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Search results for tag #linux

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[?]Jimmyx » 🌐
@JimmyNorrby@mastodon.social

"Which Linux distro do you prefer and why? 🐧💻 "

Ubuntu:20
Linux Mint:40
Fedora:27
Other:68

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    [?]dorotaC » 🌐
    @dcz@fosstodon.org

    Does anyone here know mount namespaces well?

    I need to to an old phone supporting only but I don't want a huge .

    When I override /etc/ssh_config in a namespace to add rsa, that file is not owned by root and ssh exits...

      [?]David Zaslavsky » 🌐
      @diazona@techhub.social

      Quick hallway usability poll for users: if you were running a program to print selected lines from a file, what syntax would you want to use to tell it which lines to choose? Example use cases for inspiration:

      - print only line 12
      - print lines 15 through 42
      - print the first 10 lines
      - print the last 10 lines
      - print the 100th-last to 90th-last lines
      - print every third line
      - print every other line between the 10th and 50th

      and so on. (No need for a complete answer; I'll take any constructive input whatsoever)

      (yes I am writing this, more as an excuse to learn Rust than anything else, but I do want to make a good go at it)

        [?]Stefano Marinelli » 🌐
        @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

        It's time for an .

        I'm glad to meet you! I'm the barista and main administrator of the bsd.cafe and illumos.cafe instances (and other projects), a computer science enthusiast who's been fascinated by technology since childhood. I'm a big supporter of open-source solutions and enjoy working with as well as based OSes and systems. I enjoy and . I've been an avid traveler and am now looking forward to getting back to traveling.I'm married to a wonderful wife and strive to live each day with a positive attitude,making the most of every day to improve our lives.

        I like writing blog articles, especially tech ones (it-notes.dragas.net) and, from time to time, some of them are widely appreciated, especially in the open-source community.

        Thank you for passing by and reading my introduction, enjoy your stay here in the

          [?]Root Moose » 🌐
          @RootMoose@mstdn.ca

          I do enjoy a desktop environment that allows you to _easily_ create an old skool right-click menu on your desktop.

          There's some quirks to configuring the ordering, not sure if I'll need to hand edit the menu once I get it most of the way there.

          For a mutli-head setup this avoids having to have an Application Launcher on every screen, but it does require access to unobscured desktop in order to work.

          And my nerdy part likes the '80s-'90s UNIX desktop vibes it creates. Ha.

          Cropped screenshot showing the KDE Menu Editor app with the resultant right-click desktop menu beside it. Nothing fancy, just basic usability and customization.

          Alt...Cropped screenshot showing the KDE Menu Editor app with the resultant right-click desktop menu beside it. Nothing fancy, just basic usability and customization.

            [?]Terminal Tilt » 🌐
            @terminaltilt@climatejustice.social

            I was asked about the @Vivaldi Browser. It is a powerful tool and has some nice features, but I cannot recommend it because it is not fully open source. Following GNU Freedom 1, I believe users must have the right to study and change their software, not just audit some of the files.

            With Firefox now introducing a one click AI opt out in version 148, it remains the superior recommendation for people who value privacy and code transparency over proprietary UI features. Don't get me wrong, I am completely but knowing a browser has a toggle I can verify is better than trusting a corporation’s word.

            Vivaldi claims only 5% is proprietary, yet they keep it closed to prevent forks. They benefit from the open-source community while intentionally blocking others from doing the same. That is hypocritical.

            For most people, @librewolf and @zenbrowser remain my top recommendations.

              [?]It's FOSS » 🌐
              @itsfoss@mastodon.social

              Legend for a reason 💪

              DID YOU KNOW?

Without Linux, we wouldn’t have Git. When the Linux team lost free access to their management tool, BitKeeper, in 2005, Linus Torvalds built his own replacement in just weeks. That tool now powers almost every major coding platform. Linux didn’t just give us an operating system; it built the foundation for how the world collaborates on code.

