Took some up-to-date photos of #SHORK 486 #Linux running on my #IBM #ThinkPad 365ED, demonstrating kernel 7.2 working with 486/586 support patched back in! More photos: https://ftp.sharktastica.co.uk/shork-linux/shork-486/2026-07-21&22/

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A photo of an IBM ThinkPad 365ED running SHORK 486 after logging and running SHORKFETCH.

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A photo of an IBM ThinkPad 365ED running SHORK 486 with SHORKHELP's "Commands & programs list" open.

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A photo of an IBM ThinkPad 365ED running SHORK 486 with the SHORKMATRIX screensaver running. It is a "digital rain" screensaver where random characters are illuminated by falling blue/cyan droplets.

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A photo of an IBM ThinkPad 365ED running SHORK 486 with tmux "multiplexing" three "windows". The top-left window is running Vim and editing a C source file. The bottom-left window is running nano and editing a Gfortran source file. The right window has just compiled and run a C program with the Tiny C Compiler.

Steam Machine with SteamOS Linux - initial thoughts https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/steam-machine-with-steamos-linux-initial-thoughts/

#SteamMachine #SteamOS #Steam #Linux

Hey Linux bubble, please help me out...

Should I ditch Arch Linux and install the good old Debian on my desktop PC instead?

Clock is ticking, last backup is running, boost would be nice...

#Linux #Debian #ArchLinux

Today I talked about GNU Guix at MashhadLUG, our local Linux User Group. I’ve published the presentation files on GitHub. (Sadly, GitLab is unavailable for my country due to sanctions, and Codeberg is blocked by the Iranian government, otherwise I would have preferred to host them there.)

I’m a big fan of Emacs and Org mode. This presentation was written in Org and delivered using org-tree-slide. It was a really enjoyable experience :)

https://github.com/behdanisohrab/presentations

#GNUGuix #Emacs #OrgMode #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #GNU #FLOSS #LUG

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emacs with my presentation

To devs who celebrate time zone bugs getting fixed:

An almost decade-old bug in systemd's handling of Daylight Saving changes is getting fixed:

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6036

Before timers (cron jobs) scheduled to run during the transition could get stuck.

#linux #systemd #devops

Today, the Linuxulator did its job, and it did it very well.
A client is experimenting with moving from Docker to FreeBSD and jails, and they seem very happy with it so far.
The issue is that part of their build process - as so often happens - relies on Node dependencies that only compile on Linux, macOS, etc., but not on FreeBSD, due to a missing binary that isn't provided for it. Currently, they build on their local machines and push the output to the server, but sometimes they need to make quick changes on the fly.

So, I set up a Linux jail (Ubuntu) using BastilleBSD, installed the dependencies, set up a bind mount, and granted them access to the jail. The result: now they can compile right from there too, improving their overall workflow.

The Linuxulator - and even more so, illumos's lx zones - are truly remarkable pieces of technology.

#FreeBSD #Linux #RunBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #Tribblix #Linux #IT #SysAdmin

💙 Anniversary Deal

Our 11th anniversary celebration continues with a very special laptop.

The KDE Slimbook is the result of a close collaboration between @kde and Slimbook, designed to deliver the best possible KDE Plasma experience right out of the box.

🎉 During our anniversary campaign, you can now get it with €120 off.

And remember... this is just one of the exclusive deals we'll be unveiling throughout our anniversary.

👉 Discover today's offer and get your KDE Slimbook before the promotion ends: https://slimbook.com/shop/product/kde-slimbook-vii-amd-ryzen-ai9-365-1900?category=58

#11YearsOfSlimbook #KDESlimbook #KDE #Plasma #Linux #OpenSource @kde_espana

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Promotional graphic for the KDE Slimbook VII on a black background. An open laptop displaying the KDE Plasma desktop is centered in front of the large blue word "PROMO." A blue badge in the bottom-right corner highlights a €120 discount. At the bottom, the image lists the laptop's key features: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, 16:10 2.5K 165 Hz display, and durable aluminum chassis. The graphic is part of Slimbook's 11th anniversary campaign.

OK let me run up this flagpole. now I KNOW there's so many UNIX-style desktop environments that I can't possible make a really comprehensive poll but I'm genuinely curious as to what folks use. We first experienced Xfce quite a while ago (late 1990s when it was new) and after spending a while with KDE and other things instead we settled back into Xfce. It gets the job done and that's what matters.

So, your #Linux / #BSD / #UNIX desktop environment!

borgbackup 2.0.0b22 was just released!

First release with packs and also other exciting changes - do not use with production repositories!

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/2.0.0b22

#borgbackup #linux #macOS #freeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #backup

I know it's a Cheap Pop, praising #Linux here on Mastodon, but I have to say... I think Microsoft may have made a massive "Video Game Crash of '83" level fuck up with Windows 11.

