Since release, 15.0 has received not only security fixes, but also new packages and updates that match or closely track
Slackware-current (glibc-zoneinfo, curl, kernel firmware, and Mozilla ESR/SeaMonkey).

It also maintains supported versions of PHP in its extra directory and updated Rust in testing to support modern software.
What diverges in -current is mostly graphics stacks, toolchains, and desktop layers.

Slackware 15.0 is not frozen -- it is maintained by design.

#slackware #linux #unix #opensource

New year, new possibilities. This year will bring many good things and it will (for sure) be the "Year of the Linux and BSD desktop", and hopefully also a "AI was yesterday, now it's time for NI (natural idio... I mean intelligence)" year.

So, happy new year everyone!

#linux #bsd #linuxdesktop #bsddesktop

Juste pour voir j'ai installé #WindowMaker sur ma #Debian #Linux (la dernière fois c'était il y a très longtemps), eh bien c'est toujours pas mal !
Je vais le garder un peu pour voir ce que ça donne au quotidien

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Une capture d'écran du bureau Linux géré par WindowMaker, avec quelques applications lancées (Firefox, SpaceFM, un terminal, Xnedit et ImageMagick)

🪟🚫🐧
New Year, new os! Support for Windows 10 is ending, Windows 11 is meh and then there's Teams (shivers).

Have you considered Linux Mint? Because a MeFite has written a series of posts about how to switch away from Windows and to Linux!

https://www.metafilter.com/211689/Throwing-Windows-out-the-window-part-3-now-what

#linux #linuxmint #windows #switch #bestofmetafilter

signify-rs 0.3.0 is released! The main code now runs sandboxed with #capsicum on #FreeBSD, #pledge/#unveil on #OpenBSD, and #landlock on #Linux. File opens are hardened with openat2 on Linux and O_NOFOLLOW on #unix. Resource limits are set for further hardening. Code fixed to create deterministic signatures, bit-exact with the reference implementation. Refer to the ChangeLog for more information: https://git.sr.ht/~alip/signify/tree/main/item/ChangeLog.md #rustlang #security

First #sydbox release of the new year is out! 3.48.0 comes with support for resource limits and stack pivot detection at execve(2) boundary. pandora-0.18.0 is also released! To see the full list of changes, refer to the ChangeLog: https://gitlab.exherbo.org/sydbox/sydbox/-/blob/main/ChangeLog.md Enjoy! #exherbo #linux #security

Got my PC's boot times down from 126s to 24s!

Main change (-70s) was fixing the DDR5 memory training, apparently if you use a DOCP/XMP profile and it's a bit unstable it can make it attempt to retrain the overclock multiple times during boot. slightly bumping voltages and/or reducing the clock (e.g. 5600Mz to 5400Mhz) can make the training succeed and it should reuse it with memory context restore enabled.

Also `systemd-analyze critical-chain` is really useful #linux

Suche #Hilfe aus der IT-Bubble.
Ich suche einen Multifunktionsdrucker der mit Linux-Debian funktioniert. A4 Tinte. Mit LAN-Anschluss, WLAN optional.

Ich würde mich über Vorschläge freuen.

Mein BrotherMFC-5890CN hat nach knapp 10 Jahren seinen Geist aufgegeben, ominöser Fehler Code plötzlich, der nicht reversibel aufzulösen ist. Nix geht mehr an der Hardware.

#Drucker #Linux

Seems KDE's new login/session manager which is supposed to replace sddm dropped FreeBSD support and will be systemd only.

I could rant about this being a typical techbro linux move (and about fedora, as far I can see in this case) or ask on the kde discuss what's the real deal, but I am tired of this, so tired...
It is sending exactly the wrong message to other OS ports and it's why I left the GNU/Linux world. Move fast, break things...

*sigh* Ok, I should start worrying about plasma6's general direction now and slowly looking for another DE here on FreeBSD. It's not worth the struggle.

