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Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Easy_Effects_8.1.0_Released_with_Crusher_Plugin_& Many_Improvements⠀⇛ Easy Effects, the popular audio equalizer and effects application for GNU/Linux desktop, released new 8.1.0 version few days ago. The new version of this free open-source software added new plugin for input/output effects, fixed some bugs, and introduced some other features. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ I_abandoned_Photoshop_for_this_free_alternative_on_Linux⠀⇛ Photoshop is practically synonymous with photo editing, but it has a few major drawbacks. One of the biggest is the cost, and Adobe's restrictive cancellation features. § Why use Affinity over Adobe Photoshop? Any time you start reading or talking about photo editing, you're guaranteed to run into Photoshop pretty quickly—and for good reason. Photoshop is an incredible piece of software. It is powerful, versatile, and pretty user-friendly. As an added bonus, it is extensively documented, which makes learning new things very easy. * § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ o ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ KDE_Has_A_New_Infinite_Whiteboard_Tool_Work-In- Progress⠀⇛ Looking for an infinite whiteboard tool for GNU/Linux Desktop? KDE has one that’s in development! It’s Drawy, a free open-source C++ written application that aims to be a native-desktop alternative to the amazing web-based Excalidraw. o ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_6.5_Reaches_End-of-Support_in_April_2026⠀⇛ Extended Security Maintenance Is Now Available o ⚓ Qt ☛ C++26_Reflection_💚_QRangeModel⠀⇛ In the Qt Company's R&D organization we have made it a tradition to start the year with a Hackathon where anyone can work on anything they find interesting. It's a great opportunity to work on or with something else than usual, to try out new technologies, or to generally scratch whatever might have been itching. We started with a pitching session the week before so that people that are looking for inspiration or projects to join know what's on the buffet. And then on Wednesday morning we kicked off the hacking, giving everyone two full days to work on their project before the presentations on Friday noon. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 261 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Devices_Modding_and_GNU_Linux_on_Boards.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Devices_Modding_and_GNU_Linux_on_Boards.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Devices, Modding, and GNU/Linux on Boards⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * § Devices⠀➾ o ⚓ Six Colors ☛ If_the_future_of_e-readers_is_getting_weird,_I’m here_for_it⠀⇛ The software was the real tragedy, though: It was really bad. Hard to navigate (so many buttons) and, tragically, just bad at being an e-reader. I couldn’t turn off forced justification, another deal-breaker for me. I tossed it on my desk and figured I wouldn’t write about it because why kick this little thing when it’s down? (I did say some unkind things about it on Upgrade, I’ll admit.) And then a funny thing happened: Dan Moren sent me a message saying: Finally got my Xteink ironically after hearing you slag it on Upgrade. So I flashed it with the community-made firmware, which by all accounts is better. o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ MultiCM_Flasher_enables_parallel_programming_of Raspberry_Pi_Compute_Modules⠀⇛ The MultiCM Flasher is designed for programming up to seven Compute Modules in parallel, with support for mixed module generations using a single firmware image. o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ BentoIO_CMX0_IO-Carrier_Board_adds_low-profile platform_for_Raspberry_Pi_CM5⠀⇛ The CMX0 supports both Compute Module 5 Lite and eMMC variants, with a microSD card socket provided for Lite modules. Compute Module 4 is not supported. o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ESP32-E22_debuts_with_tri-band_Wi-Fi_6E_and_dual- mode_Bluetooth⠀⇛ ESP32-E22 integrates tri-band Wi-Fi 6E support across the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands, marking Espressif’s first product to enable operation in the 6 GHz spectrum. * § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ WisMesh_1W_Booster_Starter_Kit_targets_high-power Meshtastic_solutions⠀⇛ RAKwireless WisMesh 1W Booster Starter Kit is a high- power Meshtastic solution based on Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 wireless SoC, Semtech SX1262 RF transceiver, and SKY66122 power amplifier for extended mesh range. It’s built from three modules from the WisBLock IoT ecosystem, and besides a power amplifier for longer Tx range and better penetration through walls, it also features an integrated RF filter for enhanced reception performance. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ 2-channel_GMSL_camera_adapter_board_supports Raspberry_Pi_5_and_NVIDIA_Jetson_Orin_Nano/NX⠀⇛ After phasing out the earlier MAX9296-GMSL-Camera-Board, Waveshare has now released the MAX9296-GMSL-DESER-MODULE 2-channel GMSL camera adapter board designed for high- speed, low-latency video transmission on the Raspberry Pi 5 and NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano/NX developer kits. The adapter is built around the MAX9296A deserializer, and supports two MATE-AX FAKRA Z coaxial inputs for long- distance video transmission and two 22-pin CSI outputs for connection to the host. It supports both GMSL1 and GMSL2 cameras (such as the Sony ISX031) via software configuration and is compatible with serializers like the MAX9295, MAX96717, and MAX96705. These features make it suitable for applications such as robotics, autonomous driving, surround-view systems, and more. o ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ 3D_printing_my_laptop_ergonomic_setup⠀⇛ My setup stayed static for some time, but my most recent iteration ended up letting me down and I had to change it again. It gave me a lot of useful information and strongly shaped how I approached this iteration. This new one is closest to the first one I wrote about in 2024, but with some major improvements and reproducibility. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Hey_Hi_(AI)_HAT+_2_review_–_A_40_TOPS Hey_Hi_(AI)_accelerator_tested_with_Computer_Vision,_LLM,_and_VLM workloads⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi sent me a sample of their Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2 generative Hey Hi (AI) accelerator based on Hailo-10H for review. The 40 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) accelerator is advertised as being suitable for LLMs (Large Language Models) and VLM (Vision Language Models), while delivering about the same performance as the first-generation Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ (Hailo-8) for Hey Hi (AI) vision/computer vision models. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Waveshare_ESP32-C6-GEEK_–_A_USB_flash_drive-like ESP32-C6_development_board⠀⇛ After releasing the RP2040-GEEK and RP2350-GEEK, Waveshare has now released the ESP32-C6-GEEK, another USB flash drive-like development board featuring an ESP32-C6 wireless MCU with support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE, and IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee and Thread connectivity, an onboard 1.14-inch 240 × 135 IPS color LCD, and a USB- A male connector. The board also includes a microSD card slot for external storage, an onboard ceramic antenna, a BOOT button, and UART, GPIO, and I²C connectors for expansion. These features make it suitable for IoT nodes, smart displays, wireless sensors, protocol experimentation, beginner firmware development, and compact embedded UI projects. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ EnviroGo_ESP32-S3_wearable_environmental_monitor features_7_sensors_(Crowdfunding)⠀⇛ EnviroGo is an ESP32-S3-based wearable environmental monitor that tracks Organic Compounds (VOCs), UV index, temperature, humidity, air pressure, light, and motion via a 9-axis MEMS sensor. It is designed for indoor and outdoor use, and can be worn, clipped to a bag, or magnetically mounted, making it suitable for homes, offices, travel, labs, and daily use where real-time environmental data is needed. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Robot_Sees_Light_With_No_CPU⠀⇛ If you ever built a line following robot, you’ll be nostalgic about [Jeremy’s] light-seeking robot. It is a very simple build since there is no CPU and, therefore, also no software. The trick, of course, is a pair of photo-sensitive resistors. A pair of motors turns the robot until one of the sensors detects light, then moves it forward. * § Linux-Centric Hardware⠀➾ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Bedrock_RAI300_fanless_industrial_PC_is_powered_by an_AMD_Ryzen_Hey_Hi_(AI)_9_HX_370_mobile_Hey_Hi_(AI)_SoC⠀⇛ SolidRun Bedrock RAI300 is the first industrial PC powered by a 12-core/24-thread AMD Ryzen Hey Hi (AI) 9 HX 370 mobile processor, typically used in premium consumer and commercial Hey Hi (AI) laptops. The fanless industrial computer supports up to 128GB DDR5 SO-DIMM memory to run Hey Hi (AI) models on the 50 TOPS NPU (80 TOPS combined) of the AMD processor, up to three M.2 NVMe 2280 PCIe Gen4 x4 storage devices, up to four display through HDMI 2.1 and DP 2.1 video outputs, and features up to four 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, a USB4 port, four USB 3.2 ports, and more. o ⚓ Liliputing ☛ This_2.6_pound_laptop_has_a_2.8K_120_Hz_display,_99 Wh_battery,_and_Linux_or_Windows_options⠀⇛ The Slimbook Executive is a thin and light laptop from Spanish PC company Slimbook that comes with a choice of Windows, Linux, or dual-boot options. Slimbook has been offering versions of the laptop for years, and now the company has introduced a new model for 2026. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 470 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Firefox_Nightly_is_getting_easier_to_install_for_Linux_Fedora_a.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Firefox_Nightly_is_getting_easier_to_install_for_Linux_Fedora_a.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Firefox Nightly is getting easier to install for Linux Fedora and openSUSE users⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Firefox_logo⦈_ Quoting: Firefox Nightly is getting easier to install for Linux Fedora and openSUSE users — Mozilla has officially introduced a dedicated .rpm package for Firefox Nightly, making it simpler for users on RPM-based Linux distributions like Fedora and openSUSE to install and keep the browser updated. Linux users can now test the cutting edge of Firefox development much more easily. Switching to Mozilla's official RPM repository lets you install and update Firefox Nightly just like any standard application, using your preferred package manager. For anyone who has struggled with manual installations or compiling software, this is a very welcome change. It means you no longer have to jump through hoops just to get the latest preview builds running on your system. This official integration comes with important performance and security advantages that you simply wouldn't get with other installation methods. Since these packages come directly from Mozilla, they arrive pre-optimized and hardened. You get the full suite of security flags and compiler tweaks that might be missing from community builds. 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It includes an integrated Arch news and advisory feed and supports keyboard-first navigation. Browse Arch news, security advisories, package updates, and AUR comments in a unified feed. Filter by source, search with history, bookmark important items, and track read/unread status. All content is cached for offline access and automatically updated in the background. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Cobra_-_library_for_creating_powerful_modern_CLI_applications_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Cobra is a library for creating powerful modern CLI applications. Cobra is used in many Go projects such as Kubernetes, Hugo, and GitHub CLI to name a few. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ UnCSS_-_removes_unused_CSS_from_stylesheets_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ UnCSS is a tool that removes unused CSS from your stylesheets. It works across multiple files and supports Javascript-injected CSS. The process by which UnCSS removes the unused rules is as follows: The HTML files are loaded by jsdom and JavaScript is executed. All the stylesheets are parsed by PostCSS. document.querySelector filters out selectors that are not found in the HTML files. The remaining rules are converted back to CSS. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Beartype_-_static_type_checking_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Beartype is a pure-Python PEP-compliant near-real-time hybrid runtime-static third-generation type-checker emphasizing efficiency, usability, unsubstantiated jargon we just made up, and thrilling puns. Beartype enforces type hints across your entire app in two lines of runtime code with no runtime overhead. If seeing is believing, prepare to do both those things. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ vcs2l_-_fork_of_vcstool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ vcs2l is a fork of vcstool which is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with multiple repositories easier. The fork is created to continue the development of vcstool, as it is no longer actively maintained. The commands provided by vcs2l have the same naming structure as the original fork, so it can be used as a drop-in replacement. Therefore, the repository is renamed to vcs2l while maintaining the command names to vcstool to ensure compatibility with existing scripts and workflows. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠁⠈⢙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⣸⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠁⠀⠈⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⢛⣲⣶⡶⣾⣿⣖⡲⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠿⣷⣶⣶⣇⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢛⠀⢸⣿⢙⣿⣷⠸⣿⠛⣿⡦⠐⡢⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠱⣿⣾⣿⣏⣹⣿⣟⣰⣿⣏⣹⣿⣾⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⡿⠙⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⣀⠀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⠿⠿⠛⡉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣴⣾⣷⣶⣶⣦⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢀⣀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠂⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠃⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣶⠀⠀⣠⣶⣶⠀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠐⠀⠀⠐⠲⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⠄⣠⣾⣿⠟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡟⠶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⠈⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⣤⣿⣿⣿⢸⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⡄⣿⣦⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡇⢿⣿⣟⣥⣾⢡⣶⣌⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢣⡅⢸⣿⠇⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠇⠘⣿⣿⣿⡟⠰⣦⡹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡈⠃⠈⢉⣁⢈⣋⣛⣛⣛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠈⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢰⡀⠉⠛⠛⠱⢷⡬⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠼⠃⠼⠟⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠿⣃⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣤⣭⣭⣭⣭⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣶⣤⣀⣀⣀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 681 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Peter 'CzP' Czanik ☛ Call_for_testing:_syslog-ng_4.11_is_coming⠀⇛ The syslog-ng 4.11 release is right around the corner. Thousands of automatic tests run before each new piece of source code is merged, but nothing can replace real-world hands-on tests. So help us testing Elasticsearch / OpenSearch data-streams, Kafka source, cmake fixes and much more! * ⚓ GNOME ☛ Ignacy_Kuchciński:_Digital_Wellbeing_Contract:_Conclusion⠀⇛ A lot of progress has been made since my_last_Digital_Wellbeing update two months ago. That post covered the initial screen time limits feature, which was implemented in the Parental Controls app, Settings and GNOME Shell. There’s a screen recording in the post, created with the help of a custom GNOME OS image, in case you’re interested. * ⚓ Isoken_Ibizugbe:_Mid-Point_Project_Progress⠀⇛ § Halfway There Hurray! I have officially reached the 6-week mark, the halfway point of my Outreachy internship. The time has flown by incredibly fast, yet it feels short because there is still so much exciting work to do. I remember starting this journey feeling overwhelmed, trying to gain momentum. Today, I feel much more confident. I began with the apps_startstop task during the contribution period, writing manual test steps and creating preparation Perl scripts for the desktop environments. Since then, I’ve transitioned into full automation and taken a liking to reading openQA upstream documentation when I have issues or for reference. * ⚓ Hellen_Chemtai:_Internship_Highlights_at_Outreachy:_My_Journey_with Debian_OpenQA⠀⇛ § Highlights Hello world . I am an intern here at Outreachy working with Debian OpenQA Image testing team. The work consists of testing Images with OpenQA. The internship has reached midpoint and here are some of the highlights that I have had so far. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan Dowland ☛ Jonathan_Dowland:_FOSDEM_2026⠀⇛ I'm going to FOSDEM_2026! I'm presenting in the Containers dev room. My talk is Java_Memory_Management_in_Containers and it's scheduled as the first talk on the first day. I'm the warm-up act! The Java devroom has been a stalwart at FOSDEM since 2004 (sometimes in other forms), but sadly there's no Java devroom this year. There's a story about that, but it's not mine to tell. # ⚓ Sahilister ☛ Sahil_Dhiman:_Conferences,_why?⠀⇛ Back in December, I was working to help organize multiple different conferences. One has already happened; the rest are still works in progress. That’s when the thought struck me: why so many conferences, and why do I work for them? I have been fairly active in the scene since 2020. For most conferences, I usually arrive late in the city on the previous day and usually leave the city on conference close day. Conferences for me are the place to meet friends and new folks and hear about them, their work, new developments, and what’s happening in their interest zones. I feel naturally happy talking to folks. In this case, folks inspire me to work. Nothing can replace a passionate technical and social discussion, which stretches way into dinner parties and later. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Version_1_of_TDF_Community_Bylaws⠀⇛ The Document Foundation (TDF) is the non-profit entity behind the LibreOffice project. It collects donations from users, and employs a small team to support and coordinate the worldwide community that makes the software. o § Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG)⠀➾ # ⚓ Craig_Small:_WordPress_6.9_for_Debian⠀⇛ The Debian packages for WordPress version 6.9 were uploaded today. The upstream website says you can add notes and move graphics around, making for an easier and nicer editing experience. I’m not personally sure about that, generally if things change to much people get annoyed but it seems at least the initial simple stuff has stayed the same. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Asterisk Magazine ☛ The_Dream_of_the_Universal Library—Asterisk⠀⇛ The Internet promised easy access to every book ever written. Why can’t we have nice things? At the turn of the millennium, Google Books and similar mass digitization projects for the world’s print books were widely seen to promise a universal digital library for reading access on the web. Instead, the future we thought we’d get for human readers has arrived only for machines. # ⚓ Olimex ☛ RISC-V_EUR_1_retro_computer_soldering_workshop_at High_School_of_Mathematics_in_Plovdiv⠀⇛ On Saturday, 17 January 2026, on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the founding of the High School of Mathematics OMG “Akademik Kiril Popov,” a workshop was held for soldering the Plovdiv- developed Open Source Hardware retro microcomputer Olimex RVPC, featuring a 32-bit RISC-V processor, a PS/2 keyboard, and a VGA monitor. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Nick Groenen ☛ The_characters_ä_and_ä_may_look_the_same, but_in_fact_they're_not_-_Nick's_Blog_and_Digital_Garden⠀⇛ The Unicode standard allows for certain (visually) identical characters to be represented in different ways. For example the character ä may be represented as a single combined codepoint “Latin Small Letter A with Diaeresis” (U+00E4) or by the combination of “Latin Small Letter A” (U+0061) followed by “Combining Diaeresis” (U+0308). 1 The semantic meaning and visual representation is exactly the same, but the underlying codepoints are different. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 879 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Games_Dandelion_Void_KDE_Plasma_VR_Tile_Tactics_and_More.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Games_Dandelion_Void_KDE_Plasma_VR_Tile_Tactics_and_More.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Dandelion Void, KDE Plasma VR, Tile Tactics, and More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ From_Project_Zomboid_modders_-_the_survival-horror_Dandelion_Void_will have_multiplayer_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Now I'm even more interested in Dandelion Void! It looks like Project Zomboid in space with plant-based horrors and now it will get multiplayer. They originally announced it as a single- player experience last year but in the latest update they've confirmed the team has scaled-up, and so they can bring out a much bigger game as a result. * ⚓ Draft_code_submitted_to_KDE_Plasma_turns_it_into_a_full_VR_desktop_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ A developer has submitted a draft to the KDE team for KWin to hook up a full Plasma VR mode and it looks pretty awesome. As it's currently a draft, it needs plenty more work before being accepted but the idea behind it and how it looks has me quite interested. * ⚓ Get_some_indie_legends_in_the_latest_Fanatical_game_bundle_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Fanatical have launched the Best of Indie Legends Game Bundle offering you a new chance to get some fantastic games at a ridiculous price. A great one to build up your game library. * ⚓ Walaber_announced_precision-driving_physics_sim_4x4_in_a_Furniture Store_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Walaber known for the likes of JellyCar, Replicube and Parking Garage Rally Circuit just revealed the aptly named 4x4 in a Furniture Store. The name is pretty much a complete give-away of what the game entails - you're driving a truck inside a mini open-world store. * ⚓ Tile_Tactics_is_a_roguelike_tower_defense_game_where_everything_is_a tile_and_you_gamble_for_new_tiles_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ I simply love how indie developers constantly come up with new weird and wonderful combinations. Tile Tactics looks like it will properly hook me in. * ⚓ From_the_devs_of_Minami_Lane,_their_next_game_Milki_Delivery_is_a_cosy delivery_game_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Love your shorter and more cosy games? Milki Delivery is the latest from the developers of the popular Minami Lane and it looks to be another wholesome one. With this game they said they wanted to explore something entirely different. * ⚓ Ghostship_is_a_new_Super_Mario_64_PC_port_from_HarbourMasters_| GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ From the HarbourMasters team is another Nintendo PC port, this time it's Super Mario 64. HarbourMasters previously released ports for Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Zelda: Majora's Mask and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 968 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/GNOME_Digital_Wellbeing_Contract_Conclusion.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/GNOME_Digital_Wellbeing_Contract_Conclusion.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNOME: Digital Wellbeing Contract: Conclusion⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Screen_time_limit⦈_ Quoting: Digital Wellbeing Contract: Conclusion – Ignacy Kuchciński's Blog — A lot of progress has been made since my last Digital Wellbeing update two months ago. That post covered the initial screen time limits feature, which was implemented in the Parental Controls app, Settings and GNOME Shell. There’s a screen recording in the post, created with the help of a custom GNOME OS image, in case you’re interested. After implementing the major framework for the rest of the code in GNOME Shell, we added the mechanism in the lock screen to prevent children from unlocking when the screen time limit is up. Parents are now also able to extend the session limit temporarily, so that the child can use the computer until the rest of the day. 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Plus building synths in Rust, FOSS isometric diagrams, a powerful network analysis tool for Android, and some cool ambient music in discoveries. * § Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization⠀➾ o ⚓ Chris Wellons ☛ Frankenwine:_Multiple_personas_in_a_Wine process⠀⇛ I came across a recent article on making Linux system calls from a Wine process. Windows programs running under Wine are still normal Linux processes and may interact with the Linux kernel like any other process. None of this was surprising, and the demonstration works just as I expect. Still, it got the wheels spinning and I realized an almost practical application: build my pkg- config implementation such that on Windows pkg-config.exe behaves as a native pkg-config, but when run under Wine this same binary takes the persona of a Linux program and becomes a cross toolchain pkg-config, bypassing Win32 and talking directly with the Linux kernel. Cosmopolitcan Libc cleverly does this out-of-the-box, but in this article we’ll mash together a couple existing sources with a bit of glue. o ⚓ Vincent Bernat ☛ RAID 5_with_mixed-capacity_disks_on_Linux⠀⇛ Standard RAID solutions waste space when disks have different sizes. Linux software RAID with LVM uses the full capacity of each disk and lets you grow storage by replacing one or two disks at a time. We start with four disks of equal size: [...] * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Phoronix ☛ Haiku_OS_Pulls_In_Updated_Drivers_From_FreeBSD_15_- Phoronix⠀⇛ During the month of December they updated their FreeBSD driver compatibility layer against FreeBSD 15.0 that released at the start of the month. With that the Haiku OS developers then updated all of their Ethernet and WiFi drivers from FreeBSD to align with the FreeBSD 15.0 release. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_Furilabs_FLX1s⠀⇛ ✐ The Aim⠀✐ I have just got a Furilabs_FLX1s_[1] which is a phone running a modified version of Debian. I want to have a phone that runs all apps that I control and can observe and debug. Android is very good for what it does and there are security focused forks of Android which have a lot of potential, but for my use a Debian phone is what I want. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Showcasing_open_design_in_action:_Loughborough University_design_students_explore_open_source_projects⠀⇛ We reached out to Loughborough University School of Design and Creative Arts because there is a real need for non-code contributions in the open source ecosystem. Design thinking, which goes beyond the code to consider the user experience, is paramount if we want open source to thrive and gain ever more widespread adoption. Each team tackled a unique challenge that reflects the growing need for design thinking in open source, where developers have traditionally led, but where a better user experience is now urgently needed. # ⚓ It's FOSS ☛ Ubuntu's_Snap_Store_is_Under_Siege_from Scammers,_and_The_Gates_are_Open⠀⇛ After years of crypto wallet theft, scammers have escalated to domain takeovers. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1195 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Huge_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_Thus_Far_in_2026.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Huge_Gains_for_GNU_Linux_Thus_Far_in_2026.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Huge Gains for GNU/Linux Thus Far in 2026⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026, updated Jan 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Desktop_Operating_System_Market_Share_Worldwide⦈_ The "stable" measure of GNU/Linux "market share" in desktops and laptops, based on statCounter (i.e. Web requests that are spied on), says that GNU/Linux gained about 0.5% in "share" in the past month alone. It's not an all-time high only because more_than_a_year_ago statCounter measured GNU/Linux at close to 18% in India. It now sits_at_6.88%. https://analytics.usa.gov/ shows similar figures (4%+ for GNU/Linux overall or 6%+ if one culls mobile platforms) █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣛⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢏⣬⣭⡍⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢟⣛⠿⣛⡻⢟⡋⠿⣫⣛⣛⣡⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣶⣵⣶⣦⣶⣭⣭⣭⣴⣭⣶⠻⣿⣿⣷⣦⣭⣭⣥⣽⣿⣮⣿⣿⡿⢋⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣭⣛⣭⣭⣭⣭⣦⣙⣩⣭⣭⣭⣭⠥⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢱⣩⢹⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⡻⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠏⣆⢿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⠿⣿⠿⡻⢖⣽⣿⣮⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠫⠍⠫⠵⠾⠌⠛⠿⠛⠛⠻⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠼⠿⠮⠥⠷⠜⠛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠁⠘⣉⣒⠃⣉⣒⣈⣑⡒⢓⣉⣐⣊⣉⣈⣉⣉⣀⣁⡈⠕⣀⣈⡉⣠⠤⠭⠣⠽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣮⣶⣦⣦⣤⣤⣼⣿⣵⣯⣦⣥⣿⣮⣾⣥⣤⣦⣦⣼⣿⣮⣾⣥⣤⣼⣿⣮⣦⣵⣤⣴⣼⣤⣼⣿⣮⣧⣥⣽⣷⣶⣯⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣴⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1230 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/It_s_Official_Richard_Stallman_Will_Speak_at_Georgia_Tech_on_Ja.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/It_s_Official_Richard_Stallman_Will_Speak_at_Georgia_Tech_on_Ja.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ It’s Official: Richard Stallman Will Speak at Georgia Tech on January 23 - FOSS Force⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Richard_Stallman_Will_Speak_at_Georgia_Tech_on_January_23⦈_ This wasn’t the first we’d heard of the event. The first report we saw on this was on Techrights on December 21, and on a Reddit post by rockenman1234, who said that this will be Stallman’s first official appearance in Atlanta since the 1990s, his first-ever appearance at Georgia Tech, and his first talk at a US college since his cancer diagnosis and subsequent recovery... 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Freedom⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026, updated Jan 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇desert_hermits⦈_ BSDs and GNU/Linux are benefiting from a new, previously-unexplored political atmosphere, wherein there's this "multipolar" world with several superpowers altering allegiances, e.g. India getting closer to Russia and China and the US alienating Canada and Europe (it's not just about Greenland). With several ongoing wars countries begin to utter words like "digital sovereignty", "domestic tech", and "self-hosted". We expect 2026 to be a year of considerable growth for GNU/Linux. Some companies will try to get in the way or trap computer users (including businesses and governments) and slop will continue to fail (it's_already waning). For a more meaningful technological transition we ought to emphasise Software Freedom, not focus on brands such as "Linux". █ =============================================================================== Image source: desert_hermits ⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀ ⠀⡟⣿⡇⣿⡿⠎⣧⣹⣿⣿⣿⣾⢹⢹⢹⢛⣿⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⠙⢿⢙⣿⣿⣿⡿⡏⡿⣟⣏⣹⡇⣾⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇ ⠀⡇⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣾⣶⣾⣷⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⡾⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣾⣿⣽⢿⣿⠁ ⠀⡇⣿⡹⢋⠏⣇⡊⡷⣿⢈⡆⠤⡇⠶⢹⢿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠛⠘⠻⢿⣿⡟⣻⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⣧⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⡿⡋⣙⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⡇⣷⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⠿⠿⠟⠻⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠩⠝⠻⣫⣛⠿⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⡜⠭⢗⣌⣪⣿⠋⠻⠿⠦⢀⣠⡀⠀⠀⠀⣹⠆⠀⠀⠇⠿⠀⡇⣍⡹⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⣭⣶⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⢛⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠟⢿⣿⣶⣶⡶⠞⢭⣭⣭⣭⡅⠀⣭⣭⣭⣭⣶⣶⣶⣾⣷⣮⣿⣙⣋⠩⠃⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⡿⢋⣁⡶⣶⣋⣩⣥⣤⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢛⣭⣭⢬⡉⡍⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢠⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣩⣽⣿⡇⢸⣿⣷⣿⣯⣽⣿⣙⣟⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⣽⡿⣿⣿⣾⣿⠀ ⠀⣿⠿⠿⣉⣛⡛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣙⢿⣇⢿⣻⣟⣿⣟⢠⢹⣿⣭⣼⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢸⠆⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⣼⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⠿⣰⠦⠉⢔⣒⣎⡟⡹⣻⣿⣿⣿⣾⣬⡟⣛⣓⣁⢆⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⡿⣾⣿⣿⣿⢇⢸⡇⠀⢿⡏⡶⣧⢻⡿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣻⠿⠿⣿⣿⣭⢭⢭⠭⣽⣶⣶⠶⣶⣶⢶⡶⣶⢶⢶⠿⢿⡟⣿⣛⣿⣷⣾⣿⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⡛⣘⣓⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣷⣬⣿⣟⡃⣷⣿⣬⣵⡎⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⠟⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣨⣸⠨⣿⣿⣿⣛⣼⡀⢗⣅⣜⣸⣿⣇⣿⣇⣻⣿⣿⣛⡿⣿⠀ ⠀⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⠿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⢻⣻⣿⢫⣾⣚⣻⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⣿⡟⣿⣏⡻⢯⣝⡝⣹⣿⣿⢫⢹⣿⣯⠻⠹⣛⠭⢻⠉⣿⢩⢻⡿⡗⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣭⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣭⣤⣞⣨⣷⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣘⣛⣛⣸⣿⣿⣶⠇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣛⣒⣚⣛⣛⡓⣛⠛⠛⠛⠚⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠾⠶⠿⠇⣇⠀ ⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣙⠉⠉⠉⠉⢉⡉⣉⡙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⣁⣀⣉⢉⡉⠉⣉⣉⣉⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣉⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢀⢀⣀⣀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀ ⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡏⣂⢏⣟⣯⢹⣿⣿⢉⠇⡇⠶⡏⣷⢰⣾⢨⢸⠒⣟⡢⢿⣿⣷⠦⡃⡇⠆⡇⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⡿⣧⣀⣸⣤⣿⠀⠛⣿⣿⡿⠋⠿⢟⣃⠀⢸⡇⠀ ⠀⣾⣳⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⣛⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣛⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⡇⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⡏⡟⡟⠛⣿⣿⣿⠛⢛⢛⢻⣟⡻⣟⣛⡟⢿⡟⢿⣛⣛⡿⠿⢇⣿⡏⣿⠿⣿⣛⣲⣶⣒⣾⣿⠀⠀⣿⣳⣶⠚⢻⣇⣧⣀⣘⢟⠀ ⠀⣿⣷⢸⣿⣿⢟⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⢿⣮⡹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡿⠿⢿⠿⣿⢷⠷⠷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣴⣽⣿⣷⣿⣿⣮⣿⣿⣷⣿⠿⠷⣿⣿⣿⢰⡆⡿⣿⣶⠈⢹⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⢹⣇⠀⣈⣿⣟⠉⢻⢸⠀ ⠀⣏⣴⣶⣮⢩⣿⣩⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣷⢱⣿⢻⢻⣿⣾⣿⣻⣿⣬⣧⣇⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣹⣿⣿⣧⣣⣃⣇⡅⣧⢜⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⡀⣨⠁⢘⣸⣷⣞⣿⣿⢛⠷⢟⢯⣽⠀⠀⣿⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⢰⠀ ⠀⣷⡍⣿⡃⣿⣿⢿⡛⠶⠾⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣍⣙⢂⣲⢶⡮⣽⣷⣶⢹⠻⠽⣛⡟⡟⣿⢛⡟⡟⡟⡏⡏⢻⢹⢹⢻⣿⣿⢙⣻⢹⢈⣋⣿⡇⣿⢀⢿⠊⠈⠙⢿⣿⠣⢇⡻⢻⡟⠃⠀⣿⢘⢵⣿⢿⣿⣿⣶⣾⢸⠀ ⠀⣿⢇⡯⡍⠛⣫⣶⣇⠿⣿⢇⣿⣿⣿⣷⠹⣿⣿⡻⣿⠗⣬⣽⣿⣿⠸⠼⠷⣶⣷⣷⣶⣶⣷⣾⣾⣷⣷⣷⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣾⣿⣷⡇⣛⣘⡅⠀⠀⠀⣒⣟⣛⣛⣓⣒⣚⣀⣀⡚⠈⠉⣣⣽⣮⣟⣻⣛⣸⠀ ⠀⣏⢾⣿⣶⡹⣮⣝⣛⣻⢄⣾⣏⣽⣫⣭⣷⣕⣫⡍⠶⣾⣿⣟⣛⡛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠷⢶⣶⣶⠶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢲⡶⣶⣶⠀⢰⣦⣶⢶⣶⣬⣛⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣟⣯⣤⣼⣿⣿⡷⢶⣖⣿⣟⣿⣶⣯⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⡿⢳⣎⢻⣷⠹⣿⣟⠟⡿⢿⣿⣷⡶⢻⡿⣻⡟⢹⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣿⠇⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣳⣾⢗⠶⣶⣶⣿⡇⠀⢰⣶⠯⡍⣿⣿⣾⣯⠄⢤⣤⣄⣸⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣙⢻⣿⣿⣟⣭⣭⣵⣶⣮⣭⣭⣭⠀ ⠀⣛⡘⠿⠮⣥⣿⣮⣗⡺⠿⠿⣿⢸⡿⠸⣛⣥⣤⣾⣿⣷⣶⣦⡭⢿⣯⣿⣿⣿⠆⡆⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣞⡻⣿⡇⠀⠘⠛⠒⠒⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠒⠂⠉⠙⠛⠿⠿⠿⠻⠿⠿⠏⠦⠭⠭⠭⠭⠭⠛⠿⠟⠀ ⠀⠿⣣⣭⢻⣾⣯⣽⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⡇⢳⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣟⣛⣤⣓⣮⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⡿⠃⠽⠿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⠤⠤⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⢀⣀⣈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⢉⣉⠉⣉⠉⠉⠉⡁⣀⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⠉⠉⠉⢉⣉⠁⠀⠀⠰⠀⠀⢿⡏⡙⢙⢹⠩⣿⣿⣿⣧⡏⡋⣏⢹⢙⢿⢿⣿⠫⠛⠛⡏⣹⣿⠀⠐⠀⠀ ⠀⠉⠋⠉⠈⠉⠁⠉⢹⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣧⣧⣧⠀⡿⢸⣿⣿⣿⢟⣯⠿⢯⣭⡿⠚⠉⠉⢻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣟⠟⣿⡟⠿⠻⢻⣝⣻⣿⣿⠻⢻⠛⣾⣿⣟⠛⡟⡟⢿⢫⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡿⠛⢛⣛⣛⣃⢊⢛⣛⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣾⠩⠙⡇⠀⡧⠚⠻⠿⡋⣹⡶⢿⣿⡵⡺⣁⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠚⠚⡚⠛⣽⠟⣿⠚⣿⢶⠛⡟⢲⣾⠾⠷⠾⠾⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠶⠶⠀⠶⠶⠄⠀⢸⣿⡇⣿⠟⣟⡒⠞⠞⡟⡟⡟⠋⡹⢘⣫⣶⣿⣿⡇⠀⣧⢛⠿⠯⢅⣹⣾⣯⣿⣿⣤⡑⢂⣴⠾⡇⠀⢀⡶⡿⢿⠻⣯⠻⣿⣭⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠯⠾⠾⠷⢾⣶⣷⣿⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀ ⠀⠐⠆⠀⠐⠆⠀⠀⢸⡭⠥⠛⣿⣥⣬⡥⣭⣭⣥⣿⡗⣡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣉⡀⢉⣉⣉⣛⢛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠀⠀⡨⡷⡾⢾⢶⡿⠿⣟⡾⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠸⣯⢸⡇⣿⣿⡱⠷⠴⠿⠵⢘⡼⠿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣭⡆⠀⡵⡚⣫⣹⣥⠮⠘⠈⠁⠉⠙⢿⣿⡇⢀⡀⠀⢧⣗⣓⢷⣾⡷⣗⣗⢾⣿⣻⠿⢷⣾⣙⣿⣛⣛⣛⢻⣶⣿⡟⠃⠁⠉⢻⣿⣿⣛⣿⠀ ⠀⢀⡠⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⢰⣿⢸⡇⣓⡏⢾⣏⢈⣇⡈⣼⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣧⡻⡇⠀⢻⢞⡻⢱⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡆⠈⠁⢀⢹⢿⢻⡲⢛⣟⢿⡟⠛⠻⠛⣹⣷⡎⣿⣯⣯⣻⡿⣯⣭⣿⠀⠠⠄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⢿⠀ ⠀⢸⡇⣭⣭⡇⠀⠀⢸⡯⢸⡇⣿⡏⣿⡿⣿⣿⢱⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣼⣿⡿⢏⠀⠀⡦⠀⠀⠰⣆⣀⡍⠅⠀⠀⢸⢸⣟⡺⠚⢯⣩⠉⣟⣽⡟⣻⣯⣯⣵⣛⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⣶⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⡽⡇⣿⣿⡇⠄⠀⢸⣿⢸⣵⢾⣷⣿⡇⣏⡁⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⡿⡀⠀⠀⠯⠥⠏⠓⠊⠁⢶⣿⠆⠀⠀⠸⠇⢰⠀⢸⢾⠿⣟⣉⣏⣿⣏⣇⣹⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⢀⢰⣿⣧⣄⡼⣿⣿⣿⠀ 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Epoch⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Register,_Submit_a_Presentation_for_oSC⠀⇛ The conference is scheduled to take place June 25 to 27 in Nuremberg, Germany. Flock to Fedora will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, from June 14 to 16, followed by DevConf.CZ, which will take place in Brno, Czech Republic, from June 18 and 19. Calls for proposals are currently open for all of these open-source developer conferences. With multiple major events happening across Central Europe, June is shaping up to be an excellent opportunity to travel, connect with community members, and engage with open-source developers. * ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Open-Source_Community_Tackling_Y2K38_Epoch⠀⇛ Just 12 years remain before a fundamental limit in timekeeping threatens to disrupt unprepared computer systems; Y2K38 is the new Y2K, and open-source contributors are aiming to create actionable warnings. Known as a Faulty_Date_Logic, which is a lot more common in computer systems than people may think, openSUSE is actively surfacing and fixing these issues through early testing, toolchain improvements and community-driven coordination to ensure software remains reliable well beyond 2038. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1457 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/PostgreSQL_Development_in_2025_and_PostgreSQL_Related_New_Relea.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/PostgreSQL_Development_in_2025_and_PostgreSQL_Related_New_Relea.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ PostgreSQL Development in 2025 and PostgreSQL-Related New Releases⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Robert Haas ☛ Robert_Haas:_Who_Contributed_to_PostgreSQL_Development_in 2025?⠀⇛ Here is another annual blog post breaking down code contributions to PostgreSQL itself (not ecosystem projects) by principal author. I have mentioned every year that this methodology has many limitations and fails to capture a lot of important work, and I reiterate that this year as usual. Nonetheless, many people seem to find these statistics helpful, so here they are. * ⚓ LWN ☛ Haas:_Who_contributed_to_PostgreSQL_development_in_2025?⠀⇛ PostgreSQL contributor Robert Haas has published a blog post that breaks down code contributions to PostgreSQL in 2025. * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgmetrics_1.19_released⠀⇛ Hello All, We're happy to announce the release of v1.19 of pgmetrics. Changes since the v1.18 release include: [...] * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgmoneta_0.20⠀⇛ The pgmoneta community is happy to announce version 0.20.0. * ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgBackRest_2.58.0_Released⠀⇛ January 19, 2026: The pgBackRest community is pleased to announce the release of pgBackRest 2.58.0, the latest version of the reliable, easy-to-use backup and restore solution that can seamlessly scale up to the largest databases and workloads. pgBackRest supports a robust set of features for managing your backup and recovery infrastructure, including: parallel backup/ restore, full/differential/incremental backups, block incremental backup, multiple repositories, delta restore, parallel asynchronous archiving, per-file checksums, page checksums (when enabled) validated during backup, multiple compression types, encryption, partial/failed backup resume, backup from standby, tablespace and link support, S3/Azure/GCS/ SFTP support, backup expiration, local/remote operation via SSH or TLS, flexible configuration, and more. pgBackRest can be installed from the PostgreSQL_Yum_Repository or the PostgreSQL_APT_Repository and packages are also available many other distributions. Source code can be downloaded from releases. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1537 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Russ Cox ☛ research!rsc:_Floating-Point_Printing_and_Parsing_Can_Be Simple_And_Fast_(Floating_Point_Formatting,_Part_3)⠀⇛ A floating point number f has the form f=m·2e where m is called the mantissa and e is a signed integer exponent. We like to read numbers scaled by powers of ten, not two, so computers need algorithms to convert binary floating-point to and from decimal text. My 2011 post “Floating Point to Decimal Conversion is Easy” argued that these conversions can be simple as long as you don’t care about them being fast. But I was wrong: fast converters can be simple too, and this post shows how. The main idea of this post is to implement fast unrounded scaling, which computes an approximation to x·2e·10p, often in a single 64-bit multiplication. On that foundation we can build nearly trivial printing and parsing algorithms that run very fast. In fact, the printing algorithms run faster than all other known algorithms, including Dragon4 [30], Grisu3 [23], Errol3 [4], Ryū [2], Ryū Printf [3], Schubfach [12], and Dragonbox [17], and the parsing algorithm runs faster than the Eisel-Lemire algorithm [22]. This post presents both the algorithms and a concrete implementation in Go. I expect some form of this Go code to ship in Go 1.27 (scheduled for August 2026). This post is rather long—far longer than the implementations!—so here is a brief overview of the sections for easier navigation and understanding where we’re headed. * ⚓ Russ Cox ☛ research!rsc:_Fast_Unrounded_Scaling:_Proof_by_Ivy_(Floating Point_Formatting,_Part_4)⠀⇛ The unrounded form of x∈ℝ, ⟨x⟩, is the integer value of ⌊x⌋ concatenated with two more bits: first, the “½ bit” from the binary representation of x (the bit representing 2−1; 1 if x−⌊x⌋≥½; or equivalently, ⌊2x⌋mod2); and second, a “sticky bit” that is 1 if any bits beyond the ½ bit were 1. These are all equivalent definitions, using the convention that a boolean condition is 1 for true, 0 for false: [...] * ⚓ [Old] Russ Cox ☛ research!rsc:_Floating_Point_to_Decimal_Conversion_is Easy_(Floating_Point_Formatting,_Part_1)⠀⇛ Floating point to decimal conversions have a reputation for being difficult. At heart, they're really very simple and straightforward. To prove it, I'll explain a working implementation. It only formats positive numbers, but expanding it to negative numbers, zero, infinities and NaNs would be very easy. An IEEE 64-bit binary floating point number is an integer v in the range [252, 253) times a power of two: f = v × 2e. Constraining the fractional part of the unpacked float64 to the range [252, 253) makes the representation unique. We could have used any range that spans a multiplicative factor of two, but that range is the first one in which all the values are integers. In Go, math.Frexp unpacks a float64 into f = fr × 2exp where fr is in the range [½, 1). (C's frexp does too.) Converting to our integer representation is easy: [...] * ⚓ Adam Silver ☛ Design_in_code,_get_praise⠀⇛ One product manager suggested I upskill some of the other designers on the programme who are less familiar with the Prototype Kit. But she also pointed out that it would probably take up too much of my time. Luckily, I’ve been preparing for this moment for 2 years. I told her: I have a course that teaches designers how to use the GOV.UK Prototype Kit to unlock the many benefits of prototyping in code. * ⚓ Tomas_Tomecek:_Ambient_Code_followup:_PR_merged⠀⇛ This is a followup to my_previous_post_about_how_I_tried Ambient_Code. TL;DR: I_opened_a_PR_(#specfile/508) and had to take over in the end. * ⚓ Andrew Nesbitt ☛ importmap.lock:_a_lockfile_for_the_web⠀⇛ The web is the only major software platform without a native dependency manifest. The web runs on URLs and runtime resolution; npm runs on filesystems and build steps. Bundlers have been papering over that mismatch for a decade. Lea Verou’s recent post on web dependencies nerd sniped me. There’s a security angle too. The EU Cyber Resilience Act and US Executive Order 14028 increasingly mandate SBOMs for software. But if you’re loading JavaScript from CDNs without a bundler, there’s no manifest for SBOM tools to read. The web has no native way to declare what dependencies a site uses. That’s a problem as compliance requirements tighten, and “manually document your CDN dependencies” is a non-compliance trap waiting to happen. Import maps seem like an interesting starting point for both problems, at least for sites that skip the bundler and load modules directly in the browser. * ⚓ Futhark Programming Language ☛ Are_arrays_functions?⠀⇛ While I do not think that Futhark is the right language in which to do the experiment, I would like to see what it would be like for a language to fully exploit the array-function correspondence. I do not think the best way to do this is to have only a single type, as the performance implications of the choice of representation are too dramatic to be left to a compiler. Rather, I imagine a language that allows shared abstractions that work for both arrays and appropriate functions. One starting point could be the observation that a - > b and the array type a => b are both functors in the Haskell sense, with element type b, meaning they support a “functorial map” (fmap) operation. When the parameter type of a function is isomorphic to a contiguous subset of the integers, then it is also easy to define scan and reduction operations. We can then start defining functions that operate on anything “array-like”. It is also conceivable that the idea behind AUTOMAP could be extended to “AUTOFMAP”, which would allow operations such as f + g when f and g are functions with the same domain - mirroring normal mathematical conventions. Other things also become possible - I do not yet know when it might be useful to perform a matrix multiplication of functions, but I’d certainly like someone to figure it out and tell me about it. * ⚓ UNIX.Dog ☛ some_C_habits_I_employ_for_the_modern_day⠀⇛ in any case, C is an interesting language without much standardization on the whole “style” or “practices” part. most other languages have very clear “this is the best way to use X” messages, either subtly embedded in the syntax itself or through “official” documentation channels. C doesn’t have an official documentation channel, nor does it have syntax or standard library constructs that encourage one particular way of doing things. from this, there’s a bunch of inconsistencies in how people do things, and–especially in the early days of the language and standard library–the landscape and general practice is quite error prone. as such, I’ve developed my own habits when writing C, usually picked up from blog posts, writing C# or rust, or just out of perfectionist brain. I’m not saying you should write stuff this way, nor am I claiming it is the best way to write C all the time. I break some of these practices when working with embedded systems or when I’m writing things to be as fast as they can possibly be. but it is the baseline I tend to start with for most projects, and if I don’t write it down, I’ll never be consistent with it. * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Rakudo_Weekly_2026.03_Lamentable⠀⇛ FOSDEM Community Dinner Information TPRF sponsor the FOSDEM Perl and Raku community dinner which is is traditionally held on the Saturday evening. All food is included and guests are free to purchase their own drinks. * § R / R-Script⠀➾ o ⚓ Dirk Eddelbuettel ☛ RApiDatetime_0.0.11_on_CRAN:_Micro- Maintenance⠀⇛ RApiDatetime provides a number of entry points for C- level functions of the R API for Date and Datetime calculations. The functions asPOSIXlt and asPOSIXct convert between long and compact datetime representation, formatPOSIXlt and Rstrptime convert to and from character strings, and POSIXlt2D and D2POSIXlt convert between Date and POSIXlt datetime. Lastly, asDatePOSIXct converts to a date type. All these functions are rather useful, but were not previously exported by R for C-level use by other packages. Which this package aims to change. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1771 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Proprietary_Windows_Bricks_Itself_Adds_Slop.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Proprietary_Windows_Bricks_Itself_Adds_Slop.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Proprietary Windows Bricks Itself, Adds Slop⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Futurism ☛ As_Abusive_Monopolist_Microsoft_Stuffs_backdoored_Windows With_AI,_New_Update_Prevents_Users_From_Turning_Off_Their_PCs_Entirely⠀⇛ "When you vibe code an OS." * ⚓ Microsoft_issues_an_urgent_fix_following_a_problematic_security update⠀⇛ * ⚓ Windows_11_January_update_causes_shutdown_problems,_emergency_fix rolled_out⠀⇛ Microsoft has rolled out an emergency update after some Windows 11 users reported a strange and frustrating issue. Following a recent January update, certain systems were unable to shut down properly. Instead of powering off, affected PCs were restarting or staying switched on even after users selected shut down or hibernate. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1811 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_IBM_s_Slopfest.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Red_Hat_Fedora_and_IBM_s_Slopfest.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Red Hat, Fedora, and IBM's Slopfest⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ An_in-depth_look_at_the_Software_Catalog_and_Templates⠀⇛ In our previous_article, we described the Software Catalog and Software Template components of Red_Hat_Developer_Hub at a high level. This article will go deeper into these concepts to reveal how these components are constructed and how Red Bait Developer Hub uses them to populate the internal and promote discovery.  § Common fields ⠀➾ Entities in Red Bait Developer Hub follow common schemas similar to resource definitions in Kubernetes. All entities have common fields and metadata, while the specific kinds have various specifications. The following is an example of the component entity’s common fields. * ⚓ Andreas_Schneider:_Some_🌳💞_for_RPM_Spec⠀⇛ I had attempted to start the project the year before but was lost. The next year, the tree-sitter documentation improved, and I finally understood the basics and began developing tree- sitter-rpmspec. RPM Spec is challenging to parse. RPM spec files are parsed in multiple stages, roughly following these phases: Two years ago, I started to look into writing a tree-sitter parser as part of the “Day of Learning” at my employer. As I write and edit many RPM_Spec files (also at work), I wanted better highlighting in my text editor, which is Neovim. I had attempted to start the project the year before but was lost. The next year, the tree-sitter documentation improved, and I finally understood the basics and began developing tree- sitter-rpmspec. * ⚓ Adam_Williamson:_CI_and_LLM_review_on_Fedora_Forge_with_Forgejo_Actions [Ed: IBM_is_Outsourcing_Red_Hat's_Fedora_to_Slop_to_'Save_Money']⠀⇛ Hi folks! Over the last couple of weeks, we have migrated nearly_all the quality team's repositories from Pagure (the old Fedora forge) to the new, Forgejo-based Fedora_Forge. As part of this, I've figured out a process for doing CI with Forgejo Actions. I also came up with a way to do automated LLM pull request reviews, for those interested in that. * ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_2_Weeks_Left:_The_Flock_2026 CFP_Ends_Feb_2⠀⇛ Prague is calling! The deadline for the Flock 2026 CFP (Call for Proposals) is fast approaching. You have until Monday, February 2nd to submit your session ideas for Fedora’s premier contributor conference. We are returning to the heart of Europe (June 14–16) to define the next era of our operating system. Whether you are a kernel hacker, a community organizer, or an emerging local- first Hey Hi (AI) enthusiast, Flock is where the roadmap for the next year in Fedora gets written. * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Deploy_an_Oracle_SQLcl_MCP_server_on_Red_Bait_OpenShift⠀⇛ This blog post shows how to deploy and secure a basic Oracle SQLcl_Model_Context_Protocol_(MCP)_server on a Red_Hat OpenShift cluster and use it with the OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) platform as an Hey Hi (AI) quickstart deployed on OpenShift. AI quickstarts are demo applications that show real-world Hey Hi (AI) use cases. This quickstart connects agentic Hey Hi (AI) applications to an Oracle 23ai data warehouse backend. Many OpenShift customers rely on Oracle backends for both transactional and analytical requirements, making this pattern useful. * ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Transform_complex_metrics_into_actionable_insights_with_this Hey_Hi_(AI)_quickstart⠀⇛ Managing Hey Hi (AI) infrastructure in production can often feel overwhelming. A single vLLM model deployment can generate hundreds of metrics across GPU utilization, token throughput, cache efficiency, and latency measurements. Add OpenShift cluster metrics, and you're looking at thousands of data points that need constant monitoring. As a result, most teams either ignore metrics entirely (dangerous), get lost in dashboards full of technical jargon (ineffective), or spend hours manually correlating data across systems (inefficient). What if you could just ask "How is my GPU performing?" or "Why is my model slow?" and get clear, actionable answers? ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1941 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (cups, libpq, libsoup3, podman, and postgresql16), Debian (ffmpeg, gpsd, python-urllib3, and thunderbird), Fedora (chromium, foomuuri, forgejo, freerdp, harfbuzz, libtpms, musescore, python- biopython, and python3.12), Mageia (gimp, libpng, nodejs, and python-urllib3), and SUSE (alloy, avahi, bind, chromedriver, chromium, cpp-httplib, docker, erlang, fluidsynth, freerdp, go- sendxmpp, govulncheck-vulndb, kernel, libwireshark19, NetworkManager-applet-l2tp, python, python311-virtualenv, thunderbird, and zk). * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gpsd-minimal, jmc, kernel, kernel-rt, and net-snmp), Debian (apache-log4j2 and dcmtk), Fedora (exim, gpsd, mysql8.0, mysql8.4, python- biopython, and rust-lru), Mageia (firefox, nss and thunderbird), Oracle (container-tools:rhel8, gpsd-minimal, jmc, kernel, net-snmp, and uek-kernel), Red Hat (net-snmp), SUSE (chromium, go, harfbuzz-devel, kernel, libsoup, rust1.91, rust1.92, and thunderbird), and Ubuntu (apache2, avahi, and python-urllib3). * ⚓ France24 ☛ Hackers_disrupt_Iran_state_TV_to_broadcast_exiled_crown prince⠀⇛ Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early Monday, the latest disruption to follow nationwide protests in the country. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ 42,000_Impacted_by_Ingram_Micro_Ransomware_Attack⠀⇛ The compromised personal information includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and employment-related data. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Anthropic’s_official_Git_MCP_server_hit_by_chained flaws_that_enable_file_access_and_code_execution⠀⇛ Anthropic PBC’s official Git Model Context Protocol server has several security vulnerabilities that can lead to arbitrary file access and, in some scenarios, full remote code execution triggered entirely through prompt injection. * ⚓ SANS ☛ Add_Punycode_to_your_Threat_Hunting_Routine,_(Tue,_Jan_20th)⠀⇛ * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Malicious_Chrome_Extension_Crashes_Browser_in_ClickFix Variant_‘CrashFix’⠀⇛ Posing as an ad blocker, the malicious extension crashes the browser to lure victims into installing malware. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ APT-Grade_PDFSider_Malware_Used_by_Ransomware_Groups⠀⇛ Providing cyberespionage and remote code execution capabilities, the malware is executed via DLL sideloading. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_Reports_Reinforce_Cyberattack’s_Role_in_Maduro Capture_Blackout⠀⇛ US officials told The New York Times that cyberattacks were used to turn off the lights in Caracas and disrupt air defense radars. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ ‘SolyxImmortal’_Information_Stealer_Emerges⠀⇛ The information stealer abuses legitimate Hey Hi (AI) and libraries to exfiltrate data to Discord webhooks. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ Jordanian_Admits_in_US_Court_to_Selling_Access_to_50 Enterprise_Networks⠀⇛ Operating as an access broker, the defendant sold unauthorized access to compromised networks to an undercover agent. * ⚓ Security Week ☛ TP-Link_Patches_Vulnerability_Exposing_VIGI_Cameras_to Remote_Hacking⠀⇛ The researcher who discovered the vulnerability saw more than 2,500 internet-exposed devices. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2065 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/_The_Breakaway_Moment_and_Gaming_GPU_Benchmarks_on_Bazzite.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/_The_Breakaway_Moment_and_Gaming_GPU_Benchmarks_on_Bazzite.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ "The Breakaway Moment" and "Gaming GPU Benchmarks on Bazzite"⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ The_Breakaway_Moment⠀⇛ I can watch people play videogames on YouTube (I do actually like Twitch too, but only when the “live” aspect is additive, which isn’t usually). But you know what I don’t do? Hear about some new game that seems cool, and just go right to YouTube to check it out by watching a “playthrough”. * ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ Linux_vs_backdoored_Windows_11_:_Proton_PC_Gaming_GPU Benchmarks_on_Bazzite⠀⇛ What if you could move beyond the frustrations of backdoored Windows 11 gaming, bloated updates, intrusive data collection, and system inefficiencies, and embrace a platform designed to give you more control? In this guide, Gamers Nexus explains how the Linux-based Bazzite distribution is reshaping gaming benchmarks, offering a compelling alternative to the backdoored Windows ecosystem. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2108 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/The_Harder_They_Try_to_Squash_GNU_Linux_Advocacy_the_Move_Expos.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/The_Harder_They_Try_to_Squash_GNU_Linux_Advocacy_the_Move_Expos.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ The Harder They Try to Squash GNU/Linux Advocacy, the More Exposure It'll Get⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026, updated Jan 20, 2026 They will always lose because they are on the wrong side of history 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Statue_Of_Liberty⦈_ The vicious attacks on Tux Machines are well documented and hardly a new thing. However, the audience of the site continues growing and in the past few days we've served well over a million requests (per day) because GNU/Linux is growing and people need curated news, e.g. curation_that_culls/omits_LLM_slop and other garbage. Let's face it - Free software was always besieged (to some degree), the attempts to 'cancel_RMS'_go_back_to_2009 (it started with GNOME ~17 years ago*) and "corporate"_(proprietary)_Linux, a la RHEL, isn't the goal; that's just what GAFAM operatives - usually staff - aim for. They want to just plunders the community's work, then sell it for a fee (per copy). █ ______ * The attacks get more vicious when/if his visibility grows; the same goes for our sites - as there are people and companies truly desperate to prevent people from accessing what we publish. =============================================================================== Image source: Statue_Of_Liberty ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⠇⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠙⠛⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠻⠀⠀⠠⠄⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠉ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢼⣿⠟⠁⠉⠉⠋⠻⠄⠋⢨⢿⡿⠏⣿⠏⠟⣿⢿⣿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢻⠿⣿⡟⢟⠛⠛⠛⠋⠙⡛⠛⠻⠿⠛⠻⠟⠻⠟⠛⠃⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠐⠀⠀⠂⠒⠐⠂⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2172 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Today in Techrights⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Session_for_the_Blind_at_Sunderland_Museum⦈_ ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ If_You_Don't_Want_"Linux"_to_Become_"Windows",_Then_Follow_GNU⠀⇛ GAFAM isn't a friend of Linux; it's only a user in the same sense clients are "users" of a brothel 2. ⚓ This_is_What_the_Slop_Bubble_Popping_Can_Look_Like⠀⇛ Maybe not an overnight collapse, but getting there gradually 3. ⚓ More_Confirmatory_Rumours_Regarding_"Massive"_Red_Hat_Layoffs⠀⇛ Ecosystem and sales said to be targeted 4. ⚓ Office_Meetings_Are_Most_Useful_to_the_Least_Productive_Workers⠀⇛ In my "office life" days I really didn't like meetings 5. ⚓ Claim_That_the_Board_of_Directors_at_IBM_Isn't_Happy_With_How_the Company_is_Run⠀⇛ IBM tries to project an image of strength to the whole world, especially to its clients ⚓ New⠀⇛ 6. ⚓ Links_19/01/2026:_National_Broadcasters_on_World_or_Local_Affairs_Up_to a_Week_Ago⠀⇛ Links for the day 7. ⚓ Gemini_Links_19/01/2026:_Game_Boy_and_"The_Lounge"_(IRC)_for_the Elderly⠀⇛ Links for the day 8. ⚓ Slopfarms_in_Google_News_(at_Least_Three_Today)_With_Fake_'Articles' About_"Linux"⠀⇛ Google itself is trying to promote its own slop ("Overview") at the expense of original and credible sources 9. ⚓ Links_19/01/2026:_ChatGPT’s_Defects_and_The_Guardian_on_Why_So-called "AI_Companies_Will_Fail"⠀⇛ Links for the day 10. ⚓ IBM_Quiet_About_Its_Plan_for_Red_Hat_Amid_Accelerated_Bluewashing⠀⇛ Something is going on at Red Hat 11. ⚓ The_"Alicante_Mafia"_-_Part_V_-_It_Seems_Like_Some_People_Are_Already Leaving_"The_Mafia"⠀⇛ they have a rough idea of what's coming 12. ⚓ Microsoft_Means_War,_Microsoft_is_on_the_Side_of_ICE⠀⇛ Microsoft, people-ready 13. ⚓ Proprietary_UNIX_is_What_We'll_Have_If_IBM_Red_Hat_Gets_Its_Way⠀⇛ IBM Red Hat wants to control everything, even if that means killing everybody 14. ⚓ Free_Software_in_Times_of_Peace_(and_Times_of_War,_Too)⠀⇛ GAFAM and IBM are war companies 15. ⚓ Founder_of_GNU/Linux_(RMS)_Speaks_in_US_University_(College)_This Week⠀⇛ The auditorium has very high capacity and this is his "college comeback" talk in the United States 16. ⚓ LinuxSecurity_and_Linuxiac_Are_Still_Slopfarms,_Even_Anthony_Pell_Does It⠀⇛ We suppose waiting another month or another year won't change a thing 17. ⚓ Links_18/01/2026:_Legal_Trouble_for_xAI,_Climate_Concerns,_Data Breaches_and_More⠀⇛ Links for the day 18. ⚓ 'Vibe_Coding',_Chatbots,_and_Other_Bots_(e.g._"Agents"_Disguised_as "Superintelligence")_Aren't_Saving_You_Time⠀⇛ False marketing, FOMO marketing tactics 19. ⚓ Gemini_Links_19/01/2026:_Analog_Cameras_and_Plucker_in_2026,_US_Losing Acceptability_in_Europe⠀⇛ Links for the day 20. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 21. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Sunday,_January_18,_2026⠀⇛ IRC logs for Sunday, January 18, 2026 ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text. 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professional-grade NAS from Terramaster arrived at work, too, with 12 HDD bays and possibly a pair of M2s. NVME cards. In this case, I again installed a plain Debian distribution, but HDD monitoring required some configuration adjustments to run smartd properly. A decent approach to data safety is to run regularly scheduled short and long SMART tests on all disks to detect potential damage. Running such tests on all disks at once isn't ideal, so I set up a script to create a staggered configuration and test multiple groups of disks at different times. * ⚓ Setup_Arch_GNU/Linux_KVM_Guest_via_archinstall_3.0.15-2⠀⇛ * ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_ONLYOFFICE_Desktop_Editors_on_GNU/Linux_ARM64 Devices⠀⇛ * ⚓ [Old] Peter N M Hansteen ☛ Eighteen_Years_of_Greytrapping_-_Is_the Weirdness_Finally_Paying_Off?⠀⇛ Greytrapping at nxdomain.no, also known as bsdly.net and a few other domain names, has been a long running experiment. I had been running a mail service for my own and my colleagues' benefit for some years already when I converted that setup stepwise from a Debian Linux setup to one involving OpenBSD hosts as the outer line of defense and a mix of FreeBSD, OpenBSD and other hosts in an evironment not unlike what is described in some of the rather basic configurations described early on in the PF tutorial and later The Book of PF. Soon after converting the outer defense at that site to an OpenBSD one running a basic PF ruleset, I introduced the then blocklist-importing and greylisting only spamd, and experienced (as described elsewhere) that the fan noise coming from the mail server, obviously burdened by performing content filtering, just stopped immediately, only to occasionally to rise just a quiet murmor for the rest of that server's service life. * ⚓ David Bushell ☛ Winter_2026:_Self-Hosted…_Success!