives as "Windows XE (Extra Edition)" and see whether I ever get caught out.
(My father has been using Linux for years now, installed by my brother-in-law and still hasn't gotten aware of it ...)
People, out there, don't let anybody tell you that "Linux is not mature for the desktop". It's just not preinstalled.
Our fundraiser to "Sustain and Strengthen" GNU Guix has been running for a month. Time for a post on how we're doing:
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2025/update-on-the-guix-fundraising/
We're at about 40% (€6562) of our €15000 annual goal. And, over 100 people have become recurring supporters - pledging between €10-€30 each month. This is a great start and we really appreciate everyone who's donated to Guix! 🙏
People have contributed through both our @fsf hosted funds and through Guix Foundation. Every donation help!
Excited to see how it goes through the next few weeks and what it means for the projects sustainability. 💪
# "Using LibreOffice and other Free software for documents as a lawyer"
I was asked recently about how I get on using LibreOffice for document-related legal work, and I promised to write down some thoughts.
The short answer is that I use a mix of LibreOffice and other FOSS tools, and I’m very positive about it, with no particular concerns.
If you have questions, please do ask!
https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/11/using-libreoffice-and-other-free-software-for-documents-as-a-lawyer/
😆
The Register: Debian demands Rust or rust in peace for legacy ports https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/debian_apt_to_require_rust/ @theregister @lproven #Rust #Linux
@jmeowmeow yeah, so ... looking at system logs when one is not a systems engineer does not seem so fruitful. So it is in orange, or red ... what does it mean? #sigh
#linux #ubuntu is not friendly to non-tech users.
Have you used, successfully, a script/tool for converting dovecot configs from 2.3 to 2.4?
If so, could you share a link, please?
I've done one, reasonably simple, config by hand, but I am looking for a tool for a more complicated one.
(I have searched, but found nothing; I'm looking only for first-hand experiences, please.)
Is anyone here using ZFS as their daily driver file system of choice on Gentoo? I like FreeBSD's ZFS integration and want to replicate some of that. It seems more polished than BTRFS.
Unfortunately, it looks like the Gentoo wiki is a bit out of date when it comes to ZFS knowledge.
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟬𝟯 (Valuable News - 2025/11/03) available.
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Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
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#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Hello, decided to log back into Mastodon as the bus to my town seems to have stopped a minute away from here for 20 minutes now. I have a few status updates regarding my tech adventures to share.
Firstly, I installed postmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S9 a few months ago, and with it, I moved to Alpine Linux on my laptop and desktop. The experience has been wonderful, but bumpy. It works really well on my laptop, but my desktop has faced some issues which I am happy to post on their mailing list once I am back home.
I also installed Arch Linux alongside my Alpine Linux installation as a redundant backup option in case one ends up broken by an update, or a mistake of my own. This has proven handy twice now, the second time ending up with my main system still under maintenance as of today. I also have a reserve Linux Mint USB, if it gets really bad, but I remain hopeful that it won't get that bad. Just for assurance, my ego has not inflated after installing it.
I still love using OpenBSD and FreeBSD when I can, but I deemed it more logical to use the operating system based off the kernel I want to develop for in the future. I plan on using OpenBSD on systems that I find to be not essential to use all the time, such as my brothers desktop, but I'm kind of bringing myself to use Alpine Linux on my daily drivers.
Sorry for disappearing for a while, this is a new phone which I forgot to install Mastodon on. My old phone drowned after my water bottle leaked during a walk, which meant I had to start over from scratch. I'm still addicted to Pixel phones however. Thanks for making a great operating system, #grapheneos team.
#OpenBSD #freebsd #alpinelinux #archlinux #BSD #Linux #technology #postmarketos
Guten Morgen #Fediverse
Hallo #IT Experten.
Unser Mitarbeiter im #Ruhrgebiet , der bisher im #Nebenjob unsere #edv #Kunden betreut hat, ist leider inzwischen überlastet, wir suchen Ersatz.
Mögliche Beschäftigung:
a) #Teilzeit
b) #Freelancer
c) #Subunternehmer
Wichtig ist:
Die Kunden in #essen benötigen vor Ort #Support
Jemand Interesse ?
Meldet Euch gerne.