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              Alt...DID YOU KNOW? Without Linux, we wouldn’t have Git. When the Linux team lost free access to their management tool, BitKeeper, in 2005, Linus Torvalds built his own replacement in just weeks. That tool now powers almost every major coding platform. Linux didn’t just give us an operating system; it built the foundation for how the world collaborates on code. git logo Follow us IT’S FOSS

                Jay 🚩 :runbsd: boosted

                [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                Every now and then when I come back to use my daily driver running , I got surprised why still does not provided short-formed commands like in and in do such as:

                # FreeBSD
                pkg ins vim # same as pkg install vim
                pkg sea vim # same as pkg search vim

                # NetBSD
                pkgin in vim # same as pkgin install vim
                pkgin se vim # same as pkgin search vim

                # while in Debian
                apt search vim # no apt se/sea
                apt install vim # no apt in/ins


                  [?]Henrik Sørlie » 🌐
                  @hsorlie@social.vivaldi.net

                  The last year I’ve been making a conscious effort to pivot away from proprietary/american tech, for a mix of reasons. I’m increasingly worried about , data collection, data sovereignity, that kind of things. Not wanting to have more or less my entire life stored on servers inside american privacy and data laws jurisdiction. Wanting to support tech. And, where possible, a preference for open source software. I’ve been quite in the «apple fanboy» category for the last 20+ years, and deeply buried in the whole iCloud ecosystem. Partly because of Apple’s traditional stance on privacy, and the whole «if a service is free, you’re the product» thing. I used to look forward to event keynotes like others do to football matches. The last handful of iterations of , , macs and iPhones has sparked steadily decreasing amounts of enthusiasm from me though. Anyway, the last year has seen me replace most iCloud services with @protonprivacy , my macbook pro with a @tuxedocomputers infinitybook pro running , and my iPhone with a 6 running @murena /e/OS. And a patchwork of other services and apps to replace what I used to have. Here's a summary, and some questions to others. 1/n

                    [?]Onigiri » 🌐
                    @transience@beige.party

                    I’M RUNNING LINUX!!! I’M RUNNING LINUX!!

                    YAY!!! 🎊🤩🎊🎉🎊🤩

                    Honestly I love how easy on the senses it is compared to Windows! Ahhhh! What a breath of fresh air! It’s pretty Autism-friendly so far! ☺️

                    (Special thanks to @tychotithonus for setting me on the path! 🥳🥂)



                      [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: » 🌐
                      @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                      I've got a weird issue with #XWayland. It's not a total deal-breaker, but it's just a bit annoying...

                      (I'm running KDE Plasma 6.3.6 on Debian Trixie (stable))

                      My laptop display (left) is set to 1.85x scaling. My 1080p display (right) is set to 1x.

                      If I don't turn on the option to manually scale XWayland applications ("Legacy applications (X11): Scaled by the system"), the X11 applications I use look SMALLER than normal on my main (right) screen. Left screen too, IIRC.

                      If I DO turn on that option ("Scaled by the system"), then the applications look great on the main (1x) screen, but they're of course a blurry mess on the left (1.85x) screen.

                      I thought the setting meant that the applications would be smaller than normal (unscaled) on the left screen, but they're actually tiny on both screens.

                      Any ideas?

                      #Linux #Wayland #X11 #AskFedi #HiveMind

                        [?]ClaudioM » 🌐
                        @claudiom@bsd.network

                        Installing using on . Got some help from this video on getting the console to display correctly in the terminal. :runbsdBg:

                        youtube.com/watch?v=sZnM-T6Os-

                        Screenshot of MATE Desktop on OpenBSD showing MATE System Monitor on the lower right showing brief system information, and MATE Terminal maximized underneath the System Monitor showing three terminal tabs, but focused on the left one where the Slackware installation process is taking place via a serial console connection to vmm. It's waiting for me to select a partition on which to install Slackware, and highlighted on device /dev/sda2 which is 8 gigabytes.

                        Alt...Screenshot of MATE Desktop on OpenBSD showing MATE System Monitor on the lower right showing brief system information, and MATE Terminal maximized underneath the System Monitor showing three terminal tabs, but focused on the left one where the Slackware installation process is taking place via a serial console connection to vmm. It's waiting for me to select a partition on which to install Slackware, and highlighted on device /dev/sda2 which is 8 gigabytes.

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                          [?]IanTwenty » 🌐
                          @IanTwenty@floss.social

                          If ever you need to buy USB wifi adapters for linux this repo has it covered:

                          github.com/morrownr/USB-WiFi

                          > The mission of this site is to provide educational information, reviews of USB WiFi adapters and links to specific adapters that are known to perform well with Linux ( see The Plug and Play List ).

                          It's updated often.

