schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
I've been meaning to write about the state of #accessibility support in #tech for a while now but figured it was a good time to do it now since The Register published this article.
As a #parent of a child with #disabilities, as well as being a #disability #advocate and #technology professional, I appreciate The Register's coverage of Global Accessibility Awareness Day and Apple's pursuit in improving accessibility in their OSes. Accessibility support is simultaneously necessary and perpetually a challenge. Often it seems like a clumsy afterthought or just prohibitively expensive.
As much as I am an #opensource advocate, the reality is out of all the mainstream OSes, #Microsoft #Windows has, unquestionably, the best support. #Apple has some catching up to do. The open source world trails behind with projects in various states of quality.
One of the areas needing serious improvement is eye gaze technology. Users who have serious motor impairments (spinal cord injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, ALS) rely on this technology to communicate. Windows 10 supports this functionality natively yet #Linux still treats it as a #DIY project, at best. There is little coordination between desktop environments like #KDE #GNOME and #XFCE nor is there any kind of unified API.
It's 2025, we have reached the first quarter of the 21st century and accessibility support is still an afterthought. We can and must do better.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/18/apple_accessibility_features_2025/
A client sends me an email:
"Do you remember that internal backup server you set up a few years ago? Could you log in and check if everything’s okay? I’m not seeing any errors, but I’m not sure if it’s actually working properly".
I have a vague memory of it - I’m guessing “a few years ago” is quite a high number.
They send me the credentials and I log in:
08:46:41 up 2957 days, 18:01, 1 user, load average: 7.09, 2.34, 1.50
And, surprisingly, no errors.
Everything is working correctly, backups are present, and the disks show no issues whatsoever.
Debian.
Boot date: 14/04/2017.
Impressive.
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In addition to open sourcing WSL at 2025 Build, Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot and… <checks notes> a command-line text editor that isn’t emacs, vi, vim, Neovim, ed, edlin, nano, pico, e3, JOE, micro, Kakoune, mcedit, mle, Yi, Tilde, sublimious, ne, slap, multitextor, Mg, vis, or any other terminal editor from the last 50 years.
Sounds like somebody vibe-coded themselves a new application!
What's the new hot #Linux distro? I'm bored and I want to fuck up my laptop.
Anyone who says Nix OS is getting a middle finger emoji.
People working on Linux or the BSDs (or illumos based OSes, etc), are you using two monitors? And, if so, what do you use them for?
I'm trying to understand if it makes sense to keep two monitors on my desk
Please boost
#Linux #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #IT #SysAdmin
One Monitor: | 163 |
Two Monitors: | 171 |
Closes in 2:10:56:06
What I'm still missing is a custom #recovery that can actually do any useful stuff (especially full #backup).
My device has recovery as a #ramdisk in vendor_boot, and there are some prebuilt vendor_boot images with #twrp around, which I don't want to use directly because there's also an init-boot ramdisk in there that needs patching for root with #magisk ... and as far as I understood now, these ramdisks are userland only, using the shared #kernel from the boot partition, so it's unlikely a recovery built for #HyperOS1 (#Android 14, #Linux 5) will work with #HyperOS2 (Android 15, Linux 6).
What I *did* try nevertheless was modifying my vendor_boot using Magisk's #magiskboot utility, replacing ONLY the recovery ramdisk. It resulted in #bootloop trying to boot the normal system, so there seems to be something I still don't understand (I *thought* this ramdisk would only ever be loaded when booting to recovery).
For now, I'll live with the useless stock #Xiaomi recovery. Attempting to do my own build of twrp or orangefox really is too much hassle 🙈
The KDE team has created a wonderful Network for your Androids it's called Konnect (actually KDE Connect) and the things that it can do are so various that I'll just show you one of them in the included photographs
The ease with which I can control a music 🎵 player that works on one Android from all my devices which run Konnect opens up possibilities which are just marvelous for a sound engineer like me
#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android
At this moment I'm roughly tuning a very nice FluxBox Desktop in an OpenSource POSIX driven OS.
I'm working on tuning my Desktops Environments in such a way that it doesn't matter whether I run them in Linux or *BSD
That way I'll just fire up the Operating System inject my own configuration for the desktop environment fire up X.org and then start working
FluxBox has been a favorite window / desktop manager of mine a couple of decades ago.
