My youngest (18) has just told me:
"finally switched from Windows 11 to Linux, and it's so much better, I'm surprised. Much cleaner and my style, I'm annoyed I didn't do this earlier"
&
"I think my favourite thing is not having windows yell at me about their new ai product or whatever every 5 seconds"

I couldn't be prouder. #Linux

China is taking over the world-leading from the US. In tech, it's obvious with the #HarmonyOS release. It's what the US should have been creating. Heck, that's what Android should be looking like already, having already a desktop version, instead of beating the dead horse that is ChromeOS, and currently having a half-working desktop version after 16 major OS versions. I mean, come on.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vMEGyX4WufM

#linux #opensource #huawei #china #usa #technology #tech

@esvrld fuckin #linux

I've heard nothing but bad things

#BillGates and #LinusTorvalds just met each other for the first time

(The other two are Mark Russinovich and Dave Cutler)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markrussinovich_i-had-the-thrill-of-a-lifetime-hosting-dinner-activity-7341857033932914691-f5Kw

#Linux #Microsoft #Windows

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Marc Russinovich, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Dave Cutler

Wanted: OSS life apps, subscription or self-hosted all good 💯 opinions are requested 💝
- Prefer group of OSS apps, but "Best in Class" list also good
- Requires cross-platform via either web-based, but ideally Android and Linux/BSD native apps
- Prefer not using NextCloud (due to PHP) but open to compromising if necessary
- Terminal access / TUI also yes wonderful
- Examples: reminders, notes, caldav, webdav, docs, etc

Tired of google services, tired of mozilla products, can't do apple anymore, burnt out on enshittification.

#oss #foss #development #linux #freebsd

@justine @ottobackwards
Have you installed devel/libcjson via ports (or official pkg)? Or built without using ports?

https://www.freshports.org/devel/libcjson

Usually using ports/pkgs whenever available is the way to go on #FreeBSD.
And creating #ports at the first place is usually the way to go when porting #Linux apps to #FreeBSD to get massive benefits from ports framework.

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/

An example of help by ports framework:

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/#uses-pathfix

New #Linux distro : Phil Collins OS.

To install it, go to the command line and Su-su-SUDO-io.

I've installed just about every tiling compositor / Window Manager for #Wayland, and am slowly eliminating the ones that have showstopper issues.
* #Sway is good, and I love that all my i3 configs can be used, but scaling the display on my high-DPI monitors was just unusably awful,
* #MiracleWM just flat-out refused to run, and I'm not motivated to put the time in to fix whatever is wrong
* #hyprland is another of the mainstream WMs (as much as a tiling window manager for #Linux can be called mainstream), and works really well, in terms of having the most bells and whistles—like really good scaling with the option of leaving XWayland windows unscaled—but at the cost of a pretty greedy amount of CPU usage even when it's not doing anything.
* #RiverWM looks like a good contender, though it feels like it's a small project and early in the development process. Best thing: they use good ol' IRC for the user forum, rather than reddit. I think I've found my people.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/River

@nixCraft Sorry to destroy you the pseudo-sensation, but the gendarmerie in France works with GendBuntu since 2014! (The police just migrated to Win 11!)
https://www.lemagit.fr/actualites/2240206478/La-Gendarmerie-devrait-avoir-migre-72-000-postes-vers-Ubuntu-a-lete-2014
They adopted OpenOffice already in 2004, changed more software to open systems in these years, and began the migration to GendBuntu in 2008.
Greetings from France!

#Linux #France

#postmarketOS now boots on Apple iPhone X (Global)!
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/tree/master/device/testing/device-apple-d22 #linux

France quietly deployed 100,000+ Linux machines in their police force - GendBuntu is a silent EU tech success story

https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1lfxdsd/france_quietly_deployed_100000_linux_machines_in/

Well done. Let us get free from Microsoft spyware OS. They are not trustworthy vendors, and all taxpayers' money should go to fund open-source apps/software and not to Bill Gates' fortune.

