I've been fussing around with Labwc a bit. The out of the box Labwc config on Alpine is very minimal. Labwc uses Openbox themes, but before I go down that rabbit hole I want to explore CoW.

Following the build instructions "bouncing ball" on both the river and CoW Codeberg pages resulted in success with CoW selectable and launch-able in sddm with zero dramas.

Clicking on the empty desktop and getting the minimalist CoW (fvwm!) menu to appear for the first time was a bit of a comfy old shoe moment. Ha.

Thanks River and @thomasadam !

Now the fun, hard, and time consuming part: making CoW look the way I want it to look and selecting tools to flesh out the rest of the desktop.

I did go looking for some of my old fvwm configs in my code repo but I guess I never saved my desktop configs - just my carputer stuff. 2008 was a long time ago. Oh well.

Fun!

#CoW #CompositorOnWayland #RiverWM #River #Labwc #Linux #AlpineLinux #RunBSD #fvwm #sddm

Over the past few months, I have found myself under the spotlight on kernel mailing lists. What started as targeted discussions quickly turned into advocating for the kernel community to respect the mostly silent crowd of developers and maintainers who do not want to fully embrace AI usage. It appears this didn't go unnoticed, as shown by Jon Corbet's talk at Kernel Recipes. (1/5)

#Linux #kernel #AI

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Jon Corbet showing a quote about empathy and AI during his talk at Kernel Recipes 2026

Un outil pour concevoir, simuler et chaos-tester des architectures de systèmes distribués, directement dans le navigateur ⬇️
https://paperdraw.dev/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Luminous 2.0 is live! 🎧✨
Built for anyone with a #music collection who wants the convenience of a modern streaming app without giving up local ownership.

Luminous is free and #OpenSource Made in Canada. 🍁 Available in English and French for #Windows and #Linux

https://esoltys.dev/luminous/

Union-busting is a thing.

"We are not implying any sort of cause or effect here, but a month after learning about the union from one former colleague, this writer heard about the separation program from another. Multiple sources confirmed that SUSE had approached long-serving employees, particularly some with more than ten years at the company, about voluntary separation."

The Register: Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation' https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/22/longtime-suse-staff-asked-if-theyd-opt-for-voluntary-separation/5297457 @theregister @lproven #Linux

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/117313610321642907

gawd dammit and I installed Alpine #Linux literally LAST NIGHT and was liking it

Ariadne, bunyote friend [she/her or they/them] » 🌐 2026-09-22
@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems

anyway, here are the results from the questionnaire: https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/council/-/blob/master/minutes/2026-08-09-ai-developer-poll.md

a large question I have: the report was authored on 2026-08-09, but was just published yesterday. why did it take so long? why did I have to ask about the report in order for it to be published?

my guess is that alpine will allow AI, despite the position that it should be banned being strongest (but not strong enough to meet a plurality).

same outcome as Debian, basically.

Well I've already caved to using #FreeBSD instead of #NetBSD because it better supports my hardware and I was really hoping I could take refuge with NetBSD's clear stance against LLM sludge. I feel like I've spent so many days just installing operating systems so I might just give up on trying to have a relatively clean #Linux.

#Debian is lost.
The #Linux kernel is lost.
#KDE doesn't have to be.

#RESIST.

#NoSlop #Antifascist

📢 New Blog Post: "Keynote Announcement"

https://seagl.org/news/2026/09/22/keynote-announcements

#Seagl2026 #linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #policy #hackerspace #python #TempleOS #keynote #cfp #seattle #conference

Eh, fuck homelab, fuck selfhosting, fuck Linux, fuck *BSD, fuck computers

FUCK THIS HOBBY.

I'm off doing something else more fun and that I can actually afford

Fortunately li-ion batteries are cheap. I just wish there were more lithium battery factories out there other than China...

Idk. For all the bullshit China's doing, I'll admit they're doing better stuffs. Alternative RAM, SSD's, making batteries and battery related stuff, and eugh.. open weight models that can be ran locally. Still unethically sourced datasets though.