Since it has been written efficient it's blazingly fast
I combine tools that I love from Xfce with FluxBox so that my muscle memory for shortcuts can be used in a super smooth manner
#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux
Since this command...
`xfce4-screenshooter -S -d 2 --window -s "$HOME/Pictures/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S)_Screenshot2.png"`
...segfaults in fluxbox atm I did not bother with a screenshot, because xfce4-screenshooter rocks way too much to use another one
#FluxBox #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux
I've been able to configure KDE to my liking so that I feel at home again in the K Desktop Environment.
This is critical because it means that everything from way back in the beginning, decades ago when KDE was released, is still in the current new and fresh version of the K Desktop Environment
It means that the teams which have worked on KDE for the past decades have kept the core of KDE alive
It means that we have an excellent group of programmers, before and current, who have worked on KDE and who have kept KDE beautiful fantastic and magnifique for a wide range of people all over the globe
#KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #programming #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #Konnect #Android
I've easily & smoothly configured KDE Konnect to work in Fluxbox WM
#FluxBox #KDE #Xorg #Desktop #Environment #OpenSource #POSIX #GNU #is #not #UNIX #Linux #freeBSD #KDEKonnect #Android
Est-ce que vous savez s'il existe une/des distributions Linux qui soient adaptées à l'exercice de la médecine générale ?
[c'est pas pour moi c'est pour les copain•es]
(je cauchemarde à l'idée que les ordis sont/soient des passeoires à infos perso sensibles)
Il faut que les logiciels suivants tournent :
- logiciel métier (dossiers patients, etc).
- logiciel de compta
et c'est là que le bât blessait il y a quelques années : il faut pouvoir lire une carte vitale à l'aide des composants info de l'assurance maladie pour faire le lien avec les 2 logiciels, volet informations et volet facturation.
+ réseau avec les autres pros de santé
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟱/𝟭𝟵 (Valuable News - 2025/05/19) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/valuable-news-2025-05-19/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟬𝟱/𝟭𝟵 (Valuable News - 2025/05/19) available.
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/valuable-news-2025-05-19/
Past releases: https://vermaden.wordpress.com/news/
#verblog #vernews #news #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #linux #unix #zfs #opnsense #ghostbsd #solaris #vermadenday
Can't stand those people who insist on telling you every single detail of their day, no matter how boring or repetitive.
Stupid #linux log files.
Multiplexing will boost your SSH connectivity or speed by reusing existing TCP connections to a remote host. Here are commands that you can use to control multiplexing when using OpenSSH server or client on your Linux, macOS, FreeBSD or Unix-like systems. Not sure what SSH multiplexing is? Learn how to set it up and use it to speed up your SSH sessions with our handy guide: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ssh-multiplexing-control-command-to-check-forward-list-cancel-stop-connections/
Here is how coding without a laptop looks - Two weeks with AR glasses and #Linux on Android https://holdtherobot.com/blog/2025/05/11/linux-on-android-with-ar-glasses/
Nach meinem Unplug-Trump-Tröt gestern ist mir aufgefallen, dass das amerikanische Fedora Linux (im Besitz von IBM) auf meinem Laptop eigentlich inkonsequent ist.
Also habe ich beim Putzen nebenher Backups gezogen und ein OpenSuse Linux (Sitz in Europa) eingespielt. Heute ziehe ich noch ein paar Programme nach (dank AppStore-ähnlichem Paketmanager ganz easy) und lasse Nextcloud die Musiksammlung synchronisieren und dann bin ich wieder im Geschäft 🙂
@nen @dalias @tokyo_0 @abhijith @fossunleashed @llutz @zenbrowser The FS goes read-only, only when I open #ZenBrowser. I'm also looking forward to reinstall #fedora once I get my hand on an external HDD or SSD for backup.
Bug fix releases for syslog-ng 4.8 are already out. However, 4.9.0 is still ahead of us. My call for testing #syslog_ng is still live for that:
https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/a-call-for-testing-the-upcoming-syslog-ng-releases
File and directory monitoring became a lot more efficient on #Linux, and there are many more changes.
@tokyo_0 @abhijith @fossunleashed
@llutz (1/5)
I now think that I can pinpoint the problem of the filesystem going read-only and it's (probably) neither the FS itself nor the nvme drive. And definitely not the RAM.
The problem is a single app that's causing this or that's what I found and its the @zenbrowser browser.
