Tux Machines Bulletin for Sunday, February 01, 2026 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Mon 2 Feb 02:49:45 GMT 2026 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at http://news.tuxmachines.org ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Tux Machines - 8 “hidden” terminal features that make Linux feel like a power-user OS ⦿ Tux Machines - Android Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - Applications: Alternatives to Nano and a look at x-cmd ⦿ Tux Machines - Bad Publicity or Good Publicity, It's Still Publicity ⦿ Tux Machines - Best Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - Canonical/Ubuntu: Ubuntu 26.04 Snapshot 3 and Old Bug Which "makes it impossible to print on Tuesdays" ⦿ Tux Machines - Distributions and Operating Systems: CachyOS, Qubes OS, Tails OS, TrueNAS ⦿ Tux Machines - Free and Open Source Software ⦿ Tux Machines - FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and OPNsense Picks ⦿ Tux Machines - Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Development Leftovers ⦿ Tux Machines - I’ve tested dozens of Linux distros, and these 3 are the only ones I’d put on a laptop ⦿ Tux Machines - Leaving the Cage Behind ⦿ Tux Machines - Leftovers Regarding Web Browsers/Web Servers ⦿ Tux Machines - Libreboot 26.01 “Magnanimous Max” released! 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But many of these features are hidden below the surface, waiting for you to discover them. The following features will help you get the best out of Linux, and they’re all available to use locally or on remote servers. 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Maybe it was a rescue or installation environment, an unfamiliar system you were repairing, or a Docker container you were debugging. If you've used Linux for a while, you've likely encountered these scenarios, and installing the required tools can be a hassle when all you want is to finish the job. That's where a convenient toolkit becomes a lifesaver, and I have one that fits the bill perfectly. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 258 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Bad_Publicity_or_Good_Publicity_It_s_Still_Publicity.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Bad_Publicity_or_Good_Publicity_It_s_Still_Publicity.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Bad Publicity or Good Publicity, It's Still Publicity⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Retro_Tv_Studio_Camera⦈_ Publicity is an English word that can be interpreted differently (as per meanings, even imputations) depending on the context. It can relate to mere prominence; in marketing, it's associated with publication. Publicity is something that we received last year due to abuse we had received online. This culminated in a High Court decision which did in fact affirm_that we_had_been_abused (but focused on attribution of this abuse). In hindsight, it made us seem more "famous" or more "high-profile". Why would someone invest (and lose) so much money in such a lawsuit? The goal is not publicity, the goal is information. However, sometimes mistakes (like misguided legal actions) result in more people showing interest in what someone wished to suppress. █ =============================================================================== Image source: Retro_Tv_Studio_Camera ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡅⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠐⠉⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⢹⠖⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠂⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡏⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣒⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⣸⣇⣉⣉⣹⢿⢻⣿⠟⠻⣿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠏⣿⣟⡙⣿⣼⣸⣿⡀⣠⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣧⣇⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣟⣐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠻⠿⢿⡇⣶⣄⢶⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣛⣛⣙⢻⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠈⣿⠃⠽⠽⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣧⣬⣿⣾⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣶⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⠥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣟⣛⣛⣿⣯⣭⣽⣋⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠶⢶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣬⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⡶⠶⠶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠊⠀⡀⣈⣻⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡾⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⠛⠟⣛⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣾⣧⣿⣿⣿⣉⣉⡏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣦⣤⣷⣌⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡜⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠄⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡠⠊⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 325 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Best Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇linux,_python,_coding,_software,_tools,_css,_and_more⦈_ * ⚓ Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Software:_January_2026_Updates_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Here’s the newest scoop on our handpicked software recommendations! This month marks a record for us — we’ve published more roundups than ever before, and we’re excited about it. But our focus doesn’t end with software; our website is also brimming with fantastic hardware content. We’re dedicated to showcasing only free and open-source software, highlighting the best offerings from the open-source community. * ⚓ YuFi_-_lightweight_Wi-Fi_manager_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ YuFi is a lightweight GTK4 Wi‑Fi manager for Linux. It focuses on a clean, minimal dashboard for quick toggles, scanning, and network management. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ wvkbd_-_on-screen_keyboard_for_wlroots_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ wvkbd aims to deliver a minimal but practically usable implementation of a wlroots on-screen keyboard in legible C. This will only be a keyboard, not a feedback buzzer, led blinker, or anything that requires more than what’s needed to input text quickly. The end product should be a static codebase that can be patched to add new features. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Stratis_-_local_storage_management_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Linux has a number of storage technologies that provide advanced functionality to applications for accessing and storing data. Examples of some of these products that Stratis uses are: device-mapper – A framework for logical to physical mapping of data blocks LUKS – An on disk format for encryption that can securely manages multiple passwords XFS – A scalable, journaling, and performant filesystem Clevis – A framework for automated decryption Learning and gaining experience in a number of different storage technologies can take many years. Each of those technologies may have their own unique command-line syntax, APIs, options, and logging. Stratis simplifies volume and filesystem management by providing a single CLI and API for users to set up complex storage stacks without having to spend time learning each independent storage technology. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ qq_-_jq_but_an_interoperable_configuration_format_transcoder_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ qq is an interoperable configuration format transcoder with jq query syntax powered by gojq. qq is multi modal, and can be used as a replacement for jq or be interacted with via a REPL with autocomplete and realtime rendering preview for building queries. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Flow_-_static_type_checker_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Flow is a static type checker for your JavaScript code. It does a lot of work to make you more productive. Making you code faster, smarter, more confidently, and to a bigger scale. Flow checks your code for errors through static type annotations. These types allow you to tell Flow how you want your code to work, and Flow will make sure it does work that way. 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Details and links inside. * ⚓ GigaZine ☛ What_is_the_true_identity_of_the_mysterious_Ubuntu_bug_that 'makes_it_impossible_to_print_on_Tuesdays'?⠀⇛ Ubuntu that causes printing to fail only on Tuesdays when trying to print a document. This bug was reported in 2009 and has since been fixed, but it is often discussed as an interesting episode in software history. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 507 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_CachyOS_Qubes_OS_Tails_OS_T.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Distributions_and_Operating_Systems_CachyOS_Qubes_OS_Tails_OS_T.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Distributions and Operating Systems: CachyOS, Qubes OS, Tails OS, TrueNAS⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linux_distros⦈_ * ⚓ XDA ☛ 6_Linux_distros_that_prove_you_don’t_need_Windows_for_gaming⠀⇛ Linux adoption by gamers has been growing rapidly over the last few years, and while a lot of that growth could be attributed to the missteps of Microsoft with the Windows platform, the distros themselves have to be given some credit. Valve put in a ton of legwork with the Proton compatibility layer, and combine that with the great work that has been done on Mesa and Vulkan, and many distros have genuine viability for gaming. Bazzite has become the standard in recent months (for good reason), but these 6 others have sneakily become easy to recommend. * ⚓ XDA ☛ CachyOS_proves_Arch_derivatives_can_actually_improve_on_the original⠀⇛ Every product or app has its fanbase, and every fanbase has its purists. In the Linux community, Arch Linux is known for being one of the lightest, most bleeding-edge distros you can get, and its fans can sometimes be what you'd consider purists, insisting that the vanilla Arch experience is the way to go, despite its many variations. And while yes, to a certain extent, some Arch variations make changes that aren't necessary as the default, one in particular as emerged as one of the best Linux experiences around. CachyOS, which I've covered before, is a very compelling Arch Linux variant, and it's arguably proven that Arch Linux variants can do more than just add unnecessary fluff. Sometimes, they can make things even better. * ⚓ XDA ☛ This_Linux_distro_is_the_most_secure_desktop_I've_ever_used,_and the_most_frustrating⠀⇛ I’ve used a lot of “secure” operating systems, but most of them feel like regular Linux with a few extra locks on the doors. Qubes OS is different because it treats your whole desktop like a set of separate rooms, each with its own key. That design changes how you browse, how you work, and how you think about risk. It also changes how often you mutter “why is this so complicated” under your breath. Qubes OS is the closest thing to a truly defensive daily driver I’ve ever run, but it demands patience and planning to earn that payoff. The security gains are real, and they show up in the parts of computing we tend to hand-wave. At the same time, the friction is not an edge case, it’s the operating model. If you want the benefits without the frustration, you have to embrace what Qubes is trying to do. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Why_I_keep_a_"privacy-hardened"_Linux_distro_USB_on_my keychain⠀⇛ Imagine an operating system that forgets everything you did once you shut down your computer. One that not only erases all traces of your activity, but also protects your privacy online. That's exactly what Tails is meant to be. § How the Tails OS works Instead of running it off a hard drive or SSD like Windows or macOS normally do, Tails is an operating system that runs entirely off a USB stick. It's a portable system that you can carry in your pocket. A USB drive with Tails loaded on it can plug into any computer and boot into the Tails OS instead of that computer's regular operating system. It's also completely free and open-source. * ⚓ XDA ☛ TrueNAS_is_free,_so_why_would_anyone_pay_for_a_NAS_OS?⠀⇛ HexOS has been doing the rounds recently thanks to a spate of updates which have brought it ever closer to its 1.0 milestone. The first "Powered by TrueNAS" operating system, HexOS is essentially a wrapper for TrueNAS with a friendlier user interface and a focus on typical users. TrueNAS is aimed at more technical users, whereas HexOS aims to put it in the same conversation as Unraid or OpenMediaVault. Time has value, and TrueNAS isn't exactly the easiest operating system to understand for a newcomer. The UI is quite clunky, containers can be confusing, and even shares can prove to be a difficult task when it comes to setting up NFS or SMB permissions. As a result, a $199 HexOS license or a $129 Unraid lifetime license isn't really competing against "free" in the sense you may think it typically would. Instead, it's competing against the hours you'll spend reading documentation, watching YouTube tutorials, scrolling through forum posts, and troubleshooting errors. For some people, that time is genuinely enjoyable, and if that's you, just know that I feel the same way. It's why I still have a separate TrueNAS instance running, too. But for many users, those hours represent time stolen from family, hobbies, or work. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠸⣾⡞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣶⣤⢤⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣤⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⢴⣿⣿⡟⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⢠⣤⣥⡌⠀⢀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣈⣁⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠸⢿⣆⣹⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⢱⣯⠞⠆ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢛⡿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⢒⣿⣻⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣹⠧⢀⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠸⠿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣷⣻⡏⣿⡽⣷⣾⢿⠻⣳⣛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣺⣿⣽⣿⣾⡾⠆⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠰⣿⠞⡟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣽⣯⠹⡧⣽⣿⣖⣴⣗⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣧⣾⣿⡟⢡⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⣶⡆⣷⠘⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣇⢠⡇⣿⣿⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠐⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠠⣃⡥⣧⣴⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⢾⡧⣿⠿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢯⣏⣋⢹⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡍⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢾⡿⠭⠿⠽⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢩⣍⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣸⣇⣿⣿⣛⣛⢸⣚⣸⣛⢐⣗⣳⣸⡂⣗⣶⣲⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣿⢠⡿⢠⡽⢠⠭⢬⣿⢸⣿⠇⠠⣠⣶⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢘⣛⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣄⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠘⠛⣿⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠘⠛⠸⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⠟⢿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿ ⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣛⢸⣾⣿⡛⠛⠓⠋⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⢩⣯⣿⠙⠛⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠙⠋⠙⠛⠉⠋⠙⠃⠓⠀⠙⠀⠘⠁⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿ ⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⢴⣾⣿⠏⠁⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⢿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⡾⣏⠀⠀⠰⠔⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠠⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠁⣿⡄⢠⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠚⠿⠿⠿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠑⠓⠚⠃⠓ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 659 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Free_and_Open_Source_Software.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free and Open Source Software⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇framework⦈_ * ⚓ 5_Useful_Free_and_Open_Source_Rust_TUI_frameworks_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ The software featured in this roundup helps developers create TUI programs. There is a diverse range of programs included, mostly best described as frameworks. Rust is a versatile programming language that’s gaining popularity for its strong focus on performance and safety. It’s designed to ensure type safety and offers excellent support for concurrency, making it a great choice for high-performance applications. The language embraces various programming paradigms and takes inspiration from functional programming. Features such as immutability, higher-order functions, algebraic data types, and pattern matching enrich its capabilities, allowing developers to write clean and efficient code. Here’s our verdict captured in a legendary LinuxLinks-style ratings chart. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion. * ⚓ s3fs_-_mount_an_S3_bucket_via_FUSE_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ s3fs allows Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD to mount an S3 bucket via FUSE(Filesystem in Userspace). s3fs makes you operate files and directories in S3 bucket like a local file system. It preserves the native object format for files, allowing use of other tools like AWS CLI. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Scalene_-_memory_profiler_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Scalene is a high-performance, high-precision CPU, GPU, and memory profiler for Python with AI-powered optimization proposals. It runs orders of magnitude faster than many other profilers while delivering far more detailed information. It is also the first profiler ever to incorporate AI-powered proposed optimizations. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ haskeline_-_CLI_for_user_input_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Haskeline provides a user interface for line input in command- line programs. This library is similar in purpose to readline, but since it is written in Haskell it is (hopefully) more easily used in other Haskell programs. Haskeline runs both on POSIX-compatible systems and on Windows. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ ZLint_-_opinionated_linter_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ ZLint is an opinionated linter for the Zig programming language. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ luffy_-_watch_movies_and_TV_from_the_command-line_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ luffy is billed as a spiritual successor of flix-cli and mov- cli. This is free and open source software. It’s cross-platform running under Linux, macOS, and Windows. * ⚓ NoxDir_-_visualize_file_system_usage_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ NoxDir is a high-performance, cross-platform command-line tool for visualizing and exploring your file system usage. It detects mounted drives or volumes and presents disk usage metrics through a responsive, keyboard-driven terminal UI. Designed to help you quickly locate space hogs and streamline your cleanup workflow. Supports: Linux, macOS, and Windows. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ VisiGrid_-_local-first_spreadsheet_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ VisiGrid is a fast, local-first spreadsheet for serious data work. VisiGrid prioritizes speed, correctness, and keyboard-driven workflows over cloud lock-in and opaque automation. Built as a native desktop app in Rust, powered by GPUI—the GPU- accelerated UI framework behind Zed—for instant startup, smooth scrolling, and low-latency interaction. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ colorstorm_-_TUI_to_generate_color_themes_for_Vim,_VSCode,_and_Sublime -_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ colorstorm is a command line TUI to generate color themes for Vim, VSCode, and Sublime. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ Geist_-_typeface_designed_for_developers_and_designers_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Geist is a typeface specifically designed for developers and designers. Geist embodies design principles of simplicity, minimalism, and speed, drawing inspiration from the renowned Swiss design movement. With precision, clarity, and functionality at its core, Geist enhances the visual experience of developers and designers, empowering them to effectively communicate their ideas. Geist is free and open source. * ⚓ Drawy_-_brainstorming_tool_-_LinuxLinks⠀⇛ Drawy is a work-in-progress infinite whiteboard tool written in Qt/C++, which aims to be a native-desktop alternative to the web-based Excalidraw. This is free and open source software. * ⚓ par2cmdline_-_PAR_2.0_compatible_file_verification_and_repair_tool_- LinuxLinks⠀⇛ par2cmdline is a program for creating and using PAR2 files to detect damage in data files and repair them if necessary. It can be used with any kind of file. Parchive is redundant file format. If you lose part of your file in transmission or in storage, you can use a Parchive file to repair it. It’s like RAID for files instead of a whole file system. PAR2 uses Reed-Solomon Coding to perform its calculations This is free and open source software. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠘⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⢿⡿⠉⠈⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⣸⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⠄⠀⠰⣾⡏⠀⠀⢰⣷⠆⠀⠠⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⢠⡏⠁⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⠀⢀⣾⣧⣤⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣈⣉⡉⢉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⢉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⢉⣉⣁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠀⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⢻⣿⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⣿⡟⠀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠄⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢠⠤⠤⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⢤⠀⢸⣿⠀⢠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⡄⠀⣿⡇⠀⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⡄⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⠦⠤⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⢾⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⠤⠤⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⡷⠤⠴⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⠦⠤⠤⠤⠶⠤⠤⠤⢾⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⠦⠤⠤⠴⠦⠤⠤⠴⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⡷⠤⠤⠤⠴⠦⠤⠤⠴⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠶⠤⢾⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠶⠴⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⡷⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⠦⠴⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⠆⠀⠐⠂⠄⠀⠀⠀⢾⠀⢸⣿⠀⢸⠂⠀⠐⠂⠄⠀⠀⠐⡇⠀⣿⡇⠀⡷⠀⠀⠒⠠⠀⠀⠀⠰⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠘⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠚⠀⣼⣿⡀⠘⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠃⢀⣿⣧⠀⠓⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠃⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 902 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/FreeBSD_OpenBSD_and_OPNsense_Picks.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/FreeBSD_OpenBSD_and_OPNsense_Picks.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and OPNsense Picks⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * ⚓ Vincent Delft ☛ For_just_my_memory_here_is_how_I've_configure_OpenBSD and_FreeBSD_for_a_IPv6_Wifi_at_Fosdem⠀⇛ Last year I've took notes about the way to connect to FOSDEM's wifi from my laptop doing dual boot OpenBSD and FreeBSD. But this year those commands, were not working. So, here the new method. * ⚓ OPNSense ☛ OPNsense_26.1_released⠀⇛ For over 11 years now, OPNsense is driving innovation through modularising and hardening the open source firewall, with simple and reliable firmware upgrades, multi-language support, fast adoption of upstream software updates, modern IPv6 support, as well as clear and stable 2-Clause BSD licensing. 26.1, nicknamed "Witty Woodpecker", features almost a full firewall MVC/API experience as automation rules have been promoted to the new rules GUI, Suricata version 8 with inline inspection mode using "divert", assorted IPv6 reliability and feature improvements, router advertisements MVC/API, full code shell command escaping revamp, default IPv6 mode now using Dnsmsaq for client connectivity, Unbound blocklist source selection, an automatic host discovery service, plus much more. The upgrade path for 25.7 will likely be unlocked on January 29, which is probably tomorrow if anyone is asking why it is not there yet. We want to ensure the upgrade goes as smoothly as possible so please be patient! :) Download links, an installation guide[1] and the checksums for the images can be found below as well. * ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ BSD_Release:_OPNsense_26.1⠀⇛ OPNsense is a FreeBSD-based specialist operating system designed for firewalls and routers. The project's latest release is version 26.1. [...] * ⚓ Vermaden ☛ 150_MB_Minimal_FreeBSD_Installation⠀⇛ I wrote about many/most aspects of PKGBASE in the Brave New PKGBASE World article … but not the installation size. I checked one of my FreeBSD 15.0 PKGBASE installations and replied right away – 450 MB of disk space … but maybe that can be pushed further? What I am gonna share with You today is unsupported – probably unrecomended – you may render your system broken. Only use it in test environment – as I did in a fresh Bhyve VM. You have been warned. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 983 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Development_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_and_Development_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Development Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ o ⚓ YottaDB ☛ ACID_Transactions_Are_Hard_At_Scale_…_Part_1⠀⇛ There is a duality to Consistency and Isolation. Consistency is the requirement that from a business perspective, the bank must be in compliance with business rules as determined by application logic. Consider two transactions executing at the same time (concurrently, but more about concurrency later). Both of them change the funds in accounts, and while they are executing, their temporary, private view is that the bank is not in balance (between steps 1a and 1b in the example above). But when a process looks at any data other than what it is manipulating within the transaction, it should see the the bank as being in balance (Consistency). Isolation means that each transaction is executed as if it were the only transaction on the system. No application logic outside the transaction and executing concurrently with it should be able to see within the transaction, i.e., Isolation of a transaction provides Consistency for concurrent transactions. * § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ o ⚓ Document Foundation ☛ Meet_the_LibreOffice_project_at_FOSDEM_in Brussels!⠀⇛ * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Luis Quintanilla ☛ Thoughts_on_the_Social_Web_from_FOSDEM_2026⠀⇛ I had the opportunity to attend FOSDEM 2026 virtually, and I spent almost all of my time in the Social Web track. A few themes kept coming up across talks. Some were explicit, some were between the lines. Either way, they prompted a bunch of thoughts I wanted to capture. * § Programming/Development⠀➾ o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Releasing_dfms_1.0:_Fast_and_Feature-Rich_Estimation_of Dynamic_Factor_Models_in_R⠀⇛ I am very happy to announce the release of dfms version 1.0 (and 0.4.0 just a week earlier, see news), implementing major features such as support for dynamic factor models (DFMs) with autoregressive errors, mixed- frequency (monthly-quarterly) DFMs, including with autoregressive errors, and decomposition of forecast revisions into news releases [...] o § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Tarek_Ziadé:_Catching_Code_Complexity_with_a_Local_LLM⠀⇛ Performance issues in Python often don’t look like bugs. They don’t crash, they don’t fail tests, and they don’t stand out in code review. They just quietly turn into cliffs when the input size grows. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1082 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/I_ve_tested_dozens_of_Linux_distros_and_these_3_are_the_only_on.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/I_ve_tested_dozens_of_Linux_distros_and_these_3_are_the_only_on.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ I’ve tested dozens of Linux distros, and these 3 are the only ones I’d put on a laptop⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ubuntu⦈_ Quoting: 3 Best Linux Distros for Laptops — Technically, you can install any Linux distribution on your laptop. However, some are going to perform better than others due to specific hardware differences between laptops and desktops. Because laptops are inherently sold as ready-made, pre-configured packages, you can't easily swap out the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth modules. If those require proprietary drivers and your distro doesn't ship with them pre- installed, you're stuck troubleshooting connectivity issues right out of the gate. Then there's lid-close behavior. When you close your laptop lid, it should reliably suspend the system, while opening it should wake the system. This is another hardware-dependent feature that works better on some distros than others. Laptops also have touchpads and sometimes touchscreens as core input methods. But again, not all distros are compatible with these hardware options. And coming to one of the most important factors, screen size—most laptops average around 15 inches, but some distros are optimized for larger screens or multi-monitor setups. Finally, you need to think about battery life. While most Linux distros will give you better battery performance compared to Windows, some are just more resource-hungry than others. 