This Isn't a Battle https://lobste.rs/s/l4vg9a #freebsd #linux #netbsd #openbsd
https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14/this-isnt-a-battle/

It's genuinely insane how much better of an experience Heroic Games Launcher is over the Epic launcher or even GOG Galaxy.

Galaxy used to have potential until GOG basically stopped caring about it. Epic's launcher has always been a travesty.

Leave it to the open source community to make an experience significantly better than what major corpos come up with.

You can get it on Windows, by the way.

https://heroicgameslauncher.com/

#opensource #gaming #gog #epic #linux #windows

Another Fedora Flatpak discussion https://lobste.rs/s/ctgbk2 #linux
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1045247/b10b84a92c27c08a/

I don't want to come across as a #Linux fanboy with this post, but I don't think this will bring in the sales they're hoping.

Is 2026 the year of the Linux desktop? 😜

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Tweet from Pavan Davuluri which reads: "Windows is evolving into an agentic OS, connecting devices, cloud, and AI to unlock intelligent productivity and secure work anywhere. Join us at #MSIgnite to see how frontier firms are transforming with Windows and what’s next for the platform. We can’t wait to show you! "https://ignite.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions/BRK1700?source=sessions"

# "Using LibreOffice and other Free software for documents as a lawyer"

I was asked recently about how I get on using LibreOffice for document-related legal work, and I promised to write down some thoughts.

The short answer is that I use a mix of LibreOffice and other FOSS tools, and I’m very positive about it, with no particular concerns.

If you have questions, please do ask!

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/11/using-libreoffice-and-other-free-software-for-documents-as-a-lawyer/

#LibreOffice #Linux #FOSS #lawfedi #vim #git #Markdown

Vivaldi 7.7 has arrived! 🎨

✅ All your tabs, structured, anywhere you need them
✅ Unified Start Page layout
✅ Brand new performance controls
✅ Privacy Dashboard redesigned
✅ Refined Mail panel

More on the update: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-7/

#Browser #Web #Vivaldi #Browsers #App #Linux #Windows #macOS

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Vivaldi Browser (7.7) desktop app interface showing the Windows and Tabs panel open on the left side of the browser window. The 'Synced Tabs' section displays windows and tabs from synced devices with their structure intact.

Linux process priorities demystified https://lobste.rs/s/v8bgze #linux
https://www.sigma-star.at/blog/2022/02/linux-proc-prios/

@blogdiva M$ did this to themselves. So much of the older hardware simply cannot run Win11, and not everyone has the funds to buy a new computer (especially now).

Folks, do something good for the planet: Load Linux on that now-unsupported Win10 box. Keep your computer out of the e-waste stream, and get many more years of use out of it.

- I speak from 20+ years of experience; all of the computers I use run on Linux. The oldest is an IBM ThinkPad T23!

#Linux
#foss

I previously asked about good #Linux utilities to search through the contents of files within a folder. After trying multiple programs, I like clapgrep.

The full text search within files is extremely useful.

Yes, here I am posting github links. I am about to be swallowed whole by linux/fedi nerdness.

https://github.com/luleyleo/clapgrep

Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame - Phoronix https://lobste.rs/s/a1tixp #games #linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Steam-Machines-Frame-2026

Homebrew v5.0.0: The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux) https://lobste.rs/s/x10xh7 #linux #mac #release
https://brew.sh/2025/11/12/homebrew-5.0.0/

Hardtime #gaming with #dosbox?

Use #DOSBOXX and save states of your games!

https://dosbox-x.com/

DOSBox-X is an open-source DOS emulator for running DOS applications and games.
DOS-based Windows such as Windows 3.x and Windows 9x are officially supported.

#msdos #win31 #windows31 #windows95 #windows98 #opensource #dos #emulator #dosemulator #retrogaming

#windows #linux #macos #msdos

Google Posts Device Trees For Booting Pixel 10 Hardware With The Mainline Linux Kernel https://lobste.rs/s/pqoimv #android #linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-Pixel-10-Google-DTs

How arch-delta Saves 80+% Of Bandwidth On Upgrades via @wezm https://lobste.rs/s/n0btpj #linux
https://djugei.github.io/how-arch-delta-works/

rtc: rk808: Compensate for Rockchip calendar deviation on November 31st https://lobste.rs/s/nyd4p0 #hardware #linux
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f076ef44a44d02ed91543f820c14c2c7dff53716

Good reads. #FreeBSD Cheat Sheet for #Linux Admins

https://blog.hofstede.it/freebsd-cheat-sheet-for-linux-admins/

It is worth bookmark.

The Linux Kernel Looks To "Bite The Bullet" In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions https://lobste.rs/s/3vyjzk #c #linux
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Patch-Would-MS-Ext

Question to #Linux command line users:

Do you know of a CLI text editor that autosaves?

I guess you've arrived in the Linux Distro world when someone posts a heckling thread about your distro in Hacker News.

Jeese, ya'll, if you don't like it, don't use it.

Over here minding my own business and sharing with five other people who enjoy it 😂 😭

#writerDeckOS #Linux

Ok. About to dive in and work on a heavy chunk of the next update for #writerdeckOS .

Wish me luck!

#FOSS #Linux #solarPunk

The new `du` command (in `/lib/cargo/bin/coreutils`) outputs wrong sizes in Ubuntu 25.10 https://lobste.rs/s/0rtjwc #linux
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1559396/the-new-du-command-in-lib-cargo-bin-coreutils-outputs-wrong-sizes-in-ubun

fingerpaint for #kde when???
#linux

I'm sleepy and am going to go to bed before working this out, but I'll just put it here:
Why doesn't this bash commandline play the file on every succesful packet?
`ping 9.9.9.9 | (if grep -F 'bytes from'; then aplay ding; fi)`

This also doesn't work:
`(while true; do echo 'bytes from'; sleep 5; done) | (if grep -F 'bytes from'; then aplay ding; fi)`
(the audio should last for 2 seconds)

#Linux #bash #shell #AskFedi

Ok! The Linux Install Party is done!

I am declaring it a success!

So we only had one week to prepare for this and notify folks in town about it.

Last week we:
- Reserved a room at the local library
- Created the website (just a digital flyer site)
- Printed out release forms
- Made a handful of install USB ISOs with Linux Mint on it
- Made a post on the town's subreddit, a couple local discord channels, and told people to tell others

Not a lot of advertising at all.

But!

We had:
- 7 volunteers show up
- 5 groups of people who got Linux installed on their laptops (including one family: a mom and dad who were updating an old laptop for their 8 year old to use)
- And a good handful of people who stopped by to see what it was about, ask questions, and try out our demo laptops running Linux

All installs went chill. We even popped open one laptop to try and repair it (the keyboard and touch pad were borked. It turned out to be a hardware issue. We determined that an external keyboard and mouse were the quickest and cheapest fix. the laptop itself and linux install worked great)

When we werent installing things, we were hanging out, discussing linux and various open source projects and town groups and events and getting to know each other and generally just having a great time. I met new people from town and had some wonderful conversations. No masking, just being myself.

Folks really wanted this to happen again. We even had a librarian come in and ask when we were doing it again so they could bring their laptop to get Linux installed! Some of the volunteers were from the local college and said they had a great time and want to do these events at college and in town again.

We're shooting for next February (in conjunction with a repair cafe) and will try and hold it every month thereafter. Once its a regular monthly event and word of mouth and proper advertisement and posting flyers up in cafes etc, more people will show up and it will grow!

We also think we can make it an official library event (and not just a community event using library space). Once that happens it gets into the town events notification and really attracts folks!

That was awesome.

#solarPunk #mutualAid #FOSS #Linux #LinuxInstallParty #endOf10

All set up for the Linux Install Party!!!

(This is the first one. And it was on short notice. There will probably be more volunteers than actual folks getting Linux Installed. BUUUUUT!!!! It'll be a good way to work out any other things that we can think of)

1st lesson already... bring a power strip and extension cords....

https://fxbginstall.party

#linux #linuxInstallParty #solarPunk

Bootc for workstation use via @aks https://lobste.rs/s/1fa70r #linux
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1042708/90b68e222a964524/

🎤 Upcoming at SeaGL 2025:
📍 05:00 PM on November 07
🗣️ "Kalpa Desktop, the openSUSE based desktop that "Just Works™""
👥 Speaker(s): Shawn W Dunn
📍 Room: Room 332
🏷️ Track: Everything Else
📝 Kalpa Desktop is a Plasma desktop derived from MicroOS, and Tumbleweed, providing a immutable system...

#SeaGL2025 #tech #opensuse #FLOSS #opensource #linux
🔗 https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/BLZ7ZK/

do any #blender on #linux people know if it's still a NVIDIA OR BUST situation because they are evil as shit now 🐧

#nvidia