#linux #univention #unify
I've been working with large sparse files lately, and tar's feeling like a bottleneck. (It's not painfully slow, but it could be faster; it only uses one core, for example.) I can think of a couple of possible speedups, but before I reinvent the wheel: have other people noticed and dealt with this pain point?
#linux #tar #SparseFiles
I think #FreeBSD is really starting to click, for server use that is.
Jails are super powerful, not to mention easy to operate with @BastilleBSD . And talk about lightweight...
Still not sure if it would be better to stick with #Linux +containers because they're so familiar.
Reason #147 to switch to Linux. Bought a new (to me) PC, a mini desktop Lenovo M920S and simply swapped the hard drives from my old PC and bingo, it worked straight away. No licensing issues, nothing. OK had to change the WIFI configuration as the new machine had a different card but everything else is exactly the same as is working flawlessly. For those of you keeping track, I run Linux Mint but I suspect this would have been the case with many Linux distributions. #linux #nomorewindows #computerfreedom
The Debian #Linux project plans to introduce hard dependencies on the Rust lnag into core components, specifically the APT package manager, starting no earlier than May 2026. The developer strongly urges maintainers of Debian ports for different architectures to ensure they have a working Rust toolchain within the next six months. In sort, Rust lang (toolchain) becoming a mandatory component of Debian's core infrastructure.
# Linux vendors are getting into Ubuntu – and Snap
One of the things that I enjoy about @lproven's writing is the sheer number of references (by which I mean "rabbit holes to go down").
A news report turns into a scholarly monograph.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/linux_vendors_getting_into_snap/
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) »
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
To everyone who says ‘install Linux’ as a solution to Windows problems (or ‘install LibreOffice’ as a solution to MS Office problems), imagine how you would react if you posted about Linux problems and all of the responses were ‘install Haiku’. Would it work? Maybe, but the person saying it has no idea what you do on Linux, whether the apps that you use run on Haiku (or have alternatives that you could switch to). Neither of you have a clear understanding of how much time and effort the switch would take, or what the network effects are that make switching hard.
If you have actually engaged with them, understood their requirements fully, and have a migration path outlined for them, great. If you’re just being a dick, think about how that makes people perceive Linux users: Maybe that isn’t a great way of driving adoption.
Building a backup exclude/ignore file for a typical home directory on #Linux is madness.
Especially ~/.local/share/ is completely bonkers. A mix of easily reproducible data (such as #flatpak installs, but zed, nvim, containers ... all do it) mixed with valuable mutable state.
And don't get me started on backing up source code repositories. (Ideally, the tool would automatically only back-up unpushed changes and stashes.)
Storage costs money!
Does anyone use a command-line #SignalApp client? I'm looking for suggestions, preferably one in the #FreeBSD ports tree.
(Linux hashtag included due to potential overlap.)
Copying 20-year-old backups onto the RiscPC via vsftpd running on Slackware AArch64 (HoneyComb LX2). Just another step toward getting the StrongARM RiscPC running Slackware again!
I definitely forgot how slow half-duplex 10Mbit Ethernet is…
~250 KB/sec feels like time travel 🐢💾
At this rate I might it might be finished for next week!
The Register: Ubuntu's much-maligned format may be finally reaching critical mass https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/31/linux_vendors_getting_into_snap/ @theregister @lproven #Ubuntu #Linux
oksh-7.8 is out! Sorry for the delay; was away at conferences.
https://github.com/ibara/oksh/releases/tag/oksh-7.8
#openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #macos #macosx #osx #aix #haiku #shell #ksh #oksh #sh #freesoftware #opensource #opensourcesoftware #oss
Run Linux containers on FreeBSD!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-wUUzRCMo
https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/oci-containers-on-freebsd/ ― an introduction | @FreeBSDFoundation
https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/115450533582783930 |@david_chisnall
Spooky News: BorgBackup 1.4.2 was just released!
Some fixes, some new features, support for latest Python and msgpack releases.
Details:
https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.2
#borgbackup #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #openindiana #macOS #backup #Python
I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.
I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.
@mason : I encourage you to continue with your #Linux distro even if it needs to be a one-person project. There will be all sorts of spin-offs from the project.