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They perceive the inability to run a specific piece of proprietary software as a technical deficiency of the free system. They see it as a bug. This reaction misunderstands the point of the transition: They're judging the free world by its ability to replicate the prison walls they just left. The goal of switching to free software is to gain full control over your computing, not to remain under the control of a proprietary software developer. The aim is to break free from that restrictive relationship entirely. When viewed this way, the fact that proprietary software doesn't follow you isn't a failure - it's evidence that the transition to freedom is happening. To understand why this reaction is a fallacy, we must examine how they handle migration between different proprietary systems. When we examine these scenarios, it becomes immediately clear that the free software is being held to a uniquely impossible standard - a double standard that users would never apply to Apple, Microsoft, or Nintendo. 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When I learned that two simple browser engines had been vibe-coded, I was not particularly surprised. * ⚓ Viktor Löfgren ☛ Trust_in_Ranking⠀⇛ The Marginalia Search default ranking algorithm recently saw a fairly radical improvement, due to a new domain trust system that drastically reduces the number of content farm results, as long as there are human results it usually finds them across all the usual test queries. Recently fixing a few bugs that made the search engine work more correctly had the unexpected and undesired side-effect of also making it surface more search engine spam and content farm-type results. * ⚓ Paweł Grzybek ☛ More_invoker_commands,_and_more_reasons_not_to_use JavaScript_please⠀⇛ The rule of least power on the web incentivised using HTML before reaching for CSS, CSS before JavaScript, and bashing it into the JS script as a last resort. Every time the web ships new features that let us shift the implementation left on the stack, I’m excited about it. In recent years, we have received a heap of CSS features that required not a trivial chunk of JS code a few years ago. The Invoker Commands API moved the implementation of button click handlers upstream to the HTML. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1296 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Libreboot_26_01_Magnanimous_Max_released.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Libreboot_26_01_Magnanimous_Max_released.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Libreboot 26.01 “Magnanimous Max” released!⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ThinkPad⦈_ Today’s Libreboot 26.01 revision is a stable release, whereas the previous stable release was Libreboot 25.06. This revised release log lists all changes as of today, 30 January 2026, since the Libreboot 25.06 release of June 2025. 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If course, in the late '90s, installing and configuring Linux was a nightmare. Maintaining it as a desktop operating system is only marginally less so. We've come a long way since those days, and installing, configuring, and maintaining Linux is generally no harder than Windows. However, unless Linux is your first operating system, there is absolutely still a time debt when switching over. You have to learn new things, unlearn some old things, and it's going to take time to settle into a daily-driver routine that works for you. In the rare situation where something goes wrong troubleshooting can be more time-consuming as well, even if you're quite savvy at fixing Windows issues. Linux has so many fundamental differences under the hood that not much transfers over. Once you've gotten over the hump, then it all equalizes, but that hump will still cost you. 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Drivers were flaky, Wi-Fi barely worked, GPU acceleration was a dice roll, and installing software felt like trial and error. If you tried Linux ten years ago and bounced off it hard, that reaction makes complete sense. It was good for reviving old systems and servers (and still is), but desktop use was reserved for the hardcore because of its reliance on knowledge. Linux isn't perfect now, but it's miles better than it was, and the issues many people face are no longer technical by nature. What’s holding it back now isn’t drivers, performance, or usability, but everything else around it, which realistically, isn't much. * ⚓ XDA ☛ Wayland_didn’t_kill_Linux_desktops,_but_it_did_expose_their weakest_assumptions⠀⇛ Wayland’s rise across Linux distributions did not spark a collapse, even though parts of the community feared exactly that. The protocol’s arrival instead illuminated how many everyday workflows had been built on behaviors that X11 had supported only by accident. This shift unsettled long-time users who saw familiar tools falter. Still, that discomfort stemmed from discovering how much of the landscape had been stitched together with implicit agreements rather than defined rules. Wayland simply revealed how much of the Linux desktop had grown around habits rather than durable foundations. For decades, X11 allowed developers to build freely without worrying about boundaries between applications, windows, and the system itself. That permissiveness made innovation irresistible, but it also created brittle expectations that were never standardized. When Wayland insisted on structured interfaces, these expectations surfaced quickly and often dramatically. What followed was not failure but a rare kind of clarity that encouraged every project to examine its assumptions. * ⚓ XDA ☛ Linux_isn't_hard,_but_your_muscle_memory_makes_it_feel_that_way⠀⇛ Leaving Windows can be a grueling decision for a long-time user. The transition for a slightly tech-enthusiastic user like me is more seamless than for an average one. When an older user makes the switch, the first impression is starkly different than the regular “old” Windows. Then begins a love-hate relationship of finding settings, apps, and making adjustments. The shortcuts seem different, the settings are different, and there's a slight terminal interaction as well. As a result, the mind urges us to go back, find something else as easy-going as Windows. However, the simple nature is ingrained in muscle memory because most educational and home systems use Windows or macOS. It's a wrong notion because Linux is not a second-tier operating system now. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⢛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣴⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⢰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣿⠿⠿⠟⠈⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⣠⣸⣿⡿⢟⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠚⠛⠚⠓⠚⠚⠚⠛⠚⠛⣸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⡀⠤⠄⢒ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠂⠀⠁⠀⠒⡒⠿⠟⠑⠋⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣩⠍ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1568 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * ⚓ Rui Carmo ☛ Scheme⠀⇛ Scheme is a LISP dialect that has not just gone its own way (as is usual with LISPs) but also achieved IEEE standardization. With a focus on lexical scope and tail call optimization, it actually contributed many of its ideas back into Common LISP. * ⚓ Lionel Dricot ☛ The_Disconnected_Git_Workflow⠀⇛ The more I work with git-send-email, the less I find the GitHub interface sufferable. Want to send a small patch to a GitHub project? You need to clone the repository, push your changes to your own branch, then ask for a pull request using the cumbersome web interface, replying to comments online while trying to avoid smileys. * ⚓ Farid Zakaria ☛ Crazy_shit_linkers_do:_Relaxation⠀⇛ I have been looking into linkers recently and I’ve been amazed at all the crazy options and optimizations that a linker may perform. Compilers are a well understood domain, taught in schools with a plethora of books but few resources exist for linkers aside from what you may find on some excellent technical blogs such as Lance Taylor’s series on writing the gold linker and Fangrui Song’s, also known as MaskRay, very in- depth blog. I wanted to write down in my own style, concepts I’m learning from first principles. Recently, I came across a term “relaxation” as I was fuddling around LLVM’s lld. * ⚓ Allen Downey ☛ The_Girl_Born_on_Tuesday⠀⇛ I think the girl born on Tuesday carries a lesson about how we teach. In introductory probability, students often learn two ways to compute the probability of a conjunction. First they learn the easy way: [...] * ⚓ Zig ☛ zig_libc⠀⇛ Over the past month or so, several enterprising contributors have taken an interest in the zig libc subproject. The idea here is to incrementally delete redundant code, by providing libc functions as Zig standard library wrappers rather than as vendored C source files. In many cases, these functions are one-to-one mappings, such as memcpy or atan2, or trivially wrap a generic function, like strnlen: [...] * ⚓ Henrik Warne ☛ In_Praise_of_–dry-run⠀⇛ For the last few months, I have been developing a new reporting application. Early on, I decided to add a –dry-run option to the run command. This turned out to be quite useful – I have used it many times a day while developing and testing the application. * ⚓ BBC ☛ Will_young_developers_take_on_key_open_source_software?⠀⇛ “I just want to make sure that everything is there so the day I go away, someone can take over,” Mr Stenberg says. It’s a problem confronting many of the open source software pioneers who transformed the technology world in the 1990s and early 2000s. * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-26_[Older]_Call_for_proofreaders_:_blogging_on beautiful_Perl_features⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-26_[Older]_This_week_in_PSC_(213)_|_2026-01-26⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-26_[Older]_Ready,_Set,_Compile..._you_slow_Camel⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-25_[Older]_Otobo_supports_the_German_Perl Workshop⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-25_[Older]_ANNOUNCE:_Perl.Wiki_V_1.38_& Mojolicious.Wiki_V_1.12⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-24_[Older]_SBOM::CycloneDX_1.07_is_released⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-23_[Older]_I'll_Have_a_Mojolicious::Lite⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-23_[Older]_vitroconnect_sponsors_the_German_Perl Workshop⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-22_[Older]_Retrospective_on_the_Perl_Development Release_5.43.7⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2026-01-20_[Older]_This_week_in_PSC_(212)_|_2026-01-19⠀⇛ * § Java/Golang⠀➾ o ⚓ Frank Delporte ☛ JavaFX_Links_of_January_2026⠀⇛ Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of January 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com. Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of the next overviews? Let us know via links@jfx- central.com. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1722 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Proxmox_Articles_in_XDA_Developer.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Proxmox_Articles_in_XDA_Developer.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Proxmox Articles in XDA Developer⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * ⚓ XDA ☛ Proxmox_high_availability_sounds_impressive_until_you_try_to maintain_it⠀⇛ On paper, high-availability sounds like a neat little trick for Proxmox users. Being able to access your LXCs and VMs even if the underlying host goes down is pretty handy, especially when you’re running a DNS server, firewall, and other mission- critical services on your nodes. Plus, Proxmox’s HA provisions can migrate your virtual guests to other nodes automatically without requiring any manual input whatsoever. If you’re rocking a production-heavy home lab or just want to tinker with automation projects, high-availability clusters are definitely worth checking out. Otherwise, the novelty wears off really quickly once you realize you have to buy extra hardware for clusters and commit a lot of time to maintaining your high- availability PVE environment * ⚓ XDA ☛ Proxmox_helped_me_understand_which_operating_systems_I_actually need⠀⇛ Before using Proxmox to run my home lab, I always considered the operating system I used at the time reflected my technical ambition. By that, I mean dual-boot systems and other dedicated applications almost convinced me that each OS installed served a purpose. What I was unaware of was the accumulated complexity, which is something a virtualization platform such as Proxmox can help provide clarity on. I never stopped to ask myself, "Which OS do I actually need, and why?" Through months of experimentation, consolidation, and countless failures, Proxmox changed how I evaluate an operating system. Actually, it made me begin to do so, viewing an OS as a tool for specific workloads instead of considering identities. Unlike dedicated platforms, Proxmox encourages intentionality. I can create, destroy, backup, and migrate virtual machines and instances with a single button click. This eliminated the logistical cost of experimentation, which was a pain before Ventoy. * ⚓ XDA ☛ I_was_short_on_Proxmox_nodes,_so_I_used_ZFS_replication_to_save my_home_lab's_uptime⠀⇛ Unlike ESXi and its paywalled services, Proxmox lets me use every facility on the virtualization platform without forcing me to drop a fortune on a license. Take Proxmox’s clustering support, for example. Since I have some spare devices, I can group them together in a cluster and manage their virtual guests from a centralized interface. But the biggest advantage of clusters is the ability to deploy high-availability setups capable of migrating my virtual guests automatically if (or rather, when) my experiments bring one of the nodes down. Better yet, there are a couple of ways to create HA configurations on Proxmox. You've got the ever-popular Ceph distributed storage method, which is perfect for high-end home labs. Then there's ZFS replication that combines a simple process with minimal monetary investment – making it perfect when creating budget-friendly clusters. * ⚓ XDA ☛ Proxmox_made_me_stop_caring_what_OS_my_servers_run⠀⇛ Although I started my tinkering journey with a gaming PC housing Windows and Debian in dual-boot, virtual machines and containers have become an indispensable part of my toolkit in recent years. VirtualBox and VMware Workstation Pro (or rather Workstation Player, as it was the free product back in the day) helped me quite a bit, but their performance overhead on Windows 11 and limited functionality made it hard to rely on them for hardcore tinkering experiments. * ⚓ XDA ☛ I_built_a_high-availability_server_cluster_using_Proxmox_and_two cheap_laptops⠀⇛ Enterprise high availability usually means buying expensive rack servers with redundant power supplies and IPMI management cards. The hardware alone costs thousands before you even think about software. But what if you could build a proper HA cluster using old laptops collecting dust in your closet? That is exactly what I set out to do, and not to boast, but I seem to have achieved that feat (to some extent, at least). I put together two aging laptops and ran Proxmox Virtual Environment to form a high-availability cluster that survives node failures and keeps virtual machines running. Mind you, this is not a toy homelab that crashes when you sneeze near it. This is a real HA architecture with quorum voting and automatic failovers. The laptops just happen to have built-in UPS systems in the form of batteries and integrated consoles that servers charge extra for. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1844 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Raspberry_Pi_as_Low_cost_GNU_Linux_Device_Recent_Valnet_Article.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Raspberry_Pi_as_Low_cost_GNU_Linux_Device_Recent_Valnet_Article.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Raspberry Pi as Low-cost GNU/Linux Device - Recent Valnet Articles⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇old_laptop⦈_ * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Recalbox_turned_my_Raspberry_Pi_into_a_retro_gaming monster⠀⇛ The Steam Deck is my go-to platform for retro gaming; I’ve even dedicated a 1TB microSD card to it. But it’s ill-suited to multiplayer sessions and non-portable use. Though I could invest in yet another USB hub, I’d rather make use of hardware I’ve already got, like my under-utilized Raspberry Pi. § Recalbox is a retro gaming-focused Linux distro Recalbox is an operating system dedicated entirely to playing retro games via emulation. There’s no traditional desktop environment included with Recalbox; the distro boots straight into a menu that lets you start playing games immediately. This keeps overheads down so that the Raspberry Pi isn’t wasting performance on things you don’t need. You won’t be browsing the web or doing word processing, so you don’t need browsers and office tools. Instead, you get a pleasant user interface powered by EmulationStation, and a back-end that consists of emulators like RetroArch (LibRetro) in an easy-to- use package. * ⚓ XDA ☛ 4_things_your_old_laptop_can_do_better_than_a_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi attracts DIY enthusiasts because of its versatile nature. It's a small, compact, power-efficient computing device that can help create a variety of projects. However, the cracks start to appear when you try to put the Raspberry Pi in some demanding roles. In such situations, a laptop is a much better device than using a Raspberry Pi, so everything goes according to plan. I have noticed a difference in the overall experience of building some specific projects on a spare laptop and a Pi. Be it building a local cloud storage solution or a private document management service, the laptop has the upper hand in all such situations, and a few more. Let's discuss a few things that my laptop does better than a Pi. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ My_favorite_Raspberry_Pi_feature_is_too_often_overlooked⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi single-board computers are awesome for so many reasons—they're low-power, extremely capable, and have small footprints. I love all those things about my Raspberry Pi, but my favorite feature is one that I don’t hear talked about nearly often enough. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 5_signs_it’s_time_to_upgrade_your_Home_Assistant_server⠀⇛ Home Assistant is a Linux-based smart home operating system with a very low barrier to entry. In addition to being completely free, its minimum system specifications mean it works on most computers produced within the last 10 to 15 years (plus humble single-board computers). The more devices you add and tasks you entrust to your server, the more resources are required to keep the show running. At some point, an upgrade might be necessary. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Homelab_projects_to_try_this_weekend_(January_23_-_25)⠀⇛ It’s that time of the week again, the time when I showcase three pieces of homelab software for you to try out over the weekend. Today, I’m taking a look at both advanced and simple projects, from running a PXE server to playing retro games in your browser. Here are three homelab projects to try before Monday comes. ⢉⢉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠈⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣦⣴⣶⣶⣶⣤⣀⣠⣔⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣀⣀⣀⣒⣒⣒⣀⣀⣀⣒⣒⣲⣰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠿⠏⢹⣷⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠘⠛⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢟⣛⣛⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⠛⣛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣷⡀⣀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠠⠄⠉⠀⠀⠀⢀⢸⠀⣿⣿⡏⠀⣠⣄⣿⣿⣍⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠠⣤⠀⠀⣀⣠⠀⠀⠠⢤⡀⠀⢀⣠⡄⠀⠀⢠⠄⠀⠀⣭⣸⠀⣿⣿⡀⠀⢸⣽⣿⣿⣿⡮⢭⡿⠛⠿⠫⠛⠿⢛⣵⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⡆⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⠀⠆⠀⠐⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡆⣐⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⢸⠀⣿⣿⣿⡀⠈⠻⣿⣟⠋⠉⣿⣷⣶⠀⣀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⢿⣿ ⡇⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠿⠿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠍⠍⠉⠀⣤⠤⠄⠀⣤⢤⡛⠀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠀⠈⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⠿⠦⣤⣌⣙⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠈⣿ ⣷⠀⠁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⡂⠀⠀⠐⡂⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣴⣈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⢠⡄⢀⡀⢠⡄⢀⠀⢤⡄⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣉⣈⣉ ⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠜⠛⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠁⠤⠄⠀⠒⠒⠚⠁⠐⠒⠈⠁⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⢠⣤⠤⠀⢠⡤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡇⠈⢻⣿⡟⠿⢿⢿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿ ⣿⣧⠀⢭⣭⡥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣍⠁⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠠⠇⠀⠀⠀⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠀⠐⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠦⠠⠀⠀⢾⡆⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⣀⣀⠀⠀⢠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠤⣀⣀⣠⣤⣀⣠⣶⣶⣄⠀⠐⡖⡄⠤⢒⠦⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠀⠀⠠⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⡀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠬⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⡄⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⡄⠠⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠃⠃⠉⠉⠁⠁⠉⠁⠉⠉⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣐⣂⣒⠆⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣯⡀⠀⠀⢶⡆⠀⠀⠠⠤⠀⠈⠁⠠⣤ ⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⡀⢠⠠⠤⠄⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢒⣒⡒⠀⠀⠤⠿⠿⠛⠛⠃⠀⣴⠀⠈⠠⠄⡁⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠷ ⣿⣿⢇⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠄⠄⠠⢄⠐⢰⡒⢒⣒⠒⣢⡖⠢⡿⠋⠭⠏⠩⠯⣉⠉⣋⡛⣃⡀⡒⣂⡀⢨⠄⠤⠀⢥⠀⢠⡀⠙⣿⣿⡏⠀⠠⠭⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠫⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⢆⣤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡉ ⠁⣁⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢐⠀⠀⠁⠀⣬⡥⠠⠥⢄⡉⢅⣀⡲⣒⣀⣂⣀⣠⣀⢩⠅⠨⡥⠈⠤⠨⠦⢠⣶⠀⠐⣿⡇⠀⢈⣉⣁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠁⣀⣀⡀⠓⠃⠂⠢⠀⢂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠒⢒⢂⡀⣠⣤⠀⠈⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⣃⣠⣼⣭⣬⣽⡯⡿⠿⢷⢿⡿⢶⣶⣶⡖⢀⠈⠊⠛⠉⠉⠁⠉⠁⠉⠀⠀⠘⠇⠀⢰⣲⣾⣁⠀⠀⠀⠼⠀⠀⠀⠚⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠾⠇⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⢲⡖⠀ ⠴⠖⠂⠒⠒⠀⠐⠂⠀⠒⠃⠀⠊⠉⠉⠉⠉⢉⣬⣽⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣭⣥⣬⣴⣶⣶⣤⣤⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣴⣴⡧⠀⠀⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠐⠒⠒⠀⠀⠠⠤⠿⠷⠤⠶⢷⣄⣀⣈⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⡿⣿⣧⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⡝⣛⣛⠃⠀⢤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢃⡀⣀⡀⠿⠿⠿⣦⣠⡠⠴⡄⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤ ⣵⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠷⠝⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1970 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Release_of_ScummVM_2026_1_0Kaidan_0_15_0.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Release_of_ScummVM_2026_1_0Kaidan_0_15_0.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Release of ScummVM 2026.1.0Kaidan 0.15.0⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ o ⚓ ScummVM ☛ ScummVM_2026.1.0_"Like_a_Version"_is_finally_released⠀⇛ Another year has gone by, therefore we are releasing a new ScummVM version. As you may notice right away, we are changing our version numbering schema, but that’s not all! We are also planning on more frequent releases!, which you can read about on sev’s_blog. * § Desktop Environments (DE)/Window Managers (WM)⠀➾ o § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Kaidan_0.15.0:_Audio/Video_Calls_and_Integrated_Search Field⠀⇛ Welcome Kaidan 0.15.0! This release adds experimental support for calls. In addition, it contains some very useful improvements and lots of fixes. § Audio/Video Calls Kaidan has supported voice and video messages for a long time. Starting with this release, you can even have an audio or video call with a contact! An incoming call is indicated via a notification and you can either accept or reject it. Please note that there are still some features missing and some setups may not work properly. Especially, calls are only supposed to work on GNU/ Linux at the moment. But wee wanted to share the current achievements with you to get some feedback! Our goal is to extend the A/V calls functionality and make it available on other operating systems in the future. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2036 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/So_Far_2026_Has_Been_a_Good_Year_for_GNU_Linux.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/So_Far_2026_Has_Been_a_Good_Year_for_GNU_Linux.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ So Far 2026 Has Been a Good Year for GNU/ Linux⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇This_Struggling_Ray_of_Sunlight_Is_To_Be_Your_Last_for Years.⦈_ 2026 is chugging_along and a month is already finished. 10 more months and it'll be December already! Tux Machines has updated agate to 3.3.20. It's our Gemini server. A few months ago Tux Machines was added to a popular aggregator in Geminispace and it helped increase the visibility of Tux Machines in Gemini Protocol. Yesterday Tux Machines alone served about 1.3 million requests and we're working on analytics software these days. We build our own. Seeing the sort of press coverage that we saw last month, it seems increasingly clear that 2026 will be a year of gains for GNU/Linux, even among gamers. We've meanwhile noticed that Linuxiac appears to be cleaning up its act by reducing its reliance on slop, at least by a bit. 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They are cheap, quiet, and usually built to last years in the office without developing a personality disorder. That durability makes them perfect for Linux, because Linux loves boring hardware that just keeps showing up to work. The problem is that most people take a thin client home and immediately treat it like a small desktop, not what it actually is. Used correctly, a thin client becomes a dependable “front door” to your real compute, whether that’s a server in a closet, a mini PC on a shelf, or a VM farm you keep promising to document someday. It is an excellent match for remote-first workflows, lightweight local apps, and the kind of tidy, repeatable setups Linux users claim to want. Thin clients get a bad reputation when they are forced into the wrong job, and they get ignored when they do the right job quietly. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Unix_workstations:_The_unsung_heroes_of_modern_computing⠀⇛ If you were a developer, scientist, engineer, computer engineer, or even a college student in the 1980s and early 1990s, you would have spent a lot of time in front of a Unix machine. Here are some reasons that it might have been like living in the future, given how workstations pioneered many computing features we take for granted. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2192 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Today in Techrights⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Polar_Bear⦈_ ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ A_Lot_Less_GAFAM_in_Scandinavia⠀⇛ Are they reacting to geopolitics and risks from the US? 2. ⚓ IBM_Kills_Companies_It_Bought_(Neudesic_Seems_Like_Latest_Casualty)⠀⇛ Why isn't even a single publisher investigating those things? 3. ⚓ Fake_"Linux"_Articles⠀⇛ Just because some platform has "Linux" in the domain name and/ or site name does not imply that it is a news/Linux site 4. ⚓ Gemini_Links_31/01/2026:_"Proof_Without_Content"_and_"Technology Connections"⠀⇛ Links for the day 5. ⚓ Links_31/01/2026:_Microsoft_"OpenAI_Representatives_Are_Going_to Critics’_Houses_With_Threats_and_Demands",_Its_Proprietary_Chaffbot_Faces More_Lawsuits⠀⇛ Links for the day 6. ⚓ Links_31/01/2026:_"Introducing_Encrypt_It_Already"_and_"Huge_Cache_of Epstein"⠀⇛ Links for the day 7. ⚓ A_Can_of_WORMS_-_Part_I_-_Trying_to_Throw_RMS_Under_the_Bus_at_MIT_and Everywhere_Else⠀⇛ This series won't give air to online 'trolls' 8. ⚓ Mobbing_at_the_European_Patent_Office_(EPO)_-_Part_I_-_An Introduction⠀⇛ When the series ends, some time around the second or third EPO strike of this year, we'll contact the relevant authorities and plead for intervention 9. ⚓ The_Solicitors_Regulation_Authority_(SRA)_Delusion_-_Part_I_-_Who Regulates_This_Regulator?_(Only_Itself!)⠀⇛ We won't self-censor or prematurely terminate this series 10. ⚓ Norway_Almost_Trusts_Russia_More_Than_the_Bill_Gates_(Sleeping_With Young_Russian_Girls)_Company,_Microsoft⠀⇛ Microsoft represents crime 11. ⚓ Riddle_Us_This..._(Jim_Zemlin_and_Bill_Gates)⠀⇛ Do these people even understand the literal meaning of "safe space"? 12. ⚓ Is_"Nobel_Prize_for_Peace"_a_Sick_Person's_'Code_Word'_for_Gangbanging Now?_Ask_Bill_Gates.⠀⇛ Watch all the Gates apologists getting all silenced/silent 13. ⚓ BBC_Gaslights_Women_Sexually_Exploited_(Many_Under_Legal_Age)_for_Its Rich_Sponsor,_Bill_Epsteingate_(Gates)⠀⇛ Is this a national broadcaster or a propaganda tool "For Rent"? 14. ⚓ Microsoft_'Open'_'AI'_Reportedly_About_to_Become_Bankrupt,_Seeking Emergency_Cash_Infusion_(Loans)⠀⇛ the money promised to Microsoft 'Open' 'AI' failed to arrive 15. ⚓ Gemini_Links_31/01/2026:_Deep_Ice_and_Slide_Rules⠀⇛ Links for the day 16. ⚓ Writing_About_Abuse⠀⇛ Never ever allow misogynists to get their way if you strive to live in a decent society 17. ⚓ MIT_DEDP_MicroMasters_online_learner's_blog_post_about_cover-up_linked to_resignation_of_Swiss_financial_regulator⠀⇛ Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock 18. ⚓ Salary_Erosion_Procedure_(SAP)_as_the_Primary_Reason_for_EPO_Strikes⠀⇛ They focus on financials, as the corruption aspects are un- sayable or unspeakable, except in private 19. ⚓ IBM_Bluewashing:_Feels_Like_IBM_is_Scuttling_Neudesic_(and_Some_of_Red Hat)⠀⇛ We recently saw some Red Hat staff joining a Microsoft proxy 20. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news for the past day 21. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Friday,_January_30,_2026⠀⇛ IRC logs for Friday, January 30, 2026 22. ⚓ Microsoft_Stock_Collapsing_Due_to_the_Slop_Bubble_and_Microsoft_is Hiding_Budget_'Black_Holes'⠀⇛ Microsoft does not perform like it tells "the media" and "the market" ========================================================================= The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text. 