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-login-manager/-/commit/e78f33aefd6512b542af21c3542516f38cbf678d

#kde #sddm #plasma6 #freebsd #openbsd #linux

New blog post: Can I finally start using Wayland in 2026?

Wayland is the successor to the X server (X11, Xorg) to implement the graphics stack on Linux. […] I don’t want to be stuck on deprecated software, so I try to start using Wayland each year, and this articles outlines what keeps me from migrating to Wayland in 2026.

https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-01-04-wayland-sway-in-2026/

#wayland #sway #i3wm #linux

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screenshot of my blog post: Can I finally start using Wayland in 2026?

🎯#DigitalIndependenceDay – ab 4. Januar 2026 jeden ersten Sonntag auf die gute Seite wechseln.

➡️#Linux statt Zwangs-Updates.
➡️#Thunderbird statt Datenkrake.
➡️#GIMP und #Blender statt teurer Abo-Software.
➡️#Python und Netzwerkwissen statt Blackbox.

🤗Mit den Kursen für OpenSource-Software der Berliner Volkshochschulen lernst Du, wie der Umstieg klappt – praxisnah und verständlich. Heute ein Tool wechseln, nächsten Monat das nächste – Schritt für Schritt. Digitale Unabhängigkeit ist machbar.

ℹ️ Alle Kursvorschläge gibts in unserem Linktree: https://wonderl.ink/@vhs.berlin

#DIDay #OpenSource #VHS #Berlin #DID #DUD #DIDit #Volkshochschule #Bildung

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Info für einen Linux-Einführungskurs, Teil 1, mit Informationen zur Anmeldung: Für Einsteigende, Installation, Grundlagen und Anwendungen. Beginn am 08.05.2026, 17:30–20:45 Uhr, in der VHS Reinickendorf. Kurs unter Leitung von Siegmar Vogel, Kursnummer Re5155-F.

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Ankündigung eines Online-Kurses zur Bildbearbeitung mit GIMP. Beschrieben werden die Grundlagen wie Werkzeuge, Ebenen, Retusche, Farbe und Layout. Kursbeginn am 09.02.2026 von 18:00 bis 21:15 Uhr. Veranstaltungsort: Steglitz-Zehlendorf, online. Kursleitung: Bettina Breton. Kursnummer: SZ520-062d.

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Ankündigung eines Kurses: "Einführung in Mozilla Thunderbird - E-Mails einrichten, ordnen, Spam vermeiden, Funktionen verstehen - kostenlos und praxisnah." Kursdatum: Dienstag, 24.03.2026, Uhrzeit: 17:15–20:30 Uhr in Reinickendorf. Kursleitung: Harald Voß, Kursnummer: Re5115-F.

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Info für einen Blender 3D-Kurs, beginnend am 13.04.2026 von 09:00 bis 16:00 Uhr an der Volkshochschule Lichtenberg. Kursleitung durch Gaby Schulze mit Kursnummer Li5.09-007F. Themen: 3D-Animation, Grafik, Szenen, Material und 3D-Druck. Auf blauem Hintergrund mit einem roten Kreis, der "Bildungszeit" zeigt.

"Linux is useless as a daily driver OS, always will be."

You're either naïve af or you're a troll.

#Linux

Y'all trying to talk about politics and are forgetting the main reason we are on fedi...

To bring the good news of #Linux to the masses.

Finalising the Linux 6.18 kernel for Slackware AArch64 on the Apple M2 under UTM. #slackware #linux

Gibt es Menschen in #Bingen oder #Ingelheim und Umgebung, die sich vorstellen können, gemeinsam etwas zum #diday auf die Beine zu stellen? Vielleicht ab Februar oder so?

Ich selbst bin gerade zum Auftakt mittendrin von Windows zu #Linux zu wechseln.

#DigitaleSouveränität
#DigitalIndependenceDay
#LernenImWandel

cc: @binhacken

https://di.day/

Transparency over abstraction.
Stability over novelty.
Responsibility over convenience.

