Plus:
• Fedora KDE pkg mgmt
• Debian vs systemd
• raconn — a smart tool for parallel SSH connections to multiple hostnames/IPs in one ProxyCommand. (https://blog.izissise.net/posts/raconn/)
• UBIOS (China’s UEFI-alt)

Read it 👉 https://newsletter.nixers.net/entries.php#311

“There are no life hacks, only trade-offs.” — James Clear

#Unix #Linux #FreeBSD #FOSS #SysAdmin #ReproducibleBuilds #SSH #Nixers

#Firewall people
Friend of #IPFilter
Help me understand.

A) #tribblix router machine WAN connected to my #linux powered router (WAN on Tribblix computer gets a 192 adress) i connected a laptop (more linux) on LAN side of Tribblix router. do a speed test, i get ok upload and download.

B) Tribblix router WAN connected to my Fiber from ISP ( i get an external IP)
LAN connected to a laptop (Linux)
now i get ok download but upload is stuck at 5Mbit (i have 300/300)

#OmniOS #illumos

Switched to #mangowc last week and never logged in to #Hyprland or #niri again.
#linux #wayland #waybar

I use #Linux. If I may, a word of advice to fellow #Linux users, fan boys and zealots.

When someone toots about problems, or otherwise, in #Windows, unless you have something constructive to add, shut the fsck up about "just install Linux".

It makes you look like a dickhead, doesn't solve the problem, and probably gets you blocked. Not everyone has the ability or need to install #Linux. Regardless of how much better it is.

End rant!

Script d'automatisation des mises à jour des VMs et LXC Proxmox avec notification Gotify
Wiki : https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/script-update-lxc-vm-gotify-proxmox
ByteStash (Code) : https://bytestash.blablalinux.be/s/0599b82399cf5db305dd6ded8e1bd0a4

#Linux #SysAdmin #Proxmox #Gotify #Automatisation #MiseAJour #BlablaLinux

In classic package manger based #Linux distributions, it is possible to mirror (possibly local) the package repository. Is that possible with with #flatpak and #flathub too?

@jakesmolka apt-based systems (basically Debian and everything Debian-based, including Ubuntu, Mint and several other major distributions) definitely let you run a local package mirror if you want. I think for something like Debian it's fairly large (like a few hundred gigabytes per architecture) and it's a bit of work to get set up, but definitely doable.

Look at apt-mirror.

#Linux

I'm available for software/computery projects. I can do lots, have broad interests. Lately I've been focussing on embedded development, software architect and teamlead in charge of chip security, managing ~10 people. Good with #Linux and #FreeBSD, internet protocols, databases and more. Affinity with electronics and HDL. I've built quantum computers, IoT and automotive chips, worked in medical and railway. Polyglot wrt programming languages.

I only do remote work, no USA companies / organisations, no public companies, no weapons or banks. Prefer jobs that align with my ethical framework (left-leaning, climate, diversity, helping the world be a better place). I want to do good.

#GetFediHired

Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, according to data from ProtonDB compiled by Boiling Steam #Linux #VideoGames https://boilingsteam.com/windows-games-compatibility-on-linux-is-at-a-all-time-high/

Turned out the patch might not be needed on my Xenix 1.00 disks. Tried stepping through install. Went as hoped (with a few glitches) until finally it asked to boot from the HDD. Then, oops. No /boot for me!

Well, I also stuffed up the time zone (I don't live in the US and messed up setting the "Other" timezone), so I get to blow away that massive 20 MB Type 2 HDD and try again with knowledge now earned and learned.