I'll add more in the coming months to the #Laclin site about how that distro is unique. I can say here that:
* My distro fits in a pants pocket -- it boots from SSD or Flash. To me, a laptop is just another peripheral.
* For cloud deployment, Laclin can run in a chroot on top of Debian on a dedi. So, cloud installation is almost as easy as unzipping a few ZIP files. The ZIP files add up to about 200GB, though, so plenty of disk space is needed.
* For improved security, there are nearly no foreign binaries. I build nearly everything from source. This includes the web browsers -- UChromium, LibreWolf, Tor Browser, and my own browser, AlbusLuna -- as well as LibreOffice. Firmware and old game EXEs might be the only exceptions to the rule.
* Nearly every package can be built offline. This includes packages based on Go, Haskell, Rust, and other languages that usually require Internet access.
* The size of the distro is comparable to that of a typical Debian install, but it's super-light.
* The core desktop executable is only 100KB in size. But the distro has a Start menu, launch buttons, a taskbar, workspaces, a systray, alt-tab, and single-instance support.
Does anybody truly need more?
* I collect and maintain obscure programs that deserve to be distributed and used. The distro includes dozens of unique tools of my own design as well.
* One of my hobbies is to transcode videos to optimum file size, dimensions, and sharpness. I pad some videos with black borders to prevent devices from upscaling them.
I also normalize audio and add readable yellow subtitles below the videos [as opposed to in them].
I use neural nets -- in my distro and not online AIs -- to upscale both videos and images. Note: I use the images for movie posters. The neural nets work with old CPUs and don't require GPUs.
So, the distro includes an OldCoder video toolset which handles all of that.
* The distro can, of course, play and/or rip BluRay discs [older type and not Ultra HD] as well as DVDs.
* I plan to add a number of other major distros to my distro as containers. It'll be a Porting Center on a Stick.
* Built-in servers include Angie and a Fediverse instance. Angie is an enhanced Nginx that handles certs for you. The Fediverse instance is Pleroma-BE plus my own fork of Soapbox-FE.
This post is being posted using Laclin and that same Fediverse instance. Laclin is running in a chroot on top of Debian on a relatively light dedi.
* The package system permits conflicting libraries and program releases to coexist. So, for example, every OpenJDK from 15 to 20 is preinstalled. OpenJDK 08 as well in case you'd like to run Java programs from 2000.
* I've migrated much of the distro from "gcc" to "clang". I hope to go a step further and migrate from "glibc" to "musl" as well. Note: This is based on multiple factors and isn't an implied criticism of "gcc" or "glibc".
* The distro will be useful after the coming apocalypse because the goal is to build everything right into the system. Source code, Wikipedia, WikiHow, street maps, books, music, and puzzles and games. No Internet will be needed.
Of course, after the apocalypse, it might be difficult to obtain laptops, SSDs and Flash sticks, and electricity. But, still. I love my distro.
Plus:
• Fedora KDE pkg mgmt
• Debian vs systemd
• raconn — a smart tool for parallel SSH connections to multiple hostnames/IPs in one ProxyCommand. (https://blog.izissise.net/posts/raconn/)
• UBIOS (China’s UEFI-alt)
Read it 👉 https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php#311
“There are no life hacks, only trade-offs.” — James Clear
#Unix #Linux #FreeBSD #FOSS #SysAdmin #ReproducibleBuilds #SSH #Nixers
hey #FediFriends / #Linux nerds 👋 a few questions for y’all here in 2025…
> what’s your favourite desktop distro these days?
> favourite desktop environment?
> favourite package manager?
and I’d love to hear all^ your reasons for your choices too pls
pls #boost4reach 🙏
^ well, OK, not all… 🤪
Ich hatte ja gestern das Vergnügen, ein refurbished Yoga Thinkpad mit einem #Debian #Linux zu verwöhnen.
Schnelle Installation, ein bisserl Treiberfu und ein vergnügliches Einrichten (Browseraddons, Passwort-Manager...)
Am selben Rechner ist auch Win11 drauf. Das durfte ich auch auf letzten Stand bringen.
Abgesehen von der endlosen Upgrade-Orgie und dem schnarchlangsamen Bootprozess von Windows fiel mir aber etwas anderes, sehr bemerkenswertes auf, das ich berichtenswürdig finde.