This video explains why Slackware is loved even when not used daily:
transparent design, stable behavior, no silent changes -- and the honest trade-off of time for control.

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=R-gJ7aJJnqg

#Slackware #Linux #Unix #Philosophy

Manuale d’uso di SNAC2, guida semplice

1) Entrare e capire le pagine

Pagina pubblica

Area privata, dopo il login

Suggerimento
Se vuoi fare tutto con calma, usa sempre l’area privata.

2) Scrivere un post

Post normale

Gli a capo restano come li scrivi, quindi puoi andare a capo quando vuoi.

Scegliere chi lo vede

Se non sei sicuro, usa Pubblico.

3) Rispondere e parlare in un thread

Le conversazioni sono ordinate a “rami”, come un albero. È utile perché capisci subito chi risponde a chi.

4) Like, boost e bookmark

Like

Boost

Bookmark

Suggerimento
Bookmark è perfetto per “me lo leggo dopo”.

5) Seguire persone

Seguire qualcuno

Da quel momento vedrai i suoi post nella tua area privata.

Smettere di seguire

6) Menzionare persone e usare hashtag

Menzionare

Esempio
@maria@esempio.it

Hashtag

Esempio
#linux #cucina

7) Mettere un avviso contenuto sensibile

8) Aggiungere un’immagine o un file

Suggerimento
Se è un’immagine, aggiungi una breve descrizione quando possibile, aiuta l’accessibilità.

9) Messaggi diretti

Nota
I messaggi diretti sono pensati per pochi destinatari, non per “chat di gruppo”.

10) Notifiche

11) Piccoli trucchi che aiutano

12) Problemi comuni

Non riesco a entrare

Non vedo post nuovi

Non si caricano immagini

@localhost@citiverse.it

#SNAC

Grazie a @grunfink@comam.es per aver realizzato SNAC2, mi piace così tanto che ho cercato di creare questa piccola guida d’uso per chi lo usa la prima volta. Spero di aver fatto cosa buona. 🙏

Ever notice how people in an emotionally abusive relationship love to complain about their abuser, but are really just venting because they they have no intention of ending the relationship?

To the point where if you *do* suggest they dump their abuser and find someone else more kind they actually blow their top and scream at you?

Because really? It's all about them wanting you to feel sorry for them. They aren't looking for a solution?

This is a post about #Microsoft #Windows users.

#Linux

🎤🐧🐝 Ep. #3 just dropped! t.ly/2H_JM

Learn from Kris Buytaert, Co-founder of #DevOpsDays and key instigator of the #DevOps movement, why ‘Everything a Freaking #DNS Problem,’ and why the most important #DevOps tool of all is beer.

#Linux #FOSS #softwarelibre #observability #Cloud #kubernetes #tech #SRE #opensource #monitoring #agile #vagrant

2025 has been an interesting year for me when it comes to Linux apps. 🤓

https://itsfoss.com/news/my-choice-linux-apps-2025/

#linux #2025

¡Hola desde Praga! 🌍
Una vez más le doy una oportunidad a Mastodon en 2026. Me llamo Peter, soy eslovaco, tengo más de 40 años y trabajo en helpdesk / soporte técnico.

Me apasionan los ordenadores, Linux, BSD, viajar, España e Italia, y el café preparado en la moka. Me encantan los trenes, aunque por falta de tiempo y el precio del billete no los uso tanto como quisiera. ¡Casi lo olvido! Soy también un gran aficionado a las plumas fuente.

#introduccion #presentación #Linux #NetBSD #Viajes #España #Italia #CaféMoka #Trenes #PlumasFuente

New year, same love for clean code. 🧡

I saw @netbsd 🚩was short $327 on their 2025 funding goal, so I sent a donation to start 2026 on a high note.

Wishing the team a great 2026.

Wishing all BSD users Happy New Year ahead!