If people don't like one of their decisions, their entire value, up until now, has been the *somewhat* valid argument of "what are you going to do, switch to Apple?"

And to be clear, I am not shaming Mac users (a thing that I really wish they would also try not to do back, looking at you, iPhone snobs).

But even though Unix/Linux have been around since the dawn of time, Microsoft's never really considered Linux a threat, due to the multiple barriers of entry - the complicated install, difficulty of overall use, lack of support and drivers, incompatibilities, and there being a certain (let's be honest, sometimes justified) stigma against Linux users.

Just using sed to make indexes for books. This art of writing awk or sed from scratch is now vanishing. Sharing just in case if you love reading such stuff about #Unix and #Linux CLI/scripting

https://www.pement.org/sed/make_indexes.txt

The Register: Valve's Steam Frame pushes Arch Linux toward official Arm64 support https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/21/valves-steam-frame-pushes-arch-linux-toward-official-arm64-support/5275459 @theregister @lproven #SteamFrame #Valve #Linux #VR

Union QtWidgets update:

It looks broken, but it's getting there. At least now it's mostly reading data from Union and standing on it's own: It's not just modified Breeze QtWidgets style anymore, but actually reading the CSS and trying it's best to look similar.

There are a lot of things still missing. Some elements here are wrong size or are using the QCommonStyle items, which is basically "unstyled Qt" because I have not yet created drawcalls for them. For example scrollbars and tabs.

But it's slowly shaping up. I have had to tear this apart and rebuild multiple times due to there not being good information on how to create a QStyle out there. A lot of trial and error and investigating what Breeze is doing.

It will need more time. But I really really hope I can get it for 6.8. No promises, but I am really trying.

#KDE #Union #QtWidgets #Qt #Linux

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Screenshot of Dolphin with quite broken but still somewhat working Union styling

recently figured out that gnome-terminal (the default in Linux Mint) stores its settings not in dotfiles, but in a binary you can only view/edit with gsettings/dconf-editor. i am vexed

anyone got a terminal emulator of choice that uses dotfiles and whose devs aren't fascists or LLM users?

i realize this is a tall ask, however, i don't need fancy features, just tabs and basic font/colour scheme customization

#linux #LinuxMint #terminal #CommandLine #cli

@cks

The sad thing is, as I was saying last year, all of this is unnecessary. The kernels, #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #OpenBSD, and #Linux, all maintain almost all of the stuff that 'who' needs, and have done since the switch to POSIX sessions and process groups in the 1980s.

There aren't any needs for a parallel database outwith the kernel. A few sysctl/procfs extensions for reading the kernel's own list of sessions, and we'd be away.

https://tty0.social/@JdeBP/114505443570291573

@ariadne @ska
#utmp #utmps #ttylogin

JdeBP » 🌐 2025-05-14
@JdeBP@tty0.social

@ska

It's interesting how close but still how frustratingly far off #FreeBSD is in this regard.

The setlogin() name is per-session, not per-process. But whilst there is a sysctl() for snapshotting the process list, there isn't one for snapshotting the session list.

Apart from session objects lacking a creation timestamp and a "hostname", everything "who" needs is actually already maintained by the kernel, just inaccessibly.

https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/sys/sys/proc.h#L85

#ttylogin #utmps

For most of the history of digital computing, people communicated almost completely through email.

This article by Andrew Oram explores what #BSD did for email, the role of #sendmail, and BSD’s impact on modern operating systems & programmer tools.

Read it here: https://lpi.org/1v8r

@FreeBSDFoundation #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux #opensource #TechHistory #freebsdfoundation #unix #freesoftware #linux #OS #Berkeley #LPI

From the Leanpub Blog: The Leanpub Podcast 🎙 Feat. Learn Linux TV, Author of Switching to Linux: A Practical Guide for Windows and Mac Users

https://leanpub.com/blog/the-leanpub-podcast-feat-jay-lacroix-author-of-switching-to-linux-a-practical-guide-for-windows-and-mac-users/

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxDesktop #LearnLinux #Ubuntu #SystemAdministration #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSourceSoftware #TechEducation #Leanpub

NEW! The Leanpub Podcast 🎙 Feat. Learn Linux TV, Author of Switching to Linux: A Practical Guide for Windows and Mac Users

https://youtu.be/dBJ-PvUJHaw

#books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #Linux #OpenSource #LinuxDesktop #LearnLinux #Ubuntu #SystemAdministration #SoftwareDevelopment #OpenSourceSoftware #TechEducation #Leanpub

New article, although this one is a controversial one based on the situation of GNOME Calendar and Linux Mint. I present to you: How far would hostile distributions go to hurt application developers?

https://tesk.page/2026/07/18/how-far-would-hostile-distributions-go-to-hurt-upstream/

#FOSS #OpenSource #OSS #FreeSoftware #Linux

So for the #tech folks in the room:

What do you run for a #homelab and what projects are you working on?