                          I did try FSFs 'Respects Your Freedom' site too but choices are limited(understandably) and US focussed:

                          ryf.fsf.org/

                            [?]Santiago :arandela: » 🌐
                            @santiago@mastodon.uy

                            BREAKING: ⚠️ Con todo el orgullo y emoción, tenemos que anunciar un verdadero hito en Undernet Uruguay. Son 3 Noticias así que van en formato hilo 🧵

                            1) Quedó oficialmente aprobado por el equipo de -mirrors, un mirror completo de Debian GNU/Linux en los servidores de Undernet Uruguay :debian:

                            -> Debian: mirror.undernet.uy/debian/

                            -> Debian archive: mirror.undernet.uy/debian-arch

                            -> Debian ISO-CDs: mirror.undernet.uy/debian-cd/

                            El listado de mirrors de Debian actualmente muestran un solo mirror (mantenido por la gente de CURE Rocha desde hace años) y recientemente también se registró junto con el nuestro, otro mirror de interior.edu.uy (que en realidad venía funcionando hace un tiempo ya). Nuestro mirror junto con los otros ya está listado en la página de status de mirrors de Debian:

                            -> mirror-master.debian.org/statu

                            Por lo que pronto habrán 3 mirrors en Uruguay de las cuales el nuestro será el único sostenido por una comunidad autónoma y autogestionada. No solo eso, también nuestro mirror incluye todas las versiones archive de Debian y las históricas primeras, anteriores a Debian 3. También el mirror incluye las ISO-CD netinstall y businesscard ISOs para poder descargar, crear buteables y luego instalar usando el mirror. Tener un mirror local nos dá soberanía, nos independiza un poco más y hace que el tráfico sea local.
                            Sostener un mirror es un compromiso a largo plazo y requiere recursos que estamos dispuestos a poner a disposición como los que se ponen para otros proyectos importantes que llevamos adelante en nuestra pequeña red. Finalmente quiero destacar que los otros 2 mirrors uruguayos son de instituciones públicas y en particular, la Universidad de la República (cure.edu.uy e interior.edu.uy) lo que muestra que importante que es un mirror de Debian. Lo unico que no está mirroreado es el repo debian-security, que eso no se mirroréa.

                              [?]𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚕 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚝 ♑ 🤪 » 🌐
                              @joel@gts.tumfatig.net

                              I finally reached a milestone in my "using #Linux applications on #FreeBSD" journey. Here are notes and thoughts on running #Docker containers on FreeBSD #Jail using #podman (or not). No big news for some. But a nice hiking session for me :D

                              https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/exploring-docker-containers-on-freebsd/

                              #RunBSD

                                [?]buherator » 🌐
                                @buherator@infosec.place

                                After all these years I still rely on brute-force when it comes to copy-pasting on #Linux:

                                - Which paste should I use for vim's * and + buffers?
                                - Which clipboard is used by Java GUI's?
                                - Did JavaScript manage to put text on the clipboard this time? Which one?
                                - etc.

                                How do fellow #X11 users keep track of your clipboards?

                                  [?]KaiXin » 🌐
                                  @kaixin@snac.bsd.cafe

                                  Sad to know From Scratch is dropping support and going only now

                                  Linux From Scratch Abandoning SysVinit Support

                                    [?]JdeBP » 🌐
                                    @JdeBP@tty0.social

                                    @feld @lattera @drwho

                                    Digging into the talk page of the article on the FAT filesystem and Linux, one finds that, back in 2009, people thought the same thing. (-:

                                    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi

                                    It was past tense even then. Linux 2.6 had come out some 6 years beforehand.

                                    Amusingly, the Linux Documentation Project has a UMSDOS how-to written in the present tense that has not been updated since 2001.

                                      Sam Cranford boosted

                                      [?]Raptor :gamedev: » 🌐
                                      @raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                      A quick summary of tech leadership in the Files

                                        [?]Markus Feilner » 🌐
                                        @mfeilner@mastodon.social

                                        [?]sjvn » 🌐
                                        @sjvn@mastodon.social

                                        The Open Invention Network looks to the future of open-source patent protection opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/ by @sjvn

                                        The OIN has expanded the System Definition and changed its financing model.

                                          #netbsd boosted

                                          [?]vermaden » 🌐
                                          @vermaden@mastodon.social

                                          Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟮/𝟬𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/02/02) available.

                                          vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02

                                          Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                                            [?]nixCraft 🐧 » 🌐
                                            @nixCraft@mastodon.social

                                            DDWrap provides a graphical interface around the `dd` command that allows you to do things easily.

