Proprietary and Free/Libre Stuff for BSD and GNU/Linux

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2025

• BSD and GNU/Linux

  • Applications

    • OMG Ubuntu ☛ High Tide is a Promising New GNU/Linux TIDAL Client

      Linux users hunting for a native client to stream music from TIDAL will want to keep an eye on a promising new open-source app called High Tide. High Tide is an unofficial but native GNU/Linux client for the TIDAL music streaming service. It’s written in Python, uses GTK4/libadwaita UI, and leverages official TIDAL Hey Hi (AI) for playback.

    • open PR ☛ EIS Data Recovery Software Expands Support to macOS and Linux

      East Imperial Soft Company (EIS Data Recovery), a leading provider of data recovery solutions, is thrilled to announce the release of its new software products for macOS and Linux operating systems. Previously available only for Windows, EIS Data Recovery's top-tier file recovery tools are now accessible to macOS and Linux users, offering them the same high-quality solutions for recovering lost or deleted files.

  • Games

    • The Scotsman ☛ Tetris has turned 40 and I'm addicted again

      Yesterday, I lost a couple of hours that I’ll never get back.

      To mark the 40th anniversary of Tetris, which was created in 1985 by Soviet software engineer, Alexey Pajitnov, I thought I’d download the game to my mobile.

    • TechRadar ☛ Civ 7 requirements for PC, Steam Deck, Linux, and Mac

      The Civ 7 requirements for PC, Mac, and Steam Deck have finally been revealed. In general, you'll need to know the minimum and recommended specs to work out whether your setup can run the game.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • BSD

    • Eerie Linux ☛ Installing *BSD in 2025 part 0b – Modern myths: AI ramblings (NetBSD and OpenBSD)

      In part A of this article I covered answers from several Large Language Models to questions about DragonFly BSD and FreeBSD. The intent there was to get an idea about how much *BSD knowledge was included in their training data. As a comparison, the same questions were asked about Linux. While all models answered correctly regarding the penguin OS, they made some wrong and weird claims about the BSDs, especially the more niche DragonFly. Let’s see what the situation looks like with NetBSD and OpenBSD in this second part.

    • MWL ☛ 75: Interrupt So Frequently

      Here’s a chunk from the new Networking for System Administrators. Here’s the catch. The listed speed is not how fast the interface can pass traffic.

  • Devices/Embedded

    • John Gruber ☛ Daring Fireball: Pebble Founder Eric Migicovsky Is Bringing It Back

      My first idea for a new name: Rebble — a rebellious return of Pebble. My second idea: Quixote — because this isn’t going to be a hit this time either. (Quixote also would have been a good name for Beeper Mini’s attempt to backwards engineer access as an unsanctioned iMessage client for Android.) But, thankfully, it doesn’t sound to me like Migicovsky’s goal is to boil the ocean. (Update: Turns out, Rebble is the name of a community project to write new firmware to keep old Pebble watches running.)