#linux #OpenSource

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From Reddit post: France quietly deployed 100,000+ Linux machines in their police force - GendBuntu is a silent EU tech success story I wanted to spotlight a quietly massive success story in European digital sovereignty: GendBuntu — France’s custom Ubuntu distribution used by the National Gendarmerie. The GendBuntu project derives from Microsoft's decision to end the development of Windows XP Back in 2005, France’s Gendarmerie began switching from Microsoft products to open-source software — starting with OpenOffice. Fast forward to 2024, and GendBuntu(Linux) is now running on 97% of their workstations (over 103,000 computers!). France has shown what’s possible when a government actually backs open-source, in-house, and EU-grown solutions. More countries should follow suit. Source - Reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1lfxdsd/france_quietly_deployed_100000_linux_machines_in/

https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html

#snac #snac2 #alpinelinux #linux #raspberrypi

This is my Sharkey #introduction 🙃

You can call me Dane.

I started out on the fediverse arooooound...I wanna say 2017/18 mebbe? My big start in social media was MySpace. Before that, I had a LiveJournal (which I miss mightily with all my heart). My very first computer was a Gateway PC, back when they shipped them to you in those awesome cow spot pattern boxes. I am trying to de-google my life.

I'm #ADHD and suffer from #dysthymia. I'm currently unmedicated. I can be damned moody at times, so there's your warning.

Religiously/spiritually speaking, I'm complicated. That will be a long post, when I get around to writing it. My general rule is: I have my thing. It's not everybody's thing, and that's cool. Not everybody's thing is my thing, and that's cool. Just don't be a wanker towards those whose thing ain't your thing. OM 🕉

I'm 57 years old and have come to the conclusion that we never truly appreciate the decades we grew up in until we hit middle age.

I'm single and childless, hence my user tag: TheLastOfHisName.

And now, a hefty list of hashtags....

#music
#thebeatles #grunge #oldschoolcountrymusic #classicalmusic #tomwaits #jeffbuckley #blindmelon #stonetemplepilots #90salternative #80sbands #ledzeppelin #jazz #experimentalmusic #laurieanderson #yes #themoodyblues #art #mcescher #albrechtdurer #johannesvermeer #mariaabramovic #technology #linux #linuxmint #android #kurtvonnegut #huntersthompson #jdsalinger #emilydickinson #waltwhitman #henrydavidthoreau #scifi #fantasy #film #indiefilms #writing #microfic #irishheritage #gaeilge #foss #mastodon #sharkey #pixelfed #cats #dogs #animallover #vegetarian #ttrpgs #dnd #rolemaster #spacemaster #runequest #travellerrpg #gaming #elderscrollsonline #guildwars2 #skyrim

Nazi punks fuckoff.
#Ally to POC, LGBTQIA, and humanity in general.
#FreePalestine

A song to represent where I'm coming from:
Invidious link:
https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/Jr2MIRBRdqg?t=5

YouTube link:
https://youtu.be/Jr2MIRBRdqg

I didn’t plan to write about Wayland yet. But Xorg is dying — not eventually, but now. GNOME’s dropping X11 support. RHEL already removed it. Ubuntu and Fedora are next. And if you rely on accessibility, you don’t get to wait this one out.
So here’s Post 4 of I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back.
I’m using Wayland now. Primarily. Not because I love it. Because the fallback is disappearing, and I want to be there helping fix what comes next. GNOME with Orca actually works. KDE and COSMIC are making progress. I’ve talked to the people involved. They care.
But a lot is broken.
MATE — the desktop most blind users preferred — isn’t on Wayland.
ocrdesktop doesn’t work. xdotool is gone.
wlroots compositors still don’t reliably support Orca’s keybindings, especially on laptops.
This isn’t GNOME’s fault. They’re the only reason accessibility on Wayland works at all.
But the old excuses are gone. “Just use Xorg” isn’t going to be an option much longer.
So yeah. I’m a Wayland shill now. Because I’m using it. Because I have to.
And I want to make sure we’re not excluded from what comes next.
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#Linux #Wayland #Accessibility #Orca #GNOME #KDE #COSMIC #FOSS #a11y #BlindTech #xorg

Question for anyone out there on fedi with experience:

My mum has increasingly bad ataxia: very wobbly hands and feet. She's got to the point of barely being able to write legibly. Using a mouse is also getting difficult, but she can still use a keyboard at this point.

Are there assistive technologies or techniques that she might be able to use on her Ubuntu machine that would reduce or eliminate the need to use a mouse?

