Time to learn another configuration language: KDL, apparently pronounced "cuddle" is supposed to deal with some of pitfalls of XML, JSON, YAML and TOML.

The author kindly asks that you stop sending them to a link to the XKCD "One more standard..." comic strip.

https://kdl.dev/

#Linux

@malcolm @thumbsup Noctalia also has a nice demo and works with #Niri and #Sway

https://github.com/noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell

#Linux

Another option for a polished experience with Niri as a scrolling tiling window manager is to integrate it with COSMIC. Developed by hardware seller @system76 COSMIC recently reached stable status.

https://github.com/Drakulix/cosmic-ext-extra-sessions

If you've been trying a scrolling tiling WM, let me know which one and how you like it!

#Linux

Scrolling tiling window managers visualize a desktop as infinitely wide. So when a new window opens on a full monitor, existing windows don't have to get smaller, they simply scroll left or right.

Once such window manager I'm looking at on Linux is #Niri. Seee a demo video here:

https://github.com/YaLTeR/niri

To bring the bling for full a desktop to Niri, there's Dank Linux, which also a demo video:

https://danklinux.com/

#Linux

Support for being able to tile windows on your computer so they fill the whole screen has been growing. I appreciate being able to get the most out of my monitors and using keyboard to quickly manage my windows.

Now the next generation of tiling window managers is scrolling tiling window managers. In first-gen tiling window managers, as monitor filled up, existing windows many become smaller and smaller, until some windows become stupidly small. Scrolling Tilers solve this... 🧵

#Linux

@malcolm Dank Linux has an impressive demo video.

I may have to give it a try as well.

https://danklinux.com/

This appears to add a lot of bling to tiling window managers without packaging itself as a pile of shell scripts as #Omarchy does.

#Linux

I spent most of the day trying out different #Linux desktop environments and window managers, but I wasn't really happy with any of them. Then, Reddit led me to discover Dank Linux.

Now with Arch + Niri + Dank, I'm all set.

https://danklinux.com/

Just a silly #meme...

#LossyPNG #doas #sudo #root #unix #linux #BSD #infosec

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Winnie-the-Pooh good-better-blurst meme: Good: sudo Better: doas Blurs't: ssh root@... Reduced to 8 colors to save space (#LossyPNG)

@mwl -- got it! Thanks! #networking #sysadmin #bsd #linux #book

It's time to de-duplicate the desktops • The Register

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/deduplicating_the_desktops/ by Liam Proven, @lproven

＂… There are an almost ridiculous number of Windows-style desktops on Linux – and mostly this applies to the BSDs, too. …＂

#UNIX #Linux #FreeBSD #BSD

Proxmox Backup Server 4.1 released with user-based traffic limiting, configurable parallelism for verify jobs, bandwidth rate limiting for S3 endpoints

https://proxmox.com/en/about/company-details/press-releases/proxmox-backup-server-4-1

#proxmox #proxmoxbackup #debian #linux #linuxserver

Ok, if #OpenBSD overtakes either of the #Linux categories, I'm gonna swoon. 😂

#Poll #LiveTooting

Ooo, the #Linux #CommandLine jockeys have just overtaken the #LinuxGamers! This is exciting!!! 😅

#hashtags for exposure:

#windows #MacOS #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #TempleOS #Boost #BoostsAppreciated #BoostPlease #PleaseBoost

Ok, sorry for all that. 😂

A colleague is asking about text to speech options for Linux. I don't have any experience in this area-- any recommendations?

#linux #tts

Great News, Liberux Community! 🎉

1️⃣ The Liberux NEXX is moving forward with new self-funding. We listened to your feedback, and the NEXX will come with improvements. We maintain our #opensource commitment and #privacy focus. More details soon!

2️⃣ We are looking for a Developer (Open Source, C++, Wayland, Linux Kernel, ModemManager, D-Bus, PulseAudio) for #liberuxos. If you are passionate about digital freedom, join our team!

➡️ Send your CV to people@liberux.net.

#liberux #Linux #Jobs

I put together a little link collection - collected quite some bookmarks over the years 😀

#Linux #BSD and #Windows related links as well as some other things sprinkled in.

Someone might find it useful. 😎

https://jhx7.de/blog/link-collection/

Does anyone have a remote desktop solution for #Linux and #Wayland that actually works?

#RustDesk disconnects after about 10 seconds, and #DWService gives me a garbled screen.

This is attempting to connect to a Fedora 43 Plasma laptop. Trying to support a family member that's clear across the country, RIP me lol.

No, I can't just use VNC/RDP and tailscale. If I had thought of it when I was setting it up, that would've been great. XD

Any ideas, #HiveMind?

P.S. I might try "Rabbit Remote Control" next chance I get.
https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl

@ajlewis2 @stefano Microsoft's anti-Linux #FUD was probably the #best #marketing and #advertising and #promotion for #Linux.