Nimmt man ein nigelnagelneues Win11 her,öffnet den Browser Edge oder klickt links unten hin, wo bisher der Windowsbutton war (Gewohnheit) tun sich arge Dinge auf. Putin, Trump, Xi schauen da raus. Eine arme AfD-Influenzerin wird beweint, und alles löst nur Stress und Angst aus. Ein Wirbel aus Scheiße und anderer Scheiße schlägt einem entgegen.
Und schon klickst du drauf... vor Klickbait ist keiner gefeit... und die Scheiße wird mehr.
Bei der Suchleiste in der Mitte prangt gleich irgrnd ein Hinweis auf irgend ein Spiel. Dass daneben die Systemsuche ist, geht sogar unter.
Machst du die Systemsteuerung auf, Nudging, dass mit einem MS-Konto alles viel besser klappt und superer ist.
Nudging für ein One-Drive.
Nach 10 Minuten war ich fertig. Mit den Nerven.
Und ich kam zur Erkenntnis: würden mehr Leute Linux nutzen, wäre die Welt ein besserer Ort. Rein wegen der nicht verbreiteten Scheiße in einer Linux Standardinstallation.
Windows? Ich habe fertig.
(Wieder einmal. Ich schätze mich wirklich glücklich, seit vielen Jahren nur mehr Linux am Desktop zu haben!)
The platypus is pleased because Slackware is [or was] loaded with features such as the latest 1.X kernels and support for ELF binaries. People from later eras should picture CD sets like this one as being like Christmas presents.
Slackware was, for my company's purposes, UNIX, pure and simple. It just worked. The distro allowed us to move off of Sun hardware with little effort.
In the end, we used Slackware on 486s and 586s for most of our primary UNIX development and went to porting centers to build binaries for the various commercial UNIX OSes that still existed at the time.
One of the managers, a gruff old-school military officer, had difficulty believing that a free OS on PCs could replace a commercial OS and hardware costing thousands of dollars. He once shook a mouse rapidly to see if this would break the desktop. It didn't and so we continued to deploy Slackware.
Over time, I wrote enough patches and scripts for Slackware that it was simpler to take the new material and turn it into a distro of my own than it was to update Slackware. That is where my own distro, Laclin, came from.
Laclin has been original since the 1990s, but there is still Slackware DNA in pieces of the boot scripts.
I met Patrick Volkerding in person once. We only spoke briefly, but he was positive enough.
Temporary note to @cmccullough : I'll remove this paragraph later. It may or may not be of interest, but I replied yesterday to your post related to life and what's happening presently. I've made some edits, as it's intended for others, but I don't know if the edits propagate to copies on other Fediverse instances.
🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2025:
📍 04:00 PM on November 08
🗣️ "pkgconf: 15 years later"
👥 Speaker(s): Ariadne Conill
📍 Room: Room 334
🏷️ Track: Languages and Tools
📝 In April 2011, I started writing a new implementation of the venerable pkg-config utility to improve...
#SeaGL2025 #programming #performance #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/T7Q7QN/
Top open source graphics apps, in no particular order. Replace your Windows apps with these!
1. Gimp (raster manip)
2. Inkscape (vectors)
3. Krita (painting)
4. Blender (3D)
5. Scribus (DTP)
6. Darktable (photo editing)
7. Natron (compositor)
8. Kdenlive (video editing)
9. FreeCAD 3D
10. Friction (AE-like anim)
11. Synfig (vector anim)
12. QCad/CAM 2D
13. Pencil2D (anim)
14. Pixelorama (pixel art)
15. Handbrake (video transcoder)
16. Cura (3D printing)
Here is a reminder of one reason why the #Linux #kernel developers are unwilling to "simply switch from their relative simple infra they control themselves to a Git forge": The latter sooner or later might vanish or break something the #LinuxKernel community deeply cares about.
""[…] illicit transfer of RubyGems has effectively destroyed years of important discussions where the community arrived at consensus around best practices in #ruby? They still exist, but the old links do not redirect […]""
Quote from https://ruby.social/@galtzo/115461726890576063, screenshotted below.