Guy I used to work with had his terminal set to a proportional font.

This was over 20 years ago.

I still think about that.

#linux #unix #SysAdmin

We're looking for some fine folks who would be willing to host Linux App Summit in April 2026 specifically we are looking for countries in Europe. If you're interested in hosting, please DM me. :)

#Linux #AppEcosystem #GNOME #KDE

@kaidenshi that's why #Linux didn't go for GPLv3 or AGPLv3

I have a training course for the basics of Rust. In about four hours I can cover enough to enable the students to learn more on their own. Now that Rust is a core part of the Linux kernel, I imagine there are some Linux kernel developers who feel they need to learn Rust soon. They should talk to their employer to hire me to teach them.

https://liw.fi/training/rust-basics/

(Blatant ad. Feel free to boost.)

#Linux #Rust #RustLang

#Manjaro #Linux has again forgotten to update their TLS certificate.

5th time.

https://forum.manjaro.org

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Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from forum.manjaro.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more about this warning net::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID forum.manjaro.org normally uses encryption to protect your information. When Brave tried to connect to forum.manjaro.org this time, the website sent back unusual and incorrect credentials. This may happen when an attacker is trying to pretend to be forum.manjaro.org, or a Wi-Fi sign-in screen has interrupted the connection. Your information is still secure because Brave stopped the connection before any data was exchanged. You cannot visit forum.manjaro.org right now because the website uses HSTS. Network errors and attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.

be wary of blaming the tool when the real tool may have just been yourself

#sysadmin #openbsd #freebsd #netbsd #linux

What do Linux kernel version numbers mean?

If you're old enough, you no doubt remember that up until the 2.6.0 release of the Linux kernel, an odd number after the first version number indicated a pre-release, development version of the kernel. Even though this scheme was abandoned with the 2.6.0 release in 2003 and since then every single release has been a stable release, it seems the ghosts of

https://www.osnews.com/story/143992/what-do-linux-kernel-version-numbers-mean/

#Linux

Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is a double whammy of shell-based "checking" utilities.

linkchecker (https://linux.die.net/man/1/linkchecker; probably get it from your distro) checks websites (recursively, as you wish) for broken links.

shellcheck (https://www.shellcheck.net/; available in browser or as a terminal tool) checks bash and other shell scripts for bugs.

Very simple, single purpose, very useful, tools.

#FOSS #Linux

Do you want to run a Linux or Unix/macOS program directly after some other process has ended? Use the pwait as follows:
```pwait pid && new_app1```
For example, for demo run sleep for 1200 and wait to end and then run the app2:

```sleep 1200 &
pwait pid_of_sleep_here && app2```

See the `pwait` man page for more info as syntax changes slightly between Linux and BSD version. This is very handy utility and not well known to many:
`man pwait`

#unix #linux

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a screenshot of the pwait manual page from Linux. The screenshot reads: NAME pwait — wait for processes to terminate SYNOPSIS pwait [-v] [-c] pid ... DESCRIPTION pwait waits until each of the given processes has terminated. The options are as follows: -v Print the exit status when each process terminates. -c Return 111 if any process exited non-successfully. EXIT STATUS The pwait utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. Invalid pids elicit a warning message but are otherwise ignored. ERRORS Check these prerequisites if you see this error: binding sk_nl error: Operation not permitted pwait requires special permissions to run, either root or the Linux CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. pwait only works on Linux kernels with the kernel options CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y CONFIG_PROC_EVENTS=y

Fish Alpinism

How I make digital art.

https://triapul.cz/_/1765291397

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #alpine #linux #gimp #art #foss

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artist keyboard

New in the LinuxLab
Crux #Crux
Slackware #slackware
Not linux: NetBSD #NetBSD to try pkgsrc
#linux

"#XLibre and #Nvidia…" Well, this one is dedicated to all the ABI breakage "experts":

Nvidia GeForce 210, Nvidia driver v340, XLibre with https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/658, #Slackware 15.0, #Linux 6.17.6, #Fvwm

More #liberatedscreens at https://github.com/orgs/X11Libre/discussions/211

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Nvidia GeForce 210, Nvidia driver v340, XLibre with https://github.com/X11Libre/xserver/pull/658, Slackware 15.0, Linux 6.17.6, Fvwm

"This Could Be The Linux Phone We All Have Been Waiting For"

"The Jolla Phone returns over a decade after the original 2013 launch."

https://itsfoss.com/news/jolla-phone-returns/

#Linux

Twelve Days of Shell: Test your shell knowledge by taking the command line challenges. Are you ready?