#Ataxia #Accessibility #Ubuntu #Linux

Steam just dropped screen reader support in the latest Big Picture Mode beta. On the Deck. On SteamOS. On Linux.
Not hacked in. Not community-patched. Built-in. From Valve.
There's an accessibility tab. There's a screen reader. There's high-contrast mode, UI scaling, color filters, reduced motion, and more.
I can’t believe I’m saying this but: I need a Steam Deck now.
Accessibility isn’t just coming to gaming — it’s here, and it’s official.
Let’s make some noise so they keep going.
🔗 https://www.theverge.com/games/689922/steam-is-adding-screen-reader-support-and-other-accessibility-tools
#Accessibility #Gaming #SteamDeck #ScreenReader #Linux #valve

I note that isc-dhcp-server is now deprecated in #Debian

Can anyone recommend a DHCP server for Debian?

Want to be able to configure fixed IPs for specified MAC addresses, and have a failover server.

#Debian
#Linux
#DHCP

From Collaborators to Consumers: Have We Killed the Soul of Open Source?

The Open Source community is becoming increasingly polarized. From the "distro wars" to Wayland vs. X11, the spirit of collaboration is fading. Are we shifting from "collaborators" to "consumers", and what can we do to build bridges instead of walls?

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/06/19/from-collaborators-to-consumers-have-we-killed-the-soul-of-open-source/

#OpenSource #OSS #Linux #BSD

»Digitale Ökonomie – Die Gatekeeper umgehen:
Es gibt längst Alternativen zu den Tools und Diensten der US-Techkonzerne - Eine Handreichung zur digitalen Selbstermächtigung«

Im @woz Artikel wird ua im Allgemeinen auch über @kde so wie @fdroidorg und deren Apps klar und verständlich erklärt. Dies ist ein Artikel der mMn klar verständlich für Laien ist.

📱 https://www.woz.ch/2525/digitale-oekonomie/die-gatekeeper-umgehen/!M44FC5J9CXJP

#fediverse #opensource #internet #app #android #socialmedia #tools #fdroid #selbstbestimmung #mastodon #kde #linux #it

As much as I like the existing Linux phones, and am hopeful for the @Liberux, I'm kinda miffed that there isn't a good Linux phone in the general form factor of a #BlackBerry Leap, the all-time greatest smartphone form factor.

Like, give me some venture capital and I'd be up in that shit. I'd give it awesome specs, and have a tailored version of #Slackware with #Phosh on it. Maybe even #NetBSD for shits and giggles.

#Linux #FOSS #OpenSource #LinuxPhone #LinuxPhones #Yapping

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A BlackBerry Leap smartphone from 2015, running BlackBerry 10

Another great @mattgodbolt talk:

The Bits Between the Bits: How We Get to main()

In this #Linux focused talk, Matt will talk about how the linker stitches together your code and how that fits in with dynamic linking. […]

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

For the past week, I've been so angry and disappointed in the Linux community for being quiet in regards to any kind of celebration to advancing accessibility, but suddenly being vocal and supportive when privileged people start writing about how bad accessibility on Linux while portraying contributors as the devils who don't care about anybody.

I'm so exhausted. I'm so demotivated. The Linux community really doesn't care about accessibility on Linux. No wonder accessibility on Linux sucks. No one wants to work on it because they keep getting bullied and pressured.

https://tesk.page/2025/06/18/its-true-we-dont-care-about-accessibility-on-linux/

#a11y #Accessibility #Linux #FOSS #GNOME #KDE

#Linux
Can anyone recommend a simple video that shows step by step how to remove windows 10 and install Linux via USB?
(I know how to install Linux from my USB so that's not a problem)

S03E50 - Slackware AArch64 Roadmap, June 2025

In this episode, we explore the latest enhancements to Slackware AArch64 and share what’s coming next on the roadmap.

https://youtu.be/gQ26tmbb65s

#slackware #linux #arm

Is there an opensource tool to find ideal frames to loop a video at?

#askfedi #opensource #linux

KDE Plasma 6.4 released with better tiling capabilities in virtual desktops, new accessibility features, Breeze theme optimizations, new HDR calibration wizard, colors in KRunner, renewed Spectacle

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

#kdeplasma #kdeplasma6 #linuxdesktop #linux #opensource #freesoftware

RetroArch makes playing classic games on Linux super easy. 🎮🪄

https://news.itsfoss.com/retroarch/

#linux #linuxgaming

Plasma 6.4 is out and it's' more welcoming than ever!

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/

Check out the tweaked tiling that lets you have different layouts for every virtual desktop; the overhauled Spectacle that makes capturing your desktop faster; how KRunner now understands color; and in general the literally dozens of other fixes and features that make Plasma friendlier and easier to use.