⠀⇛ The plan is to duplicate my router virtual machine from my Beelink EQ12 to my Mini-ITX server. For that I need more ports. For more ports I bought the NIC above. * ⚓ Morten Linderud ☛ Personal_infrastructure_setup_2026⠀⇛ While starting this post I realized I have been maintaining personal infrastructure for over a decade! Most of the things I’ve self-hosted is been for personal uses. Email server, a blog, an IRC server, image hosting, RSS reader and so on. All of these things has all been a bit all over the place and never properly streamlined. Some has been in containers, some has just been flat files with a nginx service in front and some has been a random installed Debian package from somewhere I just forgot. When I decided I should give up streaming services early last year, I realized I should rethink a bit of the approach and try streamline how I wanted to host different things. * ⚓ Christian Hofstede-Kuhn ☛ GeoIP-Aware_Firewalling_with_PF_on_FreeBSD⠀⇛ Running a mail server on the public [Internet] means dealing with a constant stream of brute-force attempts. Credential stuffers, password sprayers, and opportunistic bots hammer away at IMAP, submission ports, and webmail interfaces around the clock. While fail2ban-style rate limiting helps, the sheer volume of attempts still clutters logs and wastes resources on connection handling. The solution I’ve implemented takes a different approach: geographic restriction. My users are all located in Central Europe - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and neighboring countries. There’s no legitimate reason for someone in a botnet-heavy region to connect to my IMAP server. By restricting client-facing ports to IP ranges allocated to specific countries, I’ve dramatically reduced both attack surface and log noise. * ⚓ Stéphane Huc ☛ Stéphane_HUC_::_IT_Log_::_OpenBSD:_configure_smtpd.conf to_auth_email_client_(≥_v6.4)⠀⇛ How to config your machine to send mail by terminal/console, on OpenBSD, on SMTP server with a required authentication? * ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ TCP,_UDP,_and_listening_only_on_a_specific_IP address⠀⇛ One of the surprises of TCP and UDP is that when your program listens for incoming TCP connections or UDP packets, you can chose to listen only on a specific IP address instead of all of the IP addresses that the current system has. This behavior started as a de-facto standard but is now explicitly required for TCP in RFC 9293 section 3.9.1.1. There are at least two uses of this feature; to restrict access to your listening daemon, and to run multiple daemons on the same port. * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Homebrew_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Homebrew has revolutionized package management across multiple operating systems. Originally designed for macOS, this powerful tool now brings the same flexibility and convenience to GNU/Linux distributions, including Debian 13. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_InvoicePlane_on_Fedora_43⠀⇛ Managing invoices, tracking clients, and handling billing can overwhelm small businesses and freelancers. InvoicePlane offers a powerful solution: a self-hosted, open-source invoicing application that puts you in complete control of your financial data. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Miniconda_on_Fedora_43⠀⇛ Python package management can be complicated. Miniconda solves this problem by providing a lightweight, minimal installer for conda—a powerful package and environment manager. If you’re running Fedora 43 and need a clean way to manage Python packages and create isolated development environments, Miniconda is your solution. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_LibreOffice_on_Fedora_43⠀⇛ LibreOffice stands as the world’s leading free and open- source office suite, offering powerful tools for document creation, spreadsheet management, presentations, and more. For Fedora 43 users, installing this robust productivity software provides an excellent alternative to proprietary office suites without compromising on features or compatibility. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Nagios_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Monitoring your IT infrastructure shouldn’t be complicated. Nagios, a powerful open-source monitoring system, provides real-time visibility into servers, networks, and applications, helping you detect problems before they escalate into costly downtime. This comprehensive guide walks you through installing Nagios on Debian 13 (Trixie), the latest stable release of Debian featuring enhanced performance and security improvements. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_LibreWolf_Browser_on_Linux_Mint_22⠀⇛ Privacy matters more than ever in today’s digital landscape. LibreWolf stands out as a powerful, privacy- focused alternative to mainstream browsers, offering users complete control over their online footprint without sacrificing performance or usability. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_RabbitMQ_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Message queuing systems have become indispensable in modern application architecture. RabbitMQ stands out as one of the most reliable and widely adopted message brokers, enabling seamless communication between distributed systems through asynchronous message exchange. Whether you’re building microservices, handling background jobs, or orchestrating complex workflows, RabbitMQ provides the robust infrastructure you need. * § linuxcapable⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OpenSSH_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ OpenSSH enables encrypted remote access to GNU/Linux systems, replacing unencrypted protocols like Telnet. Whether you manage headless servers, transfer files between machines, or tunnel network connections through secure channels, OpenSSH handles these tasks while encrypting all traffic and supporting key-based authentication. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Add_and_Manage_Sudo_Users_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ Running commands as root is risky for daily tasks because a single mistake can break your system. Arch GNU/Linux follows the Unix convention of using the wheel group for sudo access, which differs from Debian-based distributions that use a sudo group. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Homebrew_on_Ubuntu_(26.04,_24.04, 22.04)⠀⇛ Homebrew is a package manager originally created for macOS that now works natively on Linux. It provides access to thousands of command-line tools, libraries, and development utilities that may not be available in Ubuntu’s default repositories or where you need newer versions than APT provides. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OpenJDK_17_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ This guide walks through installing OpenJDK 17 on Arch Linux, from package selection to version switching and removal. * ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_run_Windows_apps_on_Linux_with_Wine_-_it's_easy⠀⇛ The good news is that the Wine development team is always busy. The latest release of Wine (version 11) includes NTSYNC support, a unified 64-bit binary, enhanced Wayland/X11 integration, improved graphics via Vulkan/D3D12, better gamepad/joystick support, and smoother performance via WoW64. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2907 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Web_Browsers_Commentary_and_Mozilla_Firefox_Development.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/01/20/Web_Browsers_Commentary_and_Mozilla_Firefox_Development.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Web Browsers Commentary and Mozilla Firefox Development⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026 * ⚓ James G ☛ Announcing_Artemis_Roll-up⠀⇛ Some web feeds, especially those published on news websites, are updated several times a day with new entries. Websites that publish so regularly can be distracting in your web reader when you want to skim your feed for new posts from all the websites you follow. With this in mind, I have been building a feature for Artemis, the calm web reader I maintain, to reduce the overwhelm associated with high-volume feeds: roll-up. * ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ Now_with_MQTTS⠀⇛ Back in 2020 we added MQTT support to curl. When curl 8.19.0 ships in the beginning of March 2026, we have also added MQTTS; meaning MQTT done securely over TLS. This bumps the number of supported transfer protocols to 29 not too long after the project turned 29 years old. What’s MQTT? * ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ Miniroll⠀⇛ It's not just about your blogrolls either, as you can choose to make them public. Which means other people can too! So you can find other peoples blogrolls and find new blogs in the Explore section. o § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan_Almeida:_Test_sites_for_browser_developers⠀⇛ Working on the mobile Firefox team gives you the opportunity to touch on many different parts of the browser space. You often need to test the interaction between web content and the application integration's to another component, say for example, a site registering for a WebPush subscription and Firefox using Firebase Cloud Messaging to deliver the encrypted message to the end-user. Hunting around for an example to validate everything fine and dandy takes time. Sometimes a simple test site for your use case is helpful for initial validation or comparison against other browsers. # ⚓ Firefox_Nightly:_Introducing_Mozilla’s_Firefox_Nightly_.rpm package_for_RPM_based_linux_distributions!⠀⇛ After introducing Debian packages for Firefox Nightly, we’re now excited to extend that to RPM- based distributions. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 2990 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 24 seconds to (re)generate ⟲