* source code repo to host it locally https://gitlab.com/jarv/cmdchallenge
* Or do it online https://12days.cmdchallenge.com/

Good luck, CLI lovers!

#unix #linux

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A screenshot of 'Twelve Days of Shell' command line challenge page.

Discover the best GUI tools to search your Linux system without touching the terminal.

https://itsfoss.com/linux-gui-search-tools/

#linux

Ich bin auf der Suche nach einem refurbished #Notebook, auf dem #Linux (vermutlich Ubuntu) laufen soll. Für einfache Büroarbeit und etwas Webentwicklung. Überwiegend am Monitor angeschlossen. So bis 500 Euro. Habt ihr Empfehlungen? Die ThinkPads sehen ganz nett aus, aber ich steige nicht mehr durch, welches Modell geeigneter wäre. Und welches gut mit Linux zusammenspielt (Power Management etc).

Ergänzung: AMD und kein Intel.

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟬𝟴 (Valuable News - 2025/12/08) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/valuable-news-2025-12-08/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟬𝟴 (Valuable News - 2025/12/08) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/valuable-news-2025-12-08/

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

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

You know, I "lived through this" on #linux before , but I honestly forgot just how ridiculously better #gcc 3.4 is than gcc 2.95.3.

I remember the upgrade when this was all current.

But hot damn, how did we ever manage with GCC 2.95. (No shade at the GCC project here, a large part of that was just how garbage older C/C++ is)

#retrocomputing

Why am I only learning about DuckDuckGo custom mascots for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD etc.

#openbsd #ddg #freebsd #linux

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DuckDuckGo mascot as FreeBSD

@amin @spaceraser @jlw_the_jobber @mason

Honestly, the #Linux kernel is just such an amazing accomplishment.

I don't understand why userspace has to be such a gigantic ball of wax, and constantly changing, and subject to such insane politics and infighting*.

Meanwhile, #OpenBSD is like, "Well, our kernel doesn't have a modern filesystem, or bluetooth, and it may just panic if you poke the wrong thing, but the manpages will make you weep with joy, and everything is more or less sane and nicely laid-out, and we don't change things unless the change is an improvement."

* To be sure, right or wrong, I consider the constant push towards systemd-kitchensink to be very much political. And by "political," I mean "stupid office politics," not "your discussion of inherent issues of justice and ethics makes me uncomfortable in my privilege."

I had no idea that Borland's famous Turbo Vision text user interface from the 1990s was released into the public domain and has since been ported to #Linux and elsewhere, including this amazing terminal multiplexer that has the makings of a tmux on steroids https://github.com/magiblot/tvterm

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A screenshot featuring the Unix terminal application Konsole running the tvterm terminal multiplexer featuring two virtual terminals in a stacking window layout. The window on top features an HTML document being edited in a white on black interface. The background window features WordPerfect 8.0 for Unix editing a document with a white on blue colored interface. A popup menu appears on top with controls for: New Term Close Term Next Term Previous Term and other menu items

Anyone familiar with audio codecs, #gstreamer and/or #jellyfin ? I'm looking to optimize the streaming configuration for Jellyfin-> Gstreamer client for #linux but I struggle to grok all the different codec and containers combinations. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! https://github.com/Fingel/gelly/issues/31

This year brought great improvements to #accessibility in GNOME, including:

• Accessibility from the start on the login screen
• Full accessibility of GNOME Web
• Tons of improvements to Calendar
• Screen reader integration for Notifications
• Configure #Orca screen reader from Settings
• GTK apps integrated w/Windows & macOS accessibility

Help us reach 1,500 #FriendsOfGNOME so we can focus on accessibility even more in 2026!

https://donate.gnome.org

#a11y #GNOME #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

@JdeBP It's an older HP tablet-laptop thing. It runs #Windows and #Linux fine. The problem is the system cannot proceed after receiving the error. It just sits there until I reboot.

#Linux

Oh Caldera...

#Linux #RetroComputing #LinuxDistro #OpenSource #LinuxHistory #Tux #LinuxLife #Nostalgia #Unix #FOSS #TechThrowback

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A computer screen displaying the OpenLinux boot menu with various installation modes listed. The highlighted option, 'Standard install mode (recommended),' is emphasized, while a logo of Caldera is shown on the right side. Instructions for navigation are provided at the top

Okay we're fine now. Take Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4

#Linux #RetroComputing #LinuxDistro #OpenSource #LinuxHistory #Tux #LinuxLife #Nostalgia #Unix #FOSS #TechThrowback

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A KDE desktop screenshot with a blue Caldera Systems wallpaper and icons down the left side (OpenStore, Register Now!, Autostart, Trash, Templates, Floppy, Floppy_2, CD-ROM). A "KDE Control Center" window is open in the center showing a left-hand tree of settings categories and system info on the right: KDE Version 1.1.2, User: sinclair, Hostname: the-mainframe.nodomain.nowhere, System: Linux, Release: 2.2.14, Machine: i686. The bottom taskbar shows virtual desktop buttons labeled One–Four, several application icons, and a clock reading "07:31 Jan 01."