#NetBSD #Unix #OpenSource #linux #sysadmin #runbsd

👇🤓
"Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"

😉👉 https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/

#foss #opensource #linux

@osnews Its scary how all the dominant UNICES have all gone extinct. Imagine if companies like IBM, HP, SUN, Caldera had all taken the distribution approach of #Linux around the 1994? I take it Linux would still exist alongside a thriving UNIX, but they would using KDE and Gnome for parity, optimized and easier to use.

@xameer contd go without user namespace isolation to build app in Rootless container like #podman you need dynamically alloc builder uids and with it as root ( rarely with it) , without sandbox , app #testing
i ll do that on #nixos , how ll you do it onother #Linux
do you every use `sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1`?
#reliability. #devops

Running out of disk space on your Linux, macOS, BSD, or Unix-like OS? Or perhaps you're hitting the classic disk quota limits set by your sysadmin? Fear not. Run `du -sh * | sort -h` command to get a sorted list of your directory sizes so you can remove or compress unwanted files. Here is another useful shell alias:
```
alias ducks='du -cks -- * | sort -rn | head'
ducks
```

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-do-i-find-the-largest-filesdirectories-on-a-linuxunixbsd-filesystem/ for more info.
#unix #linux #macos

The new year has come, and it's time to leave my parents a desktop they can maintain by themselves. I'm torn between @fedora Silverblue and @vanillaos : which is the better 'set it and forget it's choice for non-technical users? #Linux #FedoraSilverblue #VanillaOS

@jwildeboer I’m curious about Kopia’s server mode, wondering if it might be suitable for a “family backup manager” who is responsible for backing up Linux, Mac and Windows computers around the house.

https://kopia.io/docs/features/#optional-server-mode-with-api-support-to-centrally-manage-backups-of-multiple-machines

#kopia #backups #linux

Having been a loyal #GPG user for years and having seen the recent gpg.fail vulnerabilities, i decided to finally do something about it: I wrote a #rustlang implementation of #OpenBSD signify with strict rules: no unsafe code, no arithmetic side effects, no proc macros. Builds on #FreeBSD, #NetBSD, #Linux, and #Windows. My contribution is the #keyring feature which allows you to specify a key-id on #Linux rather than inputting the password manually: https://crates.io/crates/signify-rs #exherbo #security

@bytebro

I think that the telling diagnostic here is that in an otherwise identical setup, for a single-monitor system and the old HP monitor type, you replaced one monitor that worked with a supposedly identical one, and that second one did not.

That's highly suggestive of those two monitors no longer being identical, where once they were.

Do they send the same EDID/DisplayID information to the system?

Have you configured any EDID overrides for the kernel, with custom EDID files?

When you bring up the monitor's own OSD, what does it say about itself?

https://github.com/linuxhw/EDID/tree/master/Digital/HP

#monitors #HP #EDID #DisplayID #Linux #Wayland

In 2000, Chandra Narayanaswami and his team at IBM presented a highlight of wristwatch integration work with the “ IBM Linux Watch”

https://techcrunch.com/2010/04/05/remember-the-linux-wristwatch/

#technology #Tech #linux #wearabletechnology

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The device in the image is the IBM Linux Watch prototype. First displayed by IBM in June 2000, it was an early smartwatch that ran a full Linux operating system, specifically Linux 2.2. 

When you have workflows like mine it's unreasonable to have dozens of slow usb sticks ready to dd distributions on. It's cumbersome to index / manage so many slow devices. USB sticks also live much shorter than 2.5" SSD's here. I've had some working for years (mostly reads) And some fail in weeks after many writes, for me unreliable storage devices

Ventoy has become a vital tool ISO mangagement and booting for me, since I can dump bootable ISO''s of most OS's on SATA SSD's, structure the ISO's in logical directory flows and have a librarian oversight of them

I can mount the SSD via an USB3 tray and thus move hundreds of ISO's around without a fuzz. I use 2.5" SATA SSD's because they are large enough in physical dimensions to be handled easily and I can write and ID on them with a marker. They can also live for years of R/W operations without failing.

