Linus Torvalds Working On A Hefty Linux Kernel Improvement With Claude Code

A new branch named "noref-filemap-read-with-llm" contains kernel improvements he's been working on with the help of AI / LLMs, Claude Code specifically

"The code, the test programs, the review behind the list above and the first draft of this text were done with an LLM coding assistant (Claude Code) under my direction. The measurements were run on my machine."

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linus-Torvalds-Claude-Code

#linux #ai

Does anyone know of a serious study (not just conjecture) of why #Linux became more popular than #BSD?

In a way I'm almost glad that Linus Torvalds is turning out to be such a turd (as if it weren't already possible to guess): single-handedly he might be doing more to wreck the privileged position that #Linux has held in amateur computing and thank heaven for that because it's likely to mean diversification in the field (in time) as more and more people get disgusted with the Linux scene and start agitating for alternatives. Linux really is the Microsoft Windows of hobby OSes, which isn't entirely a bad thing I admit

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! 🍁

Thank you to the volunteers, members, educators, developers and community partners who help make Linux and open source more accessible across the country.

Whether you’re with loved ones, working or enjoying a quiet day, we wish you a warm and peaceful Thanksgiving.

— Linux Association of Canada

#Thanksgiving #Linux #OpenSource #Canada

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Warm Thanksgiving table with pumpkins, autumn leaves, glowing candles and rustic place settings. Bilingual text reads “Happy Thanksgiving” and “Joyeuse Action de grâce.” The Linux Association of Canada logo appears at bottom left, with “Image generated with AI” at bottom right.

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 05:00 PM on October 23
🗣️ "Scan My Brainrot"
👥 Speaker(s): James Sundquist (Living Cartoon Company)
📍 Room: Room 250
🏷️ Track: Performance Art
📝 Bring your questions and get local, offline answers on the spot! Or, just watch a parade of sketche...

#SeaGL2026 #art #networking #linux #ai #FLOSS
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/GJUD9U/

Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

Amos B. Batto has published an incredibly detailed look at the state of Linux on smartphones. It's an excellent read you really shouldn't skip.

Five years ago, Linux phones looked like they were poised to become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly that has an iron grip

https://www.osnews.com/story/146134/will-linux-phones-become-a-viable-alternative-to-the-android-ios-duopoly/

#Linux #Mobile

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/10/12) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/valuable-news-2026-10-12/

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

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

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟮 (Valuable News - 2026/10/12) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/12/valuable-news-2026-10-12/

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

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

@dalias @Bahay @peppermintos
Also, Hyprland/Omarchy (which I presume this was about, you deleted your post) has bad technical merit as well. Omarchy‘s original code is 100% slop; and Hyprland (or specifically, Hyprportal) has had some bad security holes as well.
#hyprland #omarchy #linux

Hi everyone!

For our upcoming ISO refreshes, we’re shifting from X11 to XLibre.

Xorg is basically in maintenance mode, XLibre is actively getting updates, security patches, and features. Plus, we're sticking with X for the foreseeable future looks like XFCE is supporting both X and Wayland ❤️

If you would like to test our latest build based on (Debian) here is the link.
https://nightly.peppermintos.org/deb64/flagship/

#Linux #PeppermintOS #XLibre #Debian #Devuan #XFCE #OpenSource

Wir suchen Verstärkung im Bereich Linux & Proxmox VE!

Für unser Team suchen wir einen Linux Consultant und Trainer (m/w/d) mit fundiertem Linux-Know-how und Begeisterung für Virtualisierung und Wissensvermittlung.

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#credativ #Linux #ProxmoxVE #OpenSource #ITKarriere

Big announcement, my hacker crew got Linux running on the iPhone 11 ✨ 🐧 🎉

We built a hardware tool we call the PWNie which got us a foothold running code on the A13. After a months of grinding we've VERY close to a Linux patch to bring A13 support to mainline Linux!

Massive props to Jose at @SourceParts for months of slogging and grinding on this!

Be sure to follow and subscribe on Patreon as we work on bringing the PWNie to life!

https://www.patreon.com/partshacker/posts/linux-boots-on-172091834

#Linux #cybersecurity

Pst, we just got Linux booting on the iPhone 11!

https://www.patreon.com/partshacker/posts/linux-boots-on-172091834

#PWNie #iPhone11 #A13 #Linux #LinuxPhone #YearOfLinuxPhone

Not paying for a Windows 11 license: -$139.00
Not paying for Office 2024 Home: -$179.00
Not having to deal with fucking Copilot: PRICELESS

#linux

public urls for anything : un CLI et un SDK qui créent des URLs publiques chiffrées de bout en bout pour les apps qui tournent sur votre machine. Le relay ne peut pas lire votre trafic. ⬇️
https://opentunnel.xyz/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev, chaque vendredi par email → https://l.camilleroux.com/sig-f8w

Everything seems to be working fine on my NetBSD laptop, but yesterday I realised that the microphone isn’t working (although it is recognised)! It’s not a big problem as I never use it, but I’d still like to sort it out.
I’ll look into it over the next few days...