Come on other countries. Fucking do something. Stop with the powertripping like discord/reddit mods and do some useful shit

https://youtu.be/78y-N8URhqM

#batteries #electronics #lfp #linux #homelab #selfhosted #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #mastodon

Eh, fuck homelab, fuck selfhosting, fuck Linux, fuck *BSD, fuck computers

FUCK THIS HOBBY.

I'm off doing something else more fun and that I can actually afford

Fortunately li-ion batteries are cheap. I just wish there were more lithium battery factories out there other than China...

Idk. For all the bullshit China's doing, I'll admit they're doing better stuffs. Alternative RAM, SSD's, making batteries and battery related stuff, and eugh.. open weight models that can be ran locally. Still unethically sourced datasets though.

Come on other countries. Fucking do something. Stop with the powertripping like discord/reddit mods and do some useful shit

https://youtu.be/78y-N8URhqM

#batteries #electronics #lfp #linux #homelab #selfhosted #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd

Advanced Programming in the #UNIX Environment

Week 3: stat(2) intro

In this video lecture, we meet our new best friend, the 'struct stat'. We'll cover the stat(2) system calls and begin discussing each of the fields in the struct, often by example of the ls(1) and stat(1) commands. In this way, we begin learning more about how the Unix File System is implemented.

(Note that the output of stat(1) on #NetBSD is different from that on #Linux.)

https://youtu.be/veFwXrEHPsk

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$ ls -l file -rw-r--r-- 1 jschauma wheel 1048576 Sep 10 20:04 file "-rw-r-r-" from st_mode 1 st_nlink "jschauma" from st_uid "wheel" from st_gid 1048576 st_size Sep 10 20:04 from st_mtime file not from stat at all

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The stat(1) utility displays information about the file pointed to by file. $ stat -r file 16 3 0100644 1 1000 0 -1 1048576 1599768274 1599768274 1599768274 0 4096 2056 0 file The default format displays the st_dev, st_ino, st_mode, st_nlink, st_uid, st_gid, st_rdev, st_size, st_atime, st_mtime, st_ctime, st_birthtime, st_blksize, st_blocks, and st_flags fields, in that order.

KDE developers' attempts at creating LLM guidelines are not going well https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/kde-developers-attempts-at-creating-llm-guidelines-are-not-going-well/

#KDE #AI #OpenSource #Linux

Address:

Lecture Theatre G12,
1-19 Torrington Place (University College London),
London,
WC1E 7HN

OpenStreetMap

Time: 6 pm - 7:30 pm on Tuesday 10 November

Please arrive on time (6pm), so we can let you in easily.

Blog post

Thank you to Lars, Arun Isaac, UCL LUG and UCL itself for calling, organising and hosting this event!

sound working yay, Alpine #Linux and twm my beloved https://youtu.be/mLdhYKzyn6M?is=duax9TlO9Q53ufoW

ServerKit : panneau de contrôle serveur léger pour gérer applications web, bases de données et containers Docker sur un VPS. Backend Python/Flask, frontend React. Open source, 1500 étoiles sur GitHub. ⬇️
https://github.com/jhd3197/ServerKit

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Capture d'écran du panneau de contrôle ServerKit montrant son interface de gestion de serveurs avec tableaux de bord, graphiques de monitoring et statistiques en temps réel. Le projet open-source propose une alternative légère à Kubernetes pour gérer des applications web, bases de données et services sur serveurs VPS.

Btw: what resource you could suggest to customize TWM? The basic installation is very bare bone, and with a quick search I have impression that documentation and tweaking became scattered to the four corners of Internet in the past three decades.
It seems deceptively powerful. There are some modern options like i3, but TWM keeps some genuine appeal for how much is lightweight, but I need to add some other basic functionalities.

#foss #twm #desktop #linux #freebsd #bsd #x11 #netbsd #openbsd

The Politics I Never Noticed Were There

I went looking for a Linux distro. I came back with a headache and a much longer reading list.

https://blog.0x32.co.uk/posts/the-politics-i-never-noticed-were-there/

#linux #foss #hyprland #reflection

Cool, looks like my #EuroBSDCon2026 #NetBSD and #Linux talk made it to LWN!