#freesoftware #opensource #desktop #linux #plasma6

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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Spectacle, KDE's inbuilt utility for capturing screenshots and desktop recordings, show off it's new minimalistic interface.

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A general view of Plasma 6.4 with several applications open, as well as the launch menu. The launch menu shows you which new apps you have installed with a "New" flair.

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A screenshot of KDE's improved drawing tablet stylus configuration page.

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PLasma 6.4 darkens the rest the desktop when you need to input your password in an authentication dialog.

Thanks to all our customers who run their own #selfhosting #NetBSD VMs with us for helping with this migration. Our #FreeBSD and #OpenBSD VMs were already running HVM. Yes, we #RunBSD and provide hosting in our UK datacentres (also #Windows and #Linux as required)

J'ai le sentiment que beaucoup de gens ne se rendent pas compte du risque qu'ils prennent à vouloir garder leur ordinateur sous #Windows 10.
Alors avant que ça devienne une urgence vitale, j'ai voulu compiler quelques risques trop peu connus et pourtant bien réels, testés et approuvés par ceux qui ont voulu rester sous Windows XP en son temps.
Il reste 4 mois pour passer à #Linux

https://www.clicetcetera.fr/general/les-risques-dun-ordinateur-non-securise/

#cybersécurité #piratage #EndOf10 #FinDeWindows10

I made a flyer for our Linux Adventure Day on September 20th in Hannover and translated it into English just for fun. 😎

#Linux #endof10 #foss #floss #freesoftware #lughannover

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Flyer for the LUG for our "Linux Adventure Day" on September 20th, 2025, in Hannover, Germany, Foyer VHS, Burgstr. 14. It says: "No Windows 11 support for your computer? Just install Linux and keep using it without spyware."

CVE-2025-5689 😂🙃

Fire up your "anyone we don't know gets root!" account SSH sessions to gain unmitigated control over Ubuntu systems running "Systemd AuthD"

Clown shoes over there, ffs how is this even a real CVE 🤦🏼‍♀️

- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5689
- https://github.com/ubuntu/authd/security/advisories/GHSA-g8qw-mgjx-rwjr

#systemd #uhuhuhubuntu #ubuntu #infosec #cve #noreally #linux #authd

I really dislike all these distros moving their support to Discord and not installing an online, searchable forum. If it's not searchable via a search engine and free to read, the answer does not exist in my book.

#linux #opensource #discord #foss #techsupport

My #Linux system's uptime is staring at me.
I'm staring back.
One of us is going to need a reboot (it's not me).

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟲/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2025/06/16) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/valuable-news-2025-06-16/

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

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

Want to run the given command in the background as root or other user? Try:
```
sudo -b /path/to/job.py
sudo --background /path/to/foo.pl
sudo -u {user_name} -b /path/to/job.py
```
Please note that you can't use shell job control to manipulate background processes started by sudo which is both pro and con at a time.

#linux #unix #sudo #tips #tricks #sysadmin #devops

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟲/𝟭𝟲 (Valuable News - 2025/06/16) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/06/16/valuable-news-2025-06-16/

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

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

From the user perspective, apt vs dnf doesn't seem to change daily use significantly (and maybe less so with docker). Though I sometimes wonder which #linux packages are considered easier to build. I have only built rpm packages, but i find it is challenging to find best practices on packaging (and this is coming from someone who deals with Python and pypi packages 🙃 )

Though maybe the 'answer' is something like https://fpm.readthedocs.io for one off things 🤣

📢 Vous l'attendiez toutes et tous, voici la carte collaborative des

Parrains et Marraines Linux !

🔗 https://aidelinux.gogocarto.fr/

- Vous avez de bonnes connaissances sur ce systèmes : ajoutez votre pseudo en 3 clics,

- Vous avez besoin d'aide sur #Linux, cherchez un parrain ou marraine sur la carte.

La carte a vocation à accueillir tout le monde : personnes, asso, gull...

Dans un 2ème temps, on pourra créer un site web avec un peu plus de contexte, notamment, la fin du support #win10 en 2025 !

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Page d'accueil de la carte : Ne jetez pas votre PC sur Windows 10, faites en une bête de course avec le système d'exploitation Gnu/Linux, les parrains / marraines présents sur cette carte peuvent vous aider. Contactez-les !