#bsd #netbsd #bsdunix #unix #unixITA #unixitalia #guuf #guufxmpp #guufITA #linux #linuxITA #linuxitalia

Linus alternative universe
#Linux #NetBSD #noai #nollm #antiai #noslop #RunBSD

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 03:00 PM on October 23
🗣️ "The Small Web Is Huge"
👥 Speaker(s): Romeo Solano
📍 Room: Room 332
🏷️ Track: Community and Culture
📝 It's larger than you can comfortably fit in your head.

#SeaGL2026 #community #web #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/GQZEUY/

New 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗕𝗦𝗗 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 [FreeBSD Cope with Signal Fuckup] article on vermaden.wordpress.com blog.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/10/10/freebsd-cope-with-signal-fuckup/

#verblog #freebsd #laptop #linux #signal #ubuntu #x11 #apt #chrome #debian #debootstrap #desktop

I was in my Dad’s garage looking for a tool and found this old stack of CDs that he now uses to deter birds from his garden.

Ubuntu 9.10 server edition. Blast from the past!

#Ubuntu #retro #OldSchool #Linux

upm : un package manager pour npm qui remplace vos installs classiques, en TypeScript pur et sans dépendances. Compatible avec votre .npmrc existant et vos lockfiles npm, pnpm ou bun. Permet aussi de tester un package directement dans le navigateur. ⬇️
https://upm.sh/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev, chaque vendredi par email → https://l.camilleroux.com/sig-xGx

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Présentation du gestionnaire de paquets upm avec ses quatre caractéristiques principales : rapidité native en TypeScript pur, absence de dépendances, compatibilité npm/pnpm/bun, et API JavaScript avec installation asynchrone.

tinyjs : framework pour construire vos apps desktop macOS, Windows et Linux en JavaScript, sans Electron, en seulement 6 Mo contre 150 Mo pour Electron et 10 Mo pour Tauri, grâce au backend txiki.js et des fenêtres natives. ⬇️
https://tinyjs.app/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

📬 Ma veille dev, chaque vendredi par email → https://l.camilleroux.com/sig-9SP

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Comparaison des tailles d'applications desktop : Electron (~150 MB), Tauri (~10 MB) et tinyjs (~6 MB). Le graphique montre que tinyjs offre les applications les plus légères grâce à son backend JavaScript txiki.js et ses fenêtres WebView natives, sans serveur HTTP ni dépendances supplémentaires.

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 02:30 PM on October 23
🗣️ "Using Debian-Linux Desktop GUI since 2003: a user tour"
👥 Speaker(s): Delib
📍 Room: Room 340
🏷️ Track: Everything Else
📝 I have high demands for my private computing! Data privacy, control over my CPU usage, fast perform...

#SeaGL2026 #tech #debian #linux #cli #performance
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/LYXQ8H/

"Don't talk to me or my child ever again!"

Got both of these older Dells (E4300 and E6410) set up with Debian 13 + XFCE. Pretty snappy given their age (the E4300 has a Core 2 Duo P9300 and 4GB of RAM; the E6410 has a Intel i7 640M and 8GB of RAM; both have low capacity SSDs).

As a nice surprise, both have working batteries! They're reporting 51% and 74% capacity respectively, which is solid given the age.

#laptop #hardware #linux #debian #vintage #upcycle

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Two vintage Dell Latitudes sitting side by side on a bar countertop. One is a newer and slightly larger E6410 and the other is a smaller and older E4300. Both follow similar styling cues, with the same trackpad, keyboard layout, and general housing design.

petition to bring back Keith the diseased rat but as a linux kernel mascot given the sloppy state of things. #linux #AgainstAISlop #sloperators #wakeupandsmelltheshitlinus

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Keith the three legged diseased rat, once a proud mascot of C++ before his fall from grace.

@mirabilos

They render just fine in mine, which does not use BDF in the first place, nor PCF.

It's supposed to be a drop-in upgrade for FreeBSD's, #Linux's, #NetBSD's, & others's kernel #VirtualTerminals; so I wrote it to re-use #FreeBSD's vt font format.

