Top open source graphics apps, in no particular order. Replace your Windows apps with these!

1. Gimp (raster manip)
2. Inkscape (vectors)
3. Krita (painting)
4. Blender (3D)
5. Scribus (DTP)
6. Darktable (raw editing)
7. Natron (compositor)
8. Kdenlive (video editing)
9. FreeCAD 3D
10. Friction (AE-like anim)
11. Synfig (vector anim)
12. QCad/CAM 2D
13. Pencil2D (anim)
14. Pixelorama (pixel art)
15. Handbrake (video transcoder)
16. Cura or Orca (3D printing)

#foss #opensource #linux #graphics

RustDesks großes Wayland-Update
https://linuxnews.de/rustdesks-grosses-wayland-update/ #rustdesk #remote_support #linux #linuxnews

Sobreviví al upgrade de Proxmox 8 a 9

El momento más temido de todo selfhoster se llama upgrade. Especialmente cuando se trata del sistema operativo que soporta todo tu sistema. Y sí, ha llegado ese momento para mí. Uso Proxmox en mi servidor casero. Es un sistema operativo basado en Debian, especializado en virtualización. Permite un manejo bastante sencillo y versátil de los recursos, y como está basado en Linux, […]

🔗 https://altgr.xyz/2025/11/05/sobrevivi-al-upgrade-de-proxmox-8-a-9/

#debian #linux #proxmox #pve #selfhost #selfhosting

McDonald's advertising Debian GNU/Linux

#debian #gnu #linux

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Photo of a McDonald's marquee with a digital sign showing the text "Debian GNU".

Das mit Verbreitung via #Mastodon hat ja richtig gut geklappt - da versuche ich das doch nochmal mit dieser interessanten Veranstaltung am 22.11., die ebenfalls mehr Interesse verdient, als sie bisher findet:

Mit dem Supportende von #Windows 10 im Oktober wurden - ginge es nach #MicroSoft - Millionen von voll funktionalen Computern zu Altmetall.

Praktisch alle können durch Upgrade auf #Linux noch jahrelang gute Dienste leisten und so der Umwelt Millionen Tonnen von Elektroschrott ersparen.

Linux und die dafür existierende Open-Source-Software können Windows / MS-Office mehr als nur ersetzen - und der Umstieg ist gar nicht schwer, schon gar nicht mit kostenloser fachkundiger Hilfe ehrenamtlicher Helfer*innen bei der #vhs #Karlsruhe.

Am 22.11. könnt Ihr Euch informieren, Linux auf der eigenen Maschine testen und mit Unterstützung auch gleich installieren.

#OpenSource #EndOf10

https://www.vhs-karlsruhe.de/p/699-C-253-67051

C'est l'équivalent de "zram-tools" sur #Linux, mais ici, sur mobile #Android 😉

💾 Qu'est-ce que zram-tools ?

zram-tools est un ensemble de scripts qui facilite la gestion et l'utilisation de zram (un module du noyau Linux) sur votre système.

💡 Principe de fonctionnement

Mémoire compressée ( #RAM Disk ) : #zram crée une zone de périphérique de bloc virtuel dans la RAM. Tout ce qui est écrit sur ce périphérique est automatiquement compressé à l'aide d'un algorithme rapide.

Ich habe einen neuen PC mit 2 SSD-Festplatten. Auf der einen ist Windows vorinstalliert, auf die andere sollte Mint. Mir hat jemand empfohlen, die Windows-SSD für die Linux-Installation auszubauen, allerdings bereue ich das jetzt, denn der Ausbau war eine unfassbare Fummelei und jetzt zeigt der Bildschirm kein Signal an.

Um an die SSD zu gelangen, musste ich die Grafikkarte ausbauen. Mittlerweile habe ich alles wieder eingebaut, aber immer noch kein SIgnal.

Weiß hier wer einen Rat?
#Linux

What are X11 and Wayland are supposed to be and why the heck is everyone fighting over them?

#linux #asklinux #askfedi

@stefano @christopher I am not sure if I'd say #Linux is becoming like #Windows. I do recall similar statements made on the Debian-User mailing list on a previous release when xorg introduced autoconfiguration. A lot of people were pissed that it was making choices for you instead of manually configuring the xorg.conf file.

Honestly, that was a good thing. Painful doesn't begin to describe it but users were unaware they could still hand-configure the file.

There has been, however, more stuff added to Linux over the last several years. Call it bloat, call it whatever you want. OSes change. But it has been gradually moving away from simplicity.

I miss the simplicity.

However, to reply to your original post, coming from COTS solutions, sometimes the vast amount of choice can be overwhelming. For instance, when it comes to #FreeBSD #jails it used to just be jails. Now, it's thin, thick, classic, networking. I understand they have their places but it would be helpful to provide more detailed explanations, tutorials, or best practices for each. The FreeBSD Handbook is good but just scratches the surface but often leaves more questions. It would help with learning and in part...marketing.

On a side note: The FreeBSD Handbook is a great resource but there are opportunities to improve it, like tailoring it to new users (better empathy), best practices, architectural examples, and links to additional resources and info.

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

Last week I had a chat with a colleague who is highly specialized in Microsoft solutions. Young but not too young, smart, not very up to date simply because he has little time for anything else. His specialization depends entirely on where he works, not on personal interest. Lately he seemed a bit disillusioned with some choices made by "other operating systems", and he was starting to consider moving his personal projects toward Microsoft as well, since he already had the experience. Still, he said it with boredom. With the attitude of someone who is tired of wasting time.

He had heard of the BSDs but had never tried installing them. He was convinced that there were no decent hypervisors outside the Linux world and that KVM belonged to Linux alone. I had the terrible idea of showing him the BSDs, how great bhyve is, and how nvmm on NetBSD uses qemu underneath, making it almost a replacement for KVM in many setups. He lit up with the look of someone waking up from a long sleep. I also had the terrible idea of showing him illumos and its distributions. He had no clue it existed and thought old, great Solaris had been dead for years thanks to Oracle.

He called me a little while ago. He was furious. He spent the whole weekend doing tests and now he has no idea what to use among FreeBSD with bhyve, NetBSD with nvmm, and illumos with bhyve or kvm. He is slowly starting to explore jails and illumos zones. He was annoyed (in a positive way) because now he does not know what to pick since everything feels so different from what he was used to, and he found advantages in each option.

I am obviously happy about it, but I also wonder: instead of reinventing the wheel every time, would it not sometimes be better to simply broaden our horizons?

#IT #SysAdmin #OperatingSystems #FreeBSD #Linux #NetBSD #OpenBSD #DragonflyBSD #illumos #SmartOS #OmniOS #OpenIndiana #Tribblix

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

RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@vermaden/115564165835643603

I look forward to the @vermaden weekly newsletter as much as I anticipate a perfect tiramisu after a superb lunch. It is truly the cherry on top.
That special something that helps me kick off the week in style.

#RunBSD #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #DragonflyBSD #Linux #IT #SysAdmin

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

Hello, I have some news regarding my adventures in Linux again, this time I hope I am seriously able to commit. I have had a history of not committing to things, since I was a child. It has been insanely painful for me to last with something for longer than a few months or weeks. Rant aside, I am now using Fedora and I'm planning on fully engaging with the community via the Security Team and the KDE SIG, with ideas to join the Rust SIG as a means of commitment.

I recently switched to Fedora after some issues regarding my boot setup. My system at the time was an had two FAT32 partitions which were labeled for Alpine Linux and Arch Linux, one LUKS+LVM partition with swap, Alpine Linux and Arch Linux logical volumes, with UKI. My system was partially easy to maintain, but a few weeks after that install I noted Alpine was having issues with kernel modules, and I was required to use Arch for that time being. Finally, my snapping point was reached when both UEFI entries just vanished. The entire point of having two distributions at once for me was gone. After hearing that Fedora 43 was out, I went to grab a USB and a copy of Fedora Everything, and installed Fedora 43 with KDE Plasma with no OOTB issues.

I did make my own customisations later down the line, such as adopting hardened_malloc as my global malloc implementation by using secureblue's COPRA package. hardened_malloc is better regarding security than glibc's malloc especially regarding heap corruption and reduction of metadata. There are also RAM consumption benefits. This made me feel like it was a good idea to install hardened_malloc as my global allocator. This customisation did come at the cost of GTK applications bailing however, although you could fix it with LD_PRELOAD and a Bash script.

I've tried to apply for the Fedora Security Team, and KDE SIG through two sponsors and now I am simply waiting for a response. I shouldn't, and wasn't expecting a reply soon, so I'm happy to wait out the month honestly. I just have to hope the application gets through and gets read which I believe will happen. Maybe I can even try the Rust SIG.

I still have plans to use Alpine Linux. My Samsung Galaxy S9 is still not working on postmarketOS, and I want to try and port the device for the mainline Linux source code tree. I would still have to carry some of Alpine Linux's work if I did port postmarketOS as I couldn't live off of it forever. As such, I still will be using Alpine Linux mainly for my phone and maybe low-spec servers. I have sadly leeched off of Arch Linux which I do apologise for, but I didn't have anything to contribute to at that time.

That's all I have to say for now. Good night.

#fedora #alpinelinux #archlinux #grapheneos #postmarketos #kde #security #Linux #computers #technology #FOSS

I'm in Australia right now. I can boot my home PC via Wake On LAN to access my files if I have to. I placed a webcam in front of it so that I can verify that it actually does so.

It's weird seeing my computer 16.500 km away from me. It feels like my own little Mars mission. Especially with how SSH feels at 300-400 ms latency.

And yes, that's a drinking glass I forgot on my desk.

#HomeLab #Linux #WakeOnLAN #SSH #Australia

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Webcam capture of a completely dark room. The brightest thing is a large monitor displaying a linux console. In front of it, a drinking glass can be made out. Below the monitor, a keyboard is lit up in green.

Packed tightly, a voyager might easily carry many scrolls across the wastelands to distant caravanserays. #Linux #FreeBSD #OpenSource https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/external-disk/?s=mc

Bitte um Hinweise: eine Freundin lernt gerade SysAdmin und möchte sich neben der Ausbildung in #Linux und #OpenSource Projekte einarbeiten und beitragen.

Habt ihr gute Empfehlungen, wo sie einsteigen könnte? Projekte, Tutorials, Communities zum Vernetzen ... Alles, was euch so als hilfreich einfällt.

Dickes Danke <3 und gerne Boosten, Sharing is Caring <3

#GregKroahHartman explains the #CyberResilienceAct for #opensource #developers
Impact? Nope, don't worry, be happy, says #Linux veteran
#EU has made the #CRA more open source friendly. How friendly? Well, according to Greg Kroah-Hartman, a top #Linuxkernel maintainer and member of the CRA working group of experts, "for open source contributors and maintainers, … [the] CRA is a good thing. I think it's gonna help us.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/cyber_reiliance_act_opinion_column/

#Unix #FOSS #Linux #init

Hyperlink Roundup 09 is here. I read many interesting posts and watched some videos. From #terminal programs to #blog posts and #self-hosting suggestions. This is a long one!

