GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2025

• GNU/Linux

  • Instructionals/Technical

    • XDA ☛ 4 reasons you should be using rootless Docker on Linux

      Careful consideration should be taken when attempting to run anything with elevated permissions. For Linux-based systems, this involves root or sudo. Running Docker without root access ("rootless") avoids the overhead of hosting containers with these elevated permissions, which can help simplify resource management and even improve performance in environments with strict security practices. I sometimes choose to run Docker without root access, unless required otherwise, and here are some reasons why you may wish to do so too.

  • WINE or Emulation

    • XDA ☛ I tried cutting Windows out of my life with WinBoat, but I just can't recommend it

      There seems to be an increasing desire from many people to ditch Windows 11 in favor of Linux, and I've been caught up in it. I've tried a few Linux distros over the past few months, and I've settled on Arch Linux with KDE Plasma for what I now consider my main laptop.

      However, there are still some big drawbacks, specifically the lack of apps I'm accustomed to on Windows or macOS, such as Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop. Thankfully, solutions like WinApps exist, and while I tried that one a while ago, I recently heard of another, more user-friendly option: WinBoat. So, of course, I had to give it a shot.

  • Games

    • Burden of Truth Is Now Available on Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux

      Solo developer RobProductions has unveiled Burden of Truth, a court-based 3D adventure game heavily inspired by the Ace Attorney series. The game is now available on Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux, and is part of the Debate & Deduction Bundle, which also features notable mystery titles such as Paper Perjury, Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle, and Pro Philosopher 2.

  • Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)

    • GNOME Desktop/GTK

      • GNOME ☛ Christian Hergert: Fibers in Libdex

        I’ve talked a lot about fibers before. But what are they and how do they work?

        From the programmer perspective they can feel a lot like a thread. They have a stack just like a real thread. They maintain a program counter just like a real thread. They can spill registers to the stack like a real thread.

        Most importantly is that you can call into GTK from your fiber if running on the main thread. Your fiber will have been dispatched from the main loop of the GTK thread so it’s safe to do.

        There are downsides too though. You have to allocate stack and guard pages for them like a real thread. They have some cost in transitioning between stacks even if fairly low these days. You also need to be mindful to own the lifecycle of pointers on your stack if you intend to “await” (e.g. suspend your fiber).

        Many fibers may work together on a single thread where each runs a little bit until yielding back to the scheduler. This is called “cooperative multi-tasking” because it is up to the fibers to be cooperative and yield when appropriate.

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • SUSE/OpenSUSE

    • Dominique Leuenberger ☛ Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/38

      Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,

      When reviewing the content of the six snapshots (0911, 0912, 0914, 0915, 0916, and 0917) released during week 38, it becomes apparent that this was ‘the week of the KDE desktop’. But don’t fear, GNOME Friends, you shall be served soon, too.

      The most relevant changes published during the last week were: [...]

  • Fedora Family / IBM

    • Major Hayden ☛ Automatic container updates with Podman quadlets

      Running containers at home or in production often means juggling updates across multiple services. While orchestration platforms like Kubernetes handle this automatically, what about those simple deployments on a single host?

      Podman’s quadlet system integrates containers directly with systemd, and when combined with automatic updates, you get a robust solution that keeps your containers fresh without manual intervention.

      Let’s explore how to set up automatic container updates using Podman quadlets on Fedora, turning container management into a hands-off operation that just works.

    • Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 38

      This is a weekly report from the I&R (Infrastructure & Release Engineering) Team. We provide you both infographic and text version of the weekly report. If you just want to quickly look at what we did, just look at the infographic. If you are interested in more in depth details look below the infographic.

      Week: 15 Sep – 19 Sep 2025

  • Canonical/Ubuntu Family

    • Tom's Hardware ☛ I've been using Linux for a quarter of a century, so why do I keep coming back to Ubuntu?

      It scares me to say this, but I have been using Linux for a quarter of a century! Long before the Raspberry Pi was my main hobby, installing Linux on a myriad of devices was my jam. From the early days, when an AMD K6-2 333 and 128MB RAM powered my initial exploration of the world of Unix and Linux, to today, which sees Linux running on my Ryzen 5600X system, a Raspberry Pi laptop, and my beloved Steam Deck.

• Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

  • Web Browsers/Web Servers

    • Mozilla

      • Firefox Nightly: Add-ons, Fixes, and DevTools Snacks – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 188

  • Programming/Development

    • Rust

      • Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 617

        Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust!