Watching Linus Torvalds be interviewed by Linus Tech Tips is kinda amazing.

LTT is such a classic overly energetic presenter and painfully star struck.... meanwhile Torvalds is the -least- fame interested nordic nerd on planet earth.

LTT keeps asking Torvalds about his social media habits and if he watches YouTube and Torvalds is struggling to understand how anyone needs anything other than email & sms😂

so cringe and endearing

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

#Linux #LinusTorvalds #LinusTechTips

@rye @HumToTable

👆 Willing to help install WiFi on an install of linux on old macs.

#linux #oldMac #wifi #install

For the #Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in #inkscape ; Today, the #SMS (#Sega Master System) @dailysms 🙂 #game #IndieDev #gamedev #retrogaming #emulation #gaming #linux #floss

🌐 https://yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
https://gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion

There are a lot of variations of Linux, to point that it can get overwhelming which one to choose. Let me give you a starting point.

If you are new to Linux, I recommend trying these variations. These links will let you 'test drive' a Linux operating system to find which you like best. If you find one you like, I'll help you install it. If you install it and hate it, you can always try a different one.

Zorin. #^https://distrosea.com/start/zorin-18-core64/
Linux Mint. #^https://distrosea.com/start/linuxmint-22.2-cinnamon/
Ubuntu. #^https://distrosea.com/start/ubuntu-25.10-default/
Fedora with KDE. #^https://distrosea.com/start/fedora-43-kde/
Fedora with Cosmic. #^https://distrosea.com/start/fedora-43-cosmic/

There are several other variations listed at #^https://distrosea.com/ Go ahead and try some of them! Feel free to comment with your favorites or your best suggestion for new Linux users!

*keep in mind, you are testing an operating system in a browser. It's going to seem a little slow or laggy, but it has been my experience with every Linux variation I have installed, that they all run smoother and faster than Windows. Linux is a lighter operating system and doesn't consume all of the resources like Microsoft Windows does.

#Linux #Fedora #Zorin #LinuxMint #KDE #Ubuntu #Windows #Windoze #MacOS #Chromebook

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My life is different now because one of my metrics for happiness is whether or not my #Clementine segment meter is full.

#Audio #Linux

For the Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in #inkscape ; Tonight, the #AtariLynx (This is the first hardware version - this drawing based on a #WikiMedia Commons SVG file)

Please #BOOST #Emulsion needs #you 🙂

#game #Atari #IndieDev #gamedev #retrogaming #emulation #gaming #linux #floss

View the complete #gamecontroller series here

🌐 https://yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
https://gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion

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For the Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in :inkscape: #inkscape ; Tonight, the #AtariLynx

Friday #retrogaming with #Emulsion 🧪

#Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards in com.github.Rosalie
241.RMG (https://github.com/Rosalie241/RMG)

#linux #floss #gameDev

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Friday #retrogaming with #Emulsion 🧪

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#Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards in com.github.Rosalie 241.RMG

Two things that would've made my #Thinkpad x260 a perfect laptop:

• A little nicer screen (>1366x768, not TN (that's on me for not reading the ebay description more closely))
• A backlit keyboard, or heck, even a derpy ThinkLight XD

Otherwise, this is a pretty sweet bit of kit. 6th gen i5, 8GiB RAM, 256GB SSD, responsive keyboard, TouchPoint (ThinkNubbin) and touchpad, internal and external battery, roughly 6.5-8 hours battery life (I got 5:21:00 active usage yesterday and it only got down to 48% on the little internal battery (0% on the external) when I was done (it estimated 1:20:00 remaining)), super friendly to both #Linux and #BSD. Oh, and it's dirt cheap right now.

Join the Fedora 43 Release Party on Fri, Nov 21!

It's a virtual event where you can hear directly from contributors and hang out. Good for anyone who wants to learn more about how Fedora is made!

Register (it's free btw): https://fedoramagazine.org/join-us-for-the-fedora-linux-43-release-party/

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

@kabel42

Yeah, #FreeBSD is VERY #Linux-from-25-years-ago feeling. ;)

In some bad ways, but in many, many good ways.