At the time, if memory serves correctly, Windows XP/2003 were the current OSes then. It wasn't like they were stable or secure. MS poured millions into those ads. 😂

I wanted to write this post because I want the Fedora project to have better security throughout their operating systems. I believe the first step to doing that, is to use another memory allocator that mitigates heap memory corruption and use-after-frees, alongside lots of other features to harden one of the most important functions in all modern systems as far as I am aware. hardened_malloc[1], by the GrapheneOS project, fits this description perfectly. Using this benefits not just the Fedora project, but it will also push other distributions to using hardened_malloc, and then the Linux ecosystem will benefit as a whole from the provided security. Good security is an essential part of good privacy, so this will also benefit the privacy of all Linux distributions.

Given the above paragraph, I want you to promote this thread[2] to anyone who is interested in security and privacy. You can also help by testing hardened_malloc on your own Linux systems and sharing your results with me through any means of contact, so that I can replicate the behaviour and make bug reports where necessary. For that, please see this page[3] for my preferred methods of contact.

I don't think I'll be able to attract a lot of people with this post on my own, so boosting will be massively appreciated. Thank you for reading this until this point. This isn't my longest toot yet but I feel like this is my most passionate, as I deeply care about security, GrapheneOS and the Fedora project. Again, thank you! (^_^)

[1]: https://grapheneos.org/features#exploit-mitigations
[2]: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/migrating-to-another-malloc-implementation/173172
[3]: https://amadaluzia.is-a.dev/contact

#fedora #grapheneos #security #privacy #linux #tech

@washbear @s0x41 @golemwire

> I'm not paid enough for the torture of having my work broken and invalidated every few months. You can build and install an X window manager from 1989 btw.

I wish more people would understand this.

The Linux "folks" (whoever they actually are) play patty-cake with constantly changing APIs and standards, and users are bewildered that other projects are falling behind.

This model of governance (for lack of a better word) leaves much to be desired.

#Linux #BSD

@stefano The *perception* that #Linux is anti- #Windows or #MacOS was understandable back in the day when Steve Ballmer was running the show and #Microsoft pumped out no shortage of anti-Linux FUD and propaganda.

It's also important to note at that time the OS landscape was very different.

https://www.suse.com/c/ai-assisted-infrastructure-at-scale/

#AI #infrastructure #SUSE #Linux #agile

I just realized that Hetzner does not treat #FreeBSD as a first-class OS, offering only #Linux distributions for its VPS products. Can anyone recommend a good hoster for a small (experimental) FreeBSD instance?

Edit: Thanks to everyone pointing out that it is possible to install FreeBSD on a Hetzner VPS. I would like to support a native FreeBSD hoster.

Day 20416, the wheel (group) keeps rising in popularity, meanwhile the WORKGROUP (group) keeps losing members.
Keep the wheel(8) spinning!

#Linux #NetBSD #OpenBSD

Time to switch distros 😟 Which ones ban LLMs? https://fosstodon.org/@opensuse/115605274864363757

#linux #ai #noAI #LLM #LLMs

I'm really proud of this #retrospective #article all about the history of #linux #gaming #linuxgaming

https://gardinerbryant.com/how-far-weve-come/?ref=masto

This is a beautiful machine. A bartop arcade cabinet with a wood look running Linux Mint.

Looks like it was built in the 70's or 80's.

#linux #arcade #gaming

https://hackaday.io/project/202861-bartop-arcade-cabinet-from-scrap-and-e-waste

Using #Unbound over #DoT (DNS over TLS) as a local DNS resolver.

Example setup on #Debian - of course not limited to #Debian - any distro or #BSD will do! 😎

#linux #unbound #foss #ubuntu

https://jhx7.de/blog/using-unbound/

RE: https://vt.social/@rogueren/115600686997864089

I'd also like to remind everyone that just a couple months back Windows 11 just killed people's SSDs, this wasn't resolved for WEEKS.

#Linux really isn't perfect, but at this point I'd say the things it's not perfect at are far less bad than what Windows isn't perfect at.

chatcontrol

#unix_surrealism #comic #linux #eu #chatcontrol #openbsd

Alt...

Girl and Fish walk home from a store. Girl: "But what was their excuse to take away the FOSS critters' rights?" Fish: "It's basically your fault." UNITED CORPORATE STATES OF EURAMERICAFRICA, VERY LONG TIME AGO: Speaker: "Our corporate benefactors have pledged full cooperation with the federal government. But as long as these... "animals" are allowed to exist, our children will never be safe." MATACORP representative winks and thumbs up. Crowd: "YEAH!" Penguin and Fish representatives of the FOSS republic: "He does know we're in the room, right?" "oh yes"

Once again saw someone blaming the #rust support in the #Linux #kernel for their problems, when in fact the problem at hand had nothing at all to do with it[1].

Kinda funny but also quite worrying at the same time.

See the slightly edited screenshot from a chatroom message below for an example from today. If you look closer, you see that it is a segfault in a userspace #rustlang program.