#linux #runbsd #bsd #freebsd

"Twasn't me..."

"Well... it was teh case's fault!!!11!!!"

🤡

If you ever wanted a good reason to keep around your failed hard drives, scavenging screwed up logic boards is a good reason. Ha!

#Linux #RunBSD #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Hardware #HDD

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Image of a HDD with the logic board removed and showing broken and bent interface pins.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬 (Valuable News - 2026/07/20) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/valuable-news-2026-07-20/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟳/𝟮𝟬 (Valuable News - 2026/07/20) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/valuable-news-2026-07-20/

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

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

Running microVMs in Proxmox VE, The Easy Way via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/fdmitg #linux #virtualization
https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2026/06/18/1845

The death and rebirth of my home server

https://sgt.hootr.club/blog/home-server-rebirth/

#linux

Is it weird to have 2 favorite #Linux desktop environments?

I discovered that GNOME on my laptop is nothing short of an amazing Zen. On my desktop with a secondary monitor to the left of the main one, it feels very much less than ideal, but the different layout and interaction model that Cinnamon has the same no-thought-needed interaction.

Also Debian requires more work for gaming than Mint, but they're both equally amazing for different reasons.

"COSMIC 1.3 : ce nouveau bureau Linux en Rust fait passer la concurrence pour de vieilles reliques"

#Linux #Rust #Gnome #KDE #Cosmic ...

https://goodtech.info/cosmic-1-3-linux-desktop-rust-verre-depoli/

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/116924874418802342

Linus Torvalds has repeatedly said that LLMs are "clearly useful" and "just a tool" and that the kernel maintainers will use LLMs for Linux development.

He fails to acknowledge that LLMs are based entirely on the theft of intellectual property and that they are destroying our habitat and the future of our species as a whole.

I find this extremely frustrating, coming not just from some random tech bro but the man who controls arguably one of the most important pieces of software in the world.

#Linux

Ted M. Young boosted

tante [he/him] » 🌐 2026-07-15
@tante@tldr.nettime.org

"In a burning world we need to hold ourselves and each other to a higher standard. “Useful” is far, far from being good enough."

https://tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-sufficient/

#borgbackup 1.4.5 was just released!

Some fixes, including a low severity security fix, some new features, some other changes.

https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/releases/tag/1.4.5

#linux #FreeBSD #openBSD #netBSD #macos #omniOS

quicktipp #118: curl can be used to send emails with smtp

#curl #linux #email #smtp

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printf 'Subject: Test\n\nHello\n' | \ curl -s --ssl-reqd --url 'smtp://myserserver:587' \ --user 'myuser:mypassword' \ --mail-from 'picard@enterprise.starfleet.ufp' \ --mail-rcpt 'sisko@ds9.starfleet.ufp' \ --upload-file -

Happy 33rd birthday to #Slackware #Linux

@volkerdi thanks for all the awesome work you do, and may there be many more years of Slackware to come :)

In light of all the #Linux drama lately, I thought I'd glance at what are the #FreeBSD equivalents to the various software I use.

Well, the network configuration story is very not good. You know how Linux has NetworkManager? On FreeBSD, if you want to configure network interfaces by GUI, you…run a GUI app as root via sudo.

https://github.com/ghostbsd/networkmgr/blob/324b90ce3775928692032f1f6cef9ed5ee097962/src/networkmgr.desktop

Which then shells out to sysrc to apply configuration settings:

https://github.com/ghostbsd/networkmgr/blob/324b90ce3775928692032f1f6cef9ed5ee097962/NetworkMgr/configuration.py#L611

You've got to be kidding me. That all's insecure as hell.

I'm itching to start using a new #distro. As a recent #Linux user '#Mint' since a few months ago, I started to feel the urge to try a new distro with a new #DE. I have in mind to try #Debian with #Gnome.

My search said Debian is community-driven, their #governance is #decentralised, #democratic, and more aligned with #FOSS values than other distro out there.

If I want the same values, I should choose #KDEPLASMA. But, I really don't want to currently. I'm finding myself curious about Gnome ATM. I'm in despair if my combination is fit. 😅

Follow the money, especially in open source

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel and git, is employed by the Linux Foundation. This Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to, as the name obviously implies, the promotion of Linux. The primary use of the funds it collects is to "help fund the infrastructure and fellows, including Linus Torvalds, who help develop the Linux ker

https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/

#Linux

"I realize that some people really dislike #AI, but this is an area where I'm willing to absolutely put my foot down as the top-level maintainer.

#Linux is not one of those anti-#AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the #OpenSource thing and fork it."