Ventoy can easily boot a variety ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI of OS's which are of various origin.
>> Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files

When a ISO++ fails to boot, you need to make the coder(s) of Ventoy aware of it, and chances are that in the next update, scripts have been finetuned so Ventoy can handle that family of files also.

Ventoy is easy to use update run & maintain for the end user.

Try Ventoy

https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

#Ventoy #ISO #Linux #BSD #VHD #IMG #EFI #Linux #OpenSource #BOOT #POST

Tested files for Ventoy are here

A massive list of 1352 tested images is displayed!

#Ventoy #ISO #Linux #BSD #VHD #IMG #EFI #Linux #OpenSource #BOOT #POST

https://www.ventoy.net/en/isolist.html

More than 95% of Distro Watch Linux distributions can be spawed with Ventoy
That is a gargantuan feat!

#Ventoy #ISO #Linux #BSD #VHD #IMG #EFI #Linux #OpenSource #BOOT #POST

https://www.ventoy.net/en/isolist.html

I miss when buying technology meant you actually owned it. Now...

❌ Your car needs a subscription for heated seats.
❌ Your printer won't print black text because you're out of Cyan.
❌ Your OS serves you ads in the start menu.
❌ Your "Smart" home stops working if the company goes bankrupt.

I don't need more AI features. I need "dumb" tech that just does what it’s told and lasts for 10 years. But where's the share holder value in that right?

#RightToRepair #techbros #enshittification #privacy #technology #noai #electronics #linux #capitalism #windows #Firefox #writing #books #art

While many linux distros are agnostic on LLM generated code; unsure they ought to be dictating the dev tools contributors use; or even developing policies on how to incorporate it into their projects responsibly.

Gentoo and ElementaryOS have banned LLM code from their project code entirely. (Though they can do nothing about upstream projects they consume.)

NetBSD has instituted a policy barring any LLM generated code from the entirety of its base system.

AND FreeBSD's draft policy appears to be similar.

The bans on LLM generated code...

#linux #bsd #netbsd #freebsd #gentoo #elementaryOS #floss #stochasticparrots #llm #ai #eliza

＂… Nearly two dozen different Windows-like UIs represents a titanic waste of programmer effort, skill, and time. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people, working hard for decades… but all on different projects, meaning that none of them achieve greatness. …＂

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/10/deduplicating_the_desktops/ @lproven

(I thought I boosted this seven weeks ago. Mind playing tricks on me. It's one of a few things on my ridiculously long reading list that I actually do keep revisiting. I don't know what to think. I'm reading it in overlapping chunks.)

#desktop #Lumina #Windows #KDE #Plasma #Trinity #GNOME #MATE #Xfce #LXDE #Cinnamon #Budgie #LXQt #Deepin #Enlightenment #Equinox #IceWM #JWM #GNU #FOSS #Linux

While many linux distros are agnostic on LLM generated code; unsure they ought to be dictating the dev tools contributors use; or even developing policies on how to incorporate it into their projects responsibly.

Gentoo and ElementaryOS have banned LLM code from their project code entirely. (Though they can do nothing about upstream projects they consume.)

NetBSD has instituted a policy barring any LLM generated code from the entirety of its base system.

AND FreeBSD's draft policy appears to be similar.

#linux #bsd #netbsd #freebsd #gentoo #elementaryOS #floss #stochasticparrots #llm #ai #eliza

The bans on LLM generated code...

While many linux distros are agnostic on LLM generated code; unsure they ought to be dictating the dev code contributors use; or even developing policies on how to incorporate it into their projects responsibly.

Gentoo and ElementaryOS have banned LLM code from their project code entirely. (Though they can do nothing about upstream projects they consume.)

NetBSD has instituted a policy barring any LLM generated code from the entirety of its base system.

AND FreeBSD's draft policy appears to be similar.