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Carte des personnes déjà localisées, on voit un 4 sur Lyon et quelques épingles un peu partout sur la France

Y a aucun•e utilisateurice avancé•e de #Linux sur #Dijon, #LeHavre, #Reims, #Tarbes, #Albi, #Montpellier, #Marseille, #Toulon, #AixEnProvence, #Nice, #Mende, #Brive, #Limoges ou encore #Poitiers et #Bourges 🫢

🗺️ 🔜 https://aidelinux.gogocarto.fr/map

Fin de long week-end... C'est près de 300 parrains et marraines #Linux qui se sont inscrits sur la carte

Et depuis peu, nous avons des inscrits en Thaïlande, Japon ou encore Australie !

Adepte de Linux et toujours pas inscrit·e, c'est par là :

🔗 https://aidelinux.gogocarto.fr/

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Capture d'écran de la planisphère, côté Asie, avec 3 épingles oranges sur le Japon, la Thailande et l'Australie.

Les Linuxiennes et Linuxiens, il faut que l'on se parle ; j'ai désactivé les clusters sur la carte et...

Vous n'êtes pas équitablement réparti·e·s en France 😅

Va donc falloir combler tous ces trous et faire la publicité pour la carte

https://aidelinux.gogocarto.fr/

#Linux #MastoHelp #EndOf10

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Carte de France avec de nombreux marqueurs rouges. Il y a des zones en France sans aucun marqueur, notamment en région Nord Est hors Alsace.

From the Orca mailing list:

Hey all.

I plan to make all of Orca's commanded executable over DBus. It's going
to be a ton of work and I'm only getting started. That said, I just
landed what I have so far to Orca's main branch.

For users who said Orca must have a means for apps to tell it what to
say, Orca now has that. To try it -- assuming you have the very latest
Orca from the main branch -- do

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Orca.Service --object-path
/org/gnome/Orca/Service --method org.gnome.Orca.Service.PresentMessage
"Bla bla bla I'm a message"

For those saying Orca's speech should be controllable, by other apps,
see what's available by doing:

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Orca.Service --object-path
/org/gnome/Orca/Service/SpeechAndVerbosityManager --method
org.gnome.Orca.Module.ListCommands

Hopefully one of those commands is what you need. To learn more about
how to use them, here's some documentation:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/orca/-/blob/main/README-REMOTE-CONTROLLER.md

Please play with it and let me know what you think.

#accessibility #linux #foss #orca #blind

An excuse to mention Void Linux: XBPS 0.60 released

Since Void Linux uses a rolling release model, there's not much to report on in the form of new releases and major new features, so I'm taking the release of version 0.60 of XBPS, Void Linux' package manager, to cheat my way into talking about this excellent Linux distribution. I always think of Void as the "BSD of Linux distributions",

https://www.osnews.com/story/142573/an-excuse-to-mention-void-linux-xbps-0-60-released/

#Linux

@nixCraft

Me after installing a linux distro on the laptop of fresh computer science students 😅

#linux #penguin #opensource #funny

XBPS 0.60 released with fixed memory and file descriptor leaks, staged packages support with --staging flag, parsable dry-run output, better error handling, and other bug fixes

https://voidlinux.org/news/2025/06/xbps-0.60.html

#voidlinux #xbps #linux

In a world of closed doors, #Linux opens up endless possibilities. We love the freedom, the transparency, and the power it puts in our hands.

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A pencil drawing of Tux (penguin - Linux mascot) with text: We love Linux

The #FreeBSD pw useradd/usermod commands are not compatible in scripts with everyone else's useradd/usermod commands.

With the #NetBSD/#OpenBSD and indeed #Linux shadow-utils useradd/usermod commands, the account name goes last, and it is a syntax error to place it before the options.

With the #FreeBSD pw command, the account name goes first, and it is a syntax error to place it after the options.

So pw() { "$@" ; } doesn't work for making portable scripts.

https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/blob/master/src/usermod.c#L1272

Alright, I am one day into using #Bazzite #Linux as a replacement for Windows 11 as my #gaming platform.

Games that run flawlessly so far (via Steam).

Coral Island
FTL
BSG: Deadlock
Starfield

Many more to check.

Starfield actually runs better under Bazzite than it ever did under Windows 11, no more random freezes, and I have the graphics cranked higher!

#games #microsoftSucks