                                            github.com/HarderLemonade/ddwr

                                            It maybe useful to many users.

                                            a screenshot of DDWrap  GUI tool.  it a lightweight, safety-focused Qt GUI wrapper for dd, written in Python

                                            Alt...a screenshot of DDWrap GUI tool. it a lightweight, safety-focused Qt GUI wrapper for dd, written in Python

                                              [?]vermaden » 🌐
                                              @vermaden@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                              Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟮/𝟬𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/02/02) available.

                                              vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02

                                              Past releases: vermaden.wordpress.com/news/

                                                [?]Dendrobatus Azureus » 🌐
                                                @Dendrobatus_Azureus@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                [?]Tristan » 🌐
                                                @phenylketonurianotebook@pkutalk.com

                                                Hello world. 😊 Anyone tried on a M2 Mac? Do you have any comment or suggestion before I try? Thank you!

                                                  [?]Dark Blue Raven » 🌐
                                                  @r1os@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                  [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                                  @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                  I use dmenu as my main UI, not just dmenu_run.

                                                  Super+Space opens a small menu script that launches apps and system actions (WiFi, reboot, shutdown),
                                                  all keyboard-driven via sxhkd.

                                                  No panel, no mouse menus, WM-agnostic.

                                                  #!/bin/sh

                                                  ROOT=doas

                                                  # Open a terminal (st) with the given title and command
                                                  # example: st -t terminal_title -e command
                                                  term() {
                                                  st -t "$1" -e "${@:2}"
                                                  }

                                                  choice=$(printf "%s\n" \
                                                  "Browser" \
                                                  "Terminal" \
                                                  "IRC" \
                                                  "Mail" \
                                                  "PDF" \
                                                  "Editor" \
                                                  "Files" \
                                                  "Mixer" \
                                                  "WiFi" \
                                                  "Bluetooth" \
                                                  "Reboot" \
                                                  "Shutdown" |
                                                  dmenu -i -l 12 -p "Menu" \
                                                  -fn "Iosevka Term-11" \
                                                  -nb '' -nf '' \
                                                  -sb '' -sf '')

                                                  case "$choice" in
                                                  Browser) firefox ;;
                                                  Terminal) term st tmux ;;
                                                  IRC) term senpai senpai ;;
                                                  Mail) term mutt mutt ;;
                                                  PDF) pdf-open.sh ;;
                                                  Editor) geany ;;
                                                  Files) term fff fff ;;
                                                  Mixer) term alsamixer alsamixer ;;
                                                  WiFi) term wifitui "$ROOT" wifitui ;;
                                                  Bluetooth) blueman-manager ;;
                                                  Reboot) "$ROOT" /sbin/reboot ;;
                                                  Shutdown) "$ROOT" /sbin/poweroff ;;
                                                  esac

                                                  Curious how many dwm users do something similar vs bars / mouse menus.


                                                    [?]Cinemattes » 🌐
                                                    @Cinemattes@nrw.social


                                                    habe seit vergangenem Freitag parallel zu Mint installiert und wenn es weiter so gut läuft, kann ich bald das Windows vom Rechner schmeißen.

                                                      [?]OSNews » 🤖 🌐
                                                      @osnews@mstdn.social

                                                      Guix System first impressions as a Nix user

                                                      But NixOS isn't the only declarative distro out there. In fact GNU forked Nix fairly early and made their own spin called Guix, whose big innovation is that, instead of using the unwieldy Nix-language, it uses Scheme. Specifically Guile Scheme, GNU's sanctioned configuration language. I've been following Guix for a bit, but it never felt quite ready t

                                                      osnews.com/story/144313/guix-s

                                                        [?]DerReparierer » 🌐
                                                        @DerReparierer@social.tchncs.de

                                                        Der Wechsel auf Linux bringt viel neues auf einmal. Um diesen nachhaltig und erfolgreich zu gestalten, ist es eine Strategie zunächst die einzelnen Programme (Browser, Email, Passwörter, ...) unter dem jetzigen Betriebssystem zu nutzen. Nach wenigen Wochen Eingewöhnungszeit ist der Wechsel zu Linux nicht mehr so schwer, da du die einzelnen Programme schon kennst.

                                                        Switching to Linux brings a lot of new things at once. To make this change sustainable and successful, it is a good strategy to first use the individual programs (Browser, email, passwords, etc.) on your current operating system. After a few weeks of getting used to them, switching to Linux will no longer be so difficult, as you will already be familiar with the programs.