#vm #retrocomputing #xenix #linux

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Screenshot showing the last few lines of HDD configuration and system install, then the instructions to reboot. It took three tries to get haltsys to work, though the second failure was because I tried prematurely ejecting the install disk. I put it back in for the third try, which worked. + dd if=/etc/masterboot of=/dev/hdd00 bs=1 count=446 446+0 records in 44640 records out + ib /dev/hd00 a /etc/masterboot /etc/hdhoot0 /ete/hoot1 + set +x hdinit: XENIX SYSTEM INSTALLATION COMPLETED Now do the following things when the prompt appears 1. Type haltsys and wait for the shutdown message 2. Remove the Installation Diskette 3. Press ENTER to reboot XENIX from the fixed disk # haltsys bin: no found # haltsys error on dev fd (2/7), block=346 cmd=62B4 status=0001 haltsys: cannot execute # haltsys ** Normal System Shutdown ** Press Enter to reboot: _

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Screenshot after rebooting: /boot not found Stage 1 boot failure: error loading /boot _

Didn't know daily.dev was based in Israel.

#dev #linux #programming #israel #genocide #freepalestine

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Screenshot of an email from daily.dev which shows their address in Israel

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daily.dev login page

How and why #Linux has thrived after three decades in Kernelland
#OpenSourceSummit EU, LWN editor and long-time kernel developer #JonathanCorbet shared a perspective on how and why Linux has thrived for a third of a century.
There aren't that many developers who've been involved that long and of those, few are good communicators who are both able to talk about and actually wanting to do so. It's quite well known that #LinusTorvalds himself doesn't enjoy public speaking.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/18/three_decades_in_of_linux/

#Tails7.0 Anonymous #Linux #OS Officially Released, Based on #Debian13 “Trixie” that protects users against #surveillance and #censorship.
Highlights of Tails 7.0 include a #Debian 13 “Trixie” base and a kernel from the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS series from the upstream Debian release, the latest GNOME 48 desktop environment by default featuring GNOME Console as default terminal emulator and GNOME Loupe as default image viewer.
https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-0-anonymous-linux-os-released-based-on-debian-13-trixie

Some questions about Linux on the "desktop" (actually, the desktop and/or laptop)

I've steadfastly resisted doing this since I hate to do #Linux sysadmin work on my server and don't want to do it on anything else. But Windows has gotten ridiculous and Macs Just Don't Work.

Assuming I want to do this:

1) which distro is the least work?

2) what hardware should I get? I started with Macs in the first place because of zero fan noise so that's #1

3) what cell phone(s) should I get?

Die #Linux-Shell ist eines der mächtigsten Werkzeuge für #Admins – quasi das Schweizer Taschenmesser für alle, die mit Linux durchstarten wollen.

Unser Dozent und #Shell-Profi Stefan Kania zeigt in seiner Schulung zur Shell-Programmierung für Einsteiger alles, damit du Admin-Routineaufgaben skriptgesteuert durchführen kannst.

Am Kursende nimmst du eine Skript-Sammlung mit nach Hause, die du an deine individuellen Anforderungen anpassen kannst.

👉 Jetzt anmelden:
https://www.heinlein-support.de/schulung/shell-progammierung-einsteiger

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Porträtfoto Dozent Stefan Kania mit Shell-Zitat

Ich hatte ja gestern das Vergnügen, ein refurbished Yoga Thinkpad mit einem #Debian #Linux zu verwöhnen.

Schnelle Installation, ein bisserl Treiberfu und ein vergnügliches Einrichten (Browseraddons, Passwort-Manager...)

Am selben Rechner ist auch Win11 drauf. Das durfte ich auch auf letzten Stand bringen.

Abgesehen von der endlosen Upgrade-Orgie und dem schnarchlangsamen Bootprozess von Windows fiel mir aber etwas anderes, sehr bemerkenswertes auf, das ich berichtenswürdig finde.

Nimmt man ein nigelnagelneues Win11 her,öffnet den Browser Edge oder klickt links unten hin, wo bisher der Windowsbutton war (Gewohnheit) tun sich arge Dinge auf. Putin, Trump, Xi schauen da raus. Eine arme AfD-Influenzerin wird beweint, und alles löst nur Stress und Angst aus. Ein Wirbel aus Scheiße und anderer Scheiße schlägt einem entgegen.