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Perfect_Server_Automated_ISPConfig_3_Installation_on Debian_11_and_Debian_12,_Ubuntu_22.04_and_Ubuntu_24.04⠀⇛ This tutorial will help install your ISPConfig 3 single server setup using the ISPConfig auto-installer. This installer follows the old Perfect Server guides but is more modular and easy to follow. If you want to set up a multiserver setup with dedicated servers for each service instead, see the Perfect Multiserver guide. * ⚓ Michael Prokop ☛ Michael_Prokop:_apt,_SHA-1_keys_+_2026-02-01⠀⇛ You might have seen Policy will reject signature within a year warnings in apt(-get) update runs like this: [...] * ⚓ Blinry ☛ Switching_to_your_headset_mic_automatically⠀⇛ tl;dr: Save the file at the bottom of this post as ~/.config/ alsa-card-profile/paths/analog-input-headset-mic.conf, then run systemctl restart --user wireplumber. Done! Here’s some more background: [...] * § linuxcapable⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Pikaur_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ Pikaur is a Python-based AUR helper that collects all user input upfront, then builds and installs packages without interruption. This “ask first, build later” design prevents scenarios where a multi-hour compilation pauses halfway through waiting for keyboard input you missed. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Firewalld_on_Arch_Linux⠀⇛ This guide explains how to install Firewalld on Arch GNU/ Linux and configure zone-based firewall rules for securing your system. Firewalld provides dynamic firewall management through zones that define trust levels for network connections and interfaces. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Zsh_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ Zsh (Z Shell) offers intelligent tab completion, shared command history across terminal sessions, and a plugin ecosystem that transforms daily command-line workflows. Whether you’re managing Git repositories, navigating complex directory structures, or automating repetitive tasks, Zsh adapts to your working style. * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Chkrootkit_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Linux servers face constant security threats. Rootkits remain among the most dangerous, hiding deep within your system while giving attackers persistent access to your data and resources. Chkrootkit offers a powerful defense against these hidden threats on Debian 13, and installing it takes just minutes. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_Solr_on_Debian_13⠀⇛ Apache Solr stands as one of the most powerful open- source search platforms available today, built on the robust Apache Lucene library. It delivers enterprise- grade search capabilities, real-time indexing, and advanced analytics features that power everything from e- commerce product searches to content management systems. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_proprietary_trap_AWS_CLI_on_Linux_Mint 22⠀⇛ Managing Amazon Web Services from the command line offers unparalleled flexibility and efficiency for cloud administrators and developers. The proprietary trap AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) transforms how you interact with proprietary trap AWS services, enabling automation, scripting, and rapid deployment without navigating through web consoles. * ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ A_way_to_run_Ansible_2.19_on_old_operating_systems_like Ubuntu_18.04_with_working_Apt⠀⇛ Ansible recently stopped working on one of my older servers. The playbooks wouldn't execute anymore, with a cryptic python error. With Ansible 2.14 this server worked, after upgrading to 2.19 the playbooks failed. * ⚓ MWL ☛ “OpenZFS_Mastery”_device_names_options⠀⇛ The original FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS books recommended managing disks by labels based on serial number. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2748 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/today_s_leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/today_s_leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 * § Kernel Space / File Systems / Virtualization⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Surviving_The_RAM_Price_Squeeze_With_Linux_In-Kernel Memory_Compression⠀⇛ You’ve probably heard — we’re currently experiencing very high RAM prices due mostly to increased demand from AI data centers. If you’ve been priced out of new RAM you are going to want to get as much value out of the RAM you already have as possible, and that’s where today’s hack comes in: if you’re on a Debian system read about ZRam for how to install and configure zram-tools to enable and manage the Linux kernel facilities that enable compressed RAM by integrating with the swap-enabled virtual memory system. We’ve seen it done with the Raspberry Pi, and the concept is the same. Ubuntu users should check out systemd-zram-generator instead, and be aware that zram might already be installed and configured by default on your Ubuntu Desktop system. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Early_Linux_package_manager_history_and patching_upstream_source_releases⠀⇛ Both dpkg and RPM are very old (by Linux standards). As covered in Andrew Nesbitt's Package Manager Timeline, both date from the mid-1990s (dpkg in January 1994, RPM in September 1995). Linux itself was quite new at the time and the Unix world was still dominated by commercial Unixes (partly because the march of x86 PCs was only just starting). As a result, Linux was a minority target for a lot of general Unix free software (although obviously not for Linux specific software). I suspect that this was compounded by limitations in early Linux libc, where apparently it had some issues with standards (see eg this, also, also, also). o § Arch Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Logikal Solutions ☛ A_Samba_Share_on_Manjaro⠀⇛ Manjaro is one of the better Arch based Linux distributions, but it has notorious frustrations with Samba. The latest rounds of frustration come from the fact they should have never supported Ubuntu Snaps. Snaps are insecure. Because of that insecurity Manjaro had to add apparmor. That gets us back to the classic issue with Manjaro. Developers behind the distro always view conflicts between packages as “someone else’s problem.” o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Kevin_Fenzi:_misc_fedora_bits_for_end_of_jan_2026⠀⇛ Another busy week for me. There's been less new work coming in, so it's been a great chance to catch up on backlog and get things § rdu2cc to rdu3 datacenter move cleanup In december, just before the holidays almost all of our hardware from the old rdu2 community cage was moved to our new rdu3 datacenter. We got everything that was end user visible moved and working before the break, but that still left a number of things to clean up and fully bring back up. So, this last week I tried to focus on that. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ M5Stack_AI-8850_LLM_Accelerator_M.2_Kit offers_an_alternative_to_Raspberry_Pi_Hey_Hi_(AI)_HAT+_2⠀⇛ M5Stack has launched the “AI-88502 LLM Accelerator M.2 Kit 8GB Version” based on its LLM-8850 M.2 card with a 24 TOPS Axera AX8850 SoC, and offering an alternative to the Raspberry Pi Hey Hi (AI) HAT+ 2, supporting both LLM and Hey Hi (AI) vision workloads. The kit is comprised of the M.2 card and a Raspberry Pi-HAT 8850 board with USB PD power input for the card and Raspberry Pi 5, a 16-pin PCIe connector and 40-pin GPIO header for connection to the SBC, as well as accessories. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Changing_Print_Layer_Patterns_To_Increase Strength⠀⇛ The problem, as [NeedItMakeIt] identified with a thermal camera, is that laying down walls around a print gives the extruded plastic time to cool of. This means new plastic is being deposited onto an already-cooled surface, which reduces bonding strength. Instead, he used an aligned rectilinear fill pattern to print the solid parts. In this pattern, the printer is usually extruding filament right next to the filament it just deposited, which is still hot and therefore adheres better. The extrusion pattern is also aligned vertically, which might improve inter-layer bonding at the transition point. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2893 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/_Traditional_Computing_it_Still_the_Best.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/_Traditional_Computing_it_Still_the_Best.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 'Traditional' Computing is Still the Best⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇8_panel⦈_ Winter feels like it's going away already. It's mild and sometimes sunny. The birds manage to find seeds more easily and sometimes in this warming weather wearing a t-shift during daytime is good enough. But not all is well. Computing got a lot worse last year. Companies that had nothing real to offer just shoveled up "slop" (they say "AI-infused") into everything, expecting us to mistake it for art or intelligence or productivity. We generally turn down such fake 'novelty' and go on doing what we always did. This weekend we and Marius Nestor were congratulated for combatting slop and not 'experimenting' or dabbling in this nonsense. Over a week ago we stopped linking to Linuxiac, seeing it had become a part-time slopfarm. 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efforts that basically ended up a self-inflicted wound. Tux Machines was attacked by an angry mob - the same mob that targeted other Free software activists. As a result, we've mostly become even more mainstream and better protected by NGOs. 