My brother proudly mentioned he started up his older more powerful PC as he wanted to prepare it for a project with his son to do some audio mixing. My side question if that still was a windows 10 PC was countered with hollow eyes.

It quickly showed his beautifully working PC was not capable of running windows 10, so we had the usual discussion with the available options.

As he was not willing to toss this PC, he's now willing to give Linux a try. For video editing I know kdenlive is a powerful option. Have quickly searched for audio editing and found Audicity in quite some lists. Is this indeed the best option? Does not have to be free per se.

Thanks for any suggestions.

#Linux #Foss #Editing

Just learned about screen and honestly why didn't I use this from the beginning, way simpler then running a live iso of debian xfce though it's limited to cli

#Linux #screen

@fabacam @cescobarresi

Mark Phillips (FreeBSD Foundation) is at <https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1ol5jz6/run_linux_containers_on_freebsd/>, if you have any question.

#FreeBSD #containers #Linux #OCI

Slackware was my first Linux distribution 30+ years ago. I've now come full-circle and it's running again on my laptop. It's like nothing has changed and I think that is awesome! Of course, things have changed, but I think you know what I mean.

#slackware #linux

Follow me if you appreciate #linux and #cheese ... maybe even in the same sitting?

Hello, decided to log back into Mastodon as the bus to my town seems to have stopped a minute away from here for 20 minutes now. I have a few status updates regarding my tech adventures to share.

Firstly, I installed postmarketOS on a Samsung Galaxy S9 a few months ago, and with it, I moved to Alpine Linux on my laptop and desktop. The experience has been wonderful, but bumpy. It works really well on my laptop, but my desktop has faced some issues which I am happy to post on their mailing list once I am back home.

I also installed Arch Linux alongside my Alpine Linux installation as a redundant backup option in case one ends up broken by an update, or a mistake of my own. This has proven handy twice now, the second time ending up with my main system still under maintenance as of today. I also have a reserve Linux Mint USB, if it gets really bad, but I remain hopeful that it won't get that bad. Just for assurance, my ego has not inflated after installing it.

I still love using OpenBSD and FreeBSD when I can, but I deemed it more logical to use the operating system based off the kernel I want to develop for in the future. I plan on using OpenBSD on systems that I find to be not essential to use all the time, such as my brothers desktop, but I'm kind of bringing myself to use Alpine Linux on my daily drivers.

Sorry for disappearing for a while, this is a new phone which I forgot to install Mastodon on. My old phone drowned after my water bottle leaked during a walk, which meant I had to start over from scratch. I'm still addicted to Pixel phones however. Thanks for making a great operating system, #grapheneos team.

#OpenBSD #freebsd #alpinelinux #archlinux #BSD #Linux #technology #postmarketos

Pas si simple, mais j’ai réussi a installer #Linux sur mon vieux laptop ASUS X52J. J’ai suivi la fameuse vidéo de Darty. Avec l’aide de ChatGPT et Gemini pour l’accès au Bios et la configuration de la clé USB (finalement via Rufus car erreur avec Balena), Zorin OS 18 tourne. C’est beaucoup mieux que sous Windows 10 mais pas rapide non plus, pas de miracle sur une vieille machine. Plus qu’à explorer cet univers maintenant
https://youtu.be/LCrDMdBq2iY

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Screenshot d’un message de Mozilla informant de l’utilisation de Firefox sous Linux

Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark/

#Linux #LinuxGaming #Steam #SteamOS #SteamDeck

Might be completely unsupported, but Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (x86_64) runs perfectly fine on the bhyve hypervisor on my FreeBSD based home-server :-)

Running several applications (like Forgejo, Traefik and uptime-kuma) in Podman containers and is managed by Red Hat Satellite for patching and lifecycle management. Satellite even shows "BHYVE" as the hyperviror in the UI.

#freebsd #runbsd #linux #redhat #rhel #devops #podman #containers

Do you self-host software such as web servers, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, etc? What operation system(s) do you run?

#linux #HomeLab #OpenSource

Tech people talk about tech too much.

I really really REALLY want to use all the awesome privacy friendly FOSS (and similar) stuff, but I am not a techie person! I don't know how to program, nor do I want to.

And every SINGLE time I try to find out even what thing (OS, program, app, service, etc) to use, let alone how, and I search for it... I get techie-focused answers.