#linux #bsd #netbsd #freebsd #gentoo #elementaryOS #floss #stochasticparrots #llm #ai #eliza

Just one more week to join our January* "Secure FreeBSD Administration" course!

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Expand your toolkit. Expand your career.

Contact training@bastillebsd.org for more info.

* next cohort beginning in mid-February

#FreeBSD #Training #Linux #BastilleBSD #InfoSec

Hi #Linux, what do you use?

#KDE #GNOME #Xfce4 #Xfce #Plasma #Debian #Ubuntu #ElementaryOS #LinuxMint #LMDE #i3 #Sway #dwm #ArchLinux #Arch #Gentoo #ManjaroLinux #Manjaro #Fedora #FedoraAtomic #Secureblue #TTY #FreeSoftware #Unix #OpenSource

#TIL `ack` is way faster when `grep --recursive`:

```$ time bash -c 'ack dbw32.a | wc -l'
21
bash -c 'ack dbw32.a | wc -l' 0.25s user 0.49s system 98% cpu 0.750 total
```

vs

```
$ time bash -c 'grep --recursive dbw32.a . | wc -l'
22
bash -c 'grep --recursive dbw32.a . | wc -l' 2.39s user 0.62s system 99% cpu 3.023 total```

... because `ack` does not `grep` (!!!) binary files:

```$ grep --recursive dbw32.a .
[...]
Binary file ./.git/index matches```

#Linux

The current draft linux kernel policy allows LLM generated code into the linux kernel as long as the commit is documented as such.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Kernel-AI-Guidelines-v3

#linux #floss #stochasticparrots #llm #ai #eliza

If finalized and llm generated code is regularly introduced into the kernel....

#NetBSD 10.1 toimi #RaspberryPi2B:ssä kuin täi tervassa. Pelkästään asetustiedoston muokkaamiseen meinasivat mennä hermot, kun kohdistin laahaa sekuntikaupalla näppäinpainallusten perässä. Seuraavaksi kokeiluun #AlpineLinux 3.23.2. #floss #bsd #linux #atkjuttuja

Suuri kokeilupäivä! Kaksi #RaspberryPi'ta, 2B+ (#armv7) ja 4 (#aarch64). Kolme kokeiltavaa järjestelmää, #AlpineLinux 3.23, #FreeBSD 15.0 ja #NetBSD 10.0 (vain uudempaan RasPiin). Tästä tulee hauskaa. #floss #linux #bsd #atkjuttuja

dirty dozen

#japanese_jesus #unix_surrealism #linux #gentoo #openbsd #fish #mnt #thinkpad #ibm #darts #pool

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the twelve apostles and japanese jesus in a milkbar

Hab mir überlegt, das Problem nicht-Windows-11-kompatibler PC dadurch anzugehen, auf einem alten Laptop mal #Linux zu installieren, um zu schauen, ob ich damit klarkommen könnte. Kennt jemand Hashtags oder Accounts, denen ich als Linux-Lernende (zum Lernen, basale Infos,...) folgen könnte?

I need RHEL+Podman for something. But I also really really like ZFS, that I use on my #FreeBSD systems ...

RHEL 9.7 on a ZFS root 😀

Note: This is ENTIRELY unsupported and shouldn't be done in a production environment (seriously!) 🤡 😆

#linux #rhel #redhat #zfs #openzfs #unsupported #sysadmin

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Screenshot showing neofetch and a RHEL 9.7 system, that is running on a ZFS root

Dit you spot it? @vermaden has released a LVN. It could be the last one of 2025, so go read learn

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/valuable-news-2025-12-29/

#Technology #news #BSD #freeBSD #OpenBSD #netBSD #linux #unix #ZFS #opnSense #ghostBSD #solaris #vermadenday

Latest 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 - 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱/𝟭𝟮/𝟮𝟵 (Valuable News - 2025/12/29) available.

https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/valuable-news-2025-12-29/

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

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