Und schon klickst du drauf... vor Klickbait ist keiner gefeit... und die Scheiße wird mehr.

Bei der Suchleiste in der Mitte prangt gleich irgrnd ein Hinweis auf irgend ein Spiel. Dass daneben die Systemsuche ist, geht sogar unter.

Machst du die Systemsteuerung auf, Nudging, dass mit einem MS-Konto alles viel besser klappt und superer ist.
Nudging für ein One-Drive.

Nach 10 Minuten war ich fertig. Mit den Nerven.

Und ich kam zur Erkenntnis: würden mehr Leute Linux nutzen, wäre die Welt ein besserer Ort. Rein wegen der nicht verbreiteten Scheiße in einer Linux Standardinstallation.

Windows? Ich habe fertig.
(Wieder einmal. Ich schätze mich wirklich glücklich, seit vielen Jahren nur mehr Linux am Desktop zu haben!)

J'espère vous y retrouver ! 👌

#Linux #Cyberlettre #Listmonk #BlablaLinux #TechNews #SysAdmin

Je ne veux pas laisser mon serveur en mode "presque à jour".

Le guide complet pour installer et configurer l'update automatique de votre PBS, sans crash surprise : ➡️ https://wiki.blablalinux.be/fr/update-pbs-script-cron

#Proxmox #PBS #Linux #SysAdmin #Automation #Cron #Backup

What do you think of Timeshift in #Linux?

The easiest way to protect your Linux PC from disaster - no backup needed | ZDNET https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-easiest-way-to-protect-your-linux-pc-from-disaster-no-backup-needed/

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Har du råd til, hvilken #Linux distribution, vi skal vælge?

Jeg og familien er på en digital rejse. En af vores destinationer er Linux. Vi har været Windows-brugere, siden vi startede med computere, og nu skal vi videre.

Vi er almindelige brugere uden det noget betydningsfuldt tekniske engagement eller superkræfter, når det drejer sig om #operativsystemer (jeg har rettet config.sys en del i sin tid). Vi kan forstå og lære en del men sætter også pris på, at det ikke er for krævende.

Jeg har eksperimenteret lidt med #Ubuntu for en del år siden og i de sidste par måneder. Det har ikke været svært at installere, og jeg har også kunne få det meste af det, jeg umiddelbart har brug for, til at fungere.

Jeg er lidt blank. Det virker fristende at holde sig til Ubuntu, men måske har du et råd, der kan få mig til at tænke anderledes? Bør jeg se på noget #Debian- baseret i stedet?
Måske har du et link til et egnet sted, hvor jeg selv kan læse op på emnet?

Tak.

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En tegning af en tændstikmand, der spekulerer på, hvilken Linux-distribution, han skal installere

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Do you have an advice to which #Linux #Distribution, we should choose?
My family and I are on a Digital Journey. One of our destinations is Linux. We've been Windows users ever since we started with computers, and now we're headed elsewhere.

We are ordinary users without any significant technical engagement or superpowers when it comes to #operatingsystems (I've edited config.sys a lot back in time). We are able to understand and learn a lot but also appreciate, that it is not to demanding.

I have experimented a little with #Ubuntu some years ago and for the last copule of months. It has'nt been to hard to install, and I have also been able to make most of, what I initially need, work.

I am a little blank. It seems tempting to stick with Ubuntu, but perhaps you have an advice that could lead me to think otherwise? Should I look into something #Debian based instead?
Perhaps you have a link to a suitable place, where I can read more about the topic?

Thank you

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A drawing of a stick man puzzled about which Linux distribution to install

If you're looking for a FOSS alternative to Postman, give Yaak a try!

#postman #linux #api #dev #webdev #foss #opensource

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Screensot of Yaak.app website

These are remote desktop software that work properly with Wayland; I personally prefer TeamViewer.

#wayland #gnome #linux #remotedesktop

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Logo of three remotedesktop software: Rustdesk, Parsec, TeamViewer

Not bad imo.

