PSA

To whomever this may concern and to get you a break from the international news:

Your daily driver Windows computer is not obsolete after October 13th 2026. And above all it is NOT E-waste.

Your Apple computer is not E-waste if Tim Cook says so.

Chances are that even the beige DELL tower from 2003, which is currently holding the barn door open, is not obsolete.

And if you have an old/broken computer: please sell or donate it. If nothing else, someone can learn to solder working on it.

Contact your local IT nerd for further questions. The one with an Atari or Amiga T-shirt. Someone you know will know one.

You can also contact IT nerds here in the fediverse. Almost all of us are here.

#RightToRepair #AlternativeOperatingSystems #OperatingSystems #OS #OpenBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #Linux #HaikuOS #Windows #Apple #PowerPC #BeOS #Ubuntu #LinuxMint #Vic20 #Commodore64 #Amiga #ComputerClubs #Learning #OldComputersAreNotE_Waste #PCB #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Refurbishers

A new #California law says all operating systems, including #Linux, need to have some form of #AgeVerification at account setup

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#privacy #politics #FOSS

https://www.wacoca.com/news/2779860/ 「Microsoft Edge」でセキュリティ修正、境界外読み取り・書き込みの脆弱性などに対処 – 窓の杜 #linux #mac #MicrosoftEdge #Science&Technology #ScienceNews #TechnologyNews #Webブラウザー #Windows #インターネット #セキュリティ #テクノロジー #科学 #科学＆テクノロジー #脆弱性

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「Microsoft Edge」でセキュリティ修正、境界外読み取り・書き込みの脆弱性などに対処 - 窓の杜

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

"I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?"

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#AgeVerification #dystopia #privacy #surveillance #software #technology #Linux

AI is reshaping careers. As AI moves into production, demand is rising for skills in Linux, cloud native, orchestration, and security.

Join the free webinar “AI Runs on Open Source and Real Humans” on March 11 to explore where AI careers grow and how infra expertise creates real leverage.

Register: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/webinars/ai-runs-on-open-source-and-real-humans?hsLang=en

#AI #CloudNative #Linux #OpenSource

@ai6yr absolutely agree! I'm on #Linux at home though I have to use Windows here at work.

My personal laptop has two hard drives, one with Windows and one with Linux. I'm sorely tempted to wipe out the Window drive and use it as backup storage to make it easier for when I decide to do a little distrohopping.

Amazing how many (unsolicited) stories of people abandoning Windows for Linux this morning from our local ham radio group due to how poorly Windows works, following a class I was teaching last night and students extremely enthusiastic about learning about running Linux and also using QGIS. #opensource #linux

We will be having Fedora Hatch at @socallinuxexpo this year! On Friday, March 6, join us for our dedicated track!

What are we talking about?

* Getting started in open source
* @centos and Fedora collaboration
* RPM packaging workshop
* And more!

➡️ https://fedoramagazine.org/hatch-scale-23x/

#Fedora #SCaLE #Linux #OpenSource

Take a trip down memory lane with the journey of Linux’s humble beginnings. From a personal project hacked on a simple Unix‑like kernel for his 386 PC in 1991 to powering everything from enterprise clouds to edge devices — a true testament to what can happen when individuals share code, ideas, and trust.

Read the full article: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/linus_torvalds_and_friends

#OpenSource #Leadership #Community #Collaboration #Linux

Colorado’s SB26-051 would make OSes (Windows, Android, iOS, Linux) collect an “age signal” at setup and expose it via API to every app in broad age brackets 📊

Even if “minimal data” is promised, normalising OS‑level age tagging for all apps raises serious long‑term risks for privacy and user autonomy 🔒

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/colorado-age-attestation-bill/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #BigTech #AI #KidsOnline #AgeVerification #Profiling #Cybersecurity #US #USA #Colorado #Linux

Niri habe ich auf dem System, habe es auch einmal probiert.Ist auch gar nicht so übel (weil es in meinen Augen der einzige Tiling-Windwmanager ist, den man auch sinnvoll auf kleineren Displays nutzen kann), aber halt nur ein WM. Die "Standard-Konfiguration" arbeitete bei mir mit Waybar für das Panel... irgendwie fühlte es sich nach "Steinzeit" an.

Nun stand in der Meldung, dass Niri zusammen mit Noctalia verwendet wird.

Noctalia? Was'das denn nun schon wieder?

Nun, eine Desktop-Shell ist es.

Kannte ich nicht, ließ sich unter Arch aber ratz-fatz installieren. Dann habe ich Waybar in der Niri-Konfiguration durch Noctalia ersetzt... und ich war ausgesprochen positiv überrascht. Mit Noctalia ist Niri wirklich richtig gut nutzbar. Den Workfow muss man anpassen, aber bis jetzt ist das keine große Hürde.

Das werde ich jetzt mal regelmäßig austesten. Ist auf jeden Fall eine feine Alternative, wenn man Plasma mal nicht unbedingt nutzen möchte.

#linux #arch #niri #noctalia

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@pixx @OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

> But I'm not running a datacenter so who cares what i want 😂

The sad truth of modern #Linux.

Connection to a GPIO Controller is done

Its super simple! and only about 40 lines of python.
Only thing left is getting a proper arcade stick and buttons and put everything inside a cabinet.

#python #raspi #tux #linux

#Linux #Windows

https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/1r6sp4l/five_years_seriously/

Plasma 6.6! Get your @kde Plasma 6.6 here on Fedora KDE!

Read all about it!

