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GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
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Server
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HowTo Geek ☛ 3 mistakes I made when I first started using Docker
Are you beginning Docker and finding it a little overwhelming? The commands can be unwieldy, and best practices are not clearly spelled out. I have three things I wish I knew when starting Docker, which may help you.
Large software projects like Docker often hide crucial best practices and warnings deep within technical documentation. Beginners face a deluge of technical details but few clear and concise guidelines to help them map out their learning path. When I started, I didn't understand how to manage multiple dependent services, handle complex commands, or the precise dangers of running containerized processes as root. If these crucial details had been clearly outlined, I could have saved a lot of time and avoided potentially costly mistakes.
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Audiocasts/Shows
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The third decade of open source: New rules for developers [Ed: All Things Open is Proprietary]
Nithya traces open source’s journey from Richard Stallman’s GPL license and Linus Torvalds’ kernel code to today’s reality where open source underpins everything from government services to electrical grids to banking systems. The second decade saw explosive growth as companies like Google and Netflix built massive infrastructure on open source, and even traditional enterprises began declaring themselves tech companies first. The United Nations now publishes its own open source principles, signaling just how fundamental this technology has become to global digital infrastructure.
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Linux Matters 68: Frameworks, Filesystems and Fixes
Alan dusts off his newsletter, Martin encrypts his new Framework laptop, and Mark noodles with Moodle tools.
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Games
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GamingOnLinux ☛ Former Humble Bundle staff launch new bundle site Digiphile to "benefit users, creators, publishers, and charity" | GamingOnLinux
Coming from veterans of Humble Bundle, a new bundle site has launched named Digiphile as the creators want to help you discover new games and support charity. They're calling the packs collections.
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Distributions and Operating Systems
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Open Hardware/Modding
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HowTo Geek ☛ Homelab projects to try this weekend (November 7 - 9)
The weekend is here, and it’s time to continue on your self-hosting journey! This weekend, we're going to focus on getting some self-hosted cloud storage and media servers running in your homelab.
Run your own cloud storage
One of the best parts of a homelab is owning your files and the storage where those files are stored. So, if you’re ready to ditch Google Drive or Dropbox, then hosting your own cloud storage server is a fantastic project to get up and running this weekend. I personally keep a Nextcloud instance running on my Unraid server (I set it up there a long time ago and just have never moved it), but you can run Nextcloud on just about anything. There are official images for Docker and virtual machines, as well as web installers, NextcloudPi, a Snap package, and more.
Really, Nextcloud (or other services like Seafile) can run on basically any hardware you have lying around. With Nextcloud specifically, you’ll get a very Google Drive or Dropbox-like experience, with support for multiple users, web collaboration, sharing, and much more.
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Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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FSFE
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FSFE ☛ 2025-11-07 [Older] Jean-Baptiste Kempf receives the European SFS Award 2025 at SFSCON
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FSFE ☛ 2025-11-06 [Older] “They are not alone in their work for software freedom”
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FSFE ☛ 2025-11-05 [Older] Legal Corner: Apple’s “notarisation” – blocking software freedom of developers and users [Ed: FSFE [sic] won't pick on Microsoft anymore; because it's a top sponsor]
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Programming/Development
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Perl / Raku
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