#btop #htop #linux #opensource

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Screenshot of btop utility tool.

hey #FediFriends / #Linux nerds 👋 a few questions for y’all here in 2025…

 > what’s your favourite desktop distro these days?

 > favourite desktop environment?

 > favourite package manager?

and I’d love to hear all^ your reasons for your choices too pls

pls #boost4reach 🙏
 
 
 
^ well, OK, not all… 🤪

Upgrading work laptop to Fedora 43. *fingers crossed*

#Fedora #linux

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 (photo 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 (3D printing)

#foss #opensource #adobe #linux #graphics

Bij mijn poll over #PeerTube geeft 1 op de 5 aan het regelmatig te gebruiken. Dat is hoger dan ik had verwacht en voldoende reden om te kijken of ik ook daar wat van mijn #Linux video's kan gaan publiceren.

Wel goed om te realiseren: mensen op een decentraal platform zoals Mastodon zijn wat kritischer en de poll is niet representatief voor "de gemiddelde persoon".

End result: perfect, as far as I can tell.

What I thought was a bug was, in fact, an enhancement. For VirtualBox, it's no longer necessary to blacklist a module:

<https://www.virtualbox.org//ticket/22248#comment:5>

#Linux #VirtualBox #KVM

Think NetBSD is just some spooky, complicated thing for old-school hackers? Nah.
But all that legendary portability and rock-solid reliability? That doesn't happen by magic.
Every stable update, cool new feature, and wild new platform it supports (yes, even your toaster) comes from the hard work of the NetBSD community. And honestly, they're powered by support from people just like you.
When you donate to the NetBSD Foundation, you're directly helping to:
Keep NetBSD's code clean, secure, and ready for whatever's next.
Supercharge the build systems and infrastructure that our devs live on.
Cook up more docs, guides, and resources for new users and seasoned pros.
Make sure "Of course it runs NetBSD" stays a free-for-everyone reality.
Your contribution is what keeps NetBSD stable, modern, and running on (almost) everything. Pitch in to support the work that keeps #NetBSD awesome!

#OpenSource #Halloween #donate #runbsd #linux #retro #ewaste

Is 2025 the year of #Linux desktop? Is it time for everyone to switch? I think 2025 is a really good year

https://youtu.be/dvJsqfLdpsg?si=iwzdHQPvPUnz5ama

Looks like the #AynThor will get #ROCKNIX so it will run mainline #Linux

https://github.com/ROCKNIX/distribution/pull/1926

I was trying to show off my darling little Raspi to my extended family but nobody was impressed. So my #GratefulForYou nod today goes out to all my Fedi friends who enjoy and delight in this kind of stuff. And thank you for always teaching me new things 🥹

#Linux #SmallTech #RaspberryPi

We just hit 500 Friends of GNOME! Thank you so much to every single person donating to the GNOME Foundation to help ensure our sustainability.

Check out everyone who opted into being listed over at https://donate.gnome.org

…and if your name isn’t there, consider supporting us to be one of the first 1,000? 😉

#GNOME #FriendsOfGNOME #GNOMEfoundation #FOSS #FLOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Flathub

@mkj @privateger This is all super helpful. Thanks!

At the end of the day, I have these 2 #ZFS raidz6 pools that are spinning rust. I have a SAS SSD that I can use to help speed up. I thought using it as a SLOG would help, but that doesn't sound like it will.

So can it help improve performance? (a) what role do I give it? and (b) is there a way to use the same drive to do this for both pools, or will that just create an I/O bottleneck that defeats the purpose?

#linux #selfhosted

👀 Jaką dystrybucje polecicie?
Wymagania: KDE Plasma (możliwie najnowsza), jak najświeższy kernel, najmniej aktualizacji 😅
Typ rolling odpada... Najlepiej by była Ubuntu pochodna (potrzebuję apt)

#pytanie #linux

My discussion of #genAI and its impact on #FOSS was picked up by @slashdot 🤓

"The commons was never just about free code. It was about freedom to build together."