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It does seem like things are on an upswing, with millions of users downloading Linux in recent months, and overall usage percentage on Steam reaching a historic high of 3.58% in December. As a recent Linux convert myself, I'm very happy to see this evolution, but I can also clearly see why Linux isn't more popular. See, the most popular Linux distro is Ubuntu, and if you ask me, it makes a terrible first impression for Windows users. If Ubuntu was my first experience with Linux — and actually, it was — I wouldn't want to stick around for very long, either. * ⚓ XDA ☛ 7_genius_uses_for_an_old_laptop_you_probably_haven't_thought_of⠀⇛ When you are online with a Mac or PC, staying anonymous is virtually impossible. You can use assumed screen names, rock a VPN, use InPrivate browsing mode, turn off telemetry, and utilize best practices. However, the second you hit Google, cookies and browsing data follow you online. But, there are anonymous-centric portable Linux options to use for increased privacy. To stay anonymous, use a privacy-orientated Linux version that runs from a USB flash drive, DVD, or SD card. No installation is needed. A popular Debian-based option is The Amnesic Incognito Live System, or (TAILS), a responsive option that is straightforward to use on your old laptop. Since it runs on removable media, you can carry your settings with you. It routes internet traffic through the Tor network. Once you close the instance of the OS, everything in the session is removed as though it didn’t happen. Two other notable privacy- and anonymity-focused portable operating systems are Whonix and Qubes OS. * ⚓ XDA ☛ 5_Linux_tweaks_that_make_Windows_switchers_stay_for_good⠀⇛ Linux isn't a second-hand operating system anymore. It used to be a choice for weak hardware or hardcore enthusiasts who didn't like the direction that primary OSes like Windows or macOS were heading. Currently, a lot of Windows users are flocking to Linux, trying their hands on distros in search of something that feels familiar to their previous operating systems. For some, it's a simple way to escape all the bloatware and tracking that Microsoft is adamant about putting into the OS. However, it takes some time to adjust to Linux. Over time, I've started to make some permanent tweaks to each Linux distribution that I try or use regularly. These tweaks make it a lot easier to work with and not worry about how to get things done, the Windows way. * ⚓ XDA ☛ 5_harsh_realities_that_send_Linux_beginners_running_back_to Windows⠀⇛ Linux on the desktop has had a renaissance of sorts in the last couple of years. Between all the legwork Valve has done to make gaming viable on the platform and the plethora of software options enhancing the quality-of-life, Linux is a very real option as an OS people can use day-to-day. And yet, there are many people who try Linux only to switch right back to Windows. This isn’t because Linux is broken, unusable, or inherently worse. In fact, most beginners don’t leave after a single catastrophic failure. They leave because of a slow accumulation of small frustrations, each one minor on its own, but exhausting when stacked together. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 3_rookie_mistakes_to_avoid_when_dual-booting_Linux⠀⇛ If you're thinking of dual-booting Linux alongside Windows on your PC, there are a few things I recommend you be sure to avoid doing. You'll be modifying the underlying system and building the foundation for your PC workflow that you don't want to mess up. I've been dual-booting Linux and Windows on my main desktop for years, and I've made mistakes with it and seen others make worse ones. All of these I've either done myself and regretted it or had to help someone else with after the fact. ⣻⠘⠉⢲⣌⠛⠷⠶⣣⣦⡄⠀⣈⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠷⣝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⡿⢹⣀⠀⣚⡀⠘⠛⣬⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⡇⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⢃⣿ ⣯⣅⢲⠋⠉⢳⢸⣿⢰⠒⢉⠈⡉⣃⢾⣀⣼⣿⣿⡈⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⢉⡥⢝⠋⡞⠁⠑⣤⡝⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⣿⣿⡿⢸⣿⣿⢸⣿ ⣗⢈⡇⣧⣤⡭⢘⣭⣥⣭⣛⠂⠻⠛⢳⣿⢿⣿⣏⢹⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡃⢠⣭⡦⠓⠂⠀⠀⠓⢻⣿⣷⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢡⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⡏⢸⣿ ⣿⡿⢃⣙⠛⢰⡟⡵⠖⢬⢳⣶⠆⣈⡛⠇⠘⢿⣿⣫⣮⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⡱⣄⠺⠆⣘⡁⢀⠤⠤⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⢸⣿⣿⠁⣿⣿⠃⣿⠟ ⣿⣧⡝⡀⠃⣈⠿⣬⣤⠾⣸⣇⢞⠉⢻⣄⣶⢻⣿⣯⠝⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠈⠉⠉⠉⠈⠀⠀⠈⠁⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡏⢸⣿⠏⠀⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⠈⠛⡟⢁⢲⣶⠏⣗⢈⡆⣥⡄⠀⠈⠞⢿⣿⡄⠐⡂⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣐⣂⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣐⣠⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⡼⠥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣯⡑⣌⣛⣋⣼⣷⠶⢬⠭⣶⢿⣴⠦⠭⠈⢙⡿⠂⢈⣋⠀⠺⣿⣿⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣷⣤⣤⡤⠤⠶⠶⠶⠖⠒ ⣿⣿⣿⠍⢡⠨⢍⠁⠼⠶⢂⣘⠧⠤⠃⡖⠒⢦⠉⢘⡃⢘⡋⠀⠠⣨⡯⠰⠛⠙⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡜⡀⠐⣸⠟⣠⣴⠶⣬⡻⣷⣬⣡⡼⢀⠋⠁⢸⣷⣖⠀⠾⠇⣶⢦⣥⡤⠄⠤⠀⠠⡄⠀⠍⠙⠉⠉⠋⠀⠀⠀⠛⠘⠃⠃⠘⠘⢺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡤⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢉⡌⣛⠛⠰⣿⡐⢈⡀⠿⠘⠇⣉⣤⣙⡓⠂⣼⣿⣿⣷⠀⢀⣽⡦⡤⡠⠤⠠⠠⠤⠄⠠⠤⠀⠀⢠⢀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡾⠧⠃⣸⣶⣌⠩⣭⢨⠝⠂⠴⠼⢋⠉⢻⡆⢻⣿⣿⣿⠀⢺⣿⡿⠇⠷⠿⠿⠻⠿⠷⠶⠴⢦⢲⣤⣦⣶⣖⣤⣤⣄⣄⣀⣀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡙⣮⢃⠀⠤⠀⢛⣈⣐⡒⠰⠞⠪⣓⣛⠁⠈⠹⣿⣿⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠠⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠶⠟⠘⠿⠏⡴⠉⠀⠈⢳⠖⣀⣘⠏⠰⠀⠐⢺⣿⣿⢀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠠⠤⠠⠀⠤⠄⠤⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡝⠁⠕⣀⠻⠤⠄⠀⠾⢜⠉⠙⠦⣶⠀⠀⠈⣿⣭⣼⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠄⠠⠀⠤⠤⠤⠖⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⠀⠀⠀⣾⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⠈⠉⣻⣉⠈⢟⡀⣀⣊⣰⢃⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣬⣬⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠄⠄⠤⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠀⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⢬⠴⠬⠥⠞⢛⣉⢉⠶⣀⠏⡩⠭⠀⢀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣮⠉⠙⠿⠋⠙⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣰⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⢘⠉⠑⢀⡤⢀⡬⠤⣝⢷⣔⣀⠀⠘⠁⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣠⣀⣙⣿⠿⠟⠋⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠘⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠃⠒⠶⠾⠰⣇⣀⠀⣘⡃⠃⠥⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠓⠲⠖⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠼⠔⠀⢰⠦⠀⢶⡠⣂⣁⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⠑⡌⢇⣀⠀⡠⠒⠓⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣃⣘⡛⢸⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡤⢄⠤⡀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡅⢤⡥⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠑⠈⠉⠁ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3222 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Valnet_on_GNU_Linux_Applications_VLC_Neovim_Vim.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/02/01/Valnet_on_GNU_Linux_Applications_VLC_Neovim_Vim.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Valnet on GNU/Linux Applications: VLC, Neovim, Vim⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 01, 2026 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇VLC_on_TV⦈_ * ⚓ XDA ☛ 5_game-changing_VLC_features_I_wish_I’d_started_using_sooner⠀⇛ I just got done with a clean reinstallation of Windows on my PC, and as always, one of the very first pieces of software I downloaded was an old friend that's been with me for over two decades now — VLC media player. VLC is just as powerful as it is no-nonsense, and it does the job, no matter what codec you decide to throw at it. The best part? It does all that it's capable of while still being free and never being too resource- hungry, if at all. So, imagine my surprise when I found out that VLC could have been doing a lot more for me on top of what it already did. Not only was this "ol' reliable" software my only media player ever since I left GOM back in 2016, but it's also been hiding some rather nifty features the entire while that I can't wait to use more frequently, now that I've come upon them. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 6_Neovim_plugins_that_finally_fixed_my_coding_workflow⠀⇛ Neovim is already quite powerful out of the box, but getting the most out of it is less about piling on plugins and more about choosing the right ones. The plugins below are not popular because they are fashionable, but because they solve specific annoyances that show up after you have spent enough time inside the editor (usually longer than you planned). None of the plugins is required to properly use Neovim. They earn their place by unlocking parts of the editor that only matter once you are trying to get the most out of it. The installation steps in the sections below assume the use of Lazy (often confused with LazyVim), a widely used plugin manager for Neovim. * ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ 11_Vim_tips_that_will_save_you_hours_of_editing_time⠀⇛ Want to take your Vim game to the next level? From my time using Vim, I've learned many neat tips and tricks that have saved me tons of time and headaches while editing with Vim. I'm sharing some of my top tips in this guide so you can incorporate them into your workflow. * ⚓ XDA ☛ 5_easy_Linux_UX_upgrades_I_wish_I_made_years_ago⠀⇛ One of Linux’s biggest problems on the desktop isn’t stability, performance, or even software availability anymore. Rather, it’s the first impression. A fresh Linux install often works, but it doesn’t always feel good to use right away. The frustrating part is that most of what makes it feel rough isn’t fundamental to Linux at all, it's just default behaviors. With a handful of tweaks you can make on first boot, plus a few lightweight tools worth installing, you can dramatically improve the day-to-day experience without changing your distro, replacing your desktop environment, or touching the terminal much at all. * ⚓ XDA ☛ I_replaced_all_my_browser_bookmarks_with_this_terminal-based knowledge_management_tool⠀⇛ As someone who loves working from the terminal, I am always on the lookout for Linux utilities that help me accomplish tasks directly from the command line, without relying on third-party GUI applications. One of the great strengths of Linux is the wide range of software it offers to make workflows more productive. Recently, I came across a tool called buku, a command-line bookmark manager. It allows you to import and export bookmarks from browsers such as Firefox and Chrome, or start fresh if you prefer. By keeping your bookmarks separate from your web browser, you no longer have to worry about exporting or migrating them when switching browsers. 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