#tech #linux #bsd #smallweb #indie

https://basic.bearblog.dev/hyperlink-roundup-09/

How To Use DuckDuckGo From the Command Line

Gain insight into using DuckDuckGo from the command line from installation, configuration, browser integration, and search usage examples.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/duckduckgo-commandline/

#blog #terminal #commandline #linux #tech #100DaysToOffload

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A light solid red circle with an inner white ring frames the white duck illustration with the name DuckDuckGo next to it. Close by is a title in purple that says, 'On The Command Line'.

https://itsfoss.com/rust-alternative-cli-tools/

14 Rust-based Alternatives to classic Linux CLI tools

- exa: Alternative to ls
- bat: Alternative to cat
- dust: Alternative to du
- fd: Alternative to find
- ripgrep (rg): Alternative to grep
- duf: Alternative to df
- procs: Alternative to ps
- tldr: Alternative to man
- broot: Alternative to tree
- zoxide: Alternative to cd
- lsd: Alternative to ls
- bottom: Alternative to top
- hyperfine: Alternative to time (and more)
- xplr: Alternative to nnn

#Linux #CLI #Rust

well that was weird.
i cant ping any IPv4 stuff on my pc? but the second I ping google.com -4 it started working again???

#Linux

Okay, after some more testing, looks like it's somehow related to the VPN tunnel, not the upgrade (I might have simply had bad luck with timing and noticing a problem and jumping to the conclusion that it was related to the upgrade).

Previous kernel, same tunnel, same issue.

New kernel, different tunnel, not a problem.

So likely NOT a Debian Trixie 13.2 issue after all! Good! I can poke at this separately.

Thanks @linus @drajt

#IPv6 #Debian #Linux #Debian13 #DebianTrixie #Wireguard

Trying to get Dawn of War II to work with multiplayer co-op on Linux using the GOG version is an insane process. The closest I can get is having Galaxy services connected in game, but no way to get the overlay to work and show me invites from friends (and no ability to invite friends for same reason)

I'm going to be trying a build of Heroic using this PR today and see if I can finally resolve this:

https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/4276

#gaming #linuxgaming #warhammer40k #linux #heroic #gog #dawnofwar

So Tokodon is a pretty good KDE client for Mastodon. Is there any equivalent out there for Bluesky, or that might handle both in the same program?

#linux #archlinux #mastodon #bluesky

New blog post: Production-grade containers without the K8s complexity

Podman Quadlets + systemd + Traefik = secure, maintainable container deployments on RHEL

- Network isolation
- SELinux integration
- Automatic updates
- Zero orchestration overhead

Complete Forgejo deployment walkthrough with all the config files.

https://blog.hofstede.it/production-grade-container-deployment-with-podman-quadlets/

#podman #rhel #linux #containers #devops #traefik #forgejo @forgejo #redhat

Umm...

Anyone else having IPv6 issues (possibly with Wireguard) after the Debian Trixie update just now, which includes a kernel upgrade 6.12.48-1 to 6.12.57-1? It was working before, and after the upgrade I don't seem to get any IPv6 default route.

I haven't had any opportunity yet to do much troubleshooting, but don't see anything obviously relevant in the Debian bug tracker or debian-user archives.

#IPv6 #Debian #Linux #Debian13 #DebianTrixie #Wireguard

#Linux dla Comarch Szkolenia już jutro; najwyższy czas przygotować maszyny dla Studentów. #Proxmox9 i #Rocky9, teraz czas na szykowanie #Ubuntu by pokazać każdą rodzinę.

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Proxmox i terminal z wykonaniem pct clone.

Debian 13.2 is out. As always with a bunch of security and bug fixes.

https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20251115

#debian #debiantrixie #linux

Saya masuk kategori Stage 4 karena menggunakan #Debian 13.2 😎
#linux #ubuntu #linuxmint #manjaro #archlinux #BSD #linuxfromscratch

AirPods Liberation Front…

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods

You buy and own a product, so you can use it however you want..

#apple #airpods #android #linux

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods

Idée usine a gaz mais bon... Pour jouer a des jeux #windows sans se salir avec des partitions, un chargeur de boot windows, que #linux pourquoi pas.... : Utiliser #proxmox , tout virtualiser, aussi un windows avec single #GPUpassthrough efficace 🤔🤨 [1/2]

Wield dual weapons to gather scrolls rapidly. #Linux #FreeBSD #OpenSource https://cromwell-intl.com/open-source/tar-and-ssh.html?s=mc

Just me rambling about the start of my homelabbing adventure

https://aetherashdesign.bearblog.dev/building-my-first-homelab/

#blog #homelab #linux #nas #jellyfin

Question for Linux folks using Signal

With the latest Signal Desktop, is anyone else having UX issues? Over here, Signal Desktop’s window lost its X button to close the window. Currently using elementaryOS.