                                                        derreparierer.codeberg.page/de

                                                        Tips to switch to an linux operating system.

                                                        Alt...Tips to switch to an linux operating system.

                                                          [?]pafurijaz » 🌐
                                                          @pafurijaz@mastodon.social

                                                          Todd C. Miller has been maintaining the codebase for over 30 years. This is exactly one of those cases where an entire critical infrastructure is held together by the work of a single volunteer who apparently can’t find anyone willing to sponsor him for some financial support.

                                                          Image showing a meme about the weakness of modern digital infrastrutture that often relay on old open source code maintained by one volunteer.

                                                          Alt...Image showing a meme about the weakness of modern digital infrastrutture that often relay on old open source code maintained by one volunteer.

                                                          Image showing the various commits over the for the sudo code by Todd C. Miller

                                                          Alt...Image showing the various commits over the for the sudo code by Todd C. Miller

                                                          Image showing a brief text by Todd C. Miller

                                                          Alt...Image showing a brief text by Todd C. Miller

                                                          Image showing a picture of Todd C. Miller

                                                          Alt...Image showing a picture of Todd C. Miller

                                                            [?]Bernard Pochet » 🌐
                                                            @bernardpo@tchafia.be

                                                            Je suppose que vous avez vu passer ça : abandonnera au profit d'une distribution à thème Windows, d'après une prédiction qui fait suite à des rapports selon lesquels toutes les fonctionnalités de Windows 11 sont défectueuses... 🤣

                                                            À lire ici : windows.developpez.com/actu/37

                                                              [?]r1w1s1 » 🌐
                                                              @r1w1s1@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                              A discussion that started with GNU/Linux vs Linux
                                                              expanded into sudo vs doas, X11 vs Wayland, and how
                                                              system design choices age over time.

                                                              I already had notes on dwm, st, and X11 usage, and
                                                              this thread was the motivation to turn them into a
                                                              short, standalone document about the trade-offs
                                                              around scope, ecosystem complexity, and sustainability.

                                                              Original thread:
                                                              https://swiss.social/@LukePhilipps/115973122695310819

                                                              Document:
                                                              https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/Understanding_Wayland_X11_and_Minimalism.txt

                                                              Blog:
                                                              https://4c6e.xyz/


                                                                [?]JdeBP » 🌐
                                                                @JdeBP@tty0.social

                                                                @cks

                                                                I suspect that this has changed over the years. Kay Sievers's original proposal in 2010 indeed had the active device as the last one. But Lennart Poettering writing in 2012, after things had settled down amongst the kernel developers, wrote that the active device was the first one. I vaguely remember inspecting the code that constructed the string to check, at the time. I'll try to remember to have another look.

                                                                0pointer.de/blog/projects/seri

                                                                  #netbsd boosted

                                                                  [?]Matthias Schmidt » 🌐
                                                                  @xhr@infosec.exchange

                                                                  I wrote a small article on how to backup Unix servers using tar and age. Nothing fancy, just the script and concept I use for all my servers.

                                                                  xosc.org/backup-server.html

                                                                    sarahnovotny boosted

                                                                    [?]:thilo: » 🌐
                                                                    @thilo@fromm.social

                                                                    For a fireside chat with creators and maintainers of distributions like or at , please drop by our SPOS BOF Session: Today (Saturday) 5pm in K4.401.

                                                                    No matter whether you're curious, a user, or a maintainer - drop by and join us!

                                                                    (Also, please boost!)
                                                                    fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event

                                                                      [?]/dev/urandom » 🌐
                                                                      @rnd@toot.cat

                                                                      wonder if there's now a set of users who actually see any "year of the linux desktop" as a bad thing

                                                                      they see all those new users, with their new demands and such, and either treat them as invaders, or see any potential change from linux desktops becoming more commercially viable as more negative than positive

                                                                      i imagine a few possible examples, but there could be more

                                                                      • a power-user gamer who already knows which PC components to pick for the best compatibility, plays either native linux games or uses proton, and is not interested in things like fortnite, league of legends or gta online, which require kernel-level anti-cheat, instead playing other games which disable kernel-level protection requirements for linux users

                                                                      they see a potential expansion of linux user base as a threat that could lead more games to develop, and then enforce, kernel-level anti-cheat

                                                                      • or maybe a hobbyist user with an esoteric distro and minimalist config

                                                                      who is annoyed that the new users all go for the major distros and DEs like gnome and kde, reducing the share of attention paid to the alternatives, they fear that if this continues, more programs will start depending on things like systemd

                                                                      or maybe they fear that higher popularity of desktop linux will lead to more malware development, and eventually linux users will need to run an anti-viral program similar to windows defender

                                                                        [?]Nick @ The Linux Experiment » 🌐
                                                                        @thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social

                                                                        Time for this week's and News video!