[1] I once even saw someone complaining when the kernel in fact did not even have CONFIG_RUST enabled…

#LinuxKernel

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Screenshot of log messages from a segfault in some rust userspace program.

@nixCraft for people who are considering #linux or have friends who dislike the direction windows is taking, may i suggests #zorinos as an alternative

https://social.linux.pizza/@NathanALV/115583154402322563

Tuxedo cancels Snapdragon X Elite Linux laptop project

For the past 18 months, the Linux OEM Tuxedo Computers has been working on bringing a Snapdragon X Elite ARM laptop to market, but now they cancelled the project due to complications.

Development turned out to be challenging due to the different architecture, and in the end, the first-generation X1E proved to be less suitable

https://www.osnews.com/story/143893/tuxedo-cancels-snapdragon-x-elite-linux-laptop-project/

#Linux

Why I (still) love Linux

I usually publish articles about how much I love the BSDs or illumos distributions, but today I want to talk about Linux (or, better, GNU/Linux) and why, despite everything, it still holds a place in my heart.

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

#Linux #OwnYourData #Server #SysAdmin #Workstation #OpenSource #ITNotes

"Linux is too complicated for anyone"

Windows users:

#Linux #Microsoft #FuckAI #Windows11

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Every Windows 11 PC is now an AI PC with Copilot at the center of it all. Here's how to get rid of Copilot completely from your computer (1/3)

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1/ Settings App > Personalization > Taskbar > Other System Tray Icons > Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off This hides Copilot from your taskbar

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2/ Press Win + R > Type in "regedit" > Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot" > Right-click on the new key > New > DWORD (32-bit) Value

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3/ > Name the value "TurnOffWindowsCopilot" > Double-click the name of the value > Set the "Value Data" to 1 > Restart your computer Congrats! Copilot is now completely gone from your computer. Hope this helps

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/24/why-i-still-love-linux/

#ITNotes #NoteHUB #linux #ownyourdata #server #sysadmin

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟮𝟰 (Valuable News - 2025/11/24) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/valuable-news-2025-11-24/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟭/𝟮𝟰 (Valuable News - 2025/11/24) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/valuable-news-2025-11-24/

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

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

Question for my fellow #linux people: I'm looking for a nice, simple, lightweight standalone image viewer. Looking for recommendations along these lines:
- Proper Wayland support
- Maintained to some extent
- Works without a whole DE behind it (it can be associated with a DE, just not depend on it)
- No red flags in the git repo / community / website / etc
- Doesn't explode when coming into contact with mildly "exotic" inputs

I support open source and free software #freedom #freesoftware #opensource #gnu #linux #android #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #macos #ios #windows #google and more

Really nice tool to do some ad blocking 😎

#Foss #linux

https://github.com/tanrax/maza-ad-blocking

Gestern den ersten Laptop (Lenovo Consumer, Windows 8.1) gehabt, den wir nicht auf #Linux umrüsten konnten. Es fand sich im BIOS keine Möglichkeit den USB Stick als Bootmedium festzulegen. Hat uns mega geärgert, aber ich habe auch keine Idee wie man es hätte lösen können. Kennt man ja von #Lenovo eher nicht so.

Wenn Du eine Idee hast, wie es trotzdem gegangen wäre, mach uns gerne klüger.
#linuxsonderschicht #Linux #Linuxmint #bios

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/115595277667478795

So glad to be migrating my computers to #linux!

#opensuse Leap 16.0 is out! I have some free time today so I'd figure I'd try it out in a VM.

Initial impressions:

New, streamlined installer just requires a few clicks with minimal input required. In a few minutes the installer finished. Rebooted and BAM! The OS boots straight into this mess!

This is not XFCE with Wayland. Time to troubleshoot.

...sigh...

#linux #homelab

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An error message presented by openSUSE Leap 16.0 while trying to boot into the OS.

@nixCraft Drop / kick anything closed off or flaky. Only use parts that support #LINUX and the #openSource movement by >110% ! So FUCK #NVIDIA and #INTEL ! Go #AMD !

@PurpleJillybeans
Momentum.

In the #dos days (before windows95),, #linux partitioning was easier for #dos people to use. Plus you could easily mount #dos disks under Linux if you dual booted. Along with that, dos utilities were created to read/write ext2. Those did not exist to write data to ufs from dos.

By 1997/8, people mainly stuck with #linux. In that period, v3&4 of #FreeBSD was awesome, but then v5 came out and that version got nothing but bad press :( So here we are.

Oh nice, the latest #Waydroid version now has native support for forwarding #Android notifications to the host system https://github.com/waydroid/waydroid/releases/tag/1.6.0

#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #Linux

TIL that the “unmkinitramfs” command exists.

I had long considered the #initramfs to be a difficult format because it's two or more concatenated archives, which unarchiving tools can't usually deal with. (They'll usually extract only the first archive [tar, cpio, etc] or the last archive [zip].)

Fortunately, someone made a program for extracting this peculiar concatenated-archive format.

Unfortunately, I was today years old when I found out that it exists! 🤦‍♂️

#Linux