today's leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 06, 2025

• GNU/Linux

  • Audiocasts/Shows

    • Tux Digital ☛ How to Rename Files like a Pro on GNU/Linux (+ my formula for organizing & declutter)

      Have you ever struggled with keeping your files perfectly organized? In this video, I’ll share my personal formula and process for file organization on Linux, covering everything from folder structures to batch renaming. As a self-proclaimed data hoarder, I’ve learned the hard way how quickly files can get out of control.

  • Distributions and Operating Systems

    • LinDoz 2025 Major Patch

      We just sent out a Patch for LinDoz 2025. This patch addresses a nasty bug that snuck into the repositories while moving from Python 3.12 to 3.13.

  • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

    • PowerDNS ☛ Celebrating 10 Years Without a Severity 1 Support Case

      Today, we are celebrating a remarkable achievement that underscores the quality of our software: in over 10 years, we have not received a single Severity 1 (critical) support case from our customers! This milestone is a testament to the stability, security, and performance of our solutions — bringing significant benefits to our customers.

    • Mozilla

      • Spidermonkey Development Blog: Implementing Iterator.range in SpiderMonkey

        In October 2024, I joined Outreachy as an Open Source contributor and in December 2024, I joined Outreachy as an intern working with Mozilla. My role was to implement the TC39 Range Proposal in the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine. Iterator.range is a new built-in method proposed for JavaScript iterators that allows generating a sequence of numbers within a specified range. It functions similarly to Python’s range, providing an easy and efficient way to iterate over a series of values: [...]

    • UI

      • cursor-shape-v1 support landed in GTK3

        Just a quick update: Recently, you might have heard that GTK 4 added support for the cursor-shape-v1 protocol on Wayland. The main advantage of the cursor-shape-v1 protocol is that it ensures consistent cursor look between apps. In Plasma, additional perks come with it, for example the cursor can look more crisp with fractional scale factors because SVG cursors are used. We (KDE) took a shot at backporting the cursor shape protocol support to the GTK 3 branch and, as of this moment, it’s already merged . This means that you should experience fewer cursor issues in applications running on Wayland that still use GTK 3, mainly Firefox.

    • Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)

      • Ruben Schade ☛ Doing maths on Hugo post params

        Go’s templating engine in Hugo has mul, or math.Mul function, for performing basic multiplication: [...]

      • Cory Dransfeldt ☛ Generating absolute URLs in my RSS feed(s)

        My RSS feeds are generated by 11ty at build time from a Liquid.js template. When I wrote posts and link elsewhere on my site I use a bookmarklet to capture the URI for linking. To ensure I have absolute URLs in my feeds, I use a filter to convert said URIs.

    • Standards/Consortia

      • Klara ☛ Core Infrastructure: Why You Need to Control Your NTP - Klara Systems

        Though you probably will not notice much speed or privacy benefit in doing so, there are considerable security benefits to running your own Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. It is rather easy to do, and you will be surprised how much pointless internet traffic is eliminated.

      • Hindustan Times ☛ NASA creates history by using GPS on the Moon for the first time ever

        For the first time ever, NASA used GPS on the Moon. This means that for the first time, signals from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) were received and tracked on the Moon.