GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 08, 2025

• Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization

  • Kathara Sasikumar: My Journey Through the LFX Linux Kernel Mentorship Program

    My Journey Through the LFX GNU/Linux Kernel Mentorship Program When I first decided to apply for the 'Linux' Foundation’s LFX kernel mentorship program, I knew it would be tough. At the beginning, there were 12 tasks I had to complete to show I understood the basics of kernel development and to get accepted into the program. They helped me understand what I was getting into.

    Now that the mentorship is almost over, I can say this experience changed how I think about working with the Linux kernel.

• Instructionals/Technical

  • LinuxTechi ☛ How to Setup Local Yum/DNF Repository on RHEL 10

    In this post, we will walk you through how to setup local Yum/DNF repository on RHEL 10 using it’s ISO image.

  • Real Linux User ☛ RapidRAW Basics – How to import and organize your photo files

• Games

  • Boiling Steam ☛ New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Rythm Doctor and Routine - 2025-12-06 Edition

    Between 2025-11-29 and 2025-12-06 we selected 13 newly released games that are rated as Verified or Playable on the Steam Deck, and meeting specific criteria in terms of user ratings. A very good week with a bunch of really good games - looks like December is heating up. One of the most original entries is Rythm Doctor, a very special kind of rythm-based game. Looking at the trailer should convince you that it’s clearly a different take on the genre. And then you have, in a totally different genre, Routine, a survival horror game taking place on the moon, with great visuals. But there’s a lot more to check!

• Distributions and Operating Systems

  • BSD

    • DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ Lazy Reading for 2025/12/07

      Happy birthday me! Another Type 30 Display Reproduction At 36% Scale. Corners of the Internet Database.  Set some time aside for this.  (via) Obsidian merchandise is surprisingly nice.  (via) Reflections from TPAC 2025. Hey Hi (AI) contributes code on Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub .  Time, not code generation, is the scarcest resource for open source.  Hey Hi (AI) patching does not help.

  • Slackware Family

    • Building Chromium for Slackware (contd.)

      It’s been ‘fun’ compiling the newest Cheomium 143 sources… as usual when Surveillance Giant Google updates the major version number. Again, it is momentarily not possible to compile the Chromium sources using Slackware’s own compilers.

  • Fedora Family / IBM

    • oVirt Lives On: A Stronger, Community-Driven Future

      For many, oVirt’s roots with Red Hat established it as a cornerstone open source virtualization platform - powering thousands of workloads worldwide. Even though Red Hat has stepped back from oVirt development, the oVirt project is proving it’s not just alive - but thriving - with renewed community leadership, fresh innovations, and new contributors joining the mission. We’re excited to share that Oracle is among the active contributors helping to shape oVirt’s bright future.