Signal version is 7.79.0

Using elementaryOS 8

Boosts welcome

#Signal #SignalDesktop #Linux #elementaryos

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Photo of Signal Desktop showing missing the X button up top.

Don't call it a console! Valve's new Steam Machine is so much better than that...
https://youtu.be/Q0-Dkucs_t0

#Linux #Gaming #Steam

I'm really curious: What #Linux Distro are you running as your main 'daily driver' right now?

If your favorite isn't on the list, please post it in the comments below!

Let's see what the community is using!😎

#foss #tech #technology #gaming #privacy #opensource #debian #fedora #software #firefox ##ubunu #gnome #kde

I may have just bricked a laptop trying to install UEFI firmware recommended by Pop!_OS.

Every time I think I'm finally going to use Linux as my daily driver, something like this happens.

Fortunately, I have other PCs I can use.

#linux

Laptop isn’t bricked! Thankfully, I was able to do a fresh install of Pop!_OS. Guess I need to skip the firmware update this time.

But stuff like this is why it’s still hard for me to recommend Linux to anyone who doesn’t have the time, patience, or wherewithal to be their own tech support. It’s frustrating enough sometimes to help my non-tech-savvy relatives with their Apple devices, Windows PCs, and Android phones.

#tech #linux

So here we are now. Ubuntu. The only non native app is Scrivener, and it seems it runs OK via wine. Let the experiment begin.

#linux #writing #podcasts #ubuntu

She's not the one guys. 😔

#linux

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There is a person on the left saying, "No! I will not switch to Linux", with knives coming out of their mouth. On the right is another person getting hit with said knives, with Tux, the mascot of Linux, being hit specifically on their chest; they are also bleeding from where the knives hit.

holy fuck, #linux like, works now

i tried it 20 years ago and it was so bad and broken

✅my random bluetooth keyboard
✅xbox wireless controller
✅mini pc stuff
✅steam worked straight away

why the fuck have i been using windows

Hi, guys. I broke my Mastodon installation. Next time, I should use a server dedicated solely to Mastodon, lol, because it conflicts with my other apps, lol.

#mastodon #fediverse #selfhosting #devops #tech #technology #fail #learning #decentralisation #server #linux #it #networking #development #coding #sysadmin #openweb #community #troubleshooting #web

@gumnos "This Isn't a Battle" seems like a good time to slide in your version :-)

Long overdue.

@nixCraft

#devil #Linux #FreeBSD #Reddit

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Screenshot of a Reddit post, discussing "This Isn't a Battle", with a cartoon in the sidebar. Third speech bubble: "I'm-a sorry, Devil Linux" …

Day 12 - Macros ⚙️

This macro allows me to change a pattern in multiple files really quickly.

I ❤️ it!

The crucial part is to use :wn

If interested read the post ⤵️

https://lazybea.rs/vimovember

#Vimovember #Vim #neovim #editors #terminals #opensource #Linux #BSD #FOSS #shell

So… what browser are we supposed to be using in this the age of enshittification?

Firefox? Forcing unwanted AI on us
Chrome? Same, plus, it’s Google
Brave? No thank you for many reasons

So, what browser is safe and compatible?

#FreeBSD #Linux #OpenSource #privacy

This Isn't a Battle

After reading a post describing the FreeBSD community as 'toxic', I share a different perspective. This isn't a battle. It's a reflection on coexistence, the original Open Source spirit, and the quiet richness of taking a different path.

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2025/11/14/this-isnt-a-battle/

#MyNotes #IT #SysAdmin #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #Linux #OpenSource