#ZenBrowser #linux #fedora #fedora42 #gnome #mastodon #fediverse #btrfs
@tokyo_0 @abhijith @fossunleashed @llutz @zenbrowser (2/5)
So, today morning I opened the laptop with #wifi turned off and checked the system. It was going alright. The filesystem was behaving normally like it should. I also double-checked it using `mount | grep "btrfs"` and `fastfetch`. To check the nvme drive, I used `sudo smartctl --xall /dev/nvme0n1p3` + the diagnostics tool in the bios menu.
#ZenBrowser #linux #fedora #fedora42 #gnome #mastodon #fediverse #btrfs
@tokyo_0 @abhijith @fossunleashed @llutz @zenbrowser (3/5)
To check the memory I used `sudo memtester 1024 5`. And EVERYTHING was fine. Even when I turned on the #wifi nothing changed. I opened the #gnomesoftware app, I also opened #firefox to browse #youtube and log in to this instance. Everything was fine.
#ZenBrowser #linux #fedora #fedora42 #gnome #mastodon #btrfs #fediverse
@tokyo_0 @abhijith @fossunleashed @llutz @zenbrowser (4/5)
But, the moment I opened Zen Browser suddenly the filesystem went read-only. Coincidence, I think not. This also happened when I was offline. I opened Zen it showed me the webpage, all good. I reloaded it, it showed me the classic thing "something unexpected happened". All good. But when I closed the #browser, suddenly the FS went read-only.
#ZenBrowser #linux #fedora #fedora42 #gnome #mastodon #fediverse #btrfs
@tokyo_0 @abhijith @fossunleashed @llutz @zenbrowser (5/5)
It can't be a fluke right if it happened twice.
#ZenBrowser #linux #fedora #fedora42 #gnome #mastodon #fediverse #btrfs
A wild #blog post appears!
I revived pkgsrc on AIX.
(Yes, I already sent a PR to NetBSD.)
https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250516.html
#linux #unix #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #aix #ibm #solairs #illumos #pkgsrc #opensource #freesoftware
When you can't xwininfo
or xprop
under Wayland on KDE to get window information, you can instead.
qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin queryWindowInfo
Create an alias in your .zshrc
or .bashrc
or whatever shell you use so you don't have to remember that entire line to something like;
alias "qwinfo"='qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin queryWindowInfo'
q = qdbus
win = window
fo = info
or Query Window Info
something easy to remember. c:
Linux containers (OCI Containers) are ephemeral by design, except the volumes, you mount into them. In large scale environments, that can be useful (cattle vs pets argument). But that also introduces new challenges and makes it more complex to manage them.
For my personal environments, I like the approach of FreeBSD jails more. They are just a directory (or ZFS Dataset) with their own, persistent copy of the OS, easy to manage and the networking capabilities are flexible (bridged, vnet, they can be routed, firewalled, etc).
Jails are well aged, are around since FreeBSD 4 back in 2000, the non-ephemeral approach (and the absence of overlay file systems etc) makes them more feel like individual virtual servers than modern Linux containers but with extreme levels of flexibility.
Tools like jmore(8) (by @vermaden) and Bastille (Jails “Templates”) makes them even easier to manage.
I use Jails with Ansible to automate their creation, their lifecycle management and automation of the jailed applications and I highly enjoy, how comfortable and easy it is.
No immutable images, no “Dockerfiles”, no weird volume mounts or image registries and no constant re-creation of images and new deployments just to update something. Just some simple, well isolated operating systems to run my applications in 🙂
I don’t say that Linux containers are bad. There’s for sure situations, where they shine. Just for my personal use-case, they are more effort in comparison to BSD jails and I’m a fan of “using the right tool for a task”
And the idempotent nature of Ansible automation makes it easy to describe them in a declarative way and manage them at scale.
PSA: In case you run #Ubuntu 24.10 with #ZFS on Root, DO NOT TRY TO UPGRADE YET! You are very likely to run into a #Linux kernel deadlock mid-flight during the upgrade which leaves you with a broken system.
Also: Use zfs snapshot before trying to upgrade. zfs-auto-snapshot to the rescue! #openzfs #linuxmint
Switching to #linux was the best decision of my life, and i'm not exaggerating.
I've learned more in the past four years than in seven years of using #windows. What i've learned is valuable and useful. And i regret nothing but that i didn't switch earlier.
Switching to linux doesn't have to be fun. It will be exhausting, time consuming and frustrating at most times. And this is exactly what you should want.