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAHk-=wi4zC+Ze8e+p3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

@glyph

If #SFC wins in the #Vizio case and Vizio complies with the #GPL & #LGPL, we should have the bare components ready to build an alternative firmware that can run something like Kodi instead on their TVs (aka their computers with a giant display attached).

I wonder if LG's are still #Linux -based? I did an enforcement action about 15 years ago and they were back then, and were in compliance, so you could rebuild & install the base operating system.

hep ! besoin de conseils système.

je souhaite installer en dur NetBSD sur mon PC. j'ai quelques interrogations après avoir regardé la doc (mais mon anglais est pas fou fou).

En gros, comment je fais pour l'installer à côter de mon Nux ? Mon disque est partitionné en GPT, j'ai une ESP classique avec un amorçage avec Grub 2, et à côté des partitions BTRFS, une pour chaque Distro et une pour mes données (monté avec FSTAB)(pas de gestion LVM).

Quel procédure et type de partitionnement ?
Est-ce que mon Grub2 peut gérer le boot avec NetBSD ?
Même ESP pour BSD et les nux ? ou je dois chainer les bootloader ?

merci !
#netbsd
#linux
#grub2
#noai
#uefi

🪦 A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/07/15/a-moment-of-silence-please-for-the-final-release-of-debian-on-x86-32/5271198

#debian #linux #32bits #opensource

"Open source by definition keeps the door wide open, legally to boot. But a fork only gives you the code. An open source project is more than its code, it's the sum of its maintainers, infrastructure, trademarks, dependencies, and trust. You can copy the code in seconds, the rest you would need to rebuild from scratch in most cases. The people invoking the right to fork already know this."

- @tarakiyee

https://tarakiyee.com/fork-it-or-walk-away/

H/T @jbz

#FOSS #linux

Wie kan mij in contact brengen met developers in de @Rabobank@mastodon.nl en Funda? Beiden werken sinds kort niet meer op het grootste Europese mobiele OS, /e/OS (>100.000 gebruikers en snel groeiend). We komen graag in contact met de ontwikkelaars van deze apps, want dit is absoluut niet nodig (voor veiligheid of andere redenen) en we zouden hen graag hen een guide toesturen die deze alternatieven beschrijft.

#FOSS #opensource #privacy #android #AOSP #Linux #tech #funda #Rabobank @rabobank

@murena

Is #opensource in #Linux a social [justice] warrior project, or is it simply better technology?

Please boost for reach! 😉

#Linux #Meme #Memes

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"Wojack" "Gaussian Curve" meme Dumb left-of-curve guy is saying "Linux is Perfect for Games," and has logos of steamos, valve proton, and bazzite around him. Middle-intelligence uptight guy is saying, "Nooo! You have to do serious programming and self-hosting!!!" Smart monk-looking guy on the right of the curve is also saying "Linux is Perfect for Games," and has screnshots of NetHack and Netrek around him.

@radicalabacus @nixCraft @loadhigh @faraiwe @Stefan_S_from_H @geospacedman @marcusxms

All of the major #BSD⁠s allow AI code. Even #OpenBSD. https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware#operating-systems

In light of all the horror stories of vibe coders getting hacked, this seems really really really bad for security. I don't know what OS to use now.

#Linux #FreeBSD #NetBSD

We're number two! We're number two! Wahoo!

#Radicle #HardenedBSD #Linux

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Screenshot of largest repositories on storage, sorted by size. Linux is number one and HardenedBSD is number two.

Maybe Linus Torvalds is right.

Maybe it's time to fork the kernel and clean it up.

Get rid of all the stuff that's in there because of company x shifted the burdon of maintenance to the public and all the slop.

Concentrate on systems that a normal person actually can buy and use today.

See how small a code base we can get and start from there.

Maybe do the sane thing and develop the libc with the kernel like the BSDs do.

Maybe look at all the other systems out there https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_operating_systems
and implement everything in the best possible way .

Let's not do the "Not Invented Here" dance.

Keep POSIX compatibility as the baseline.

As it stands right now the only people who are kinda happy with the kernel project as is are the big iron vendors.

Oh and while we're at it let's fix the licence so it actually reflects the values of the community and not the intrrests of big tech and the egos of some cis het well-off white dudes.

#linux #future #fork #thoughts

@rl_dane

This is the second post where you'd dropped the F bomb....for good reason.

I have so much to say but not sure how to say it but I will do my best. For *years*, I've enjoyed using #Linux both as a hobbyist and professional #sysadmin. The OS is definitely not the one I started with 20+ years ago. Since at least COVID has....well, it's turned into a full blown corporate-controlled high speed sprawling mess. Not necessarily matured just grown exponentially wherever the various powers see fit. For this and other reasons, I am leaning more and more towards #FreeBSD.

Lastly, I will admit there are some #AI niche use cases which do interest me (related to my own hobbies) but shoving it into everything is not a good idea.

@patrick