#AI #opensource #linux #licensing #copyright #freesoftware

https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/26/208204/does-generative-ai-threaten-the-open-source-ecosystem

I was today days old when I realized that it's possible to donate towards KDE development via SEPA bank transfer. No third parties necessary.

https://kde.org/community/donations/others/

#Linux #KDE

I don't know whether It Means Something, but my kids' gaming friends on discord are putting #Linux on their PCs out of frustration with Windows. Mine made the jump earlier this year so they have become de facto tech support. Older one told me that using the computer has become fun again.

I'm looking at getting a used ThinkPad to use as a Linux machine. What are some good options other than the T480? #linux #thinkpad

@zhenech OK ich hab apt purge doch richtig verstanden.
apt purge soll nur Paketdateien und Konfigurationen löschen – nicht Daten!
Ein postrm-Skript darf also keine Verzeichnisse wie /srv/ftp oder /home/... entfernen, auch nicht beim „purge“.
Wenn ein Paket sowas tut, ist das ein klarer Verstoß gegen die Debian Policy.

#Linux #Debian #APT #Sysadmin

@juergen_hubert Debian is a good choice for a Linux distribution IMO, and having support near at hand from people you already know is invaluable.

For Google Drive, I haven't tried that myself but rclone supposedly supports it, which will let you mount that storage at some arbitrary local path. https://rclone.org/drive/ (It also supports Nextcloud via WebDAV, so you can use it to transfer your files from one to the other in one go, relatively painlessly.)

#Linux

I've come to the conclusion that, while I am still using #Windows 11 out of inertia, it's time to contemplate an exit plan towards #Linux . The switch won't be any time soon (I have too much other stuff on my plate for the foreseeable future), but I do want to avoid paying further license fees to #Microsoft .

Major areas of concern:

- My #Steam library. I am by no means a heavy gamer, but I want to check if the major games I enjoy are known to work on Linux.
- Migrating away from #GoogleDrive towards #NextCloud is going to be a major chore, but it's something I can start in advance.
- I am a very heavy user of Notepad++ for my #TeXLaTeX typesetting, so I need a replacement whose user experience comes close (and no, neither vim nor emacs count).

As for what distribution to choose... I dunno. Lots of people at my place of work use #Debian , so maybe that would be a good idea?

When I'm not running #FreeDOS I'm probably typing in a shell prompt on #Linux using #CoolRetroTerm

I use settings that sort of mimic the #vt220 green screen terminals from my college days. 🤓

Here's a bit of history on terminals, plus how I set up cool retro term:

https://www.both.org/?p=12324

Just a few days left of October, can #KDE hit 50k by then and smash the initial fundraiser goal. #OpenSource #Linux https://kde.org/fundraisers/yearend2025/

My all time favorite Dilbert comic.

#unix #linux #dilbert #funny #comic

#fedora43 #linux 👍

"Linux has also been ported to itself. You can now run the kernel as a userspace application - this is called UserMode Linux (UML)."

"Today, we’ll explore how you can start an unconventional VM by running a Linux kernel as a process within the Linux kernel itself. This approach doesn’t require installing virtualization software like QEMU, nor does it need root privileges, which opens up some intriguing possibilities."

https://popovicu.com/posts/linux-vm-without-vm-software-user-mode/

What could possibly go wrong.

#UserModeLinux #linux

Any #ZFS folks want to offer me an opinion on the following? I have 2 ZFS pool of raidz2 with 7 2TB SAS drives each (about 11.5T). I want to add a LOG drive. I have a single SAS SSD that's 300G. When I suggested using a 1TB LOG drive earlier, someone said that was way too much. (which is why I picked up a used 300G SSD)

My question is whether it makes sense (is possible) to partition that drive into 2 partitions and have one pool use 1 partition as a log drive (e.g., 150G) and the other pool use the other partition as a log drive on the same physical device.

Is this going to be worse because it's just too much IO on one device? Is it reasonable? Any other ideas?

Thanks
#homelab #linux #selfhost