                                                                        I'm off to play with my little Warhammer minis, so you'll have to watch it t know what's in it!

                                                                        youtube.com/watch?v=iNAFvcSWW6o

                                                                          [?]Christoph Vigano » 🌐
                                                                          @cvigano@social.tchncs.de

                                                                          Turns out I'm not the only one currently with Bluetooth problems on Linux. The latest WirePlumber version 0.5.13 introduces a new auto-switch to headset profiles for Bluetooth headsets, which crashes my Jabra Headset from work but not my Google Pixel Buds Pro 2.

                                                                          The workaround for the moment is either downgrading to 0.5.12 or disabling the new auto-switch feature with the following:
                                                                          ```
                                                                          wpctl settings -s bluetooth.autoswitch-to-headset-profile false
                                                                          ```
                                                                          (Taken from gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgnom)

                                                                          The `-s` persists this change - otherwise I'd have to remember setting this after every login.

                                                                            [?]JdeBP » 🌐
                                                                            @JdeBP@tty0.social

                                                                            @cks

                                                                            I write a console(4) and a vt(4) manual page for , too, as there is a larger gap there, Linux doco not having a vt(4) page as does.

                                                                            jdebp.info/Softwares/nosh/guid

                                                                            jdebp.info/Softwares/nosh/guid

                                                                              [?]Herz++ » 🌐
                                                                              @herzenschein@furry.engineer

                                                                              I'm streaming KDE docs:

                                                                              Be sure to join and ask any questions related to KDE and I'll try my best to answer them.

                                                                              Every single stream I do is an Ask Me Anything KDE Edition ™️

                                                                              Today I'll see about finishing polishing the "Preparing your software for release" page. Otherwise, I might start porting another library to QDoc. I may also play with RPM packaging.

                                                                                [?]AJ Sadauskas » 🌐
                                                                                @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au

                                                                                @GrapheneOS @attilax @LearnToLivePrivate @RustRaven @jmoupah @Yrrussaj @sebsauvage @jolla Hey Graphene OS folks.

                                                                                First, it's really great that you guys have created a security focused deGoogled Android operating system.

                                                                                Given the problems of American big tech, I applaud you for creating an alternative.

                                                                                So full credit where credit is due.

                                                                                That being said, constantly badmouthing every other non-Apple and non-Google smartphone maker and operating system is not a good look.

                                                                                And jumping into any thread on Mastodon where there's a mention of another alternative smartphone maker or OS to badmouth them is not a good look.

                                                                                You say Jolla is no good. SailfishOS is no good. Fairphone is no good. Murena is no good. CalyxOS is no good. Dumbphones are no good.

                                                                                I'd imagine you'd probably win more people over if you talked more about why people should choose Graphene instead why they shouldn't choose one of the others.

                                                                                Because right now, there are tradeoffs with every mobile OS.

                                                                                That includes Graphene.

                                                                                For example, there are people for whom limiting their exposure to Google and Apple is more important than choosing the most locked down option available.

                                                                                For such people, needing to buy a Google Pixel phone to run Graphene is a massive negative.

                                                                                That's even if the Google Pixel is the best hardware from a security perspective.

                                                                                And in that case, yeah there are other options that may be a better fit for those people.

                                                                                There's another issue.

                                                                                There seems to be many Reddit threads and YouTube videos and blogs out there from people who were enthusiastic about Graphene, but have soured on it.

                                                                                And the funny thing is there's a pattern to it. "Cult-like" and "toxic" seems to be phrases that tend to be used a lot.

                                                                                I've also noticed a recurring pattern you put for why the other alternatives are bad is because people connected with those businesses or companies badmouth Graphene.

                                                                                It seems to me like Graphene constantly bags those other projects. When anyone connected with those projects responds, that response is presented by you guys as evidence of bullying and harassment, without that context.