#POLL Results:

44 people are in deep denial about their existential dread, and should consult a counselor and read #Kierkegaard immediately 😁
139 people like teh pretty tings, and can't be bothered
188 people have started down the path towards enlightment
354 people are cool_kids
92 people are very_cool_kids
55 people laugh at your inadequate security model
27 people can run a server on a bit of bailing wire and a microcontroller from 1987 — fear them.
26 people are keeping Gassée's dream alive, and are plenny cool in my book
4 people are totally cool, and totally in a class by themselves
and 21 people kinda scare me, but I'd like to know more. 🤣

#humor #humour #houmor #houmour

#Windows #MacOS #Linux #CommandLine #BSD #RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #AmigaOS #Plan9 #9Front #TempleOS

P.S., wherever you find yourself, you're awesome. This is all for fun.

From sweating with MAKEFILEs to remote cross-building #Emulsion for 7 (SEVEN 🤪) archs at once ; I've seen the future and it works.

#linux #future #floss

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cross-building 3 archs at once

For the #Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in #inkscape ; Today, the #Nintendo #GameBoy (it will be unbranded in #Emulsion, I hear #Nintendo is quite litigious)

Please #BOOST #Emulsion needs #you 🙂

#game #IndieDev #gamedev #retrogaming #emulation #gaming #linux #floss

View all #gamecontroller here

🌐 https://yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
https://gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion

@wagesj45

I wonder if they really make money from Windows anymore, or if they're just passive-aggressive little berks that don't want to give up their paper kingdom.

Because AFAIK their web services (running #LINUX, of course!) are their real money makers. And I guess the "365" crap. lol

#Introduction time 😊

Long time maker/nerd girl who loves to learn... and can't get enough

Designing my own #pcbs with #Kicad often around #IoT and #HomeAutomation, but you never know what 🤔 Huge fan of #HomeAssistant

Been #3Dprinting for several years

Started with DOS 3.3 but now run #Linux and #Ubuntu and #Debian . ❤️ Love #retrocomputing

Very much enjoy my #HomeLab and learning

In my "spare" time may be out hiking, fixing or fixing retro systems

For the #Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in #inkscape ; Today, the #Amiga (this is the #CD32 pad, I actually have one, with this model of DPad) Please #BOOST !! #Emulsion needs #you 🙂

#game #IndieDev #gamedev #retrogaming #emulation #gaming #linux #floss

🌐 https://yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
https://gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion

Ok, if #OpenBSD overtakes either of the #Linux categories, I'm gonna swoon. 😂

#Poll #LiveTooting

Ooo, the #Linux #CommandLine jockeys have just overtaken the #LinuxGamers! This is exciting!!! 😅

#hashtags for exposure:

#windows #MacOS #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #Haiku #HaikuOS #BeOS #Amiga #Workbench #AROS #TempleOS #Boost #BoostsAppreciated #BoostPlease #PleaseBoost

Ok, sorry for all that. 😂

If you are using xfs filesys on #linux which has copy-on-write semantics is there a way to see logical disk utilization? That is, how much you'd be using if you weren't using copy-on-write?

@fabio Another good reason to use an alternative OS instead of the one from Microsoft.

#linux

Does anyone have a remote desktop solution for #Linux and #Wayland that actually works?

#RustDesk disconnects after about 10 seconds, and #DWService gives me a garbled screen.

This is attempting to connect to a Fedora 43 Plasma laptop. Trying to support a family member that's clear across the country, RIP me lol.

No, I can't just use VNC/RDP and tailscale. If I had thought of it when I was setting it up, that would've been great. XD

Any ideas, #HiveMind?

P.S. I might try "Rabbit Remote Control" next chance I get.
https://github.com/KangLin/RabbitRemoteControl

For the #Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in #inkscape ; Tonight, the #ps2 ; This one was quite tricky 🙂 what do you think?

Please #boost #Emulsion needs #you

#SVG #IndieDev #gamedev #retrogaming #emulation #gaming #game #linux #floss

🤖 View the complete #gamecontroller series here 💎

GET EMULSION!