It's complete gibberish to me! Absolutely useless. It makes me feel actively unwelcome even though I really care about using alternatives to Windows, Meta, X and other dystopic nonsense.

For example: I'm like "How do I start a non-enshittified group chat to talk about a thing?" and all the results are technobabble to me. I don't even know if the words they use are supposed to be normal english words or if they refer to orgs or groups or apps or some weird coding wizardry.

I am so lost, every single time.

I stick with it though. But like. I wonder if the tech people realise that this is happening???? Because they probably understand what they're talking about. And they seem to not realise that not everyone does.

I'm not trying to blame or shame anyone or even complaining as such (a little bit complaining, ngl), mostly just giving feedback. This is not an issue with a singe thing but with ALL of it as a whole! Including #GNU #Linux the #Fediverse #Matrix and most #FOSS apps.

My sincere wish: Give non-techie people an EASY TO FIND and easy to read and easy to understand and easy to implement guide about how to use the things as an alternative to using big corporation services, ie, "I just want it to work" and not have to worry about the technical side of things. (examples in thread)

Alright! Our town has our first Linux Install Party scheduled for next Saturday!

Plenty of volunteers to help out. We got a free meeting room at the library. We're installing Linux Mint as a default (but will be able to install other distros). We're putting together demo laptops this week.

Going to use this as a "first event" to iron out how to do it. Will set up to do it on a more consistent basis next year. May even make it part of the repair cafe and an official library event moving forward.

I'll let y'all know how it goes!!!

#solarPunk #mutualAid #linux #endOf10 #permacomputing

https://fxbginstall.party

Yay! KDE Plasma 6.5 did land in the Fedora updates repository :-)

Amazing new release! Thanks @kde and @fedora

It's running rock solid and without any issues on my ThinkPad!

#kde #fedora #plasma #linux #opensource #foss #thinkpad

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KDE Plasma Desktop with Konsole open, showing system information via fastfetch

Listening to some #KingCrimson on #StrawberryMusicPlayer this Saturday evening. I feel like I'm ahead of the curve 😎.

#linux #music

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"I Talk to the Wind", by King Crimson on the Strawberry Music Player

#GNOME Gains A New #macOS-Inspired Quick Menu Option
It is called the #KiwiMenu and had its first release this week to provide recent items, a power menu, and other options
They also recommend pairing it with the Kiwi is not Apple extension for an even more macOS-like GNOME experience https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Kiwi-macOS-Quick-Menu #Linux #desktop

So, und nachdem es nun auf F43 auch ausgerollt wurde, hab ich auf meinem Lenovo jetzt auch KDE Plasma 6.5 👍

#FOSS #Linux #Fedora #KDE

#Linux
#LinuxFromScratch

Youtube recommended a 3 hour video of a man doing a Linux from Scratch install.

I clicked on it.

https://youtu.be/DXUlaSYTLQI

As part of #MyLinuxMission (headed for #Linux after decades as a Windows user) I recently made a post asking for advise about which #LinuxDistribution to choose.

Thank you for all the great feedback. I appreciate it deeply and have registered everything you wrote. 

Now it's up to me to try something out - and I shall do so very soon.
What will it be? I think, I shall give MINT at go. Maybe LMCE (I am curious about it and kind of like tha values supporting it), maybe LMDE (because it is most likely more than I need and easier for me to handle).
I'll let you now.

Again, thank you all:
@mkj @lemgandi @sihaha @mr_acloud @mensrea @Fransua5 @visone @olafd @IzzyChambers @menel @devlug @Dustwin @OldFartPhil @RichRARobi @freequaybuoy @honor2025 @Fourth_Dogma @rspfau 

https://linuxmint.com

oksh-7.8 is out! Sorry for the delay; was away at conferences.

https://github.com/ibara/oksh/releases/tag/oksh-7.8

#openbsd #netbsd #freebsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #linux #unix #solaris #illumos #macos #macosx #osx #aix #haiku #shell #ksh #oksh #sh #freesoftware #opensource #opensourcesoftware #oss

@sternecker Actually, yes! When Debian 13 came out a few months ago, I grabbed myself a complete set of amd64 binary and source code DVD images. (That's a total of 49 x 4.7GB DVD images, plus a few ancillary ones. All of them cryptographically verified and confirmed matching the release version hashes and signatures.) It wouldn't be completely up to date, and it wouldn't be quite as convenient, but it would give me a very workable starting point.