Trying, breaking and fixing things are essential parts of your learning process. Daily driving linux is a daily learning experience.
I have a #learningdisorder which made me feel useless to the #IT industry. This year i had an internship which changed that completely. My #impostersyndrome and doubts are gone. And i can't even describe how good this feels.
Did you know that there is comparison chart for
- #linux distributions
- #browser
- #android distributions
- linux desktop environments
- #messenger
- #mail providers
Take a look https://eylenburg.github.io/
it's regularly updated
#opensource #foss #development #developers #programming #coding #ubuntu #opensuse #fedora #freebsd #archlinux #arch #gentoo #nixos #alpine #redhat #debian #grapheneos #calyxos #IodeOS #lineageos #firefox #vivaldi #brave #signal #deltachat #element #matrix #til
Gaming on Tumbleweed with SELinux
So, for the record I had a perfectly working install of Tumbleweed on my laptop, previously installed with apparmor on it before they switched to SELinux. Everything was working great, including games like Magic: The Gathering Arena. But, as a good Linux tester (especially on behalf of openSUSE) that will never do. I've been hearing complaints about...
#linux #gaming #opensuse #tumbleweed #selinux
https://lowtechlinux.com/2025/05/15/gaming-on-tumbleweed-with-selinux/
Re- #intro / #introduction I am a software engineer from #Chicago. I am an organizer of the Chicago Kotlin User Group. On fediverse since 2017. I'm interested in #linux #java #javaFX #kotlin #spring. I'm a critic of #agile: https://wakingrufus.neocities.org/fail-agile.html
I used to talk tech at @wakingrufus@mastodon.technology, but since that instance ended, I have consolidated my identity here. I also talk about #StarTrek, film, gaming, politics, music, and Chicago.
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux/BSD/UNIX, logging usage hourly, daily, and monthly on the server or router
* Linux installation
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-install-vnstat-console-network-traffic-monitor/ or https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/centos-redhat-fedora-linux-install-vnstat-bandwidth-monitor/
* FreeBSD installation https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/freebsd-install-vnstat-network-traffic-monitor-software/
From servers in a data center to desktop computers, many devices communicating on a network will eventually have to filter traffic, whether for security or performance reasons. Bpfilter is a project that allows packet filtering to be done with BPF, which can be faster than other mechanisms. Even small performance improvements in this area can lead to significant gains.
More #linux shenanigans...
You know how for ages, Unix systems let you specify which editor other tools should invoke via the $EDITOR and/or $VISUAL environment variables, falling back to a very sensible vi(1) (or even ed(1)).
The value of that environment variable is used by e.g., pw_edit(3) from vipw(8), notably via execvp(3), so e.g., 'EDITOR="cmd; vi"; vipw' does _not_ lead to the execution of 'cmd'.
Makes sense, right?
Internally debating whether I should pick up a #ThinkPad T43 and using it as my main #NetBSD machine. Currently I have an X260 running #Slackware and an X1 Carbon 6th gen running #CRUX and #Debian but I don't have a machine I can dedicate solely to NetBSD. I also got my Raspberry Pi 4 running #SlackwareARM. I've always just had to run NetBSD in a VM, but I don't wish to anymore. Is it a worthwhile endeavor?
To clear the terminal after logging out, here is a method that works in all modern shells (I'm using `ksh`).
Add to `~/.profile`:
test -f $HOME/.exitrc && trap ". $HOME/.exitrc" EXIT
Create `~/.exitrc` with:
type clear >/dev/null 2>&1 && clear
Useful!
Google Chrome was not following the notification spec on Linux for years. This went unnoticed by most of users as services worked it around to accommodate Chrome.
@dnkl took the stand with his notification service that notifications from Chrome wouldn’t work until they followed the spec. After a few years this led to Chrome getting patched to follow the spec.
#opensource #linux https://social.treehouse.systems/@dnkl/114506343509370120
I've been talking about it for months, but I finally followed Jami Kettunen's instructions and got Chimera Linux installed in my Yoga Slim 7x ARM laptop.
Windows was crashing every few days (while unattended) with the error "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error is caused because the system stopped responding and the hardware watchdog triggered a system reset." even after a full restore.
I'm hoping Linux is more stable.
Nobara Linux 42 released as a rolling release with Brave as new default browser, new in-house flatpak store called Flatpost, updated driver manager, GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3.4, Mesa 25.1 and Linux Kernel 6.14.6