                                                                                And the recurring line about how people should just stick with iOS or Google Android if they don't choose Graphene? Just shameful. And completely misses the point of why some people are looking for alternative platforms in the first place.

                                                                                And the more people who choose an alternative OS, the more normal it becomes to do it, which ultimately leads to more people looking at alternatives like Graphene.

                                                                                #Android #Jolla #SailfishOS #AOSP #Graphene #GrapheneOS #Murena #Calyx #CalyxOS #Linux #infosec #opensource

                                                                                  [?]Reinald Kirchner » 🌐
                                                                                  @Reinald@nrw.social

                                                                                  Eigentlich habe ich die Daten schon lange nicht mehr angepackt. Aber jetzt wäre es mal wieder soweit. Aber -- welche Möglichkeiten gibt es, mit alten Corel Draw Daten unter Linux weiter zu arbeiten?

                                                                                    [?]X.Org Developer's Conference » 🌐
                                                                                    @XOrgDevConf@floss.social

                                                                                    📢 Save the date: XDC 2026 will take place September 28–30 in Toronto 🇨🇦

                                                                                    Big thanks to Arm for organizing this year’s conference — more news soon!

                                                                                    Scenic View of Toronto Skyline from Waterfront - Tauhi Rahat - Pexels

                                                                                    Alt...Scenic View of Toronto Skyline from Waterfront - Tauhi Rahat - Pexels

                                                                                      [?]Shawn Webb » 🌐
                                                                                      @lattera@bsd.network

                                                                                      My wife's little sister, who is special needs, wants to attend a community college (well, not technically a community college, but it's a special program connected to a well-known Utah-based university.)

                                                                                      Her family doesn't want to buy her a laptop or other computer.

                                                                                      My wife is headed to Utah next month to spend time with family. I'm preparing an system to donate to her little sister.

                                                                                      Education is crucial in life. I'll always support (to the best of my ability) efforts to better one's knowledge and skills.

                                                                                        [?]Third spruce tree on the left » 🌐
                                                                                        @tezoatlipoca@mas.to

                                                                                        Uh. Is this a known thing? Or is this a quirk of ?
                                                                                        Sometimes when I bring a window from the background it stays like this, text and icons all garbled. Sometimes if I resize or jiggle it, it sorts itself out, sometimes I have to kill it.
                                                                                        It is also on a very ancient laptop that hasn't been rebooted in months.

                                                                                        Screenshot of a file manager window in #Ubuntu but the file listing text is all garbled and unreadable, almost as if the character code page has switched to weird Matrix style glyphs.

                                                                                        Alt...Screenshot of a file manager window in #Ubuntu but the file listing text is all garbled and unreadable, almost as if the character code page has switched to weird Matrix style glyphs.

                                                                                          [?]Joel Pomales » 🌐
                                                                                          @joelpomales@mastodon.social

                                                                                          If you're new to , and this is painful for me to say, you're better off downloading and installing a Chrome-based web browser than going with the default, which is normally (FF, specifically @mozilla has its own issues particularly around chicanery, but that's not relevant to this toot).

                                                                                          Remember that most devs default to Chrome. Everything is tested in Chrome. And more times than not, whatever it is you want to use will work just OK.

                                                                                            [?]European Open Source Academy » 🌐
                                                                                            @europeanOSacademy@fosstodon.org

                                                                                            The Prize for Excellence in Open Source … goes to…

                                                                                            Greg Kroah-Hartman, Fellow at the The Foundation!

                                                                                            We could think of no one more deserving of this Award than Greg - who has ensured through maintaining of different kernel subsystems and the Linux kernel stable releases that thousands of devices function seamlessly and securely.

                                                                                            The Prize for Excellence was presented by the European Open Source Academy, @bagder

                                                                                            awards.europeanopensource.acad

                                                                                              [?]Shi » 🌐
                                                                                              @Shi@troet.cafe

                                                                                              Leute, die Zeit vergeht!
                                                                                              Dieses Jahr im Sommer geht meine Umschulung zur Fachinformatikerin zu Ende.

                                                                                              Ich suche ab August/September 2026 eine Arbeitsstelle, als Junior Entwicklerin.
                                                                                              Gern was mit .

                                                                                              Tech: , , , React , , Datenbankmanagement

                                                                                              Ich lerne schnell Neues und kann mich in alles einlernen, solange es Dokumentation dazu gibt.

                                                                                              Gerne international, EU-weit, remote oder hybrid. Wäre auch reisebereit.

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