#Linux #preparedness #resilience #OpenSource

🚧 Manutenção agendada de todos os serviços da #Ayom às 10h de Brasília deste sábado, 1º de novembro.

Tempo estimado de indisponibilidade: 10 min.

Motivo: executar nova versão do #Linux, o que demanda reinicialização de máquina. Leia algo sobre isso em https://blog.ayom.media/daltux/o-linux-e-para-ser-instalado-a-cada-nova-versao

Em caso de problema, entre em contato pelo xmpp:chat-ayom@salas.suchat.org?join ou xmpp:ayom-gt-ti@chat.disroot.org?join

#blambers

frightening tales to tell when the sun is about to go down

#openbsd #technomage #linux #ai #unix_surrealism

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Girl, Puffy and Penguin are resting and eating PBJ sandwiches in the middle of nowhere. Sun is about to set. Puffy tells a spooky story. Puffy: "...so she submits a chatgpt generated patch... and it gets accepted."

Here is this week's #LInux and #OpenSource News video!

In this one, Python refuses big money to avoid compromising on their principles, the AUR is under attack yet again, and Unity (the desktop) is in trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLSog92nyAU

Remmina wirft dir für jede Session ein neues Fenster um die Ohren?
Es geht auch ordentlich: Ein kleiner Eintrag in der Config oder ein kurzer gsettings-Befehl, und schon läuft alles brav in Tabs – übersichtlich, platzsparend und endlich ohne Fenster-Tetris.

👉 Blogartikel:
https://www.onesystems.ch/blog/wie-die-remmina-verbindungen-in-tabs-statt-in-neuen-fenstern-oeffnen/

#Linux #Remmina #RDP #Sysadmin #Tips

One of the things that suprise me the most about my #linux computer: I’m having so much fun!

I haven’t had this much fun with an OS for years, and I love how the opportunities and in some extend limitations make me think creative about how I use my laptop.

My MacBook really isn’t, and never has been, fun. It’s nice, quiet, powerful and all, but not fun in the same way my Linux laptop is.

This has been the same for nearly all the distros I tried.

I’m starting to sound fan-boy-ish…

Get your data off the cloud.

#cloud #selfhosting #opensource #linux

Just published a new How-to guide on installing PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka). 🦫

Learn how to switch from the default PostgreSQL 17 to version 18 and try new features like UUIDv7 using the official PGDG repository: fast, clean, and developer-friendly setup. 🐘

https://www.paulox.net/2025/10/31/install-postgresql-18-on-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka/

CC @postgresql

#PostgreSQL #Ubuntu #Linux #Python #Django #UUID #UUID7 #UUIDv7

New blog post up. About how you can have a little randomized music discovery while keeping everything local.

https://michael.kjorling.se/blog/2025/music-discovery-linux/

This expands and elaborates somewhat on my Fedi post from a few days ago at https://social.mkj.earth/web/@mkj/115453184719526783

#PersonalWebSite #BlogPost #blog #music #Linux #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #SmolWeb

Run Linux containers on FreeBSD!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV-wUUzRCMo

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/oci-containers-on-freebsd/ ― an introduction | @FreeBSDFoundation

https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/115450533582783930 |@david_chisnall

#FreeBSD #containers #Linux #OCI

I'm running some tests on my old and trusted Raspberry Pi A+.
I've installed Raspbian - latest release, lite version. At the prompt, it's using 92 MB of RAM, mainly due to systemd and NetworkManager. As soon as you use it (even just for apt), it starts swapping and becomes almost unusable. It took 5 minutes just to install Python.

I tried NetBSD (on the same memory card): 35 MB of RAM used (including Postfix!) and it's totally usable.

#RunBSD #NetBSD #Raspbian #Linux #Debian

I've done some basic searches and research already, but does anyone have a #linux #laptop brand or make/model that they've had a good experience with? I'm also open to #freebsd

Use case is light development, retro gaming (e.g., emulators, Quake, etc.), and some light virtualization.

Thanks in advance.

#hardware

Zum Wochenende: Ein Hund namens Söder

In einem offenen Brief prangern die Heinlein-Gruppe und die OSBA geplante Ausgaben der bayerischen Staatsregierung für Microsoft-Produkte in Milliardenhöhe an. Was ist daran?

#OSBA #Heinlein #Bayern #Microsoft #offener_Brief #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/zum-wochenende-ein-hund-namens-soeder

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!)