That format has no trouble with the supplementary planes, as it uses 32 bits for code point values, albeit that it is limited in some other ways (which I avoided since I allowed multiple font files to be used in concert).

#nosh

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A terminal session in white on black. A status bar at the top has a digital clock using Unicode 7-segment LED characters, an F1=help message and some ancillary information about the terminal and terminal type. A login dialogue box below is drawn with Unicode MouseText characters for the frame and widgets, and is presenting a 'login:' prompt next to a box cursor in an empty entryfield.

Seems like https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware booted me...

...and I think my crime was 1. bringing up (in what I thought was the nicest way possible) that I think something like "you may use AI for research but we really don't want you do so" doesn't sound like "condoning AI ingestion" to me and 2. then posting what I thought was a fairly tame comment pointing out it had been prematurely locked without leaving me the chance to explain, and appealing to a calm open debate culture -

Whether you agree with me or not, I'm saddened as a previous contributor this was how things went down.

I apologize if this characterization is incorrect, this is just my perspective of course.

(& Please don't pile on the project, I simply want to vent.)

#noai #ai #vent #llm #nollm #slop #noslop #ensloppification #freesoftware #foss #floss #linux

The second anniversary of this post is coming up, and surprise surprise these little "end of life" laptops are continuing to run well with #linux and do what we need then to, which includes spending less on tech so we can buy more actual books for the school library. #schooltech #endof10 #edtech #foss #reading #kidlit

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A mastodon post from October 2024 showing a photo 8 laptops running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and libre office, the post explains the school has added Ubuntu to some old windows 10 devices that their IT support told them were end of life.

Meet SeaGL 2026 keynote speaker Toby Betts, who has spent 25+ years as a system administrator, SRE, incident response engineer, and FOSS consultant. His interests include system security, free cryptography, and fun file systems.

📅 Fri, Oct 23 at 9:10 AM PT
🎤 The mv Command Doesn't Move Things & Other Stuff New Users Don't Know
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/TGRTZU/

#SeaGL2026 #keynote #linux #security #FLOSS

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 02:00 PM on October 23
🗣️ "Learning an Ancient Language with an Ancient Text Editor"
👥 Speaker(s): Mike Hamrick
📍 Room: Room 250
🏷️ Track: Education
📝 There is a vast treasure trove of free Latin language pedagogical content available on the Internet,...

#SeaGL2026 #education #gnu #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/ANUBN3/

What's my best option for a non-android linux (or BSD?) phone these days?

a. Do NOT need a recent or "high-end" phone. Looking for something in the $100 used range. Early 4g era is FINE.

b. MUST be able to easily replace desktop with a simple X11 window manager.

c. Don't want to go through heroic shit to get the OS installed.

(For reference: current phone is a Sonim XP8800. Favorite phone ever: Moto Droid 4.)

#Linux #Android

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An old wizard confused by a loaf of bread.

@ska

On top of that, to retain the old #login behaviour, Debian #LinuxPAM invokes pam_motd(9) twice, and then pam_mail(8).

This results in three separate calls to the pam_conv callback, which is a problem if one is presenting the #PAM UI as dialogue boxes. One gets three successive dialogue boxes, after the actual #login dialogue box.

In part this is a design failure of pushing two different sorts of things (dialogues and post-login greeting messahes) through one pam_conv function.

#Linux

@ska

#LinuxPAM warts for you:

Consder pam_motd(8). *Unless* the noupdate option is given, it rewrites the motd file by default. Which means that it has to run as the superuser. It rewrites the motd file by running a bunch of shell scripts. As the superuser.

In BSD login(1), the motd is read and printed *after* privileges have been dropped. And rewriting of /etc/motd is under the control of a separate single-shot motd service that runs at bootstrap or on demand.

#Linux #security #PAM

Flathub walked back their generative AI ban, replaced with a disclosure policy https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/10/flathub-walked-back-their-generative-ai-ban-replaced-with-a-disclosure-policy/

#Flathub #OpenSource #Linux #AI #GenAI

You can see the effects of laptop thermal throttling with and without fans. The MacBook Air is fantastic until it has to do sustained workloads. The Framework 13 Pro is better since it can cool the CPU.

#linux #oxide #software #programming #illumos #rust #framework #macbook

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A bar graph showing the compile times of the oxidecomputer/omicron GitHub repository at revision e1602fb0 across four machines for both release and dev builds. The dev builds are twice as fast or faster for all of the machines.

hey #linux people who like #photography and use a #ricohgr camera, would yous be interested in a command line app to import photos via wifi?