➡️ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/

#Fedora #KDE #Linux #OpenSource

BleachBit 5.1.0 Beta: gestore cookie selettivo, modalità esperta e pulizie Linux avanzate per privacy e spazio disco. #BleachBit #Linux #Privacy #PuliziaSistema #OpenSource

https://www.linuxeasy.org/bleachbit-5-1-0-beta-arriva-la-modalita-esperto/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Any Tintin++ users out there willing to share tips? This is the only #MUD client I can get working on #Stormux, and to be honest, the scripting just to add a simple trigger and the error messages are confusing to me. I'm trying to set up some simple triggers for Erion MUD and having a hard time figuring out what I'm doing.
#MUDClients #MUDClient #tintin #orca #ScreenReader #Linux #archlinuxarm @mastoblind @main

After, I have visited one of the few arcades in my city. I was fairly disappointed by the game choice. The biggest problem is that most of the newer games play themselves. One was a racing game, and it almost made no difference if you drove straight into a wall or not. You were also bombarded by fancy items. Suffice to say, that I have stayed the remainder of my stay at the pinball machines. I actually never played pinball and was pleasantly surprised how fun it is. My training in 3D Pinball actually paid off, big time.

The reason why I am so joyful is that I have naturally thought about making my own arcade, after seeing in what disastrous state they are (at least here). My first test was if it was feasible to make a GPIO controller I could use to play native games on Linux, and it was such a breeze!!! After a quick search, I found python-evdev, which I could easily install thanks to apt and the Raspbian repository. I remember that I always had trouble with Python, but it's so cool to be able to do everything just using apt, and if some dependency is missing, I could easily enable a virtual environment with pip. It even told me that when I tried to do it wrong the first time around! All python-evdev does is inject input right into the kernel of Linux! This is so awesome! I'm amazed at how stupid simple it is. Only been using Linux for a year or so, but every time I learn how smart it is, I am overwhelmed with joy. I wrote a couple of lines of Python, shown below, and was able to create a virtual controller. Running evtest, I was able to see the controller and its inputs, but most critically, when running supertux2, Tux was jumping!

Next up I have to hook up the buttons via GPIO. I already found a library I could use to talk with it more easily https://gpiozero.readthedocs.io.

It's really hard for me to express how happy I am about all those tools we have available, and how well they fit together. It's amazing how I am able to create a virtual controller just from some lines of code, without any drivers that have to be installed in every corner of the OS. Love Python, Love Linux, Love python-evdev and I also still like the Raspberry.

from evdev import UInput, ecodes as e
from time import sleep
capabilities = {
    e.EV_KEY: [
        e.BTN_A
    ]
}

ui = UInput(capabilities, name="VirtualController", vendor0x1234, product=0x5678)

while (True):
    ui.write(e.EV_KEY, e.BTN_A, 1)
    ui.syn()
    sleep(1)
    ui.write(e.EV_KEY, e.BTN_A, 0)
    ui.syn()
    sleep(1)

#linux #python #hardware #hacking #rpi #project #opensource

True story? 😶‍🌫️

#linux #linuxmint #archlinux

hey you #docker fokes that have any relation to #kasm and kasm #workspaces . do you guys know of any accessible containers that are for the blind? i've tried a few of the regular ones, but in none of them, I couldn't get the orca screen reader to work. and obviously NVDA does not (and cannot) read the video feed. so was wondering. #docker #kasm #linux #blind

Question to #blind #linux users: I'm stuck using my #RaspberryPi500 as my computer for a bit because my PC quit working. Can anyone recommend a #Mastodon client? I'm on #Stormux, based on #ArchLinuxArm.
#accessibility #orca #ScreenReader @mastoblind @main

@ai6yr

He's not joking, and AI corps have bought ALL hard drives, no joke, and bought ALL the ram. So new laptops and desktops are going to rocket in price.

Get an old boxen as soon as you can, put linux on it.

Seriously.

#linux #boxen #old

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/116054395290546598

According to this highly scientific multi-round survey, Debian is the undisputed Linux desktop OS champion of the Fediverse.

It was followed by NixOS with 35% of respondents voting for it.

#poll #debian #nixos #desktop #os #linux #fediverse

🗳

NixOS boosted

Rafael Pérez 🌱 » 🌐 2026-02-11
@rperezrosario@mastodon.social

Multi-round Desktop Linux distribution showdown.

This is the final round.

The distros were chosen based on the results of a previous poll.

Please consider boosting to obtain a larger sample.

Final Round: fight!

#poll #linux #distro #debian #nixos

Debian:	282
NixOS:	150

Closed

Multi-round Desktop Linux distribution showdown.

This is the final round.

The distros were chosen based on the results of a previous poll.

Please consider boosting to obtain a larger sample.

Final Round: fight!

#poll #linux #distro #debian #nixos

More and more people are doing something about how frustrating Microsoft products have become.

#microsoft #windows #linux

Helium è un browser open source progettato per offrire privacy totale, blocco avanzato dei contenuti e un’esperienza pulita senza tracciamento né telemetria. #HeliumBrowser #Privacy #OpenSource #AdBlocking #WebBrowser #Linux

https://www.linuxeasy.org/helium-il-browser-open-source-che-mette-la-privacy-al-primo-posto/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I installed the program using apt, as it was not on the live boot, but it is in the repositories.

https://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/chntpw

I used to use this program from the Trinity Rescue CD. Cool to know that it is just available from within Debian.

#Linux #linuxMint #debian #windows

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