🌐 https://yphil.gitlab.io/emulsion/
https://gitlab.com/yphil/emulsion

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For the #Emulsion #GUI I drew *every* #Game platform / console / machine #gamecontroller in #inkscape ; Tonight, the #ps2

We need more such people! 🤗 🐧

#linux

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The first picture shows two beings hugging; the giant white dog is called "Linux", the human is called "new users". The second picture shows an older person smirking; they are called "Veteran Linux users who are just happy that more people are appreciating it."

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#CloudNative #Linux #Security #DevOps #eBPF

#Emulsion 0.9.78 manages (install and select) emulators!

Emulsion finds your emulators, helps you install the ones you don’t have, and sets them up with sensible defaults (file extensions and CLI arguments) — all configurable.

Try Emulsion: https://github.com/yphil-gh/emulsion/releases/latest

#GameDev #Emulation #OpenSource #retrogaming #floss #gaming #linux #floss

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#Emulsion 0.9.78 manages (install and select) emulators!

@washbear @s0x41 @golemwire

> I'm not paid enough for the torture of having my work broken and invalidated every few months. You can build and install an X window manager from 1989 btw.

I wish more people would understand this.

The Linux "folks" (whoever they actually are) play patty-cake with constantly changing APIs and standards, and users are bewildered that other projects are falling behind.

This model of governance (for lack of a better word) leaves much to be desired.

#Linux #BSD

log2 in #Bash

function log2() { local n=0; for ((i=$1-1; i>0; i>>=1)); do let n=n+1; done; echo $n; }

$ log2 1337
11
$ log2 100214567824456
47
$ log2 4294967296
32

#gnu #linux

Afinal esse pessoal que dizia que #linux é mau por que se tem que usar um terminal, era só inveja!!!

Vida dos utilizadores do #windows 11 em 2025:

(screenshot "roubado" ao @tugatech)

Great #nixbook update!

Now Nixbook will also include the SOF firmware and other chromebook tweaks to have audio work seemlessly.

Also some better config organization. Huge shout out to @chocolateloverraj for the lionshare of work on this PR.

https://github.com/mkellyxp/nixbook/commit/fbb0b92f00ecccc0a263413faa3b69c82f4cd91c

#linux #nixos

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@centos/115588045684086223

Reach Linux contributors by submitting a CFP! Here are the focus areas:

* Package management, automated testing, and release deployment
* Long term maintenance, backporting security updates, & secure supply chains
* Developments in image-based operating systems and container base images
* Delivering multiple-architecture or architecture-agnostic software.
* Building community around distributions
* Emerging technologies in the Linux ecosystem

#FOSDEM #FOSDEMDistros #Linux #OpenSource

Fedora 43 Release Party is happening tomorrow from 1-4pm UTC as an online event. Great for users and contributors!

Registering is brief and you can join the fun!

Learn more: https://fedoramagazine.org/join-us-for-the-fedora-linux-43-release-party/

See you there!

#Fedora #Linux #OpenSource

Are there Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W work-alike boards that can handle a Linux install but beat the Pi Zero 2 with significantly reduced power consumption?

I'm building a DigiPi-based APRS repeater. I'm trying to bring my power consumption down without breaking the bank.

#raspberrypi #sbc #linux #hamradio #aprs

More precise measurements of #FreeBSD #S3 #Suspend times on my #Thinkpad X260:

wake to suspend:
Screen off by 5.4 seconds
Status LED starts slow-blinking by 6.6 seconds
(triggered by doas zzz, password not needed)

suspend to wake:
Screen on by 3.5 seconds
Screen responding to keystrokes by 10.2 seconds
(triggered by power button)

Will compare with #Linux on same hardware...

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Ok, now using #Solus Linux KDE live USB:

wake to suspend (systemctl suspend):
Screen off and status LED change by just a touch over 1 second

suspend to wake (power button):
Screen on by 1.5 seconds
Screen responding to keystrokes by 2.2 seconds.

Ok, so still slower than Linux, but totally usable. 😂