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1094310/651feb9f2faaa0b8/

Vous écrivez votre algo, la plateforme l'anime en direct, étape par étape. Algorithm Visualizer transforme un tri ou un parcours de graphe en animation lisible. ⬇️
https://algorithm-visualizer.org/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Excalidraw : whiteboard virtuel pour esquisser diagrammes, wireframes et schémas d'architecture façon dessin à main levée. Collaboratif en temps réel, chiffré de bout en bout. Open source, plus de 130 000 étoiles sur GitHub, adopté par Google Cloud, Meta et Notion. ⬇️
https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw

#SelfHosted #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

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Page d'accueil du projet Excalidraw, un tableau blanc virtuel open source permettant de créer des diagrammes et wireframes au style dessiné à main levée, avec des fonctionnalités collaboratives et chiffrées de bout en bout. La capture d'écran montre l'interface de l'éditeur affichant un exemple de diagramme architectural annoté.

Overview of AOOSTAR WTR Pro on *BSD https://lobste.rs/s/sp4dnk #freebsd #hardware #linux #netbsd #openbsd
https://www.tumfatig.net/2026/overview-of-aoostar-wtr-pro-on-bsd/

Which is your favourite Linux phone,
and why do you like it?

#Linux #Phone #AskFedi

PGTerm : terminal Postgres natif en Rust, open source, pour connecter et surveiller toutes ses bases depuis un seul endroit. PgBot intégré diagnostique requêtes lentes, index, locks et vacuum, avec diagnostics déterministes d'abord, explication IA ensuite. ⬇️
https://pgterm.dev/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Capture d'écran de la page d'accueil de pgterm, un terminal Postgres open-source écrit en Rust, présentant ses fonctionnalités principales et la commande d'installation.

pdfcn : des composants React prêts à l'emploi et personnalisables pour générer des PDF. Construit sur Takumi et Forme, compatible avec shadcn/ui. Installation en une commande, comme n'importe quel composant shadcn : pnpm dlx shadcn add @pdfcn/forme/alert. ⬇️
https://www.pdfcn.dev/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Image de présentation de pdfcn, une collection de composants PDF personnalisables et accessibles. Le design minimaliste en nuances de gris affiche le tagline "Beautiful PDFs, made simple" avec le logo de la bibliothèque et la mention de son créateur, shadow-labs.com.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟵/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/09/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/valuable-news-2026-09-21/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟬𝟵/𝟮𝟭 (Valuable News - 2026/09/21) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/valuable-news-2026-09-21/

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

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

Neki : Postgres shardé, en platform preview. Chaque shard reste du vrai Postgres, routé via le protocole wire standard, compatible drivers et ORM existants. Schema changes, resharding et failovers en ligne, sans maintenance. ⬇️
https://planetscale.com/blog/introducing-neki

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Image de présentation du produit Neki de PlanetScale montrant un chat noir stylisé de type Maneki-neko (chat porte-bonheur) avec des yeux jaunes sur fond jaune vif. Le texte annonce l'introduction de Neki par Nick van Wiggeren, décrit comme un Postgres fragmenté proposé en aperçu sur la plateforme.

Google Summer of Code 2026 Reports: Port the #Enlightenment desktop environment to #NetBSD, part 2

@E #noai #antiai #nollm #runBSD #Linux
https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/gsoc2026_enlightenment_2

It's finally here!!! #Yet_Another_Free_Profile_Picture_Giveaway!!! Normally these can be acquired for anywhere between $1,300 and $0.07, but they are all free *just* today! AMAZING!

Pls, if you downloaded one of these pictures, say so in a comment, so I can delete it from the post. Don't download more than one! Thanks!

Enjoy!

#unix_surrealism #mobilek #openbsd #plan9 #9front #art #nft #linux #lunic #giveaway

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Advanced Programming in the #UNIX Environment

Week 2: File Sharing

In this final video lecture segment for our week 2 materials, we take a look at what it means when multiple processes access the same files and what the implications of that are on the syscalls we know. We conclude with a look at /dev/fd on different operating systems, including #NetBSD, #macOS, and #Linux.

https://youtu.be/CAbUtc86ULw

I'm considering getting an LTO-8 setup for backup. My home fileserver has about 40-50TB in it, and even with a "never restore" assumption the break even time vs "store everything in glacier deep archive" is pretty reasonable. Anyone gone this route and have opinions?