Do you Patch machines regularly? Even when your bandwidth is constrained take the time to patch them and be safe.

In this example I photographed the patching of one of the micro SD Cards of the SBC.

I've patched all of them.

For the X86 machines the Os on the main 2280 SSD is patched. Other SSD and HDD will follow. The BSD HDDs need patch Love 💕 too. They will get it

#Raspberry #Pi5 #SBC #technology #ARM #X86 #patching #Linux #OpenSource #BSD #freeBSD #ghostBSD #programming

The #flatpak and @homebrew combo is really amazing on #linux - here's a handy new feature!

https://docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/flatpak-support-in-brewfiles/

Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is `tmux`, the terminal multiplexer.

I know that `tmux` will be second nature to many of you, but I've been gradually learning it over the last year (https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/06/more-tinkering-with-tmux/), and I find it invaluable.

Although I had used `screen` for years, I wish that I had known about `tmux` sooner.

I use `tmux` both on local machines, for a convenient terminal environment (from which I can do an awful lot of what I want to do, computing-wise), and also on remote machines for persistent / re-attachable terminal sessions.

https://github.com/tmux/tmux

#Linux #tmux #terminal

KDE has reached 100k euros in donations! Love to see it. Thanks for your support, the money will be used well.

https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

#KDE #Linux

Is Linux Mint the perfect distro for beginners? Comment! 🐧

#linux #linuxmint

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There is a picture of the Hulk standing near the Ant-Man (not in suit), with this being asked by him: Which distro should I use as a beginner? In the second picture, Hulk (called Linux community here) is shown handing out a taco called "Linux Mint".

Source: pixelfed.social/p/stuffifound/901866726581350407

Clippy's going to get fired 😂
#linux #windows #clippy

WOW #Sylve by @hayzam is making good progress!

Now on to Jails support, including #Linux-compatible jails:

https://bsd.network/@dexter/115659210618375891

From the call, “I avoided FreeBSD because I thought it would break things but it fixed lots of issues I was having!” (Paraphrased)

Thank you @FreeBSDFoundation for support his work!

#bhyve #Jails #OpenZFS trifecta

As you can see the build process is smooth, the execution is blazingly fast. What more could I ask for?

#programming #technology #BSD #netBSD #metaOS #microVM #networking #qemu #host #bmake #curl #sshd #Linux

Is it cool that Linus Torvalds uses Fedora Linux? Yes!

But the really cool thing is to use the Linux distro that works best for you. :)

Having Linux get covered on LTT is such a big win for the open source community as more techies realize there is another way!

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA

But it is pretty neat tho what Linus uses 😎

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

The last new #Linux #kernel for 2025 was just released and there are some really cool changes all around. One of the new additions is detection for FreeBSD's #bhyve #hypervisor. Wicked cool!

From the article:

"In what might be a sign of the quiet continued spread of FreeBSD, the kernel can now detect and handle that it is running under FreeBSD's built-in bhyve hypervisor. Coincidentally, FreeBSD 15.0 just appeared as well, and in this release bhyve supports over 255 virtual processors [PDF] in a VM. Now Linux can handle that configuration."

The juicy details are here:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/03/kernel_version_618/

#openSource #technews #FreeBSD #tech

@nixcraft why, is there windows still? #linux #opensource #freedom

Given the increased popularity of #Linux, I am pondering switching to #FreeBSD or #OpenBSD for all but my "main" computer (due to music making).

Should I? And what should I pick?

It's not a "linux is becoming bad" take, but I have always enjoyed using and supporting alternatives, and this will continue to be important for innovation, in the "non-capitalized version" of that word.

My @turris Omnia #Linux #router is 9 years old, but still receiving updates regularly. My favorite detail from the last update e-mail:

• Updated package syslog-ng from version 4.7.1-1 to version 4.10.2-r1

#syslog_ng #LogManagement

And just like that, we’ve hit 50% of our goal for the end of the year! 🎉

Have you joined #FriendsOfGNOME yet? If not, this is your sign to join 750 other amazing supporters:

https://donate.gnome.org

If so, help us keep up the momentum by sharing with your friends, especially those outside of the typical contributor community. Let’s end the year strong!

#FriendsOfGNOME #GNOME #GNOMEFoundation #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux

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