I'm tempted to build one even if only for my own usage, but am wondering if more people would like it.

plz boost for reach, this account is quite limited atm.

Whiteboard : un canvas open source pour réviser vos diffs au niveau architecture, pas ligne par ligne. Sequence diagrams, DB diagrams, pseudocode des algorithmes générés depuis votre diff. Basé sur une lib de diffing AST en Rust, extensible via plugins. ⬇️
https://dev.fast/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Chimera Linux: creating distribution build tooling for a small community

Chimera Linux is a relatively new Linux distribution, and quite a unique on at that, as it combines the core tools from FreeBSD, the LLVM toolchain, and the Musl C library instead of the usual suspects. Despite being relatively new, it still has some serious pedigree as the project was started b

https://www.osnews.com/story/146087/chimera-linux-creating-distribution-build-tooling-for-a-small-community/

#Linux

This modern motherfucking website : un rappel que HTML fait déjà tout ce que les frameworks réinventent. LEs cartes sociales tiennent en 7 balises meta, les données structurées en un bloc JSON-LD, un accordéon en un `<details>`.
Zéro dépendance, zéro build. ⬇️
https://modernmotherfuckingwebsite.dreamstation.systems/

#Programming #WebDev #Linux #FOSS

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Capture d'écran d'une page web satirique critiquant la surcomplication des sites modernes, avec des titres en gras et du texte expliquant comment les développeurs ajoutent inutilement des dépendances et des frameworks complexes pour des fonctionnalités qui pourraient être du simple HTML.

Huge news for the NetBSD community today! 🎉

The yearly funding campaign just wrapped up with a massive $120,282 raised against a $50,000 goal.

Great job to everyone who chipped in! 🚩

#NetBSD #Linux #runbsd #noai #nollm #noslop

Is COSMIC DE mogging KDE Plasma? https://lobste.rs/s/7qjhic #design #linux
https://thelibre.news/is-cosmic-de-mogging-kde-plasma/

A new version of Raspberry Pi OS 2026-10-06 has been released. Raspberry Pi OS (formerly Raspbian) is an open-source Linux distribution based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The system has been optimized for... https://linuxiarze.pl/raspberry-pi-os-2026-10-06/ #linux #debian #raspberrypi

I got my hands on #Commodore #SailfishOS device - #Callback 8020. Damn cool device, and good looking too!

#Mindtrek #Mindtrek26 #Linux #Linuxphone

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2026:
📍 10:30 AM on October 23
🗣️ "Be a Starter, Not a Finisher: For Yourself and For the World"
👥 Speaker(s): Deb Nicholson
📍 Room: Room 332
🏷️ Track: Community and Culture
📝 Even though finishers will nearly always get the credit, starters are the secret power that changes ...

#SeaGL2026 #community #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/V7RKJW/

Another step forward for Slackware ARM: AArch64 is now running Linux 7.x.

The new kernel brings a range of improvements and broader hardware support, helping to extend the reach of Slackware across the growing AArch64 ecosystem.

Thanks to everyone in the community who has tested it, reported issues and helped shape the direction of the port. 🐧

#slackware #linux

Liebe Linuxgemeinde - als Webschaffender mit regelmäßig KI Modellen auf meinem Rechner bin ich derzeit genervt von meinem AG der immer mehr verdongelt und die Prozesse auf meinem Rechner überwacht. Das fühlt sich nicht gut an und macht die Kiste langsam. Privat nervt das, wenn ich selbst das Kopieren der Gehaltsbescheinigung auf meine Nextcloud erklären muss. Jetzt überlege ich mir ein Tuxedo Laptop zu kaufen, welches der beiden würdet ihr nehmen? :-)

#Linux #FediPower

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Spezifikationsliste des TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 Intel: Omnia 1600p 300Hz Display, 64 GB DDR5 RAM, Intel Core Ultra 7 255H, RTX 5070 8GB, 2 TB Crucial PCIe 5.0 SSD, Wi-Fi 7, beleuchtete DE-Tastatur mit Tux-Taste und TUXEDO OS ohne Windows.

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Spezifikationsliste des TUXEDO InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 AMD: Omnia 1600p 300Hz Display, 64 GB DDR5 RAM, AMD Ryzen AI 9 370, RTX 5070 8GB, 2 TB Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD, Wi-Fi 6E, beleuchtete DE-Tastatur mit Tux-Taste und TUXEDO OS ohne Windows.