#linux #homelab

GNOME 51 est sorti : cartes offline dans Maps avec transit en temps réel, désactivation auto du touchpad quand une souris est branchée, suppression du support WEP obsolète dans Network. ⬇️
https://release.gnome.org/51/

#SelfHosted #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

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Image de présentation de GNOME 51 avec un fond dégradé bleu et des formes géométriques arrondies, affichant le titre "GNOME 51" et la mention "A CORUÑA" sur un design moderne et épuré.

do you like #Linux? do you like packaging things? help us expand this list of #ChiPass packages: https://repology.amdmi3.ru/project/chipass/versions

Flapkit : composants React pour recréer les panneaux à palettes façon aéroport ou gare. Animation, son et thèmes personnalisables inclus. ⬇️
https://cuvii.dev/flapkit/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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New #blog #post: Gratitude Day 19: UNIX Shell

https://rldane.space/gratitude-day-19-unix-shell.html

1228 words? Maybe? I dunno.

Umm, I didn't sleep well, so my apologies if this one is kind of confusing, rambly, and info-dumpy. 😁

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @stfn @golemwire

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #SeptemberTheme #SeptemberBloggingTheme #SepThemeBear #SeptemberGratitude #gratitude #thankfulness #unix #linux #bsd #shell #unixShell #POSIX #bash #Scripting

Cloudflare lance Quick Tunnels : une commande transforme votre localhost en URL publique chiffrée sur son edge. Pas de compte, pas de DNS, aucun port ouvert. Connexion sortante uniquement, TLS et filtrage DDoS inclus, tunnel éphémère qui meurt avec le process. ⬇️
https://try.cloudflare.com/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Page d'accueil de Quick Tunnels par Cloudflare présentant un service qui transforme un serveur local en URL publique chiffrée en une seule commande, sans compte ni ports ouverts requis. L'interface affiche un motif géométrique circulaire en fond avec un exemple de commande à copier.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@aboutsignal/117280361670776781

Coming at last? Hopefully.

"Signal Desktop currently has no standalone registration process, but Signal is working on making Desktop available as a primary, standalone device."
— https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-desktop-without-a-mobile-phone-standalone-version-in-development/

Signal without requiring an iOS or Android smartphone would indeed be a much welcome development!

@signalapp

#Signal #Linux #LinuxPhone #PC #Desktop #UserFreedom #Privacy #PostmarketOS #PinePhone #Librem5

"KDE's annual conference takes place this weekend at Graz University of Technology in Austria, with an AI-native desktop proposal likely to divide attendees."

The Register: KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/18/kde-turns-30-and-someones-brought-an-ai-native-desktop-proposal/5297282 @theregister @lproven #Linux

Have an old PC you'd like to use again? Have Linux questions? There's a Free Clinic to help you with #Linux & a try-before-you-install-it test drive of Linux. Sun 9/20 1-5PM, Albina Branch Library, 205 NE Russell St Portland OR calagator.org/events/12504... #PDX #PortlandOregon #PortlandOR

Portland Linux/Unix Group's Mo...

There are clearly many reasons why people are switching to Vivaldi. Interestingly, my little survey shows that the top reasons have more to do with our values than particular features.

The #1 reason (77%) is the fact that we do not have built in AI. #2 is that we do not build profiles on our users (67%). #3 is that we are made in Europe. #4 and #5 is that we do not build in Crypto currencies and the built in ad and tracker blocker.

We will continue to listen to our users. We have chosen a different path to our competitors and we continue to try to do the right thing.

Thank you for your support!

#Vivaldi #Browser #Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #iOS #Technology #EU #Politics #Europa #AI

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Image shows survey results about things important to our userbase, also referred in the text.

#Linux nerds, suppose I need to buy a physical security key to use as a passkey for signing into online accounts. Is there any compelling reason not to choose a Nitrokey Passkey?

"Much of Omarchy's success is due to the visibility of Hansson – better known as DHH – the man behind both the distro and the Ruby on Rails web framework. He has attracted considerable attention for posts critical of immigration, including As I remember London and Wolves, sheep, and gypsies."

"The problem of open source developers not getting paid for their efforts is a persistent one in the FOSS world, and yet people and organizations are lining up to pledge money, or tokens, or both, to Omarchy. Its popularity is undeniable, but its creator's politics are likely a contributing factor."

The Register: Omarchy gains $18.5M in backing, fresh converts – and fierce critics https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/17/omarchy-gains-185m-in-backing-fresh-converts-and-fierce-critics/5296780 @theregister @lproven #Linux #FOSS #Omarchy #OpenSource

NVIDIA introduit Rust natif pour écrire des kernels GPU, jusque-là réservés à C++ ou Python. Deux approches proposées : SIMT (cuda-oxide, MIR/LLVM vers PTX) pour contrôler chaque thread, ou Tile pour raisonner par blocs. ⬇️
https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/introducing-cuda-rust-two-tracks-for-writing-gpu-kernels/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Capture d'écran de code source Rust pour la programmation GPU, affichant des directives de compilation CUDA avec des paramètres de threads et des fonctions kernel, illustrant la prise en charge native de Nvidia pour Rust en programmation GPU.

Transitions.dev : bibliothèque de transitions UI prêtes à l'emploi, copier-coller directement dans votre codebase. Card resize, confetti burst, spinner to check morph, drag & drop physics. Utilisable aussi via un skill pour coding agents. ⬇️
https://transitions.dev/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Transitions.dev est une collection d'animations et de transitions UI essentielles pour les applications web, présentée avec un logo minimaliste et disponible pour être intégrée directement dans vos projets de développement.

On 14 October 1996, a physics student in Tübingen, Germany posted a message to three Usenet newsgroups.

That post was the start of what would become KDE, one of the world's most impactful free software communities...

Trailer for the KDE Documentary drops on Saturday 🍿.

Original source for the email: https://kde.org/announcements/announcement/

#FreeSoftware #History #Documentary #OpenSource #Linux

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A cinema with a massive screen. Projected onto the screen you can see the KDE logo.

Techno-Mage in: FATES

#unix_surrealism #comic #technomage #openblade #art #openbsd #linux #foss #fosschild #ai

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OB: After some freakish accident, it became omniscient and made a lot of people uncomfortable. So they hid it. Mage: Why didn't they kill it? OB: I don't think it was ever truly alive. Mage: So how do _WE_ kill it? OB: You've been so violent lately, Girl. We'll see what it has to say first. Mage: Don't get sentimental now, OB. We're here to make sure MATA never gets their hands on it.

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Mage: We're at the top! FOSSCHILD: Why is she doing this again? Penguin: Why does anyone do anything? Because she can. And maybe spite.

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OB: Looks creepy enough. Mage: Hmmm.This is some sort of an ancient military compound. OB: They did make the best cursed tech. OB: After you.

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"": MAGE OB & Mage: Who said that? "": THE PROTAGONIST VENTURES INTO THE PAST WITH THE LAST OF THE OPEN CLAN TRAPPED INSIDE BITS OF PAINT MACHINE BRAINS SEEKING GRIEVING DRESSED IN VENGEANCE MISGUIDED WARRIORS COMPUTER KILLERS

GNOME 51 released! Look forward to faster screen recordings, an Auto Rotate option for screens with accelerometers, offline maps, and much more.

Check out our release video! 👉️ https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/5vARny78Rv2215JwEwNh8t
Full release notes 👉️ https://release.gnome.org/51/

We spent the last 6 months polishing the experience, to make it more accessible and more user-friendly. Unlike the current tech industry, we go slow and fix things! (1/3)

#linux #opensource #freesoftware #foss

Does anyone have any recommendations for a window management/systray bar for #Wayland compositors that just works without extensive config file configuration? All the ones I've encountered do and end up kinda flakey on top of that...

#Linux